The ball's collision with the rim seemed to change the world.
The shouts and jeers from everyone in the arena abruptly stopped.
On the scoreboard, the score changed from 51–53 to 54–53 in an instant.
The Raptors had taken a one-point lead!
Standing in front of Wang Yi, Brown's mouth seemed to twitch beneath his thick beard.
But his beard was so dense that most people couldn't see the twitch at the corner of his mouth.
It was easy to understand why Brown's mouth had twitched.
After all, Wang Yi had just told him he'd hit a buzzer-beater from the left wing, right over his head.
And now Wang had actually done it.
What was even more astonishing was that he'd done it in such an unbelievable way—with an alley-oop three-pointer.
Brown was stunned, even a little frightened.
Wang Yi was still just as terrifying!
He'd told Brown exactly where he planned to shoot the buzzer-beater, and Brown still couldn't stop him.
Just how confident did someone have to be to pull off something so crazy?
And this was only a buzzer-beater at the end of the first half.
How terrifying would he be with a game-winning shot in the final second of a game?
What Brown couldn't understand most of all was Tatum.
He'd clearly told Tatum not to leave his defensive position beyond the three-point line. So why had Tatum left, giving Wang Yi room to attack?
He turned and spread his hands at Tatum. "Why?"
Tatum saw Jaylen Brown gesturing at him and asking a question, so he asked in return, "Why what?"
Brown pointed to where Wang Yi had been standing. "I told you not to leave this spot."
Tatum shook his head. "There were less than three seconds left, and their center is such a