5 Kyrie Irving dribble moves that are pure sorcery

3. Kyrie shows Brandon Knight no mercy

Making a defender fall down isn’t purely the provenance of a dribbler. It takes more than just a great move, you need some bad luck on the part of the defender. A rolled ankle. A misstep. Balance lost. That’s why not every great crossover brings a defender to the floor. But if you throw four ridiculous crossovers together in quick succession, you definitely up your odds.

Here, in the Rising Stars challenge game from 2013, Kyrie hits Brandon Knight with four successive crossovers before stepping back for the jumper as Knight flails to the floor. Almost exactly a month later, Knight would be dunked into oblivion by DeAndre Jordan. Talk about a rough couple of weeks.