Wang Yi's Overlord Dunk didn't just shock all the spectators—it also struck fear into Lakers head coach Darwin.
He realized that with Wang Yi fresh in the first two quarters, attacking the paint simply wouldn't work.
The idea behind constantly attacking the paint had been to wear Wang Yi down. But this wasn't wearing him down at all. It was more like getting mauled by Wang Yi over and over.
If they kept playing this way, the deficit might balloon to 40 points by halftime.
The dunk also struck fear into King Arthur.
King Arthur had believed that as long as he got up a head of steam, he'd be practically unstoppable on the court.
But after that collision, he realized that Wang Yi might not look especially big, but when he charged forward, he was like a flying mountain.
King Arthur himself was like a flying tank when he took off, but even a tank couldn't crash through a flying mountain.
With the Lakers now doubly shaken, head coach Darwin finally called a timeout.
After Wang Yi's Overlord Dunk, the Lakers' deficit had grown, and their morale had sunk to rock bottom.
By contrast, the Kings already had home-court advantage, and that dunk had sent their morale soaring.
They had to call a timeout and break the Kings' momentum.
During the timeout, Darwin told his players, "Wang Yi has shown unrivaled dominance in the paint today. We can't do anything about him, on offense or defense. So we can't keep attacking the paint. We'd just be handing him free kills."
King Arthur had just been knocked to the floor by the dunk. Sitting on the bench, he was already seething, and the coach's words only made him angrier.
Wasn't that just boosting the other team's morale and undermining their