During the official timeout of the second quarter, Gentry noticed that Mike Miller, who was acting as a decoy on the wing and receiving passes from shooters, had taken four shots over a quarter and a half and only made one long two-pointer. He suggested to D'Antoni to leave Mike Miller open and increase the pressure on Zhang Yang.
D'Antoni didn't understand defense and didn't care about it either. Since Gentry wanted to make such an adjustment, he agreed.
In the following period, Mike Miller was off-target, Alan Anderson's shooting angle was fixed, Pietrus was still adjusting to the half-court offense, Afflalo couldn't make a shot... The Bobcats' forward-guard line had four players who were shooting poorly. Gentry's defensive adjustment forced Zhang Yang to shoot more and shoot under more difficulty.
