Seeing Wang Yi's conviction, LeBron James no longer worried too much about his physical condition and raised his glass again.
"Okay. Since you have this confidence, I'll handle all the trivial matters off the court and make sure your support is taken care of.
I guarantee you won't have to be distracted by anything outside the game."
Wang Yi nodded.
"Then thank you."
LeBron James merely shook his head lightly.
"No need to thank me. It's what I should do as your brother."
Several days later, the Play-in Tournament came to an end.
The First Round of the Playoffs officially began.
The Lakers' First Round opponent was the Dallas Mavericks, led by Frazier.
With six minutes remaining in the first quarter of Game 1, Wang Yi officially checked in.
Just before taking the court, he unlocked an Experience Card—the Shaquille O'Neal Experience Card.
Wang Yi could not help but smile bitterly at the sight.
The Shaquille O'Neal Experience Card offered incredibly explosive power, but its stamina consumption was equally terrifying, and stamina was precisely what he lacked most right now.
With things having come to this, he had no other choice. Wang Yi immediately changed his style and stationed himself inside.
This sudden adjustment caught not only the Lakers off guard, but also left the entire Dallas Mavericks completely unprepared.
In just six minutes, the Mavericks' inside players were utterly crushed by Wang Yi on both offense and defense.
In only six minutes, Wang Yi, stationed inside, went wild for fifteen points, six rebounds, and seven blocks.
His blocks even outnumbered his rebounds.
That was because, once the opponents realized that the man guarding the Lakers' paint was neither Pang Bo nor Wang Le, but Wang Yi, they all stubbornly kept attacking the rim.
The Mavericks' inside players took turns