Kimmel accepts Ted Cruz's basketball challenge

Michelle R. Martinelli | For The Win

Senator Ted Cruz recently challenged Jimmy Kimmel to a one-on-one game after the comedian made fun of him for the way he looked at the Golden State Warriors-Houston Rockets Game 7 matchup. Seriously.

Cruz tweeted at Kimmel - who compared the junior senator from Texas to a blobfish - that he wanted to play basketball against him, wagering money for charity. After responding with jokes about the dress code for this potential matchup, Kimmel accepted the challenge and elaborated on it during his show Thursday night.

While we still think this is possibly a setup to bring in former Duke player Grayson Allen, Cruz's doppelgänger, Kimmel is totally baffled by this challenge:

"This could be a real thing. Why he wants to do this, I have no idea. You really want to play basketball against a talkshow host? You already lost an election to a reality show host, isn't that enough?

"If he wants to do it, I feel like I have to do it, right? Besides, who needs to watch LeBron and Kevin Durant again when we can instead focus on two out of shape white men in their 50s with little to no athletic ability instead? So yes, Ted Cruz, I do accept your challenge. I will play you one-on-one."

And then Kimmel busted out a clip of him playing one-on-one against Shaquille O'Neal and actually scoring a basket on the NBA legend.

We'll see how this game between Kimmel and Cruz actually materializes, but we're still ready for Allen to show up instead.

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