In fact, Lakers head coach Phil had also realized the problem by now.
But who could they put at the top of the key?
To run the Triangle Offense, either Doncic or King Arthur had to take the elbow, which meant the other had to stand at the top of the key.
If Arthur stood at the top, Doncic would have to play at the elbow.
But he simply couldn't take Wang Yi one-on-one from the elbow. That would make the Triangle Offense completely ineffective.
But if Arthur took the elbow and Doncic stood at the top, they would end up in the same situation as before, making it easy for the Raptors to launch a fast break.
Fortunately, the Lakers were still scoring, so they could keep at it for now and see how things went.
So King Arthur took Locke on one-on-one twice more.
He succeeded once, but missed the other time, giving the Raptors a chance to counterattack.
The gap was still a full nine points.
On the Lakers' next possession, however, King Arthur didn't go back to the elbow to receive the ball.
They couldn't expect him to take on his man one-on-one every time.
If they did, the Raptors' five-man defensive lineup wouldn't run out of energy before King Arthur did.
He didn't want to go one-on-one this time, and Doncic couldn't take Wang Yi on at the elbow.
That left them with no choice but to run a Pick and Roll.
Aside from the Triangle Offense, the Lakers' Pick and Roll between these two was not to be underestimated either.
But as soon as the two ran the Pick and Roll, Xu Jingyu said happily,
"The Lakers have switched to Plan B. Normally, the Triangle Offense is Plan A, and Wang Dong's Pick and