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Chapter 488 Hold it down, get a fat beating!
After the first quarter, the two teams tied at 28.

The Chinese team once opened the point difference to double digits in the quarter, but because of the difference in the strength of the substitutes, the point difference was recovered.

Well, most fans feel the same way, including Ginobili.

This is also the problem that most of the world's top teams will encounter against the US team.

They can play hard for 30 minutes, but the US team can play hard for 40 minutes.

During the break between festivals, Harris sat on the sidelines and thought about it after arranging his tactics.

He always felt that tonight's game was a bit weird, but he couldn't tell where it was.

Fortunately, he was not alone, because on the other side of the bench, Sun Hao was also meditating with his chin resting on his hands.

When leading by 10 points, he once thought that the US team had gone to another extreme: after losing to Greece, the team's morale was gone and their mentality collapsed.

But the authorities were obsessed with the onlookers, and after sitting and watching for so long, he finally understood what Old K was doing.

This is holding the Chinese team's life goal.

What is the fate of the Chinese team?
Yao Ming!

With Yao Ming on the court, the Chinese team is great inside, and it is easy for Sun Hao to score outside;

Without Yao Ming on the court, the Chinese team is a big bad insider, and the US team can double-team Sun Hao;
Yao Ming is no less important to the Chinese team than Sun Hao.

Or in other words, the strength of the Chinese team has improved a lot, but it still can't make the difference whether Yao Ming is on the court or not.

So old K's approach is very targeted, the opening is to consume Yao Ming's physical energy!
His tactic was also successful, and Yao Ming left the field 2 minutes earlier than normal.

Don't underestimate these 2 minutes. It was the extra 2 minutes that allowed the US team to tie the score at the end of this quarter.

In this way, the opening link of the second quarter is when they reverse the score.

Old K, he really made sufficient preparations.

And he also guessed that he lost consecutively to the Chinese team in the previous Olympics and World Championships. He went back and did a lot of homework and found the most deadly goal of the Chinese team.

Thinking of this, Sun Hao turned his head to signal Yao Ming to lower his head, like this...

In the transition period of the second quarter, although Harris let Yi Jianlian lead the team on the field, the Chinese team was still slightly opened by the US team.

The depth of the Dream Seven team's bench is quite good.

"This old fox, it seems that there is no chance to meet the Chinese team in the quarter-finals."

In the stands, Ginobili couldn't help expressing emotion again.

He was also belatedly aware of Old K's style of play tonight.

It's on par with Popovich, and even more confusing.

The Chinese team is now falling into the pit.

Although the game lasts for 40 minutes, the competition between strong teams is like snowballing. The further you play, the bigger the snowball will be.

The Chinese team has been unable to climb out of this somersault.

The second quarter played for about 4 minutes, and both sides started to replace the main players one after another.

Except for Yi Jianlian, the rest of the Chinese team is back.

The main force of the US team is coming up.

The score on the court was 40 to 34, and the US team had already led by 6 points in turn.

Come up to the Chinese team's offensive round.

Sun Hao still hangs the ball inside Yao Ming.

Howard still has various physical confrontations.

This is also the arrangement of old K.

It doesn't matter if you can't defend, but it will never let you score easily.

Yao Ming, chose a hard chisel.

When old K saw this, his face beamed with joy.

If Yao Ming plays like this, his physical fitness will definitely go wrong in the second half!
It seems that Harris still didn't realize what he was doing!

If you regard tonight's game as a game of chess, he not only took the lead, but also led Harris by the nose all the way!

In this chess game, he is sure of winning!

Yao Ming turned his back to the basket continuously, and after turning around, he wiped the board and shot and scored!

Of course, Howard's fight against interference also consumed a lot of his energy.

This scene doesn't look much different from the first half.

But immediately, a touching scene happened on the field.

"Dwight, don't you even have the courage to block me?"

After Yao Ming scored, he looked down at Howard with a look of disappointment.

Howard was stunned at the time.

Then, the next second, he blushed.

Yao Ming's disappointed expression was like stripping his clothes and humiliating him.

In the past, you couldn't beat but you couldn't beat, but now you...

I don't even have the courage to challenge me!
Howard is a player with a very impulsive personality. At this time, a surge of enthusiasm rushed to his forehead, and he had already completely forgotten what old K explained.

James' layup to the basket was not interfered by Yao Ming.

Howard struggled to grab the offensive rebound and used brute force to hit Yao Ming's shot.

"Snapped!"

It is impossible to score in front of Yao Ming with an offensive method without the slightest technical content.

Howard's shot was directly blocked by Yao Ming!
After blocking the shot, Yao Ming looked at Howard, showed a disappointed expression again, and then shook his head.

Howard: @￥%#%￥#'...

Men can be defeated, but they must not be cowardly!
He can't control that much anymore!

The Chinese team attacked the front court, and Yao Ming fell to the free throw line.

Sun Hao then dropped the ball in.

This time Howard didn't fight his body like before, but waited for the opportunity to block Yao Ming.

Yao Ming sensed the defensive change behind him, and suddenly turned around and walked towards the basket.

The advantage of not gaining weight is that he is flexible like a power forward!
Yao Ming's speed was so fast, Howard tried to catch up and jumped up to block the shot at the right time.

But Yao Ming made a sideways layup in the air and successfully avoided Howard's block.

"Snapped!"

Howard's hand hit Yao Ming's.

The goal was missed, but the referee's whistle sounded.

Howard's defensive foul, Yao Ming was sent to the free throw line!
Howard was a little annoyed.

"Don't try to block it! Just fight, fight!"

At this time, Old K got up and walked to the sidelines, reminding Howard loudly.

Howard looked back at Old K and nodded.

But the look in his eyes was obvious... he didn't listen to what Old K said.

Yao Ming walked to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily.

40:38.

With Yao Ming's consecutive scoring, the Chinese team has narrowed the point difference to 2 points.

Wade continued to charge Yao Ming, and this time he scored with a beautiful drift.

42:38.

Looking back, Yao Ming continued to hit Howard, and Howard made another attempt to block the shot.

As a result, not only was another foul called this time, but Yao Ming also scored the ball!
2+1!

"tomato!"

The old K on the sidelines heard the familiar trash talk of Yao Ming, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

He took a deep breath, got up and signaled Brand to come on and replace Howard.

Howard has lost his mind in this paragraph.

And what's worse than that is that Howard's personal fouls have reached 3 times!
The Fiba game is not like the NBA where there are 6 chances for fouls, and you have to end the game after 5 fouls!
In other words, Howard's subsequent playing time will be greatly restricted!

Old K felt his old heart throb again.

Yao Ming, it's killing me!
Howard's end is decisive to the changes in the situation on the field.

Although Howard is at a disadvantage against Yao Ming, he can at least face up head-on.

Especially with his physical fitness, Yao Ming will continue to fight against him, and Yao Ming's physical fitness will decline severely.

But when he ended up, Yao Ming felt more than half relaxed in an instant.

What?Brand is also an All-Star insider?

It is true that he is an All-Star insider, but he is not a center!

He is a power forward, and he is only a power forward with a height of 2 meters!

Well, shorter than Yi Jianlian.

You have to ask if the US team has any other insiders, of course there are.

Brad I love [-]s but defense is what Miller.

Chris I'm actually a real power forward. Don't make me play Yao Ming Bosh.

Antawn Don't look at me I'm swingman Jamison.

Old K, there is no better choice!

Yao Ming also had additional penalties.

42 is better than 41!

Only 1 points left!
After James confronted Yao Ming inside and stopped the ball, he was blown away.

Looking back, if Yao Ming dropped down again, the US team could only double-team!

The difference in height made it impossible for Brand to defend Yao Ming one-on-one.

It was this double-team, Yao Ming passed the ball back to the outside line, and the ball fell into Sun Hao's hands several times.

Sun Haoyang threw it away.

"Shh!"

Just throw it away!

42 is better than 44!

The Chinese team overtook the score again!

"Cough cough..."

In the stands, Ginobili couldn't help coughing.

He said earlier that the U.S. team had no chance, and the U.S. team immediately tied the score.

He said just now that the Chinese team could not crawl out of the pit, but now they crawled out!

His mouth...

Definitely opened up today.

He stroked his short hair.

It seems that in the following games, he is still suitable to be a quiet and handsome man.

However, the performance of the Chinese team in this period surprised and shocked him at the same time.

Such pits can be climbed out by themselves, which is enough to show the strength of the Chinese team.

That kind of power is not just on paper.

Having won against Italy earlier, he was full of confidence when he knew that he had the opportunity to play for the Chinese team.

But now, the exclamation point has become a question mark...

Can the Argentine team beat such a Chinese team?
How can the Argentine team beat such a Chinese team?

The game on the field is still going on.

But at this time, the US team was already at a disadvantage because of Howard's end.

Very simple logic: the US team does not double-team Yao Ming, Yao Ming can destroy the US team inside;
But if the US team double-teams, sorry, Sun Hao and Zhu Fangyu from the outside can shoot you in the face!
This is what Sun Hao and Yao Ming explained when they were "so and so".

In fact, this is also a very normal brain circuit: the Chinese team has a fatal goal, but the US team does not?
Of course there is, and like the Chinese team, it is also an insider!

Or to put it more bluntly, the Chinese team only has one Yao Ming, and the US team also has only one Howard!
Relying on this advantage, the Chinese team held down the US team's internal and external lines, and beat them up.

At the end of halftime, the score on the field was 58 to 48!

The Chinese team has widened the gap again!
……

During the intermission, the atmosphere in the locker room of the US team was quite dull.

The pressure that was intense before the game became extremely intense after halftime.

Some players even began to worry about what would happen to them after returning home.

This is not alarmist talk, you must know the living examples of Iverson and Duncan.

If they don't make it to the Final Four...

You can feel a breath called "despair" from the locker room.

The loss to the Greek team in the group stage really woke them up, which is why they resolutely implemented the old K tactics in the first quarter.

But after the second quarter, they still instinctively doubted themselves.

If they lose again, they may suffer from "neophobia" in the future.

James got up and walked to Howard at this time.

He knew that as the leader of the team, he had to do something.

"Dwight, you know in my heart, you are already the strongest center in the league."

The first sentence James spoke made Anthony's eyes widen.

LeBron... are you sure?

Howard didn't expect James to say that, but after listening to it... he felt very comfortable.

"Yao's advantage against you is height and... touch, and your advantage is strength and jumping."

James went on to say that the "technique" he talked about was finally replaced by touch.

Howard continued to nod after listening.

He felt that what James said was too right!

If you can say it, just say more!
"There is no three-second defense in the FIBA ​​game. You can stay at the basket and use your body to squeeze him out of the three-second zone. This can bring out your advantages. I also know that you can do it easily."

James continued.

Howard continued to nod, he felt that James knew him too well!
Why didn't he think of it before!

Anthony was stunned for a while, what James said and what old K explained seemed...there is no difference?

For the first time, he felt that James was so capable of... flickering at a close distance.

Oh no, it's so eloquent.

He has to be careful when communicating with James in the future.

"Don't care about the gains and losses of a ball. You know that they are as great as Michael and as strong as Sun. They also have rounds defended by ordinary players, and sometimes they cannot guard ordinary players, so...

the same as you. "

After James finished speaking, Anthony couldn't help but nodded.

Makes sense!

But immediately he shook his head, hard to guard against!
Howard has been completely convinced by James.

Especially the sentence you are the same, it is comparing him with Jordan and Sun Hao!

That feeling is more comfortable than being treated to a full-body spa in a nightclub!
Seeing Howard's emotional change, James finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If it weren't for the importance of this game, he wouldn't say these things.

Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain.

If Howard starts to consume Yao Ming's physical strength again, the US team will still have a chance in the second half.

As long as we win tonight's game, everything will be fine.

Thinking of this, most of the pressure in James' heart went away.

Definitely, you can win!
……

Coming back in the second half, the spirit of the US team was very different from that at the end of the half.

Confidence once again appeared on their faces.

In the stands, Ginobili was eating sushi bored.

Usually the team strictly controls eating, so he happened to eat some secretly.

When he saw the American team coming out, he was surprised at first, and then put the sushi in his hand aside.

"The US team will still win!"

Ginobili couldn't help expressing emotion.

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