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Marcus Morris hits a game-winning shot over his twin brother, Markieff Morris

Kelly Dwyer
The Morris twins, Marcus and Markieff, in the paint. (Getty Images)
The Morris twins, Marcus and Markieff, in the paint. (Getty Images)

Chalk up another first for the NBA, some 70 years into the league’s existence. A twin brother out here just hitting a game-winning shot over his other, NBA-playing, twin brother.

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Detroit Pistons forward Marcus Morris nailed a tip-in over his twin brother Markieff at the buzzer, giving the Pistons a 113-112 victory over the Washington Wizards. Watch:


Following the win, Marcus copped to a bit of driveway shenanigans in playing against his brother in the final seconds of what usually is a referee-less NBA close contest. From Vince Ellis at the Detroit Free Press:

“I grabbed him,” Morris said with a grin afterward. “I grabbed him and put my hand on his shoulder. … I knew that was him. You can’t make that call at the end of the game. That’s what it is.”

I mean:

“Twin” brother, Mr. Schuhmann.

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The 27-year old Marcus finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds, uncharacteristically taking the Pistons lead in scoring in contributing his second-highest scoring total of the season thus far alongside just his third double-double of the season so far.


Brother Markieff (also, um, 27 years of age) added 19 points and nine rebounds of his own in the loss, with both players (Marcus: 13.5 points, 4.3 rebounds a night; Markieff: 13.5 points, 6.4) outpacing their usual totals after entering the contest averaging the same amount of points per game.

That’s right, the game-winning basket that one twin hit over another twin helped push one twin’s scoring average to 13.75, leaving brother Markieff’s scoring average to wallow in the 13.69-range.

That is to say, Marcus had himself a night.

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The novelty works as one more anecdote for the Palace of Auburn Hills, which is set to say “goodbye” to the Pistons this fall as the team moves on to a new arena in downtown Detroit. Two twin brothers, working the paint as they have for years, this time topping each other in a game that counts:


It is safe to assume that this NBA oddity likely won’t be replicated any time soon. It’s a one-in-kajillion shot that two twins are playing in the NBA as it is, so for one to hit a game-winner over another? These things just don’t happen.

Of course, the Pistons play the Wizards again on April 10 …

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Kelly Dwyer is an editor for Ball Don’t Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at KDonhoops@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!