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DeAndre Jordan absolutely doesn't want Minnesotans to eat free ice cream

Clippers center DeAndre Jordan didn't just deny Minnesotans their free ice cream. (AP)
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan didn’t just deny Minnesotans their free ice cream. (AP)

Minnesota’s Freeze Out The Free Throws campaign awards all Timberwolves fans in attendance a free frozen yogurt from CherryBerry if an opponent misses two straight fourth-quarter free throws on the same trip to the line, so you can imagine folks get pretty stoked when DeAndre Jordan comes to town.

So, each time the Los Angeles Clippers center stepped to the charity stripe with his 42.2 career free throw percentage and missed the first of two attempts on Saturday, Wolves fans licked their chops.

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Except, Jordan repeatedly denied Minnesotans their free self-serve soft serve, converting 10 of his 16 free throw attempts on eight mostly intentional trips to the line. Three times in the final 3:42 he missed the first of two tries, elevating the anticipation, and all three times he converted the second.

On his penultimate appearance at the foul line — up 109-96 with just 2:52 remaining — the camera caught Jordan backing down the court after converting the second free throw. Based on some lip reading, the 7-foot All-NBA First Team selection appeared to mouth, “No f—ing ice cream, Godd—it.”

“Sometimes, I’m in a giving mood,” Jordan said after the 119-105 victory on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. “Tonight, I was not.”

He took a similar tone with Fox Sports West’s sideline reporter immediately following the victory.

Asked to replace the soup with ice cream in the iconic “Seinfeld” phrase, “No soup for you,” from the show’s “The Soup Nazi” episode, Jordan instead said, “No ice cream tonight.” Close enough, DeAndre.

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Perhaps Jordan was doing Minnesota a service. As Clippers coach told the L.A. Daily News, “I don’t get the promotion. Ice cream in L.A.? I get that. I think it should be hot chocolate or something here.”

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Ben Rohrbach is a contributor for Ball Don’t Lie and Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at rohrbach_ben@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!