There were 6:01 left in the game, and the Knicks trailed by 22.
The Knicks had almost no chance of winning.
But as Knicks head coach Thibodeau looked at Wang Yi's stats, he realized there was a serious problem.
Wang Yi was just two rebounds and four assists away from a 30-30-30 game.
No one in NBA history had ever put up those numbers.
Even Wang Yi, the stat monster who had scored 100 points three times, recorded multiple quadruple-doubles, put up 60-20-20 twice, made 36 three-pointers in a game, and scored 45 points in a single quarter... despite setting all those insane records, he had never had a 30-30-30 game.
Of those three 30s, scoring 30 points wasn't particularly difficult for a star. Even some role players could occasionally explode for 30.
But grabbing 30 rebounds was much harder.
In the NBA's more than 80-year history, only 14 players had ever grabbed 30 or more rebounds in a game.
And putting up 30 points and 30 rebounds in a single game was harder still.
Across the entire history of the NBA, only nine players had done it.
As for dishing out 30 assists in a game, only one player in NBA history had ever managed it: former Orlando Magic guard Scott Skiles.
He had recorded 30 assists against the Nuggets in 1990.
That alone showed what a miracle it was to achieve even one of those feats.
Combining 30 assists with the 30 points and 30 rebounds would be more than a miracle. It would be a divine feat.
If you played for the team witnessing that feat, naturally you'd hope it happened.
But from the other side's perspective, even if you were going to lose that night, you absolutely couldn't let it happen.
Because then you'd become the