Seeing the Kings already trailing, their five-man bench lineup exposed, while Wang Yi chatted and laughed with a beautiful fan courtside, many fans were puzzled.
The haters seized the chance to stir things up:
"The team's already getting blown out, and he's still chatting. What a damn womanizer."
"Anyone who dares brag to me about Wang Yi's coaching ability again is getting their mouth ripped off."
"Someone said he was a coach on par with the Red Auerbach, Popovich, Phil Jackson, and the likes. I damn near died laughing."
The game continued.
Under the opposing team's full-court press, the Kings' five players looked completely flustered, making mistake after mistake and missing shot after shot.
But Wang Yi showed no intention of calling a timeout.
They were down by 25 before the opposing coach, Willie Green, couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout.
In truth, Willie Green was starting to panic.
The lead kept growing, yet Wang Yi showed no sign of panic. Instead, he was chatting away with the beautiful fans courtside, seemingly without a care for what was happening on the court.
That was nothing like Wang Yi.
That guy had to be plotting something.
Was Wang Yi deliberately letting the deficit grow, planning to take over in the fourth quarter?
Everyone knew that once Wang Yi took over a game, there was no stopping him.
Since there was no stopping him once he took over, the Pelicans had to widen the lead as much as possible before he did.
By the fourth quarter, even if he tried to take over, it would already be too late to save them.
With that thought, Willie Green made up his mind and addressed all the starters:
"If they don't respect us enough to put out a pure bench lineup, then