After hearing the crowd's shouts too, Westbrook had already decided on the play for their next possession~~
Once he dribbled into the frontcourt, Turtle Turtle dribbled with one hand and signaled a play.
The Thunder immediately started moving without the ball.
Chen Xi smiled and shook his head, then slowly settled into the corner before quickly circling in from the side toward the free-throw line. After getting past two screens, he reached the elbow on the other side of the court and put out a hand for the ball.
He turned around to face Stewart's mismatched defense.
It was a very standard Iverson Cut play, though the funny thing was that the players had run it a little too well this time~~
LaMelo Ball had gotten knocked off course at the very first screen...
So the defender Chen Xi was facing now was Stewart.
It went a little against the original plan, but maybe that was just life—things never went smoothly~~
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Chen Xi held the ball with both hands, backed Stewart down, and began his post-up.
Interestingly, once the two were pressed together, it was easy to see that there wasn't much difference in height between Chen Xi and Stewart~~
Chen, whose official height was 198 centimeters, looked about as tall as Stewart, whose official height was 203 centimeters.
Of course, perhaps Stewart's knees were just slightly bent~~
Once he started his attack, Chen Xi went with a fairly conventional move.
He slowly raised his upper body, feeling for his opponent's position with his back while carefully watching how he was standing. Then, using Westbrook's cut and his own passing fake, he drove Saddiq Bey, who had just started to come over for the double-team, back.
Next, Chen Xi quickly put the