After the loss to the United States, the Chinese team had a day off, and there was no schedule on the schedule.

In the next game, the Chinese team played Senegal.

Senegal is located at the westernmost point of the western protrusion of the African continent, bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The coastline is about 500 km long. It has a savannah climate, with an average annual temperature of 29 °C and a maximum temperature of 45 °C.

Senegal finished second in the African qualifiers for the World Championships, and the country's men's basketball team has historically competed in one World Championship in 1978, finishing 14th.

This time, Senegal lost to Puerto Rico and Slovenia respectively, and has lost both games and finished at the bottom of the group.

The Chinese team is also a very strong team for them, and the tallest height of their main interior line is just 2.10 meters, and Yang Di can be ranked second in their team.

The strength of the Senegalese men's basketball team is not too weak, and African basketball players can also run and jump, and their physical fitness is very good.

In terms of tactical coordination, they do not have a high execution success rate as the Chinese team.

"If you want to beat the Chinese team, you can only increase your speed and not get bogged down in positional warfare." So said Senegal's head coach and players.

Both starters then came on.

On the Senegalese side, Richard 1.91m, Cisse 1.94m, Benet 1.98m, Niangn 2.07m, Mamadou Ndiaye 2.10m.

Except for point guards, players at almost every position are shorter than the Chinese team.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Senegal scored four points in a row, Yao Ming hit one of two free throws, and then he scored four points in a row under the basket. Senegal's offensive success rate was high, and they led the Chinese men's basketball team 8-7 after the opening game. Ndoye hit a mid-range jumper, and then Yao Ming hit a three-point attack, and the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind 10-12. Badiani scored on a second basket, Jandy hit a throw, and then Ndoye scored on a fast break. Zhu Fangyu scored on a layup, and the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind 14-16. Wang Shipeng hit a three-pointer from the outside, Ndoye made a three-pointer with color, and then Yang Di hit a mid-range jumper.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team led Senegal 27-24.

"I'll stay on the field!"

Yang Di made a gesture, and Limas and Adijiang also suggested to Younas to stagger the time of Yang Di and Yao Ming, both of whom are like Dinghai Shenpin, and with them on the field, the Chinese team will at least not be beaten out in waves.

Younas let out a long breath and could only nod helplessly.

But at the same time, he also replaced Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, and Yang Di could only play the small forward position.

Chen Jianghua and Sun Yue both gave the ball to Yang Di with great interest, Yang Di dribbled over half the court, and Senegal's full-court pressing had no effect.

Once outside the three-point line, Senegal did not choose to come over for the first time.

Yang Di faced his substitute Savane, who was defending him, and immediately made a beautiful crotch cross-step swing, his right shoulder was pressed down, and his long arm swayed, almost touching the ground, completing a large forward change of direction.

"What a big crotch cross step!"

Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng and other outside players on the sidelines looked embarrassed and exclaimed.

"He's one of the top players in the NBA, and I've seen him use it a lot of times, and the point is, you know he's going to break through, and you don't know how to defend it, right or left? It's useless to judge it, once Yang Di takes the lead, the second physical confrontation will be unbearable for ordinary players. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Di "slammed" into the defender, and took the second big stride to follow.

"Then his super strong body kills under the basket, if the defender is in time, he chooses a layup, if it is not in time, Yang Di may be directly strong and fly to dunk!"

"Bang dang!"

The basketball hoop shook for a while, and Yang Di landed steadily and returned to defense.

Everyone looked at Yao Ming with amazed eyes, Yao Ming smiled bitterly: "These are all analyzed by the coaches of the Rockets, the problem is, even if we know that Yang Di will do this, we have no way to defend it, this guy's dunk is a flat frame, and when he goes to the basket, the core strength of the waist and abdomen is particularly strong, and the stability and finishing ability make all defenses seem particularly futile." ”

"No solution."

Zhu Fangyu spit out two words, if Yang Di really exerts his strength, it will be incomprehensible.

After Yang Di played the outside line, the time and distance of the sprint were longer, and if the first package was not timely, it would be all kinds of destruction to get in, and the style of play tended to be closer to James.

Although African players can run and jump, their bodies are a little thin, and they are not as good as Yang Di in weight.

It is really a god with unparalleled power, and God blocks and kills God.

Yang Di rushed left and right, and soon caused a second foul on the African inside, and then assisted Sun Yue to shoot a three-pointer, and the Chinese team's lead reached 10 points, which was just the second quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led Senegal by 9 points 49-40.

After the start of the third quarter, based on the great confidence caused by Yang Di and Yao Ming, other players of the Chinese team also played, Liu Wei made a layup, and Wang Shipeng hit a mid-range jumper.

Cisse scored two points, and Yao Ming scored six points in a row.

Senegal urgently called a timeout, and the game was about to be played by the opponent again, which made the African runner-up feel particularly uncomfortable, and the gap between African basketball and world basketball was a bit big.

After the pause, Savani attacked and was directly slapped off the court by Yang Di with a big hat. After Liu Wei missed three points, Yang Di grabbed the rebound in the front court and made a rebound, and the Chinese team became more and more calm, dragging time without impatience, playing tactics, and the offensive efficiency was very high, and the score was stretched to about 15 points.

After replacing Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian, the two 7-foot inside lines showed various offensive talents in Senegal's penalty area, and Wang Zhizhi caused Senegal's inner thugs to foul and hit both free throws.

After Yang Di played half a quarter, the Chinese team's lead once extended to 20 points, and he went to rest.

"After being beaten to death with a stick, I can also rest, the time is the same." Yang Di still firmly believes in his theory, in the World Championships, the time is shortened by 8 minutes, and the possibility of the game is higher.

Downwind, the substitute players on the field played vigorously and showed good skills and tactics.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated African runner-up Senegal 97-80 by 17 points, 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking second in the group, almost on the verge of qualifying.

A team has 5 matches and a group has 6 teams, with the top four qualifying.

As long as they win one more game, the Chinese team will definitely qualify.

Yang Di's goal is to finish second in the group and win against Puerto Rico and Slovenia, so that the Chinese team can be separated from the United States in the knockout stage, and will not meet the United States team in advance before the final.