The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the San Antonio Spurs in a close game on Wednesday night, but don’t let anyone tell you Anderson Varejao didn’t do his part.
Varejao scored a game-high 23 points and tied Kevin Love with a game-high 11 rebounds. He also did his best to prevent the Spurs from inbounding the ball by turning himself into a pull-string ornament on defense.

You know the ones I’m talking about. If you celebrate Christmas, you had to have had one of these bad boys on your tree at some point:


That kind of effort from Varejao deserves acknowledgment — win or lose.
Video via @DrewUnga