On the wing, Chen Xi and George screened for each other.
The ball was then delivered into George's hands.
Paul George caught the ball at the top of the key and faced up against Vassell for an isolation.
Meanwhile, Chen Xi, who had continued toward the corner, exchanged a glance with Hartenstein before coming back up to the forty-five-degree wing.
On the other side, George began his drive against Vassell.
He changed direction with a Crossover Dribble, launched into a Crossover Step, accelerated inside the three-point line, then stopped sharply and pulled back before using a Front Crossover to accelerate again.
This time, after driving all the way to the free-throw line, George went into a Spin Move, gathered the ball, threw a pump fake, and jumped again.
Just as everyone thought George was about to take a turnaround fadeaway, he passed instead.
At the forty-five-degree wing, Chen Xi feinted toward the baseline again, drawing Kuminga into motion, then curled back into the paint. He caught the pass on the move, took one dribble farther inside, and gathered the ball to jump.
Both feet slammed into the floor almost simultaneously, generating tremendous upward force.
With his terrifyingly explosive leap, he was airborne in an instant. Hartenstein had delayed Wemby a step, leaving him half a beat late on the help rotation, without time to jump and able only to raise his hands. Chen Xi went straight at him for the dunk!
Chen Xi swung the ball with one arm and hammered it toward the rim before anyone could react.
The ball shot between Wemby's two raised arms, squeezed through that narrow gap, and plunged into the net.
Clang!!!
Thud!!!
Two sounds of impact rang out, one after the other.
The first came from Chen Xi completing his dunk.
The second