For the Grizzlies, who had been hit with 60-plus-point games two times in a row, head coach Jenkins and star player Morant had taken the biggest blow.
The other players were supporting cast. Even if someone scored 60 points against them two games in a row, people would stop talking about it after a while.
But head coach Jenkins and Morant were both prominent figures. They still had a long time left in the league, and as long as they were in the NBA, people would keep bringing up how they'd given up 60 points two games in a row.
Even after they retired, if someone mentioned Wang Yi scoring 60-plus points two games in a row, they'd still be the backdrop to that story.
After the game, Wang Yi once again gave a courtside interview.
Wang Yi's interview with a female TNT reporter sparked controversy once again.
The reporter conducting the courtside interview was a Chinese reporter who had just joined TNT that year. She was also an intern.
Her name was Meng Yutong.
Meng Yutong was beautiful, with a sweet voice—a classic Eastern beauty.
But she wasn't dressed like other female NBA reporters, who often wore revealing clothes.
Instead, she wore a well-tailored, short burgundy qipao.
That gave Wang Yi a favorable impression of her, and he teased her in his hometown dialect, "Well, a Chinese girl in a Chinese qipao—one word: gorgeous!"
Meng Yutong blushed slightly and said, "Thank you, Brother Yi."
Then the two began the interview.
As a Chinese person, Meng Yutong asked Wang Yi perfectly normal questions, and he was happy to answer them.
But when she got to her third question, trouble arose again.
She asked Wang Yi, "You've scored 60-plus two games in a row and tied Wilt Chamberlain for first