During Monday's Bay Area tussle between the Orlando Magic and the Golden State Warriors, several players pulled their teammate up at the same exact time.
Check out the clip below as posted by NBA on ESPN:
Players moving in sync doesn't affect the game's outcome in any way. Nor can we squeeze out what it means other than the game of basketball is filled with actions done over and over again. Players dribble the ball in the right way, they shoot, they pass, they run. And when a teammate is down, they run toward him and help him back up.
So for the sake of entertainment, here's a clip of more players acting in sync:
If you can't get enough, below is another clip for your fancy. It proves that this is not a rare occurrence in basketball games. After all, these players are with each other throughout the course of the long NBA season.
Apart from long plane and bus rides, they practice almost every day. They have drills where they accidentally move at the same exact time.
Synchronized NBA is the gift that keeps in giving.