After Wang Yi finished communicating with Towns, the TV station on the sidelines came over for another interview.
Because the Kings are a small-market team, basically no one paid attention to them over the years.
According to the schedule arranged by the NBA, the Kings did not even have a national live broadcast this entire season.
Compare the 23 games of the Lakers and the 21 games of the Warriors that were broadcast live across the United States. The situation is appalling.
Even the interviews with reporters after the game were not from TNT or ESPN, the two big reporters.
But it's the little-known Sacramento Sports Network.
The reporter is not a beautiful reporter, but an old man in his sixties with gray temples - Vinik.
However, although he is over sixty years old, this old man is still in good spirits.
The suit is crisp and the leather shoes are shiny.
Clean yourself up very neatly.
He looked very happy, after all, the Kings haven't had such a grand occasion for a long time.
Vinik shook hands with Wang Yi first and said excitedly: "Wang, congratulations on scoring 62 points. You are the king of the Golden 1 Center tonight."
Wang Yi smiled.
His smile was full of confidence: "Vinik, not only tonight, but every night in the future, I will be the king here. I promise."
This was a bit crazy, but Vinik had no doubts.
Why can't powerful people be crazy?
Vinick nodded: "I'm looking forward to it very much. So the first question is, after the Kings lost 5 consecutive games, how did you lead the Kings to bottom out?"
Wang Yi pondered for a moment before replying: "Our Kings team has always had a creed: never give up, never give up. It is precisely because of this spirit of never abandoning and never giving up that we can unite together and finally defeat the Timberwolves."
"Don't abandon or give up?"
Vinik was a little puzzled.
Wang Yi explained: "No matter how difficult it is, even if we are questioned by the outside world or even reviled by fans, we will never abandon our teammates or ourselves."
Vinik was thoughtful.
In fact, the king has no spirit of never giving up. This is Wang Yi's last-minute idea to deal with reporters.
But just because he thought of this on the spur of the moment, from that night on, he truly injected the spirit of never abandoning or giving up into the Kings team.
No matter what hardships the king went through in the future and what depressions he experienced, they never abandoned or gave up.
Wang Yi has become the soul of the Kings team!
This sentence has become the belief engraved in the bones of all Kings players.
Even if Kings players come and go in the future, even if all the players who join after Wang Yi retires, they will always have the motto of never abandoning or giving up.
So much so that ten years after Wang Yi retired, the Kings are still a tough team.
Vinik asked a second question:
"Well Wang Yi, after tonight's battle, you should be very confident that you can make it to the playoffs, right?"
Wang Yi suddenly laughed: "Playoffs? You have too little confidence in us."
Vinik was stunned: "Then your goal is..."
Wang Yi glanced at the audience, and finally his eyes fell on the King's crown logo in the center of the court.
"Western Conference Finals."
"..."
After Wang Yi said these words, Vinik did not react for a while.
A team that had lost five games in a row at the beginning actually said that their goal was the Western Conference Finals.
If it were broadcast, it wouldn't make people laugh out loud.
Or get trolled by the audience.
"Wang, are you sure?"
Vinik couldn't help but ask again.
However, Wang Yi is full of confidence and has a firm gaze: "I am sure and sure."
This sentence is said in Chinese.
Because when said in English, it means "very sure" or "of course".
It loses its original flavor.
That night, as soon as such an interview came out, it immediately aroused criticism.
Timberwolves official tweet: Wang Yi lost five games in a row at the beginning and even tried to reach the Western Conference Finals. Wang Yi is a joke.
Edwards tweeted: His personal ability is indeed strong, but his team leadership ability is a mess. He made it to the Western Conference Finals, haha.
"California Times" published an article: "The Ridiculous False King"
The article reads:
Does he really think he is a king when he joins the Kings? He is just a ridiculous clown and a fake king.
Starting with 6 wins and 1 loss, what qualifications do you have to show off?
Even LeBron, the proud son of heaven, would not dare to be so big.
I still remember that he once said that he came to conquer the NBA. Now look, not only did he fail to conquer the NBA, but he also became a traitor to the Lakers and a clown to the NBA.
American Yang Yi Smith tweeted:
If this clown can reach the Western Conference Finals, how far will the other teams fare?
He ignored the clipper, now an aircraft carrier;
Ignoring the Lakers who became a Los Angeles giant;
Ignoring the Warriors who became Space Heroes;
Ignore the Suns that never set.
If they meet any of these teams in the playoffs, the Kings will be the wretches they can only be ravaged by.
Oh, I'm sorry, what I said before is all nonsense, because they can't make the playoffs at all.
At the end of this passage, there were several expressions of laughter and tears.
…
These are relatively mild. As for the fans, they are all kinds of abuse and insults.
Fortunately, the Kings won't attract any attention at all.
Kings players naturally don't attract too much attention.
Therefore, the criticism caused by Wang Yi’s wild words will not be overwhelming.
Of course, even if they curse again, Wang Yi doesn't care at all.
If you take money that they will never earn in a lifetime in just one year, what's the point of asking them to scold you?
You have made money in one year that others cannot make in a lifetime. If you don't let others scold you to vent your anger, then why don't you let others live?
Of course, he had secretly made up his mind.
Tomorrow, next summer, he will tell everyone to shut up.
As for China, the situation in the United States is completely opposite.
After Wang Yi lost five games in a row, he scored 62 points in a single game. The Chinese fans were roaring with gongs and drums, blasting firecrackers, waving red flags, and huge crowds of people.
Quite excited.
Yang Yi posted on Weibo: He is back.
Wang Meng posted on Weibo: I knew he would definitely come back.
Su Qun posted on Weibo: Welcome back!
Xiao Ke posted the video he edited, and it attracted 500,000 likes in just half a day.
At the same time, the number of comments also exceeded 20,000.
And the comments this time are very neat.
"The King Returns!"
"The King Returns!"
"The King Returns!"
After months of silence, Chinese fans finally became angry again.
Even Xu Jingyu, who had not been very optimistic about Wang Yi last season, also praised Wang Yi for the first time.
He first flipped through his phone and read a few questions from netizens.
"Can Wang Yi lead the team into the playoffs?"
"Will Wang Yi make it to the first round of the playoffs?"
"Will Wang Yi lead the team to the Western Conference Finals?"
After asking these three questions, Xu Jingyu took a sip of water and thought for a moment.
"Let's talk about the first question first. Can Wang Yi lead the team into the playoffs? Aren't you going to give me a point question? Isn't it a sure thing that Wang Yi can lead the team into the playoffs? With Wang Yi's strength. This is going to happen.
Chapter completed!