So once again, he felt Wang Yi's greatness—a greatness unlike anything he had ever known.
The kind of greatness that, when standing before this towering mountain, left him without even the desire to climb it.
Wang Yi's dunk gave the team a two-point lead.
On the other end, the opposition attacked, and Antoine went to work near the basket.
This time, he had learned his lesson. Rather than battling Wang Yi head-on, he used the rebound from the contact to take a big step backward.
Then he faded away for the shot. In that situation, Wang Yi could have been killed and still wouldn't have been able to block it.
In the end, Antoine's fadeaway bank shot went in.
The next sequence was much like the first possession. Wang Yi once again got an opportunity under the basket.
Even against a double-team, he used a spin move to shove both defenders off balance, then pulled up and threw down another powerful dunk.
On the other end, when Antoine isolated against Wang Yi, he once again took advantage of his height, long legs, and long arms.
After a half-spin, he went straight into a little hook shot. Wang Yi had no chance of blocking it, and Antoine made it. The score was tied once again.
Just like that, the two went back and forth for three straight possessions, neither able to gain the upper hand.
Then came the fourth possession.
As Wang Yi backed Antoine down, he spotted Akur cutting open toward the basket on the other side. He bounced a pass to Akur, allowing him to finish with an easy dunk.
When Antoine isolated against Wang Yi next, he likewise fed their Power Forward, Deng Dute, under the basket, allowing Deng Dute to throw down a dunk over Akur.
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