The Philippines' Power Forward: Otana.
He also came from the PBA.
He stood 205 centimeters tall, had excellent footwork in the post, and was also good at handling the ball and attacking from the perimeter.
He could also shoot from mid- and long range, but was on the lean side.
However, his style of play was soft, and he didn't like physical contact.
Center: Soto, from Japan's B League.
He was known as the Philippines' Zhou Qi, a talented big man standing 221 centimeters tall.
He had strong post moves and footwork around the basket, along with a soft touch on his shot.
Like Gobert, his favorite thing on defense was to stand under the basket and meet the other team's attacks.
In previous competitions, before this team had Clarkson, they had beaten Japan and South Korea. They'd even lost to China Team only in the final minute.
So people in the Philippines had high hopes for this team.
Many Filipino fans had even gotten carried away, claiming the team was guaranteed to make the final four.
And after the group draw placed them in Group A, the Group of Death, a small number of people still believed the team could advance if they fought hard enough.
The arena, which could hold 50,000 people, was packed to the rafters.
The referees had cleared the court and signaled for both teams to take the floor.
The moment Wang Yi stepped over the sideline, the system's prompt sounded in his mind:
[Host, please sign in]
Wang Yi paused slightly. As far as he was concerned, there was no need to use any Experience Cards against a weak team like the Philippines.
But since the system had given him the chance to sign in, that meant the Filipino head coach had