McMillan's stern shout and serious expression stunned all the Eagles players.
The Hawks have all the main players, but against the Lakers they have one main player and four substitutes. Isn't it still unstable?
McMillan shook his head: "You underestimated that Chinese player too much. Have you forgotten how he defeated the Big Three of the Nets twice? Forgot how he fought at the home court of the Jazz and Nuggets? He will not give in.
If he admits defeat, he will definitely use everything he has to fight us for the whole fight!"
All the players nodded secretly.
This is indeed the style of that Chinese lunatic.
At the Nuggets' home court, he was so sick from altitude sickness that he didn't even take oxygen, yet he still managed 40 triple-doubles.
This guy can't guess based on common sense at all.
But no matter how strong he is alone, he can't defeat the entire Eagles.
The most important thing is that none of the other Lakers players seem to have any intention of fighting.
This can be seen from the fact that the Lakers lost 13 rebounds in the first half.
With a team that has no intention of competing, even if Jordan comes, they can't win.
But Mac Miller knocked on the tactical board again and shouted sternly:
"He already scored 31 points at halftime. Do you want to see him score 60 points on your heads in the whole game?"
After hearing this, all the Eagles players felt excited and couldn't help but straighten their backs.
No matter which team they are, they don't want to see someone score 60 points on their head.
After all, this is a shame for any team.
Just imagine, when the highlights of him scoring 60 points are played in the future, your whole team will be the backdrop. Is it a shame or a humiliation?
Just like Kobe scored 81 points on the Raptors.
No matter how many times it is replayed in the future, the Raptors will be the backdrop.
Seeing that this sentence had an effect, McMillan said:
"He is the only one of the five players on the Lakers team who can play. So we have to double-team him. If two can't do it, then three. When we double-team him, we have to pass the ball out. He won't even get 10 points in the second half!"
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The players are in high spirits.
"We will never let him score more than 50 points!"
"Wherever he goes in the second half, double teams will follow him!"
"Fuck him!"
A trace of regret flashed across Trae Young's eyes.
He and Wang Yi haven't had enough fun yet, it's about to end.
But there was no other way. For the sake of the overall situation of the team, I had no choice but to give up and play one-on-one with Wang Yi in the second half.
In fact, McMillan doesn't think Wang Yi is really that capable and can defeat the current Hawks with four substitutes.
The reason why he said this was just to make the players tighten up and not be too careless.
Although theoretically they have a huge advantage in terms of strength, there are numerous examples of weak teams in the NBA defeating strong teams in an upset.
Basically it's all because the strong teams don't take the weak teams seriously.
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In the second half, the starting lineups of both sides remained unchanged.
The Lakers attack first.
Wang Yi arrived in the frontcourt, but before he could get the ball, Nick Young and Gallinari came near Wang Yi, threatening to double-team him.
Obviously, once Wang Yi gets the ball, they will immediately surround him.
When Wang Yi saw this, he knew that waiting to catch the ball would obviously not work.
All I can do is run.
So he took advantage of his running skills.
Keep going around screens in the paint.
But no matter how he tried to get around him, the two people closest to him would always step forward and double-team him.
Wang Yi circled three times but failed to get a chance.
Caruso can only attack by himself.
Wang Yi was double-teamed, and he had an opportunity here.
He tried two attempts and failed to score a three-pointer.
Kuzma tried one, and Morris also tried one.
The three of them tried four times and only scored one goal.
On the other hand, for the Hawks, because Trae Young is no longer obsessed with one-on-one with Wang Yi, he chooses to pass the ball more.
In this way, the Eagles were instantly revitalized.
He fed the cake king Capela to eat three cakes in a row, and also created three-point opportunities for the outside through breakthrough points.
He also hit two three-pointers from the outside.
As a result, the point difference widened to 19 points again.
There are only 18 minutes left in the game.
In the first 6 minutes of the third quarter, the Eagles players were like crazy, constantly attacking Wang Yi.
As long as he has the intention to catch the ball, double teams will come quickly.
So for 6 minutes, Wang Yi failed to score even one point.
At this time, no one thought there was any suspense in the game.
The two commentators started chatting again.
Looking ahead to the playoffs, let's talk about which two teams are likely to advance to the finals.
The audience at the scene was also a little bored.
Originally only two-thirds of the audience came, but now another part has left.
The spectators who left the venue shook their heads: "What a boring game."
"If I had known it would be so boring, I would have gone to the movies. I wasted more than an hour."
"The first half looked interesting, with Wang and Trae Young competing against each other. In the second half, Wang Yi was locked up by their double-teams, and the Lakers had no hope at all."
Under such circumstances, coach Vogel requested a timeout.
When Wang Yi came off the court, he asked Wang Yi: "Wang, do you want to fight again?"
His meaning is very clear, there is no need to fight anymore, just rest.
But when Wang Yi heard Vogel's words, he looked at Vogel in surprise: "The game is not over yet, why not play?"
Vogel glanced at James.
James also shrugged helplessly.
Vogel had to say: "Okay, then we will play later, how do you think we should play?"
In this current situation, no matter how wise Vogel is, he can't think of any solution.
Wang Yi was double-teamed and others couldn't make a shot.
Even if O'Neal's all-powerful grandma comes, there is nothing that can be done.
However, Wang Yi said without hesitation: "Fight to death!"
To be honest, even the coach can't think of a solution to the current situation.
What can he do?
The only thing he can do is to fight with all his strength and fight to death!
As the saying goes: As long as you can't be beaten to death, you'll be beaten to death.
When the Lakers players saw it, they were all slightly moved.
They have been touched by Wang Yi's desperate spirit many times.
But in today's game, it's not necessary at all.
To put it mildly, Wang Yi’s desperate spirit deserves praise.
To put it harshly, Wang Yi is just stupid.
In the Eagles' dugout, McMillan doesn't need to arrange anything at this time.
Basically, you already have the winning ticket, what else is there to do?
He just encouraged these players one by one:
“Great job, keep it up!”
"Other players on the Lakers can't make a shot at all, so we can double-team him with confidence and boldness."
"Don't wait for him to get the ball before double-teaming him. Double-team him when he doesn't get the ball!"
The players nodded: "Understood!"
Cake King Capella raised his fist and roared:
Chapter completed!