"Two negative-angle threes in a row, and each one was harder than the last. This one was a drifting negative-angle three from the side—the ball even went past the backboard, yet he still swished it. Unreal. Absolutely unreal!"
"According to the stats, Brother Yi took 10 negative-angle shots in the fourth quarter of the previous game and made 8 of them. His shooting percentage on negative-angle shots in the fourth quarter was an incredible 80%. And now he's brought that hot hand with him to this game."
As they were speaking, the Celtics missed their shot. The Raptors brought the ball up the court, and Wang Yi used a Buddha Move at the three-point line to get past the two players double-teaming him, then drove to the left mid-range area.
He didn't shoot from the left mid-range, though. Instead, he used another Buddha Move fake to shake off Tatum.
He dribbled all the way to the left baseline, then took a negative-angle mid-range shot from the left side.
Swish!
The mid-range shot went straight through the net again.
At that moment, a viewer in the live chat couldn't help but exclaim:
"He's practically the God of Negative Angles in Ancient Greece!"
The audience in the arena had been chanting "Fuck King," but their voices faltered again.
Three straight to start the game. Wang Yi clearly had a scorching-hot touch today.
But after a pause of a couple of seconds, they started chanting "Fuck King" again.
The Celtics' Devil's Home Court wasn't just a saying, and their fans weren't the sort to back down easily.
It was only three shots in a row, after all.
At courtside, commentator Reggie Miller asked Pierce:
"Do you think Mazulla needs to make an adjustment?"
Pierce shrugged. "What's the big deal? I think Mazulla's defensive