Wang Yi's Aerial Folded Back Dunk over Arthur's chase-down block left everyone stunned.
Arthur's hand had clearly reached the top of his head, yet Wang Yi had somehow powered through the hand Arthur held up in the air and slammed the ball into the basket.
Most astonishing of all, the slow-motion replay showed that just before the dunk, while still in midair, Wang Yi had actually smiled at Arthur.
"He's actually smiling!"
"Is he mocking King Arthur?"
"Damn bastard, he's actually smiling!"
When LeBron James saw Wang Yi's smile, he couldn't help laughing. "That guy really knows how to stir things up!"
Michael Jordan nodded. "If someone smiled at me like that on the court, I'd want to kill him right then and there!"
In fact, Arthur's anger, which he had just managed to suppress, flared up again.
Being humiliated like that on his home court was something he would never tolerate. He was one of the league's biggest stars, known as King Arthur.
So on the next possession, when he faced Wang Yi, he once again tried to score right over him.
The current Arthur, like James in his prime, relied mainly on tank-like drives to score.
That style of offense took a heavy toll on his stamina, and it was especially vulnerable against a tall big man.
He had spent almost 40 percent of the first half driving on his own, so he had already burned through a lot of energy. That was why Wang Yi, despite being unable to stop Arthur by himself, hadn't asked for help with double-teams in the first half.
He wanted Arthur to keep driving and wearing himself down.
In the second half, Bond, the Kings' big man, came over to help Wang Yi.
At 2.16 meters tall, Bond could make it very