"Holy shit!!! Chris!!"
"We barely had time to cheer Holiday's brilliant steal before Chris turned right around and delivered an absolutely beautiful chase-down block!!"
"OMG!! This was only the first possession of tonight's game, and both sides already delivered spectacular defensive plays!! Absolutely insane!"
"Come to think of it, Jrue Holiday and Chris might really be the best defensive guards in the league right now, wouldn't you say? There aren't many players who can be mentioned in the same breath as them on defense—or even in the same breath as Holiday. As for Chris? Those little guards probably need to bring home a DPOY first..."
"What an incredible show right out of the gate! I was already looking forward to this game, but now I'm even more desperate to see what tonight has in store!"
On the court, Chen Xi landed after his vicious chase-down block and immediately protected the ball, making sure Holiday had no chance to steal it back. Then he slowly dribbled across half court and returned to the top of the key to organize the offense.
He held the ball in place and waited for Hartenstein to come up, then drove before kicking it out to Hart on the weak side.
Hart caught the pass and attempted a three-pointer.
It missed.
The ball bounced off the rim and fell into Porzingis's hands.
Porzingis turned and dribbled forward a couple of steps, then found Brown with a pass.
Brown brought the ball across half court and headed straight to the wing without slowing down. He kept driving, taking advantage of the Knicks' unsettled defense to cut diagonally into the free-throw-line area. Once he had drawn the Knicks' attention, he quickly passed to the weak-side corner.
Holiday had raced ahead and gotten into position. He caught the