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Brit beats NBA star A British man wearing jeans and a v-neck jumper whupped a US basketball star in a one-on-one contest that has become a YouTube hit.This is not the youtube link.
NBA star Devin Harris was challenged by amateur Stuart Tanner, 28, from Surrey, during a coaching clinic in London, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Harris, who was in the capital with his team, the New Jersey Nets, to play Miami Heat at the O2 arena, was stunned when Tanner twice left him for dead to score.
After blocking the American's shot, Tanner sold him a dummy to score with his first effort, before amazingly nutmegging the NBA star to create space for his second shot.
The display was captured on film by Tanner's brother Greg, and has now been viewed nearly three million times on the video-sharing website YouTube.
The clip, recorded at a court in Stockwell, south London, captures Harris's good-natured reaction to the Briton's skills.
"Man did you see how fast he was? He tricked me. He hustled me on my own court!" he says. "He might be able to get an NBA contract. We might need to sign him up tonight."
Tanner, from Thames Ditton, is a part-time basketball coach who gave up playing seriously five years ago after failing to make the grade with the Milton Keynes Lions.
"It was a bit embarrassing for him as you shouldn't ever really get beaten like that but he took it really well and was very nice about it," he said.
"I never made it as a professional and all of a sudden everyone is talking about me, which is amazing."
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