![]() ![]() With the NBA Finals returning to ABC this summer and Kimmel lining up another set of "Game Night" broadcasts, it made perfect sense to bring Reyes back to square off against a new set of challengers, led by Los Angeles Clippers All-Star and NBA Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin. Reyes' prowess even served as the backbone of a great feature on the game written by Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated. Thanks in part to coverage on sites like this one, Reyes' story seemed to pique the interest of Internet audiences, as well clips of the busboy demolishing the five pros have totaled nearly 3 million views on Kimmel's YouTube channel. The bald, diminutive table-clearer wiped the floor with the likes of LeBron James, Charles Barkley, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom and Carmelo Anthony, as studio audiences cheered on the unlikely underdog. Reyes, who works at the West Hollywood, Calif., restaurant Barney's Beanery, became a minor luminary last summer by using his seemingly preternatural penchant for Pop-A-Shot to demolish a who's who of NBA greats in the bar basketball game on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live! Game Night" broadcasts. The Los Angeles Lakers came away from last year's NBA Finals hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy, but perhaps the biggest winner of the 2010 postseason was Ricardo Reyes, a 41-year-old busboy who became an NBA giant-killer on national television.
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