Not only was the coach dumbfounded.
The Knicks players, Knicks fans, and commentators were all equally stunned.
Wang Yi's lineup choices made no sense at all.
Shaquille O'Neal shook his head. "No, no, no. I just don't get it. I don't get it. They're both old men, but they've run three fast breaks in a row, and every one of them worked. What's going on? Can someone explain it to me? What on earth is happening?"
Old Zhan James had an exceptionally high Basketball IQ. After thinking it over briefly, he said:
"Maybe it's like this: because these two old men are so old and slow, nobody in the world expects them to run fast breaks. The Knicks certainly don't expect it either. Wang Yi took advantage of everyone's assumptions and thought in the opposite direction, having them run fast breaks anyway. They caught their opponents off guard, which is why it worked so well."
After hearing LeBron James's analysis, Shaquille O'Neal nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I think your analysis makes a lot of sense. Wang Yi took advantage of everyone's assumptions and caught them off guard, which is how he pulled off several plays in a row. Come to think of it, that guy's a coaching genius. Only a genius like him could come up with a strategy like this."
Meanwhile, in the Knicks' Resting Area, head coach Thibodeau wore a dark expression.
"Letting two men over forty run three fast breaks in a row was my mistake. We can't let them get out in transition again. Whether we make or miss a shot, every one of us needs to get back on defense immediately. We're much faster than they are, so we can get back faster, too."
"If those two forty-year-old men get another fast break, it won't