This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 255 Team [-]rd, against Argentina!
Breaking into the quarterfinals of the men's basketball Olympic Games at home is a happy thing for the Chinese players, and it is also an extremely happy thing for the basketball fans in China. The European strong teams Spain and Germany are very likely to qualify as second in the group.

Because the strength of the Greek men's basketball team is slightly weaker than that of the Spanish men's basketball team. In the previous game between Greece and Spain, Greece lost to the Spanish men's basketball team by 66-81, 15 points, but the Greek men's basketball team was You are the runner-up team of the last World Championships in Japan. This team includes Kobe Spanoulis in Europe, and Dimitrios Diamantidi, who may be the best perimeter defender in Europe now. In the inside line, there is Sophocles Shortsanitis, the little shark who killed the Quartet in the 2006 World Championships, plus Vasiliades, Harts Freitas, Vaslupolus, etc. The strength of the Titans should not be underestimated.

In the media's mind, this game should be the kind of swordsmanship, elbows and fists. Unfortunately, when both teams have already secured the right to qualify, the two teams played very dull , In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Greek men's basketball team with 66-72 and 6 points, and got the second defeat of the BJ Olympic Games. One of the key factors to win this game.

On August 8, China lost the game. With Spain's unsuspecting victory over the Angola men's basketball team and the US team's victory over Germany, all the games in the group stage have ended.

In Group B, the American Dream Team showed a strong dominance, winning all five games, and all of them won by double digits. Their strength is completely unique.

The Angola men's basketball team has no temper at all and won five consecutive losses in the group stage.

The German men's basketball team only beat the Angola men's basketball team.

The other three qualifying places are a bit interesting, all three wins and two losses, Spain wins Greece, Greece wins China, China wins Spain.

In the end, counting the small points, the Spanish men's basketball team ranked second in the group with a slight advantage, while the Chinese men's basketball team ranked third, and the Greek men's basketball team ranked fourth.

The rankings in Group A were also announced that day.

The Lithuanian men's basketball team, the motherland of coach Jonas, ranked first in Group A, and in the normal historical trajectory, the Chinese men's basketball team was ruthlessly eliminated by the Lithuanian men's basketball team, but now this trouble has given to the Greek men's basketball team.

The Argentine men's basketball team, which is the opponent of the Chinese team, ranked second in Group A.

In third place is the Croatian men's basketball team, and their opponent is the Spanish men's basketball team.

The Australian men's basketball team snatched the last qualifying spot from Russia and Iran, ranking fourth in Group A. They are about to face the luxuriously upgraded version of the American Dream Team.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the Argentine men's basketball team was predicted to be stronger than the Lithuanian men's basketball team. After all, the Argentine men's basketball team was the champion of the last Athens Olympic Games and also won the fourth place in the 2006 World Championships.

Their lineup has not changed compared to the 2006 World Championships, and they are even more mature. You must know that the golden generation of the Argentine men's basketball team is at its peak!
Therefore, their world ranking is also higher, ranking first in the world under FIBA ​​rules, ranking higher than the American Dream Team and the previous Japanese World Championship champion Spain.

Of course, unless the Chinese team can jump to the first place, they can play against Australia, which is ranked fourth.

Otherwise, among the opponents in Group A, Lithuania, Argentina, and Croatia are very close in strength, and it is difficult to fight.

In the face of the Argentine men's basketball team, China will usher in a huge challenge. If they win, they will enter the top four in the Olympic Games and have a chance to win a medal. If they lose, the ranking of the Chinese men's basketball team should be No. Sixth in the Olympics, of course, this result can be regarded as making history.

But according to the normal trend, this is Yao Ming's last Olympic Games. Once Yao Ming retires, the Chinese men's basketball team will lose half of his country. In the next Olympic Games, Wang Zhizhi will be 35 years old. It is clear that it will be the best time for the Chinese team to win the medal.

Zhou Lin rested for four days and came back on August 8th. His injury has healed. With the support of the system, the recovery speed is not slow, although the agent Thomas Myers and the team from Charlotte are very good. Worried, but Zhou Lin chose to come back without hesitation.

The game of the Chinese team was scheduled from 8:9 to 45:1.2 p.m., which was in prime time. The number of viewers of this game had already reached a terrifying [-] million viewers during the warm-up stage of the game.

Argentina's starting 5-man group are.

Point guard: No. 8 Pablo Priginho.

This player has not yet logged into the NBA, but in the future he will be the oldest rookie in history, coming to the NBA at the age of 35.

Shooting guard: No. 5 Manu Ginobili (NBA Spurs).

Extremis Demon Knife, in fact, there is not much to describe. Before the Greek team Spanoulis, the last player who was called Kobe Bryant in Europe, one of the GDP in the San Antonio Spurs, and it is also one of the few who can be called as a substitute Superstar player.

Small Forward: No. 13 Andre Nocioni (NBA Bulls).

Undrafted player, 28 years old, landed in the NBA in 04, and has gradually grown into one of the core of the Chicago Bulls. He renewed his contract with the Chicago Bulls in full mid-level last summer. Last season, he averaged 13.2 points + 4.2 rebounds per game. He is 201cm tall. The confrontation is very strong, and the main positions are power forward and small forward.

Power Forward: No. 4 Luis Scola (NBA Rockets)

Yao Ming's teammate, one of the inside partners, is 28 years old and 206cm tall. He participated in the Argentine professional league at the age of 15 and stepped into the European competition at the age of 18. He won the MVP of the Spanish league twice in 05 and 07.The absolute core of the inside line of the golden generation of the Argentine men's basketball team, and the inside axis of the 04 Olympic champion.His offensive methods are changeable, his feet are gorgeous, and he is skilled. On the defensive end, Scola is good at using his strong body and flexible movement to limit the opponent's performance, and he has a good sense of assisting defense and supplementing defense.Overall, he's a great post player who reads the game well.

Center: No. 7 Fabricio Oberto (NBA Spurs).

2.08 meters tall, 33-year-old veteran, the main center of the Spurs, one of Duncan's substitutes, averaging 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.

In addition to starting with four NBA players.

There is also active Raptors guard No. 10 Carlos Delfino on the bench. He averaged 9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game last season. Rate!

And No. 15 Federico Karimoches: Height 203CM, third and fourth position swingman, was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 2002st pick before Scola in the 51 draft, but did not log in to the NBA, and now plays It is second only to the strongest league outside the NBA, the Spanish First Division.

In addition, there are many players who have played in La Liga and major European leagues.

No. 12 Leonardo Gutierrez: Power forward, 30 years old, 201cm tall and 110kg in weight. As the captain of Argentina's Boca Juniors basketball team, he led the team to win the South American Men's Basketball Champions League!

No. 14 Juan Gutierrez: 25 years old, 206CM, center forward, 113kg.

No. 6 Roman Gonzalez, 30 years old, 211CM, 135kg, center forward.

It is worth mentioning that Walter Herman, Zhou Lin's former teammate who is still playing in the NBA, was not selected for this Argentine men's basketball team, and Pepe Sanchez, the main point guard of the last Argentine men's basketball team, finally Did not come to BJ, which shows that the Argentine men's basketball team has a large number of talents.

Argentine men's basketball players are the ones who like to wear long hair in the NBA. The three starters in this game, Nocioni, Oberto, and Scola all have long hair, while Ginobili's hair is shining enough In those years, he also had long hair fluttering, and Zhou Lin's former teammate Walter Herman also had long hair.

Argentina's players are quite distinctive.

As a South American team, the playing style of this Argentine men's basketball team is a little bit similar to that of the American Dream Team, with strong physical confrontation, strong shooting ability, and strong breakthrough ability. Slightly inferior.

The 226 cm Yao Ming has an absolute advantage in the interior. Of course, Yao Ming will also struggle a bit on the defensive end. You can probably refer to the game where the Rockets played the Jazz.

On the front line, due to the presence of Zhou Lin, there should be a small advantage. Of course, Nocioni in the opposite lineup is not easy to mess with.

The most dangerous part of the Chinese team is the back line. The two players, Ginobili and Delfino, are a bit of a monster. Especially Ginobili, even the American Dream Team can't control them well. Based on his performance, Ginobili may be the best shooting guard in the FIBA ​​system at this stage, and the back line is the weakness of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team put Sun Yue in the starting lineup again, just to allow Sun Yue to limit Ginobili's performance.

In the jump ball stage, Yi Jianlian stood in the middle circle and the Spurs’ substitute insider Oberto went to jump the ball. No matter in terms of height or bounce speed, Oberto was not Yi Jianlian’s opponent in the absence of confrontation. The Chinese team won The first wave of possession.

Liu Wei held the ball and immediately gave it to Yao Ming on the inside. His height advantage is too obvious, but ah, there is a player in Argentina who is very familiar with Yao Ming's style of play, even during the team training game, After simulating defending Yao Ming, Scola's judgment was very good. The moment Yao Ming dropped the ball, he directly reached out to steal it. The ball fell to the outside, but unfortunately, Sun Yue was not ready, while Ginobili's eyes quickly intercepted the ball, he cut in with the ball, and staged a serpentine breakthrough immediately Sun Yue, who was two inches taller than herself, made a layup.

He is fast and evil, and it is difficult to judge the correct route of Ginobili. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for the Chinese team to defend Ginobili. Of course, under the FIBA ​​system, there are no teams that can defend well. Live Ginobili.

Going back to the offensive round of the Chinese team, this time Yao Ming was smart. The moment he received the ball, he turned around and raised the ball above his head. Argentina's obviously short inside combination was simply out of reach. In the end, Yao Ming succeeded in the hook, which was regarded as a response to Ginobili's goal.

"Argentina's hands are fast, don't put the ball down!" Liu Wei also reminded.

The Argentine men's basketball team tried to start with the pick-and-roll between Prigioni and Scola. After the pick-and-roll, Scola faced Liu Wei. On the other side of Oberto, Oberto easily hit the basket into the frame.

The Argentine men's basketball team is completely a master of the essence of human fake moves. Whether it is the point guard Prigioni, the point guard Ginobili, or the inside Luis Scola are all players who are full of fake moves. Argentina The overall style of play of the men's basketball team is very spiritual.

After allowing Yao Ming to attack twice in a row, Liu Wei began to think of Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin faced Nocioni. Although he had an advantage in height, Nocioni, who was able to survive in the NBA, was very strong against him. , Zhou Lin spared a few screens but failed to find a chance, and Liu Wei also hung one abruptly. Zhou Lin took the ball down by relying on his height and better bounce, but it was already very difficult in this position. It is difficult to handle the ball. Argentina is defending a 2-3 zone defense. They know that the advantage of the Chinese team lies in the interior. All the troops are hoarded inside.

Zhou Lin's ball was given to Sun Yue on the outside. Sun Yue looked at the time and it was not too long, so he tried to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, but was interfered by Ginobili and the shot went wrong. However, Yi Jianlian still Relying on his height, he grabbed the offensive rebound, but Scola fell to the ground at the moment when he took the ball and was about to attack. As a result, the referee directly blew Yi Jianlian to attack with an elbow.

The 21-year-old Yi Jianlian faced the 28-year-old Luis Scola, and he felt that he couldn't try it out, especially in the FIBA ​​game, when he didn't defend for three seconds.

"This ball, the UAE is still a little too young. It was such a good opportunity, but Scola made such an offensive foul."

Sun Zhengping in the studio also felt sorry for the ball.

"Yi Jianlian is 213cm and Scola is 208cm. The UAE has a certain advantage in terms of explosive power and jumping. Unfortunately, Luis Scola is a very smart player. I believe everyone will not be very fond of this player." Unfamiliar, Scola served as the starting power forward of the Houston Rockets for a period of time this season, and even played as a center in a small lineup. After watching Scola's games carefully, you will find that Scola is a smart player. A floor-level player can play with those NBA players who fly into the sky time and time again, based on the NBA. In fact, whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, he will use some body language to deceive opponents and referees. There is still a lot to learn about this.”

Before Zhang Weiping finished speaking, Yi Jianlian suffered a disadvantage from Luis Scola again. Facing Scola's inside waltz, Yi Jianlian was fooled again.

Only at 7 minutes and 58 seconds into the first quarter, Yi Jianlian committed these two fouls, which completely disrupted the deployment of Jonas. Normally, the Chinese team's three major insiders rotate, but Yi Jianlian is the latest to change. Even in many games, Yi Jianlian would play the entire first quarter, but he had already fouled twice, and Jonas had to start the rotation early, replacing Wang Zhizhi in advance.

Luis Scola made two free throws here to help the Argentine men's basketball team lead 6-2.

"The Argentine men's basketball team deserves to be the last Olympic champion. Its on-the-spot performance and overall situation are superior to the Chinese team. The overall tactical quality is also superior to the Chinese team. Now we have to look at the coach Jonas. How can it be changed?"

The match between Wang Zhizhi and Scola is also a very interesting match. Scola's inside skills are very delicate, but Wang Zhizhi can be said to be the best player in Chinese history, not even one of them. Even Yao Ming once As I said, many of his footsteps were learned from Dazhi. In this round, Zhou Lin came up to provide high-level support and gave Wang Zhizhi his singles area, because Wang Zhizhi has an absolute advantage in height against Scola. , and after Wang Zhizhi got the ball, he turned around after a three-threat, shaking Scola's easy basket.

6-4!

The Chinese team finally had a player who could cure Scola, but soon the Chinese team also quickly discovered the disadvantages of Wang Zhizhi's presence on the court. Prigioni quickly and intentionally started to speed up. Nobili's two guards basically didn't give Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi the opportunity to fall into the position with two big insiders, and they directly succeeded in the two-line fast break.

With Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming present at the same time, the defensive speed of the Chinese team must be very slow. The Argentine men's basketball team does not intend to keep fighting with the Chinese team at all. Seeing the presence of the Mingzhi combination on the court, it is very fast. It started to speed up, and Argentina also knew very well that if they didn't run up and fight, the two short insiders on their side wouldn't have much room to play.

8-4!

The Chinese team once again tried to choose Wang Zhizhi to play singles, but this time Scola did not lose his position in the defensive stage. He continued to use the changes in the body to make Wang Zhizhi miss his shots. Oberto Resisting Yao Ming, Scola scored another rebound, and this time Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi also rushed to the frontcourt, finally forming a positional defense.

But at this moment, Ginobili took a step-back shot from the outside and hit the bull's-eye directly, and the demon knife came out of its sheath!

11-4!

At the beginning of the game, the Argentine men's basketball team used an 11-4 opening to directly stop the Chinese men's basketball team.

"Our return to defense is too slow."

Although Yao Ming tried his best to return to the defense, it was really not easy to run back and forth with a weight of 226 cm and nearly 270 catties.

Jonas' approach is to adjust the lineup again, and the battle has been sparse for a long time. Du Feng, who played very little time in this Olympic Games, will play again. His height can match Scola, and it is also China The fastest moving power forward in the team's current lineup, under the premise that Yi Jianlian has committed fouls many times, and Wang Zhizhi's effect after playing is also average, Du Feng was ordered in a crisis.

"The Chinese team has replaced No. 15 Du Feng. The 27-year-old Du Feng will participate in the last 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2006 World Championships in Japan. He is also the starting power forward of the Guangdong Hongyuan team. Before Yi Jianlian grew up and before Dazhi returned to China, he was always the core power forward of the Chinese men's basketball team. His strengths lie in his moving speed and shooting, and although his weight is average for a power forward, Du Feng's confrontation ability is also very good. Not weak."

"The only thing we need to worry about is whether Du Feng won't have much playing time in this Olympic Games, and if he is in danger, will he be able to exert the same effect as a microwave oven or an adhesive."

Seeing Du Feng, who had been out of battle for a long time, come on stage, Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping in the studio were both looking forward to it and worried at the same time.

Now Du Feng is really thin.

Yao Ming patted Du Feng on the shoulder and said, "Du Feng, don't take Scola's fake moves, follow your steps, don't jump."

In this lineup, Du Feng took more of the burden of support and defense on the line, while Zhou Lin fell to the weak side. Du Feng dealt cards near the free throw line. After Zhou Lin turned around, he cut inside to the basket. Next, when Du Feng passed the ball, Zhou Lin jumped up high and smashed the ball directly into the basket.

"A good shot, this is Zhou Lin's characteristic. Zhou Lin's running and jumping ability is very strong, and he dares to make moves."

After seeing Zhou Linkong's dunk, the duo in the studio also cheered up. Tonight's game is used to witness history. Whether the Chinese men's basketball team can win or lose this game, but it belongs to The momentum of the host country still needs to be played out.

11-6!

"There is a chance to rush inside more. Their insides are not tall enough and they don't have the ability to protect the frame!"

Yao Ming instructed Zhou Lin.

The fact that the opponent's ability to protect the frame is average, the Chinese players on the scene are very clear, but what the opponent puts out is a 2-3 defense that shrinks to the inside, and the defenders of the national team want to pass Argentina. The men's basketball guard's defense is already not easy. Both Ginobili and Prigioni look skinny, but they can't hold back their quick hands and quick feet.

And Zhou Lin’s point is the biggest matchup advantage. Zhou Lin, who is close to 208cm in height, has a natural dislocation advantage no matter who he is fighting. If it is involved without the ball, or if you choose an air cut as the end point, it is really difficult for the Argentine team to defend.

For the Argentine team, Ginobili is also constantly talking to Nocioni, who is facing Zhou Lin, but in Spanish. Judging from the body language, Ginobili is letting Nocioni Ni concentrates and gives Zhou Lin more confrontation.

The Argentine men's basketball team fell into position, and Scola wanted to play Du Feng, but Du Feng didn't give Scola too many opportunities when Du Feng was concentrating on his side. After that, Yao Ming and Du Feng, who were familiar with Scola, directly blocked Scola's passing route. Scola was very clever and prepared to throw an out-of-bounds ball at Du Feng. Unfortunately, Du Feng Feng leaned on his slender body and easily dodged the ball. The ball passed between Yao Ming and Du Feng, and Liu Wei quickly got the floor ball.

This is also the first time that the Chinese team has completed a successful defense since the opening.

Jonas kept shouting on the sidelines to wait for Yao Ming, wait for Yao Ming!
Yao Ming is tired physically and mentally. He came to the frontcourt about a second later than the others. Liu Wei’s pass to Yao Ming is still in place. Yao Ming squeezes in. This time Oberto Although he went all out, he was still dunked by Yao Ming, and a 2+1 was created.

Yao Ming made a steady free throw here.

11-9, the Chinese team finally got rid of the decline and started to fight back.

Looking back, facing Liu Wei's defense, the opponent's point guard Prigioni directly used Scola's one-block cover to directly shoot a three-pointer from the outside. In fact, Scola was blocked by the opponent's guard. The space is not large, but it was shot. It is worth mentioning that the Argentine men's basketball team has a lot of confidence in the three-point shot, or it has a strong ability to make strong shots. Prigioni is a little average, Ginobi Lee, as well as Delfino on the bench, are all strong three-pointers.

14-9!The Argentine men's basketball team responded to the Chinese team's inside attack with a three-pointer.

The Chinese team continued to try to let Yao Ming play singles, but Scola's double-teaming speed was very fast. Du Feng, who was free, retreated beyond the three-point line and tried a three-pointer, but unfortunately he failed to make a shot.

The Argentine men's basketball team quickly launched a counterattack, Ginobili sprinted to the basket, and Zhou Lin behind him was also desperately chasing, but what Zhou Lin never expected was that Ginobili did not He went for a layup by himself, but a back pass to Nocioni who followed up, and Nocioni faced Zhou Lin, who was taller than him, and directly dunked aggressively. Zhou Lin chose to stop at the last moment, because he was afraid Be made a 2+1!

16-9, the Argentine men's basketball team quickly used a wave of fast breaks to score a climax.

"Ginobili is the kind of player you can't imagine. He just glanced at the ball from the corner of his eye and found Nocioni following him. The sense of tacit understanding is too great."

"This is also the golden generation of the Argentine men's basketball team. This group of players has been playing together since they were fifteen or sixteen years old. They have gone through two World Championships in 02 and 06, and won the 04 Olympic Games. Now they are all at the same age. At the age of 28, Yamashita is at the peak of his age, and his experience and physical skills are all the same. Our Chinese men's basketball team, the newly rising Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin, are a little younger."

"Now, our Chinese men's basketball team needs some 'unreasonable' styles of play. What I said is unreasonable. It's the kind of ball planet. When the team can't start the game, we need some forced shots. Under such circumstances, there are players who dare to shoot and take the blame.”

Just before Zhang Weiping finished speaking, the player from the pitching planet appeared. Zhou Lin suddenly drew a cold arrow from beyond the three-point line. When they met, they were whistled for violating the cylinder, so Zhou Lin also had to stand on the three-point line to make free throws, and there were still three free throws.

With 2 minutes and 25 seconds left in the first quarter, Carlos Delfino and Federico Karimoches replaced Ginobili and Andres Nocioni.

Zhou Lin, who walked to the free throw line, made three free throws and continued to score. This made Yunus resist the urge to call a timeout again. During Zhou Lin's free throws, Liu Wei and Yao Ming were replaced by Chen Jianghua and Wang Zhizhi, but Zhou Lin will continue to fight here.

16-12.

With Ginobili off the field, the defensive pressure on the Chinese team was a little less. As soon as Delfino came on the field, he shot an outside three-pointer. Fortunately, the ball bounced out of the frame.

Chen Jianghua quickly launched a fast break, using speed to pass Prigioni directly, but when he broke through and was blocked by the help defense and chose to pass, he made a mistake. Delfino's speed of stealing the ball Soon, the ball was quickly given to Scola who was still on the side of the court. Scola jumped slightly and successfully put the basket with his hands.

It hurts morale to fight back and score in place!

18-12!

"Xiao Chen, slow down, don't worry!" Wang Zhizhi shouted to Chen Jianghua.

Chen Jianghua learned his lesson this time. After Wang Zhizhi came up and made a hand-off, after a circle, he suddenly started to speed up, which made the Argentine players slightly unexpected. A throw after a combined ball helped the Chinese team. side score.

"I can see why Jonas likes this little guard."

Sun Zhengping said: "Although Chen Jianghua is the youngest player in this Olympic men's basketball team, he is a player who is not afraid of making mistakes and dares to play. It is true that he often makes mistakes because of recklessness, but even after making mistakes, he Dare to play, this kind of psychological quality is not something ordinary players can achieve."

18-14!

There is 1 minute and 48 seconds left in the first quarter. The Chinese team defended a full-court press, but the quality is not high. It is relatively easy for the Argentine men's basketball team to use high points to support and transfer the ball. Finally, the ball was given to Oberto under the basket, but it was a pity that Oberto's in-situ dunk facing the empty basket actually dunked and flew.

It's a pity that the Chinese team who got the rebound had a good fast break opportunity and didn't hit it. Although Du Feng fought for the offensive rebound, he was blocked by Scola.

Also missed two consecutive shots!
Then, the newly replaced backup point guard Antonio Porter got the ball and broke through the basket to create a foul by Wang Zhizhi, and hit 2+1!

21-14!

The Chinese team pressed time to beat the second-to-last round. Zhou Lin broke through to the basket and gave Wang Zhizhi an outside shot. Unfortunately, Wang Zhizhi's buzzer-beater missed a three-pointer.

In the last 5.5 seconds, Argentina made a successful baseline ball tactic, and Delfino successfully slipped the baseline to help Argentina score another two points.

The first quarter is over.

中国队以14-23，落后了9分，中国队这边周林得到了5分1助攻1篮板。

Sun Zhengping said worriedly: "The Chinese team's hand feeling is average, and they are still not focused on the defensive end. It is very difficult to win against the Olympic defending champion like this, and China has also committed too many fouls against this side. , Facing a 'cunning' team like the Argentine men's basketball team, we must pay more attention and control the number of fouls."

(End of this chapter)