He was extremely patient, like a towering mountain standing there, exuding a boundless sense of calm.

But with eight seconds left on the shot clock, Su Xi exploded into motion. His body erupted with explosive power as he sprinted forward.

Mike Bibby scrambled to give chase. He took two steps, but just as he neared the three-point line, Carlos Boozer came over and set a screen, blocking Bibby. Su Xi smoothly crossed inside the arc. On the move, he suddenly faked a pass to the left. The trailing Webber instinctively reached out to his left to disrupt the pass, his center of gravity shifting with the motion.

But then, Su Xi whipped the ball behind his head... and Carlos Boozer caught it.

Mike Bibby immediately closed in on him.

The instant Bibby closed the distance, Su Xi zipped past him and ran to the top of the arc. As Carlos Boozer backed down Mike Bibby, he handed the ball off.

Su Xi caught the ball and released it quickly... with his left hand.

This was the first time in the game he had showcased his ability to shoot off the ball, and the first time he had revealed his left-handed shot—an offensive weapon he had relentlessly honed in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Very few people knew Su Xi was left-handed.

After playing for so long tonight, no one had guessed it.

Mike Bibby fought to get around Carlos Boozer. He tried to contest the shot, but he went the wrong way.

The ball left Su Xi’s hands with a soft touch.

The basketball traced a perfect arc through the air.

SWISH!

The moment the ball dropped through the hoop, the Cavaliers had used up the entire 24-second shot clock.

117-116.

Thanks to Su Xi’s golden three-pointer, the Cavaliers had reclaimed the lead.

The moment the shot went in, Akco Arena fell deathly silent. They could no longer shout their obscenities; their hearts were filled with panic and fear. In their minds, Su Xi had become a demonic god, one who had brutally crushed their pride and arrogance.

Sacramento’s faith had been shattered.

The Cavaliers bench erupted. The buzzer-beating three had brought their team back from the brink of death.

"Defense!"

Su Xi roared on the court. He waved off Boozer, who was coming in for a high-five, and immediately sprinted toward Mike Bibby to pick him up full-court.

In the instant that three-pointer ripped through the net, Adelman was utterly stunned. In fact, he’d been caught off guard the moment Su Xi began his run. He never dreamed that Su Xi would be the one to take the final shot, let alone that it wouldn’t be an on-ball play!

And most importantly... ’He’s actually left-handed!’

’Completely unexpected!’

’One shock after another!’

Adelman couldn’t have imagined it in his wildest dreams.

He had always thought Su Xi wasn’t much of an offensive threat. For most of the game, he had just been dishing out assists to his teammates. He rarely went one-on-one in the half-court, and most of his points came from drives to the rim or easy looks when he was wide open. This had led Adelman to believe Su Xi lacked the ability to be a closer.

But now, Su Xi had hit him with several powerful shocks, one after another, and his composure completely shattered. He even thought, ’Why did we write him off as so weak in our pre-game scouting?’

But he still had to quickly draw up the next play.

He started shouting loudly.

"Incredible! Incredible! Little Sheep Su Xi hits the clutch three with his left hand..."

Charles Barkley screamed into the broadcast.

Reggie Miller, watching on his own TV, screamed, "That’s why I love this kid! He’s a master of moving without the ball, and he can shoot with his left hand! My god! This kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve..."

"That’s the 1255 USD in his pocket! That’s the 1255 USD in his pocket!" Larry Bird roared in excitement at the same time. Neither Carlisle nor Miller understood what he was talking about, but Carlisle’s leg was really starting to hurt.

Larry Bird had a terrible habit: he slapped people’s thighs whenever he got excited. What was the difference between that and going after someone else’s wife when you’re frustrated?

But while they were all screaming, the game continued.

Su Xi picked up Mike Bibby full-court.

But he wasn’t applying tight pressure.

Bibby quickly crossed half-court, then accelerated toward the three-point line. Divac came over to set a screen, but it wasn’t a very good one. Bibby drove past the arc, and Su Xi stayed right with him.

Just then, Ilgauskas cut off his path.

Bibby suddenly spun and passed the ball out.

Divac was firmly holding off Carlos Boozer, leaving Chris Webber wide open. Webber had already hit his last two shots and was feeling hot.

Bibby’s pass found him quickly. The moment the ball touched his hands, Webber went into his shooting motion... But in that same instant, a huge hand shot out from behind Divac’s side, slapping down precisely and viciously onto the ball... and then ripping it away with a one-handed grab!

Webber completed an exaggerated, comical, and useless shooting motion without the ball. BEEP!

The buzzer sounded.

The game was over.

117-116.

The Cavaliers had won!

The camera panned over to Su Xi, who was palming the basketball in his right hand, his cold gaze fixed on Chris Webber.

His 10th steal!

Quadruple-double achieved.

Game over.

"You lost."

"I told you, you’re not a genius."

Su Xi delivered his final, cold verdict on Chris Webber’s performance for the night.

It was like a judge striking the final gavel.

Su Xi casually tossed the ball behind him, like the God of Gamblers, Gao Jin, flicking away the Ace of Spades.

He strode toward the bench.

The TNT camera quickly switched to a tracking shot, following Su Xi.

Behind him, Chris Webber, furious with humiliation, tried to go after Su Xi and start something, but Carlos Boozer blocked his path head-on. Kapono moved in to back Boozer up.