Wang Yi saw that Messi had chickened out, so he simply turned to the Pelicans' other two shooters.
He raised his chin at Schroder. "You?"
Schroder shook his head.
He had once been Wang Yi's teammate on the Lakers and knew just how terrifying Wang Yi was. If he bet against Wang Yi, he would probably lose even the underwear off his back.
Wang Yi turned to Guinness. "You?"
Guinness had the highest three-point percentage on the Pelicans. This season, his three-point percentage was 44.7%, nearly 50%.
But when he heard Wang Yi was wagering a million dollars per shot, he started to lose his nerve too.
Seeing Wang Yi's presence alone overwhelm the entire Pelicans shooting squad, Zion slapped Guinness on the shoulder. "Bet against him. Bet until you drop!"
Guinness turned to Zion and saw fire burning in his eyes.
In the end, he nodded. "Fine. Let's bet!"
And so Wang Yi and the guy put on an astonishing three-point showdown.
Guinness was every bit the Pelicans' most accurate three-point shooter. And because he was tall, with a high release point, he was hard to block.
In the five minutes after he agreed to bet against Wang Yi, he sank four consecutive threes.
The Pelicans fans in the arena grew more and more excited, their cheers rolling like thunder.
Yet every time he made a three, just as the fans were getting fired up, Wang Yi immediately answered with a three that was even harder and from even farther away.
The fans fell silent again in an instant.
In the end, Messi went four for five from three during those five minutes.
Wang Yi, meanwhile, went five for five.
After Messi missed a three, Wang Yi didn't stop. He went on to sink three more in a row.