In fact, the Pistons' play had been executed beautifully. Duke Jin had run in circles twice, weaving past Wang Yi before making his way to the right corner.
Then Connie Connie came over to screen Wang Yi, preventing him from closing out on Duke Jin in the corner.
Then came Bryce's pass. The whole thing had been nearly perfect.
The only flaw was that Bryce had underestimated Wang Yi's leaping ability.
Some people wondered: If Bryce knew how absurdly high Wang Yi could jump, why pass the ball over his head? Was Bryce an idiot?
But the truth was that an ordinary player simply couldn't jump high enough to intercept that pass.
So no matter who was playing, once enough time had passed, a player naturally developed ingrained habits.
When passing, they developed a reflex to send the ball along a certain arc.
If you passed it any higher, the ball would travel too slowly, giving the defense time to close in before your teammate caught it.
That was why, over the course of countless games, nearly every player developed this habitual way of passing.
Through day after day of practice and competition, that habit could even become an automatic reflex.
Once it became a reflex, there was often no time to think during the heat of a game. Opportunities vanished in an instant, and you couldn't stop to consider how to make the pass.
Instead, you relied on your usual habits and reflexes.
Wang Yi could jump higher than any player they were used to facing, which was why he'd managed to intercept the ball.
That steal was Wang Yi's sixth of the game.
He dribbled straight downcourt.
Bryce felt that the turnover had been his fault, so he was determined to stop Wang Yi, giving it everything he