Ted Cruz practices layups to prepare for Jimmy Kimmel showdown: Watch

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, showed off his basketball skills on Twitter ahead of the one-on-one charity game he’ll play against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

The video is enhanced with slow motion editing and the “Chariots of Fire” theme song.


The match has been dubbed “The Blobfish Classic” after Kimmel mocked Cruz at the NBA Western Finals. The one-on-one showdown is scheduled to take place June 16 at Texas Southern University, and the proceeds will benefit Texas Children’s Hospital and Generation One, a Houston-based education nonprofit, according to CNN.

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