For the Kings, Danny hit three three-pointers, and James also hit two three-pointers in the second quarter.
On the other hand, the Grizzlies almost always rely on Morant's isolation.
Moreover, the Grizzlies are the team that takes the fewest three-pointers and makes the fewest three-pointers in every game in the league.
They basically don't rely on three-pointers.
So when Danny and James hit five three-pointers together, the point difference instantly widened to 10 points.
The FedEx Center, which had just become agitated, became quiet again.
Morant scored 42 points in halftime, which is already an exaggeration.
However, the Grizzlies still trailed by 10 points.
This made Grizzlies coach Jenkins frown tightly.
This is completely contrary to their Grizzlies style.
He has always insisted that the Grizzlies play team basketball during regular hours.
But today, the Grizzlies almost always have Morant playing alone.
Even though he specifically emphasized to Morant during the break in the first quarter that he needed to share the ball more, Morant continued to play in isolation after coming on the court in the second quarter.
The strangest thing is that Jenkins himself thinks Morant is playing well.
Because it is Hield who is guarding Morant, the interior defense also looks very weak.
So in the second quarter, he even acquiesced to Morant's singles strategy.
Now that I think about it, I feel like I fell into a trap.
It feels like being led by someone's nose.
When he returned to the locker room, he turned to look at Wang Yi on the Kings team.
He always felt as if he was being set up.
It was as if everything was planned by Wang Yi, and he was completely following the script written by Wang Yi.
This made him feel a chill in his heart.
But how he followed Wang Yi's design step by step, he really couldn't figure out.
It seems that during the halftime break, I need to seize the ten minutes to review the first half of the game and see where the problem went.
At this time, Wang Yi's fans began to become active on social platforms one by one.
"You say our first brother is not good enough. We led the Grizzlies by ten points at halftime. Do you accept it?"
"Morant is stupid right now. As a player, he can beat you. As a coach, his players can beat you."
Of course, there are those Yihei people who are still talking harshly at this time.
"It's only halftime, the game is 48 minutes, not 24 minutes."
"Wait until the second half is over and then we will see who is better."
"I've said it before, Wang Yi is just a layman. The reason why they were able to lead by 10 points at halftime was just because Danny suddenly made three three-pointers."
At this time in the home team's locker room.
As soon as Morant entered the locker room, he kicked the chair next to the door to the ground.
When the other players saw that Morant was a little angry, they didn't say a word.
Morant is really hot at this time.
He felt that he, a king, could not lead a group of bronzes.
Even though I was in such a state, I scored 42 points at halftime, but still fell behind by 10 points.
How can I still play this damn ball?
The most important thing is that he originally thought that if Wang Yi didn't play today, he could severely abuse Wang Yi's team, but it turned out that there seemed to be a tendency of being retaliated against, and naturally he felt very unhappy.
Of course, these words are only what he says in his heart and cannot be said on the surface.
Head coach Jenkins still knows his thoughts very well.
While comforting Morant, he said to all the players: "OK, there is nothing wrong with what everyone did. There was nothing wrong with what you all did in the first half. The problem is with me."
"I have figured it out. I fell into that guy Wang Yi's trap. He quietly let me into his trap. We all underestimated him. This guy has some tricks. He is not a competitive player."
What we used to think of as laymen.”
When he said this, everyone looked at Jenkins in surprise.
You must know that before the game, everyone thought Wang Yi was a layman.
They even laughed at Wang Yi.
As a result, the coach said this now, which really surprised him.
Bain asked Jenkins: "Coach, you said that we fell into their trap. I don't believe this. How did we fall into his trap?"
Other players also watched the battle against Jenkins.
They also didn't believe that Wang Yi, a rookie coach, could have any tricks.
Jenkins shrugged and said: "I haven't thought of it yet, but I always feel something is wrong. Give me some time and I will definitely think of it."
After hearing this, all the players looked at each other in shock.
We have all fallen into the trap, and we still haven’t figured out how we fell into the trap.
Does the coach deify Wang Yi too much?
He’s not Popovich;
Nor is he Phil Jackson.
How could he be so awesome?
Morant shook his head disapprovingly: "We just lost on three-pointers. It just so happened that their three-pointers were accurate today, and we are not a three-pointer team. What we have to do now is to stick to ourselves and take good shots.
Two points for each one."
Jenkins shook his head and continued: "Actually, I thought of a possibility."
Everyone turned to stare at Jenkins to see how he would explain.
Jenkins said: "In fact, I think Wang Yi asked Hield to defend Jia, which seems amateurish to everyone, but this is exactly Wang Yi's way of paralyzing us."
"Hield can't guard Jia at all, but he chooses to let Hield guard him. This will make us think that he is a complete layman as a coach, thereby reducing our guard against him. But in fact, he is actually a defensive player.
As a trap, Jaa can easily get over it when facing Hilde, so every time Jaa faces Hilde, he is fighting in singles."
"When I realized in the second quarter that Jia's singles play was a little different from our previous team basketball and asked him to make changes to pass the ball, Wang Yi quickly made changes. When Jia broke into the three-point line, he no longer went
Instead of double-teaming, just leave a big center inside."
"We all know that it is easy for Jia to handle the ball when facing a big center, either pulling up for a layup or dunking. So faced with such temptation, he can't help but go directly to the inside."
"So we played the entire first half alone, which we are not good at. We lost the team basketball that we are good at. In other words, we were seduced by that guy Wang Yi, and step by step we lost the team basketball that we are good at.
Basketball, and let Jia play alone."
After he said this, everyone thought about the situation in the first half and woke up one by one like a dream.
Jackson couldn't help but clenched his fists and cursed: "This Bichi."
Brooks shook his head: "This guy is too sinister."
Almost everyone was deeply shocked by the facts analyzed by the coach, and at the same time a little annoyed.
But Ja Morant still didn't believe it: "Coach, that guy is really strong on the court, I agree. But do you think he is also so good as a coach? I think it's probably just a coincidence."
Jenkins replied: "I hope it's a coincidence."
But Jenkins didn't think so at all.
Because he felt strange from the beginning of today's game. Even when the team was leading, he felt uncomfortable playing because he was not at the usual rhythm anyway.
But when he thought about it carefully, he understood deeply that this was Wang Yi trying to lure him away from his usual rhythm.
Get out of your comfort zone.
Chapter completed!