The audience heard the commentator's explanation, and one by one, they understood.
"So that's what was going on. I misunderstood Brother Yi earlier. I thought he'd played badly in the first half. I'm sorry, Brother Yi."
"I don't know much about basketball. I used to think a player only contributed if he scored on the court. Hearing the commentator explain it made me realize that Brother Yi had done so much behind the scenes."
As the Serbian head coach entered the Player Tunnel, he glanced back at Wang Yi.
Earlier, he'd hoped Wang Yi would keep going for steals, since that would give Serbia plenty of easy scoring opportunities. But in the final two minutes, Wang Yi's two steals had helped China Team cut the lead to just four points.
Apparently, going for steals was risky—not just for China Team, but for Serbia Team as well.
After Wang Yi came off the court, he glanced at Wang Jianhua. Wang Jianhua's mouth opened, but no scolding came out.
After he'd finished scolding Wang Yi earlier, Wang Yi had gone back onto the court and tried another reckless steal, leaving China Team's defense out of position.
At the time, he'd wanted to tear into Wang Yi.
But in those final two minutes, Wang Yi had made two assists and two steals, helping China Team cut the lead to four points. There was no question that Wang Yi had been the biggest contributor during that stretch.
Wang Jianhua tried to make a backdoor cut from the middle, while Pang Bo moved to deny him the position. Instead, he looked for Jokic to pass the ball to Wang Jianhua.
Instead, he turned around and patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder.
Zhang Yu passed the ball low to Pang Bo.
But in some major games,