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The game was being held at Bercy Arena, southwest of central Paris.
Bercy Arena was octagonal in shape and the largest indoor sports venue in Paris.
It could host competitions in 21 sports.
Alongside traditional indoor events like basketball, table tennis, gymnastics, and judo, it also hosted sports like cycling and motor racing, which were usually held outdoors.
Even more astonishingly, sports such as canoeing and skiing—which required special conditions even outdoors—were held at Bercy Arena.
It was said that Bercy Arena was idle for only 11 days a year.
The rest of the time, it hosted competitions or concerts.
It was arguably the busiest sports venue in the world.
Originally, Bercy Arena was only supposed to host basketball games for a handful of countries at these Olympics, including Team America and France.
But then they took into account the fact that China now had Wang Yi.
He had fans all over the world.
In terms of attention, China Team was second only to Team America.
So China Team's games were also held at Bercy Arena.
Since the two sides had been less than friendly at the pregame press conference, there was already some tension between them during warm-ups.
A basketball from China Team rolled over to Japan Team's side.
Wang Zhelin called from the center line, asking the Japanese players to throw it back.
But nobody on Japan Team paid him any attention.
When Wang Zhelin went over to pick up the ball, Japan Team's Watanabe Yuta bumped his shoulder, whether deliberately or not.
Wang Zhelin stepped forward to confront him, but the guy only got more arrogant, rattling off something incomprehensible.
Wang Zhelin couldn't understand what he was saying, but he did catch one word: "Baka."
Wang Zhelin had