No—even robots ran out of energy eventually. But this guy seemed to have endless stamina.
Who had ever seen someone play all 48 minutes for three straight games, then go full throttle for all 48 minutes in the third game, and still make such an incredible rebound play in the final moments?
At this point, the Thunder's head coach had no choice but to call another timeout.
Because their challenge had just failed, they effectively had one fewer timeout, so this was their last one.
Since it was only a short timeout, he didn't have time to draw up anything too clever.
The team could only rely on the play they were best at: a pick and roll between Holmgren and Xiao Qiao.
After setting a screen for Holmgren, Xiao Qiao quickly rolled toward the basket.
Holmgren tossed the ball off the backboard.
Xiao Qiao was in the perfect position.
He could grab the rebound and slam the ball straight into the hoop.
But just as he started toward the basket, he saw a guy standing right in front of him who was a head shorter.
That guy was none other than Frank.
If it had been anyone else, Xiao Qiao would have shoved him aside and grabbed the ball for a dunk.
But after what had happened earlier, he knew this guy was capable of taking a fake fall.
It had looked like the guy really had been hit when Xiao Qiao collided with him earlier, but in fact, he'd planned it all along. Xiao Qiao realized that this guy had a fake fall in his arsenal too. If he put in some force and the guy went down, then drew a foul, it would be a problem.
So Xiao Qiao could only try to go around him and