At exactly 7 p.m., the game officially tipped off.
The Rockets came out blazing tonight.
Jalen Green, Little Kevin, and Sengun were all playing at full throttle.
Jalen Green kept driving in for thunderous dunks;
Little Kevin hit three straight threes;
Sengun grabbed rebounds, blocked shots, and scored in the paint.
As for the Kings, Wang Yi hadn't planned to score at first. He just passed the ball to his teammates and let them go to work.
The Kings' players were in pretty ordinary form today.
They were shooting just over 30 percent on offense, and they couldn't stop their opponents on defense.
So by the end of the first quarter, the Kings were already down by 10.
With half of the second quarter gone, the Kings were trailing by 15.
Even so, Wang Yi still showed no sign of taking a shot.
He seemed determined not to attack today.
He'd played a quarter and a half without taking a single shot.
Even when he drove inside, it was only to draw a double-team and pass the ball out.
Wiggins, on the other hand, stepped up.
At 35, he kept scoring from inside and out.
At last, that stopped the lead from growing.
The two teams maintained that margin until halftime.
By then, the haters had started stirring things up again.
"Is Wang Yi invisible or something?"
"Not invisible. He's vanished."
"Hahahaha! He finished the half with zero points. If anyone says he's still a top-five player in the league, I'll smack their mouth shut."
"And he still thinks he can compete to be the league's top star?"
Over in the Commentary Booth, Nicholas Zhao Si was practically grinning from ear to ear.
"I think we can take Wang Yi out of the discussion for the league's top five. Have