Redick furrowed his brow slightly and said quietly to the head coach:
"Of course. The first time they lined up in this defensive formation, I thought something was off. Everyone rushes to a spot one step beyond the three-point line, leaving only Wang Yi to defend inside. That means they're defending the perimeter and completely giving up the interior. There's no way Wang Yi can protect everything inside the three-point line by himself."
"But with Wang Yi's Basketball IQ, there's no way he'd give us such a huge area inside the three-point line for no reason."
"But what can I do right now? I don't know what Wang Yi is up to or what his real goal is. All I can see is that they're leaving us a huge area inside the three-point line, so I'll try running a few plays inside first. Once we figure out what Wang Yi is really after, we can respond."
The assistant coach nodded.
Head coach Redick was absolutely right.
They knew that, given Wang Yi's intelligence, he was obviously trying to bait them into going inside the three-point line. But they had no other choice. In this situation, what else could they do? The Raptors' other players had all rushed to positions one step beyond the three-point line. There was no way to take a three.
They could only go inside the three-point line.
JJ Redick and the assistant coach didn't know that this was exactly the kind of trap that left them no choice.
Even if you knew Wang Yi was luring you inside for some other purpose, you still had to go in.
Because there was no alternative.
Meanwhile, the Raptors' coaches and players were all a little surprised. Wang Yi had said he would guard everything inside the three-point line