With the score at this point, Raptors head coach Dako called a timeout.
This was the 35,000th point of Wang Yi's career, so of course they had to call a timeout to celebrate properly.
As he came off the court, the players crowded around to high-five Wang Yi and cheer with him.
After high-fiving them, Wang Yi hugged each of them in turn.
Zhang Yu came over and said, "Brother Yi, 35,000 points! Keep pushing, and maybe you can pass the three guys ahead of you before you retire and take first place!"
After high-fiving Wang Yi, Zhang Jiacheng said, "Brother Yi, I don't think I've got what it takes to pass those guys ahead of you. I'll have to leave that to you."
Wang Yi smiled and shook his head.
"Passing Malone is a sure thing. I might be able to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar too, but passing that LeBron guy? Now you're joking."
LeBron's career total had already reached 44,000 points.
Wang Yi had only just reached 35,000, leaving a gap of 9,000 points.
And he had only a season and a half left before his planned retirement.
A season and a half meant around 120 games.
Even if he played every single game without a break, he would need to average 75 points a game to get there.
That was simply impossible.
After the celebration, both teams returned to the court.
The Warriors tried to get their offense going, but the Raptors kept using full-court pressure.
That highly aggressive defense made it hard for the Warriors to run their set plays.
Forget running their set plays—it was difficult even to get a shot off within 24 seconds. In the end, they were called for a 24-second violation.
Coming back the other way, Wang Yi assisted Akur on a