Jump Ball

Cidu Bill on Sep 7th 2010

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17 Responses to “Jump Ball”

  1. Judge Mental Sep 7th 2010 at 12:12 am 1

    If you are on defense, forcing a jump ball is typically a good thing because it means you have a roughly 50% of winning said jump ball. The resulting jump ball here is a decided mismatch, regardless of player on the right’s enthusiasm.

  2. Freezer Sep 7th 2010 at 02:12 am 2

    Also, given said size disparity, the smaller one considers the fact that the bigger one couldn’t shake him loose a victory in itself.

  3. James Pollock Sep 7th 2010 at 03:09 am 3

    Maybe the little guy can jump a LOT higher than you think…

  4. Nicole Sep 7th 2010 at 07:40 am 4

    I almost never get sports comics

  5. Dyfsunctional Sep 7th 2010 at 10:29 am 5

    This comic has a specific target audience, i.e., people who know what a “jump ball” is. Pearls before swine for the rest of us. I’m sure it’s hilarious to someone.

  6. Jeff S. Sep 7th 2010 at 12:02 pm 6

    I’m a sports fan, but I rarely think In The Bleachers is funny. There’s not much to get Nicole, so don’t feel bad.

  7. Bob Sep 7th 2010 at 12:28 pm 7

    Then again, the possession arrow may be pointing to the small guy’s team. Most jump ball situations were eliminated from the game years ago.

  8. CIDU Bill Sep 7th 2010 at 12:42 pm 8

    Dyfsunctional, I’ve never watched a basketball game in my life and never played a basketball game that didn’t involved horses, but I know what a jump ball is. That being said, I still don’t know why the little guy seems to be happy about it.

  9. Elyrest Sep 7th 2010 at 01:01 pm 9

    Now I’m confused about a comment - Bill, what does horses have to do with basketball? I haven’t intentionally watched a basketball game since college in the 70’s so I have forgotten a lot.

  10. Mr. Clarity Sep 7th 2010 at 01:30 pm 10

    HORSE is a form of basketball that can be played by two people. One person describes and then attempts to make a shot. If he makes it, then the other person must try to make the same shot. If he misses, he gets a letter H, then O, then R, etc. The first person to spell HORSE loses. Typically the shots are somewhat bizarre - for example: I will bounce the ball off the back board catch it in mid air and then shoot it in the hoop before I touch the ground. Many years ago there was a Michael Jordan/Larry Bird commercial for MacDonalds that was a take off on HORSE.

  11. Elyrest Sep 7th 2010 at 01:35 pm 11

    Ah, I see you deserve your name for your comment Mr. Clarity - Thanks.

  12. Freezer Sep 7th 2010 at 01:47 pm 12

    @Bob #6: The jump ball is gone on the college level. On the high school and pro levels, it’s alive and well.

  13. Judge Mental Sep 7th 2010 at 01:59 pm 13

    I realized from my some of the subsequent comments that I might not have been thorough enough in my explanation. So I am going to attempt to expound.

    - In basketball, the defensive team can force a “jump ball” when he and a member of the offensive team simultaneously have possession of the ball
    - A jump ball forces a “tip-off” (the NBA still uses the tip-off, and not alternating possessions) where the referee will throw the ball up and the two combatants will attempt to tip it towards a team-mate
    - The joke is that the little guy is indeed thrilled, but he has little reason to be, as the chances of him winning the tip are minuscule.

  14. Lihtox Sep 7th 2010 at 03:30 pm 14

    I think the comic is self-evident, even without the “Jump ball!” comment: the fact that the little guy is optimistic about ANYTHING in this game is amusing.

  15. Dan W Sep 7th 2010 at 04:48 pm 15

    He has to celebrate the small victories I guess…

  16. James Pollock Sep 7th 2010 at 07:26 pm 16

    Where are they playing? There’s no crowd in the background, but they have a ref…

  17. Bob Sep 8th 2010 at 01:54 pm 17

    Freezer - thanks for educating me. I haven’t been to a HS BB game in over 3 decades, and in the few pro games I’ve watched recently, well, I guess there weren’t any jump ball situations.

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