Tang Tian played point guard and brought the ball up into the frontcourt.
The on-site fans immediately started heckling.
They had missed watching Tang Tian play.
Tang Tian did not disappoint them. After glancing at Wade, he chose a stop and pop pull-up jumper after a change of direction drive.
But perhaps he really had not touched a basketball in a while. Just like Jordan's first shot, it hit the front rim and bounced out.
Laughter erupted from the crowd.
It seemed that even the Number One Player in History could not escape the clutches of a good life.
On the USA Team's frontcourt offense, Barkley put on a show of shooting and rebounding his own miss in the low post, using his big backside to shove Olajuwon aside before scoring on the putback.
The sight left some of the American fans feeling nostalgic.
Back then, the battles between those two had been a favorite topic of conversation.
10-9, the USA Team took the lead.
Though neither side had scored much, the game had been exciting throughout.
Ginobili dribbled into the frontcourt and gave the ball to Tang Tian again.
Everyone else spread the floor to let him go to work.
Clearly, the audience wanted to see Tang Tian put on a scoring show, and everyone else understood that.
Wade smiled and lowered his stance.
He and Tang Tian had retired one after the other. In terms of competitive form, Wade had kept training after retirement, so he should have been in better shape.
But he quickly realized he had misjudged things.
Tang Tian was much more serious this time and blew right past him with ease.
And before anyone could rotate over, Tang Tian charged into the paint, took off with his belly bouncing, and threw down a tomahawk