But Dream had positioned himself perfectly on defense. With his lightning-quick lateral movement, he stayed right in front of Jerebko, blocking his path.
With no other choice, Jerebko turned and passed out, trying to get the ball back to Westbrook up top.
But the contact from Dream had thrown off his body mechanics just enough to affect the pass, and he failed to control its force.
Klay seized the chance, reached out to steal the ball, then turned and pushed upcourt at a fast pace.
He drove into the frontcourt, used Wiggins' screen, and crossed over to shake Westbrook before rising for a chasedown three-pointer.
Dang!!
The ball bounced off the rim.
Westbrook let out a long breath.
Thank goodness. That was almost another fast-break counterattack against us~~
Under the basket, Chen Xi secured the rebound after getting back on defense, then turned and pushed across half court again.
Once in the frontcourt, Chen Xi continued to face Wiggins.
He held the ball and waited a moment, and Klay soon came over from the side to help on defense.
So Chen Xi decisively passed to Westbrook.
Westbrook caught the ball and drove in quickly, attacking the paint and drawing a double-team before passing inside to Davis.
Davis caught the ball and went up at the rim.
The ball hit the backboard and bounced out.
It was an extremely rare sight, but there was nothing to be done about it now.
Fortunately, AD immediately jumped again and used his long arms to grab the offensive rebound. He then used a shot fake to get Green, who had recovered on defense, into the air, took advantage of the timing, and leaped back up to lay the ball in.
This time, he sent it in cleanly.
He'd managed to pad his rebound count