After receiving Zhou Ze's lob, Chris Andersen went with the flow and finished with an alley-oop slam.
Right after that, Zhou Ze also stripped Shawn Marion clean on the defensive end.
Shawn Marion cut in from the wing and received Jason Kidd's pass, but before he could even bring the ball up, Zhou Ze appeared in front of him. With a smack, Zhou Ze grabbed the ball with both hands and yanked hard, sending Marion flying.
After the steal, Zhou Ze immediately pushed the ball in transition. With the ball in his hands, he was no slower than Jason Kidd retreating on defense without it.
Jason Kidd, positioned on the same side as Zhou Ze's ball hand, tried to crowd that side, but Zhou Ze smoothly went into a behind-the-back dribble in stride, slipping past Kidd's steal attempt with an incredibly fluid move.
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
Even the Mavericks' home fans couldn't help but applaud.
Not only that, even Mark Cuban, the Mavericks' diehard fan and team owner, couldn't help reacting to the play, completely disregarding his image.
If any other Mavericks member had gotten this worked up, Coach Rick Carlisle would have definitely chewed them out.
But the man was the team owner. What could he do? Just let him be!
In just two minutes, Zhou Ze stole the ball from Shawn Marion once and made four straight shots, forcing the Dallas Mavericks to call a timeout.
Even Kenny Smith in TNT's broadcast booth couldn't help complaining, "OMG! Zhou, this grudge-holding guy!"
After the timeout.
Dirk Nowitzki, still playing at the team's five spot, caught the ball in the high-post area—above the free-throw line and inside the three-point arc. The moment Nowitzki got the ball, he immediately became an offensive threat.
With a pump fake, he sent