in2ebook Chapter 624 McGrady: Yao, our record of scoring 15 points together has been broken!
Chapter 624 McGrady: Yao, our record of scoring 15 points together has been broken!
With 10 seconds left, the Lakers had their last possession, and Davis finally scored inside.
This allowed the Lakers to score two points in the final minute.
Logically speaking, scoring two points in the last minute is a fairly normal thing.
However, the Nets are the ones who are acting strangely.
With one minute remaining in the game, the Lakers were leading 68-52 by 16 points.
However, Wang Xiucheng scored 13 points in one minute.
This allowed the Nets to close the gap to 65-70, trailing by only 5 points!
If a fan who just turned on the TV saw this score, they would subconsciously think that the Lakers played well tonight, leading the defending champions by 5 points.
But if you watched the last minute, you'd think, "The Lakers played like crap, giving up 13 points in just one minute!"
As the referee blew the whistle, Wang Xiucheng, unusually, clenched his fist and clenched it hard in front of his chest.
He was extremely satisfied with his performance tonight.
Although he didn't hit every shot, the missed shots all happened at other times.
During "Wang's Time," Wang Xiucheng never made a mistake.
Of course, the free throw that was intentionally missed doesn't count.
Both teams' players and substitutes headed toward the players' tunnel.
Seeing the intense stares from the sidelines, Wang Xiucheng didn't go back to sit this time, but left directly.
This disappointed Olsen and Scarlett, who wanted to say a few words to Wang Xiucheng.
Stallone, who had already stood up, had no choice but to sit down again in an awkward manner.
At this moment, the Staples Center stadium seemed to be boiling over.
Because those two numbers were flashing on the giant screen in the dome.
One is "34 seconds", and the other is "13 minutes"!
In the Penguin Live broadcast room, Wang Meng didn't even have time to report the data before Yang Yi stole the spotlight.
In fact, Yang Yi had been talking for 5 minutes without taking a break. His voice was already hoarse, but he showed no sign of resting.
“Wang Xiucheng took his first free throw at 43 seconds and continued until there were 10 seconds left, which was a total of more than 33 seconds. Let’s just say it was 34 seconds.”
"Let's see what happened in those 34 seconds."
Yang Yi tried his best to calm himself down, but his trembling and hoarse voice betrayed him.
"Wang Xiucheng first took advantage of the free throw and possession opportunity to get a free throw, and then took advantage of the possession opportunity to make a three-pointer and draw a foul to make the free throw."
"Then Wang Xiucheng successfully stole the ball from Reeves, made another three-pointer, and drew a foul from Reeves."
"After that, James missed the shot, Dillon grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Wang Xiucheng, who was fouled and got two free throws."
"Wang Xiucheng made the first free throw, missed the second, but made the putback in mid-air and drew a foul from Hayes, making the second free throw."
"Wang Xiucheng scored 13 points in just 34 seconds."
"McGrady's 35 seconds and 13 points will soon become history."
"When we mention this record again, we will say, 34 seconds and 13 minutes, Wang's new time record!"
Wang Meng and Meina both nodded, and they were very proud to have taken this record.
From now on, this record will belong to the Chinese people themselves.
Yang Yi continued talking. Although he was trying to control his emotions, his trembling hands betrayed him.
Yang Yi took a deep breath and continued, "Moreover, everyone may have only noticed Xiao Wang's 34 seconds and 13 points, but they overlooked the fact that Xiao Wang scored 9 points in the time it took to go from 43 seconds to 33 seconds!"
"10.9 seconds, that's also a record that can be called a miracle."
"Some friends may not know that Reggie Miller once scored 8 consecutive points with 8.9 seconds left in the first game of the 95 Eastern Conference Finals, helping the Pacers defeat the Knicks."
"Today, Xiao Wang scored 10.9 seconds, which is even more efficient than Reggie Miller's record."
"I did a rough calculation, and Reggie Miller scores 0.898 points per second."
"Xiao Wang's time is 0.9 minutes per second, which is slightly higher than Miller's, so I said that Xiao Wang is more efficient than Reggie Miller."
"It's a bit unprofessional that the Staples Center director failed to display such an important record before the end of the first half."
Yang Yi was somewhat smug. He picked up the domestic mineral water endorsed by Wang Xiucheng and took a sip.
Wang Meng and Meina exchanged a glance. This... Yang Yi had gotten away with it again!
They were aware of the "Miller Time," but the match had been so intense and exciting that they hadn't anticipated it.
Compared to the Miller Moment, the McGrady Moment is naturally more famous among Chinese people.
So it's not that they're unprofessional.
After Yang Yi finished speaking, Wang Meng began his work.
"Wang Xiucheng has already scored 28 points in the first half, along with 5 assists and 4 steals."
"Surprisingly, the Nets' second-highest scorer was neither Durant nor Towns, but Thomas with 20 points."
It seemed that mentioning Thomas reminded Yang Yi of something, so Yang Yi took over the conversation again.
"Thomas has no problem on offense, his problem is on defense."
"Uduka obviously noticed the problem as well, which is why he substituted Thomas at the last minute."
"We all know that Wang Xiucheng's scoring bursts out in the last minute of each quarter, and sometimes he also tries to get the game started fast."
"Sometimes, Xiao Wang would slack off in the middle of the process."
"There's nothing we can do about it. You can't expect Wang Xiucheng to play at the same high intensity every minute of the 48 minutes as he does now."
"That would exhaust Xiao Wang."
"So I think we can let Thomas play more during regular time and let Wang Xiucheng rest more."
"Of course, Xiao Cui will also get a little more time."
Wang Meng and Meina nodded again. Although Yang Yi was the biggest Wang fanboy in China, Yang Yi himself never denied this title.
But sometimes, what he said does make some sense.
"What perks did Sister Na bring us tonight?" Wang Meng had just glanced at the backend data.
The above shows the peak online traffic for this match, which was in the last minute of the first half, reaching a staggering 3000 million views.
It's worth noting that this match was a paid event, and CCTV broadcast it today for free. The fact that it garnered this much viewership demonstrates that Wang Xiucheng's influence is still rising.
Of course, this is also related to their partnership.
Especially Yang Yi, who is known as the number one Wang Xiucheng fan in China. Fans who pay to watch the live stream are just here to watch Wang Xiucheng while listening to Yang Yi's praise.
And then there's Mina. Ever since Sister Qi went to Migu, Mina has been the number one female anchor on Tencent, and her influence is undeniable.
On the contrary, Wang Meng himself seems to be holding everyone back.
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Business world.
Cuihu Tiandi.
Sitting comfortably on the sofa, Yao Ming watched Wang Xiucheng walking towards the players' tunnel on TV and proudly crossed his legs.
Wang Xiucheng's scoring explosiveness is becoming increasingly terrifying. He scored 13 points in a single quarter, something he never dared to dream of before. The Chinese team actually has a player who is even more amazing than McGrady!
McGrady only had one game with 13 points in 35 seconds.
Wang Xiucheng, however, has the ability to score anywhere from 3 to 7 or 8 points in the last minute almost every night.
If you're on fire, you might even get a nuclear bomb like you did today.
The phone suddenly rang, and Yao Ming reached out to pick it up and glanced at it.
Yao Ming immediately laughed, realizing that one really shouldn't be suspicious of people.
Hey T-Mac!
The caller was McGrady.
"Yao, our 35-second record has been broken." McGrady said, seemingly a little sad, but then he burst out laughing.
"Hahaha." Yao Ming also laughed happily.
"That kid's free throws have improved a lot, you know, I deserve some credit for that." McGrady laughed exaggeratedly again.
"I know, I'll treat you when you come to China." Yao Ming turned the TV volume down a little.
“I’ll be going to China this summer for some events, but it’ll be during the Olympics, so I doubt you’ll have time to come with me,” McGrady said.
McGrady knew that China would participate in the Olympics this year, and Yao Ming, as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, would definitely travel with the team and would not stay in China.
“Then I’ll treat you when I go to the US.” Yao Ming thought for a moment. “When we go to New York, that kid has a restaurant with a view of the Empire State Building. Let’s go there and eat without paying. Let’s dine and dash.”
"Haha, it's settled then."
……
The second half of the game started on time.
After the exciting final moments of the first half, all the fans returned to the stadium early to wait.
Many fans even made large signs during halftime, all with messages about Wang Xiucheng.
Some are quite humorous, but others are rather explicit, especially those written in Chinese.
These foreigners couldn't understand it either. In any case, only Wang Xiucheng and Xiao Cui were embarrassed, while the others watched with great interest.
At the start of the second half, a new statistic appeared on the dome screen.
In addition to Wang Xiucheng's record of 34 seconds and 13 minutes, there was also a record of 10 seconds and 9 minutes on the screen, and a comparison chart with Miller's time was specially posted in seconds.
Yang Yi's chin was practically sticking up to the second-floor stands in the live stream.
Now, this is called professionalism!
It seems the Staples Center players heard Yang Yi's words. Udoka on the Nets' side, I wonder if he also heard Yang Yi's words. Udoka actually let Wang Xiucheng rest for a few minutes in the middle of the third quarter, letting Thomas play on his own.
Then, as the third quarter was about to end, Udoka substituted Wang Xiucheng back in.
After a good rest, Wang Xiucheng scored another 5 points in the last minute of the third quarter, helping the Nets to a high score of 38 points in the third quarter.
The Lakers seemed to be affected by Wang Xiucheng's 34-second, 13-point performance, scoring only 22 points in the third quarter.
This gave the Nets an 11-point lead, 103-92, at the end of the third quarter.
Wang Xiucheng continued to rest at the start of the fourth quarter.
Thomas swung again.
You know what, without having to worry about defense, Thomas went all out and really left the Lakers completely bewildered for a while.
When Wang Xiucheng and others came on in the fourth quarter and began to close out the game, the Nets had a 20-point lead at one point.
With three minutes remaining in the game, Coach Ham made a substitution.
Both James and Davis were substituted out, which means Hamm accepted the defeat.
Finally, as the referee blew the final whistle, the Lakers lost 112-130 at home to the visiting Nets!