CHRISTIAN WOOD SHEEPISHLY raised his right arm in the air and looked toward Spencer Dinwiddie, who had just made a 3-pointer off a pass from the Dallas Mavericks' big man to push the lead to double-digits midway through the fourth quarter.
You see, Wood made the gesture not as an acknowledgement for the assist but as a non-verbal apology.
Wood knew he had broken an unwritten NBA rule.
He had tossed a teammate a "grenade," as passes for contested, low-percentage shots in the final seconds of the shot clock are commonly known.