At 7:30 that evening, both teams had already submitted their starting lineups to the scorer's table.
The broadcast crew put both starting lineups up on the big screen.
Today, Wang Yi and De'Anthony had discussed things and decided to go with a three-tower lineup.
Wang Yi, Danny, Tures, Towns, Bond.
The lineup's strengths were its height in the paint and its shooting accuracy from the perimeter.
No matter how effective the double-cross action was, it always required players to cross paths at the free-throw line before making something happen in or around the paint.
Putting my three towers on the floor would make the paint incredibly crowded. It'd be much harder for them to run their plays.
Movement was the most important part of the double-cross. If it became harder to move, the play would naturally be much harder to execute.
Of course, that was only Wang Yi and De'Anthony's plan. Just as no system in the world was completely secure, anything could happen in reality—especially in a competitive arena where the situation could shift in an instant.
A completely different development could occur in a fraction of a second.
So they would still need to adapt on the fly.
The Hornets' lineup was as follows:
Point guard: LaMelo Ball.
Center: Wemby, nicknamed Zebra.
Shooting guard: Howard.
Small forward: Little Prince.
This Little Prince was the son of Prince, the Little Prince from the old Pistons' Bad Boys.
He was tall and slender, with especially long arms that made him look like a gibbon.
Power forward: Magic Hand Jack.
All five of them could pass the ball and finish plays themselves.
Wemby held the ball at the top of the arc and served as the hub. Needless to say, he was an excellent passer.
The other four were also skilled