Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is usually the one who unleashes flashy passes much to the chagrin of the opposing team. But against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday, he was a victim of a filthy nutmeg from Khris Middleton en route to a Jrue Holiday finish.
Peep the clip below to Middleton bounce the ball in between James' legs. The pass was right on the money as Holiday just had to lay the ball in to give the Bucks another basket. From the looks of it, James saw the nutmeg coming but he was a millisecond late.
Khris Middleton threads the needle to Jrue Holiday in transition!@Lakers 69@Bucks 64
Watch the action on TNT pic.twitter.com/k9typEg72z
— NBA (@NBA) January 22, 2021
It's not every day that we see James on the receiving end of a highlight. It's usually him who slams on defenders' faces, drops nasty assists, and blocks shots. But Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton proved that James is human. It is very possible to get a highlight clip out of James' expense.
It's also a testament to how much Middleton has improved over the last couple of years. Note that Middleton was the 39th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft. Slowly and surely, he developed into one of the Bucks' stars and is now considered among the elites of the NBA. From someone who scouts deemed won't make it big in the NBA, Middleton is now casually throwing dimes in between James' legs. Now that's a great narrative.
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