Hannum's floater missed, but there were three Raptors under the basket fighting for the rebound. In the end, Pol. Kur snatched it out of the air and slammed it back down with a powerful putback.
That putback from Kur lit up the Raptors on the court and the players in the Raptors' Resting Area.
Baturu jumped to his feet and roared.
Zhang Yu waved his towel with all his might.
He kept shouting, "Holy shit, that's badass!"
Dauding jumped up too, threw an arm around Zhang Yu's shoulders, and slapped his hand hard. "Badass!"
Even Coach Dako and the two assistant coaches stared at Pol. Kur in amazement.
Usually, Pol. Kur kept a low profile and didn't stand out. They hadn't expected him to put on such an explosive performance against the Celtics.
The Celtics answered with a three-pointer from Tatum.
When the Raptors took possession, Wang Yi drew a crowd of defenders, and the ball eventually went to A. Nikola.
Nikola gave a little shake at the three-point line, then drove to the Mid-range and knocked down an easy jumper.
Nikola did get playing time now and then, but he'd never had this many open looks when he was on the court.
Now, with Wang Yi drawing so many defenders, the other four players had plenty of chances to get open. Even if the opposing players managed to rush back when they took their first shot, all they had to do was give a little shake and drive a couple of steps inside to find themselves wide open again.
And so the two teams traded baskets.
Wang Yi knew he was drawing a lot of defenders, so he stopped looking to score much on offense and devoted more of his energy to defense.
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