Over the next eight minutes, the two teams traded blows and put on an exciting show.
The bad news for the Raptors was that every Spider-Man on the opposing team was shooting the three pretty well today.
Antoine was a given. He'd always been a steady three-point shooter.
Their Small Forward, Donnie Donnie, had made two of his three three-point attempts in the first ten minutes.
Their Power Forward, Deng Dute, had made three of his five three-point attempts in those ten minutes.
On top of that, Antoine had also sunk two three-pointers during that stretch.
Their Point Guard, Bryce, had added two three-pointers, while Shooting Guard Duke Jin had made one.
In other words, they'd made an absurd nine three-pointers in the first quarter alone.
The key was that every one of them was tall. Sometimes, even when they pulled up and shot right in your face, there was nothing you could do.
The Raptors could, of course, defend them by putting a hand on their opponents, but these days every team was training its players to shoot threes through defensive pressure.
After more than half a season of training, everyone had gotten better at making three-pointers under pressure.
Looking at the last twenty games, the three-point percentage of every team had started to rise again.
There was now a consensus around the league: if the Pistons had another Spider-Man besides Antoine who could shoot threes accurately, they'd be very hard to beat.
Now, besides Antoine, two of their Spider-Men were shooting well.
It was clear how unfavorable things were for the Raptors.
By contrast, the Raptors' three-point shooting had been pretty mediocre today.
With the opposing team doubling him early, Wang Yi rarely had a chance to get the ball.
As for Zhang Yu, his three-point shot hadn't