After the start of the second quarter, the Wizards' style of play began to become more team, and the Runners' rotation players were desperate to suppress James, regardless of whether others were open or not.

Yes, despite knowing that he had been treated differently by the Runners, James Hart still played at the beginning of the second quarter, and he still attacked with the ball after halftime, but this time he used himself to draw the attention of the Runners' defense and then transferred the ball to his teammates, so the Wizards played as a team at the beginning of the second quarter, and the scoring efficiency improved a lot.

Wang Lei is not worried at all when he sees such a change in the Wizards off the court, he knows that James will definitely do it, this is a very realistic player.

Although the players on the field of the Runners were a little confused, they still insisted on carrying out the manager's arrangement.

Wang Lei's arrangement is actually aimed at James's character, the game is only in the second quarter, James can't keep passing the ball like this, he will definitely look for his chance to score in the second half of the game, this is the most appropriate time for the Runners to kill the game.

He can only act as cannon fodder in the offense, which makes James very unhappy, but he himself knows that one person can't beat the Runners, so James puts most of his spirit into defense.

James has a physical advantage over the Runners' rotation players, and James is also one of the best in terms of speed, and only point guard Francis can keep up with the Runners.

So after the start of the second quarter of the game, the Runners' fast break was a little sluggish, especially after the two consecutive fast breaks were blocked by James's incredible, and the Runners' rotation players were a little shrunk when they started the fast break.

With less than four minutes to play in the second quarter, the Wizards narrowed the deficit to five points.

Wang Lei began to replace Turgon, Blair and other main players, this little difference in the early stage is really not in the eyes of Wang Lei and the players of the Runners, they are now the best team in the entire league to score.

As soon as Turgun and others came on the court, the Wizards also began to change to the starters, and James was the only one who played from beginning to end.

However, after the Wizards' starters came on the court, the situation immediately reversed, and the Wizards, who had played well just now, seemed to have changed as a team.

James Hart was completely locked by Blair, and John Larson on the inside was about to face the Runners' bag as soon as he caught the ball, and John Larson seemed to be stimulated by Elvin Butler at the beginning of the game today, and there was no pass in several open positions, but his hand was sparse today, and the entire Wizards' offense came to a standstill again.

The Runners played more calmly, with Turgun controlling the team's offensive pace, using pick-and-roll to tear through the Wizards' defense, and then taking the opportunity to split the ball to the perimeter.

The Runners, who had the advantage of being at home, had a hot hand today, with Sallich, Turgun and Blair all scoring three points.

In less than five minutes, the difference between the two sides returned to double digits again, and even came to the point of 16 points.

Seeing that his teammates were not giving up, James felt that he should come out and be a hero, so he started to add singles.

Blair also did not blindly limit James, and Blair would not do it casually when there was no way to complete the defense, his task was to drag James down.

The Wizards played so miserably today not because they were not strong enough, on the contrary, in the East, they are definitely a strong team now, with James Hart and John Larson as the core inside and outside, and the Wizards rarely lose against Eastern teams.

However, against the Runners, the Wizards completely fell into disadvantage, and the main reason for this was the restraint of the lineup.

The media and most ordinary fans basically rely on fame to judge which team is more powerful, but when it comes to the actual game, if you want to win, you can't simply add up the fame of the team's players.

The Wizards' James and John Larson are indeed famous, but they also have their own flaws.

James's flaws aside, it is John Larson, who is a skilled power forward who is strong on offense and weak on defense, and when he was on the Mavericks, because of the strong low post cover of his partner Bout Kerr, this gave John Larson a lot of opportunities.

So, John Larsson needs a strong big center to cover in order to play his role, but today's Wizards did not send center Peter Mawakhovski, and James was limited by Blair, so John Larson fell into a state of isolation.

And James's ability is really outstanding, but his character flaws are seen very thoroughly by Wang Lei, the last time the two teams met Wang Lei used this to make James depressed for half a year, and now with Blair, Wang Lei has more choices.

By the end of the second quarter, the Runners had stretched the deficit to 19 points, and the Wizards players were in a trance, wondering why they were playing so poorly against the Runners themselves.

Now halfway through the regular season, the Wizards have achieved a 33-9 record, ranking first in the East, although the atmosphere in their team is not harmonious, the conflict between James and head coach Santos is almost public, but because of this result, this contradiction has been suppressed.

The stellar results gave everyone on the Wizards the illusion that other teams were just that, that they might really be able to make a difference in the playoffs, and that a championship wasn't so out of reach.

The Wizards don't know that the regular season and the playoffs are two levels of competition, and the strong teams in the league are actually using the regular season to hone their teams and then make a difference in the playoffs.

The Wizards and Runners don't have many players who have experienced the playoffs, but the Runners use their ideological advantage to win, while the Wizards rely more on pure strength.

Now that the game with the Runners has been played for less than two quarters, many players on the Wizards team have a feeling of being stunned, and they now even feel that their previous achievements are not real, is it that other teams deliberately let them win, if not, then the Runners are so strong, strong enough to sweep the league?

These doubts caused many players on the Wizards team to fall into a slump in the following games, but through such a game, many Wizards players have also grown, and they have played better in the playoffs, which is a surprise for the Wizards.