Leading by 30 at Halftime

They led by 30 at halftime.

Wang Yi's dominant performance had made L. J. Herman doubt himself.

He'd dominated the Korean league and was the Thanos of Korean basketball.

That had given him an excessive, even arrogant, confidence in his own abilities.

He'd thought he could take on Wang Yi.

But after just a few possessions, he'd either been stripped or blocked.

Then Wang Yi had turned around and toyed with him again and again.

Only now did he realize just how large the gap between his skills and Wang Yi's really was.

By the time the second quarter ended, China Team had built a lead of 30 points.

Wang Yi had already scored 27 by halftime.

Fifteen of those points had come from taking on L. J. Herman one-on-one.

Wang Yi had also already recorded 16 steals in the first half.

Although L. J. Herman had scored 20 points by halftime, he'd managed only five against Wang Yi.

Especially in the latter half of the second quarter, Wang Yi had completely shut him down.

He hadn't scored a single point in those five minutes.

Instead, Wang Yi had blocked him twice and stolen the ball from him three times.

Over the whole first half, Wang Yi had blocked him five times and stolen the ball from him as many as seven.

He'd been stripped so often he could barely function.

As he came off the court, L. J. Herman had none of his earlier swagger left.

While Wang Yi teased him in every way, he could only hang his head.

He couldn't even think of a comeback.

What could he say?

Only the strong had the right to talk back.

When your opponent kept scoring right over your head on the court,

and you could do nothing to stop