With less than ten minutes left in the game, First Team brought in Chen Guangjie and Pirate from their second unit, and the game changed in an instant.
They took the lead by four points.
So Wang Yi tried something he'd never done before: he put in Classmate Guan at point guard and Classmate Huang at small forward.
Classmate Guan stepped onto the court and, under immense defensive pressure, dribbled across half court one step at a time.
After pushing two steps toward the paint, he passed to Classmate Huang.
Following Wang Yi's earlier instructions, Classmate Huang knew that once he decided to shoot, he shouldn't hesitate.
So he went straight up for a three.
But the shot missed.
Fortunately, as First Team grabbed the rebound and tried to start a fast break, they accidentally passed the ball out of bounds.
On their second possession, Third Team attacked again. Classmate Guan tried a mid-range shot, and the ball rolled around inside the rim twice before popping back out.
This time, First Team seized the opportunity to launch a fast-break counterattack. Their power forward finished with a thunderous dunk right under the basket!
The basket stretched their lead to six points and drew a burst of cheers from First Team's players on the sidelines.
"Woohoo! Take flight!"
"Zhang Kaiyi, you finally spread your wings!"
"That's awesome!"
That fast-break dunk instantly crushed Third Team's momentum.
The players on Third Team, both on and off the court, felt helpless.
They'd fought tooth and nail for most of the game, tried every trick, and cycled through every lineup. After finally taking the lead, they'd watched it disappear in just a few minutes.
And that dunk made them feel like the gap between them and First Team was simply enormous.
Their own center could dunk,