For this game, people's pre-game predictions were that more than half of the people believed that the Lakers would defeat the Kings 4:3 or 4:2.
Of course, some people predict that the Kings will defeat the Lakers 4:3 or 4:2, but only 42% of people predict that the Kings will win.
In the eyes of those sports commentators and those authoritative media, the Kings are now missing a Danny, and it will be difficult for them to compete with the Lakers who have Arthur Wang.
Nicholas Zhao Si'er said this in his TV show:
"King Arthur's growth this year is obvious to all. He averaged 34.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game. He is the well-deserved leader in the league."
"Thick eyebrows are now a sword that never grows old, and I can average 22 points and 12.5 rebounds per game."
"General Patton has grown a lot more than last year. He averages 20 points per game. These three people average 76 points per game combined."
"Looking at the Kings, Wang Yi averaged less than 30 points per game and Wiggins averaged 18 points per game. Apart from these two people, the team did not have a stable third scoring point. Although Westbrook played in the last round of the series,
It's okay, but do you have to expect a 42-year-old veteran to deliver stable output in every game?"
"So no matter how you look at this series, the Lakers will win the final victory."
Not only Nicholas Zhao Sier has this view, but also Pierce, Pippen and many other celebrities, as well as many authoritative media have this view.
Even some Chinese basketball people hold this view.
Internet celebrity Bearded Brother on Douyin:
"I also hope that the Kings can win the final victory, but as long as you have watched the game for a few years and used your brain to analyze it, you will know that the Kings have little chance of winning."
Another Internet celebrity Guizhou O'Neal:
"As Chinese people, of course we hope that Brother Yi can win, but we can't tell lies without conscience. Look at the Kings' lineup this year. Without Danny, little Danny alone cannot fill Danny's scoring gap.
.What, you said rely on Westbrook? You can pull him down, Westbrook is already a 42-year-old comrade."
"Even if you pull Jordan out, he will be 42 years old in the playoffs, and he will not be able to perform stably in every game."
"As for Wiggins, 18 points is already his limit. What, you're talking about 007 Bond, Bond can average 16 or 7 points per game, which is pretty good."
"And if you look at Arthur Wang today, that guy is stronger, faster, jumps higher, and has more explosive power than James at his peak."
"No one in the entire Kings lineup can match him."
As soon as these two Internet celebrities said this, they were immediately attacked by 90% of Wang Yi's fans, but there were also 10% of fans who thought they were very rational and felt that what these two people said was right.
This is the case in the playoffs. Every time it comes to the playoffs, fans from both sides will be quarreling before the game starts. Especially since Wang Yi and Arthur Wang are two of the top stars in the league today. Before the series between the two of them starts, the fans
They were even more noisy with the car.
Just when the fans were noisy, finally on the afternoon of May 20th.
The match between the two sides is about to start at the Crypto Forum Solution Arena.
NBA Commissioner David Silver was also present in person for this game.
As always, he was sitting in a dark corner that was not easily noticed by the fans. He was also holding a tablet in his hand, always paying attention to the live data of the game.
This game is still 35 minutes away from kick-off, and the number of viewers has already exceeded 5 million.
This is the first time in NBA history.
The reason is firstly because Wang Yi now has a certain influence on a global scale.
The second reason is that the duel between Wang Yi and Wang Arthur is too entertaining to watch.
Arthur Wang's violent style of play, coupled with Wang Yi's various highly entertaining scoring performances, when these two faced off, it was like thunder from the sky and fire from the sky, and sparks from the earth.
It's strange that their duel doesn't attract people.
At 5 p.m., a press conference between the two sides was held in the media room.
At the press conference, a reporter asked Arthur: "Wang Yi has performed very well in the past two rounds of the series. He averaged more than 40 points per game in each of these two rounds."
"For Wang Yi's performance, how will you respond in the next round of your series?"
Arthur Wang looked at the reporter and answered seriously and resolutely: "I will average 50 points per game!"
Regarding his answer, every player on the scene exclaimed in surprise.
Because in the entire history of the NBA, no player has averaged 50 points per game in a series. Even James at his peak only averaged 45 points per game in the strongest series.
But that was already quite an explosive performance, and now Arthur Wang actually says he averages 50 points per game, which is obviously beyond people's understanding.
Twenty minutes later, when it was the Kings' turn to hold a press conference, a reporter asked Wang Yi this question.
"Arthur Wang just said that in this series of games, he will average 50 points per game. What do you think of this?"
Wang Yi heard this and replied with a smile: "Then I will average 60 points per game!"
"Wow..."
The entire media at the scene was in an uproar.
"Averaging 50 points per game, if Arthur Wang works hard, he should be able to do it, but averaging 60 points per game, this is just bragging."
"Against the Grizzlies, he scored 60 points in three games, but we can also see that when he scored 60 points in the third, he was really tired by the end and almost dragged his legs on the court. Now he said
He averaged 30 points per game against the powerful Lakers, which is simply ridiculous."
"It is undeniable that Wang Yi is very capable, but trying to average 60 points per game is simply a dream. After all, no one in the entire history of the NBA has been able to average 50 points per game in a series.
So amidst the unanimous doubts and abuse of Wang Yi from the audience, the game was about to begin.
Today, ESPN invited two heavyweight commentators, one is the basketball god Michael Jordan, and the other is the old emperor LeBron James.
Before the game even started, many well-known celebrities were already on the sidelines.
For example, Beckham, Sharapova, Williams, Messi, Taylor Swift, Stephanie, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber.
There are also many stars from China.
Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Jay Chou, Jet Li, Yi Yang Qianxi, Aunt Long...
It can be said that there are more celebrities coming today than those who walked the red carpet at various film festivals in the past.
Especially the many unpopular celebrities in China.
Chapter completed!