Zheng Jun would still be useful later on, so in the second quarter the plan was to let him rest and really recharge. As for Wu Jun, his shortcomings had already been fully exposed in the first quarter. The first quarter didn't matter much—Hao Jian had basically played it with a give‑up mindset—so letting Wu Jun on then wasn't a big deal.
But now that the score gap had already been stretched this wide, they obviously couldn't play the second quarter the way they played the first. So he subbed off Wu Jun and Qu Liucheng, whose skills weren't that great, and sent on a guy whose skills were decent, plus Hu Lai.
Hu Lai's skills were actually not bad. In ball-handling and such he was a notch above Zheng Jun. So with Hu Lai and that other guy coming on now, the chances of a comeback went way up. Hao Jian of course had his own layout in mind. For the moment he let Class Five score as they pleased, let them strut and act wild.
