Chapter 198: Saving the Ball

Collison is blocked by Wade Dong, and the ball remains with the Thunder.

The baseline pass goes to Westbrook, who misses a three-pointer. Gortat grabs the rebound.

The ball is passed to Wade Dong.

Wade Dong dribbles the ball and immediately rushes towards the Thunder's basket. Seeing Wade Dong speed up the attack, the Thunder players quickly retreat to defend.

As soon as the Thunder players are in position, Wade Dong steps past Harden's defense and rushes towards the basket.

Facing Patterson's defense under the basket, Wade Dong performs a Eurostep in the air to avoid Patterson's block and then dunks the ball into the basket!

"Great shot!!!"

Thompson jumps up from the bench, waving his towel vigorously.

Eurostep dunk!

One of Wade Dong's signature dunks.

Seeing Wade Dong's dunk, Curry's tears of envy flow from the corner of his mouth.

70:89!!!

The Suns trail the Thunder by 19 points, bringing the deficit back within 20 points.

Wade Dong's dunk is a huge morale boost, not only for the offense but also for the defense, as the Suns become more focused.

Harden passes the ball to Ibaka under the basket, but Ibaka's shot is disrupted by Gortat and misses.

Wade Dong grabs the rebound and passes the ball to Curry, who then passes it to McGrady. As the Thunder players are just getting into position, McGrady drives from the baseline to the basket.

Facing Ibaka's defense, McGrady does a 360-degree spin in the air, avoiding Ibaka, and scores with a reverse layup.

"Swish!!!"

The ball drops into the basket.

After all, it's McGrady. Even in the twilight of his career, he occasionally shows his strong individual ability.

Following Wade Dong's dunk and McGrady's reverse layup, Curry's offense also opens up, hitting three consecutive three-pointers. These five attacks are all completed within 6 seconds, showcasing the Suns' pace.

The Suns go on a 13:2 run, with 52 seconds left in the third quarter.

"Defense! Defense!"

"Bring out the defensive intensity!"

Brooks shouts from the sideline, looking back at Durant. With 52 seconds left, it's the Thunder's ball, so the Suns have only one more offensive opportunity. Brooks hesitates and decides not to bring Durant back into the game.

Harden dribbles the ball, taking 7 seconds to cross half-court. Everyone can see that Harden is stalling.

Wade Dong isn't about to let Harden waste time outside the three-point line. He lunges at Harden, making a gambling steal!

"Slam!!!"

Wade Dong knocks the ball out of Harden's hands with such force that his fingers hurt.

After knocking the ball away, Wade Dong also falls to the ground due to the momentum and slides forward a meter.

Even though it hurts, Wade Dong quickly gets up and chases after the ball.

After picking up the ball, facing an open basket, Wade Dong performs a tomahawk dunk.

From the Thunder's baseline pass to the steal and dunk, only 13 seconds have passed, and that's because Harden took 7 seconds to cross half-court.

With 39 seconds left in the third quarter, the score is 83:91!!!

The Suns trail the Thunder by 8 points and have at least one more offensive opportunity in the third quarter.

The 21-point lead has vanished in an instant.

Brooks can't stand it anymore and brings Durant back into the game.

With Durant back in, the Thunder need to secure a shot. If they can complete the attack in 7 seconds, they will have at least 8 seconds for another attack.

During the baseline pass, Ibaka throws the ball on the ground, and it rolls. Durant follows the ball and picks it up just before half-court, with the timer showing 38 seconds.

Durant dribbles to the three-point line, with McGrady defending him.

Durant fakes a drive and then goes for a quick three-pointer.

But McGrady anticipates the move.

"Slam!!!"

McGrady jumps at the same time and blocks Durant's shot.

When Durant first entered the league, scouts compared him to McGrady. At that time, many people thought Durant reaching McGrady's level would be impressive.

Regardless of whether Durant has surpassed McGrady now, the veteran McGrady gives Durant a solid block.

...

Chinese Live Broadcast:

Yu Jia, "Coach Zhang, did you notice something?"

Coach Zhang, "What is it?"

Yu Jia, "Wade Dong has a total of 8 blocks, exactly one for each Thunder player who has entered the game."

Coach Zhang, "Oh, that's true. Wade Dong did that on purpose, right?"

Yu Jia, "Hahaha..."

...

McGrady's block sends the ball out of bounds.

Just then, Wade Dong is standing at the sideline. Seeing the ball about to fly into the stands, Wade Dong dives horizontally, hooks the ball with his left hand, and throws it back to Curry.

"Ah!!!"

At this moment, the crowd gasps.

Wade Dong then notices that there is a 13 or 14-year-old child under him.

This happens in an instant.

Wade Dong twists his body in the air to avoid the child, but his posture changes to a sideways fall.

Sitting next to the child is an American rapper who jumps out of the way when Wade Dong dives for the ball, so Wade Dong's waist lands on the chair.

"Ugh..."

Intense pain shoots through him.

Curry also sees this and immediately calls a timeout.

It's rare for an NBA player to get injured while saving a ball because players rarely dive headfirst, and spectators usually protect the players.

But this time, Wade Dong dives headfirst and twists his body in the air to avoid the child, resulting in a sideways collision with the stands.

Unfortunately, the nearest spectator jumps out of the way, so Wade Dong's waist lands on the chair.

Although the chair is not made of hard material, it still hurts.

"Ah!!!"

The crowd also gasps.

In front of the TV, some Chinese fans start to worry about Wade Dong.

The Suns request a timeout.

Everyone rushes to Wade Dong's side. Durant is stunned; it's just a regular-season game, does Wade Dong need to be so desperate?

"Brother Dong, are you okay?"

Kidd is the first to rush over, trying to help Wade Dong up.

"Ugh..."

Wade Dong's brow furrows tightly. Although he stands up, he stumbles.

Wade Dong waves his hand; he just bumped his waist, which hurts a lot, but it's not a big problem.

Kidd asks, "Let the team doctor check you out."

"No need."

Wade Dong moves his waist and forces a smile, "I'm fine, let's continue the game."