Dauding also used his body to squeeze against the opposing power forward, Deng Dute, preventing Deng Dute from jumping.
In the end, Akur and the opposing small forward, Donnie Donnie, fought for the rebound.
Donnie Donnie was a few centimeters shorter than Akur, and Akur ultimately grabbed the rebound.
After securing the rebound, Akur passed it once again to the unguarded Danny.
Danny caught the ball, pulled up directly, and took a three-point shot.
Swish! It finally went in this time!
The point difference had been cut to three!
By this point, Billups could no longer stand it and had no choice but to call another timeout.
In truth, Billups's reaction had already been a little slow.
When Wang Yi had first thrown down that one-on-two alley-oop under the basket, the Pistons' head coach should have called a timeout.
But at the time, he thought it might have been a fluke. So although he took it seriously, he only had Antoine defend Wang Yi under the basket by himself.
When he saw that Wang Yi could still score even against Antoine, that was when he should have paid attention and called a timeout to make adjustments.
Yet he still believed it was just a coincidence, and now the point difference had been cut all the way to three.
The entire Lakers home arena was now incredibly noisy. Everyone was cheering and jumping.
It was as if more than twenty thousand fully armed soldiers, wielding blades, spears, swords, halberds, shields, and lances, were closing in on the center of the court step by step, shouting chants of victory as they advanced.
Under such circumstances, the Lakers' morale had soared to its peak, while the Pistons' morale had fallen to rock bottom.
Calling a timeout now was already somewhat too late.
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