7 to 6.

After that dunk, the Chinese team has taken the lead!

The crowd erupted in cheers.

That was definitely a morale-boosting play!

"Don't let the Nigerian team's dunks at the start fool you; they're seeing we're already ahead!"

Zhang Weiping on the commentary booth finally let out a long breath.

"Nigeria tried to bully us with their physicality at the start, but the Chinese team has the strength, and we're not afraid of that kind of play!"

Su Qun was also visibly excited.

The Chinese team was able to turn things around after being dunked on like that at the start, which shows that this national men's basketball team can handle a comfortable game like the one against Poland, and also this kind of tough start. They really have the strength!

The game continued on the court, and Nigeria's attempted breakthrough was disrupted and failed to score.

They failed to score on two consecutive attacks.

On the one hand, the Chinese team was getting used to their intensity.

On the other hand, and more importantly, in FIBA games, if you don't have a threat from the outside and the whole team is collapsing inside, relying solely on breakthroughs won't work, even if you're James.

After Shen Zijie boxed out, he secured the defensive rebound. His physical condition is much better than Wang Zhelin's, and he did a really good job of boxing out.

Tang Tian held the ball at the front of the court, and seeing Yi Jianlian pin down Metu under the basket, he went for a three-pointer.

The shot didn't go in, but Yi Jianlian jumped up and scored on the put-back.

9 to 6!

Yi Jianlian has already scored 7 points since the start of the game!

Not only is he on fire from the outside tonight, but his sense of position on the court is also very strong. His whole game is hot!

In Nigeria's frontcourt offense, Okogie's breakthrough still didn't create an opportunity, so he had to dribble the ball back to the three-point line.

You could clearly feel that the Nigerian team's players were starting to get anxious.

Okogie tried to break through again, and this time he passed the ball to Metu under the basket.

After receiving the ball, Metu took a step and exerted force, wanting to dunk over Yi Jianlian again.

At the start of the game, he had the feat of dunking the ball in over both Wang Zhelin and Yi Jianlian.

His momentum was like a rainbow.

However, as soon as he went up, he realized that the situation was completely different from the start of the game.

Yi Jianlian's hand pressed directly on the ball.

The two had a contest of strength in the air, and after the contest, he couldn't press the ball in!

"Bang!"

In the end, the ball was directly swatted out of bounds by Yi Jianlian's force!

A head-on block!

The crowd exploded in cheers.

Many fans even excitedly waved their fists and jumped up from their seats.

This kind of block was quite brutal.

Metu looked at Yi Jianlian, his eyes full of disbelief.

"This Metu said before the game that he only knew Tang Tian, but he should know our A'lian now too."

Zhang Weiping laughed at this time.

"A'lian's strength is the best among our big guys. He didn't block the previous ball because he was at a disadvantage due to the help defense. For Metu to try to dunk directly like this, I can only say that he's still too young and thinks too much."

Su Qun's face was also full of pride.

"Putting aside everything else, just consider that a rookie who plays in the Development League year-round wants to dunk on the starting power forward of the Nets; that's not easy."

After laughing, Zhang Weiping also echoed.

Nigeria's inbound pass was directly stolen by Tang Tian, and Tang Tian's fast-break dunk added two more points, directly forcing Nigeria to call a timeout.

Tang Tian has 4 points, and Yi Jianlian has 7 points. The Chinese team's two stars are shining tonight.

After the timeout, the Nigerian team made substitution adjustments. Nnamdi Vincent and Ike Iroegbu came on to replace Uzoh and Okogie.

Both of these new players have the ability to shoot from the outside, especially Vincent.

This young player, only 23 years old this year, is averaging 2.5 three-pointers per game in this World Cup, with a shooting percentage of over 40%.

After the timeout, Nigeria ran a play around Vincent.

Vincent also repaid his coach's trust, catching the ball after running into position and shooting a three-pointer.

9 to 11!

This three-pointer was crucial, helping the Nigerian team keep the score close.

After the initial back-and-forth exchanges, the two teams entered a stalemate.

After Vincent made a three-pointer, Li Chunjiang reacted quickly, turning around and calling Zhai Xiaochuan to get up and replace Shen Zijie.

He's using a lineup of one big man and four small men to counter Nigeria's outside game.

"Chinese team! Go!"

The fans at the scene also cheered for the Chinese team under the host's lead.

Tang Tian continued to break through in the frontcourt, and the Nigerian team double-teamed him again with four players, and this time the double-team was more decisive than before.

Tang Tian made a behind-the-back pass to Yi Jianlian at the top of the arc.

Yi Jianlian caught the ball and made a shooting motion from three-point range.

Aminu pounced on him, but Yi Jianlian faked him out, sending Aminu flying.

After faking him out, he took a step and accelerated his breakthrough.

The other players on the Nigerian team didn't have time to help defend, and only Metu at the basket lunged out.

Having been blocked head-on by Yi Jianlian earlier, he definitely wanted to get his revenge.

And there was no better way than to block it back right now.

He took a step, exerted force, and soared into the air, directly trying to block Yi Jianlian.

However, Yi Jianlian had already charged up, raising his right hand to the sky, and had no intention of dodging.

The two players once again engaged in a contest of strength in the air.

Yi Jianlian once again gained the upper hand.

His strength was already greater than Metu's, not to mention that he was charging forward with momentum.

"Bang!"

After the two collided, Metu was knocked back, and Yi Jianlian pressed down with his right hand, directly smashing the ball into the basket.

A dunk over him!

When Yi Jianlian received the pass from Tang Tian and dunked over Aminu earlier, it wasn't strictly a dunk over him, since Aminu didn't even jump.

But this last play, Metu jumped, but was forcefully stuffed back.

This was a true dunk over him, just like Metu's dunk over Wang Zhelin and Yi Jianlian earlier!

This was truly payback!

Metu stood firm, and when he saw Yi Jianlian glance at him coldly after the dunk, he was a little dazed.

He didn't know that the Chinese team had such a ruthless character besides Tang Tian.

Their coaching staff's pre-game arrangements were all targeted at Tang Tian, and they hadn't mentioned any other players on the Chinese team.

Vincent's outside shot was disrupted by Tang Tian, and Abudushalamu secured the defensive rebound. Nigeria's offense once again failed to score.

The Chinese team advanced to the frontcourt, Tang Tian signaled to spread out, and then signaled Yi Jianlian to ask for the ball at the high post.

After Yi Jianlian got into a good position, he passed the ball to him, and also took his defender away with him.

He sensed that Yi Jianlian was on fire and voluntarily played the supporting role.

Yi Jianlian caught the ball and glanced at the basket, then raised the ball to shoot.

Metu immediately jumped up.

He really wanted to block it back.

But he was young, and this jump completely lost him his defensive position.

After Yi Jianlian faked him out, he accelerated past him from the right.

Zhai Xiaochuan boxed out Udoh, Yi Jianlian took three steps to the basket, raised the ball with his right hand, and once again slammed down with a one-handed tomahawk dunk.

"Boom!"

The ball was once again heavily smashed into the basket.

Yi Jianlian, scored his 11th point in the first quarter!

This is the most beautiful quarter he's played in his national team career!