A Huge Push to Finish It

After SGA dribbled across half court at a brisk pace, Pope cut him off. SGA slowed down, then turned and passed to Batum, who was trailing the play.

Batum caught the ball and drove straight to the basket. Gathering it in both hands, he took three steps and tried to finish at the rim.

Still no good!

Jalen Green's contest sent the shot bouncing off the rim again.

Fortunately, the Thunder were clearly the more aggressive team in transition this time around.

The ball struck the back of the rim and bounced high into the air, then dropped right into the hands of Chen Xi, who had followed the play.

So Chen calmly put up an easy shot, tipping it in for another two points.

This was probably the easiest basket Chen Xi had scored all night~~

After finishing the play, Chen casually turned and jogged back to the defensive end.

They'd almost found their rhythm!

There might have been a bit of luck involved, but going by the situation so far, Chen Xi and the Thunder's second unit had temporarily gotten the better of Jokic and the Nuggets' second unit.

And with the Thunder already leading by more than ten, that advantage was all the more pronounced.

The game continued.

Before long, the first quarter was over. The score stood at 43–28, with the Thunder leading the Nuggets by 15 after one.

No one could withstand an offense putting up 43 points in a quarter.

The Nuggets had really been in for it tonight~~

Congratulations! Congratulations~~

The break between quarters didn't last long, and soon the second quarter was underway.

Both teams continued to pit their transition units against each other.

But at this point, the gap in form—and therefore in ability—between the two teams was starting to look