He gathered the ball for a pump fake, then put it back on the floor and muscled another step toward the basket, pushing the off-balance Hartenstein aside to secure good position. Then he jumped and laid it in for two.
Caught out of position, Hartenstein could only make a futile attempt to block him from behind. When that failed, he scooped up the falling ball, stepped beyond the baseline, and inbounded it.
Hart took the pass, turned and dribbled across half court, then found George.
George caught the ball on the wing and waited for his teammates to get into position before trying to create his own offense.
He held the ball in place, waited for Hartenstein to come up for an on-ball screen, then moved right, reading the Philadelphia 76ers' defensive strategy.
When he saw Embiid come out to hedge, he immediately passed to Hartenstein rolling toward the basket.
Hartenstein caught the ball on the move and entered the paint, then jumped toward Oubre, who had rotated over to protect the rim, and passed in midair to Chen Xi in the corner.
Chen Xi caught the ball in the left corner and launched a three with a little room to spare.
He flicked the ball away over George Niang, who was a little late on his rotation but still charging hard at him.
The ball swished through the net, rendering Niang's effort pointless.
"Chris! He nails the corner three."
"Giving him that kind of opportunity from that spot is practically handing him free points."
"Philadelphia botched their defensive rotation on that possession. Or maybe their defensive focus was simply in the wrong place. That's Chris! How could they dare leave him open in the corner?!"
"A mistake like that on their very first defensive possession after the timeout really