After Alexander dribbled across half court, he faced Chen Xi's defense at the top of the key and waved for Little Jordan to come up for an on-ball screen before accelerating past him toward the paint.
For the Knicks, Hartenstein still chose to drop back in response to Alexander's drive. At the same time, Ethan provided help defense from the side and arrived in time to block his path.
Seeing this, SGA immediately passed the ball to Reddish in the corner.
Ghost Brother caught the ball and attempted a three-point shot.
Dang!!
It missed this time!
The Knicks had successfully left him open on purpose!
Hartenstein secured the defensive rebound, and the Knicks launched another fast break.
Chen Xi received the ball at his own three-point line, turned, and pushed across half court. Then, taking advantage of the Thunder's unstable defensive footing and somewhat disorganized retreat, he gathered the ball and jumped from two steps beyond the three-point line, launching a chasedown three-pointer from far behind.
Swish~~
The basketball swished through the net!
A three-pointer! The score had swung back in front!!
Beep!!
The whistle sounded.
The Oklahoma Thunder called another timeout.
Billy Donovan extended his right hand and rubbed his brow, looking somewhat troubled as he watched everyone come off the court.
They had been unable to answer the opponent's open threes, allowing the opponent to seize the chance to counterattack. That was an old problem for the team.
Especially after Chen Xi's departure, the problem had become even easier to magnify.
But he truly had no particularly effective countermeasure in hand for situations like this...
There was no helping it. They would just have to grit their teeth and put the starters back in...
Soon, the timeout ended, and the Thunder Team promptly sent all their starters back