With seven minutes gone in the first quarter, the Bucks' head coach realized that while they were guarding Wang Yi and Danny, the other three players were essentially being left completely unguarded.
The other three kept scoring in the paint, and almost every shot was an uncontested layup.
With no other choice, the Bucks' head coach changed his strategy:
"Just guard Danny one-on-one. If he shoots threes, let him. If we really can't stop him, so be it. I refuse to believe he can shoot threes that well for the entire game, the way Wang Yi does. He's bound to miss eventually."
As it turned out, nobody could imitate Danny.
There was nothing especially fancy about his three-point shots.
He mostly shot the instant he caught the ball, leaving defenders no time to react.
Even when his defender was right on top of him, he either forced up a shot over the defender or dribbled once to the left or right, then pulled up for a jump shot.
Just three simple moves.
And yet nobody could stop those three moves, not even Durant the Grim Reaper.
All he had to do was dribble once, then pull up.
He only needed a split second of space to shoot.
Even when Durant the Grim Reaper got a hand in his face a moment later, it didn't affect him in the slightest.
In the first quarter, he made an outrageous seven of his eight three-point attempts.
He dropped 21 points in the quarter, without a single free throw or two-pointer.
The Kings led 37–30 after the first quarter, ahead by seven.
In the second quarter, Danny's show continued.
He went five-for-seven from three again.
He scored 15 points.
By halftime, he had made 12 of his 15 three-point attempts.
He had also made