With another jump shot from Chen Xi,
the gap between the two teams was once again back to four points!!
The suspense was suddenly back in the game!!
In the clutch, when it came to trading big shots, Chen was still in his element!
This is the battlefield I rule~~
The Nets didn't call a timeout. The game continued.
George inbounded the ball in the backcourt to Harden, who turned and dribbled up to the logo.
Standing on the New York Knicks logo, they began to run down the clock.
The Nets stuck with their patient, methodical approach.
But this time, perhaps unable to bear seeing their logo "trampled," the Knicks decisively sent a double-team at the top of the key, forcing Harden to pass.
Hart and Grant worked together in a well-coordinated double-team, stepping up to pressure him.
Harden quickly passed the ball out to George on the wing.
George caught it and faced Chen Xi's defense.
He dribbled once toward the top of the key, then suddenly passed to Durant, who was cutting to the basket.
Kevin Durant caught the ball and drove straight into the paint. As Toppin switched onto him, he leaped straight up for a layup.
He made a slight adjustment in the air, deftly avoiding the defender's arm, then gently released the ball. It dropped cleanly through.
The ball swished through the net.
The Nets scored again.
Kevin Durant was still that impossibly consistent superstar scorer.
With no time to dwell on the failed defensive possession, the Knicks quickly inbounded the ball.
Chen Xi caught Toppin's pass at his own free-throw line, turned, and raced up the court.
With George shadowing him closely, he crossed midcourt, then used a sudden change of pace—accelerating and stopping short—to create space between them.
And then!
Chen Xi