“Off the floor, off the scoreboard, off the backboard, nothing but net…”

Remember that commercial featuring Larry Bird and Michael Jordan making trick shots for the right to eat MJ’s Big Mac? Ever wonder what it would be like to really play an NBA star in H-O-R-S-E?

David Kalb, a graduate of Capital University, found out earlier this month. He entered a contest sponsored by a lawn mower company in which the winner had a chance to play NBA superstar Lebron James in a game of H-O-R-S-E. As Marcia Smith of the Orange County (Calif.) Register explains, Kalb has had an interesting journey from the small town of Bucyrus, Ohio to his Southern California showdown with James.

If you haven’t seen the video yet, you can see Kalb versus “King” James here.