CHAPTER 1204: CHAPTER 491: NOT A SINGLE WORTHY OPPONENT_3

At crucial moments, Truth is a player you can trust.

Transitioning between offense and defense, Zhang Yang leaned on Joe Johnson to ask for the ball on the right side of the free-throw line, received the ball, and immediately turned to jump!

Joe Johnson was ready for a back-down defense; he had been regretting for the past 30 seconds not being more aggressive in the last play. He could have blocked Zhang Yang’s step-back shot... Caught off guard!

He quickly jumped up to block... a slap on Zhang Yang’s wrist, and Zhang Yang had already thrown the ball!

Pierce, focused on the ball, heard the whistle and almost jumped up in anxiety. Luckily, he saw the ball’s direction seemed off, clearly skewed. They could only hope Joe Johnson’s foul was intense enough to affect Zhang Yang’s free throw... "Damn! Such luck?"

The ball was indeed skewed, but Pierce saw the ball bounce off the corner between the neck of the hoop and the backboard and tumble into the basket!

It wasn’t just Pierce who cursed; nearly all the Hawks players were swearing, what kind of luck was this?

Even the Bobcats players, many fans on site, were using foul language to express their emotions.

After landing and stabilizing, Zhang Yang celebrated with his excited teammates before stepping up to the free-throw line.

That shot was indeed a miracle shot. He shot it crookedly, lucky that it went in. Even if he tried it again, he wouldn’t know how to make such a ’bank shot,’ but he knew how to annoy... oops, capitalize on the miracle shot’s success.

Receiving the ball from the referee, Zhang Yang dribbled once and looked to the right, speaking to Pierce, who had cursed the loudest, "Luck doesn’t favor fools."

After speaking, he immediately focused and made the additional free throw... and it went in!

Pierce didn’t react at once, and by the time he realized it, the ball was already in the basket, and he felt a strange sense of relief—at least it didn’t hit iron, otherwise, he’d be embarrassed if he missed the offensive rebound because he got distracted... Wait, who’s he calling an unlucky fool?

The Hawks were on offense, and Pierce angrily rushed to the frontcourt to demand the ball. After receiving it, he faced Hill with a triple-threat stance once more.

Zhang Yang’s words just now were heard by others as well, so this time, Pierce’s ’triple-threat’ seemed directly less threatening in Hill’s eyes.

With Millsap and Okafor behind, Zhang Yang on the wing, the ’triple-threat’ became a ’single-threat’... Hill directly pressed up to tightly defend the shot!

Pierce didn’t force a tough shot, exhausted as he was, he was stuck by the equally strong Hill, unable to move, and could only step sideways to try and drive!

The Bobcats’ super-high standard defense kicked in, with Okafor protecting the rim, Millsap hedging, Zhang Yang collapsing, Hill chasing... Pierce chose to trust himself, grabbed the ball, jumped up for a contested shot... hit iron!

Hill, desperately chasing, grabbed the ball rebounding off the inside of the far side of the rim and turned to initiate a counterattack!

His push on the counter wasn’t fast, but Felton, Zhang Yang, and Millsap had a great formation on the fast break, while the Hawks’ transition defense was clearly disorganized.

Hill seized the opportunity to release the ball, Felton caught it to drive, drew the defense, and then lobbed it towards the left side of the basket...

Zhang Yang sprinted along the left sideline to the frontcourt, changed direction after reaching the 45-degree mark, drove straight to the basket, and took off along the left sideline of the paint for an alley-oop slam, scoring two points!

Woodson called a timeout!

Bibby, Pierce, and Joe Johnson frantically tried to get back, but still couldn’t stop the opposing fast break... However, that was minor; the critical thing was Truth + Iso Joe couldn’t handle one bad kid, getting beaten 8 to 2!

The three of them looked at the scoreboard, 101 to 107, trailing by 6 points on the road!

Even someone as mentally strong as Bibby and Pierce was losing it, and Joe Johnson was doubting life.

At this moment, a disdainful taunt reached their ears—"Not a single one can fight."

The three quickly turned their heads towards the sound, only to see Zhang Yang standing straight under the basket, slightly tilting his head, looking at them with his peripheral vision...