When the referee's whistle sounded, Wang Zhizhi, who was resting on the bench, was the first to rush up. He raised his arms high, first found Yiyang, and hugged the absolute core of the national team for less than a month.

Yiyang laughed happily, and the joy after winning the Asian Championship was far beyond his previous imagination. No matter what level of competition, Yiyang is hungry for victory. Having won his first championship in the international arena so quickly, Yiyang is naturally very happy.

"We're going to London, London!" Wang Zhizhi shouted the word London, because the London Olympics a year later is likely to be Wang Zhizhi's swan song in the Olympic arena. And this year's Asian Championships is likely to be Wang Zhizhi's last Asian Championships.

But at this moment, there are no regrets. After the Chinese men's basketball team won the Asian Games championship last year, they once again reached the top of Asia! Although Wang Zhizhi's career is full of many regrets, at least at this moment, he can calmly face his last Asian Championships.

With Wang Zhizhi taking the lead, the other players of the Chinese team also rushed over and surrounded Yiyang tightly. In the past, people were still worried about whether Yi Jianlian could grow into a qualified national team leader in the post-Yao Ming era. But now, people don't have to worry about that. Because Yiyang, the innate core, has already carried Yao Ming's banner. It turns out that Yiyang can do even more than Yao Ming.

Chinese fans are frantically shouting Yiyang's name, and Yiyang is a national hero in their hearts at this moment. Although Yiyang has lived in the United States all year round, although Yiyang has been systematically trained by the United States. But so what? The Asian Championships he won belonged to China! Yiyang's popularity in China has risen a lot in an instant.

"Incredible performance! Yiyang participated in the Asian Championships for the first time and broke a number of records. The first point average in history, the first average assists in history, and the youngest MVP in the history of the Asian Championships! You say that the MVP is not necessarily owned? No, the MVP definitely belongs to Yiyang! Now we can proudly say that there are also superstars on the Asian basketball court! The CCTV commentator was also infected by the crazy atmosphere of the scene, and his roar made many fans watching the game in front of the TV even have to take out the remote control to lower the volume.

While the fans and players were celebrating wildly, the staff at the scene had already set up a makeshift podium.

Unlike the NBA, the Asian Championship champion not only awards a trophy, but also a medal for each player. So, the podium was a long one, and the players stood in a neat row, waiting for the Asian Basketball Federation officials to hang the medals on the players one by one and present the championship trophies.

The first to finish on the podium was not the Chinese team, but Jordan, which finished second. Although the second place is already a very good result, the Jordanian players who won the silver medal are all pulling their faces, and no one can laugh. Former Asia's No. 1 defender Sam. Douglas even refused to wear a silver medal around his neck, which for him was no different from humiliation.

Before this Asian Championship, Douglas was indeed the leader of the Asian basketball guard line. But this year, a young man who came out of nowhere easily broke his dominance. And the gap between the two sides is huge, which makes Douglas a blow even harder.

For a combination of reasons, Douglas had no intention of celebrating the award. Second and fifth, in fact, there is not much difference. Only champions are unique. The rest, are losers.

The Jordanian players walked off the podium in a lonely position and disappeared into the stadium. Then, the cheers at the scene suddenly increased dramatically. The players of the Chinese team raised their arms one by one to the stands, and they were about to lift the trophy of the Asian Championship under the noses of local fans!

In order to make the Asian Championships more commercial, this year, the organizers also followed the example of the NBA and prepared championship commemorative T-shirts for the champion teams.

Yiyang took a fiery red T-shirt and put it on his body, but the fly in the ointment was that there was no championship cap. Otherwise, a new product will be added to Yiyang's collection.

Under the worship of the fans, the players of the Chinese team held hands and stood on the podium. The 15,000 fans stood up, and the sonorous and powerful national anthem resounded throughout the audience. Watching the five-star red flag slowly rise to the highest point, Yiyang found that a sense of pride arose.

Obviously, a person who has no concept of the word "motherland" is now wrapped in a strong sense of national honor. The experience of this trip to Asia is truly amazing. Originally, the national team, which was not very cold, was so interesting.

Afterwards, the beautiful hostesses each held a bouquet of flowers and handed it to the players standing in a row. After that, it was time for AFC officials to award the gold medals.

When the heavy gold medal was hung around Yiyang's neck, he couldn't help but take a closer look at this piece of art. This is not something that money can measure. This is a symbol of your own honor!

In the end, the president of the Asian Basketball Federation walked in front of Yiyang with a huge gold cup. Yiyang realized that the position he was standing in was exactly in the middle of the podium! As a newcomer to the team, Yiyang won the honor of standing on the podium and indirectly passing the Asian Championship championship! Even Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi consciously flashed to both sides of Yiyang.

The era of the national team's seniority has passed, and now, the men's basketball team is moving towards a new era!

Yiyang originally wanted Wang Zhizhi or Yi Jianlian to take the golden cup, but both of them shook their heads lightly at Yiyang. Seeing that the smile on the face of the chairman of the Asian Basketball Federation was about to freeze, Yiyang had no choice but to be respectful rather than obey.

He stepped forward, and under the gaze and cheers of 15,000 fans at the Wuhan Sports Center, he slowly stretched out his hands and took over the Asian Championship championship trophy shaped like a "trumpet".

Yiyang used all his strength and jerked the trophy above his head. The worship of the fans, the cheers of the teammates, and the continuous glitter of the reporters...... It's a wonderful feeling to conquer the world!

Subsequently, the president of the Asian Basketball Federation also officially announced that Yiyang, who broke many records and won the Asian Championship, became the MVP of this year's Asian Championships. It is also the first time that the name of a Chinese defender appears on the list of MVPs of the Asian Championships.

"Yiyang's achievements in the Asian Championships are unprecedented, and there may be no one to come!" The CCTV commentator used all the beautiful words on Yiyang, but even so, he still felt that it was not enough to describe Yiyang's greatness.

Subsequently, a sentence from this commentator clearly summarized Yiyang's supernatural performance in the Asian Championships. "If there's a god on the NBA court, it's Michael. Jordan, then Yiyang, is the god of basketball who rules the Asian arena! ”

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After the award, Yiyang found that in fact, the passion of Chinese is no less than that of Americans. The way everyone celebrates frantically, the restrained personality of Chinese on weekdays can be completely different.

Yi Jian teamed up with the camera to pretend to take pictures of his teammates, and the others struck all kinds of exaggerated poses, and their movements were no more restrained than those in the NBA.

Wang Zhizhi kept biting the gold medal on his chest with his mouth, as if he had received chocolate.

Others also talked and laughed, Deng Huade was holding a basketball and shaking hands with the opposing coach. Zhu Fangyu, a veteran, ran around the field with a Chinese flag.

What about Yiyang? Yiyang stood in the middle of the court, enjoying everything that was happening around him. The attitude of the victor should be so proud!

Back in the locker room, the Chinese national team naturally won't spray champagne as extravagantly as NBA teams. And that set can only be played with the Americans.

The Chinese players did not have champagne, but their enthusiasm did not diminish at all. All the players, coaches and team leaders put their hands on each other's shoulders, and a group of people gathered together in a big circle. The players began to shout in unison, trying to vent the excess energy left over from the victory.

Yiyang was also among them, and before he came to China, he probably never imagined that his taciturn self would be able to fit into the team. But it turns out that whether a player can integrate into the group has nothing to do with how much he talks. What you do for the team, your teammates will give you back.

At ten o'clock in the evening of September 25th, countless Chinese fans were centered on the modern metropolis of Wuhan, frantically releasing their enthusiasm.

God knows what surprises the Chinese defender who inherited Yao Ming's No. 13 jersey will bring to the country's basketball in the days to come.

In the NBA, Yiyang has just begun to write his own story. In the international arena, the myth of Yiyang has just begun.