Back then, Durant was still with the Warriors. While trying to save a ball from going out of bounds, he took two steps with his foot already over the line.
And Durant's foot was well out of bounds, not just barely touching the line.
The referee was right behind him, yet acted as if he hadn't seen a thing.
In fact, the baseline referee probably wasn't even watching Durant at the time.
After all, there were ten players on the court, but only three referees.
You couldn't expect every referee to keep his eyes on Durant.
That was how these outrageous calls happened.
Otherwise, the referees could never have been so brazen.
By now, Wang Yi had finished having his wound treated, and the Raptors continued on offense.
Two players were still keeping a tight watch on Wang Yi. As he tried to run around screens and get open, Huang Feng kept interfering with him in every possible way.
The Hornets were no longer afraid of provoking Wang Yi. They had let loose. And after realizing that the referees' whistles were clearly favoring them tonight, they started getting even rougher.
They grabbed at Wang Yi's shoulders;
They tripped him up.
In short, they used every dirty trick they could think of.
Wang Yi simply couldn't get the ball. Meanwhile, after LaMelo came onto the court, he sank a three-pointer.
Then he assisted a teammate for a score.
Then, just after crossing half court and taking two steps forward, he sank an unbelievably deep three.
He made that deep three right in Wang Yi's face. Wang Yi was waiting for LaMelo just beyond the three-point line, but as soon as LaMelo crossed the half-court line, he simply raised the ball and sank the shot.
After making the three, he held up