Following some very, very drawn out introductions, and a very, very poor rendition of the national anthem, the NBA All-Star Game was eventually played on Sunday night. And though (thus far) the contest has been about a lack of defense, and an exchange of threes (as per usual), in the second quarter Kyrie Irving pulled off a move that could briefly make you the shit on the playground, or in your rec league, should you actually be able to execute it:
As is the custom for things of this nature, social media had a few reactions:
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As for those of you wondering what happened afterward...well, roughly two seconds later the ball was knocked out of bounds. Anti-climactic as hell, but, still pretty cool.
