The timeout ended, and both teams took the court again.
Right from the start, the Raptors showed off their defensive style.
Wang Yi and Pang Bo stood inside the paint.
The other three players guarded the area around it.
With such a tight defensive formation, the opposing team couldn't execute their double-crossover play at all.
After all, their double-crossover play relied mainly on driving into the paint for layups.
Now Wang Yi and Pang Bo, two players with Shaquille O'Neal-like qualities, were stationed in the paint, with three more players guarding the area around it.
To put it mildly, not even a fly could get through.
The Hornets players naturally couldn't drive inside.
At the same time, this defense also directly neutralized the Hornets' Pick and Roll.
In the Hornets' Pick and Roll, Wemby occasionally took an outside shot, but his greatest advantage was his height and wingspan.
But with two Shaquille O'Neals guarding the basket, Wemby couldn't get anywhere near it, no matter how hard he tried.
At first, he drove to the basket three times, but either Pang Bo held his position and stopped him, or Wang Yi blocked his shot.
Three straight attempts, and not one of them worked.
The defense had the spectators roaring with excitement.
The commentators were full of praise, too.
Even the assistant coaches couldn't stop praising Wang Yi's defensive setup.
Steve Nash had once been known as the Son of Wind, and the seven-second offense he led had swept through the Entire League.
But he hadn't been particularly good on defense.
Now, watching Wang Yi's defensive setup dismantle the Hornets' two most important plays, he nodded and said to Gao Feng beside him, "That Wang Yi was born to play basketball."
Gao Feng replied, "His instincts on offense and his insight on