Classic Small vs. Big

Classic Small vs. Big

Although he had no chance to shoot, and it seemed there was no way he could pass the ball, either, Wang Yi still found a tiny opening amid the crowd.

He reached out and sent the ball straight through Gobert's legs.

At the same time, Sima Ming understood what he had in mind and collected the ball behind Gobert. With the lane wide open, he quickly went up for a layup and scored two points.

Only then did everyone understand why Wang Yi had made such an unorthodox decision.

After drawing so many defenders, the lane would be wide open. As long as he could find a way to pass the ball out, any China Team player could go in and score an uncontested layup.

Over the next few possessions, Wang Yi kept drawing a crowd of defenders before finding ways to pass the ball into the paint.

That made it easy for the other Chinese players to score.

Coach Du Feng felt a headache coming on.

This was completely different from what they had planned before the game.

What happened to all those threes?

They'd been playing for several minutes, and not a single three-pointer had gone in.

So what the hell had they held that meeting the other day for?

Was this a joke?

The France team's head coach had an even worse headache.

He had imagined all sorts of ways Wang Yi might play, but this wasn't one of them.

Based on what he'd seen before, Wang Yi usually played like a high-scoring shooting guard. Only once in a while, for a game or two, would he look like a point guard.

So when they planned how to defend Wang Yi, they'd treated him more like a shooting guard than a point guard.