However, once the third quarter began, the massive gap in strength between the two sides finally became apparent.
Even though Wang Yi was still performing at full capacity, the other players were not in nearly as good a state.
Wang Liang in particular would not have even gotten a chance to play in the Finals on any other team.
With the Los Angeles Lakers shorthanded as they were, he could only barely fill in as the Point Guard.
Under the opponent's suffocating defense, Wang Liang began committing more turnovers.
And with the opponent greatly increasing their physicality, Wang Liang also missed several shots.
Before the third quarter was even over, the Los Angeles Lakers were already down by eight points.
Wang Yi knew full well that in this situation, once they fell behind by ten points, the fighting spirit and resolve he had managed to inspire would be snuffed out in an instant.
So Wang Yi gritted his teeth.
He directly used his final Experience Card.
He had originally saved this Experience Card for the final Game 7 battle.
But he could not worry about Game 7 now. If they could not even win this game, what Game 7 would there be to talk about?
Thank heavens, Wang Yi drew a God-tier Assist Experience Card.
And after using it, his teammates' Three-point Percentage was raised to an absolute 50%, while their two-point shooting percentage was raised to an absolute 60%.
With the boost from that Experience Card, Wang Liang began making Two-pointers, and Zhang Yu's threes started falling more smoothly as well.
The Los Angeles Lakers finally began closing the gap.
When Wang Yi came off the court after playing four minutes in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers had taken advantage of the opposing starters' rest to go