Today's game started early, at 5:30.
The Hornets' starting lineup had barely changed. It was still the same five-man unit they'd started last season with.
They'd made it to the Finals with that lineup last season, proving it worked, so they'd stuck with it this season.
Little Danny was still in the Kings' starting lineup today.
De'Anthony seemed to have made up his mind: from now on, Little Danny would be the starting point guard.
A 5-foot-5 guy—and the 27th pick in the draft—holding down a starting spot was extremely rare in NBA history.
After all, at this point in the season, only the first, second, and third picks among this year's rookies had been starters from the beginning.
The other rookies had either fallen completely out of the rotation and couldn't get on the court at all;
or they were still struggling on the bench.
Now Little Danny had become the fourth rookie to crack a starting lineup. That alone was a surprise.
The moment Wang Yi stepped across the sideline, the system's prompt sounded in his mind again.
[Please sign in.] "Sign in." [Sign-in successful.] [Sign-in reward: Intermediate Foul Drawing Master Trial Card.] [Intermediate Foul Drawing Master Trial Card: 35% chance of drawing a foul.] [Time limit: 24 minutes.]
A faint smile appeared in Wang Yi's eyes as he heard the system.
That system was getting more and more thoughtful.
He'd already been planning to draw a foul on Wemby today. He hadn't expected the system to hand him a Foul Drawing Master Trial Card.
All right, then. Let's do this.
The two teams met at center court for the jump ball. With his height and long reach, Wemby easily tapped the ball.
Then he raced downcourt to launch a fast break.
A fast break