In the Baidu TV livestream, Xu Jingyu was still summing up the game.
"Man, hearing them call him a Chinese player over and over really pisses me off. Honestly, Brother Yi's just got a good temper. If it were me, with my short fuse, I'd have marched right up and smacked you across the face."
"After today's game, how can that so-called King Arthur show his face around here? I think you should stop going by Arthur and change your last name to Wang. You lost to Brother Yi, so take his name. How about Wang Arthur?"
That was Xu Jingyu, the neutral commentator.
Absolutely neutral!
Not a trace of personal bias.
It was his distinctive style of commentary that had made him a sensation among commentators in China.
And thanks to his commentary, after this game, Arthur had acquired a new nickname in China: Wang Arthur.
Wang Yi hadn't taken many shots in this game.
He finished with 40 points, 12 rebounds, 15 blocks, and 7 assists—a near quadruple-double.
After the game, he was being interviewed courtside.
Meng Chao had planned to interview Wang Yi, but he pushed Danny toward her instead.
All of Danny's shots in this game had come from beyond the three-point line. He'd made seven of his nine attempts.
He'd scored 22 points.
And thanks to his defense on the Lakers' wings,
Wang Yi could stay planted beneath the basket without having to help defend the wings.
That took some of the defensive pressure off Wang Yi.
When Danny saw Wang Yi push him toward the reporter, he panicked and instinctively took a step back.
"Boss, I..."
His social anxiety was still severe. He was a little better than he'd been in the previous two seasons, and every now and then, when a fan