"Was that play slick or what? Tell me, was that play slick or what? It's the first time I've ever used the word 'slick' to describe a play!"
"You're asking if the play was slick? I'm asking if Brother Yi was fast. From the moment he took off from the backcourt to the steal and then the dunk, it took all of two seconds. That was insanely fast."
"Sure enough, Brother Yi is the fastest man in the world."
Wang Jianhua, standing nearby, watched the play unfold and felt like he'd been made a fool of.
He'd thought Pang Bo's jump ball was utterly ridiculous, but the next second he realized that Wang Yi and Pang Bo had come up with a jump-ball play on the fly.
The play centered on Wang Yi's incredible speed. They took advantage of the split second when the other team was completely bewildered, and Wang Yi stole the ball and dunked.
There was no denying that the play had been devised brilliantly. It was downright ingenious.
Of course, it was also very risky. If the other team caught the ball and reacted in time, they'd simply be handing them possession for nothing.
And only Wang Yi could execute the fast break in this play. The others weren't fast enough to steal the ball before the other team reacted.
Jokic saw through it, too. Realizing that Wang Yi had deliberately set up the play, he smiled and shook his head at him.
If you want to steal the ball, the best way is to catch your opponent completely off guard.
He only averaged two fouls per game.
Yet anyone who understood basketball could immediately see the enormous threat Pang Bo posed from the corner.
Jokic would occasionally slip along the baseline or set an off-ball