Late last night, our friends over at Suns.com innocently tweeted out four musically inclined basketball puns with the hashtag #NBAMusicians.

Then the Trail Blazers got in on the fun…

Watching with interest from the opposite coast, we snapped into action!

And then basketball Twitter exploded with wordplay that would make even Chris Hardwick blush…

Sugar Ray McCallum #NBAMusicians — Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) July 23, 2014

Chris Paul Simon and Garfunkel #NBAMusicians — Los Angeles Clippers (@LAClippers) July 23, 2014

Then this happened…

Then THIS happened…

After about an hour and a half, it was over, vanishing as quickly as it had appeared. If you missed out (it WAS after midnight on the East Coast, after all), don’t fret. Just keep your pun guns holstered and loaded and be on the lookout for the next spell of hoops witticism to take over the Twittersphere! Oh, and leave your best #NBAMusicians in the comments below…