With both teams in the locker room during halftime, the Kings and Clippers were each making their adjustments.
To avoid being accused of padding the word count, I'll skip the details.
Twenty minutes later, the second half began.
De'Anthony knew the Clippers' head coach sometimes came up with clever adjustments, but most of the time, he was stubborn and stuck to his guns. In the third quarter, he would surely keep doubling Wang Yi and leave the other Kings players open.
So De'Anthony started Gallo Anthony and rookie Danny in the third quarter.
Both of them were scoring better than the other players in the Starting Lineup.
With the two of them on the floor, they could take some of the scoring pressure off Wang Yi.
Sure enough, after they came in, they hit three and four three-pointers, respectively.
With both of them finding their range from the outside, Tyronn Lue finally changed his strategy.
He began guarding them on the perimeter.
That gave Pie Emperor an opening in the paint.
Wang Yi passed to Capela again and again, and Capela feasted inside.
On top of that, Wang Yi kept coming up with Ghost Hand Steals.
On defense, he completely shut down Joel Johnson.
Joel Johnson didn't score a single point.
Meanwhile, Paul George was having a truly awful night.
So far, he'd made only two of twelve shots.
Leonard was still quiet, too.
So with three minutes left in the third quarter, when Wang Yi came out, the Kings were already leading the Clippers by as many as 26 points.
It was worth mentioning that as Wang Yi passed Joel Johnson on his way to the bench, he tossed him some trash talk.
He pointed at the scoreboard. "You like coming back from deficits of more than 25 points,