Popovich knows how terrifying Wang Yi was at his peak.
That's something you simply can't stop.
Although Wang Yi at his peak never played against the Spurs in the playoffs, the Spurs really couldn't withstand the few times they played against each other in the regular season.
At that time, Popovich tried his best, but there was nothing he could do against Wang Yi.
But although Popovich knew how terrifying Wang Yi was at his peak, the Spurs players didn't.
The Spurs' current group of players almost all emerged in the three years after Wang Yi retired.
They have never really faced Wang Yi on the court, and have never experienced how terrifying Wang Yi is at his peak?
Pop took a look at these players.
I saw that each of these players was still frowning slightly, thinking about how to defeat Wang Yi.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
How to defeat Wang Yi at his peak?
I've been thinking about it for 5 years, but I still haven't figured out the answer.
In other words, Wang Yi at his peak was invincible.
Of course, these are just Popovich's inner thoughts.
As the head coach, he can't say this to the players at all now. He can only encourage the players to move well on the court, defend well, and do everything they can do.
Leave the rest to God.
But one thing Popovich didn't understand was that Wang Yi at his peak was God.
After taking the field again, Spurs players attack.
It was absolutely impossible for Hugo to break through Wang Yi at his peak, so he barely got rid of Wang Yi with the help of Ali's pick-and-roll.
Hugo rushed inside, and Ali followed suit. Hugo threw the ball high, waiting for Ali to dunk.
However, just when Ali was about to catch the ball, a man appeared in front of him, stretched out his long arms and big hands, and grabbed the ball.
I didn’t say it, but this person is naturally Wang Yi.
After catching the ball, he landed and turned around to pass Ali, and then changed direction without slowing down and passed Karl in an instant.
Another behind-the-back dribble passed little Duncan in an instant.
At this time, he had arrived in the frontcourt, and only Jim Jr. of the Spurs was left in front of him.
Wang Yi didn't even pay attention to where Little Jim was, and took off directly with his feet on the free throw line.
Little Jim jumped up high and wanted to block the shot. As you can imagine, he became Wang Yi's backdrop.
A dunk from the free throw line!
From intercepting the ball in the air to completing a fast break dunk at the free throw line, Wang Yi passed four Spurs players during this period.
These four Spurs players were passed over without even a single reaction.
This made every Spurs fan at the scene couldn't help but exclaim.
"Oh God!"
"This guy is simply a devil!"
"How could the referee allow this guy to appear on the field? His presence is a foul!"
Yang Yi in the commentary box saw Wang Yi passing four this time, and he said in amazement:
"It's nothing unusual for Wang Yi to pass four, but the most important thing is the speed at which he passed four this time, which is called fast. Look at his past passes: passing from behind, turning to pass, and changing without slowing down.
Xiang, every time he passed someone, his speed didn't seem to be affected at all."
"In such a fast pass, if the speed is not affected, the requirements for ankles, calves, body balance and other aspects are very high."
"Looking at the entire league, only Wang Yi at his peak can do it. So from this ball we can see that Wang Yi's physical condition and competitive level today have reached the state of his peak."
Duan Ran next to him nodded repeatedly: "Wang Yi today really gives people a completely different spirit. In the past, he gave people the feeling that this player was very strong, but today he gave people the feeling that this player is simply strong."
Ridiculous.”
In the next round, the Spurs continued to attack.
They finally scored this goal.
Looking back, after the Kings served Wang Yi, Wang Yi did not move forward, but took two steps directly from the backcourt to the basket and then shot.
The basketball drew a huge arc across the entire court.
It's like a bridge spanning both sides.
This end is under the backcourt basket, and the other end is above the frontcourt basket.
Somewhere in the air, the audience seemed to hear the sharp laughter as the shells pierced the air.
boom----
Huge force hit the basket.
The basket frame was shaken by the bombardment.
Another three-pointer from the backcourt.
The Kings players at the scene collectively shot their heads with both hands, showing an expression of extreme shock. Then they stood up together and said in unison:
"I'm so fucking awesome!"
Kings coach D'Antoni also had his head in his hands, looking in disbelief.
Suddenly, he seemed to be back 4 years ago.
Four years ago, Wang Yi had such exaggerated backcourt shooting ability.
Basically, he will be able to stretch the enemy's defense very long during the game, so that Kings players can easily break through the enemy's defense.
The Kings' game was very easy at that time.
Basically, as long as the Kings want to win a game, there is nothing they can't win.
Often a wave of force can take away the opponent.
However, after Wang Yi came back, he seemed to have lost such backcourt shooting ability, and it was rare to see him shooting three-pointers from the backcourt.
And today, just a few minutes into the game, this was already his second three-pointer from the backcourt.
If Wang Yi's backcourt three-point play really comes back, then the Kings will have a much easier time playing this game this year.
When Spurs coach Popovich saw Wang Yi throwing the ball, he shook his head repeatedly and cursed in a low voice: "I hate three-pointers in the backcourt."
Spurs star Karl, seeing Wang Yi showing such exaggerated shooting ability today, he took the initiative and said to Hugo: "I'll guard him!"
As a two-time All-Star last year and this year, Karl still has some ambitions in his heart.
There is the so-called superstar Wang Yi on the opposite court. As a new generation of star, what I, Karl, have to do is to defeat Wang Yi!
So what if you are number one in the world?
As long as I defeat you, I will be number one in the world.
With this idea in mind, in the next meeting, after the Kings served the ball, he closely guarded Wang Yi.
Wang Yi saw Karl looking at him, he made a simple change of direction from behind, and then suddenly broke through from the right.
This move was so fast that Karl couldn't react and was easily broken through by Wang Yi.
When Karl saw this, he felt dissatisfied and quickly chased Wang Yi towards the front court behind him.
But with bare hands, he ran with all his strength and couldn't catch up with Wang Yi who was dribbling the ball.
On the contrary, the distance between the two was widened by Wang Yi.
After Wang Yi came to the frontcourt, he did not immediately handle the ball. Instead, he turned back and looked at Karl, as if waiting for Karl to come to him again.
Seeing this, Karl gritted his teeth and stood in front of Wang Yi again.
Wang Yi smiled slightly, then made another cross dribble, and then broke through from the right.
Chapter completed!