The ball hit the rim, bounced to the backboard, teetered for a moment, and then hit the backboard a second time. The referee's whistle blew, out of bounds!
In the eyes of the Supersonics players, Zhang Yang's defense had been too impressive.
Zhang Yang felt the same way. Usually, he would have shown off a bit and thrown out some trash talk, but this time he didn't.
Watching the lanky figure retreat silently, Zhang San thought this rookie was toxic. The comparison of their wingspans before had left a psychological shadow on him, and who knew how this rookie would respond to his trash talk.
As long as it wasn't him feeling awkward, it meant someone else was... Zhang San never imagined he would become that 'someone else' one day.
In the following rounds, Zhang Yang kept hammering on Durant. When on offense, if he could go one-on-one, he would, and on defense, he went all out to press him.