In the end, the Kings won Game 6, beating the Lakers by 13 points, 123–110.
After the game, the Lakers' head coach and Arthur attended the press conference.
At the conference, when a reporter asked why the Lakers had lost, the head coach gave a bitter smile.
"Though I hate to admit it, I have to say that Wang Yi is a liar—or you could call him an actor. I really misjudged him."
Another reporter asked, "It's said that before the game, the Lakers said they were going to pull off a scheme to sow discord, and that it was based on Chinese military strategy. Do you think your scheme worked?"
The head coach gave another bitter smile.
"I still underestimated Wang Yi. He's from China, after all. Mine was just a scheme to sow discord, while his was a scheme within a scheme. He laid a huge trap from the very beginning and fooled everyone in the world. He fooled me, Woj, and all of you reporters."
The reporters all nodded.
Thinking back to all their pregame reports about infighting on the Kings, they felt their faces burning with embarrassment.
Wang Yi really was a born actor.
A reporter followed up, "So, what are your thoughts on Game 7?"
Coach Darwin scratched his head.
"Wang Yi won Game 6 with the plans he'd been laying over the two days before the game. But in Game 7, both teams know each other inside and out. We've used up all our bullets, and we're prepared now. We won't fall into his trap again. So we'll definitely win Game 7!"
Meanwhile, at the press conference, King Arthur was silent.
He'd thought he was already better than Wang Yi. After Wang Yi returned, he really had performed worse than Arthur. But now, after