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You Tube Gold: Clifford Ray’s Finest Moment May Have Come Off Court

Clifford Ray was a tough player for the Golden State Warriors from 1974-1981 (after being traded by the Chicago Bulls).

He was an average scorer and helped lead the Warriors to the 1975 NBA championship. He was mostly known as a rebounder though - he averaged more boards than points - and was never really known as a passer.

However he had one tremendous assist which defies belief.

Ray has exceptionally long arms and in 1978, Marine World had a dolphin that had swallowed a bolt.

Rather than committing surgery, they called Ray and asked if he would mind trying to retrieve the bolt.