Whenever fans saw Mad Tiger with the ball, they got nervous.
That feeling had persisted all season.
Fortunately, the ball bounced off the rim and into the basket.
The spectators all breathed a sigh of relief.
Tagore's three-pointer also served as an answer to Juan's shot just moments earlier.
Coming back down the court, the opposing team ran another Pick and Roll, and once again, it ended with Juan switching onto Tagore.
Juan had just figured out how to handle Tagore.
He would dribble sideways beyond the three-point line, then use his weight advantage to push his way inside.
So after getting the ball, Juan saw Tagore come to guard him and immediately started dribbling sideways outside the three-point line.
He tried to use his left shoulder and body to squeeze Tagore and push his way in.
But as he leaned into him, Juan was suddenly surprised.
He found that he couldn't move Tagore at all.
Still surprised, he tried again, but Tagore wouldn't budge. That made Juan even more astonished.
He was 2.16 meters tall, yet he couldn't back down this 1.88-meter guy?
Was this a joke?
In fact, something similar had happened before in the NBA.
It had happened with James Harden.
Sometimes James Harden had to guard opposing centers after a switch in the paint.
When those centers tried to use their bodies to bully their way toward the basket against Harden, they found they couldn't move him at all.
That was because, although Harden wasn't as tall as those centers, he had plenty of weight.
His lower-body strength was especially impressive, and he had a very solid base.
When he defended with all his might, opposing centers couldn't push him around.
Tagore might not have been tall at just 1.88 meters, but he was the short,