After Shan He faked out Zhang Fei with the ball, he didn't drive into the paint.
It was obvious that his stamina was nearly spent, and he didn't want to drive inside again.
Huali's zone defense had also made Yude's pick-and-roll strategy ineffective, leaving them no choice but to go one-on-one.
At this point, Shan He was exhausted, and his outside shooting percentage was low, creating a vicious cycle.
His shot missed, just as expected.
Huali immediately launched a fast break.
Fortunately, in their haste to push the pace, Huali's pass sailed too far and went out of bounds, preventing the gap from shrinking further.
At that point, Yude's head coach, Coach Lan, called a timeout. He didn't draw up many plays during the break.
The timeout was purely to give Shan He a chance to catch his breath.
Afterward, he didn't put Shan He back in right away. Instead, he sent in a backup small forward.
With no leader on the court for the moment, Huali's fast breaks came faster and faster.
After just two possessions, the gap had shrunk to five points.
There was no choice but to put Shan He back in.
His impact was immediate. He made mid-range shots on two consecutive possessions.
Then Huang Rixin hit another three-pointer, keeping the gap from growing too wide.
On the third possession, Shan He wanted to rest for a play and passed the ball to a teammate, but the teammate missed too.
The shot went out of bounds.
Just then, Wang Yi made a bold decision. He waved his substitution flag and sent in five players while taking all five starters out!
He wasn't taking the starters out because they'd played poorly. They'd been running fast breaks nonstop and had burned through a lot of energy, so he