Indiana Fever star Aliyah Boston has battled it out with the best of the bigs the WNBA has to offer. However, even the 6’5″ center looked short when she took on China’s Zhang Ziyu in Berlin. The 7’4″ 19-year-old towered over her during Team USA’s opening game in the FIBA Women’s World Cup.

It was an iconic moment early on in the tournament, as one of the best defenders in the WNBA had to figure out how to guard Ziyu on the fly. For WNBA legend Candace Parker, who was in attendance, Boston took on the challenge well, as she explained in the latest episode of their Post Moves podcast.

“They say don’t bring it down, but height don’t matter. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog. Cuz AB was just taking on the challenge.”

“I watched her come down, play textbook-like defense that you play. Like that you play in the little shell drill that you do ever since you’re 5 years old. I kind of watched that. That is actually insane,” Candace Parker told her co-host Aliyah Boston.

While Parker appreciated Boston’s attempts to stop Ziyu, there was one point in the game when the 19-year-old used her size advantage to perfection to create space and drill a jumper that left even the Fever star sightseeing in the second quarter.

Boston herself pitched in on the conversation, as she added a humorous aspect to her face-off with Ziyu. Boston told Parker that there were times when she felt helpless while trying to defend Ziyu and that it was certainly a unique experience facing the 19-year-old from China.

“I literally felt small when I walked on the court like she was walking on the court with me. I got on at the same time, and I was like, ‘Okay, okay.’ I mean, I’m actually with them.”

“I think it was actually comical because when she did catch the ball in the post, there was no possession. I tried to push her out, and she literally just turned and was like, ‘Right.’ And I was like, ‘Genuinely, there’s nothing I can do here.'”

“It’s like she misses, the ball comes off, she just grabs it. I’m like, ‘Why doesn’t she just throw the ball and then just get it and if she doesn’t like her shot instead of throwing it out?’ Yeah, there were so many things. That was insane,” The Fever star added.

Meanwhile, Team USA managed to comprehensively outscore China 94-61 in their opener, and Boston helped with seven points. Ziyu was China’s top scorer with 13 points and six rebounds, even though the basketball world was more interested in the 19-year-old’s height.

Boston’s er Indiana Fever teammate Caitlin Clark was also awestruck to have to play against the 7’4″ Ziyu. Clark is not the type of player to be left speechless, but even she addressed her shock during the postgame press conference, indirectly crediting Boston for her efforts to stop Ziyu.

“This was a different type of basketball game that I probably ever played in my entire life. I’ve never played against a woman of that size. She obviously presented some challenges for us, but you gotta give our post players a lot of credit,” Clark said while sitting alongside Team USA head coach Kara Lawson.

In fact, almost every USA star had a memorable moment with Ziyu. Angel Reese looked similarly dwarfed in front of the Chinese center, also battled her, and successfully blocked some crucial shots. Paige Bueckers, on the other hand, went viral on social media for literally measuring their height difference on the court.

Regardless, such unique face-offs are also experiences in the end that Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark must have learned a lot from, and they will be hoping it helps them during the upcoming WNBA playoffs.