Everyone who saw this was utterly stunned.
On the sideline, Curry asked McGrady with a smile:
"Who was it that just said he was going to conserve his energy? He comes out with a furious fast break, a furious steal, and a furious Lifting Slam Dunk. How does that look anything like conserving energy?"
McGrady looked a little awkward as he replied, "I'm only human, not a machine. Humans make mistakes. Besides, I wasn't wrong—I was making a prediction, not foreseeing the future."
Curry wore a mischievous, childlike grin. "All right, I believe your excuse. So do you think Wang Yi will keep playing like this, or conserve his energy?"
"I still think he'll conserve his energy from here on. If he keeps playing like this, he won't make it to the fourth quarter. Remember, even though Wang Yi is a freak of nature when it comes to stamina, this is the High-altitude arena."
Curry still had that childishly mischievous grin. "Then let's wait and see."
Thanks to Wang Yi scoring five points in the first ten seconds, the lead had grown to thirty.
The Jazz were up next on offense.
Their offense was still quite efficient.
The Raptors' 2-3 Zone Defense made things uncomfortable for them, but this time Horton Tucker and Keegan Murray had learned their lesson. They stopped blindly driving into the paint. Instead, they drove in a couple of steps, drawing in the Raptors' defense, then passed out to Tracy McGrady Jr. on the perimeter. He sank another three.
It salvaged a little pride for the Jazz.
But as soon as Tracy McGrady Jr.'s three-pointer went in, Wang Yi had already turned and was sprinting downcourt.
At the same time, Zhang Jiacheng got the ball on the baseline and launched a long pass downcourt.
Tracy McGrady