After the official timeout.
The Kings got the first possession.
The Kings still fed the ball to Wang Yi in the paint.
By now, Wang Yi was starting to feel the effects of fatigue.
Thick Eyebrows was leaning hard against him from behind.
Wang Yi could still force the issue if he wanted, but he knew he had to conserve some energy. With the Shaquille O'Neal Experience Card draining him so quickly, he might not even make it through the first half otherwise.
So he dribbled forward a couple of steps, just as he had before.
The defense thought he was going to drive in and dunk over someone again, so Thick Eyebrows held his ground and leaned hard against Wang Yi.
But just then, Wang Yi turned slightly to the left and sent a bounce pass behind his back with his right hand.
The ball slipped between Wang Yi and Thick Eyebrows, then bounced toward Tures.
Tures was almost surprised to receive it.
It was an incredibly sneaky pass, threaded through the gap between Thick Eyebrows and Gordon. It could easily have clipped either of them if it had been even slightly off.
But the ball made it through.
With almost no one guarding him, Tures caught the ball and easily banked it in from under the basket.
King Arthur saw Tures receive the pass and rushed over, hoping to swat his shot into the stands with a board block, but he was a step too late.
He had charged in too hard and flew right into the courtside seats beyond the baseline.
As the ball hit the floor, it bounced right into Thick Eyebrows' hands.
The Lakers' head coach immediately shouted, "Fast break! Push the pace!"
If Wang Yi was a pillar in the paint, then the best