I'm Giving You a Chance to Come Back

819 I'm giving you a chance to come back

Tyronn Lue could be stubborn sometimes. In the first quarter, Wang Yi had set up his teammates for several great shots, getting the rest of the Kings involved. But in the second quarter, Lue still clung to one firm belief: shut down Wang Yi.

As far as he was concerned, if the others beat him, so be it. He just couldn't let Wang Yi beat him.

But the other Kings players were shooting well from three.

And Pie Emperor Capela was also quite good at finishing inside.

By contrast, George was back to having a dreadful night for the Clippers.

Ever since joining the Clippers, his pattern had been one brilliant game followed by one terrible game.

He'd just had a spectacular game last time, and now he was back to being awful.

Leonard was in decent form tonight.

He'd made five of ten shots in the first half and scored 12 points.

Their point guard, Reggie Jackson, had played well, though, scoring 22 points in the first half alone.

As for the Clippers' guard Joel Johnson, Wang Yi had completely shut him down.

It was bad enough that Wang Yi had blocked him several times. The real problem was that Joel had been robbed by Wang Yi no fewer than eight times while they were matched up.

Wang Yi had stolen the ball from him eight times in just the first half, and Joel had committed two turnovers of his own.

That brought his first-half turnovers to ten.

For a guard, that was far too many.

Wang Yi's first-half steals alone could have made a highlight reel...

Besides stealing the ball from Joel eight times, he'd also stolen it twice from Leonard and once from George.

And once from Reggie