During a matchup between the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets, James Harden put Kyrie Irving on skates with a sick crossover.

The move was set up by Harden's signature repeated between the legs size-up, which was followed by a crossover after reading that Irving was making an aggressive play for the ball. The end result was Irving going one way and Harden going another, creating a path for an alley-oop pass to Clint Capela for a dunk.

The defensive side of the ball has been a problem for the Nets so far this season and Irving's lack of impact when playing on-ball defense has certainly not helped. There is a lot to clean up on both ends of the floor for Brooklyn before they can reach the level that they had hoped for before the season began.

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