After receiving the ball, Cam Reddish immediately took the open three.
Bang!!
The ball bounced off the rim.
Fortunately, though, the rebound was tipped loose in the battle between Little Jordan and Jokic.
Chen Xi smoothly grabbed the offensive rebound, turned, and returned to the perimeter to launch another attack.
This time, he was less casual about it.
He waved for his teammates to start moving.
Spanish Pick and Roll.
Using Little Jordan's screen, he drove into the paint.
At the same time, Uncle rolled to the basket at just the right moment, drawing some defensive attention. Then Chen Xi passed back to Reddish at the top of the key.
This time, Reddish didn't choose to shoot right away. Instead, he used a Shot Fake to draw Morris's attention, then transferred the ball to Batum on the wing.
Batum caught the ball and, without a moment's hesitation, immediately launched a three before the defense could recover.
Swish~~
The ball swished through the net.
Three points.
"Who can subdue dragons and tame tigers? Nicolas Batum!!"
The Nuggets got the ball back. Gordon dribbled across half court, then passed to Pope at the top of the key.
Pope took a dribble to the right wing, then continued the ball movement by passing to Jokic.
Jokic faced up against Little Jordan.
He faked a shot in place, then dribbled inside. Repeating his earlier move, he spun past Uncle and made his way under the basket, where he tossed the ball into the air over Jerebko's help defense.
Gordon, who had cut to the basket right behind Jerebko, immediately took off. He caught the ball in midair and slammed it down in one motion.
Two points. 32–31.
The score remained close.
On the sidelines, Donovan stood with his hands in his pockets, looking