The Reverse-Growth Giant
Chapter 798

The Wing Duo's Combined 60 Points

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A between-the-legs dribble was not actually exclusive to streetball courts.

Though examples of between-the-legs dribbles were rare in NBA games, they were not impossible to find. Even in the intensely competitive playoffs, there had been such plays before.

In the 2007 Finals, Spurs versus Cavaliers, Manu Ginobili blew past poor Daniel Gibson with a between-the-legs dribble and successfully finished the layup.

Ginobili had pulled off countless between-the-legs dribbles throughout his career. He might have been the least Spurs-like player in terms of playing style.

But most players capable of pulling off a between-the-legs dribble were guards, and mostly point guards at that. On an NBA court full of elite talent, creating even a sliver of space was extraordinarily difficult, let alone pulling off a flashy move like that.

Without top-tier ball-handling ability in the league, there was simply no way to perform such a move in the NBA.

Yet just now, Link—a standard small forward standing 2.03 meters tall—had put Leonard through the legs with a move that would have shamed plenty of guards!

What was even more terrifying was that Leonard had made the All-Defensive Second Team this year! In the previous round of the Western Conference semifinals, his defense had made even scoring champion Durant struggle badly.

And this very defensive ace had been toyed with by Link through a between-the-legs dribble.

No matter how one looked at it, Link's last basket had been utterly unbelievable.

"Can someone tell me what Link was thinking!? How did he even think of using a between-the-legs dribble!? That was Kawhi Leonard, a member of the All-Defensive Team! Link has incredible guts. You could tell from this year's Slam Dunk Contest—there's no move he doesn't dare to try!"

Hubie Brown still felt his scalp tingling. Who could have imagined that such an

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