After grabbing the rebound, Pang Bo immediately passed to Wang Yi. Wang Yi got the ball up right away and sent it to Big Lock Rock.
After catching the ball, Locke jumped from just inside the free-throw line, drawing back his bow.
The bow curved like a full moon, and the arrow flew like a shooting star.
Bang!
The deafening crash slammed into the basket with tremendous force, shaking the earth and splitting the mountains.
What did a defensive counterattack look like?
This was a defensive counterattack!
The Spurs' next two possessions ended in misses under the defense of this Raptors lineup.
And whenever they got a stop, the Raptors pushed the ball up the court at breakneck speed.
The Spurs couldn't keep up with the five players on the break. Rocket was the only one who could get back in time and cut them off. The others could only watch helplessly.
The lead gradually shrank to two points.
The Spurs' Popovich had no choice but to call another timeout.
JJ Redick marveled, "The defensive ability of this Raptors lineup is astonishing. A Spurs lineup with so few playmakers is completely helpless against them."
Reggie Miller nodded. "All five players in this lineup are highly mobile and excellent at helping on defense. Wang goes without saying—his defense is absolutely worthy of DPOY. It amazes me that he's never won DPOY in all these years, though he's made the All-Defensive First Team eight times in the past eleven seasons. That alone shows just how good he is on defense."
"And then there's Mad Tiger Tagore. Look at the way he tears after opposing players on the court. He looks like he wants to rip apart the player he's guarding and eat him alive."
"Then there's Big Lock Rock, who can guard