I'll Play Center

I'll play center.

France's head coach, Vincent, was out of options.

He had tried everything he could think of, but Wang Yi's style of play was just too unpredictable.

In the first quarter, he toyed with Gobert using his unstoppable mid-range shot;

In the second, he overpowered Gobert with sheer force;

He also toyed with Gobert using his almost magical passes.

Every time Wang Yi threatened France and Vincent responded, Wang Yi would suddenly switch to a different style and torment France in another way.

In an instant, that made every adjustment France had made useless.

What could he possibly do against a player like Wang Yi?

He couldn't think of anything.

And it wasn't just him. Even the veteran coach Popovich, seated in the stands, couldn't think of anything.

Old Coach Popovich had coached more than a thousand games in his career.

He was seasoned and experienced.

Yet he had never seen a player like this.

From the first quarter until now, he had been trying to figure out how to deal with Wang Yi, but still hadn't come up with a solution.

During halftime, he had settled on using twin towers.

Then Wang Yi had thoroughly embarrassed him in the third quarter.

Under Wang Yi's magical passing, the two big men had been made to look like a pair of fools.

So they couldn't go with that in the fourth quarter.

But what else could they do?

At his wits' end, he came up with a small-ball lineup.

It was really a last resort.

Given the situation, what choice did he have but to try small ball?

They might as well give it a shot and see if it worked.

So they sent out a lineup whose tallest player was only 2.04 meters.

For the first three possessions,