Although Pippen and Pierce had been made to eat their words and challenged by the audience in the second quarter, neither of them had skin thick enough to be bothered by it.
Hearing the audience member's challenge, Pippen chuckled. "Don't worry, we won't have to eat our words. You have to understand, Wang Yi is already 31. He's not young anymore."
But the audience member wasn't buying his bluster and continued to press him:
"What if he's still going all out in the second half?"
Pierce chuckled too. "If he really is still going all out, then, as the saying goes in China, we'll get down on our knees and kowtow to him."
The audience member immediately replied, "All right, it's a deal. There are hundreds of thousands of people here to witness it."
Pippen glanced at Pierce.
You genius. Could you at least stop dragging me into your wagers when you make those grand declarations?
Wang Yi's a freak. What makes you so sure he'll fall apart in the second half?
You can't just say whatever you want for the sake of getting views. We're commentators—we need to have standards.
But it was too late to back out now. He couldn't admit defeat to Pierce's face and say he wouldn't make the bet.
So he could only chuckle and go along with it. "All right, just as you said. But you're definitely going to be disappointed, because Wang Yi will absolutely fall apart in the second half."
Meanwhile, in the home locker room at Spectrum Center, the Kings players had returned. Some took off their jerseys, others their shoes and socks.
Some were getting treatment, while others were having injuries to their shoulders, backs, and other areas tended to.
That's right. Although the Kings were playing away today, the