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Meet the bartender from fantastic Mozgov commercials

Published Apr. 23, 2015 12:27 p.m. ET

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You may have noticed Cleveland Cavaliers center Timofey Mozgov developing something of a cult following since coming to Ohio via trade. A lot of that has to do with some recent local television spots, advertising for Brew Garden in Middleburg Heights. Like this one:

The oddball ads have endeared us to the Russian center. Count the bartender from this clip, Liz Haynes, among his fans.

"I'm only six-foot-one!" she kidded in a recent profile by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I was standing on a chair – we were being funny."

Haynes is a former baller herself, from Vermilion High School.

About the ad, she said: "I like funny, cheesy things. I'm not ashamed to tell people that I got my start working at Hooters."