On the next possession, after Wang Yi crossed into the frontcourt, Zhang Jiacheng handed him the ball. Facing King Arthur's defense, Wang Yi did not rush to dribble. He still held the ball one-handed in his right hand behind his back, his eyes observing King Arthur's every move.
This time, King Arthur learned from his earlier mistake.
Instead of shading toward the right, he positioned himself directly in front of Wang Yi.
That, however, gave Wang Yi an opportunity.
Facing King Arthur's defense, Wang Yi suddenly lowered his center of gravity and put the ball on the floor. At the same time, he planted his left foot and moved toward the right front.
King Arthur hurriedly slid to the right, cutting off Wang Yi's path.
But in the next instant, King Arthur suddenly realized that Wang Yi had lowered his body extremely low.
After driving half a step to the right, he suddenly paused for an instant. The move clearly suggested he was about to change direction and drive left, so King Arthur hurriedly slid left to provide help defense.
Yet Wang Yi only lowered his body and paused briefly; he did not change direction to the left.
As King Arthur rashly slid left, Wang Yi violently pushed off the floor with his left foot. Borrowing the explosive power of that left leg, he instantly continued his drive toward the right front.
He got past King Arthur with ease once again.
What was rhythm?
That was rhythm.
And the rhythm of this drive was completely different from Doncic's conventional rhythm-based drives.
Wang Yi pushed off with his left foot and stepped toward the right front with his right foot, then suddenly paused for a moment. Once King Arthur was fooled into sliding left, Wang Yi smoothly continued driving right.
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