The quarter passed with Jefferson barely managing to remain in the lead. Jason had to expend all of his energy on both sides of the floor.
Jefferson didn't have the luxury of being able to sit Jason down for a few minutes in order to give him some rest.
And to make matters worst Jason didn't have the luxury of taking it easy. Not even for a single play.
On offense it was all up to Jason to keep their system going as even though he wasn't the one scoring all the time he still had to stay active off the ball in order for their plays to work.
If Jason just stood around on the perimeter waiting for a the ball to come to him their entire offense would stagnate.
Jason's presence and the gravity that he created by constantly moving around the court off ball is what allowed their other players to find their shots. And he had to do all of this while being guarded by an elite defender like Nate.
