Thinking of this, Coach Carlisle could only do his best to comfort him:
"You're right. Wang Yi is incredibly talented. Given the situation right now, I can't lie to you: it seems there really isn't anyone in the world who can come close to matching him. But that doesn't mean his team is unbeatable."
"We can't beat him alone, but we can try to find opportunities by going after his teammates. First, we figure out how to beat them, taking them out one by one until Wang Yi is the only one left. Can one man beat our entire team?"
Haliburton shook his head. "No."
Ever since he was a kid, every coach had drilled into him the idea that one person couldn't beat an entire team.
And that was how things worked in reality. No matter how great a star was, he couldn't beat a whole team by himself. After all, basketball was a five-person sport.
But after saying those words, Carlisle felt a little uneasy himself, because stories of Wang Yi beating a team single-handedly had played out in the NBA more than once or twice.
Thinking of that, Carlisle added:
"Yes, Wang Yi has managed to take on five players by himself before, but that was extremely rare. It was a miracle, and miracles don't happen every night. Besides, I've watched those games where he faced five opponents alone over and over. In my view, the coaches made a lot of mistakes in those games, and that gave Wang Yi the chance to beat a whole team on his own."
"If the game is played normally, he can't do it. And I won't let my team get beaten by one man."
Coach Carlisle delivered his final sentence with absolute conviction.
He was trying to make Haliburton believe