The next moment.
The basketball flew toward the hoop in an extremely flat arc.
Seeing this, all the spectators in the arena felt a little relieved.
He'd just tossed the ball up randomly. If that went in, there'd be no justice in the world.
But when Raptors fans saw Wang Yi's shot, their hearts leaped into their throats.
Could it still go in?
Jordan and James said together:
"Oh no—this shot..."
The next moment.
The basketball skimmed over the front of the rim in an extremely flat arc and struck the back rim.
It bounced rapidly back and forth between the front and back of the rim four or five times.
Then it sprang high into the air.
The spectators in the arena let out a long breath of relief.
The Raptors fans let out disappointed cries.
"Oh no!"
By then, the red light had come on.
Beeeep—
The piercing buzzer rang throughout the AT&T Center.
Spectators were already raising their arms, and some were even cheering aloud.
"Thank goodness!"
"We won!"
"We finally won!"
But the next moment.
The basketball, having sprung high into the air, didn't fall to the side. Instead, it dropped straight down toward the hoop.
Then it passed through the rim.
And tore through the net.
The ball had come down so perfectly that it went straight through the very center of the net, without making it sway at all.
Some spectators sitting farther away had poor eyesight, and they usually judged whether a shot went in by watching the net move. Seeing that it hadn't moved, they burst into cheers.
"Yes!"
"We won!"
"That's great!"
But the next moment.
They saw that the referee had initially raised three fingers on his right hand, but after the ball fell, he raised three fingers on his