At that moment, Baiyin and the other team doctors reassessed Wang Yi's injury.
They found that the high-intensity play in the first half had aggravated Wang Yi's ankle injury.
If it had recovered to 80%–85% before, now it was probably only at 75%.
They realized that the Raptors' five-man defensive lineup couldn't stop the opposition because Wang Yi couldn't give it his all with his ankle injury.
He couldn't fully push off with his right foot, so he often couldn't keep up and was easily beaten off the dribble.
After Baiyin treated Wang Yi's right ankle, he returned to the locker room.
First, he encouraged Tagore like a coach would.
Then he said to everyone, "We're down by 13 at halftime, and I'm responsible for more than half of that. I couldn't stop them on defense, and I couldn't make my shots on offense."
He took responsibility right away.
That moved the players.
Zhang Yu was the first to speak up. "No, Brother Yi, it's my..."
Big Lock Rock also said, "Boss, it's my..."
Wang Yi raised a hand to stop them from going on.
Then he said to everyone, "But this isn't the time to argue about whose fault it is. I'll say just one thing: in the third quarter, give me the ball!"
Everyone felt a surge of excitement when they heard Wang Yi say that.
Because whenever Wang Yi said those words, it meant Showtime was coming.
And he was sure to lead the team to victory.
Over the years, Wang Yi had proved that time and again.
So a saying had spread around the Raptors: when the boss said, "Give me the ball," everyone else just had to get the champagne ready.
But this year, throughout the entire Regular Season and the first two rounds of