Next, Charles Lee requested a challenge.
But the result of his challenge wasn't ideal. The referee stood by the original call.
Wang Yi still had to shoot three free throws.
This time, the replay center referee made the ruling very clear.
The opponent had indeed pushed Wang Yi, and there had been a motion from a bent arm to a straight one. So all three fouls were legitimate calls.
At last, the crowd's shouts of "Black whistle!" died down a little.
Wang Yi made all three free throws, cutting the deficit to 10 points.
Perhaps the foul calls had affected the Hornets. The players were all in bad moods, and this time their shot missed. The Raptors launched a counterattack.
Zhang Yu brought the ball upcourt and missed a three, but Big Lock Rock hustled in behind him and tipped the rebound out.
Wang Yi got the ball and saw Money Shower Brother charging at him, so he immediately shot again.
Unsurprisingly, Wang Yi fell to the floor again, and Money Shower Brother fouled him again.
That meant the Hornets had committed four team fouls in the quarter in just two minutes.
From then on, every time they fouled, the Raptors would get at least two free throws.
The Hornets' head coach flew into a rage and yelled at the referee.
The referee naturally gave the Hornets' coach a technical foul.
So Wang Yi, who had originally been set to take three free throws, now had four.
Wang Yi's three-point shot had been cut short, but there was no question about his free-throw shooting. He made all four, and the deficit instantly shrank to six.
At this point, Hornets head coach Charles Lee started to panic.
He hurriedly called to his players from the sideline, stressing that they should try