Here is stretch of just over a minute of Knicks-Lakers basketball.
It's not that noteworthy -- Metta World Peace and Carmelo Anthony traded threes to make it an evenly matched portion of the game -- except for one thing: Robin Lopez was wearing one shoe the whole time. I have seen lots of players lose sneakers (Langston Galloway hit a shot without one last season!), but I have never seen a player go so long without one.
Lopez lost his left sneaker and tossed it aside while defending Roy Hibbert, moments before that Metta three:
It remained off for 6 more possessions, including this Melo bucket (not a bad boxout!