NBA peak

Chapter 374 The price of underestimating the enemy

As the captain of Argentina, Ginobili immediately reminded his teammates to beware of the Chinese team's counterattack.

But how can the Argentine players who have already loosened up enter the state so quickly?
Ginobili stopped after holding the ball. He wanted to control the rhythm and let the rhythm of the game return to the positional warfare that Argentina is good at.

Ge Feng and Zhao Jiwei pressed directly, forcing Ginobili to pass or make a mistake.

Ginobili can only pass the ball.

When his teammates got the ball, Nicholas habitually rushed directly to the inside.

Nicholas's golf quotient is not as high as Ginobili's. He doesn't realize that what Argentina needs most now is to control the rhythm.

Nicholas still continued to kill the insiders of the Chinese team in accordance with the tasks assigned by the head coach.

Zhou Qi's defense speed is very fast.

Nicholas gave Zhou Qi a back and then passed the ball to Scola.

Scola did not push Yi Jianlian this time.

Yi Jianlian's legs suddenly stabilized like tree roots.

The defender Scola feared the most was a black and tough player like Hayes, who didn't have the elegant and supple feeling of Diamond Scola at all.

"boom."

Scola turned over for a jumper and missed the basket again.

The Chinese team defended and counterattacked. Ge Feng received the ball and raced with Ginobili.

Ginobili couldn't outrun Ge Feng, and Ge Feng rushed to the three-point line, and directly pulled up a chasing three-pointer.

The three-point line of the international men's basketball team is the mid-range shot in the NBA.

Ge Feng made such a chasing three-pointer, which can be said to be accurate.

"Shh."

Chasing a three-pointer and hitting the board into the frame, the Chinese team instantly closed the point difference to 4 points.

All the fans stood up, and now no one can sit still!
In the last 6 minutes, the Chinese team trailed by four points, but the momentum has all come to the Chinese team.

Wukesong Stadium was full of cheers from Chinese fans.

There are also a lot of fans from Europe, but with the downturn of the home team, they are now completely overwhelmed by Chinese fans!
The Argentine coach is in a hurry.

He replaced Luis Scola, who had been frustrated by successive attacks, and replaced him with the faster-moving 30-year-old Bayeva.

Bayeva's defense speed is indeed faster than Scola, but relatively, Bayeva's positional warfare is basically useless.

Although Argentina's substitution at a critical moment can limit the speed of the Chinese team to a certain extent, what about Argentina's inside offense?
Without Scola, it is impossible for Garritz alone to score under the zone defense of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi.

Argentina still wants Ginobili to carry the banner of offense.

Ginobili is a highly civilized golfer, and his serpentine cut can avoid Ge Feng's launch every time.

In this way, no matter how good Ge Feng's defense is, it is useless.

Ginobili hit a goal, barely for Argentina to stop the bleeding.

Sporadic European fans started cheering at the scene, hoping to suppress the cheers of Chinese fans.

But Ge Feng did not give Argentina a chance to stabilize the rhythm.

The 40-year-old Ginobili can't guard against Ge Feng who is about to enter his peak period.

After Ge Feng pulled the ball, Lightning broke through Ginobili.

Bayeva stepped forward to double-team, and Ge Feng directly scored the ball between Bayeva and Ginobili.

The referee blew Bayeva's defensive foul very face-savingly, and Ge Feng scored another 2+1!

As soon as the goal was scored, the voice of the European fans wanting to counterattack completely disappeared.

With an extra penalty hit, the Chinese team is only 1 point behind!

There are still 4 minutes to go, 4 minutes to go, 1 point difference, the Chinese team has every chance to overtake the score.

Argentina called for a timeout.

Pause back, Scola continued to play.

Argentina still needs to strengthen its inside offense.

In the hand-to-hand fight between Yi Jianlian and Scola, every time Yi Jianlian fought, he had to hold his breath. The two commentators in the live broadcast room were very excited.

"We must hold on! Hold on and we will be the top 8!" Zhang Weiping wished he could take off his clothes and go to bed by himself.

As a pioneer representative of Chinese basketball, although Zhang Weiping has retired long ago and has struggled in the commentary booth for decades, he really wants to win more than the players of the Chinese team.

That is the common goal of the older generation of the Chinese men's basketball team, and it is also the common ideal of every Chinese football fan at this stage!
Scola didn't put the ball in again!

In the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian was suddenly as hard as a rock, which made Scola very uncomfortable for a technical player.

Yi Jianlian really put his life on the line, using his body to fight Scola head-on, is also what Yi Jianlian is least good at.

But Yi Jianlian will do this, because as long as he puts Argentina's Scola in a hand-to-hand situation, he can create more opportunities for Ge Feng to chase points.

He is the last line of defense of the Chinese team, and Ge Feng, he will carry the banner of the entire Chinese team's offense.

The Chinese team attacked in the frontcourt, and Guo Ailun controlled the ball at the top of the arc.

Campazzo wanted to steal Guo Ailun, but how could Guo Ailun be so easily stolen?

Ge Feng ran around Zhou Qi and Yi Jianlian respectively, threw off the European eagle, and came out to catch the ball.

Guo Ailun slammed hard and hit Ge Feng who ran back from the baseline.

Ge Feng turned over and shot directly after receiving the ball.

Scola's defense was slow.

The crucial shot.

Swish.

Ge Feng showed his big heart.

The ball was hit, and the Chinese team officially overtook the score 65 to 64!
Being overtaken at the last moment is not a good thing for Argentina.

No matter how Manu Ginobili and Scola tried to control the rhythm, the cheers of the Chinese fans in the audience made it impossible for Argentina to play quietly.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Argentina, the most hopeful to win the championship, 70 to 67, and entered the top 8 with their heads held high.

Regardless of whether the Chinese team wins or loses the game with Russia, it will not affect the Chinese team's advancement to the top 8!
Argentina's young players have not yet suffered such a huge blow in the World Series.

They were actually put down by the second-best team, the Chinese team!
This is the price of underestimating the enemy!

It is also the first time in history that the Chinese team defeated Argentina on the stage of the World Series!

Manu Ginobili and Scola regret it!

At the post-match press conference, Li Nan told the media with relief that they can finally consider their opponents in the top 8 openly.

In 08, the Chinese team reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, and the fans were far less excited than they are now.

Because fans know that the men's basketball team in 08 was the most powerful year in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, and they will at least win the top 8 results in the world.

But this year is different.

Not only Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and a large number of outstanding national players have retired, but even the strongest active risk combination Zhou Peng and Ding Yanyuhang are unable to play in this World Cup due to injuries.

But this time, the Chinese team clung to Poland in the group stage, and after defeating Poland at the last moment, they counterattacked Argentina, the hottest favorite to win the championship, in the round of 16. The two consecutive tough battles made the fans suppress their emotions for many years.

This is not the strongest men's basketball lineup at this stage, but because of Ge Feng's joining, we are already the top 8 in the world!

(End of this chapter)