Wang Yi had rushed up to LaMelo at incredible speed. Just as they came face-to-face, Wang Yi lightly tapped the ball with his right hand, sending it between LaMelo's legs and behind him.
At the instant they were about to collide, Wang Yi suddenly changed direction and slipped past LaMelo's left side.
Once behind LaMelo, he collected the ball and went in for the dunk.
Stephen Curry watched in disbelief and said:
"What's most surprising about that play isn't the dunk or even how fast he was. It's that he managed to change direction in such a short distance while moving at such incredible speed."
"Changing direction when moving that fast, within a distance of less than ten centimeters, puts tremendous pressure on a player's ankles and knees."
"No normal human being could withstand that kind of pressure."
Curry had been plagued by ankle injuries from the moment he entered the league.
He and his medical team had thoroughly studied all kinds of stress on the ankles and knees, so Curry knew exactly how much pressure a sudden change of direction over such a short distance put on them.
He continued, "At such high speed, changing direction so suddenly over such a short distance would at best sprain a normal player's ankle or knee, and at worst break a bone."
"We've run the numbers before. Even someone as strong as Arthur couldn't change direction that quickly at such a high speed, because the body simply couldn't take it."
This time, Pierce unusually agreed with Curry:
"I agree with that. He really does have a superhuman body. But I'll say this: even if his body can handle it, changing direction like that still does a lot of damage to his ankles and knees. Ignoring the consequences just to get one over