Jon stepped up to the free-throw line to shoot his free throws, and the camera cut to the Kings' resting area.
The Kings players all wore strange expressions.
Although they had just been through a scuffle, every one of them had the corners of their mouths turned up as they struggled to hold back their laughter. They looked nothing like players who had just been through a major confrontation.
Westbrook, meanwhile, sat on the bench with a towel over his face, his shoulders shaking and his body trembling.
The commentators at the arena were puzzled. "Why do the Kings look so strange? Are they trying not to laugh?"
Back in China,
Yang Yi, a commentator for Tencent NBA, knew exactly what was going on, but didn't dare say it outright. All he could say was:
"The Kings players all have rather strange expressions. Maybe something funny happened within the team just now."
The second commentator, Xu Jingyu, said it outright. "Some people said I was reading too much into it when I said Brother Yi was taking sides earlier, and told me to show proof. Just look at the Kings players' faces—that's the evidence. They're clearly all trying to laugh but holding it in. And look at Westbrook, covering his face with a towel, his body trembling and shoulders shaking. Is he crying? Of course not. He's laughing."
"I'm telling you, if the Kings players can't hold it in, they should just laugh."
The viewers in the comments were also cracking up. "If you can't hold it in, just laugh. It's fine."
"Haha, the Kings players are struggling so hard to hold it in. If they can't, they should just laugh."
At the free-throw line,
Jon might have been affected by being thrown to the floor just moments ago. He