A Bad Start!

A Rough Start! Su Yan?... He lowered his shoulder and barreled into Sefolosha, sending him crashing beneath the basket.

One-on-zero, attacking the rim alone.

Boom!

He threw down a thunderous dunk.

The highlight of that possession was Su Yan bulldozing Sefolosha aside before finishing with a slam.

In reality.

Su Yan's block against Durant in one-on-one defense had been the most thrilling matchup of that last exchange.

"Tch."

Durant snorted, utterly unconvinced.

He called for the ball. Harden inbounded it to him from the baseline, and after bringing it upcourt, he faced Su Yan again.

Su Yan was determined to defend him.

As long as Durant did not want to avoid him, he could match up against Su Yan every possession.

Clearly.

Scoring against Su Yan would be at its most difficult.

But he trusted his current touch. He believed he had entered an unstoppable state.

That last shot had been disrupted.

It had merely been disrupted.

It had nothing at all to do with this possession.

Durant was extremely confident. Holding the ball in his left hand, he lowered his center of gravity and feinted a drive before making a crossover in front of his body.

His crossover was already quick, and with his long wingspan and height, the range of that move was enormous.

Even someone as strong as Su Yan was slightly shaken.

Durant shifted the ball to his right hand, his momentum still carrying forward as if he were about to drive, but he suddenly made another large, early change of direction.

A double crossover.

This was Durant's favorite way to break down defenders.

Under normal circumstances, he did not need such fancy moves at all. He could simply rise up for a jumper over the defense.

But Su Yan's defense was so good that he