The Most Important One
After that, both sides had an empty possession under the other's tough defense, and the game entered the final 49.7 seconds. To completely solve their offensive problems, they needed other players to hit open threes. The two teams remained locked in a battle until the final 4:48, with the score at 89:91, the Warriors trailing by two. "I made it, I made it!" Shooting touch could fluctuate, stamina could decline, motivation could fade, and mentality could change... Only true superstars could score consistently and step up when their team needed them. The basketball flew to the other side at a 45-degree angle, where Jaylen Brown and Wade were positioned. Zhang Yu made several substitutions for this reason, putting Caruso, Connaughton, Hart, Aminu, and Jerebko on the court. They had only one task: catch the ball and shoot open threes. In the small-ball era, threes were king, and efficiency came first. 99:96. Stevens looked at Jaylen Brown with a complicated expression. The Bulls, however, were a team going against the trend. None of their Big Three excelled at shooting, and Butler, who had come up as a 3-and-D player, had long since transformed his game, focusing on mid-range shots and drives. His three-point percentage had declined year after year and was now even worse than Rose's. "All right, I take back what I said. Who told him to be Stephen Curry?" But at that moment, Stevens stepped onto the sideline, leaned forward, and shouted. Because the two sides had spent a long time fighting for a loose ball on the floor, the Warriors had less than 24 seconds to attack. Curry dribbled into the frontcourt, stopped at the top of the arc, and dribbled in place to run down the clock. If he played well, he had