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Chapter 366 The best grade
Post-match interview.

The head coach of the Australian team, Gore, complained very angrily: "I want to report to FIBA!"

"The Chinese men's basketball team has made a very unfriendly move in the international arena. Is this playing football or hitting people?"

"Bogut suffered contusions and lacerations on the lower part of the knee because of Zhu Fangyu of the Chinese team, and even that part has been unable to stand up. This will seriously affect Bogut's future sleep life."

"More importantly, this vicious violation by the Chinese team caused Bogut to suffer from a mental illness. He dared not go on the court! And he also suffered from incontinence!"

At the same time, the Chinese team's post-match press conference.

A reporter relayed what Coach Gore said at the Australia team press conference on the other side.

Li Lai chuckled and said, "Ask the FIBA? I sincerely suggest that Coach Gore do this."

"Bogut once raped Pau Gasol in the NBA. That crime caused him to rupture his Achilles tendon, fracture his knee, and lose his head."

"Obviously, the same thing happened at international level this time around."

"Bogut criminal Zhu Fangyu caused contusions, lacerations, incontinence and mental illness on his lower parts."

"I believe that Zhu Fangyu must not have done it intentionally. The Chinese men's basketball team has always been highly praised for its style of play in international competitions."

Zhu Fangyu, who followed Li Lai to attend the press conference, nodded and agreed with Li Lai's statement, while also revealing some small details on the court.

Zhu Fangyu said: "At that time Bogut said to Dayao: Hey, Yao Ming, can you beat me out of the shit."

"It's a pity that Dayao was soon replaced by the coach, but he also told me: I have never heard such a request in my life, Zhu Fangyu, you must meet Bogut's request later, and carry forward the Chinese men's basketball team in China. Friendliness in the international arena."

"So, there is the picture you see next."

"I originally thought that Bogut had a gold bell shield to protect his lower body, and an iron shirt to protect his chrysanthemum, so I dared to say such a thing."

"But obviously he didn't, or he hasn't mastered these two skills yet. I am here to invite Bogut to study in China. Our fans will be very happy and treat this old six well."

这场比赛，姚名18分8篮板2助攻4盖帽，易键联21分7篮板4助攻，王治郅16分5篮板，三人是中国男篮能够赢下比赛的最大功臣。

At the same time, Guo Ailun played well, with 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and succeeded in breaking through Mills 4 times.

Later, Wang Fei and Gong Luming rushed to Li Lai's office, and the basketball team asked about the Bogut incident of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Li Lai bluntly told the truth directly.

Both Wang Fei and Gong Luming grinned and secretly thought that Li Lai was not tactful enough, he could just say a few words to deal with this kind of thing, why bother to say it.

Besides, how did the basketball team know what happened if they didn't personally experience the scene.

Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan also looked at Li Lai in surprise, admiring Li Lai's courage.

But the basketball side seemed to have never expected Li Lai to answer truthfully, and didn't know how to speak for a long time.

The next day.

The Chinese basketball team on the other side of the ocean expressed their support for the Chinese men's basketball team who went out to play. They first expressed their apology and condolences to Bogut, and sincerely invited him to come to China to learn the golden bell and iron shirt. will welcome him warmly.

At the same time, the basketball team said that the Chinese men's basketball team has always taken international friendly exchanges as the first purpose of going abroad, so there must be no malicious and hurtful actions. Zhu Fangyu is a well-known good old man among Chinese players, and he will not do such a thing. thing.

London.

Still lying on the hospital bed, Bogut cried like hell.

"Is Zhu Fangyu a good guy? Well, your sister is good! He clenched his fist several times and wanted to hit me. He is simply a big villain."

Soon, FIBA ​​investigated the matter.

The result of the adjustment is that the Australian team made a total of eleven vicious fouls against the Chinese team, of which seven were called ordinary fouls and four were not called for fouls.

There was a total of criminals in the Chinese team, that is, the time Zhu Fangyu played against Bogut. In addition, the technical foul encountered by coach Li Lai is also debatable.

In the end, all the referees who participated in the whistling were suspended to accept the transfer from the International Olympic Committee.

After the Chinese men's basketball team received the support of the Basketball Association and the fair treatment of the International Olympic Committee, the confidence of the players soared and they were extremely excited.

This is the second time that the Chinese men's basketball team has stood up in the international arena.

The last time was the China-Pakistan gang fight in 10 years.

But the results of the two incidents were completely different.

7 month 31 day.

The Chinese men's basketball team played against the Russian team.

This is the second time that Li Lai and the head coach of the Russian team, David Blatter, have played against each other.

The Russian team's starting lineup has been adjusted slightly: point guard Bonkarashov, shooting guard Alex Sheved, small forward Kyliapa, power forward Kirilenko and center Sasha Cowan.

"In order to curb the inside advantage of the Chinese men's basketball team, the Russian team chose to lower the height and mention Kirilenko to the power forward position."

"At the same time, Sasha Cowan in the paint is a more flexible defender than Mozgov the Great Pyrenees."

"The Russian team is playing a flexible lineup."

Guo Shiqiang looked at Li Lai worriedly and said.

Li Nan said: "The head coach of the Russian team, David Blatter, is indeed a very good head coach. They knew it very well when they played against us in the Stankovic Cup."

"Forcibly using the big white bear Mozkov to limit the performance of Chinese inside players is simply unrealistic."

"Because coaches have so many ways to deal with their defense."

Du Feng nodded. He was very aware of Li Lai's offensive attainments and deployment capabilities. In fact, the offensive level of the Chinese men's basketball team in this year's Sri Lanka Cup and the Olympics has already risen to the historical level of the Chinese men's basketball team.

In particular, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi's twin-tower lineup is almost invincible on the court and has no rivals until now.

"David Blatt has already seen our offensive ability, so he will do the opposite and not play defense but attack!"

"The Russian team also has such background and confidence. After all, they are extremely good in lineup depth. In addition, many of their powerful players in the Olympic Games have returned one after another."

"The current Russian team is stronger than it was in the Sri Lankan Cup."

Li Lai also felt the pressure brought by the Russian team in this game. In fact, he never underestimated David Blatt.

This feeling was especially evident after the last Sri Lanka Cup match.

Because the defense of the Chinese men's basketball team is not good, Li Lai immediately chose to adjust offensive tactics instead of defense when he took over the Chinese men's basketball team from the very beginning.

Of course, if you want to break into the quarterfinals in the Olympic Games, it is obviously not feasible to just attack and not defend. That's why Li Lai decided to use the game as a substitute for training, and let the Chinese men's basketball team hone their defense in the Sri Lankan Cup.

In the previous match with the Australian team, the Chinese team also showed a good defensive ability, but the Australian team is not a strong offensive team.

Compared with strong offensive teams such as Spain, Argentina and the American Dream Team, the Australian team has been based on defense in international leagues for decades.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Chinese team's defense is not particularly strong, and it is even a bit rough on average.

Because of the Russian team's sudden change of style of play, Li Lai could only try his best to give the Chinese team better opportunities to attack.

Under the guidance of Li Lai, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu shot more resolutely and effectively from beyond the three-point line. The two became the X factor in the competition between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Russian team.

Yao Ming is invincible in the interior, but suffers from the Russian team's zone defense and unlimited double-teaming. Because of the opponent's flexible lineup, every time Yao Ming passes the ball out, the Russian team's defensive players can always quickly catch up.

Such a defensive strategy has greatly reduced Yao Ming's offensive efficiency.

Yi Jianlian stood up decisively at this time, and Kirilenko succeeded in consecutive outside singles with the ball.

But Kirilenko's defense is very good. After Yi Jianlian succeeded many times, he adopted a defensive strategy of blocking the breakthrough route closely and his teammates assisting in defense.

Easy-to-link is also blocked.

Li Lai urgently deployed Liu Wei and Guo Ailun's breakthrough tactics, hoping to break through the Russian team's zone defense.

The two played well, but the Russian team would rather not double-team them than have their own defensive system cut to pieces.

Finally the game is over.

The Chinese team lost the game 98:104.

After the game, David Blatt shook hands with Li Lai in a false alarm.

"It was almost broken by your defender's breakthrough tactics. Fortunately, the Russian team persisted until the end."

Li Lai said with great regret: "It's a pity that Guo Ailun's finishing ability is not good enough, otherwise the Russian team would not dare to let him play like this."

"In two years, the Chinese team will no longer be afraid of the Russian team."

Seeing Li Lai say these words so confidently, David Bratt couldn't help giving Li Lai a higher look.

The opponent is not only focusing on the present, but also has a far-sighted layout for the future, training the young players of the Chinese men's basketball team. Li Lai is really a very qualified head coach.

After this battle, the Russian team and the Brazilian team temporarily ranked first and second in the group with two wins.

The Chinese team and the Australian team ranked third and fourth in the group with one win and one loss respectively. Because of the net difference and game advantage, the Chinese team ranked ahead of the Australian team. Team.

After the match with the Russian team, Li Lai held a special meeting with the coaching staff, and Gong Luming and Wang Fei went together.

"There are three games left in the group stage. The Russian team and the Brazilian team are almost certain to advance. Judging from the current situation, we and the Australian team are competitors for the third direct qualifying place."

"Fortunately, we beat them in the matchup, and we also led by 3 points in terms of goal difference."

"The next contest with the British team is very important. If we win this game and win the game with a larger score, we will have a high probability of qualifying."

Li said his next game plan.

The British team is not in good shape in this London Olympics, so they can fight hard in the next game.

As long as the British team is defeated, the Chinese men's basketball team will be in a good position to qualify.

Of course, there are two more games for the Chinese men's basketball team, against Brazil and Japan.

The Brazilian team is extremely strong, and Li Lai can't guarantee that he will be able to lead the Chinese team to defeat them, but the next Japanese team can make whatever they want.

This is also what Li Lai thinks is the most unreasonable game to lose in this round of group matches.

In this way, the Chinese team has a high probability of becoming No.8 in the group with three wins and two losses and 3 points. Even if they are unfortunately ranked fourth, they will be overtaken by other teams.

The Chinese team also has a high probability of becoming the seventh and No.8 of the overall team, and the qualifying form is extremely optimistic.

In order to accomplish this goal, and because the Chinese men's basketball team lost today's extremely critical game, Li Lai formulated a new defensive tactic and gave the players new defensive instructions.

8 month 2 day.

CCTV commentary desk.

"What does Director Su think of the Chinese men's basketball team's game today?"

Yu Jia said curiously.

Su Qun, who was asked this question, said calmly, "It's an important match."

"The Australian team and the Russian team that the Chinese team encountered in the first two games are both excellent teams. If the Chinese men's basketball team wants to qualify, then the Australian team, the Russian team, and the Brazilian team must win one team. OK."

"The good thing is that we achieved this goal in the first game, and the Chinese men's basketball team has more room to maneuver. Compared with previous years, the qualifying situation is very good."

"Today is the match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the host British team. First of all, the fan atmosphere will definitely be on the side of the British team."

"But there is good news that the British team did not perform well in this London Olympics, which is an advantage that the Chinese men's basketball team can take advantage of."

"If the Chinese men's basketball team can win today's game, the probability of qualifying is too high."

Olympic Park Stadium.

Zhang Weiping was in the middle of a live connection with CCTV. When Su Qun said that the fan atmosphere in the arena would definitely be on the side of the British team, Mandarin suddenly rang out throughout the Olympic Park arena.

"Chinese team!"

"come on!"

"Chinese team!"

"come on!"

Zhang Weiping smiled and motioned the camera to focus on the Chinese fans at the scene, so that audiences across the country could see them.

They all have national chess printed on their faces, and they are waving national chess in their hands. A large banner in the middle reads: Chinese Men's Basketball Chinese Dream.

Several young fans happily greeted the camera and shouted: "Yao Ming Niubi! Yi Jianlian Niubi Plus!"

The big screen at the scene quickly displayed the starting lineups of the two teams.

The Chinese team starts regularly.

England's starting lineup: point guard Nat Reynkin, shooting guard Luol Deng, small forward Popos Monsa Bonsu, power forward Andrew Sullivan and center Joel Freeland.

After seeing the starting lineup of the British team, Guo Shiqiang said to Li very nervously.

"This is not the regular starting lineup of the British team. In the first two games they played with a double-tower lineup, but tonight they used a small lineup."

Li Nan reminded: "The British team is learning from the Russian team's way of defeating the Chinese team in the last game, so they deliberately lowered their altitude and then fought against the Chinese team."

"It is worth mentioning that the British team has three strikers, Luol Deng, Popos Monsa Bonsu and Andrew Sullivan."

"Whether it is impact or scoring ability, it is a big threat to the Chinese men's basketball team."

"Luol Deng is also a two-time All-Star player in the NBA. He is strong, especially in defense and three-pointers."

Du Feng looked at the data sheet in his hand and said: "The British team lost to the Russian team 88-95 in the first match of the group stage, and unfortunately lost to the Brazilian team 62-67."

"They regrettably lost the two games with a very small point difference. The British team's state in this Olympic Games is indeed not very good, but it does not mean that they are not strong."

All three looked at Li Lai at this moment and hoped that he could come up with some solutions. After all, the Chinese team did lose to the small Russian team in the last game.

If this game loses to the British team in the same way, the prospect of the Chinese men's basketball team in this trip to the London Olympics will be very worrying.

More importantly, losing two consecutive games to a small lineup with reduced height is a very heavy blow to the Chinese men's basketball team.

If a solution cannot be found as soon as possible, it will be a time bomb for the future games of the Chinese men's basketball team. Whoever plays the Chinese team must use a small lineup to explode.

At this moment, Guo Shiqiang suddenly remembered what Li Lai said to him before.

The whole world is playing fast. Although the best style of play for the Chinese men's basketball team is the two-tower lineup, they will inevitably follow the same path in the future. Only in this way can they keep up with the trend and rhythm of basketball.

"Go to the first and fourth elementary schools!" Li Lai made a decision at this time.

Only 3 minutes into the game, the Chinese team applied for a substitution.

Li Lai replaced Yi Jianlian and replaced Sun Yue, who had an advantage in height.

In this way, the lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team has become Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and Yao Ming.

Yao Ming took the ball inside, and the British team imitated the Russian team and used zone defense tactics. Small forward Popos Monsa-Bonsu and power forward Andrew Sullivan shrunk to the basket, forming a triangle with center Joel Freeland. Yao Ming is bound to be completely locked in a small space.

Yao Ming immediately passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu who was open on the outside line, and Luo Er Deng quickly rotated and defended in front of Zhu Fangyu.

This is Luol Deng's defensive ability and the key reason why the British team dared to play zone defense. They have a very good defender on the outside.

Zhu Fangyu immediately transferred the ball to Wang Shipeng, and the British team's point guard Nat Reynkin rotated again. At the same time, Popos Monsa Bonsu, who participated in the double-team inside, quickly moved back to the defensive position.

"The rotation defense of the British team is really beautiful."

But at this time, an extremely unexpected scene happened on the court. After receiving the ball, Wang Shipeng immediately passed the ball back to Dayao in the penalty area.

Facing the defense of the two at this time, Yao Ming went to the basket without hesitation.

boom!
The little giant blew up the frame with one hand.

"This ball Dapeng is really clever!"

Yu Jia couldn't help but praise and said.

On the court, Wang Shipeng raised his finger and pointed at Yao Ming, indicating that the opponent played decisively in this attack.

Yao Ming also nodded to Wang Shipeng to indicate that the next ball can be played like this.

Su Qun pointed out the scene that no one had seen just now and said: "There is a reason why the Chinese team has taken Sun Yue to play the first and fourth juniors at this time."

"In the Sri Lanka Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team also experimented with one team and four teams, but at that time it was not Sun Yue who took the field."

"The reason is that Sun Yue's defense in the penalty area is not good. Facing offensive players who are heavier than him, his running and jumping ability cannot be fully utilized."

"But the British team is different."

"Their insider, Joel Freeland, is an NBA player who is currently playing for the Trail Blazers. He is a mid-range shooting center with poor face-to-frame and post-up skills."

"So it's too far away for him to defend Yao Ming. It's completely indiscriminate singles, so the British team must use double teams."

"They originally thought that Luol Deng was a very good defensive pioneer, who could well limit the Chinese team's outside offense and rotate in place."

"But the coaching staff of the Chinese team clearly predicted this in advance."

Yu Jia nodded repeatedly while listening, but still didn't hear the key information he wanted.

He said: "Director Su, what does this have to do with the Chinese men's basketball team picking up Sun Yue at this time?"

Su Qun smiled and said, "Sun Yue has to be taken. Just now when Dayao attacked the ball, Sun Yue immediately rushed to the basket and was ready to grab the offensive rebound at any time."

"It's just that Yao made a one-on-two shot."

"Sun Yue's strength lies in his running and jumping ability. His ability to punch the board and return to defense to limit the counterattack is the strongest in the Chinese team."

"Sun Yue's defense at this point is better than that of the United Arab Emirates. After all, Sun Yue can return to the defense after grabbing the offensive rebound, but the United Arab Emirates can't."

Yu Jia nodded again and again, secretly thinking that every substitution adjustment of the Chinese men's basketball team was extremely thoughtful and painstaking, which was very difficult to see in the past international competitions of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Guo Shiqiang couldn't help but glance at Li Lai at this moment.

If he heard Su Qun's comment, he would probably nod and then shake his head again and again.

"If Coach Li Lai really only has these considerations, he may not be able to become a champion coach in the NBA. The focus of this substitution adjustment is on Ah Lian."

The first quarter is over.

The Chinese team tied with the British team at 26:26.

The British coaching bench, assistant coach Nick Nurse frowned at this time.

Because the British team failed to rely on the team change to lead the Chinese team in the first quarter, in his opinion, this may become the fuse of the next disaster.

Nick Nurse couldn't help looking at the head coach of the British team Nate Reinking very worriedly at this time, wanting to remind him.

Nate Reinkin looked at the scoreboard and said with great satisfaction: "Seeing that there is no Nurse, our transformation has achieved results, and the Chinese men's basketball team failed to lead in the first quarter."

Nick Nurse couldn't help but said: "But Yi Jianlian also took a lot of rest, and he will most likely lead the next second team."

"And we played three strikers in the first quarter, and then our strikers will only be able to play defenders. How to defend Yi Jianlian will become a big problem."

Nate Reinkin waved his hands again and again and said without hesitation: "Yi Jianlian is no better than Yao Ming. Yao Ming is the number one center in the NBA. Yi Jianlian has only been in the NBA All-Star once."

"As long as Yao Ming is restricted from leading the team in the first quarter, we will definitely win today's game."

The second quarter begins.

Chinese team lineup: Guo Ailun, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Li, Ding Jinhui and Yi Jianlian.

"The Chinese team has four strikers?"

Seeing the lineup that the Chinese team suddenly brought up in the second quarter, Nate Reinkin was completely stunned.

The British team played three strikers in the first quarter, and the Chinese team was even more exaggerated to play four.

There is no doubt that so many strikers on the Chinese team naturally have to play fast, otherwise Yi Jianlian would not be mentioned as a center forward.

But now that the three strikers of the British team have rested, how can they keep up with the height and impact of the Chinese men's basketball team at this time?

More importantly, after taking the flexible center Joel Freeland in the first quarter, now the British men's basketball team has only two twin-tower centers left. How can this defend the flexible lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team at this time? !
on the field.

Yi Jianlian played the 212cm big center Robert Azibad of the British team on the list of outside points. He first played Robert Azibad with a super long color from beyond the three-point line, and then broke through and reached the basket with a one-armed dunk.

The British team then missed the attack, and the Chinese team fought back frantically.

Guo Ailun hit the ground and smashed the ball, Zhu Fangyu rushed into the air and made a layup.

The Chinese team took advantage of the situation and played a wave of 11:0 offensive high slot!
Yu Jia couldn't help cheering excitedly and said: "The British team wants to play a small lineup to bully the Chinese men's basketball team, but in fact he forgot that the head coach of the Chinese team, Li Lai, is the ancestor of the small lineup!"

"Now the world's small ball wave is rising because of him. Your head coach of the British team, Nate Reinking, is playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong. It's not like lifting a stone to hit yourself in the foot."

Su Qun couldn't help laughing from the sidelines. Yu Jia's words were not rough. The British men's basketball team wanted to learn from the Russian team, but their lineup didn't have such reserves at all.

Now, the Chinese men's basketball team has a great chance of winning today's game.

Nate Reinkin immediately called a timeout and took his own three-forward lineup in advance to limit the Chinese team's four-forward lineup.

But his move once again fell into the trap of Li Lai, because the three forwards of the British team Luol Deng, Popos Monsa-Bonsu and Andrew Sullivan did not have enough rest, and physical problems became a big problem. The influence of the game also planted hidden dangers for the later period of this game.

Because the small lineup is precisely the physical fitness of the players.

So at this time Li Lai did not hesitate to replace Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi's twin tower lineup.

On the offensive end, the British team couldn't run anymore. On the defensive end, they were hammered by insiders Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming. The British men's basketball team fell behind by a large score at the end of the third quarter.

Finally the game is over.

The Chinese men's basketball team won the game 102:91 and successfully won this crucial victory.

Across the ocean.

Chinese fans were extremely excited and even crazy after witnessing the victory of this game.

"11 point differential! Huge lead."

"As long as the Chinese men's basketball team can win another game in the future, they will almost surely reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games."

"This equals the best result in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team!"

"No! We are going to create a miracle in this year's Olympic Games!"

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