There are moments in sports that define a player's legacy—and then there are moments that define a player's night in the most embarrassing way possible. For Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond, Wednesday's Game 2 against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden delivered the latter.

It all started innocently enough. A basketball somehow got wedged behind the backboard, and 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey tried—and failed—to dislodge it with a broom. So, he handed the task to Drummond, his 6-foot-11 teammate. Surely, a player of his size and strength could handle a stuck ball, right?

Wrong. Drummond poked and prodded at the ball at least 11 times, bouncing it from one side of the stanchion to the other, but never quite freeing it. The Madison Square Garden crowd, never one to miss an opportunity for some good-natured (and some not-so-good-natured) heckling, began to boo. The longer Drummond struggled, the louder the jeers grew.

Then, in a moment that felt scripted for the big screen, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns walked over. Drummond, defeated, threw up his hands and surrendered, handing the broom to his frontcourt rival. With one swift poke, Towns freed the ball, and the Garden erupted in cheers as if the Knicks had just clinched the series.

For Drummond, there was no escape. He remained on the court for Towns' first free throw, soaking in the mockery. Fortunately, he got a reprieve on the bench for the second one. But the message was clear: if you're Andre Drummond, you can't give Madison Square Garden that kind of satisfaction.