At the Anta Center.
Watching the physicality of the game and then looking at his own skinny frame, Zhang Yu said with some concern, "After playing a game like this, I think I'd end up in the ICU."
His comment made everyone burst out laughing.
Wang Yi laughed along with them, though he had to admit the game really was incredibly physical.
This wasn't physicality you'd see in a regular-season game. You could easily mistake it for a do-or-die Game 7 in the Playoffs.
Both teams were playing extremely physical basketball, and both were burning through a lot of energy.
During halftime, while the teams rested, Wang Yi, Zhang Yu, and Zhang Jiacheng went to shower.
After showering and getting treatment, they came back to keep watching the second half.
The physicality remained at full throttle after the break. Neither team let up in the slightest.
As the players grew increasingly physical, the referees had to keep things under control and prevent a real fight from breaking out on the court. As a result, there were slightly more fouls in the third quarter.
Four players in the Starting Lineups on both sides picked up two fouls that quarter.
All four of them had now accumulated four fouls in total.
Although the referees called fouls, they wanted to keep the game flowing, so they didn't call every foul that would have resulted in free throws. Instead, they focused on moving screens and off-ball fouls.
That got both teams to rein in their play a little without disrupting the flow of the game too much.
At the end of the quarter, the teams were tied at 67.
The physicality remained just as intense when the fourth quarter began.
Neither team showed the slightest sign of easing up.
Both teams were struggling to