Wang Yi's stop required extraordinary ankle and knee strength.
If Curry had tried to stop like that with his fragile ankles, he might have sprained one on the spot.
The moment Wang Yi stopped, the Timberwolves' two defenders flashed past him on either side and ran out of bounds.
Wang Yi then jumped straight up, looking as if he was about to go for a powerful dunk.
But just then, the opposing Power Forward, Zuma, had already hustled back on defense.
He jumped immediately, raised both hands high, and reached to block Wang Yi over the top.
However, after jumping, Wang Yi didn't go straight for the dunk. Instead, he pulled off a crossover dunk.
As he switched hands, Zuma's hand swept over his head. Wang Yi narrowly avoided the block, switched to his left hand, and slammed the ball in.
A standing crossover dunk!
Plenty of players could pull off a crossover dunk, but very few could do one without a running start.
After all, it required tremendous leaping ability and core strength.
For a guard, pulling off a standing crossover dunk was even harder.
And doing it in a real game was harder still—practically impossible.
Yet Wang Yi had done it.
The dunk naturally earned unanimous gasps of amazement from the commentators and thunderous applause from the crowd.
On the other end, the Timberwolves tried a different approach on offense this time.
Juan, their big man, came up to set a screen for their Point Guard, GSD.
The moment Wang Yi saw the screen, he abandoned his own assignment and sprinted toward the basket as fast as he could.
After GSD used the screen to drive toward the basket, he jumped to go for a layup—and suddenly realized Wang Yi was right in front of him.
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