HOUSTON — The start of Houston’s game against San Antonio on Tuesday night was delayed for 22 minutes because a player bent a rim before tipoff and it had to be replaced.<\/p>\n
The Spurs were inspecting it during introductions and soon a maintenance crew came out and placed a level on the rim before beginning to work on it. Three people on ladders worked on the rim for a few minutes before the Spurs left the court and returned to the locker room about eight minutes after the game was scheduled to tip off.<\/p>\n
A few Rockets remained on the floor warming up on the unaffected basket during the delay, but most of the Rockets also went to the locker room.<\/p>\n
After a few minutes workers took the rim off and replaced it.<\/p>\n
The Spurs returned to the court about 10 minutes after leaving, and the ladders were removed from the court and San Antonio began to warm up again.<\/p>\n
The Rockets who had left returned soon after that and four minutes was put on the clock to allow both teams to warm up before the game tipped off.<\/p>\n
There was a second brief delay with about nine minutes remaining in the game when the same rim was checked again. A worker got on a ladder and placed a level on the rim and took a picture with his phone. After showing an arena official and a referee the picture, apparently showing that the rim was level, the ladders were removed and play resumed.br\/]<\/p>\n
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