Fans Got Hyped Over That Behind-the-Back Fake by Kyrie Irving at the All-Star Game

You're not the only one who caught that sweet Kyrie Irving fake behind the back crossover. Here's how Twitter reacted.

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Following some very, very drawn out introductions, and a very, very poor rendition of the national anthem, the NBA All-Star Game was eventually played on Sunday night. And though (thus far) the contest has been about a lack of defense, and an exchange of threes (as per usual), in the second quarter Kyrie Irving pulled off a move that could briefly make you the shit on the playground, or in your rec league, should you actually be able to execute it:

Kyrie handles… pic.twitter.com/ugjTWGWa20

— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) February 19, 2018

As is the custom for things of this nature, social media had a few reactions:

What the...? Kyrie with the voodoo pic.twitter.com/79XLayfHp8

— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) February 19, 2018

Kyrie’s got wrists like an owl head pic.twitter.com/xHZsYVpFYX

— Mickstape (@MickstapeShow) February 19, 2018

Yeah... that move Kyrie just did... yeah... I gotta add that😂💯

— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) February 19, 2018

KYRIE SHEEEEEEESH. pic.twitter.com/jbrjdcU6zc

— Adam (@AdamJoseph____) February 19, 2018

Anybody see Kyrie hit my old move from Prep days though 👀 #FakeBehindtheBack

— Isaiah Maxwell (@kingjersey5) February 19, 2018

Kyrie with the light Skip to my Lou✊🏾 haven’t seen that since And 1 was tearing up the courts! (@Professor12) #respect https://t.co/8Cdmh7jPSN

— TNT 18 (@FatimaMaddox30) February 19, 2018

*Kyrie preforms a fancy dribble*
NBA: pic.twitter.com/OjZmboXezF

— Will (@willbig_boss28) February 19, 2018

Kyrie out there doing AO move at the allstar game meanwhile AO got fries tomorrow on his shift smh

— Heir To The Empire (@MustBeCharm) February 19, 2018

I don't even know how that dribble Kyrie did is possible, especially with the off-hand, so I'm going to say that he's a real life wizard

— Zito (@_Zeets) February 19, 2018

As for those of you wondering what happened afterward...well, roughly two seconds later the ball was knocked out of bounds. Anti-climactic as hell, but, still pretty cool.

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