Chris Paul sends Dwight Howard flailing with spin move (Video)
Chris Paul left Dwight Howard flailing with a nasty spin move.
Chris Paul is still feeling the effects of the hamstring injury that he suffered in game one of the Los Angeles Clippers’ second round series against the Houston Rockets. However, this is the NBA Playoffs, and Paul isn’t about to let up on his team.
As the Clippers had pulled away from the Rockets in the third quarter and amidst the rampant hacking in the game, Paul got Dwight Howard switched onto him at the top of the key. That did not end well for the Rockets big man:
The phrase “that looked like a video game” often gets overused when looking at highlights, but Howard’s reaction was the most video game thing I’ve ever seen. When you’re controlling a defender in NBA 2K15 that gets a dribble-move pulled on him and then you try and block, that’s what Howard was recreating in that moment.
The Clippers have clearly been the superior team in this series through the first four games. You have to wonder just how ugly this series would be if Paul was at full health. All that matters for now, though, is that the Clippers point guard was healthy enough to make Dwight look just plain silly on this play.