"You're kidding. Their throats hurt? That's an excuse. With how much Americans love showing off, even if they were mute, they'd still find a way to get their message across in sign language. Today, Brother Yi left them completely deflated."
"What do you call a road-game silencer? Brother Yi."
"He didn't just deflate them during the game—he made them not want to say a word even after they left the court. Hahahaha, this feels great!"
It wasn't just Wang Yi's fans and Chinese fans who were thrilled. Fans of other teams were feeling pretty good too when they saw those interviews.
NBA teams despised the Celtics' home court and their fans.
The noise at TD Garden was among the worst in the league in nearly every game, especially during the Playoffs.
Even if you were just an ordinary fan watching the game through a screen, you had to endure an entire game of deafening noise and insults.
By the end of the game, your ears would be ringing.
And that was nothing compared to the fans who traveled thousands of miles to TD Garden to support their teams in person.
After a game, they felt completely dazed. For the next two or three days, their ears would still be ringing, and they wouldn't feel quite right.
If there was a team whose fans were the most obnoxious in person, the Celtics were certainly near the top of the list.
And now, those deeply detested Celtics fans had all lost their voices and fallen silent.
How could seeing them get humbled like this not excite fans of every other team?
"Finally! Those damn Celtics fans have been put in their place!"
"I don't like the Raptors, and I don't like Wang Yi either, but the guy actually managed to shut up