Zhang Yu swatted Wazi's layup away.
But before he could celebrate, Jaylen Brown came charging in behind him, got the ball, and drove straight for the basket.
This time, Wang Yi caught up with him.
Jaylen Brown didn't dare shoot. Instead, he turned and whipped the ball back to King Arthur, who was waiting behind him beyond the three-point line.
King Arthur was just about to shoot when Wemby, racing past him, called for the ball. King Arthur reached out and passed it to him.
Wemby didn't dribble at all after catching the ball. In just two long strides, he was one step inside the free-throw line.
He was clearly going for a dunk.
But Wang Yi had already turned around and was obviously coming to block Wemby.
Wemby's heart gave a sudden lurch.
If anyone else had been standing in front of him—even Pang Bo—Wemby would have gone straight for the dunk.
But the man in front of him was Wang Yi.
He might have been only a 1.92-meter guard, but he was the player who had blocked Wemby more than anyone else in his career.
So Wemby hesitated for half a second, then chose a floater instead of going straight up for the dunk.
It was a rare sight.
A 2.24-meter monster with historically elite potential, facing a 1.92-meter guard, didn't dare dunk the ball outright and chose a floater instead.
There was a saying: hesitate, and you lose.
If Wemby had decided from the start to shoot a floater, he would have had a very good chance of making it.
But he had initially gone for the dunk, then hesitated for half a second before switching to the floater.
As a result, the ball didn't go in.
Under the basket, Zion and Wang Le battled for the