Point Guard Mission

Point Guard Mission

At 8:00 that night, the Kings and Grizzlies faced off at Golden 1 Center.

During the second half of last season, the arena's 17,317 seats had often been filled to capacity.

But today, more than two thousand seats were empty.

You couldn't really blame the fans.

The team had a poor record and had lost five straight.

Fans spent their money to be entertained, not to be tortured.

If the team played that badly, they couldn't blame anyone for staying away.

Wang Yi looked at the empty seats.

The fighting spirit in his heart flared once more.

Before long, he'd make Golden 1 Center a place where tickets were impossible to get again.

The team's owner and General Manager Divac had both come to watch the game.

Anjiali and Nicole had also come to watch from a suite on the fourth floor.

But Ranadave and General Manager Divac hadn't gone to the suite. It was a little too far from the court, so the two of them sat in the VIP seats in the fourth row.

They wanted to see how the team would perform in its first game under a new head coach.

Even if they couldn't win, at the very least, they had to show signs of change.

Before the game, Pippen spoke up again.

"The Kings have lost five straight and have already hit rock bottom. The Grizzlies have won four in a row and are riding high. Even with a new coach and Wang Yi moving to point guard, there's no way the Kings can win."

Pierce also jumped on the bandwagon:

"In two and a half hours, the Kings will suffer their sixth straight loss."

The odds offered by several betting agencies had the Kings as a long shot.

In other words,