The Kings' offense flowed smoothly.
The Bucks, by contrast, looked like they were constipated on offense.
They turned the ball over on passes and bricked their shots.
They couldn't even manage basic off-ball movement.
You could say the two teams had completely switched places compared with the previous games.
The Kings scored 40 points in the first quarter, while the Bucks managed only 15.
Then the Kings casually put up another 40 in the second quarter.
The Bucks changed their lineup, adjusted their tactics, and tweaked their defense, huffing and puffing through all that work. But when they looked at the scoreboard, they'd still scored only 15.
So by halftime, the game had developed a massive point differential.
80–30.
The Kings were up by a whopping 50 points.
The gap was so huge it was downright despair-inducing.
Even if the Kings scored only 40 points in the second half,
the Bucks would need to put up 90 over the next two quarters to come back.
Given how the Bucks were playing today, they'd be lucky to score 90 points all game, let alone in two quarters.
Wang Yi didn't take the court in the third quarter.
He understood that the Kings were playing so smoothly and their opponents so poorly because of the Epic Comeback Buff in the Finals.
With the Epic Comeback Buff on their side and a 50-point lead at halftime, he could just sit back and take it easy for the rest of the game.
Sure enough, even with Wang Yi out in the third quarter,
the Kings continued to dominate.
The Bucks, on the other hand, kept turning the ball over, even with all five stars on the court.
At the end of the third quarter, they had closed the gap a little, but they were