All five defenders understand Hart’s patented step-through is on the way. They scout it, yell it out in the moment and get to the correct spots on the court to stop it. But Hart finishes the finger roll, sometimes an old-fashioned three-point play, anyway. “If you wanna stop me from doing that or keep me off the glass, that’s a game plan,” Hart told The Athletic as he got ready for Monday night’s bout against the Washington Wizards. “But at the end of the day, at some point, you’re gonna break, whether that’s the five-minute mark of the first quarter or the two-minute mark of the fourth quarter. I just know you’re gonna break at some point, and I’ll capitalize, just because that’s ingrained in me.” -via New York Times / December 31, 2024
