Chapter 460(1/2)
The second quarter was in full swing, and the Chinese men's basketball team was always in the lead. Although the advantage of leading was extremely weak and it never exceeded five points, it was enough to keep the lead.
Even the most optimistic Chinese fans before the game would never have expected that the Chinese men's basketball team would win the American Dream Team in half.
This is completely unimaginable. Such a powerful dream team can almost be said to be the second strongest team in Olympic history. It actually lost to the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yi Dun in half.
Yi Dun's half-time data is not outstanding, but the data in this game absolutely cannot reflect Yi Dun's value.
Without Yi Dun's restraint, how could Chinese outside players find so many empty spaces on their mobile phones?
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On the bench, except Yi Dun, other players were breathing heavily, and the high-intensity game in the half-time made them very tired.
Although Yi Dun was restrained, they still had to run wildly to find empty spaces, which consumed a lot of their physical fitness, especially Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. After the half-time game, they seemed to be unable to hold on.
Physical fitness is a big challenge for Chinese players now. If they can't keep up with their physical fitness, they may not be able to guarantee the shooting rate of open shots.
After a brief halftime break, the game resumed.
As time goes by, Yi Dun could clearly feel that his teammates were having difficulty playing. There was no way, so he could only ask Deng Huade on the sidelines to call a timeout for a substitution.
It’s not like there are no players on the bench with good three-pointers, but there is definitely a gap between these four people on the court.
By the end of the third quarter, the US team had already surpassed the score and led by five points with a score of 87:82.
Yi Dun looked helpless. The more the problem of weak lineup went to the later stage of the game, the more obvious it was exposed.
The American men's basketball team can change players as they please, ensuring that every player has sufficient physical fitness on the court. After all, no matter who appears on the court, these players have the strength to crush their opponents in the matchup.
But the Chinese men's basketball team is not good, and the lineup is too poor.
With the last quarter left, Chinese fans are still acceptable to the current situation. Although their home team is behind, it is already difficult to get to this point.
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At the beginning of the fourth quarter, just when everyone thought that the US team would take advantage of the victory and directly make the game unsurprising, an unexpected situation happened.
In this quarter, American players seemed to be drunk, and their shooting percentage was simply awkward. They didn't shoot anyway. Not only did they happen to a certain player, but all the players on the court lost their accuracy.
Even the strongest star will inevitably be inaccurate. A powerful basketball god like Jordan has a shooting percentage of only 11% in two games in his career, and he also has a poor performance of 12 of 36 shots in a single game.
However, it is rare for players on the court to collectively bereave the fire, which is undoubtedly a big gift to the Chinese men's basketball team.
Now the game has reached the fourth quarter, and the physical fitness of several Chinese men's basketball players is almost at its limit, but the overall scoring efficiency is still higher than that of the American men's basketball team.
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Coach K had no choice but to call a timeout, and there were only the last five minutes left before the end of the game. Now the Chinese men's basketball team is leading by two points. He must make some changes to the lineup on the court.
The suspension ended and both sides returned to the field.
Yi Dun saw that Team USA put James on the court, and he could roughly guess the plan of Team USA, which was nothing more than using breakthroughs to create points.
James did not play in this game for too long. The protagonist of the first three quarters tonight was Durant. Durant has already scored more than 30 points, ranking highest in the game.
"Yi Dun, be at ease, the opponent should start to play the inside line." Yi Jianlian whispered beside Yi Dun.
Yi Dun nodded, "Don't worry, they can't call in."
In the offensive round of the United States, as Yidun guessed, Deron Williams passed the ball to James, and after helping with a pick-and-roll, James directly held the ball and rushed towards the basket.
Yidun stuck Chandler behind him and watched James rush towards him.
After passing the free throw line, James started to start three steps, which was a bright attitude of scoring on Yi Dun's head.
After James stepped into the reasonable collision zone and took off, Yi Dun took off and the two fought head-on in the air.
Looking at this scene, Yi Dun, who is only 1.9 meters tall, is much smaller than James, but the end of this confrontation ended with Yi Dun's complete victory.
Before James could take action, he lost his balance in the air and fell to the ground.
It is hard to say whether James is the strongest person in the NBA, but he is the strongest active outside player in his NBA, and he will undoubtedly find no fault in this.
However, such a strong player seemed to be muddy in front of Yi Dun, and did not pose any threat to Yi Dun at all. Even after Yi Dun landed, he could quickly stabilize his body and pick up the ball thrown by James.
Old Coach K on the sidelines sighed. Although he knew that James would be defeated in front of Yi Dun, he still wanted to give it a try. If James really could break through Yi Dun's defense line, then this game would be easy.
The result was that the old coach K was extremely disappointed. The strongest outside player in the current NBA was not enough to watch in front of Yi Dun.
Lao K is actually a little lucky, and fortunately Yi Dun is very short. If Yi Dun keeps his current physical fitness and has the same height as Yao Ming, then it is certain that Yi Dun can beat the American Dream Team alone.
Because it was a collision in the reasonable collision zone, the referee did not blew the whistle. After Yi Dun got the ball, he led his teammates to start a counterattack.
When the ball arrived at the frontcourt, Yi Dun made a dunk on Love's head while Chandler had not yet fallen.
Love's expression was a little embarrassed. He didn't know that Yi Dun had made up his mind to join the Timberwolves. Maybe he came to find Yi Dun before, and he didn't have much hope.
The Timberwolves really have no advantage over other teams, and Love doesn't think Yi Dun will have any interest in the Timberwolves.
With Yi Dun's dunk, the Chinese men's basketball team's bench directly ignited. Less than five minutes left before the end of the game, and now the Chinese men's basketball team is still four points ahead!
This situation shocked fans all over the world. They could never have thought that the Chinese men's basketball team, which had not had much presence in the Olympics, could actually force the American Dream Team to such a desperate situation.
Turning around, James definitely dared not to break through Yi Dun again this time. As long as he is not a fool, he will definitely clearly recognize Yi Dun's horror.
Just when everyone was silent, Anthony stood up and decisively took over the team's offensive banner.
In this Dream Ten team lineup, Anthony is definitely not the one with the greatest strength and fame. His career has been around for almost ten years. With such a long career, he has never received any decent honors.
The most glorious moment is probably when his partner Billups made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2008-09, but he lost to the Lakers who won the championship that year.
In addition, Anthony only has one scoring champion and one best second team to play.
But it was such a player who could immediately burst out with dazzling energy as soon as he arrived at the stage of the World Championships.
In the previous game against Nigeria, Anthony only made a 14-minute appearance, but scored an astonishing 37 points, with an extremely terrifying offensive efficiency.
Durant was in control of the game in the first three quarters tonight. After Durant was silent, Anthony immediately stood up.
With a back shot, a three-pointer, a pick-and-roll three-pointer, and a pick-and-roll emergency stop, Anthony showed various offensive methods. In just less than three minutes, he scored ten consecutively and directly led the US men's basketball team to overtake and score.
Yi Dun was a little crazy when he saw it, but he had no choice. Anthony's outbreak could not be blamed for Sun Yue, who faced Anthony.
Sun Yue has actually done a great job in this game. He has scored 20 points and is desperate enough to defend the defense. However, it is definitely unrealistic to expect Sun Yue to completely defend Anthony.
If Sun Yue can really defend Anthony to death, the Lakers would not have given up on Sun Yue.
Being able to defend Anthony is enough to prove that this player has the best outside defense in the league. Even if such a player has a trash in offensive ability, he can definitely have a foothold in the NBA.
The best example is probably the player Tony Allen. Although his offensive ability cannot be said to be rubbish, it is not much better. However, with his strong outside defense ability, countless teams are willing to offer him a middle class or above contract.
If Sun Yue had such defensive ability, Yi Dun wouldn't have to worry about that much.
With less than two minutes left before the end of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team still had two chances of timeouts, so they called a timeout to give the players a little rest.
Now Yi Dun is so envious of those players with excellent shooting ability. If he also has excellent shooting ability, he would definitely not be so passive in the game.
But thinking about how I guess I would never want to make an excellent basket in my life, Yi Dun could only sigh secretly.
The bench for the US men's basketball team is now silent, and the players have tasted the tension for the first time in this Olympics.
Although they are in the lead now, they are only four points ahead, and no one can guarantee that there will be no surprises in the remaining game time.
Once you lose, this Dream Ten team will be completely finished and they will completely lose hope of winning the gold.
If you return to China, what is waiting for them will definitely be the subject of thousands of people.
The Chinese men's basketball team is not much better, and they are also extremely nervous. Although they are behind now, they are not the kind of backwardness that cannot be caught. They still have hope of winning, but this requires them to come up with the best form in the next time.
Just when all the players were extremely nervous, coach K breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't be too nervous, we won this game." Coach K said to the American player in a confident tone.
The players looked at each other, and they didn't know what Lao K was confident of saying this.
"Do you still remember the Yi Dun information we got before? You won't forget his free throw, right?" Lao K said slowly.
The players were stunned. How could they not know what Lao K meant? Lao K was going to use the shark-cutting tactic against Yi Dun.
These NBA stars now feel a sense of shame. They never expected that on the Olympic stage, they were forced to use despicable means such as shark chopping tactics.
Of course, tactics are definitely not distinguished from noble or inferior. As long as you can win, it is a good tactic.
But in the eyes of fans, the shark-cutting tactic is a relatively despicable tactic, which is a tactic that is only used when conventional tactics cannot be effective.
The American men's basketball team has never used this tactic against any opponent in their Olympic history. Unexpectedly, Yi Dun became the first person to take the lead.
Now the players of the Dream Team generally understand why Lao K said that they were sure to win and used the shark-cutting tactic. If they didn't win, then they might be shameless to return to the United States.
There is no need for Lao K to arrange specific tactics. The players on the field are clear in their minds. They are too familiar with the shark-cutting tactics and are too clear when the opportunity to send Yi Dun to the free throw line.
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The game continued, and the players from both sides returned to the court, Yi Dun and the four shooters all came on the court, preparing to have a final battle with the American men's basketball team.
Yi Dun looked at the time, and there was still the last 1 minute and 43 seconds left before the end of the game.
In the offensive round of the United States, Anthony was still attacking, and the failure to score this goal made Yi Dun happy.
At this last moment, as long as any team fails to score, it may affect the final result of the game.
After Yi Dun grabbed the rebound, he started to counterattack. If he won this offensive round, they would only fall behind the last two points.
When Sun Yue took the ball and arrived at the frontcourt, Yi Dun immediately felt something was wrong and did not use the double-team tactic on himself?
To be continued...