If things had kept going according to the original script, the Kings would have had a very good chance of winning the game with ease.
But life was full of surprises, and basketball was no exception.
When both teams took the floor for the third quarter, the Kings stuck with their usual defensive strategy.
But Jenkins wasn't about to sit back and take it.
He temporarily took the ball out of Morant's hands and let a few of the other players run the offense.
Although Morant was the Grizzlies' centerpiece, their team basketball was still very much worth praising.
When he wasn't handling the ball, having someone else take over actually made the ball movement flow more smoothly.
From that point on, they stopped following the script Wang Yi had laid out.
That left the Kings' assistant coach Tang, along with Yossel and the others, feeling a little worried.
Tang asked Wang Yi, "What should we do now?"
Although Wang Yi saw that the other team wasn't following the script, he still answered confidently:
"The thing about this lineup is that once we let their other players handle the ball, we lose our defensive focus. The other four are all about equally capable, so we can't tell who might suddenly catch fire or step up. That makes this lineup pretty difficult to defend."
"But if we can't stop them, then we'll just trade baskets. It's not like they can stop us when we use Xiao Qiao as the hub, either."
Using Xiao Qiao as the hub had one advantage.
It drew Adams, the Grizzlies' big man, away from the paint, leaving James and Paul plenty of room to drive.
Xiao Qiao's three-point percentage was 39%, after all.
So whenever he got the ball beyond the three-point line, Adams had to