Play resumed after the timeout.
Neither team made any substitutions for now.
The Celtics continued their possession.
Paul quickly dribbled across half court, faced Hart at the top of the key, then called for a pick-and-roll.
Using Kornet's screen to force Hartenstein to hedge out, he sent a precise pass to the corner, finding Brown as he cut to the basket.
Jaylen Brown attacked the rim on the cut.
He took three steps after catching the ball, then went up for another layup through Grant's help defense.
But this one didn't go in.
The contact jarred the ball slightly loose from his grasp. It hit the backboard, bounced off the rim, and flew away.
After landing, Brown complained to the referee, clearly unhappy. He argued that Grant had fouled him, but the official chose to ignore him...
Meanwhile, Chen Xi had also hustled back and secured the defensive rebound. He turned and pushed the ball upcourt.
He crossed the midcourt line in a few long strides and stopped near the logo, waiting for his teammates to get into position. Then he waved Hart over to set a screen.
Using Hart's screen, he moved quickly to the right, forcing Paul to switch onto him, and tried to attack the mismatch directly.
The Celtics naturally weren't about to let Chen Xi get what he wanted so easily.
Brown didn't switch. Without hesitation, he left Hart and went to double-team Chen Xi.
Seeing this, Chen Xi immediately passed the ball back to Hart.
Hart seized the opportunity, caught the ball, jumped, and fired a three.
Swish~~
The ball swished through the net.
The Celtics had no choice but to give up that shot. There was nothing they could do.
If they didn't double-team Chen Xi and let the League's top isolation scorer target