{"id":52039,"date":"2021-03-31T05:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52039"},"modified":"2021-03-31T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:00:48","slug":"simmons-floored-by-nbas-shortest-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=52039","title":{"rendered":"Simmons floored by NBA's shortest player"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Simmons<\/a> towers at 210 centimetres and Facundo Campazzo measures in at only 178 centimetres, but it was the shortest man in the NBA who floored the Australian superstar in a collision.<\/p>\n

The 76ers' Simmons and Nuggets' Campazzo engaged in some aggressive back-and-forth play during the Denvers' 104-95 victory at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n

MORE NBA NEWS:<\/strong> Lakers add centre Andre Drummond for postseason push<\/a><\/p>\n

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After Campazzo drew an offensive foul on Simmons due to a clear flop in transition, the 76ers point guard tried to get even by catching the Nuggets back-up with a screen in the back court, but the 30-year-old Argentinian was prepared.<\/p>\n

Campazzo hit Simmons' chest with his shoulder and the All-Star crashed onto his backside, making for an instant meme on social media.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1377078221963886594<\/a><\/p>\n

Former Houston Rockets guard Chris Clemons started the season as the NBA's shortest player at 175 centimetres, but he ruptured his Achilles during the pre-season and was waived.<\/p>\n

Jamal Murray scored 30 points in the Nuggets' win, Michael Porter junior added 27 and Denver raced out to a 25-point lead on their way to victory over the slow-starting 76ers.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic added 21 points for the Nuggets, who played in front of a home crowd for the first time since the pandemic shut down the 2019-20 season in mid-March of last year.<\/p>\n

"They made all the difference in the world for us," Murray said.<\/p>\n

"It was just good to have them back in the building.<\/p>\n

"Especially after the 76ers' back-ups made a late run to turn the blowout into a contest."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1377097332924186629<\/a><\/p>\n

Reserve Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 13 points, all in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

The much-anticipated match-up between the East-leading Sixers and rejuvenated Nuggets, who made the biggest headlines at the trade deadline with the additions of Aaron Gordon and JaVale McGee, quickly fizzled with Denver's first-quarter flourish.<\/p>\n

Before the Nuggets took a 68-45 lead into the locker room, Jokic stepped up to the free-throw line and was met by chants of "MVP! MVP! MVP!"<\/p>\n

The crowd consisted of employees of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment and healthcare professionals who have been on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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Ben Simmons towers at 210 centimetres and Facundo Campazzo measures in at only 178 centimetres, but it was the shortest man in the NBA who […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52041,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52039\/revisions\/52041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}