Wang Yi's dunk instantly set the entire arena ablaze.
Just how incredible was the dunk? You could tell from the courtside referee's utterly stunned expression.
The Filipino and Russian commentators were both amazed:
"Good Lord, that dunk was unbelievable! He lost the ball in midair, got it back, and still finished with a fadeaway dunk!"
"It really is just like they say: there's nothing Wang Yi can't do, only things we can't imagine."
Xu Jingyu slapped the table over and over:
"Did you see that? Brother Yi is a god! Brother Yi is my idol!"
After the dunk, Wang Yi's expression remained unchanged. He didn't cheer or show any excitement.
He simply turned around to get back on defense.
After their brief shock, the Filipino players immediately inbounded and went on offense.
But as soon as they inbounded this time, China Team went right back to a full-court press.
The Philippines had thought China Team had stopped pressing, so they'd relaxed a little after the inbound. But the very next moment, China Team hit them with another full-court press, throwing them into disarray once again.
This time, they avoided the steal, but Clarkson was trapped by three China Team players and couldn't find anyone to pass to.
To avoid an eight-second violation, Filipino coach Reyes immediately called a timeout.
Only a minute had passed since the previous timeout, and the game had been underway for just over two minutes.
The Philippines had called two timeouts in the first two minutes.
Under international rules, each team could only call two timeouts in the first half.
Reyes had already used both of his first-half timeouts just two minutes into the first quarter.
That meant he wouldn't have another timeout for the rest of the first half.
But he had no choice but