That three-pointer put the Raptors back up by three.
It steadied the situation and settled the players' nerves.
On the other end, Frazier and Pang Bo ran a Pick and Roll. Frazier drove to the basket and went up for a layup.
Dauding disrupted him, and the shot wouldn't fall. But Pang Bo followed up and grabbed the rebound in midair, then slammed it straight through the hoop.
Back on offense, Wang Yi drew the defense and passed to Zhang Jiacheng for a three.
Zhang Jiacheng missed.
Dauding fought with everything he had to grab the rebound.
But as soon as he secured it, Pang Bo put him under enormous defensive pressure, so Dauding hurriedly passed the ball out beyond the three-point line.
He was a little nervous, though, and the pass went too far.
The ball bounced once beyond the three-point line, then skipped toward midcourt.
It looked as if it was about to cross the line.
By the rules, if it crossed midcourt and a Raptors player touched it, that would be a backcourt violation.
Wang Yi reacted in a flash, shaking off his defender and racing to the midcourt line.
Then he launched himself forward in a diving save.
He reached sideways and scooped up the ball just before it crossed the line.
But he didn't scoop it to a teammate. Still in midair after the dive, he grabbed the ball and flung it straight toward the three-point line.
The next moment—
The ball traced a beautiful arc. To everyone's disbelief, it swished through the net.
At the same time, Wang Yi crashed over the midcourt line and landed on the other side of the court.
For a moment, the entire arena fell silent.
After that brief second—
"Whoa!"
The crowd erupted into cheers.
"That went in?!"