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Chapter 371 My Yao Ming's Responsibility
CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia sighed again and again, "I still can't beat the French team."

"No way, the French team's players are really too strong, let's not talk about Tony Parker, who is a killer in the international arena."

"Nicolas Batum, Boris Diaw, Mikel Gallebera, Ronnie Turiaf, Nando de Colo, Florent Pietrus, Kevin- Seraphim, wait."

"The French team has eight players at the NBA level, and that's their natural advantage over us."

Su Qun nodded again and again, agreeing with Yu Jia's words very much.

In the final analysis, the Chinese team has been relying on Dayao and Ah Lian to support the team's progress.

So far, Yao Ming has averaged 19 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block per game, ranking fourth in the London Olympics player rankings in terms of scoring average.

Yi Jianlian averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks per game. He is currently the third player to average a double-double in the London Olympics.

In addition, no player on the Chinese team averaged double figures per game.

Wang Shipeng averaged 9 points per game, Wang Zhizhi averaged 9 points per game, and Zhu Fangyu averaged 9 points per game.
now.

Countless Chinese fans who were anxiously watching the game were extremely disappointed after hearing the comments of the two commentators on CCTV.

Because as long as the Chinese team wins this game, they will be able to reach the 1/2 finals, and at the same time, they will definitely rank 1-4 in the London Olympics.

What a great honor this is, and what all Chinese basketball fans dream of seeing.

but now.
"The Chinese men's basketball team will always be like this. As long as they successfully reach the top 8, they will definitely lose in the next game."

"Hey, there's no way around it. We have two towers, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, but we're not very strong in terms of perimeter players."

"How many Asian players can make a name for themselves in the NBA are outsiders? Even if they can go to the NBA, most of them just look at the drinking fountains."

"That's right, during this trip to the London Olympics, coach Li Lai has been emphasizing the inside line of Dayao, Ah Lian, and general offense. Outside players, only two sharpshooters Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng participated in the offensive task. In addition, Guo Ailun's responsibilities It is a stalking defensive task, and occasionally he will try to break through when he catches an opponent's weakness, Sun Yue also participates in the perimeter defense task by relying on his height, and in singles rounds he can only bully Brazil's Raul Neto."

"This brother can see it clearly. To be honest, Chinese players, especially outside players, need to improve their pass control ability."

"This is why the same regional players who do not rely on physical advantages, but European non-inside players can make a name for themselves in the NBA. Peja Stojakovic, Tony Parker, Drazen Petrovich."

The coach of the Chinese team.

Li Lai took a long breath with the tactical board in his hand, the thing he was worried about happened.

The Chinese team is still 10 points ahead of the French team. If they continue to play like this, they may really lose the game.

Because in terms of scoring explosiveness, the Twin Towers lineup will never be comparable to the small lineup.

"Guys, the game has gotten to where it is and there's only one option in front of us."

Li Lai looked at everyone and said.

Yao Ming wiped the sweat off his face, sat on the bench and looked at Li Lai seriously.

He knew that it was very likely that the Chinese team would have a hard time winning this game.

It is often easier for players to experience the oppressive force and offensive ability of the opposing team on the court.

Because of the small lineup of the French team, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian were targeted by the opponent.

When facing Tony Parker's breakthrough, neither Yao Ming nor Yi Jianlian could defend the opponent at all. The Chinese team was forced to double-team, but Tony Parker was very good at passing the ball.

This is why the Chinese men's basketball team is behind in the score and will even keep falling behind.

"Coach, tell us what to do, we will listen to you."

Yao Ming said firmly.

Under the leadership of Li Lai, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated such strong opponents as Australia and Brazil in the group stage, and successfully qualified for the second place in the group.

Whether it is the rationality of Li Lai's coaching tactics or the ability to respond to changes on the field, all players in the Chinese men's basketball team have already recognized the strength of the opponent.

They are willing to accept any decision made by Li Lai, even taking Yao Ming into the starting line-up.

"Coach, we're willing to do anything as long as we have a chance to win this game."

Wang Zhizhi, who never liked talking too much, said suddenly at this moment.

His words also expressed the aspirations of all Chinese players.

Everyone wants to win.

Guo Shiqiang, Li Nan, and Du Feng all clenched their fists as they watched Li Lai surrounded by players.

Both the men's basketball players and the coaching staff of the team all want to create miracles in the London Olympics. Guo Shiqiang believes that Li Lai must have felt the same way.

So Guo Shiqiang is very sure that Li Lai must have the same goal as the Chinese men's basketball team now.

"No, this is not just the goal of the Chinese men's basketball team and the coaching staff. For the first time, the basketball team has given a lot of green lights to coach Li Lai. Chinese fans will play with the team."

"This is the common goal of all Chinese people!"

Li Lai looked at the trusting eyes and desperate determination of all the players, and he finally expressed this extremely risky tactical idea.

"If you don't succeed, you will succeed."

"Guys, this is our only chance to win against France."

"I will prepare champagne and food to welcome you after this game."

"Chinese men's basketball team! Go fight!"

beep!beep!
The referee blows the whistle and the game restarts.

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia stood up excitedly at this moment and said: "Director Su, the Chinese men's basketball team has changed!"

"Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and Sun Yue!"

Su Qun also stood up excitedly. With so much experience, he immediately thought of a tactic in his brain, and shouted excitedly while watching the broadcast screen.

"The Big Five of Death!"

"The Chinese team won the top five of death!"

"Coach Li Lai is going to play extreme and extreme with the French team!"

"Now it depends on whether the French team's flexible lineup can win the game, or the Chinese team's top five is more dominant!"

Chinese men's basketball player seats.

At this moment, Wang Zhizhi, Liu Wei, Zhang Zhaoxu, Zhou Peng, Yi Li, Ding Jinhui, Guo Ailun, all Chinese players off the field stood up and applauded their teammates on the field.

At the same time, Li Lai, Guo Shiqiang, Li Nan, and Du Feng took the lead in standing in front of the players, motivating the performance of the players on the field.

The Chinese men's basketball team attacked.

Sun Yue pushed forward with the ball, and Tony Parker was very experienced in stealing and pressing at this time, trying to cause the Chinese team to make a dribbling error.

After all, as a high ball-handler, Sun Yue is not a point guard. He lacks a lot of details in his dribbling, which is full of loopholes in front of the veteran Tony Parker.

But Li Lai was already prepared. Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu also mentioned that both sides of the center line were ready to respond at any time. Yi Jianlian also did a pick-and-roll cover on Sun Yue's route, and he was also a ball-handler.

Sun Yue got rid of Tony Parker's defense and marched smoothly to the frontcourt.

Because he is not a point guard, it is difficult to cooperate with his teammates to play efficient offensive tactics at this time. Li Lai also does not allow players on the court to play any tactics at this time.

Sometimes too much tactical execution will increase the turnover rate on the field. Simple and effective offense is what the Chinese men's basketball team needs most at this time.

Yao Ming's inside position is very deep, because Yi Jianlian mentioned outside the three-point line. At the moment, only the short center Ronnie Turiaf is defending the French team's basket.

Sun Yue passed the ball directly to Yao Ming inside, and never made any fancy moves.

"You can't let Yao Ming play singles in the paint at this time, absolutely!"

The head coach of the French team, Michel Gomez, hurried to the center line and shouted at the players on the field.

Nicolas Batum immediately rushed to the penalty area to help defend.

The moment Yao Ming received the ball, he saw Batum rushing over. At this moment, he did not hesitate to pass the ball to Zhu Fangyu in the bottom corner.

The French team benefited from their small lineup and quickly rotated defensively. Shooting guard Mikel Gallebela quickly rushed towards Zhu Fangyu in the corner.

Zhu Fangyu raised his hand to make a false shot. After seeing Mikel Galebella jumping high to help defend, he did not hesitate to pass the ball back to Wang Shipeng at a 45° angle on the left.

Big open!
Tony Parker is on the right at the moment, and Dior is brought two meters away from the three-point line by Yi Jianlian.

Wang Shipeng adjusted his breathing and took a deep breath.

He is very clear about the significance of his shot to the tactical play of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Wang Shipeng has practiced shooting from this position countless times during training, and at this moment he jumped into the air with both feet.

Wang Shipeng only has the basket in his eyes, and the London players around him or the Chinese fans accompanying the team are just a blur of color in his eyes at this moment, and the shouts are completely inaudible.

But Wang Shipeng could still hear his own heartbeat very clearly.

Familiar height, familiar raising hands and wrists.

Swish!
The crisp sound of a basketball hitting the net sounded.

Whoa! ! !
The entire Chinese team's bench immediately burst into extremely excited applause.

Guo Ailun waved the towel and shouted: "Dapeng, great job!"

Ding Jinhui waved his hands, stopped all his teammates and shouted: "The counterattack of the Chinese men's basketball team is coming!"

Li Lai clasped his arms and nodded affirmatively to Wang Shipeng.

Guo Shiqiang clenched his fist with one hand, pursed his lips and trembled excitedly.

Li Nan suddenly remembered what coach Li Lai had been doing after taking over the Chinese men's basketball team. Everyone had to practice three-pointers, including Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.

"It looks like the coach has been prepared for that all along."

Switch offense.

The Chinese team suddenly adopted a defensive strategy of strictly guarding against outside attacks. This defensive choice was in the hands of Tony Parker. He did not need to pick and roll and easily broke through Sun Yue and entered the penalty area.

But at this time, he had to face Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's frame protection at the same time.

Tony Parker stopped with great experience, turned around with a spinning top and passed Yi Jianlian, but Yao Ming was still in front of him.

At the same time, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming formed a mutual defensive trend. Even if Totoni Parker wanted to pass to Boris Diaw and Ronnie Turiaf on the inside, the height and inside singles ability of the two men might not be enough. It's hard to score in this situation.

Tony Parker stopped the ball!
He immediately looked for the positions of his teammates, but the Chinese men's basketball players on the field at the moment are tall and long-armed, and they have been strictly guarding outside players. Tony Parker has no chance to pass the ball at all.

Duang!

Tony Parker forcibly turned around and shot again. Yao Ming slapped him and almost blocked the shot, but he still shot hard.

Yi Jianlian grabbed the rebound and the Chinese team counterattacked.

Sun Yue held the ball and repeatedly pressed his hands, signaling all his teammates to wait for Yao to land.

After Yao Ming entered the inside line, Boris Dior had a defensive tendency to enter the inside line to double-team. Sun Yue passed the ball to Yi Jianlian, and the latter did not hesitate to make another three-pointer.

Swish!
hit!

"This is the price of paying all the defensive attention to Yao Ming!"

next round.

Yao Ming wanted to play singles on the inside, but the French team did not dare to assist in the defense. Yao Ming turned around and scored with a hook.

The sudden change of situation caught the French team by surprise.

The head coach Michelle Gomez urgently called a timeout to reduce the fiery touch of the Chinese men's basketball team. At the same time, he looked at the head coach of the opposite Chinese team, Li Lai, very apprehensively.

The French team's small lineup is not high enough inside. At the same time, Boris Diaw and Ronnie Turiaf are not single-player low-post players. That's why Li Lai dared to deploy the defensive tactics of the main defense outside, and then set up a cage on the inside. Wait for Tony Parker to burst in.

At this time, neither Boris Diaw nor Ronnie Turiaf could cooperate with Tony Parker, because the Chinese team was very clever to let Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian assist each other in defense.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a mature twin-tower tactic. Whether it's offensive or defensive, the Chinese team's twin-tower tactic has fully demonstrated the classic twin-tower tactic of the past ten years ago."

At this moment, Yao Ming's dominance on the field even made Michelle Gomez think of the legendary NBA center, Dameng Olajuwon.

The game continues.

What made Michelle Gomez happy was that the Chinese team's touch had indeed dropped because of this timeout, but what he didn't expect was that the Chinese team's twin-tower tactics arranged by Li Lai actually had a back move.

Zhu Fangyu missed a three-pointer, Yi Jianlian rushed into the penalty area and stood one step inside the free throw line, while Yao Ming was firmly stuck on the side of the penalty area.

Both of them have a tendency to rebound outside, because the three-point shot misses the ball and moves more outside the path of the ball.

Duang!

Zhu Fangyu's shot this time was very positive, but with a little more force, the basketball jumped high and bounced extremely far.

The height advantage of the Chinese team at this time is fully reflected.

Yi Jianlian jumped high and grabbed the rebound against Tony Parker, Mike El-Galebela, and Nicolas Batum.

Because the French team has a particularly strong sense of protection for offensive rebounds, this round of scrambling made the French team miss all outsiders.

Without hesitation, Yi Jianlian passed the ball to Sun Yue at the top of the arc behind him. The latter raised his hand and scored a three-pointer.

Duang!

Strike again!

Yao Ming continued to grab rebounds from Boris Diaw and Ronnie Turiaf with one against two in the paint.

boom!
The little giant splits the buckle with one hand!
On the coaching bench of the French team, Michel Gomez sat down on the bench. Until now, he didn't understand how cautious the tactics of the Chinese team's coaching staff were at this time.

"The top five of death is really an amazing style of play, and it was only at the end of the game that it came out with such a style of play. It should be because of the fear of the energetic running ability of the French team before the start of the game."

"At this time, whether it is running, jumping or physical confrontation, the Chinese men's basketball team has a great advantage on the court. As long as the outside players don't feel too bad, it will be difficult for the French team to limit your offense."

Swish!
Yi Jianlian hit another three-pointer at this time.

Michelle Gomez let out a long sigh, and couldn't help shouting "Time is also life".

When the French team clearly took the lead and was even more suppressed in terms of player strength, they lost at the last moment to the tactic of the death five!
CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia jumped up excitedly and shouted: "In 8 minutes and 05 seconds, the Chinese team played a wave of shocking 24:10 offensive high slot with the five dead lineups."

"Overtake the score in one fell swoop!"

Su Qun smiled and couldn't help but shook his head and exclaimed: "Coach Li Lai is really a brave man with a high skill, and he really dares to fight at the critical moment!"

"The death five lineup completely choked the throat of the French team. At the last moment, the Chinese team rebounded 12:5. At the same time, the Chinese team also grabbed 5 offensive rebounds during this period!"

Swish!
Zhu Fangyu hit a key shot.

This shot also marks that the Chinese team has successfully stabilized the situation.

On the bench.

Guo Ailun stretched out his index finger and put it in his mouth and took a bite. He couldn't help but jump up.

Ding Jinhui put the towel on his head fiercely, and couldn't help pulling it down with both hands.

Even Wang Zhizhi, who is as stable as Mount Tai, clenched his fists and raised his hands at shoulder level at this moment, his eyes were full of disbelief.

The experienced Guo Shiqiang quickly raised his hand to signal to all the players to stabilize their mentality, and the game is not over yet.

The players on the Chinese team have been playing for a long time, and Li Lai did not change at this time.

He knew that he must not change. Once replaced, the French team is likely to counterattack immediately.

Of course, the French team also did not dare to make substitutions at this time. Strictly speaking, their physical exertion was even more serious with a small lineup.

In the last minute, the two teams each scored 1 point with free throws, and the game ended.

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia, who was originally excited, suddenly leaned heavily on the chair behind him, and the chair made a soft sound.

At the age of 32, he looks like an old man who is over half a century old, and his eyes look a little dull.

He straightened the microphone on his ear with all his strength, and tears suddenly flowed down, Yu Jia said in a hoarse voice.

"The Chinese men's basketball team completed a shocking comeback from a 10-point deficit."

"Let us cheer for this group of Chinese men, they have achieved the unique glory in the history of Chinese men's basketball team."

"On August 2012, 8, the Chinese men's basketball team successfully entered the men's basketball semi-finals of the London Olympics!!!"

Su Qun on the side was surrounded by Yu Jia, and tears poured out crazily. He took off his glasses and cried like a tearful man, choked up with a voice almost like a child.

"38 years!"

"Since the Olympic men's basketball membership was resumed in the name of the Chinese men's basketball team in 1974, the Chinese men's basketball team has scored in the top four of the Olympic Games for the first time."

"This is the glory that many Chinese men's basketball ancestors have worked hard for all their lives. This is the dream of every Chinese men's basketball worker."

on the field.

The moment the whistle sounded, Yao Ming glanced at the scoreboard in disbelief.

99:92，中国男篮完成了惊天大逆转，最后13分钟内以死亡五大打出了39:22的冲击波。

It wasn't until Yao Ming saw Ah Lian rushing towards him excitedly, and all the players of the Chinese team rushed into the stadium under the leadership of the coaching staff, that Yao Ming was willing to believe that all this was true.

30分10篮板4助攻2盖帽2失误，这是姚名送给中国男篮的礼物。

The highest personal score of a player in the London Olympics this time, the only 30+10 double-double data, played in 37 minutes.

"we won!!!"

At this moment, Yao Ming's body has been submerged on the court by all the Chinese players.

Later, Zhang Weiping found Yao Ming from the crowd who was covered in sweat or tears.

"Dayao, we did it, the Chinese men's basketball team did it!"

"We managed to make history, we reached the men's basketball semi-finals at the London Olympics."

"Just now I have tears in my eyes. I believe many Chinese fans in front of the TV have already burst into tears."

"We know that you have been carrying the Chinese men's basketball team forward, and now that you have finally achieved this, what do you want to tell everyone through the broadcast camera."

At this moment, Yao Ming kept wiping his face, not knowing whether it was sweat or tears. Finally, he raised his right hand and wiped it on his nose, and then said.

"Gou Yiguo's family lives and dies, how can they avoid the trend because of misfortunes and blessings."

"The rise and fall of the men's basketball team is my responsibility!"

After saying this, Yao Ming finally couldn't bear the excitement in his heart and cried bitterly.

Yi Jianlian came over and patted Dayao on the shoulder comfortingly. Contrary to Yao Ming, he was smiling very happily now.

His idol, his big brother, finally fulfilled his dream.

Naturally, Zhang Weiping would not miss this opportunity. He pulled Yi Jianlian and said, "Ah Lian, the men's basketball semi-final of the Olympic Games is about to be played. What are your thoughts now?"

Yi Jian thought about it and said: "The coach said that he has prepared champagne and food for us, waiting for us to return triumphantly. I wonder if what he said is true."

(End of this chapter)