Tony Allen was enjoying a flashy and exciting season with the Boston Celtics in a throwaway season. Then one missed dunk changed his career.
There was a time when he was on a terrible team with a scoring vacuum. Allen was having a breakout year for the Celtics, who were at the bottom of the league after Paul Pierce went down for the season.
Allen came into a game against the Indiana Pacers with six-straight 20-point games and was looking like the prototypical young scorer on a tanking team.
It was January 10, 2007 when Tony Allen got fouled driving down the right lane.