The Kings management wanted to give the Bucks a big surprise.
But when the Kings fans and Wang Yi's fans heard the news, they all howled incessantly.
"Let me go, Brother Yi can't play in all the subsequent games. James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will fight behind him. Can he survive?"
"James is getting old, and his dominance on both the offensive and defensive ends is not as good as before. This can be seen through this round of finals. Paul did not have any outstanding performance in this round of finals. The two of them I’m afraid it will be difficult to get rid of Antetokounmpo, who is at the height of his power.”
"Wang Yi can't play later, so if we play in the next series, I'm afraid we will have to go to G7."
The Bucks fans were extremely excited and elated at this time.
One after another they made wild remarks.
"Antetokounmpo beats LeBron, and the mythical beast beats the King."
"No matter how powerful the king is, he is still a human being, but Antetokounmpo is a mythical beast."
"Okay, this series is over, Milwaukeeans, prepare for your championship ceremony."
At this time, many big names and experts also analyzed and concluded that it would be difficult for the Kings to win the series.
Before Wang Yi was injured, they predicted that the Kings would have an 87% chance of winning this series.
When Wang Yi was injured, this probability instantly dropped to 21%, even though the Kings are now leading 2:1.
Even the odds offered by bookmakers are not optimistic about the king at all.
For a while, it seemed like the whole world looked down on the Kings.
Except for those die-hard Kings fans.
Pierce did not support the Kings this time: "No more, Wang Yi, the Kings are finished."
Pippen said: "Without Wang Yi, there is basically no possibility for the Kings to win this series."
The biggest Yihei Smith will naturally not let go of such an opportunity, and his analysis seems very reasonable.
"Wang Yi is a very important part of the Kings on both the offensive and defensive ends. On the offensive end, he is the engine of the Kings. He can attract a lot of defensive power from the Bucks. In this way, the rest of the Kings will face The defensive pressure will be very small, and LeBron and Paul will have a chance."
"And on the offensive end, if the rest of the Kings feel cold and can't start, Wang Yi can stand up and carry the team forward alone."
"On the defensive end, he is also the defensive gate of the court. You must know that he is a guy who can defend from position 1 to position 5. He even defended Giannis Antetokounmpo in one game and only scored nine points."
"Without him, who will fill his scoring void? The aging James? Paul?"
"Who is going to fill the gaps in the defense without him? With all due respect, I can't find anyone else."
This is a rare time for Smith to praise Wang Yi.
The result still looked down on the Kings.
Not to mention these so-called experts and big fans, even the Kings fans themselves are not very optimistic about the Kings.
In such a situation where people are beset with grief, G4 of the finals begins.
Without Wang Yi, the Kings put Hield in the starting lineup.
Hield, Paul, James, Tucker, and Capela, this is the current starting lineup of the Kings.
Wang Yi's injuries and Danny's injuries have greatly reduced the Kings' offensive firepower, so they can only focus on the defensive end.
On the other hand, the stags have all beards and tails.
Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Holiday are all there.
So all experts were optimistic about the Bucks when the game started.
In fact, after the game started, it was indeed as predicted by these experts.
As soon as the Bucks came up, Antetokounmpo attacked the inside.
Capela was fouled twice in just 4 minutes.
The Kings had to replace the substitute big man tt.
But not long after TT came on the court, he fouled twice.
It can be said that Antetokounmpo's current strength exceeds that of all other stars in the league except Wang Yi.
So if you want to stop him, you have to foul.
On the defensive end, with Antetokounmpo guarding the inside, it would be difficult for Kings players to break in.
James, Hield and Paul all struggled to score in the penalty area.
And Middleton changed from the decadence in the last game today.
Made 3 of 3 three-pointers in 5 minutes.
As for the Kings, except for James who felt better today and made 2 of 3 3-pointers, everyone else felt bad.
Originally, in a situation like this, the Bucks should quickly widen the point difference.
However, after the first quarter, the Bucks only led by 7 points.
The problem is Holiday.
Holiday was completely out of form today.
The whole person on the court was like sleepwalking.
Shot 0 for 4 from the field.
And there were as many as three mistakes.
To sum up, in the first quarter, his performance was completely mole-level.
Because of this, the Kings only trailed by 7 points in the first quarter.
I thought this situation would change in the second quarter, but it was still the same in the second quarter.
Holiday made many mistakes, missed many shots, and couldn't guard anyone.
It's like losing your soul.
After passing the Bucks, several coaches gathered together and they analyzed that Wang Yi had shut him down.
Lost confidence.
Confidence is extremely important for a player on the basketball court, and Holiday was ravaged by Wang Yi for half of the last game. He completely lost his self-confidence, which is why he showed today's mole-level performance.
Although Wang Yi did not play, he first knocked Holiday into isolation and secondly forced Doug to retire.
Not even playing can have such a huge impact.
Looking at the entire history, I am afraid there is no second person.
However, due to the outstanding performance of Antetokounmpo of the Bucks today and Middleton's very good three-point shooting today, they still led the Kings by 7 points in the second quarter.
In total, they led the Kings by 14 points in the first half.
By the middle of the third quarter, the Kings fell behind by as many as 22 points.
All the big Vs and experts were very proud at this time.
Sure enough, their analysis was correct.
All Bucks fans were also rejoicing, just like it was Christmas.
On the contrary, the Kings fans were a little depressed. Without Wang Yi, would the Kings be so unwilling to resist beatings?
What about Zhan Zhan?
Even if you can't keep playing at full strength for the whole game, at least for one quarter, the point difference won't be that big.
And what about Chris Paul?
You are the god of point guards. Although you are older, you are still good for a few minutes.
Are these two old men useless now?
However, everyone ignored one person-Gua Ge Anthony.
When all Kings fans were in despair, Gua stood up.
First, James hit a three-pointer from the left corner.
Then he stole Middleton, went to the front court and succeeded in a dunk.
Then he hit a hasty three-pointer with 24 seconds left.
In just one minute, he scored 8 points in a row.
The score difference was instantly reduced to 14 points.
The Bucks coach quickly called a timeout.
But after returning from the timeout, Gua Ge still felt hot.
It's as if the old Gua Ge at his peak is back.
21 layups;
Mid-range turnaround jump shot;
Second offense under the basket;
Three-point shot from outside!
In short, the offensive kaleidoscope of the past lit up again at this moment.
In the end, Gua Ge scored 17 points in a single quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the score difference was finally caught up to only 9 points.
Chapter completed!