After Saylor got the ball, he faked three times in a row.
The first fake got Bond in the air;
The second got Tures in the air;
Then the third got Wang Yi in the air.
But he didn't shoot. Instead, he passed directly to Big Snake Snake behind Wang Yi.
Snake was completely unguarded.
After catching the ball, he let out a thunderous roar.
But that was all it was—a roar.
When he finished roaring, he found the ball had vanished from his hands.
It turned out that when Saylor passed to Snake, Wang Yi had jumped, but instinctively slapped his right hand behind him.
His hand connected perfectly with the ball Snake had just caught.
The basketball was knocked to the floor again.
The next moment,
the five players in the paint were all scrambling wildly on the floor.
But just then, the buzzer blared—
Its piercing sound rang out.
The lights came on and the whistle blew. Time was up.
After 48 minutes of fierce battling, the Kings edged out the Thunder, 117–115, by two points, and secured a hard-fought victory.
In those final few seconds, Gangyi had stripped the ball once and blocked a shot once, successfully stopping the Thunder's offense.
Those few seconds were enough to make everyone's blood race and their hearts pound.
After that final block, Wang Yi shouted at the camera:
"This is my turf! Nobody gets to challenge my limits!"
The entire crowd leaped to their feet and chanted in unison:
"Wang, Wang, Wang! Olé, olé, olé..."
"Wang, Wang, Wang! Olé, olé, olé..."
To the Chinese viewers, though, the crowd sounded as if they were imitating some kind of animal.
On the court, all the Kings players gathered together, slapping hands and bumping chests as they celebrated their hard-won victory.