Wang Yi immediately understood.
It seemed that when two players of different heights were assigned to guard him, the system used the taller player as its standard.
Of course, that was only Wang Yi's guess.
After all, he had only this one sample. Whether that was really how it worked would need to be verified with more examples.
The next time the Raptors went on offense, Wang Yi called for Dauding to guard him again.
Then he sank another three-pointer right in front of Dauding.
Wang Yi's three-point percentage against Pang Bo and Dauding should have been just over 50%, but now he was two-for-two against Pang Bo and two-for-three against Dauding. He was having quite a bit of luck.
With that three-pointer, Wang Yi cut the deficit to just two points.
On the next play, Seth Curry's layup was blocked by Pang Bo.
After bringing the ball up, Wang Yi didn't run down the clock. Instead, he immediately called for Dauding to guard him, then attempted a three under Dauding's defense.
But the shot didn't go in.
Fortunately, Pang Bo grabbed the rebound again.
Pang Bo was already one of the league's top centers. With Wemby off the floor for the Spurs, Pang Bo was a towering presence in the paint.
So it wasn't surprising that he kept grabbing offensive rebounds.
After securing the rebound, Pang Bo passed the ball to Wang Yi again.
Wang Yi got past Seth Curry, then beckoned to Dauding.
Dauding understood and immediately came over to guard Wang Yi.
But Wang Yi didn't shoot right away. He waited until Seth Curry had caught up and was guarding him too before preparing to shoot.
The Spurs' players and coaches all felt their hearts clench at the sight.
Seriously? Having your own teammate guard you wasn't