"Tweet! Tweet!" As the referee's shrill whistle sounded, the game entered a tense and thrilling overtime period.
However, something unexpected happened—less than ten seconds into overtime, Marc Gasol picked up a foul on defense.
Having already accumulated five fouls, this one directly fouled him out, forcing him to leave the court dejectedly.
Faced with this sudden development, Coach Jack looked somewhat helpless.
He quickly turned toward the bench, his gaze falling on Kenneth Faried, and shouted, "Faried, get up and get ready to check in!"
Hearing the coach's call, Kenneth Faried immediately stood up and began taking off his warmup jacket, ready to replace Marc Gasol.
But just then, Goodwin strode over to Coach Jack, waving his hand as he said, "Coach, put Hayward in instead. I can hold down the power forward spot."
It turned out that during regulation, Faried had matched up against Tim Duncan, but those brief two minutes had been utterly disastrous.
At the time, Tim Duncan had been unstoppable on offense, scoring however he wanted and completely overwhelming Kenneth Faried.
In Goodwin's eyes, rather than send Kenneth Faried back out there to get torched by Tim Duncan again, he might as well take him on himself.
After all, he had the edge over Kenneth Faried in height, strength, wingspan, and other physical attributes.
And with his own ability and experience, perhaps he could do a better job of limiting Tim Duncan.
Coach Jack did not hesitate much in the face of Goodwin's volunteering and quickly nodded in agreement.
So he immediately shouted toward the sideline, "Hayward, get in there!" Upon receiving the instruction, Gordon Hayward swiftly stood up, took off his jacket, and ran onto the court.
When Gordon Hayward appeared on the floor, both the fans in the arena and those watching on television