It was a great weekend for sports in Atlanta, with the Falcons having advanced to the Superbowl one day after the Hawks boosted their record to 26-18 with a defeat over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night, January 21. But it didn't look to start off as well as had been planned for a couple, whose engagement proposal gone wrong became a meme.

As had been the case for a man choosing to propose at a New York Yankees game in September, the fan was down on one knee when he suddenly lost possession of the ring. The unidentified gentleman had the attention of his fiancee, and the stadium, the moment the blunder occurred, as he seemed to have coordinated with the arena to have its cameramen focus the kiss cam on them for the big moment. That's when another overly excited man began to patter him on the back. The force of his hands caused the proposing fan to drop the ring, and everyone around them to get low to assist him in recovering it.

Contrary to the debacle involving the Yankees fans, who did locate their ring with the help of some good samaritans, the couple at the basketball game didn't appear so lucky.

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