At the top of the key, Jokic caught the ball, turned to face up, and immediately tried to drive past Davis.
Using his size, he simply backed Davis down toward the basket.
Once Davis had planted his feet, Jokic immediately spun with the ball.
As he turned, he flicked his wrist and passed it out.
He was still spinning, but the ball had already found Gordon, who was cutting to the basket.
Aaron Gordon took flight once more and slammed it home with a thunderous one-handed dunk, answering Westbrook with an Answer Ball.
The same old problem.
When the Thunder Team sent Little Jordan to the bench and put Davis on Jokic, their interior defense kept breaking down like this.
Gordon's last scoring burst had also come from this matchup.
Still, it wasn't a big problem.
They just needed to make a slight adjustment on defense~~
"Chris!"
Donovan stood on the sideline and shouted to stop Chen Xi, who was heading upcourt. Then he pointed at Gordon.
Chen got the message and immediately made the "lost the Korean market" gesture before turning and continuing upcourt.
At the frontcourt, Westbrook had already dribbled to the top of the key. He waited for Chen Xi, then decisively passed him the ball.
After catching it, Chen found himself facing Pope's defense and looked a little surprised.
"Oh? They switched again?"
Unfortunately, the man in front of him didn't take the bait.
So Chen didn't waste any more words.
He made his signature Triple Threat move with the ball, then stepped forward with his right foot to threaten a drive past Pope. Suddenly, he pulled his foot back and raised the ball for a Shot Fake.
Pope reacted instantly, stepping up hard as if on reflex, ready to leap and block the shot.
Chen