Yang Yi nodded. "That's right. As the saying goes, even the cleverest housewife can't cook without rice. Put the world's best coach together with the world's best players, and if they can't hit a shot, they still won't beat an ordinary NBA team."
Jay Chou leaned back in his chair in a comfortable position. "It's fine. Wang Yi will take over."
Everyone laughed at that.
The season had now passed the one-third mark.
Just as Jaylen had said, whenever the Kings reached a critical moment, Wang Yi would step up.
Especially in the fourth quarter, when the team was struggling and trailing, Wang Yi became an absolute Court Tyrant.
So there wasn't much to worry about.
But to everyone's surprise, the next player to step up wasn't Wang Yi. It was Towns.
The other Kings players couldn't find their shooting touch, and yet they were only down by 12 points halfway through the quarter. That was because Towns had just gone three-for-three and scored seven points.
So during the timeout, De'Anthony immediately settled on their next strategy: build the offense around Towns.
"If Towns has the hot hand, get him the ball. Everyone else, play around him. Set screens for him, run pick and rolls, and Towns, you need to keep moving too. Cut and find open spots more often."
Head coach De'Anthony spoke to Towns.
Everyone nodded.
One of the assistant coaches raised a concern. "What if they double-team Towns?"
Wang Yi answered for the head coach. "First of all, they absolutely can't leave me and Danny open on the perimeter. That means the only players they can use to double-team Towns are Adebayo and Edwards from the interior."
"Towns, don't hesitate to take the ball. If they dare to double-team you, I'll make them pay."
Towns nodded. "I