Miyakawa Maya shot Wang Yi a look, then asked, "Still, your shooting tonight was a little below your usual level. You shot 45% overall and 35% from three. What caused your shooting percentage to drop? Was it because playing 48 minutes in several straight games left you tired and out of form?"
Wang Yi shook his head and replied with a smile, "I was trying to pad my rebound stats."
"..."
That one sentence left Miyakawa Maya utterly speechless.
Wasn't he the one who'd just said he didn't care about stats?
And now he was saying he wanted to pad his rebound stats.
So, pray tell, which one of those statements was true?
After the game, the internet erupted once again.
First, Wang Yi had played all 48 minutes for the third game in a row. He was unquestionably an iron man.
Second, in those four games, he'd scored 80 or more in three of them. It was absolutely absurd.
As soon as the game ended, James updated his Twitter.
"All those people saying Wang Yi was declining, step forward. Three 80-point games in four appearances—the first in history. 80 points and 30 rebounds, also a first!"
Shaquille O'Neal updated his Twitter too, and his post was even more direct:
"Belles, Pippen, Pierce and the rest—take a good look at Wang Yi, who's supposedly declining."
Besides sports stars, plenty of entertainment celebrities also came out to show their support for Wang Yi.
"Jenner: I know Wang Yi will decline eventually, but it definitely won't be this year, or even in the next five years."
Daenerys Targaryen posted Wang Yi's stats specifically: 83 points, 36 rebounds, 10 assists.
Then she added three hearts.
Hundreds of other celebrities, big and small, also posted on Twitter, and more than a dozen actresses openly