The Toronto Raptors hosted the Houston Rockets on March 8th. The game went down the wire, as the Raptors beat the Rockets, 117-115. The Rockets had a comfortable lead by the end of the first quarter, though the Raptors came back with heaving scoring. Toronto had already clinched a playoff spot, whereas the Rockets are down at 30th in league rankings.

Drake was also in attendance at Scotiabank Arena. It was a close game, but the Rockets rookie turned on the jets for an unreal highlight play.

Drake was impressed by Jalen Green’s block that resembled LeBron James

With under 5 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Raptors had a chance to score in transition. Yuta Watanabe went for a dunk in transition. Just then, Jalen Green, out of nowhere, took off to block Watanabe. It was an insane vertical leap from Green. This block was followed by a dunk by Kenyon Martin Jr. to put the Rockets up by 2.

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Jalen Green added only 8 points and 6 rebounds to the stat sheet, but still managed to make a highlight play. Whereas Kevin Porter Jr. put 35 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Rockets. It was overall a great effort by the Rockets, as Gary Trent Jr. hit the clutch floater over 2 defenders to give the Raptors a 2 point lead with only 4 seconds left on the clock.

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The Rockets had a chance to score, though Sengun missed the layup over Siakam.

Jalen Green’s athleticism is similar to young LeBron James

Young LeBron was freakishly athletic. LeBron had a number of posters in his first few seasons. James is 37, yet still manages to throw down insane dunks.

Jalen Green is no different. Green was also selected for the Dunk contest this year, which didn’t really go well. Despite his performance versus the Raptors, Green has been getting minutes to improve his game. His insane athletic ability already has the league impressed.

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