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Chapter 734 734. Leading by 10 points!
The Chinese team replaced Liu Ren, Guo Ailun, Ji Zhe, Li Muhao and Yi Jianlian.

The US team sent Westbrook, Harden, James, Whiteside, and Cousins ​​in the second quarter.

China's three best defenders are sent together on the perimeter. Ji Zhe is a treasure of the national team in recent years. Leaving aside his character, his style of play is also a bit dirty, but he is willing to do any dirty work, and his style of play is tough. , And not afraid of causing trouble, dare to confront James head-on.

Liu Ren is a candidate for the NBA's best defensive player, plus Guo Ailun who dares to put his head on Westbrook's hand, the defensive combination of these three is stronger than the perimeter defensive combination of the US team!
James and Liu Ren basically have a [-]-[-] split, Westbrook and Harden...the defense of the two is average in the NBA. Although they have physical advantages in international competitions, they are not enough when they encounter the desperate Guo Ailun and Ji Zhe. And no matter which of them meets Liu Ren, it will be uncomfortable under the rules of the international arena, and Liu Ren doesn't have to defend against James, and Ji Zhe is there to go shopping.

The three outsiders of the U.S. team are all superstars with tens of millions of dollars a year. They are almost one of the biggest favorites at No. 1 in their respective positions. Naturally, it is impossible to fight Guo Ailun and Ji Zhe. These two people actually account for Upwind!

Playing against the U.S. team, Yannakis has always been arranging lineups and tactics with the mentality of a weak team coach, thinking about being average and playing cooperatively, ignoring that they have the strongest strength in the world, he did not notice the ball The team has something better than any other team in the world - perimeter defense!
Defense wins championships. This sentence applies not only in the NBA, but also in Olympic basketball.

After the start of the second quarter, the Chinese team played a suffocating defense. Due to the shortened three-point line, Liu Ren's defensive mobility was brought out more vividly. He didn't defend for three seconds. Same.

Yi Jianlian couldn't come out inside. Cousins ​​took the ball outside the three-second zone and Yi Jianlian ignored Yi Jianlian's fake shots.

The US team broke through from outside and played very difficult in the crowded inside. No matter how they played, the Chinese team blocked the inside and double-teamed when they came in. Liu Ren's ubiquitous defensive deterrence was fully displayed.

On the other hand, the Chinese team's offense was very smooth. Unlike the American team, which had all their strong points, the Chinese team's offensive point was very clear, and Liu Ren kept playing singles.

Liu Renjizhe is on standby for a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Yi Jianlian is basically equal to a weakened version of Gasol in the international arena. He has an advantage against everyone. This has been the case since the 2010 World Championships. The best center forward on the field is stronger than the aging Gasol.

Now the Chinese team puts all their strengths together and directly puts out the strongest lineup, fighting hard!

The Chinese team counterattacked rapidly in the second quarter.

In the 7th minute, with Yi Jianlian hitting an open three-pointer, the Chinese team successfully overtook the score!

At this time, the Chinese team did not make any substitutions, and the US team's lineup became Irving, Harden, Anthony, Paul George, and Whiteside.

It was the U.S. team's turn to attack, and Irving did not get rid of Liu Ren's defense through the pick-and-roll. The FIBA ​​three-point line was a full meter shorter than the NBA's. The reduced space of one meter in the semicircle is huge, allowing rotation defenses It has become several times easier, and it is easy to break the pick-and-roll. The zone defense is too big in international competitions.

Liu Ren is very good at defending outside lines like Irving. Liu Ren does not hesitate, has strong defensive anticipation, and his physical fitness is against the sky. His aggressive defense prevents Owen from breaking through.

But Owen is Owen, and he doesn't pass it on when he is killed, especially when he meets Liu Ren, passing on the wool is just right!
Owen did not pass the ball against Liu Ren's defense, but made a shot himself.

Did not enter!

Li Muhao protects the defensive rebounds. Li Muhao is really a very good player in the domestic interior. He participated in the draft in 2014, but that year was a draft year. He had a chance to enter the second round in 2013, but he did not. Go, but he lost the draft in 2014, and he didn't accept the NBA's [-]-day short contract, but went back to China to get a high salary. This is human nature.

However, Li Muhao's height of [-] meters and his mobility are still very strong. It is true that many NBA teams were interested in him back then. However, at that time, Chinese insiders were no longer popular in the NBA. If it was changed to ten years ago, Yao Minggang Not long after entering the NBA, Li Muhao will definitely enter the lottery zone. In terms of talent, he is no worse than Yi Jianlian!

The Chinese team couldn't counterattack, the US team returned to the defense quickly, and Liu Ren advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Liu Ren holds the ball in the top arc, Guo Ailun cuts inside, Li Muhao blocks Harden who is chasing Guo Ailun, Harden is Harden, Uchiha-style defense is not just talking about it, if you are blocked, you have no interest in chasing in.

Liu Ren lobbed the ball to Guo Ailun, and Paul George, who was defending Li Muhao, immediately chased him in.

Guo Ailun sent back to Li Muhao!

Li Muhao received the ball in the middle distance!Whiteside let go of Yi Jianlian who was outside the 45-degree three-point line to make up defense.

Quickly transfer the ball, Yi Jianlian catches the ball at a 45-degree angle and makes a three-pointer!

Again!

Yi Jianlian hit two consecutive three-pointers, widening the point difference to 5 points!
55 to 50!The Chinese team leads the US team by 5 points for the first time in history!
In the past, there was only one situation where the Chinese team led the US team, that is, they scored the first goal at the beginning, but then they were defeated, with a difference of several points.

This time the Chinese team was biting the score and even widened the point difference to 5 points!
Is it time to be happy?
No!

The five players on the Chinese team are very excited now!They saw hope of beating Team USA!

The U.S. team wants to play a little bit more steadily, using Whiteside's unparalleled dominance in the interior to play steadily.

Not to mention, Whiteside's footsteps following Gasol are indeed very beautiful, and the timing of his shots is very good. He shakes Yi Jianlian completely out of focus, and the shot feels very soft. Technology is surprisingly good.

But there is someone who knows him too well. Liu Ren, who has partnered with Whiteside for three years, knows him too well, and he knows his basket skills like the back of his hand!
When Whiteside hooked Yi Jianlian and the ball was about to reach the highest point, Liu Ren took the ball directly from the air!

Cover and grab!

This was originally a goal that Whiteside was almost sure to score. Whiteside had to stay inside and play high. It is extremely difficult to defend in the NBA. Almost no one can defend this ball in front of his huge physical advantage.

However, Liu Ren picked the ball directly in the air!

Whiteside used to watch Jr. Jordan and Drummond, the jumping center, being caught by Liu Ren to defend and catch the cap. Now this situation has happened to Whiteside himself. What is the mood of the playing opponent's center forward!
After Liu Ren blocked the shot, he was excited!Fast forward and run wild!There was still one meter away from the three-point line, and he stopped and chased for a three-pointer and shot directly!

Amidst the exclamation of the fans, the chasing three-pointer hit!
8 points difference!
It's not over yet!Ji Zhe and Guo Ailun double-team Anthony!Anthony made a mistake, and Guo Ailun was elbowed by Anthony to his mouth and spurted blood directly!But Guo Ailun ignored the pain, picked up the ball, and threw it into the basket before the referee blew the whistle to suspend the game!

Very poor!

At this time, the blood was soaring. It was the United States who had the ball. The referee directly called a timeout for the United States!
The place is boiling!
The blood of the Chinese team widened the point difference to ten points!
"This is definitely the best game played in the history of Chinese basketball, and even the most exciting game in the history of Olympic basketball!" said the guest commentator of Chaoting TV, the former leader of the Chinese team, Zhang Weiping, director Zhang excited Said.

What these commentators and guest commentators want to see most is that the Chinese team can play better and better. They have great expectations for the Chinese team this year, but they did not expect the Chinese team and the US team to play to such a degree!

Proud Americans actually look down on the Chinese team at all. Even if the Chinese team has Liu Ren, they still think they have an absolute advantage.

Of course this is true, but!The Chinese team is fighting with blood!Leng is halftime leading the US team by 10 points!
Yannakis on the sidelines was shocked to see Liu Ren, who played almost a whole quarter, but did not show much fatigue, and Yi Jianlian, who was already out of breath. Is this the strength of top NBA players?
Seeing Yi Jianlian who was already sweating profusely, Yannakis was going to replace him, but he didn't know who to replace. None of the remaining centers in the Chinese team could compare with Yi Jianlian, neither Li Muhao nor Wang Zhelin could compare with him. Yi Jianlian is far inferior to Yi Jianlian. Although Li Muhao may not be inferior to Yi Jianlian in talent, he has never played in the NBA. Staying in China allows him to earn more money, but he also lacks the kind of talent after competing with the world's top players. progress.

"Boss, who do you think we should replace Yi with?" Yanakis felt that Liu Ren was more experienced than him in dealing with this group of NBA superstars. After all, Liu Ren had to play nearly a hundred games with them a year. , and Yannakis has played fewer than ten games with a team composed of NBA players in his life.

Liu Ren didn't refuse either, and confronted American players. To be honest, he had more experience than Yannakis.

Ji Zhe was the one who surprised Liu Ren the most. The stalking defense annoyed Anthony, but he didn't show fatigue. He was a little thinner, and he was bruised very quickly by James and Paul George, but he just held on, and the pain made him even more bloody!
This is the bloodiness that Chinese players have never had since Yao Ming retired, and he finally came back today!
"Let Zhou Qi play, we can now maintain the lead and strengthen the defense. Zhou Qi's height and sense of blocking can accomplish this."

Liu Ren's impression of Zhou Qi is his ability to block shots. He is [-] meters tall, has a wingspan of [-] meters, and has an excellent sense of blocking shots. Zhou Qi has demonstrated these abilities very well in training. Being favored by NBA teams, Zhou Qi relies on his excellent figure and flexible footwork. If he is not too thin for such a big man with such excellent footsteps, there is a possibility that there will be a team in the early part of the second round or the first round. He was picked at the end of the round, but he was just too skinny.

After the blood on the scene was cleaned up, the referee whistled and the game continued.

Guo Ailun can't do anything else, his organizational ability is not as good as Liu Wei's, and his defensive ability is not as good as Sun Yue's, but he just plays hard! In the CBA finals, he defended Marbury really well. It may be that he accumulated confidence at that time. When he came to the international competition, he also frightened his opponents. He continued to play after the blood was cleaned up!

The US team made another substitution. The lineup just now was beaten 8-0 by the Chinese team, and they also started to get serious. .

The U.S. team is really full of talents. With another lineup, Westbrook, LaVine, James, Whiteside, Cousins, the U.S. team puts on their strongest defensive lineup. This lineup is to restrain the inside of the Chinese team. , The outside line was replaced with the most exciting trio, in order to get rid of the Chinese team's outside defense.

The old coach K never thought that he would be forced to this point by the Chinese team, and he didn't even think that there would be a country that could force them to this point in this year's aging international front. Even Spain is unlikely, but the Chinese team Made it!

This made the old coach K feel a little misguided for not choosing a defender with excellent defense. Fortunately, there is LaVine. Originally, LaVine came to play soy sauce and showed the potential of a superstar. Similar to D'Antoni Davis back then, I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

As for Kobe... It is estimated that he will not make it until he needs to shoot a three-pointer.

(End of this chapter)