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The Math of Ray Allen's Winning Shot
« on: April 18, 2011, 02:29:08 PM »

Offline green_machine

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Many of you may have seen this video on the mechanics of Ray Allen's jumpshot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8wqUXg88gg

I used the CelticsBlog pic of Ray's winning shot and calculated the angle in Geometer's Sketchpad - look what I came up with.  Note: You should watch (or rewatch) the video for a more dramatic affect!