In this game, Pang Bo was completely shut down by Wemby, managing just 15 points and 9 rebounds.
Zhang Jiacheng happened to score 10 points.
Aside from those three, no one else on the team reached double figures.
The Raptors finished with just 96 points.
The Spurs crushed them by a whopping 20 points.
That's right. It was a rout.
Wang Yi was certainly a talented player, but when you were leading a team that would be fighting around the edge of the Playoffs without you, and you brought that team onto the Finals stage to face a powerful opponent, a situation like this was inevitable.
Besides, Wang Yi had been prepared for it.
So after the game, he didn't blame his teammates. He took responsibility himself.
Everyone thought the team would bounce back in Game 4.
Generally speaking, whenever Wang Yi lost a game in the Playoffs, he was bound to bounce back in the next one.
With him leading the way, the team was sure to rebound, too.
As it turned out, the team did indeed bounce back in Game 4.
Every player on the team was in excellent form.
Since the Spurs were still using Man-to-man Defense on Wang Yi, he scored a staggering 57 points.
On top of that, he had 9 assists and 13 rebounds.
He came close to recording a 50-point triple-double in the Finals.
But the Spurs played very well, too.
Wemby, Lillard, Seth Curry, Little Duncan, Vassell, and the others all performed as expected.
The biggest surprise came from the Spurs' bench. Their backup guard and backup center both exploded, combining for more than 30 points.
Those two scored more than everyone on the Raptors' bench combined.
The Raptors ultimately lost by a narrow five points, 122–127.
That meant both the Raptors