August 28, the first competition day of the World Championships.
Tonight, the Chinese team and the Greek team will play the opening match of the World Championships at the National Stadium in Ankara.
This opening game attracted a lot of attention, and the stadium was already full.
Most of the audience were Chinese tourists, while a small number were foreign tourists and local Turkish fans.
The Chinese fans who came to support the Chinese team were very enthusiastic. They were looking forward to Sun Yi's debut in the World Championships.
Back on the playing field, the players of the Chinese team are seriously carrying out pre-match warm-up activities.
After Sun Yi finished several sets of layups, he went outside the three-point line and tried to shoot a few three-pointers. They all hit the net hollowly, which felt pretty good.
In fact, it is not that his three-point ability has improved, but that the three-point line in international competitions is shorter than the NBA three-point line, which is equivalent to long-range mid-range shots.
This is definitely a good thing for Sun Yi. It makes up for the instability of three-pointers and completely becomes a big killer in international competitions.
Not long after, the warm-up activities ended and the players from both sides returned to the bench one after another.
At the same time, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed on the big screen.
The starting lineup of the Greek team: Spanoulis, Diaman Ditis, Bolosis, Sproos, Yiannis Brosis.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team: Liu Wei, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yi, A Lian, and Yu.
After a while, the referee blew the whistle, signaling the starting players from both sides to come to the center circle and prepare for a jump ball.
Sun Yi stood up from the bench, quickly took off his training clothes, and followed his teammates to the court.
At this moment, the system prompt voice suddenly sounded in Sun Yi's mind.
"Ding! Since the host has joined the national team, a temporary mission is now released: Star World Championship!"
"Mission goal: Lead the Chinese team to reach the semi-finals of this world championship."
"Task reward: +5 defensive attribute point additions, 100,000 training points."
After the voice prompt ended, Sun Yi showed a smile, quickened his pace and took his place in the middle circle.
When everything is ready, the referee throws the basketball into the air.
Amid the cheers and shouts of the fans in the audience, the opening game of the World Championships officially started.
During the jump ball session, he jumped up hard, overpowered Brosis, and was the first to touch the basketball and return to the backcourt.
After Liu Wei received the ball, he advanced forward steadily.
Spanoulis quickly stepped forward to perform pressing defense, causing some trouble for Liu Wei who was dribbling forward.
Seeing this situation, Sun Yi immediately stepped forward to respond.
Although he has great faith in Brother Wei's ability to control the ball, he still has to make sure nothing goes wrong.
Liu Wei didn't show off. Seeing Sun Yi step forward to respond, he immediately passed the ball.
Sun Yi received the pass and quickly advanced to the three-point line, directing his teammates to move.
Both A Lian and Shou have mid-range shooting abilities, and they take their defenders out of the penalty area, leaving the basket empty and creating space for their teammates to break through.
Zhu Fangyu and Liu Wei acted as shooters, ambush outside the three-point line, ready to catch and shoot at any time.
After everything was ready, Sun Yi quickly made a change of direction in front of his body, and then started to break through to the right as fast as possible.
Bolosis reacted immediately and quickly moved sideways to block, but he was half a beat too late and was ruthlessly knocked away by Sun Yi, leaving a path.
After Sun Yi passed Bolosis, he speeded up and broke through to the basket again. Seeing that there was no one in the penalty area, he jumped into the air, stretched his body in the air, swung the ball around with one hand and then dunked it into the basket.
The audience suddenly burst into deafening cheers and shouts.
On the bench of the Chinese team, Zhang Zhaoxu, Guo Ailun and others suddenly stood up, waving towels excitedly and showing admiration in their eyes.
Sun Yi's windmill dunk was such a morale booster for the players of the Chinese team!
The ball is transferred and the Greek team attacks.
Spanoulis quickly dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, waved to the inside, and called for pick-and-roll cooperation.
Brosis quickly ran out and cooperated with the pick-and-roll.
With the help of the screen, Spanoulis got rid of Liu Wei's defense and dived into the three-point line.
The defensive change was almost immediate, delaying Spanoulis' advancement.
Sun Yi and Arab League retreated towards the penalty area and were ready to make up defense.
Seeing this, Spanoulis immediately passed the ball to Brosis near the free throw line.
Brosis is a heavy-duty center whose main means of scoring is hard hitting at the basket, and his mid-range shot is very unstable.
After receiving the pass, Brosis used his strength to squeeze away Liu Wei who was defending, then adjusted and shot a mid-range jumper.
At this moment, Sun Yi quickly caught up and stretched out his arms to interfere.
Although he failed to block the basketball, it caused serious interference to this shot.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, Ah Lian protected the defensive rebound, found Sun Yi immediately, and immediately passed the ball out.
As for why it was not passed on to Liu Wei, everyone understands.
Sun Yi, who was on a fast break, received the pass and quickly dribbled forward. When he came to the three-point line, he saw Bolosis retreating, trying to block his breakthrough route.
Naturally, Sun Yi would not waste such a good opportunity. He directly pulled it up and threw the basketball in his hand.
Bolosis, who was retreating, was caught off guard and could only extend his hand to interfere symbolically.
Swish!
Hollow into the net!
5:0!
The audience burst into warm applause and cheers again.
Back on the court, the Greek team sent a baseline kick. After receiving the ball, Spanoulis quickly dribbled forward and went to the top of the arc to organize the attack.
"The First Cause of All Realms"
In this attack, the Greek team used a double screen to cooperate, allowing shooting guard Didis to get an open shot. After receiving the ball, he hit a mid-range jumper.
5:2!
It was the Chinese team's turn to attack. Liu Wei dribbled the ball forward quickly, passed the ball just past the center line, and then ran to the outside of the three-point line.
Outside the three-point line on the right, Sun Yi received the pass, made a triple threat action, and took a tentative step.
Bolosis didn't dare to act rashly. He knew that the guy in front of him was very powerful in both throwing and attacking.
Seeing this, Sun Yi quickly retracted his probing foot and raised his hand to fake a shot.
Maybe Sun Yi's work was too realistic, or maybe Bolosis was inexperienced and was stunned.
Sun Yi immediately took the ball back and quickly released the ball into the three-point line.
Seeing this, the Greek team's power forward Sproos immediately rushed back to the penalty area to prepare for defense.
At the same time, UAE took the opportunity to cut inside along the baseline.
Sun Yi, who was dribbling the ball, had quick eyes and quick hands and threw the ball towards the basket.
The Greek team's center Brosis wanted to rush back to the basket to interfere, but he was tightly entangled and unable to rush back.
On the other side, Arab League rushed to the basket, jumped up hard, grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked it into the basket.
The Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV were extremely excited.
This kind of scene was rare in previous games, but now it can be accomplished easily.
Fans believe that the Chinese men's basketball team has indeed become stronger!
