When Darius Bazley crossed over between his legs, Bam Adebayo was already backpedaling to defend a drive. But the Heat center guessed wrong. Bazley stepped back and swished a 3-pointer just before the shot clock expired.
Adebayo, who might be a fixture on future All-Defense teams, tried his best to contest the shot from the top of the arc, but Bazley had all the space he needed.
The step-back three is a weapon Bazley didn’t have, or at least didn’t show, before the season was suspended. But through seven games in the bubble, the 20-year-old Thunder rookie is shooting 17-of-36 (47%) from 3-point range.