The other team's offense was flowing smoothly, but they relied mainly on three-pointers, and they couldn't make every shot. Meanwhile, Wang Yi had been perfect over the past few minutes.
So with only fifteen seconds left, the Kings were down by just one point.
Even in this situation, the Kings still didn't call a timeout.
With the game this tense and thrilling in the final five minutes, neither side had called a timeout. That was extremely rare in basketball history.
In past games, when the score was close in the final minutes, everyone would be on edge.
Coaches would break the game down into individual possessions, sometimes using one lineup on offense and another on defense.
That inevitably meant a lot of timeouts.
Although that greatly disrupted the flow of the game, it also gave the audience a chance to ease their tension.
Otherwise, staying on edge the whole time might make that taut string snap.
But in today's game, there hadn't been a single timeout in the final five minutes.
There had also been very few fouls. The game was not only tense and intense, but incredibly fast-paced. It truly felt suffocating.
Every spectator in the arena had gotten to their feet. Everyone watching on TV was holding their breath, completely focused.
In Jingyu's livestream.
Xu Jingyu's voice had also dropped considerably, as if he were afraid that speaking too loudly might affect the Kings' shot.
"Stay calm, stay calm. Brother Yi, stay calm. Yeah, that's it, take it slow. Run down the clock. Don't shoot until the very last second."
As Wang Yi received the ball in the backcourt, King Arthur immediately pressed tightly against him. He knew Wang Yi was capable of hitting a Backcourt Three-pointer.
At that late stage of the game, no team would