The referee on the sideline promptly blew his whistle.
An inbound in the frontcourt.
The Thunder got to continue their possession.
Westbrook went to the baseline to inbound, carefully watching each teammate's movement. Then, seizing his chance, he fired another lightning-fast through pass straight to the weak-side corner.
Cunningham caught it and launched a wide-open corner three.
Clang!!
The ball bounced off the rim.
Cunningham had squandered a golden opportunity~~
The Thunder's possession came up empty as well.
Even a player of C.C.'s caliber could miss a shot that wide open.
After all, that wasn't his specialty.
Across the entire league, the only players who could switch seamlessly between playing on and off the ball while maintaining terrifying percentages on both pull-ups and catch-and-shoot attempts were probably Chen and Curry...
Speak of the devil.
The rebound bounced to just the right spot.
Chen Xi caught it securely and protected the ball, then turned and advanced a couple of steps. Almost immediately, Alexander and Barrett swarmed him with a double-team.
He jumped and passed to Strus on the other side.
After catching it, Strus took over bringing the ball across half court.
He reached the left side of the three-point line in the frontcourt, waited for his teammates to get into position, then passed the ball back to George.
With Chen Xi clearly receiving intense defensive attention, letting PG handle the ball was indeed New York's first choice at the moment.
George caught it and once again tried attacking SGA face-up.
Two consecutive between-the-legs crossovers flowed into a front crossover and a feigned drive. He quickly pulled the ball back, then pushed off with a crossover step and drove toward the paint on the other side.
On the move, he used contact again to create space, then stepped back and gathered