Wang Yi's bet had certainly attracted everyone's attention.
But people didn't know one other thing: Wang Yi had won that bet while playing with one hand.
Only the Kings' players and a few Bucks players knew.
After reporters interviewed several players from the Bucks and the Kings, they finally learned that Wang Yi's right arm had been dislocated during the game.
As soon as the interview results came out, the entire internet erupted again.
He'd crushed the Bucks with one hand!
He'd played with one hand against the Heat in the Finals, and now he'd done it again against the Bucks.
Just how high was Wang Yi's ceiling?
People used to say that the sky was his limit. That was obviously an exaggeration.
But now, he'd played with one hand and still beaten his opponents to a pulp. That was no exaggeration; it was a description of the facts.
The media went wild again over his one-handed domination of the Bucks.
Everyone knew that the United States was a country with an extreme adoration for individual heroism.
That was clear from America's superhero comics.
American fans, who loved heroism, naturally admired Wang Yi's ultimate display of individual heroism.
His popularity soared once more.
His follower count leaped from nearly 90 million to 110 million.
After all, surpassing 100 million followers on Instagram was an extraordinary achievement.
According to statistics from American media, the following sports stars had over 100 million followers:
1. C Ronaldo (soccer): 263 million; 2. Messi (soccer): 185 million; 3. Neymar (soccer): 146 million; 4. James (basketball): 145 million; 5. Wang Yi (basketball): 113 million.
He was the fifth sports star from the Big Five leagues to surpass 100 million followers.
Soccer was known as the world's number-one sport, so soccer stars naturally accumulated followers faster than