Video: Fiat heir makes game-winning assist at Lakers-Raptors?
Fiat heir Lapo Elkann makes the Lakers' game-winning move – Click above to watch video after the jump
Lapo Elkann is the grandson of Fiat founder Gianni Agnelli and is said to be heir to several Fiat thrones. While courtside at the Staples Center in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Toronto Raptors, Yahoo Sports reports that Elkann interfered in a play that gave LA the win.
With the score tied and only seconds left, the Raptors' Jose Calderon (pictured) was chasing a ball headed out of bounds when Elkann swiped it away. The Lakers were given possession and Kobe Bryant did his game-winning thing. You can see a recap of the event in the video after the jump, and for you rightfully sore Raptors fans, Elkann later apologized. Thanks for the tip, Jeffrey!
[Sources: Yahoo Sports, Goal.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
fixitfixitstop 11:03AM (3/11/2010)
Yawn. Wake me when Mark Fields cuts the mullet.
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SMB 11:10AM (3/11/2010)
Remember when sports wasn't treated like Entertainment Tonight?
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italy430 3:37PM (3/11/2010)
ya really! .... this is horrible
and Autoblog? .. seriously? posting this as Automotive news??...
abbas350 4:38AM (3/12/2010)
remember when we got our car news from instantly outdated sources like newspapers?
steve 11:19AM (3/11/2010)
It would've been nice to actually see the swipe, instead of a still image of two clueless-looking guys.
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fast_car 11:17AM (3/11/2010)
wow, this pretty much has just about nothing to do with automotive news. I mean the guy is the son of some Fiat exec? He wasn't in a car, or doing something pertaining to a car.
Ok sorry, I'm just jealous of the lifestyles of the rich. I will never be able to fly to another country and get the best seats available in a major event like that...
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nrb 12:43PM (3/11/2010)
"wow, this pretty much has just about nothing to do with automotive news"
Agreed. This is bad, even for Autoblog.
fmwso 12:59PM (3/11/2010)
Agreed, that was really pointless.
leftlaneabuse 11:15AM (3/11/2010)
Dumb sh!t. Excellence for everyone, except you.
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Tourian 11:16AM (3/11/2010)
I'm usually tolerant or indifferent to stories that Autoblog posts that have a very weak link to the automotive world, but usually they involve strippers or something. How in the world is this auto news? So anybody related to someone in the automobile industry can do something and its worthy of being posted here? This opens the door to just about anything and everything doesn't it?
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leftlaneabuse 11:24AM (3/11/2010)
CR-Z had it's day and today it's Fiat's?
I missed strippers??
drewjohnson86 11:30AM (3/11/2010)
Seriously? This is automotive news? Hey, I work at a Ford dealership, and this morning I ate two McDonald's breakfast burritos. That should make an equally relevant story. Hit me up and we can flesh out the details.
Tourian 11:41AM (3/11/2010)
@leftlane
"I missed strippers?"
Yes you did.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/27/tampa-strippermobile-grinds-to-a-legal-halt-but-not-for-the/
ack154 11:23AM (3/11/2010)
I'm actually confused... is there a shot of him actually 'swiping it away'? B/c if it was out of bounds when he swiped it, it wouldn't matter, right? Or was the ball still technically in bounds?
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ytilanigiroon 11:31AM (3/11/2010)
The guy stretched his arm out to catch the ball, he didn't swipe. Besides that, on the replay you can see that Calderon's foot was out of bounds before he jumped to save the ball. Meaning that it should have been Lakers' ball anyway.
Whatever. I think this is supposed to be on Fanhouse, not Autoblog...
Dieter 11:27AM (3/11/2010)
Raptors would have lost anyway. Here in Toronto, theres a reason why we call the Raptors as the Craptors. Simply put they suck and goes for the Maple Losers (Maple Leafs).
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speed12sil 12:05PM (3/11/2010)
Maple Leafs didn't always suck anyway. Besides your point of bringing up the hockey team is relevant to this story how?
Syllepses 11:32AM (3/11/2010)
Those people are hilarious. Look at them!
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Edsel 11:39AM (3/11/2010)
He has the same traumatized look as he probably had when he saw the Fiat Multipla for the first time...
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/30/tie-a-pork-chop-around-its-neck-telegraph-counts-down-100-ugli/
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panov 11:50AM (3/11/2010)
Is that Charlie Day to his left? Our right?
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