Milwaukee Bucks rookie Thon Maker got the best of veteran Chris “Birdman” Andersen with a stepback move that left him tripping over his own feet as the 7-foot-1 Sudanese-Australian swished a baseline jumper.

The rookie center had only played 11 combined minutes the whole season prior to making a three-minute stint in the Bucks 118-101 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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While the 38-year-old Andersen is indeed in the back end of his career, it's never fashionable to get tripped up by someone taller.

Shall we say he met his Maker?