Utah's Ricky Rubio took a probing behind-the-back dribble as Derrick Favors came to set a screen at the 3-point line. Carmelo Anthony was up in pick-and-roll coverage and as good as dead.
Rubio easily slipped a bounce pass to Favors between Anthony and Russell Westbrook. Steven Adams had no choice but to help, an easy read for Favors to dump to Rudy Gobert for a dunk. Less than two minutes later, it happened again.
But after the Thunder took a timeout down 16-4 in Game 1 Sunday, this wasn't the same team or the same Anthony. He'd seen enough and asked for an adjustment.