After Wang Yi made the shot, he turned to Shane Battier and said, "Two thousand!"
Shane Battier raised an eyebrow again.
Two thousand was no small sum.
At that moment, Pelicans Head Coach Rondo quickly called a timeout.
The Pelicans had been forced to stop the game after just three possessions.
It was no different from taking a blow straight to the head.
As the Pelicans came off the court, Head Coach Rondo did his best to calm his players.
"Don't panic. They can't keep up this unconventional style for long, and I already have a way to counter it."
"Next time, if Wang Yi is still guarding Zion, Zion should pass the ball out."
"Then their big men will be guarding our perimeter players. We can move the ball around to make their big men work, and they won't be able to keep up with our speed. That'll give us chances from three."
"Once we make some threes, they'll have to go back to conventional defense, with Wang Yi guarding the perimeter and their big men guarding Zion. Then we can run the One Star Four Shooters system we know best."
"And on defense, since Wang Yi likes to make trouble from mid-range, we'll use a zone defense to shut down his mid-range game completely."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
On the Kings' side, after they came off the court, the head coach asked Wang Yi:
"How should we play from here? Do we keep doing what we just did?"
Wang Yi shook his head. "If I guard Zion too tightly, they'll pass the ball out and have their small three-point shooters attack our big men. Our big men can't keep up with them, so they'll be able to shoot threes freely. So from here on, we'll switch back to