
13. The Sixth Man
“That one time where a sixth player sneaked onto the court to play and no one caught him, “Ohhlookathat said. This was a real moment that occurred in 1993 in a game between the Houston Rockets and the Seattle Supersonics. Seattle led 101-100 with about 15 seconds left in overtime. But the Rockets had a secret weapon unbeknownst to everybody in the stadium.

One of Houston’s most obscure players, Winston Garland, duly hopped up from the bench and walked onto the court. Then, he stood in the corner and waited for the pass. The Rockets had the opportunity for a shot but missed. Garland didn’t get involved in the play but he spoke to the oblivious referee and told him it should be a Houston ball. It became one of the strangest footnotes in NBA history.