Golden 1 Center.
Although the few Bucks fans in the arena were a little unhappy,
the Kings fans all felt as if they'd narrowly escaped disaster.
Three free throws had become two.
If it was only two free throws, the Kings had a very good chance of winning with a buzzer-beater.
After all, Wang Yi's buzzer-beater percentage was astonishingly high.
For an ordinary superstar, a buzzer-beater percentage in the thirties was already considered extremely high.
For example, LeBron James made 30.4% of his buzzer-beaters over his entire career;
Kobe Bryant made 29.6%.
Those numbers might not look high, but the pressure on the final shot was immense, and the defensive pressure from the opposing team was immense as well.
What's more, buzzer-beaters often had to be taken in a very short time. Some players had less than a second to get the shot off.
That was why every player's buzzer-beater percentage was low.
Of course, there were always a few exceptional players.
For example, Reggie Miller made 43.8% of his buzzer-beaters over his career;
Ray Allen made 50%;
Jordan was also close to 50%.
But Wang Yi's buzzer-beater percentage was as high as 72%.
He was in a completely different league.
It was an astonishing figure.
Especially in this year's Playoffs, where he'd hit five buzzer-beaters.
Against the Lakers, he'd hit three in a row.
So whenever people brought up his buzzer-beaters, his opponents were all terrified.
Letting him take the last shot was basically giving him the points.
So when the three-pointer was changed to a two-pointer, the Bucks players all felt their hearts sink.
But there was nothing they could do. The replay showed that Irving had indeed stepped on the line, even if it was only by two millimeters.
Irving stepped up to the free-throw line.
He