Wang Yi raised his chin at Spike Lee, openly taunting him. The message was clear: Go on, yell again.
Spike Lee had clearly been stunned. He'd seen Wang Yi make logo threes in bunches countless times, but seeing it happen right in front of him—and against his own team—was still hard to believe. It was absolutely shocking.
But the guy really was stubborn by nature. Despite how stunned he was, he still stood up, ready to verbally attack Wang Yi again.
Just then, Knicks assistant coach Darian came over.
Looking rather annoyed, he said to Spike Lee, "I'm begging you, could you please stop?"
In fact, what Darian was screaming inside was: Could you please stop yelling?!
At that, Spike Lee looked at assistant coach Darian and said, "Knicks fans never give up!"
Darian frowned. "I never said we'd give up. It's just that everyone knows the more you provoke Wang Yi, the crazier he plays. Do you think you're helping us? You're hurting us."
That immediately made Spike Lee furious. "I'm hurting you? I'm hurting the Knicks? I was a Knicks fan before you were even weaned. You think I'd hurt the Knicks?"
Seeing the assistant coach about to clash with the Knicks' biggest fan, the people nearby hurriedly ushered him away.
A few of Spike Lee's friends also tried to calm him down.
"Spike, let it go. We're all doing this for the team."
Spike Lee still held his chin high. "That little punk of an assistant coach—I was a Knicks fan before he was even born. I've followed the Knicks all over the place. I've spent tens of millions of dollars over the years just to watch their games, unlike those leeches who only know how to collect a paycheck from the Knicks."
At that point, Knicks