Xu Jingyu exclaimed, "The Lakers have swung the ball around twice and still haven't found a single open shot!"
"The Raptors' defensive pressure is incredible!"
"This defense is suffocating!"
Watching this, Phil Jackson seemed to have a glint in his eyes behind his glasses.
When a team had a dominant offensive threat, the defense had to double-team him.
That inevitably left someone open.
The offensive threat passed to the open player, forcing the defense to send someone else over to help.
Then another player was left open.
The ball was always faster than the players, so as long as the offense moved it quickly enough, eventually the defense would fall behind on its rotations, and someone would be left open.
Normally, after a couple of rotations, an open shot was bound to appear.
But after two rotations, the Lakers still hadn't created a single open look.
That showed just how quickly the Raptors rotated and how suffocating their defensive pressure was.
After the Raptors forced the miss, Dauding grabbed the rebound.
He immediately threw it to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi whipped the ball ahead to Big Lock Rock.
Rock took off downcourt like a madman.
But King Arthur was hot on his heels.
Rock knew how dangerous Arthur was when chasing down a shot, so he didn't charge straight to the basket. Instead, he drove to the free-throw line.
Then he came to an abrupt stop and, without even looking, passed to the left wing.
Tagore had just arrived at the left wing.
He caught the ball cleanly.
That was the chemistry between Tagore and Rock.
As soon as Tagore got the ball, he looked to shoot the three.
But Little Rivers came charging in from behind and leaped to block him.
Tagore raised the ball but didn't shoot. He