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The story behind the creation of the Garrison Mathews 'Garry Bird' meme

As "Garry Bird" started trending on Twitter in the aftermath of Ackerman's call, few people realized the whole thing came from the mind of a 21-year-old Texas A&M student, who was struck by inspiration in the same place most of us come up with our best ideas: The bathroom.

Cadenas wasn't watching the Rockets' win over the Thunder on Nov. 29, but the superfan is signed up for every possible Rockets push notification and his phone was lighting up with details of the Rockets' win, mainly Mathews' hitting five 3-pointers for the second straight game.