With Wang Yi seeming practically unbeatable, the Spurs players' confidence took a severe hit, while the Kings players were all fired up.
In the six minutes Wang Yi was on the court, the Kings had already taken a ten-point lead over the Spurs.
After Wang Yi came off the court, Westbrook went in.
Westbrook's touch was still red-hot today.
In the first and second quarters, he scored twelve points in the six minutes he played in each.
That kept the Kings in the lead.
Wang Yi still played only six minutes in the second quarter.
In those six minutes, he scored another sixteen points.
At halftime, the Kings led the Spurs by twenty-one points.
Wang Yi still played only six minutes in the third quarter, and by the end of it, the Kings had stretched their lead over the Spurs to thirty points.
By then, the Spurs had no chance of coming back.
When the final buzzer sounded, the Kings had beaten the Spurs 125–100, a twenty-five-point lead.
Wang Yi had played only eighteen minutes, yet scored forty-two points.
His efficiency was simply absurd.
In this game, Westbrook made five of his eight three-point attempts.
He made all seven of his two-pointers.
He also made all three of his free throws.
He scored thirty-one points.
That was the second-highest total on the Kings.
As for Mouth Brother Wiggins, he still scored eighteen points.
And he still hadn't even broken a sweat.
At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Popovich, "Wang Yi played only eighteen minutes today, yet scored forty-two points. Why weren't you able to stop him?"
Popovich looked at the reporter as if he were a child who had just asked an unbelievable question.
"Are you kidding me? That's Wang Yi."
The reporter wouldn't let it