One Year Left to Play-Chapter 252 - 88: Backdown Like This

Passing is not Moning's forte. He can pass from a low post-up, but it has to be in the posture of a low post-up, right!

Now with two players behind him and two in front, how is he supposed to pass?

At this moment, Moning was flustered. In his confusion, he held the ball for three seconds without making a shot, and the referee blew the whistle for a three-second violation!

They actually managed to defend it, not to mention the Heat players, even the four players on the Brooklyn Nets didn't know what to say.

But this is a good thing, as long as they defend successfully!

It's Brooklyn Nets' ball in the backcourt.

The Brooklyn Nets are not in a hurry here either. If they're going to drag it out, then so be it, who's afraid of whom!

The Heat don't have more playable players than the Brooklyn Nets.

Zhang Hao faced fierce resistance from Kurt Thomas as he entered the frontcourt. He didn't choose to reposition; he felt that running wouldn't be as good as standing and waiting for the ball. Anyway, he couldn't find a position. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

And Zhang Hao stood at the left baseline for two consecutive possessions, waiting to catch and shoot, which surprised Heat's head coach Pat Riley even more than the Brooklyn Nets' defense just now.

The Brooklyn Nets' defense was just a gamble, easy to break if Moning didn't play solo.

But Zhang Hao standing still wouldn't trigger the defense, nor would it cause massive movement inside the three-point line, creating space. Whether it's passing from high or low positions or breaking through, space is there. For the two ball-handling guards of the Brooklyn Nets, this is very beneficial!

Sure enough, even though Edwards' floater from close range missed, he had successfully broken through!

Edwards' floater hit the neck of the basket and bounced high. Moning, who was on help defense against Edwards, was about to grab the rebound, but Jason Williams had anticipated the rebound's trajectory. He moved in advance, jumped high, and tapped the ball out before the equally rebound-conscious Kurt Thomas!

Kurt Thomas aggressively lunged toward the ball, and just as Zhang Hao secured it, Thomas was already in position.

Pass to the outside... not a good option!

The Heat players reacted quickly, or perhaps they were disciplined on defense. Regardless of any opponent, strong or weak, Pat Riley demanded intense defense. They had thoroughly studied Zhang Hao, a rookie who had been gaining momentum since the preseason, knowing he wasn't great at passing, so they chose to guard against pass-and-catch.

Almon Gilliam, seeing no chance to receive, proactively cut towards the basket to prevent Zhang Hao from being double-teamed.

Facing the big center, Gilliam, who was usually timid, entirely forgot about Zhang Hao's poor ball-handling ability.

Zhang Hao couldn't care less now; the opponent was sticking too closely. A turnaround move wasn't easy, so he steeled his nerves, shielded the ball with his left hand, and with his right hand, he pushed backward.

Originally, Zhang Hao just wanted to see if he could create an opportunity for a turnaround fadeaway, considering he had learned the move, albeit just the form.

Unexpectedly, he pushed the opponent back by a step!

But from this position, even by moving a step closer inside, he's just barely within the free-throw line...

"Strength of 84, weight of 97 kilograms, height of 206 cm... push him!"

With that thought, just do it!

As a result, everyone watched as Zhang Hao from the baseline to the free-throw line slowly but surely pushed Kurt Thomas to the edge of the three-second area...

Zhang Hao was constantly watching out for double-teams, nervously. Upon reaching this zone, Zhang Hao immediately turned and took a fadeaway shot...

"King of Turnaround Jumpers (Bronze) activated, special contracted player Zhang Hao's power +1, jumping +1, ignoring the shooting impact from turning..."

Such luck! The addition to strength and jumping was minimal, barely affecting Zhang Hao's shooting feel, no need to adjust much, but the 10% chance of ignoring the shooting impact from turning was extremely useful!

It felt perfect upon release, and it went in!