Halfway through the second quarter, the Runners still maintained an eight-to-10 lead, and James Hart continued to play very hard after returning to the court, but the Runners players seemed to not pay attention to the game at all, and they were going to single-mindedly take James Hatra off the horse, preferring to leave the basket empty rather than let James have any chance to score.

Turgun returned to the court after playing more than halfway through the second quarter, but the ball was still controlled by the "black hand" Francis, who helped the defense a lot on the court, although the physical condition could not be compared with James, but Francis was very crisp, which largely restricted James's play.

Dare to play hard, the body is super resistant to injuries, Francis has completely changed his style and is developing in the direction of a "3-and-d" player.

The Wizards have also appropriately reduced the time for James to hold the ball, Santos told the players on the court not to let James receive the ball too much, but now it seems that the effect is not obvious, Santos is not as influential in the team as James Hart.

James Hart has lost his normal heart, he is now playing more and more unsmooth, the more unsatisfactory he is, the more he wants to prove himself, this is a dead loop, if James Hart can't jump out, he can only hope to break the cycle, of course, once he really relies on his own strength to break this cycle, then James Hart will completely rise to a level, and he will have a good chance to become a real legend in the future.

Of course, the ownership of the championship does not only depend on the individual ability of the star, the championship depends more on the overall cooperation of the team, but I believe that no one will question the greatness of Jordan and Kobe, because the spirit of facing difficulties is the most in line with the spirit of competitive sports.

In fact, the glory of the championship does not tell everything, this is just a common goal based on the participation of all people, even if there is no championship, I believe there are still many players who have left an indelible mark in the history of the development of basketball, although Carl Malone and Stockton in the time and space of the earth have played basketball for half their lives and have not won the championship, but one of them is the first in the history of assists, and the other is the second in the history of scoring, and countless stars who have won the championship can only look up to their existence, There are many, many more such examples, Steve Nash, Vinson Carter, Charles Barkley, Maddie, Yao Ming, Iverson, Reggie Miller, etc., these people have not won a championship in their careers, but there are still countless fans who will remember their great figures in their memories.

Although the time and space where Wang Lei is now is completely different from the development of basketball in the earth's time and space, its potential meaning is the same, James Hart is at the crossroads of life, and it is Wang Lei who has two time and space experiences and the runners team created for him to create this crossroads.

After Turgun came on the court, the Runners' offense became sharper, and with him attracting the attention of the Wizards' defense, the rest of the Runners had a lot more open shots.

As the "black hand" of the point guard, Francis is only responsible for dribbling the ball to the front court, but it is Salich who is really responsible for passing, and the Runners' multi-core conversion style of play makes the Wizards very difficult to defend, even if James Hart desperately makes up for the defense everywhere, he still can't stop the Runners from scoring.

At the end of the second quarter, the Runners used Turgon's buzzer-beating three-pointer to stretch the deficit to 13 points, and now the Wizards are under a lot of pressure.

After all, the Wizards are playing at home, and as an emerging powerhouse, they are just building some confidence, and at the same time, this game is getting a lot of attention, which puts a lot of pressure on many players on the Wizards, not to mention James Hart as the protagonist.

At halftime, Wizards head coach Santos finally couldn't take it anymore and spoke directly to James Hart.

James Hart, who only relied on free throws to score eight points in the first half, was very upset at this time, and James, who had made it all the way to the NBA, had never encountered such a situation, and the young man did not know how to deal with it at this time.

Now that the coach has asked him to play in the second half, and with his more stable mentality, James Hart finally gave in to the pressure and told his coaches and team-mates that he would make more passes and plays in the second half.

James Hart, who is at a crossroads in his life, has chosen a smoother path, and it is unknown what the future holds, but for now, he is truly cowardly.

At the start of the third quarter, the Runners found that the Wizards were back to the way they played at the beginning of the first quarter, with Peter Mawakhovski and John Larsson on the inside starting to play more with the ball, and James Hart only attracting the defense on the weak side, and he even went to cover his teammates.

Although the quality of James' coverage was very high, the players of the Runners and Wang Lei were relieved at this time, knowing that the "rules" they had formulated before the game had worked.

The Wizards' offensive success rate has increased, but their defense is still unable to keep up with the Runners' offense, whether it is a combination defense or a man-to-man defense, the Runners' changeable tactics and quick counterattacks have made the Wizards exhausted.

And after entering the third quarter, the runners finally recovered, Sallich, Francis and Steve Chambers all hit three-pointers in quick succession, and Turgon, who began to regain possession of the ball, even added assists.

Before the third quarter was over, the Runners had already stretched the margin to twenty points.

James Hart, who was substituted for a slight break, was full of remorse, he now felt that his previous compromise was wrong, but it was too late, and he understood at this time that it was this kind of pressure that the Runners targeted him, and he compromised under the pressure, which happened to let the Wizards fall into the trap of the Runners.

The game has almost lost its suspense here, the Runners control the rhythm of the game, the Wizards only notice their own advantages and ignore their advantages and their weaknesses, the Runners never take the interior defense seriously, in Wang Lei's view, the inside score two points is fundamentally better than a lot of outside shots twice and then hit a three-pointer.

Less than halfway through the fourth quarter, the Wizards replaced their starters and they abandoned the game.

This much-anticipated matchup of emerging powerhouses ended with the Runners winning, they won 114-94 against the Wizards by 20 points, no one would have thought that the Runners without Blair Bowman could beat the Wizards so badly, and no one would have thought that the previous brilliant James Hart would be suppressed by the Runners so miserably, James Hart only scored 16 points in the whole game, this data is very good for the average rookie, but it is undoubtedly an aberration on James.