James and everyone knew that Danny had just returned to the game, and it was a finals-level confrontation from the beginning, so it was inevitable that his hands would be a little tight. He wanted to get back to the game, feel back to his state in the game, and find the way he was in the game.
It takes time to regain the three-point touch.
The Kings players naturally know this, so they are not in a hurry. They can give Danny time to slowly find his touch and feel for the game.
Of course, this is what the Kings dare to do.
After all, the Kings have Wang Yi as their foundation. Wang Yi is the cornerstone of the team. With Wang Yi there, everything is possible. If we switch to another team, a player who has just recovered from a long injury may be given a quarter or so to find his touch.
But we will never let him find his touch endlessly.
It's a pity that Danny of the Kings felt really bad today.
In the first two quarters, he shot 0-for-5 from three-point range.
And this bad touch is like an infection. Westbrook, who used to be very accurate in three-pointers, only made 1 of 6 shots in the first two quarters.
Wiggins made 1 of 3 three-pointers and only 1 of 4 two-pointers.
In the past, Wang Yi's three-point shooting percentage could reach almost 45%. In the two quarters today, he only made a dismal 1 of 7 shots.
Even his two-point shot was poor, only 2 of 5.
The whole basket looks like it has a cover.
On the other hand, the Bucks, after all, this is their own basket, and their three-point shooting rate is surprisingly high.
Irving made 2 of 3 three-pointers, Bronny made 3 of 3 3-pointers, Porzingis made 3 of 5, and even Antetokounmpo shot 2 of 5.
There was a three-point rain on one side and a three-point drought on the other. Naturally, the Kings were already 22 points behind at halftime.
At this time, many Yihei people were already clamoring.
"This is all the work of the Kings and Wang Yi. Originally, they still had fast breaks even if they didn't have three-pointers. Now it's good. Danny doesn't play fast breaks anymore. Now it's the finals. Even if he's a little injured,
He should also play through injuries. Now that Danny Jr. is not playing, the Kings can be said to be useless."
The famous Yihei Nicholas Zhaosi said: "In this game, the feeling given to me by the Kings is that they played like a piece of shit, as if they opened my mouth and fed it into my mouth."
Regarding his evaluation, Wang Yi's fans can only say: "You are right!"
Of course, the Chinese fans are also quite anxious.
At the men's basketball training base in China Magic City, head coach Du Feng led a group of players to watch the game. When they saw that they were 22 points behind at halftime, all of them who had been laughing and joking before were now silent.
This is a microcosm of the entire Chinese fans. Originally, everyone came to appreciate the result of this game with excitement and anticipation. Unexpectedly, the Kings were hung up and hammered throughout the first half.
Naturally, they felt very unhappy.
At this time, in the Bucks locker room, coach Budenholzer cheered on the players: "Everyone played very well in the first half today. We have won 1/2 of the game and the remaining 1/2
As long as we don’t make too many mistakes, we will surely win.”
Antetokounmpo also said to the players: "Many people say that Wang Yi is invincible. Today we will defeat him to show them. Wang Yi is called the strongest player by many people, so we will defeat this strongest player. This is our achievement."
The best shortcut ever!”
"They felt cold in the first half, and if they failed to hit a few three-pointers in the second half, they would definitely go inside. So we adopted a zone defense in the second half and defended around the penalty area to prevent them from breaking in."
All the players nodded.
As for the Kings, all the players were looking at Wang Yi, and even the coach was looking at Wang Yi.
If a team feels cold, it's true that even the coach can't do anything about it.
Are you talking about letting players rush in?
But in this case, the more you fail to make a shot, the weaker the opponent's defense will be, and it will be more difficult for you to break through.
Wang Yi looked at everyone and said: "If we continue to fail to score in the second half, the opponent will definitely defend the zone. Their defense will become smaller and smaller, and we will not be able to break through even if we want to break through."
"In the second half, everyone will try to shoot from the outside. If you can't make the shot, then... give me the ball."
When everyone saw Wang Yi's firm eyes, they all felt at ease in their hearts.
Playing with Wang Yi is like this. No matter how critical the situation is, as long as Wang Yi says "Give me the ball," then everyone knows that the game is basically stable.
So everyone's mood became high.
Rose said to everyone: "Well, since Wang Yi said to give him the ball, then give it to him when attacking. When defending, we work together and defend desperately. If we can't make a shot, can't we still defend? Both ends.
We always have to occupy one end. Everyone spares no effort and defends vigorously. Even if they make big moves or commit many fouls, we still have to defend them."
As we speak, the third quarter of the game begins.
Sure enough, as soon as the Kings served the ball, they found that the Bucks had defended the zone and let you shoot three-pointers.
So Wang Yi took a shot from outside the three-point line.
Bang!
The basketball hit the front edge of the basket and bounced directly onto the top edge of the backboard and out of bounds.
Fortunately, after looking back, when the Bucks wanted to launch a fast break, the entire Kings team tried their best to defend.
When Brownie dribbled the ball across half court, he found that all the Kings players had returned to the three-point line, so he could only press down and play slowly.
At this time, every one of the Kings players was like clockwork, and they were all working hard to defend.
Brownie passed the ball quickly to Irving, who quickly passed it to Antetokounmpo, who also quickly passed it to Porzingis.
They pass the ball very smoothly.
The Kings' defensive rotation of players is also very fast. Basically when their ball is passed in place, the Kings players can also quickly rotate in place.
In the end, with a defender in front of him, Burzingis had no choice but to force the shot when time expired, and finally made a three-pointer.
Looking back, the Kings continued to test their skills.
Danny tried but failed to score, Brother Zui failed to score even after trying, and Westbrook failed to score even after trying.
But at the same time, the Kings defended very hard, which made the Bucks' success rate not so high. Therefore, after 5 minutes of play, the Bucks only widened the point difference to 25 points.
Of course, a 25-point point difference is still very large compared to this point in time, and the Kings must quickly recover the point difference.
If we enter the fourth quarter with a huge 20-point difference, it will have a great impact on the psychology of the Kings players and the momentum of the entire Kings.
Chapter completed!