At the commentary booth courtside, James nodded and said:
"As far as I know, Tagore spent the entire summer working on his three-point shot. He even lived at the arena for half a month. Looks like all that hard work paid off."
Bales shrugged and said dismissively:
"As the Chinese say, everyone gets to have dumplings for New Year's. Even a guard with a terrible shot in the NBA has had a stretch where he made two three-pointers in a row."
"You can't say he's a good three-point shooter just because he made two in a row. That's too small a sample size."
James shook his head. "You don't know this, but I went to the Raptors' home arena for three days this summer, and Tagore played in two scrimmages while I was there."
"His three-point shooting was pretty good in those games."
Belles was still unconvinced. "Then why did he shoot so poorly in the preseason?"
James really couldn't argue with that point. He could only shrug and say:
"Who knows? By your logic, who hasn't had a few bad shooting games? Even shooters of Steve Curry and Wang Yi's caliber occasionally have two or three games where they shoot like they're possessed by a demon."
James put it that way, and Bales had no way to argue.
James had beaten him with his own logic.
Using someone's own logic against them was a common debating tactic.
If a debater found the right angle and used this method, their opponent would collapse in an instant, with no chance to fight back.
Take that street interview, for example.
Interviewer: "How old are you?"
Passerby: "Thirty-five."
Interviewer: "Around here, people your age drive Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs. Why are you still riding a shared bike?"
Passerby: "Then let me ask you, how