Capela immediately sprang into action when he saw Wang Yi's pass.
Though Howard, who was guarding Capela, saw the pass too, he was old now, and his first step couldn't match Capela's.
Capela got there first, caught the ball, and slammed it home.
The crowd and Shaquille O'Neal hadn't even realized what had happened. Even Schneider, the new coach of the Kings Lakers, hadn't caught on. They just assumed it was a lucky fluke.
Paul, out on the court, was also reluctant to believe that Wang Yi had meant to make that pass.
In his mind, it had been a lucky play. If Capela had been even a fraction slower, Howard would have broken it up.
But the next play made everyone realize it hadn't been luck.
Wang Yi once again had the ball at the top of the key.
Once again, three defenders trapped him. This time, though, as they converged on Wang Yi, they also kept an eye on the Kings' other players.
The Kings had learned from the previous play. They didn't just stand around like fools anymore. Instead, they started moving without the ball.
James, Paul, Danny, and Capela began using Wang Yi as their axis, constantly circling around him.
Once they got moving, it became even easier for Wang Yi to pass.
At first, he faced the basket and couldn't find an opening. So he turned his back to it, seemingly looking for a way to pass to James on the perimeter.
That drew the Lakers' defensive attention to James and Wang Yi.
But at that moment, Paul suddenly slipped into the paint from the left, and Wang Yi slammed the ball into the floor between his legs. It went through his legs, then through Howard's legs behind him.
It landed right in Paul's hands