What did a 50% steal success rate mean?
If I went for the ball, I'd succeed once every two attempts.
Would you still dare to hold the ball in front of me?
Forget holding it in front of me—anyone thinking of passing it to you would have to think twice.
That would make you completely useless on offense.
Of course, Serbia—including Jokic—had no idea about this yet.
When Serbia dribbled into the frontcourt, they still gave the ball to Jokic.
They stuck to the high-low offense they were so good at, and which gave them a clear advantage.
Pang Bo had been about to step up and guard Jokic, but Wang Yi waved him off and called to him:
"Stay under the basket. Swat anyone who comes inside!"
According to the rules of basketball, when a defensive player knocks the ball away, it counts as a block if the ball is below the offensive player's shoulders, and a steal if it's above them.
How could that guy's steal just now have been so slow? It was completely inhuman.
He assisted a teammate, who calmly knocked down a floater.
The next possession was Serbia's again.
He couldn't let Jokic shoot, but he absolutely couldn't let him drive inside the three-point line, either.
Pang Bo had been terrifying on defense today.
All he could do was shout from the sidelines, "Watch out for his steals! Get rid of the ball quickly!"
The ball was instantly knocked away.
But Pang Bo was so fast that he shot straight through the opening.
Pang Bo bent down and picked up the ball.
Seeing that Pang Bo wasn't taking the bait, Jokic simply pulled up for a three outside the arc.
Pang Bo stayed in front of Jokic.
As Jokic turned, he kept moving his arm