The Memphis Grizzlies blew out the Dallas Mavericks in their final game of the season on Sunday. With Memphis locked into the play-in, they rested their starters which meant expanded minutes for young players like Yuki Kawamura and Cam Spencer.
Spencer, who had a 51-point game in the G League earlier this season, started and scored 23 points and had seven assists. Yuki Kawamura came off the bench to add 12 points, five assists and five rebounds in a career-high 28 minutes.
He also threw one of the coolest passes of the NBA season as he stole the ball from Dallas' Kai Jones and launched a perfect no-look, backwards, overhead pass to Marvin Bagley III.
A couple minutes later Kawamura then threw a perfect between the legs drop pass to a trailing Spencer who hit a three in transition.
Kawamura did not play much this season, but he did strike up a friendship with Ja Morant. When he did get to play in the preseason he put on a show. Who knows if he'll find a spot in a rotation in the league, but if he does the highlights will be delightful.
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