The 6 funniest moments from Harden's insane crossover
By now, everyone has likely seen James Harden's epic crossover on Wesley Johnson from Wednesday's game between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers.
It was aggressive, it was wild, and it was absolutely ruthless.
Here are the six funniest takeaways from Harden's move that will be talked about for a long time:
1. The wait and spin
It wasn't just enough to drop the man and make him stumble a good 10 feet away, but Harden added a bag of cherries on top of the disrespect sundae by waiting a good three seconds, staring directly at his so-called "defender" prone on the floor, and actually spinning the damn ball in his hand before shooting.
2. He turned Johnson into a Twister advertisement
Try and tell people this man is playing defense on an NBA court and not involved in a highly competitive game of Twister.
3. Teodosic observing a moment of silence for Johnson
When someone suffers a loss, a commonly respectful thing to do is observe a moment of silence. Milos Teodosic made sure this rule was followed instead of running to close out Harden at the 3-point line.
4. Ariza high-stepping halfway down the court ... while on the bench
After Harden crossed Wes, Ariza ran all the way to half court high-stepping and it wasnt to check in to the game this is peak AND 1 stuff π pic.twitter.com/xC85dtx10z
β James Wobden (@World_Wide_Wob) March 1, 2018
With the Rockets holding such an impressive lead in the opening half, it's likely that Trevor Ariza high-stepping down the court from the bench in reaction to Harden's move was the hardest he worked all night.
5. Old dude carrying on like nothing happened
Give the video a quick rewatch and notice the older gentleman in the grey hooded sweatshirt and headset walking behind the Rockets bench. Harden just dropped his defender with the most disrespectful crossover this season, the crowd is going wild and our man just keeps walking like nothing happened. One has to respect the commitment to the job.
6. Johnson laughing
As he ran back down the court, Johnson couldn't help but laugh at what had just occurred at his expense. Props to the man for realizing at this moment, there's nothing better to do than own it and embrace the shame.