Let's spare the "Houston, we have a problem" jokes.
That has already been made more than evident.
While free-throw-line distractions in basketball have seemingly begun to take on a culture of their own, the Houston Rockets may have exceeded anyone's wildest dreams (or more accurately, nightmares).
Early in the fourth quarter, the Utah Jazz's Rodney Hood took to the charity stripe hoping to shave the Rockets' eight-point lead.
Rather than simply facing a sea of clapping, red thunder sticks, a sight he is all but guaranteed to never see again confronted the 23-year-old.