It’s been called everything from disrespectful to jaw-dropping, but was it legal?
Steph Curry’s dribbling exhibition against LeBron James during the Golden State Warriors’ 132-113 beating of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 will likely be the lasting highlight of the series. It was a one-on-one moment that NBA fans salivate over, and in this instance Curry got the better of LeBron.
But a closer look at the sequence might show that the reigning two-time MVP might have gotten away with a sleight-of-hand maneuver that’s not exactly legal. Curry tried to lose LeBron on the baseline but opted to dribble back beyond the arc and ball-faked James, who left his feet for the briefest of moments.