If you were out and about on Friday night, you may have seen this image of Tommy Heinsohn, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, pop up on social media and gotten a bit confused:
Here’s why Tommy Heinsohn flipped off the crowd at his Hall of Fame speech
Do you even care what the context is? pic.twitter.com/XkX7WkYCst
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) September 12, 2015 Odds are, you probably don't care about the context because it's just a great image that sums up the fury of Tommy Heinsohn arguing a bad foul call on a Celtics broadcast. But if you do, here's the backstory that shows he wasn't exactly flipping off the crowd, Johnny Manziel-sytle:
Heinsohn was was telling a story about Henry Finkle, a player he coached on the Celtics. Finkle was going after a rebound and got his finger stuck in the netting on the way down. He sprained his finger which left his middle finger fully extended, which led to the image you’ve seen going around the internet.
The full story starts at the 5:25 mark of this video:
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