Barako Bull’s Mick Pennisi’s funny flop during their game versus the Petron Blaze Boosters on Wednesday night has gone viral on video sharing site, YouTube, and was much-talked about in social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
The video showed Pennisi comically dropping to the floor after Petron import Will McDonald threw the ball on his head out of frustration, but it took him about a 3-second lag to react.
Pennisi’s moment has reached international sports news sites and blogs. Eye on Basketball of CBS Sports, called it “arguably the greatest flop in basketball history. The ball-to-head slam is great, the delayed reaction is priceless and Pennisi’s sheer audacity sends the hilarity to the moon,” the blog added.
Despite his epic flop, he scored 11 points in the game making him the eighth player in PBA history to make 700 three-pointers in his career. His team won the game with 94-80.
Watch Mick Pennisi’s greatest flop in basketball history below:
