Wang Yi got the ball.
But he had been charging too fast, and with the ball in one hand, he jumped out of bounds.
Still in the air, he half-turned around.
He saw his teammates trailing behind him.
Unfortunately,
the people following him weren't his teammates.
They were the opposing players.
King Arthur was in front.
Jokic was three or four meters behind him.
And behind those two, just past the half-court line, was Charlie Hannum.
In this situation, he couldn't just sling the ball to Zhang Jiacheng.
It would go straight behind the backboard.
A bounce pass wouldn't work either—the distance was too great.
And Jokic, trailing behind, would definitely get to it first.
In his desperation, Wang Yi suddenly had an idea.
Then, right there in the air, he used a skipping-stone motion and flung the ball out.
The pass skipped at just the right height, clearing King Arthur's feet as he came over to defend.
It bounced once off the floor, then flew on a very flat trajectory.
After traveling three or four meters, it hit the ground again.
This time, it landed right beside Jokic's foot as he chased after it.
At Jokic's height, it would be difficult for him to bend down quickly enough to stop the ball.
Jokic had a high Basketball IQ, too.
Seeing he couldn't reach it with his hand, he decided to kick it instead.
Even if kicking the ball meant a violation, he couldn't let Wang Yi pass it through.
And the ball wasn't just skipping—it was spinning, too.
The spin kept the bounce low, and it would hit the floor again in no time.
So before Jokic could kick it, the ball had already landed.
He kicked at thin air.
The ball bounced up again, then quickly hit the