{"id":100209,"date":"2015-04-03T20:12:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T20:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=100209"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T18:13:25","slug":"ben-simmons-gets-his-ankles-broke-later-makes-a-sick-behind-the-back-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/ben-simmons-gets-his-ankles-broke-later-makes-a-sick-behind-the-back-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Simmons Gets His Ankles Broke, Later Makes A Sick Behind The Back Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/OlJ70O0E35z\/embed\/simple\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\"><\/script>Check out the #1 player in this year's class, Ben Simmons of Montverde Academy, getting his ankles broken by Derryck Thornton. \u00a0Unfortunately for Derryck, he didn't hit the jumper...or get the W. After the game, Ben joked with Derryck on Twitter about the win and getting his ankles broke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenSimmons25\">@BenSimmons25<\/a> haha thanks bro you too! \u2014 Derryck Thornton II (@DerryckThornton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerryckThornton\/status\/584136239101693952\">April 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Simmons final stat line for the game was\u00a024 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists which included one of the sickest passes I've seen in a high school game in a while.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/OlJXZmKWtHz\/embed\/simple\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ben and Montverde will go on to compete for their 3rd consecutive National Championship on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the #1 player in this year's class, Ben Simmons of Montverde Academy, getting his ankles broken&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,1444,4,23],"tags":[3568],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-100209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-all-blogs","category-high-school-videos","category-video","tag-ben-simmons"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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