At that moment, the fans in the arena had no idea what the starting lineups would be. The viewers at home knew even less.
Although both teams submitted their starting lineups to the scorer's table half an hour before tip-off, the table still had a series of procedures to complete. Once they confirmed that neither team's lineup would change, they would display both starting lineups on the arena's big screen, between five and two minutes before the game began.
The fans were all a little anxious. Would Wang Yi play today?
The Bucks' coaches and players were also feeling anxious.
They hoped Wang Yi wouldn't play today.
It wasn't until five minutes before tip-off that the starting lineups appeared on the big screen. The fans erupted with joy.
"Wow!"
After letting out a collective "Wow!" they began jumping excitedly.
"Wang can finally play! That's amazing!"
"Wang's back. The Kings have a much better chance of winning today!"
"I bet on the Kings to win. Wang's back today, so it looks like I'm definitely going to make money."
By contrast, the Bucks' players and coaches all looked grave.
Just seeing Wang's name on a starting lineup was enough to make any team in the league feel the pressure.
Meanwhile, in a dark corner of the arena, NBA President Adam Silver breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang was in today's starting lineup.
The viewership for the two Finals games without Wang had been only about 60% of that for the first two games.
The number of viewers had also fallen to just over eight million.
Now that Wang was finally playing today, viewership would shoot back up.
Thinking of this, he opened his tablet and looked over the statistics sent by the data analyst.
The live audience had