Raptors fans had a pretty happy season, too.
They usually watched games in a relaxed, cheerful mood, and that feeling lasted from the very first second of a game to the very last.
And after a game ended, they would often say something obnoxiously smug like:
"Man, another boring win."
"That win was just too boring. Couldn't the other team put up a fight?"
"I'm so tired of watching the Raptors win. Can't anyone give them a little trouble? They win every game by a huge margin. It's just no fun."
The Raptors fans' insufferable behavior annoyed fans of other teams, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Wang Yi also won this season's MVP, giving him eight MVP awards.
He stood alone at the top of the all-time MVP list.
In sixteen years of playing, he had won eight MVPs.
That meant he averaged an MVP every other year! It was utterly ridiculous.
Then the Playoffs arrived, and many haters believed they were where you proved yourself a Star. They thought there was no way the Raptors could keep playing like this in the postseason.
Bales even made this prediction:
"Among the Raptors' players, Tiger and Locke aren't consistent from three, while Akur is playing in the Playoffs for the first time."
"And before this season, he couldn't shoot at all. So I predict that once these guys face more targeted defense in the Playoffs, their three-point shooting will fall off sharply. We'll have to see how they do in the postseason, so don't hype up the Raptors just yet."
Many Raptors fans scoffed at Bales's comments. They knew he was just trying to get views and attention, so they paid him no mind.
But unexpectedly, Bales's prediction came true.
In the first round of the Playoffs,