After Wang Yi sank that three, he widened the lead to nine points.
They were just one point away from making it a double-digit lead.
Popovich wanted to call a timeout, but hesitated slightly.
If he didn't call one, the lead was about to reach double digits.
With Wang Yi shooting and playing so well tonight, if the lead reached double digits, it would be very hard to come back tonight.
But if he called a timeout, Seth Curry had just made three three-pointers in a row, and calling one would kill his momentum.
Thinking it over, Popovich hesitated, then gritted his teeth and decided to hold on for one more possession and see how things went.
On the other end, Seth Curry went for another three, but missed, and the Raptors launched a fast break.
Wang Yi led the charge upcourt.
Carrying the momentum of his three consecutive three-pointers, he pulled up abruptly at the three-point line and took another shot with no one defending him.
The three-pointer soared like an antiaircraft shell, following an extremely high arc.
It traced a rainbow across the sky before dropping neatly through the net.
Swish!
It was his eighth three-pointer of the game.
With that shot, the lead widened to twelve points.
Jordan, watching from the sideline, couldn't help but praise him:
"Wang is incredibly tough! If I remember right, seven of his eight three-pointers have been answer shots."
James nodded. "That's right. Every time the Spurs make a three, Wang immediately answers with one of his own."
"Only that last three didn't count as an answer shot."
Yao Ming nodded too:
"That's his defining trait, and it's part of his character!"
Popovich was starting to regret his decision.
He really should have called that timeout earlier.
But there was no point