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Chicago Bulls forward Torrey Craig thought he had an uncontested fast break in Tuesday's loss to the New York Knicks. Teammate Andre Drummond had different ideas, and now the two will forever be linked in one of the more embarrassing bloopers of the 2023-24 NBA season.
The comedy played out in the second quarter of the Bulls 128-117 loss to the Knicks, when Drummond poked the ball away from New York's Bojan Bogdanovic on the perimeter.
Craig, who had been defending Bogdanovic, scooped up the ball and cruised in for what should have been an easy layup or dunk, only to toss himself an alley-oop pass off the backboard.
At no point were there any Knicks defenders close enough to contest Craig, who soared to the rim for what should have been an easy put-back dunk.
However, the trailing Drummond apparently thought the alley-oop was for him, so he went up and effectively blocked his teammate's dunk attempt while grasping for the ball, which rattled off the rim and backboard.
At no point were there any Knicks defenders close enough to contest Craig, who soared to the rim for what should have been an easy put-back dunk
Torey Craig (No. 13) has an easy dunk stolen by teammate Andre Drummond (behind Craig)
'I just wanted to try to create some excitement,' Craig said of the play, which took place as the Bulls trailed by nine.
Chicago coach Billy Donovan called time after the missed dunk and let Craig and his teammates know he was not happy.
'To me, it was just really disappointing,' he said.
The Knicks went on a 13-2 run to start the second half and led 81-64 after Brunson's three-point play. The Bulls got back into it, with DeRozan scoring 15 in the quarter, and pulled within four early in the fourth.
Donovan was upset about the missed dunk
