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Chapter 369 14 Finals
Game start.

Yao Ming stood on the center line and won the offensive ball for the Chinese team in the first round with a light jump.

No way, the Japanese team's center Takeuchi Hanji is only 205cm tall. Standing with Yao Ming on the court is like an adult playing with a middle school student.

Liu Wei controlled the ball from the outside and pressed his hand again and again, signaling Dayao to sit inside.

The Japanese team was very smart to use the zone defense tactics of shrinking the basket. Zhongyue Cheng, who was defending Yao Ming, chose to defend in front of him, just to prevent Yao Ming from easily receiving the ball and launching an attack.

At the same time, there are two Japanese players on the left and right sides of Yao Ming standing in the defense position.

Liu Wei decisively passed the ball to Wang Shipeng on the weak side, and the Japanese team's shooting guard Zhong Yuecheng quickly pounced.

The Japanese team's defensive choice made a loophole in their defense against Yao Ming in the penalty area. Wang Shipeng saw the opportunity and decisively passed the ball in the direction of the loophole in Zhongyuecheng's departure.

Dayao carried the two people in front of him and caught the ball with one hand and went straight to the basket.

"The restricted area is empty!"

Yao Ming moved the Great Wall to explode the frame with one hand!

Yu Jia said with a smile: "It's not that the Japanese team didn't defend hard enough. Rao Qian's defense improves physical confrontation. This is the most effective defensive method used by opponents in the NBA and international competitions against Yao Ming."

"But the problem is that Takeuchi's handicap is too short. He is almost a head shorter than Yao on the court."

"With such a height gap, how do you let him limit Dayao?"

Su Qun nodded and strongly agreed with Yu Jia's statement.

As early as the London Olympics men's basketball group list was determined, everyone knew that the Chinese men's basketball team could not lose the game against the Japanese team.

In addition to the reason of the female family, the most important thing is that the two teams are too far apart in height and strength. The Chinese men's basketball team is truly the dominant position in Asia.

Switch offense.

The Japanese team's point guard Takuya Kawamura pushed forward and prepared to play the Chinese team with an unstable foothold.

But when he was laying up, Yi Jianlian followed from behind and gave him a pegboard cap.

"Yao Ming's movement speed is slow, but Yi Jianlian is the player with the best physical talent in the Chinese men's basketball team. He is also the player who helped the Chinese men's basketball team to defend the most in the London Olympics."

After the block, Yi Jianlian directly grabbed the rebound and made a half-court long pass.

Yao Ming hadn't caught up with the three-point line in the frontcourt. At this time, he changed from defense to offense. After receiving a pass from Yi Jianlian, he directly rushed into the empty basket.

boom!
Yao Mingman made a three-step layup.

next round.

When Yao Ming encountered a three-person double-team on the inside, he passed the ball to Yi Jianlian, who jumped into the air and dunked directly.

Liu Wei missed a three-pointer, and Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound and scored with a small hook under the basket.

Seeing Yao Ming's little hook, Su Qun almost burst out laughing.

"When Dayao was attacking with a ground hook, Takeuchi couldn't reach the ball no matter how much he jumped."

"Dayao is also a bad boy. Holding the ball in his hand, he watched Takeuchi jump several times in a row, and even signaled him to continue dancing with an encouraging face."

"It's just smelly and shameless."

Yi Jianlian then dribbled the ball and made a back-to-back turn, riding and buckling Takeuchi Kosuke with one hand.

Yu Jia said: "What's interesting is that the Japanese team's power forward Takeuchi Kosuke is 204cm tall, and Takeuchi is a twin brother."

"My elder brother is good at defense, and was blown away by Yao Ming. My younger brother is good at offense, and was dunked by Yi Jianlian."

"The two brothers were blown away by Dayao and Ah Lian."

After dunking, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming clapped to celebrate. The Chinese men's basketball team completely crushed the Japanese team on both offensive and defensive ends in the first quarter.

The first quarter is over.

The Chinese men's basketball team led by 31:20.

The second game.

Li took a look at the people on the bench who were eager to try, and directly replaced the full bench lineup with a big wave of his hand.

Guo Ailun, Sun Yue, Yi Li, Zhou Peng, Wang Zhizhi.

Guo Ailun seemed to be particularly active in playing against the Japanese team. He continued to show a large change of direction dribble on the outside, and then made a street ball move.

— flower arrangement.

Guo Ailun broke through and went straight to the basket and succeeded, and glanced at his right hand in disbelief.

Sun Yue contributed two big caps in a row, Yi Li played well in the mid-range shot, Zhou Peng scored from the basket, and Wang Zhizhi showed his dreamy footsteps against Takeuchi Kosuke.

Another round of slaughter.

The first half is over.

The Chinese team led with 60:42.

This game, which was supposed to make the London fans dizzy, aroused fierce applause from the Chinese fans accompanying the team.

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia said excitedly: "Go to the Chinese team!"

"Hit him, hit him Mad!"

In the second half of the game, Li Lai did not let the Chinese players act recklessly, and banned Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian from playing. At the same time, Wang Zhizhi was restricted in playing time in the second half of the game.

The playing time of all the main players has been more or less reduced.

"This is accumulating energy for the next finals."

"Coach Li Lai is always reassuring and satisfying."

"Let all the players play to teach the Japanese team a good lesson and vent their national hatred."

"It also ensures the rest time for the core players of the Chinese men's basketball team, so that they can recover as much as possible."

"Now it depends on when Coach Li Lai plans to close the game."

"The Japanese team really has no chance of winning against the Chinese men's basketball team."

Game four.

Zhang Zhaoxu and Ding Jinhui got a lot of time, and they did not disappoint their teammates by bullying the Japanese players.

Tebi is Zhang Zhaoxu. With a height of 221cm, he is nicknamed Xiaoyao Ming. Facing the Japanese team who are all over 2 meters tall, this height is almost crushing and hanging.

The duo's regular play drew wild towel-waving from the bench cheerleaders.

Yi Jianlian and Guo Ailun are both happy.

Guo Ailun made a pass against Takeuchi during a dunk, and knocked him to the floor.

When landing, Guo Ailun coincidentally landed on Takeuchi Rangji.

Guo Ailun opened his legs and looked at Takeuchi Jangji under his crotch. His national memory made him squat down, and pointed his index fingers at the other party, shouting.

"Welcome the Chinese team to Japan!"

At the end of the game, the Chinese team beat the Japanese team 126:80.

The 46-point difference has also become the largest point difference in the men's basketball game in the London Olympics, and it is also the largest net difference in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team against the Japanese team.

Exceeded the previous record of the largest winning points - 33 points!
After the game, the players of the Japanese team came to the Chinese team's bench to bow in a very humble way.

This almost massacre game completely shattered the confidence of the Japanese team and made them feel convinced of the Chinese men's basketball team.

The Japanese have always respected the strong.

Seeing this, Yi Jianlian couldn't help but said: "It's really a nation with low self-esteem to the bone."

Zhang Weiping finally found Li Lai, who was in a good mood, and hurried over with the cameraman.

"Coach Li Lai, the Chinese men's basketball team completely crushed the Japanese team in this game, and the Chinese team also confirmed their qualifications in advance as early as the last game."

"You know, the Chinese fans are very satisfied with the performance of the men's basketball team. Everyone is cheering. We played the toughest performance in history."

"What do you want to say about this?"

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia felt extremely sad at this time, and said, "Hey, if only I could become a reporter for the Chinese men's basketball team like Director Zhang."

"In this way, I can also watch the game live and report the game."

Su Qun said: "This is the first time Coach Li Lai has been interviewed since the London Olympics. Now he is in front of all audiences and fans across the country. Let us look forward to what he will say."

at this time.

All the fans in front of the TV were attentively waiting for Li Lai's speech, because in this group match, Li Lai led the Chinese men's basketball team to show tough style and tenacious strength which has been recognized by all fans.

Olympic Stadium.

Zhang Weiping nodded with a smile, Li Lai can say anything boldly, because Chinese fans are fans of him now, and they can accept and tolerate everything he said.

After thinking about it, Li Lai looked at the time and said, "I don't know if there is a midnight snack at this time in London. I'm going to take the coaching staff and players out to do team building."

April July.

The teams participating in the Olympic men's basketball final circle have been settled.

The teams that appear in the group are Russia, Australia, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, China, and the United States.

At the same time, the 1/4 finals schedule has been released.

China VS France, Argentina VS Brazil, Spain VS Russia, USA VS Australia.

Imperial College London, the Chinese men's basketball team was invited by the college to participate in their school team activities.

Because of the intensive Olympic games in the past few days, the players are already a little tired physically and mentally, so Li Lai did not arrange additional team training.

In addition to the necessary daily recovery training and shooting training.

At first, Guo Shiqiang didn't understand. The high-intensity confrontation of 8 days and 5 games had already made the players physically exhausted.

What's more, the Chinese team is one of the few teams in the London Olympics that is playing in the Twin Towers lineup. The physical exertion of inside players like Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian is even more serious.

But after hearing Li Lai's explanation, Guo Shiqiang immediately agreed with Li Lai's decision and praised it.

"At this time, the players are like springs under great pressure, both in body and state have reached the critical value."

"If you suddenly remove all the pressure at this point, the spring can bounce back immediately or even fail."

"So we can only relax the players appropriately, slightly reduce the pressure of the spring, and let the players adapt slowly."

This is why Li Lai did not announce the decision to cancel the abstinence after the group stage.

And Li Lai decided to use the original training time to let the players participate in the school team and signing activities of Imperial College London, because of this consideration.

Of course, there is a deeper reason that the French men's basketball team is strong and is the fourth seed in the London Olympics.

Li Lai doesn't want the Chinese team to have the pressure to make mistakes when facing the French team, and the best way to divert the pressure of the players is to divert attention.

When the Chinese players participated in the Imperial College London school team activities, Li Lai, Guo Shiqiang, Li Nan and Du Feng were thinking together how to face the next game against the French team.

8 month 8 day.

Olympic Stadium.

Before the start of the game, Yao Ming led the Chinese players to stand under the basket and raised their heads slightly to close their eyes. Yi Jianlian squeezed his hands tightly. Wang Zhizhi opened his eyes and looked at the looming Chinese fans in the stadium, and silently read a few words of the lyrics.

Even the trip to Imperial College London, which Li Lai specifically agreed to yesterday, still did not ease the pressure on the players.

Zhang Weiping reported to the camera on the spot: "Unfortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team closed the media interview channel, and did not hold routine pre-match meetings as usual."

"So we didn't get the first-hand information of the Chinese men's basketball team in this game, and we couldn't interview Dayao and Ah Lian."

"But it still can't stop our enthusiasm for cheering on the Chinese men's basketball team."

"Chinese athletes, keep going!"

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia said with a serious face: "The Chinese team has successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's basketball team in the London Olympics. At present, we have tied the best record in history."

"But whether it can create a miracle is still unknown."

"If the Chinese men's basketball team can win tonight's game, then it will definitely enter the top four. If they lose, they will have to fight for the rankings of 5-8."

Su Qun shook his head and said, "It's not easy to win today's game."

"First of all, the French team is a traditional European men's basketball team. There are also Nicolas Batum, Boris Diaw, Mike El-Galebela, Tony Parker, Ronnie Turiaf, Nando De Colo, Florent Pietrus, Kevin Seraphim."

"A total of 8 NBA players!"

"Among them, Tony Parker is also the FMVP of the NBA!"

Hearing Su Qun's evaluation of the French team, Yu Jia felt that it would be very difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to pass the game tonight.

Because the French team is too strong, it is not comparable to the Chinese men's basketball team.

Whether it is competition experience or the strength of the players in the team, they are worthy of the No. 4 seed in the Olympic Games.

Yu Jia couldn't help but sighed and said, "Let's pray for the Chinese men's basketball team and come on."

on the field.

Dio cheerfully walked towards Li Lai, wanting to say hello to his coach.

After all, being able to continue to shine in the NBA and give full play to his abilities, Li Lai gave Dior a lot of help and tactical support.

Moreover, the relationship between the two was already good. In fact, Li Lai had a good relationship with the Hornets. They all respected the young coach.

Zhu Fangyu looked at Dio who was running towards him, and blocked him directly.

"Boy, did you go to the wrong place?"

Dio raised his hand and pointed in Li Lai's direction and said, "My coach is there, I want to go over and say hello to him."

Zhu Fangyu refused politely and said, "That's my coach! Come on, let's get close."

Seeing more and more Chinese players gather, Li Lai was still discussing something with his coaching staff, and didn't look this way at all.

Dior spread his hands out of self-indulgence, determined to give the Chinese team some color in the next game.

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

Team China: point guard Liu Wei, shooting guard Wang Shipeng, small forward Zhu Fangyu, power forward Yi Jianlian and center Yao Ming.

France: Point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Mikel Gallebela, small forward Nicolas Batum, power forward Boris Diaw and center Ronnie Turiaf.

(End of this chapter)