Wang Yi's dunk was a show of dominance over the crowd and a challenge to the opposing coach.
You're using the Box One tactic against me?
Then I won't pass. I'll go straight for the basket!
What can your Box One tactic do to stop me?
Jazz head coach Will Hardy was secretly taken aback.
Wang Yi's opening Overlord Dunk had been outrageous.
No other player could have pulled off a dunk like that.
The referee then called a blocking foul on the Jazz.
It looked as if Wang Yi had knocked all four players flying, but they had all been moving, so the foul was still on them for blocking him.
To be honest, all four had committed fouls, but the rules allowed the referee to call only one.
The referee couldn't tell whether Tracy McGrady Jr. or Keegan Murray had fouled him.
They had both moved toward the middle and collided with Wang Yi at almost the same time.
In the end, Tracy McGrady Jr. was the first to raise his hand and signal that he had committed the foul.
He'd rather take on more fouls himself than let Keegan get into foul trouble.
After all, Keegan was one of the team's two backcourt assassins. If he got into foul trouble, the team's offense wouldn't flow as smoothly.
When Wang Yi made the free throw, the fans didn't try to distract him the way they usually did other players. Wang Yi had played at their Delta Center many times, and they'd tried distracting him plenty of times without the slightest effect.
So they weren't all that eager to distract him from the free-throw line anymore.
Wang Yi easily made the and-one free throw. It wasn't until the Jazz inbounded the ball that the fans, who had quieted down