On the Thunder Team's bench by the court, Westbrook, Brow, Alexander, Little Jordan, Grimes, and Reddish all excitedly stood up and waved their towels with all their might, cheering Chen Xi's play.
After landing, Chen Xi was just as exhilarated.
He laughed and nodded as he took two steps forward, then raised his right arm toward the spectators beyond the Baseline and flexed his muscles.
"That's it, Chris! That's it! Destroy them!!!"
"F*** Dallas!! This is Oklahoma!! You'll never be able to win here!!"
"As long as we still have Chris, the Thunder Team is invincible!!!"
The fans' passionate, almost deafening roar swept out, carrying their emotions to everyone on the court and disrupting them.
Oklahoma's Devil's Home Court displayed its full might at this moment.
Beep!!!
The Mavericks called another timeout.
Kidd helplessly looked at the boiling atmosphere in the arena. After shaking his head, he turned and walked toward his own bench.
He had no choice but to call this timeout.
They had to suppress the Thunder's momentum.
At the same time, they needed to adjust their strategy against Chen Xi.
After only two possessions back from the break, Chen Xi had gone into attack mode and single-handedly led a 5–0 run against the Mavericks. It was genuinely frightening.
The bad news for the Mavericks was that—
When the timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court, Chen Xi's personal offensive form had not changed in the slightest.
His shooting remained steady, and his drives to the rim were still sharp. At the same time, he was not blindly forcing his own offense.
His passes were just as accurate and astonishingly lethal.
During the final three and a half minutes of the First Quarter, Chen Xi scored 9 points, grabbed 2 rebounds, and dished