During the halftime break between the two sides, both the Kings locker room and the Clippers locker room were making their own arrangements.
In order to avoid being criticized for the word count, I won’t go into details here.
After 20 minutes, the second half of the two sides started.
D'Antoni knows that although the Clippers coach sometimes has some clever tricks to work around, most of the time he is very stubborn and insists on his own opinion. In the third quarter, he will definitely continue to attack Wang Yi and let the Kings go.
Others.
So in the third quarter, D'Antoni directly started Melo Anthony and rookie Danny.
Both of these two are now better scoring players than the rest of the starting lineup.
The two of them can share Wang Yi's scoring pressure when they play.
Sure enough, after these two players came on the court, they hit three and four three-pointers respectively.
Because the two of them shot away from the outside, Tyronn Lue finally changed his strategy.
Start to defend the perimeter of both of them.
In this way, the cake king inside will have a chance.
Wang Yi passed the ball to the cake king Capela many times, and Capela was able to eat and drink in the paint.
In addition, Wang Yi's sneaky steals continue.
At the same time, he completely locked down Joel Johnson on the defensive end.
Holding Joel Johnson scoreless.
And today Paul George is completely awesome.
So far, I have only made 2 out of 12 shots.
Leonard is still tepid.
So with three minutes left in the third quarter, when Wang Yi came off the court, the Kings already led the Clippers by 26 points.
It is worth mentioning that when Wang Yi passed by Joel Johnson when he came off the field, he spat trash words at him.
He was referring to the scoreboard: "Don't you like to perform reversals of more than 25 points? Now it's 26 points. Come on, please start your show."
Joel Johnson wasn't just angry about it.
In the previous big comeback of more than 25 points, he basically performed well in the first half of every game.
At least they could score 20 points in the first half.
But today, he only scored 3 points in the three quarters when he was defended by Wang Yi.
What a huge reversal.
What's more, there is only one quarter left.
There has been a comeback of more than 25 points in a single quarter, which is already a miracle.
How can there be miracles every day?
What's more, the Kings also have this guy Wang Yi.
If he locks himself down again in the 4th quarter, he will get a shitty score and a shitty turn.
But he is a young man after all, so he has to be tough-mouthed.
He replied to Wang Yi: "Just watch the fourth quarter."
Wang Yi turned around and looked at this guy with some surprise: "Okay, I'm ambitious. But I have something to tell you, remember it: when you catch up with the score, I will kill you at the last second."
Joel Johnson was already a tough talker, but after hearing Wang Yi's words, he kept shaking his head in disbelief.
"You mean you know how to control points?"
Wang Yi smiled: “That’s a very insightful summary.”
"Bullshit!"
Joel Johnson waved his hand and left with a look of disdain.
At this time, all Kings fans looked at the score and knew that the game was settled.
Wang Yi is here, no surprise.
The Kings have never lost a game this season after leading by more than 10 points in the fourth quarter, let alone leading by 26 points today.
And Clippers fans are looking forward to it in their hearts.
Will the Clippers' fifth major comeback come?
Will Joel Johnson lead another Clippers comeback?
However, amidst the anticipation, they are also a little worried. After all, the Clippers are facing the Kings led by Wang Yi today.
The Kings' strongest point this season is not their offense, but their defense.
Now their defensive efficiency ranks firmly among the top 3 in the league.
He even ranked first in defensive efficiency for a long time.
Facing such a team, the possibility of reversing 26 points in the last quarter is smaller than a piece of pie falling from the sky and hitting you on the head.
But as soon as the fourth quarter came, they felt relieved.
Because as soon as the 4th quarter started, the Kings did not send all their main players.
Barnes was injured, and Beverley and Tucker were both old and young, so the head coach asked them to rest off the court.
As the core player of the team, Wang Yi needs to rest.
Four of the five starting players were off the court.
The Clippers took the opportunity to launch a wave of attacks.
Although Paul George is still awesome, once Wang Yi comes out, Joel Johnson starts to have fun.
With his speed, he constantly attacked the Kings' inside line and also fired shots from the outside.
In addition, Reggie Jackson is also a speedy defender.
These two people can be said to make the Kings' defense unstoppable.
In addition, the Clippers suddenly became more accurate with three-pointers in the 4th quarter.
After playing like this for 5 minutes, the point difference was narrowed to 15 points.
The fans at the Kings home court were a little worried at this time.
"It's time to take on the main force."
"Go to Wang Yi, he will lock up that damn Joel Johnson."
However, when the timeout came back and the two sides took the field again, although the Kings sent other main players, Wang Yi did not play.
This surprised the fans at the scene.
In the Tencent NBA live broadcast room, Xu Jingyu also shook his head repeatedly.
"Wang Yi, I can't do any harm now, why are you waiting? Is the sky blue waiting for the rain?"
"Look, look, look, they were ahead by 26 points just now, look at the Kings' squandering, 26-point advantage, and in the blink of an eye, there are only 15 points left. The result is not as good as Wang Yi, it is still squandering. What about D'Antoni?
What are you thinking about all day long with your stupid brain?"
His explanation was very personal, making Wang Meng burst into laughter and Jiayi laughing so much that she was speechless.
In fact, it’s not that D’Antoni didn’t want Wang Yi to play, but that when D’Antoni wanted Wang Yi to play just now, Wang Yi said: “Coach, I feel a little tired tonight, please wait a little longer.”
D'Antoni also knew that the Kings relied on Wang Yi alone as the engine, and it was like this every night. He was really tired, so he planned to let him rest for a while.
On the court at this time, since the Clippers were already on the rise, although the Kings were on the main force, they could not stop the Clippers' momentum. In addition, Wang Yi did not play, which left the Clippers with less offensive and defensive ends.
An important central figure.
So the Clippers are still chasing points.
By the last three minutes, the Clippers had caught up to only 7 points.
At this time, the camera focused on Wang Yi on the Kings bench for a long time.
I saw Wang Yi sitting there peacefully, as steady as Mount Tai.
Kings coach D'Antoni kept talking next to him.
But Wang Yi still seems to have no intention of playing.
"What is D'Antoni doing? Why don't you let Wang Yi play??"
"Do we have to have him perform another miracle on our Kings team??"
"Wang, come on stage quickly."
On the court at this time, although it seems that all the Clippers players are very energetic.
But Joel Johnson, who is leading this counterattack, has been beating the drum in his heart.
And the closer to the last moment, the more panicked he became.
When he saw Wang Yi, who was sitting off the court, still as calm as a mountain even though the score was getting closer, with an indifferent expression on his face.
He was even more panicked in his heart.
Because Wang Yi's words kept echoing in his mind.
Chapter completed!