When it came to playing all 48 minutes, someone might point out that in ancient times, Wilt Chamberlain played all 48 minutes in 79 games in a single season.
He averaged 48.5 minutes per game that season, because a few games went into overtime.
But that was ancient times, when basketball was slower-paced and teams had fewer possessions per game.
On top of that, the gap in skill between players was enormous back then. Wilt Chamberlain was like an alien monster in that era, and he could play with ease.
(Of course, even so, he was still a physical freak.)
But in today's era, with its breakneck pace on both offense and defense, players who average 40 minutes a game are few and far between, let alone anyone playing the entire game.
Only Superstars might play all 48 minutes in a game during the Playoffs.
Against that backdrop, it was quite astonishing that Wang Yi had played all 48 minutes in two consecutive Regular Season games.
At the same time, the Raptors had used a six-man rotation, without putting any of their other substitutes on the floor, and still won another game. That surprised people, too.
As for Coach Dako, he had mixed feelings about the team's big win.
The good news was that with this victory, the team had opened the season with five straight wins, giving them the best record in the league.
Since arriving in the NBA, Coach Dako had never gotten off to such a strong start.
The bad news was that Wang Yi had said they would sit down and talk when the team lost. But they had won this game, too, so it looked like that talk would have to wait.
After the game, two players didn't head straight back to the locker room.