In the footage, Xiao Hua muttered to himself, "The face of the league, the face of the league. The NBA's old face of the league is about to retire, and we still can't find a new one."
"I hope beating Wang Yi this time will give that little brat Noah some confidence, so he can carry the NBA's image."
At the end of the video, a line of Chinese characters appeared: Hackers Alliance!
These past two days, the NBA had been at the height of its popularity because of the so-called respect incident.
As soon as this video came out, the basketball world exploded—not just across the United States and China, but across the entire globe.
A sharp comment from a Chinese netizen:
"So Xiao Hua was behind it all. And he even set up an investigation team beforehand. That's the thief crying 'Stop thief!'"
"People have been saying for years that the NBA rigs games. Since there was never any actual proof, I didn't really believe it. Well, now we've got hard evidence!"
"No wonder the NBA's gotten harder and harder to watch. They've been rigging games!"
"Those people who said the Grizzlies were playing five against eight—does it look like egg on your faces now? It was obviously the Raptors playing five against eight!"
"To all the haters who were running their mouths before, go on, keep jumping around and yelling!"
While the fans were marveling that the NBA rigged games, they were also marveling at how formidable Wang Yi was.
"Brother Yi was up against five and eight, and still managed to lead the Raptors to beat the Grizzlies. It's gotta be Brother Yi!"
"Brother Yi is awesome!"
"Xiao Hua, you bastard! I'll beat the crap out of you!"
Over in the United States, netizens were also