Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, February 19, 2013
It's a move players think of doing quite a bit, but it's one they rarely attempt in a game situation. Unless your name is Victor Oladipo, apparently. In Tuesday's 72-68 victory at No. 5 Michigan State, the exciting junior threw the inbound pass off Matt Costello's backside, and it worked to perfection. In typical Oladipo fashion, he turned the inbound pass into a quick, powerful slam. Watch the play here.
Here are some tweets about Oladipo's inbound play:
How brilliant is Victor Oladipo?! #Hoosiers
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) February 20, 2013
Loved the Oladipo dunk off the inbounds-off-the-back. Where I grew up that's called a Keith Gatlin!
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 20, 2013
Oladipo throws it off the defender while inbounding! He's out of his mind this half! Little bit of Everything
— Mike Hall (@MikeHallHere) February 20, 2013
Stop it Victor.
— Dylan Burkhardt (@umhoops) February 20, 2013
Old-school move there.
— Ken Bikoff (@kbikoff) February 20, 2013
Oladipo did it on defense, as well, with this swat:
And defense led to another Oladipo dunk:
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