The shot went in, and the fans on the forum went wild.

"Metu, it's for you!"

"Haha, a block, a dunk, and then he gets faked out! Metu should know the name of the guy who just blew him up, it's Yi Jianlian!"

"I apologize to Yi Jianlian. Ten years ago, I was young and ignorant, and I followed the trolls in bashing him. Facts have proven that Yi Jianlian is the best inside player after Yao Ming!"

"Queue up to apologize +1. After Yao Ming retired and before Tang Tian rose, Yi Jianlian was struggling to support the national team."

"Queue up to apologize +2. Maybe you don't really know how difficult it is for a Chinese player to gain a foothold in the NBA until you experience it!"

"Queue up to apologize +3. It was because Yao Ming was too outstanding that we were too demanding of Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian's performance definitely lives up to being the 6th overall pick!"

……

"Queue up to apologize +10086!"

Just as the fans were hotly discussing on the forum, Yi Jianlian's drive to the basket drew a foul on Udoh, giving him two free throw opportunities.

Tang Tian took the initiative to give up the offensive rights, and Yi Jianlian was really able to seize the opportunity.

Yi Jianlian made both free throws, bringing his individual score in the quarter to 13 points, and the Chinese team led Nigeria 17-9 by 8 points.

Aminu forced his way past Abudushalamu and scored a layup.

In the next play, Yi Jianlian was double-teamed on a drive, and he passed the ball to Abudushalamu, who quickly cut to the basket and scored 2 points.

The Chinese team was firing on all cylinders.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led Nigeria 28-17 by 11 points.

The Chinese team played almost a perfect quarter.

Yi Jianlian played his most brilliant quarter ever for the national team, scoring 17 points in a single quarter, breaking his own single-quarter scoring record for the national team.

That record in the national team was second only to Tang Tian's world record of 25 points in a single quarter at the Rio Olympics.

Just like the fans were discussing on the forum, before the game Metu said that he only knew Tang Tian on the Chinese team, but after this quarter, he had another person he knew.

His name is Yi Jianlian.

In the second quarter, Yi Jianlian rested on the bench, and Tang Tian and Ding Yanyuhang began to exert their strength.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team was leading Nigeria 48-30 by as much as 18 points.

Yi Jianlian scored 21 points in the first half, shooting 8 of 11, a very impressive performance.

During the half-time break, both teams returned to the locker room to rest.

Fans on the forum had already begun to celebrate the victory in advance, and were considering the opponents in the rematch.

According to the World Cup format, the Chinese team would advance to the top 16 as the second-place team in the group after winning this game.

They would also be grouped with the top two teams from Group B.

Now the top two teams in Group B had also been determined, Cameroon and Greece.

Both teams had superstars, Embiid and Antetokounmpo.

For the men's basketball team, entering the rematch with a 2-1 record, the competition would be more difficult than the group stage.

If they accidentally lost one game, they could very likely enter a situation of calculating small points, and they could very likely be eliminated.

So, although it was a rematch format, the outcome of each game could determine the final result.

The fans were already thinking about the rematch, but the Chinese team was discussing the second half of the game in the locker room.

Li Chunjiang's attitude was very serious.

Although they had a big lead, the lesson of Poland was not long ago.

At that time, the Polish team led by 11 points at halftime, but ended up losing to Nigeria by 7 points.

Nigeria's high-intensity defense in the second half made the Polish team very uncomfortable.

Nigeria also used a 10-man rotation in the first half of this game, so it was foreseeable that the intensity of the defense would definitely increase in the second half.

At this time, the coaching staff's decision also came into play.

The entire Chinese team watched the game between Poland and Nigeria from the sidelines, so the players all took Li Chunjiang's question very seriously.

Achieving twice the result with half the effort was the best description of this halftime summary.

After the half-time break, the two teams continued the second half of the game.

Nigeria made a starting lineup adjustment, with Vincent replacing Uzo, partnering with Okogie in the backcourt.

Diogu also replaced Metu in the inside.

Compared with the starting lineup in the first half, this starting lineup had a more reasonable combination of inside and outside players, and was also more experienced.

The Chinese team still had the same starting lineup as at the beginning of the game.

Nigeria attacked first in the second half.

Vincent showed his strength, hitting a three-pointer over Ding Yanyuhang, his second three-pointer of the game.

This three-pointer was also crucial for Nigeria, turning the 18-point deficit into 15 points, which rekindled their hope of chasing points.

And back on the defensive end, as the Chinese team had expected, Nigeria significantly increased physical contact, and the overall defensive intensity was completely different from the first half.

The Chinese team's attack failed to score, and Nigeria launched a fast break, with Okogie catching the ball and scoring a layup for 2 points.

35 to 48!

Nigeria launched a 5-0 run after returning in the second half, narrowing the gap to 13 points in one fell swoop. They were sounding the horn for a counterattack!

There was a commotion on the sidelines.

This was not a good sign for the Chinese team.

Li Chunjiang then turned around and called Zhai Xiaochuan up, letting him replace Wang Zhelin.

With Vincent starting, Nigeria had more outside tactics, and the Chinese team's two big men were a bit slow to switch on defense.

However, this substitution was also risky. After all, the opposing team had two big men, Udoh and Diogu, and Zhai Xiaochuan couldn't defend anyone in the low post.

In other words, this put all the defensive pressure inside on Yi Jianlian's shoulders alone.

In the frontcourt, Nigeria's defensive pressure was still strong.

Tang Tian chose to stand up at this time.

He received the ball on the right, turned and slashed towards the basket, facing the help defense of Diogu and Aminu, he made a reverse layup in the air, and also drew a defensive foul on Diogu.

He made the free throw steadily.

With this 2+1, the Chinese team reopened the gap to 16 points.

Nigeria advanced to the frontcourt, inside with an off-ball screen, Diogu mismatched against Zhai Xiaochuan.

Aminu passed the ball inside, Diogu posted up Zhai Xiaochuan in the low post, and then scored a layup after turning around.

Although he was older and slower, it was still easy for him to play against a mismatch like Zhai Xiaochuan.

Nigeria chased the score to 14 points again.

Li Chunjiang shook his head helplessly after seeing this. If Zhou Qi was here, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage in either one-on-one or mismatch defense.

This was also the biggest weakness of this Chinese team.

But in the next play, Yi Jianlian received a pass from Tang Tian and hit a long two-pointer from the high post, once again widening the gap to 16 points!

The Chinese team's offense began to recover!

Diogu posted up Zhai Xiaochuan again, this time Yi Jianlian chose to help defend early.

Diogu passed the ball to Udoh, and Udoh's mid-range shot missed.

Yi Jianlian grabbed another defensive rebound with his long arms.

In the frontcourt, Tang Tian drove and dished again, Yi Jianlian received the ball and shook it left and right, and then directly turned and broke through.

Diogu tried his best to defend, but was a bit slow and couldn't keep up.

Yi Jianlian exerted his strength the moment he completed his turn, and directly slammed a two-handed dunk.

"Bang!"

"Beep!"

The ball was smashed into the basket, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Yi Jianlian's powerful dunk was a 2+1!

The cheers at the scene were overwhelming.

Yi Jianlian's presence was explosive tonight!

He didn't perform much in the second quarter because of stamina issues, but after the half-time break, his stamina had obviously returned!

ps: Happy National Day, happy 70th birthday to the motherland!