John Wall Threads Between-the-Legs Bounce Pass Between Two Defenders

With Russell Westbrook and James Harden rewriting the NBA record books on a nightly basis, it’s sometimes difficult for fellow stars like John Wall to get noticed. The Wizards floor general was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday, but even then he had to contend with Harden, who won the award in the West behind another week of thermonuclear triple-double dominance.

Perhaps Wall had this in mind last night as he took on Harden and the Houston Rockets. If he was out to send a message—and if that message was I’m a pretty bad-ass point guard too, and y’all better not forget it —he can consider it received. It takes some mighty fine point guard-ing skills to make a pocket pass to a cutting Marcin Gortat between two defenders…check that, between the legs and between two defenders. John Wall did that, and Montrezl Harrell and Eric Gordon were no match for such a Globetrotter-esque bounce pass.

Unfortunately for Wall, his team fell victim to yet another Harden triple-double as the Rockets beat Washington by 10. At least you won the highlight battle, John!