Steve Nash, standing nearby, saw this scene and was reminded of his days running around on the court, the days of his youth that he'd never regretted.
Coach Gao Feng was also fired up by Wang Yi's words.
He thought back to the days of his youth, playing in high school games.
Seeing Wang Yi fire up the players, Coach Dako couldn't help but marvel to himself.
Wang Yi was a born orator.
If he wanted to, he could probably convince a sow to climb a tree.
And under his inspirational guidance, the tree would be willing to let the sow climb it.
Wang Yi led the players in chanting "Just do it" three times, then turned to Coach Dako. "Coach, it's time to draw up a play."
Only then did Coach Dako come back to himself. He quickly nodded. "For this next possession, I think we should run this play..."
When they returned to the court, the Raptors didn't inbound from midcourt. Instead, they went straight to inbounding from the backcourt.
No one had expected this.
But the Thunder's head coach quickly figured out why: they were now inside the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
Under the latest rules, teams were allowed to shoot a backcourt three-pointer during the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
And Wang Yi had the most fearsome backcourt three-pointer in the league.
That meant that when he was in the backcourt, you had to send at least two players to guard him.
This would stretch the defense across the court and create a huge amount of space on offense.
The Raptors would have more options.
But the Thunder's head coach soon relaxed.
Based on Wang Yi's past games, when it came down to the wire, he would never let go of