When Wang Yi saw Wemby and Little Duncan take the floor, his eyes lit up.
His personal target was finally out there.
On Wemby's first possession, he didn't get the ball beyond the three-point line like he had earlier. Instead, he received it at the left elbow.
Wang Yi noticed the Spurs' adjustment, but by then it was too late to switch and have Pang Bo guard Wemby.
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and take on Wemby himself.
After getting the ball, Wemby faced Wang Yi and rose straight up for a jumper.
There was nothing Wang Yi could do. They were more than thirty centimeters apart in height.
The only way he could block the shot was to predict perfectly that Wemby was really going to shoot.
But you couldn't perfectly predict every time whether the opponent was faking or actually putting up a shot.
So Wang Yi could only do his best to contest it.
But with such a huge height difference, his effort was futile. Wemby calmly sank the two-pointer.
On the other end, Wang Yi immediately called for a screen from Dauding.
After the screen, Wang Yi drove straight at Little Duncan and easily sank a floater.
On the sideline, Parker watched with a sly grin and said to Duncan:
"Floaters may only be worth two points, but they're deadliest when the game gets tight."
The former French Sports Car Parker had made his name killing teams with his mid-range game.
Often, when a game reached a dead-even, tense moment,
it came down to which side could hold its nerve.
Then Parker would sink two or three floaters in a row, and the other team would crack and fall behind.
The game hadn't reached its most critical point yet, but the fourth