When this epoch-defining opening match officially concluded, the entire basketball world was in an uproar.
The new GOAT, Qin Yue, facing the United States team, scored 55 points, not only tying the Olympic men's basketball single-game scoring record....
This is also the highest individual score ever against the United States in Olympic history.
Can the Dream Team still redeem themselves in these Olympics?
Former Dream Team member Christian Laettner said in an interview, "If you had told me in 1992 that someone could score 55 points against the United States, I would've thought you were crazy."
David Robinson said with a gloomy look, "I know the guys gave it their all in the game, but that's what is precisely despairing; the decline of American basketball seems to be an irreversible fact."
Scottie Pippen rarely spoke a just word for Michael Jordan: "If someone had scored 55 points against us back then, I'm sure Michael would have scored even more points in response."
