Wang Yi held the ball on the right wing, making a few simple crossovers as he drew the defense toward him.
Before long, Caruso and their center, Lauri, had moved over to help, leaving only Michael Joe to guard Wang Yi.
That only gave Wang Yi an opening.
He slipped the ball through Lauri's legs to Tures behind him.
Tures caught Wang Yi's pass and shouted, "Great pass!"
Then he raised the ball and threw down a monstrous dunk.
The arena shook with the force of it, as if the whole building were trembling.
The lead was down to 29 points.
There were still 9 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game.
They had cut 11 points off the deficit in just 2 minutes and 20 seconds.
A shadow fell over the Pelicans' head coach.
The Pelicans inbounded.
Their shooting guard, Michael Joe, was dribbling the ball. As the team's leader, Wang Yi led by example, picking him up full court.
Wang Yi had blocked Michael Joe seven times this game, leaving him with a psychological shadow.
Now that Wang Yi was coming to guard him, Michael Joe's scalp prickled.
And Wang Yi was doing it with just one hand.
It was hard to imagine what kind of misery Michael Joe would face if Wang Yi had both hands.
The pressure of Wang Yi's defense came from his exceptional lateral quickness, which made him difficult to get past.
At the same time, he kept reaching out with his long arms to disrupt his opponent's dribble.
Wang Yi's wingspan was a full 2.15 meters.
At 1.92 meters tall, with a 2.15-meter wingspan, he was an absolute freak of nature.
So when he put pressure on the guards, his long arms could easily get in the way of their dribbling.
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