All Hands Crashing the Boards

In the second half of the second quarter, when Mouth Brother and Klay took the floor, the Warriors suddenly kicked it up a notch as a team.

Curry hit two threes, Klay hit two threes, Mouth Brother sank a three and a two, and Green threw down a dunk.

The Kings' other players had their moments, but they couldn't come close to matching the Warriors' production.

Wang Yi was practically fighting alone, and the lead was quickly erased.

Even after head coach Walton called a timeout, they still couldn't stop the bleeding when play resumed.

The gap widened again in a hurry.

By the end of the second quarter, the Kings were trailing by five once more.

Although Wang Yi had grabbed another five rebounds in the second quarter, the Warriors had completely boxed out everyone else on the Kings.

The rest of the team had managed only five rebounds in total.

The rebound count stood at 10–15, with the Kings down by five.

During halftime, head coach Walton was at a loss as well.

After all, Wang Yi was the only player he had who could be counted on.

Aside from Wang Yi, he didn't have a single dependable role player.

As they said, even the cleverest housewife couldn't cook without rice.

Wang Yi had played aggressively that day, and his offense had been solid, too.

But two fists couldn't fight four hands.

The coach couldn't think of a solution, and the other players had all fallen silent.

But that silence lasted less than a minute before Wang Yi spoke up.

He knew the team couldn't afford to fall silent during a game.

In a tense, hard-fought game, it was terrifying when a team fell silent.

He suggested to the head coach, "Coach, we lost the rebounding battle by