After catching the ball, Yang Hanson immediately took a three-point shot.
But the shot still missed.
Antoine grabbed the rebound for the other side and launched another fast break with the ball.
King Arthur forcibly muscled Yang Hanson aside, sprinted toward the frontcourt, and received Antoine's long pass from the backcourt.
Then he finished with a folding reverse dunk in midair, igniting the entire home crowd once again.
When it came to the strongest fast-break duo in the entire league, this pair was simply unbeatable!
Over the next half of the third quarter, the Lakers struggled because Wang Yi was no longer taking many shots.
The others drove into the Mid-range, but with Antoine in front of them, they had no way to handle the ball and could only settle for outside shots.
But during this stretch, the Lakers' outside shooting was ineffective.
The Pistons, meanwhile, only needed the Lakers to miss a shot before grabbing the rebound and immediately launching a fast break.
In that half-quarter, they converted more than five fast-break opportunities.
And even when they were not running in transition, the Lakers found it difficult to defend the Pistons in half-court sets with King Arthur and Antoine.
Just think about it—no one could contain King Arthur.
No one could contain Antoine either.
With two absolute strengths like that, it was nearly impossible to limit them on the defensive end.
The Lakers' only way to beat the Pistons was to fight fire with fire on offense.
When their offensive efficiency dropped, they were bound to lose points.
By the halfway mark of the third quarter, the Pistons had caught up and taken a seven-point lead over the Lakers.
In other words, the Pistons had outscored the Lakers by fourteen points in just that half-quarter.
At this point, Wang