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Alperen Sengun Completely Fooled Draymond Green With Slick No-Look Pass

The Rockets' young center faked out the Warriors' defensive anchor in NBA Cup play.

Liam McKeone

Alperen Sengun sent Draymond Green flying
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On Wednesday evening the Houston Rockets hosted the Golden State Warriors in an final NBA Cup quarterfinal game. It was also the ugliest as both teams built brick houses from the floor in the first half; the Rockets entered the locker room with a 44-37 lead as both teams combined to shoot 41% from the field.

There was one gorgeous play in the second quarter, however, courtesy of Houston star center Alperen ลžengรผn. Following a scuffle for a rebound on a Rockets miss, Sengun suddenly found himself with the ball and only Draymond Green between him and the basket. Instead of challenging the Warriors' defensive anchor, Sengun made him look silly and totally faked out the two-time Defensive Player of the Year.

The Turkish big man got Green to jump out of his shoes and made a slick no-look pass to teammate Tari Eason for a sweet highlight-reel dunk.

The goggles celebration to top it off was tremendous as well.

And well-deserved. It's hard to fool Green that badly! He's considered one of the great defenders of this era for a reason, after all.

What a play from Sengun.

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LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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