Sorry! I'm Not Just Good at Threes!

"Exactly!"

Gortat was stunned too. "I thought three-pointers were Stephen's strongest weapon on offense.

He's played really well tonight, too.

He's been raining threes.

When the defense stepped up, focused on his three-point shot, and forced him to drive and attack in ways he wasn't good at,

I thought... I could defend him easily.

Seriously.

I was ready to swat Stephen's shot into the stands, but who knew... I couldn't stop him at all."

"Stephen's improved a lot!"

Wade narrowed his eyes. "If it were just Su Yan, we could beat him by taking turns guarding him.

But if Stephen develops into an outstanding dual-guard with a deadly three-point shot,

then he'll be really hard to deal with.

That's really bad.

That's not good news for us."

"Hmph!"

LeBron scoffed. "We're the Four Giants. Even if Stephen's playing well,

we don't need to be afraid.

We just need to stick to the plan and show the aggression that belongs to the Four Giants.

We'll dominate on both ends of the floor."

"Of course."

Wade smiled faintly. "I'm just acknowledging Stephen's improvement and that the Knicks aren't relying on just one player anymore.

But I've never thought we'd lose.

Looks like... I'll need to step up my defense even more. Even if I can't stop Stephen, I'll make sure he feels the pressure!"

The game resumed after the timeout.

Wade went straight for Curry, rushing him with intense defense and giving him no room to operate.

Curry didn't panic.

His deft ball-handling let him keep creating space from Wade as he looked for the right chance to drive.

If he couldn't get a three-pointer, he could drive. And if he couldn't get to the basket, he could still draw defenders and set up a good chance for a teammate to attack