Game 7: The Do-or-Die Battle: Number Zero Thug Returns.
The next day, the do-or-die Game 7 was set to tip off that afternoon.
With the Nets' Big Three, Wang Yi of the Kings, and all the dramatic twists leading up to it, the Finals had drawn hundreds of millions of viewers.
Five minutes before the Finals tipped off, Xiao Hua looked over the figures on his tablet, his face lighting up with delight.
This year's Finals had already set a new viewership record in the United States for the past several years.
It had drawn 31 million viewers, matching the 2016 Cavaliers–Warriors Finals.
Of course, that figure only counted viewers in the United States.
Worldwide, the number was probably over 300 million.
Never mind anything else—the number of fans in China supporting Wang Yi alone was over 100 million.
At the same time, Xiao Hua was thinking about something.
If Wang Yi won the championship again this year, then the time would be right.
With a little more effort, they could open up the China market.
Then the NBA would experience another period of tremendous growth.
At the pregame press conference, Wang Yi made another outrageous boast.
It wasn't that he wanted to brag. The reporter had simply given him the perfect opportunity.
The reporter asked Wang Yi, "After Game 1, you said that if the series went to seven games, you'd hit a game-winner against the Nets in the final second of Game 7. Do you still think you can do that?"
Wang Yi smiled calmly. "Of course."
His interview once again upset the Nets.
Many Nets fans went straight online to curse him out.
"They've already come back from 1–3 to tie it 3–3, and he's still running his mouth."
"Is this guy's brain full of shit? The