Reporter's reaction to his own backwards basketball shot is too perfect

He shoots, he scores.
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Johnny Lieu
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Backward basketball shots and pieces to camera are both pretty difficult, so putting them together is surely utter madness, right?

Well, TV journalist Patrick Reincke makes doing both look too freaking easy. And he knows it.

Reincke was finishing off a piece about the Olympics for Southern Cross News in South Australia, when suddenly -- ball in hand, back turned -- he went for a shot of the basket behind him.


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The video was uploaded by Alison Drower on Friday, but the reaction from Reincke will live on forever.

Let's just see that reaction one more time.

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Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com

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