Crawford took the ball from the backcourt and charged down like a dragon, unleashing a two-handed slam dunk as soon as he reached the frontcourt!
That instant set FedEx Forum ablaze.
The Grizzlies’ bench was boiling over with excitent, and Hansen stood up to applaud Crawford.
He now better understood what Battier had said.
So people try to showcase their team spirit by putting up near triple-doubles or even triple-doubles, but that requires a lot of ball handling, and to so extent, it’s like sucking the blood out of their teammates.
A true team player, like Battier, strives to help every mber of the team perform at their best.
At the end of the quarter, the Grizzlies led 26 to 23.
In the second quarter, the Heat Team made no lineup changes, while the Grizzlies continued their rotation, with Jason Williams coming on to replace Little Gasol.
For a stretch, neither side had a big center on the court.
This gave Jas the opportunity—he broke through Young and charged the paint, soaring over Johnson to finish with a signature tomahawk dunk.
After scoring, Jas faced the cara and flexed his biceps in a characteristic celebratory gesture.
It had to be said, his physical fitness was truly exceptional; in just this half-quarter, he was already unaffected by the blow he’d taken earlier.
The Grizzlies’ offensive focus on the court was still on Crawford.
Crawford took advantage of Battier’s pick and roll to mismatch against Jones, and he blew past his defender in one step.
Though his ball handling wasn’t the best, his physical prowess was impressive, especially his speed off the first step.
After getting past Jones, with Johnson blocking Haslem, only the basket remained in front of him.
He soared into the air ready to bring down a one-handed slam.
But in that mont, a figure ca flying in from the side.
Jas!
Ti can erase everything. After Hansen unleashed that big move earlier, Jas had been caught in a dia whirlwind, but by now, people had started to forget.
But Jas hadn’t forgotten—Crawford, the young man who had sneakily dunked over him back then.
That’s right, it wasn’t a straightforward dunk over him at all; it was just a sneaky move when he wasn’t paying attention!
He couldn’t handle Hansen, but he thought he could deal with a small-tir like you?
However, he quickly realized he had underestimated Crawford.
Previously, Crawford’s dunk did indeed involve suddenly leaping up, catching people off guard, but that wasn’t his limit.
Especially after two years had passed, and Crawford had entered NBA training, his physical talent had been further developed.
Seeing Jas fly towards him mid-air, Crawford didn’t dodge but instead sped up his own aerial motion while turning his body to the side.
"Bang!"
He slamd the ball hard into the basket with one hand, leaning his body at an angle.
Jas’ body flew past him, becoming a perfect backdrop.
Silence fell over the crowd, as most fans didn’t grasp what had happened at first.
But the next second, the sound of the fans’ roaring engulfed FedEx Forum.
Crawford had dunked over Jas!
Once again!
And this ti, it wasn’t on a practice court—it was in a ga!
Crawford, landing with a flushed face, excitedly pounded his chest and roared.
The "Dunkgate" scandal had caused him much slander, especially with the previous events resurfacing, which overwheld him.
That was also why, upon joining the Grizzlies, he had beco known as a troublemaker—he wanted to prove himself.
And nothing could be sweeter than the move he had just pulled off!
Hansen too, now on his feet, waved a towel for Crawford, shouting loudly.
When he saw Jas coming over for the block, he thought Crawford was going to be embarrassed, given that Jas’ chase-down block ability was historically great.
But clearly, they had all underestimated Crawford, or rather, Crawford’s competitive spirit.
Every NBA player is the Jordan of their own story.
And that dunk would probably hit the trending searches again.
It reminded him of his early days with the Cavaliers, sitting on a plane with Malone, heading to Las Vegas.
Indeed, all encounters are reunions after a long separation.
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