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!
