Not only Smith, but also people like Pippen and Pierce also jumped out and started to accuse Wang Yi.
Pippen: "His playing ability is no problem, but his playing attitude is a big problem today. This attitude has appeared many times this season, but the problem in the past was not as serious as today."
Pierce: "There is no doubt that he has expanded, and he has become arrogant. For a team, especially for a team leader, arrogance is the most terrifying thing. Because if you don't respect your opponent, you will pay.
A hundred times the price."
In Golden Center 1, the Grizzlies used their last timeout of the game.
At this time, they were leading by two points, but the game was far from over. Jenkins emphasized two points to the players.
First, there must be no mistakes;
Second, use up all 24 seconds.
Even if the goal is not scored, the attack time of less than 24 seconds must be used up.
For the Kings, the head coach used their strongest five-small lineup of death.
In fact, he originally planned to play Capela to ensure rebounds, but Wang Yi performed extremely well in rebounding today, and with Wang Yi here, he can set up a dead five small lineup, so that the team's defense will be better.
So they didn't go to Capella.
D'Antoni continued: "After their last attack and we defend it, I will ask for a timeout, so everyone is ready."
Wang Yi shook his head at this time: "No, there is no need to pause. As long as we can defend it, give me the ball, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
In the past, there was nothing wrong with Wang Yi saying this, but now that James and Paul are two people who can shoot key shots, Wang Yi still said this, which surprised all the Kings players.
In fact, this is not surprising. In the past, almost every key goal was played by Wang Yi.
He has developed enough confidence in key balls.
In his opinion, he must take the key ball, even if there are James and Paul on the team.
This is the difference in philosophy between him and James.
James is extremely rational. Even though he was the boss of three teams before, he will not always dominate the ball at the last critical moment.
Instead, he will give the ball to the teammate with the best chance. If his teammate does not have a better chance, he will attack himself.
And Wang Yi's decision at the last moment was just two words: I will do it.
Who else would I be?
You can't say which of these two decisions is good or bad.
Anyway, look at the results.
If you score a goal, it's a good goal. If you don't score, you can criticize it as you like.
Both Wang Yi and James can accept it.
After all, there are winners and losers in the arena.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
As a superstar, you enjoy the flowers and applause that other players cannot enjoy, so when the team loses, you have to endure the abuse and ridicule.
James also fully respects Wang Yi's decision.
Although Paul thinks this is a bit inappropriate, this is Wang Yi's team.
Wang Yi has absolute say in the Kings team.
Even if he felt something was wrong, he could only keep it in his heart first and only raise it to Wang Yi when he failed.
On the other hand, if you win, then this problem will no longer be a problem.
The Grizzlies came back into play at this time, still with their dying five on the court.
First, Mitchell controlled the ball and consumed time.
Wang Yi continued to guard Clark inside.
At this time, the person in front of Mitchell and guarding him was Paul.
Paul is a very cunning guy.
When Mitchell was dribbling, he clung to Mitchell and went directly to steal the ball.
You must know that this kind of face-to-face steal is likely to result in a foul, but Paul has extremely accurate control of the situation on the court. He knows that at this time, the Kings only had two team fouls in this quarter.
So even if this is a foul, there will not be a free throw.
The first time he stole the ball, he hit Mitchell's hand.
The referee called a foul and the Grizzlies continued to serve.
This time the Grizzlies still left it to Mitchell to press the clock, but Paul stepped up to steal it again.
Another thug foul.
The Grizzlies serve again. This third time Paul can't foul again. If he fouls again, he will get a free throw.
Mitchell was also acting smart at this time. He deliberately dribbled the ball slightly forward to lure Paul to steal the ball and commit a foul.
But this time Paul simply stopped his hand and did not commit a foul at all.
On the contrary, Beverley suddenly rushed out from the other side to intercept the ball.
He almost broke his hand with the ball.
Mitchell quickly fell to the ground.
Beverly didn't give in at all.
Although his position was unfavorable, he pounced on him ferociously like crazy.
The two fell to the ground almost at the same time.
In the end, Mitchell controlled the ball, but it was too late. He could only quickly pass it to Morant, who took a hasty shot two meters away from the three-point line.
Naturally, the basketball failed to hit.
Inside, the Grizzlies' Clark and Bane blocked Wang Yi's position, trying to grab rebounds.
But if the two of them go to block Wang Yi, no one will take care of James, so they have to separate one person to block James' position.
The final rebound was firmly collected by Wang Yi. This was his 29th rebound of the game.
There are still 25 seconds left before the end of the game.
Everyone thought the Kings were going to request a timeout, but to their surprise, the Kings did not request a timeout.
James made a screen for Wang Yi on the spot, blocking Clark and Bayne. Wang Yi got rid of these two people and went directly to the frontcourt with the ball.
At this time, Morant, Jones and Mitchell, who were in the frontcourt, quickly set up defense on the center line.
After all, Wang Yi has a three-pointer in the backcourt, and they must stop Wang Yi before he takes action.
But at the same time, Paul and Danny were on the left and right, blocking the defenders for Wang Yi, allowing Wang Yi to pass between them.
Wang Yi instantly crossed the center line and came to a place two big steps away from the three-point line.
At this time, there were less than three seconds left on the clock. Wang Yi pulled up and made an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.
At this moment, everyone at the scene was silent, and even held their breath, as if they were afraid that their breathing would have any impact on the trajectory of the basketball.
All the Grizzlies players held their breath, and even their heartbeats seemed to skip a beat.
Followed by tens of millions of eyes around the world, the basketball drew a perfect arc in the air.
He crossed nearly half a court and headed towards the basket.
Bang...
All the more than 17,000 fans present screamed in surprise.
"Oh, no——"
The basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced back high.
All the audience members felt their hearts sinking.
However, just when the basketball had just rebounded, Wang Yi had already started quickly and ran towards the three-point line.
Behind him, Mitchell and Morant were already chasing him.
Wang Yi came to the free throw line.
Jump straight up.
Mitchell and Morant reached out to Wang Yi at the same time.
Mitchell and Morant had the same considerations at this time.
The number of fouls the Grizzlies have committed at this time has not yet reached the limit.
The two of them fouled Wang Yi. At most, they fouled a player without the team in the last two minutes and were sentenced to a technical foul, followed by a free throw.
Even if Wang Yi made a free throw, he would still be one point short, and the remaining time would probably be less than half a second.
In such a short period of time, I want to serve and score.
That is very difficult.
So the two made this judgment.
However, they obviously did not expect Wang Yi to be so fast.
They pulled it, but they couldn't pull it down.
Instead, the two of them were carried away by the huge force of Wang Yi's jump.
He fell to both sides and drew the baseline. Wang Yi jumped to the highest point and held the ball with one hand. He drew an arc in the air and dunked hard into the basket.
At the same time, the lights came on and the whistle sounded.
Chapter completed!