Doug couldn't possibly shift over in time to stop Wang Yi.
After that first step, Wang Yi darted toward the basket.
Doug knew he was too late to stop Wang Yi's drive, but he still chased after him from behind. Just as Wang Yi was about to go up for a layup, Doug launched himself at Wang Yi's back, coming down on him with his whole body.
If Wang Yi had gone for a normal layup, he would have been knocked hard to the floor, and there was no way the ball would have gone in.
But when he heard the heavy footsteps behind him, he immediately turned his layup into a one-handed reverse cradle.
He took off for a layup from the right, then glided beneath the basket.
All the way to the left side of the rim.
After the cradle, he finished with a reverse layup.
That way, the rim blocked the full force of Doug's lunge. Doug had no choice but to hang from the rim, while Wang Yi escaped the potentially devastating hit.
And he put the ball in with a hook shot.
Of course, even while hanging from the rim, Doug bent his legs and drove both knees into Wang Yi's back, sending him sprawling forward onto the floor.
The players around them stared in shock, their faces stunned.
"Holy shit, this isn't basketball. It's attempted murder!"
"Is he trying to wreck a teammate during practice?"
The assistant coach looked at Doug, visibly shaken. "And he was still holding back."
"Damn..."
Some of the younger players couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath.
If Doug could knock Wang Yi out of the air during a layup while holding back, what would it look like if he didn't?
The assistant coach answered their unspoken question:
"If