1.   But then Thigpen jumped up and touched the rim again.

2.   He could hardly touch the rim.

3.   He spliced his smooth release in with a strong drive to the basket, releasing a pretty floater over the Pacers front line that never touched the rim.

4.   His attempt was a lean-in, one-hand bank shot that touched the rim too viciously, and bounded out.

5.   It never touched the rim, but he enjoyed merely seeing it come close.

6.   Mason later tried to win the game with six seconds left, but his drive to the basket ended with a layup attempt that never touched the rim.

7.   Maybe three touched the rim.

8.   The Bruins were so bad that in one stretch they had five consecutive possessions in which the ball never touched the rim.

9.   There were several air balls and others that clanked off the glass, never touching the rim.