And after failing to turn around, he reached out to call for Antetokounmpo’s screen.
Using the screen, he finally turned and charged into the lane.
But before he took two steps, Hansen’s help defense ca, forcing him to stop the ball at just the right mont.
After the recent tiout, Hansen completely changed his play style.
Jas turned to find Durant, only to realize that Hansen and Jokic had already switched defense with perfect coordination.
Jokic was also spreading his arms wide to disrupt Jas’s passing route.
"Slap!"
Moreover, while Jas was protecting the ball, looking for teammates, Westbrook had already circumvented Antetokounmpo’s screen, coming from Jas’s visual blind spot to steal the ball directly!
By the ti Jas reacted, Westbrook was already sprinting down the court for a fast break.
The fast break was truly fast!
Hansen placed his right hand on his forehead, making a looking gesture.
Westbrook had already executed his signature crescent dunk in the frontcourt fast break.
Landing with a Ninja Turtle style power walk, Westbrook’s emotions exploded.
to 141, the score gap on the court widened to 6 points!
At this point, there’s only 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the ga, and Jas Team’s situation looks grim with this lead.
And as Jas held the ball again, Westbrook’s defensive aggressiveness was even stronger than before.
In theory, Westbrook can’t stop Jas; their size difference is apparent.
But Westbrook could limit Jas’s acceleration, preventing him from easily attacking the lane as before.
More importantly, Hansen would be there to help defend, aning Jas’s breakthroughs could no longer be as effective as before.
Jas was forced to gesture for Curry to move off the ball again.
As the captain, he had contributed so much already; it was ti for others to step up.
Curry was determined, successfully shaking off Thompson to receive the pass this ti.
However, his attempt at a three-pointer clanked off the rim.
Jokic secured the rebound and handed it off to Westbrook, who once again executed a fast break dunk.
to 143, with Hansen’s team coming back from the tiout with a 6-0 run, increasing the score gap to 8 points!
There’s only 1 minute left, and ti is running out for Jas Team.
On the sidelines, Stevens touched his chin, frowning and looking intently at Hansen.
At this mont, he could sense Hansen’s daunting presence more clearly than ever before.
Hansen didn’t score much during this decisive phase, but what he did was far more than scoring.
After that tiout, Curry was hot, with consecutive threes helping Jas Team keep the score tight.
Because with Durant on Jas Team, if Hansen switched to defend Curry, Durant might explode offensively.
So Hansen chose the safest option, letting Jas score.
Compared to Curry or Durant, Jas’s tough two-pointers had the least impact on the ga.
Moreover, letting Jas score had another benefit: cooling down Curry’s hot streak.
In "history," Shumpert, who once played with Jas, complained on a TV show that playing with Jas ans not touching the ball for long stretches, and then being asked to hit clutch shots, which makes it hard to maintain accuracy.
When Curry can’t get the ball while he’s hot, the effect is quite similar.
Both Harden and Westbrook are traps set by Hansen for Jas, and even knowing they are traps, Jas would still walk into them.
Such planning and plotting, even targeting everyone’s character and ability, was so fearso that even soone prideful of their tactical prowess was left in awe.
Previously, when Kuzma mimicked the crown gesture, Jas misunderstood Hansen, thinking he was the hidden hand behind it.
But tonight, he should truly understand the despairing situation he faces when Hansen plays the role of the puppet master!
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