Wang Yi hit another three!
The lead was down to 27.
By now, the boos from the crowd had grown much quieter.
This time, only one-fifth of the audience was booing Wang Yi.
After all, he had just hit five threes in a row.
He had scored 15 points in less than two minutes.
And the lead had shrunk to just 27 points.
The crowd could feel their hearts sinking.
Seeing this, Bucks head coach Budenholzer gritted his teeth and called another timeout.
Three timeouts in 1 minute and 17 seconds.
That showed just how panicked he was.
During the timeout, commentator Van Gundy smacked the table.
"Now that's the Kings, that's Wang Yi! If you don't like it, fight! No matter how strong the Five-star Bucks are, I'm taking you on!"
Ray Allen looked at the game clock, then at the 27-point lead.
A chill ran through him.
"Um... I just remembered Wang Yi said after Game 1 that he'd make an epic comeback. Given how he's playing now, could he actually pull it off?"
In stark contrast to the silence in the arena, the fans in China were starting to hope again.
"Holy shit, Brother Yi is back."
"Fifteen points in 1 minute and 17 seconds. Brother Yi's back!"
"Oh my god, that comeback he promised might actually happen!"
Watching those five threes in Xu Jingyu's livestream, Xu Jingyu excitedly slapped the table.
"Damn, Brother Yi is back! He's really back. That comeback from the brink, that epic comeback he promised, might actually happen!"
In a lecture hall at Huali Basketball School, the teachers' eyes all lit up.
"Is Little Wang really going to pull off a comeback from the brink?"
"He really doesn't spare us old folks' hearts at all."
The students, who had been crestfallen, were