Chapter 585: Olympic Legend 72
The stars of the Dream Eight will be hoping to help American basketball return to the top of the world with a victory, while the Chinese team will want to successfully defend their Olympic title. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although they defeated Argentina by 20 points to advance, it did not mean that the United States could easily win this final. On the contrary, everyone is very unoptimistic about them winning the championship. Even if many media compare their Dream Eight team with the Dream Team One.
It's just because the Huaguo team has a super killer player like Chen Feng, and the lethal breakthrough and three-point shot make the opponent even more puzzled than the dream team back then.
The game is about to start, and this time Chen Feng also appeared on the field for the first time as one of the starters of the Huaguo team, in addition, Yao Ming, Li Jianlin, Sun Yue, and Zhu Fangyu also started. The starting lineups on the U.S. side are Kobe Bryant, James, Howard, Anthony and Kidd. Kobe Bryant and James each played a good half in the semifinals, and they were obviously the key defensive players for the Chinese team in this final. ”
With Sun Ping's commentary, the referee blew the opening whistle, and the U.S. team first won the ball in the jump ball, attacked to the frontcourt, and the speed was quite fast, and James hit a 3-point shot from the outside after receiving the ball. Started for the U.S. team.
The Huaguo team served, and after Chen Feng got the ball in the backcourt, Kobe Bryant and Kidd all surrounded him, but unfortunately Chen Feng's speed was too fast, and he easily got rid of them with an acceleration before they got close. Immediately afterwards, Chen Feng also hit a three-point shot with a long shot before James ran over to block it.
The scores went back and forth like this, and the scores rose alternately, and after five minutes, the score of the two sides became 23:19, and the Chinese team led the American team by 4 points. In the final analysis, Chen Feng's breakthrough and three-point shot were too sharp, and he shot a total of 6 three-pointers in five minutes, hit 5, and scored 15 points. One of them was deliberately done by Chen Feng. This kind of scoring ability is more restrained than Chen Feng in the fourth quarter. But even so, it was enough for the American team to stand it.
And the U.S. team only sent Kidd and Kobe Bryant to defend Chen Feng this time. In the last group stage, they added James and none of the three were able to prevent Chen Feng, not to mention that these two people are obviously also unable to prevent Chen Feng. The result is to watch Chen Feng successfully break through and shoot three-pointers again and again. The U.S. team still doesn't seem to have a good way to deal with him.
And in the opening situation, of course, it can't help but make people look down on the American team. In addition, fouls from the U.S. team also became a problem, and less than 5 minutes after the game began, Kobe Bryant and James each committed 2 fouls and had to go off the court early.
In the fifth minute of the game, things finally changed. When Yao Ming was competing with Howard for a rebound, he was hit by the latter's elbow in the eye socket, which immediately made Yao Ming scream miserably, covering his eyes with his hands and falling to the ground. The referee blew the whistle and stopped the game.
Yao Ming's injuries looked a little serious, his eyes were red and swollen, and he was obviously not suitable for another battle. The referee just gave Howard a technical foul and two free throws and one throw. The Huaguo team is missing a core player, and the form is of course a little unfavorable to the Huaguo team. Without the support of Yao Ming, the inner line was basically occupied by Howard's monster. Wang Zhizhi was replaced, obviously unable to compete with this Mr. Warcraft.
And Wade, who also came off the bench, performed very brightly, he scored 3 points with free throws as soon as he appeared, and then made a successful steal and a backhand dunk. The score really went up in real alternation. Of course, this is comparable, mainly referring to the score between them and Chen Feng's side. In the next five minutes, Chen Feng made a total of eight three-pointers, hit seven of them, and once again helped the team score 21 points. But the U.S. team also scored 20 points in those five minutes. As a result, after the first quarter of the game, the Huaguo team only ended the first quarter with a score of 48:42, and Wade scored 13 points alone in this quarter.
This score was unexpected by many. Because according to everyone's previous estimation of Chen Feng's attack power, Chen Feng should have helped the Chinese team to get rid of the United States team far away in 10 minutes in this quarter, and the lead of more than ten points is a more conservative score. As a result, it is now only 6 points ahead of the U.S. team. This was obviously a bit unexpected.
Of course, in fact, Chen Feng has scored 36 points in this quarter, which is a very high score. This scoring ability is one of the best in NBA history, and it is also a record. But compared to Chen Feng's previous scoring record. This time, the record is not a record.
Everyone is somewhat confused about this. If Chen Feng's strength has declined, it is obviously not the case. But to say no, the score gap between the two teams is only 6 points. "Both teams played well in this quarter, and the scores of both teams were quite close. It's just that now Yao Ming is injured and can't fight anymore. On the inside, we're going to have a lot of pressure in the next games. ”
Zhang Ping echoed: "That's right. In this quarter of the game, the two teams were fully exerted from the beginning, and Yao Ming went off the court with an injury. In the interior line, we really can't come up with players who can compete with Howard, and we obviously suffer a little. Just five minutes later, Howard was almost completely in control of the interior and rebounds. This is very bad for the Chinese team. Fortunately, Chen Feng's three-point shot is still sharp, otherwise, in the next five minutes, he will definitely be overtaken by the American team. ”
Hu Dong said: "I think that Chen Feng has not fully exerted his strength in the first quarter compared to the previous games. At least on the defensive end, he has less defensive play than in previous games. Especially in this first quarter, he only broke the opponent's ball once. In previous games, it was very common for him to break the ball. Maybe he's deliberately accepting physical strength. After all, running back and forth and defending like you used to do is very physically demanding, and it is also easy to get injured. ”
Hu Dong also said this casually, but he didn't mean to criticize Chen Feng. Everyone can also hear it, not to mention that in the end, he also found a good reason for Chen Feng.
In fact, Chen Feng did this because he just felt that there was no need to exert such a big force at the beginning. If he really makes a force, such as working the defensive end, as before, under his leadership, the United States team will play a full-court joint defense, which will definitely make the American team repeat the pain of the original group stage, and the score gap between the two sides will definitely not be only 6 points now.
"It should be for this reason. Liu Dong echoed, "It's only the first quarter, not to mention that we are still ahead." There is really no need to exert too much force, so as to encounter a greater backlash from the other party. As long as we keep leading and push harder in the final quarter, it's useless for the opponent to bounce back. ”
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The second quarter of the game began quickly, and Kobe Bryant reappeared in the second quarter, hitting a three-pointer as soon as he got on the court, and then he made a steal and dunked with one hand, and Bo won a full house. The U.S. team won 47:48, narrowing the gap between the two sides to one point at once.
Of course, the Huaguo team did not show weakness, and Chen Feng immediately made a three-point shot. And immediately after stealing the basketball in Wade's hand, and immediately hit a three-pointer again. The score suddenly became 54:47, widening the gap between the two sides to 7 points.
Then Chen Feng began to frequently participate in the defensive end, made 3 steals in three minutes, and shot 5 three-pointers in a row, helping the team score a total of 21 points, and the score gap between the two sides was also expanded to 15 points at once.
Seeing this, the U.S. team had to take an emergency timeout, and after the restart, they significantly strengthened their interior attack. In five minutes, Howard scored 12 points and 5 rebounds at once, even if Wang Zhizhi worked very hard, he also scored two goals, but he was still at an obvious disadvantage in front of Howard. The competition between the two sides was very fierce, and the Huaguo team was 15 points ahead of the opponent, but within two minutes, the opponent pulled the score gap to single digits. The main one is Kobe's two steals, both of which were snatched from Sun Yue. This made Chen Feng a little speechless.
However, Chen Feng also quickly exerted his strength again, hitting two steals and three three-pointers in succession, once again expanding the score gap to 15 points. But the U.S. team obviously won't admit defeat so easily, and it was Kobe Bryant who hit two three-pointers in a row, one of which was a steal, this time from Li Jianlin's hands. With 47 seconds left in the quarter, Chen Feng first made a three-pointer, and at halftime, James finally hit a three-pointer, and the two sides became 78-69. The Chinese team led the opponent by 9 points to end the first half of the game.
"This second quarter is much more exciting than the first quarter, whether it is Chen Feng or Kobe, they have shown their extraordinary strength. But obviously, if the two conduct a comprehensive evaluation, it is obvious that Chen Feng has the advantage. At least Chen Feng can guard against him, and he, plus Kidd and James, can't guard Chen Feng. ”
"Haha, that's true. Zhang Ping said with a smile, "Although Kobe's strength is the top in the NBA today, it is indeed a little worse than Chen Feng." In addition, the U.S. team has a soft underbelly: free throw percentage and three-point shooting percentage. But according to the shooting rate of the United States in the first half today, if it had won a long time ago, but there was no big lead today, it means that the game is very high. And even if Yao Ming was injured and left on the Chinese team's side, there was no fear or panic on the side, and there was no shadow in his heart at all, so he fought so hard with the United States. This kind of self-confident performance was relatively lacking in the Huaguo team before Chen Feng. You must know that this is the Dream Eight team whose strength is comparable to that of the Dream First Team, and the Huaguo team can have such a performance in the face of them now, which is really very uplifting and appreciated. The most critical thing in the second half is the shooting rate, because the shooting rate of both teams in the first half is too high, so how to maintain the shooting rate and how to defend when the physical strength of the two teams declines in the second half is a very critical issue. ”
Hu Dong said: "The hit rate of both sides in the first half was really high. In the three-point shot, Chen Feng only missed 2 shots, while the U.S. team only missed 3 shots. are quite rare. Both sides were in the middle of the first half with a three-pointer, a rare phenomenon in previous games. And the Huaguo team is also thanks to Chen Feng, otherwise in the absence of Yao Ming, it may have collapsed before the change. ”
Hu Dong said it directly if he had something to say, which made the other people present a little embarrassed for a while. As the former vice president of the Basketball Association, Zhou Lao was even more dissatisfied and interrupted: "Chen Feng is a very important player for our team, but when our team played against Spain before, Chen Feng didn't play at that time, and he didn't play very well. You must know that the United States team was also defeated by the Spanish team back then. ”
Liu Dong immediately eased up and said: "Chen Feng's three-point shot is indeed very sharp. And that's not the most critical thing, the most critical thing is that he steals. In the second quarter, he made noticeably more steals. And while stealing the opponent's success, you can also use it to score yourself. Under the advantages of one or the other, the opponent is of course unable to parry. ”
Zhang Ping also immediately chimed in: "Yes." Chen Feng's greatest strength is this, he can steal opponents and score at the same time. It is to fight the opponent and strengthen yourself at the same time. The score gap is slowly expanding, and of course this game can be easily won. ”
The break ended and the second half began. The Huaguo team served first and was hit by Chen Feng with a clean and direct three-pointer, but when the American team served and shot, it was iron, and the rebound was finally grabbed by Wang Zhizhi this time. Chen Feng received the ball from the outside and hit a three-pointer cleanly again, hitting 6:0.
"The U.S. team didn't have a lot of defensive intensity in the second half, and they didn't have a lot of concentration. That's pretty damning. Zhang Ping commented.
The Chinese team is getting braver and braver, Chen Feng has begun to pass, and the difference in points soon expanded to 24 points, Zhang Ping couldn't help but say: "This is not a good sign for the United States, because the United States has a super high shooting rate in the first half, not normal." And this time, the joint defense of the Chinese national team changed very well, and when the hands of the American team were not so hot, they changed the joint defense, and the effect was very good. ”
"Bosh and James have worked very well together inside the pass. The U.S. team's trick to break the joint defense is to find a way to burst inside to play, and if it doesn't work, it will make free throws. And if the Chinese team is now led up by the American team, it will not be good. ”
After the U.S. team made adjustments, the score finally caught up again, but every time they caught up with a little score, Chen Feng immediately counterattacked with a three-pointer. All at once, they were beaten back to their original shapes. By the end of the third quarter, there was still a 21-point gap between the two sides. Although there was still a fourth quarter, the score didn't look very big.
But if you compare Chen Feng's scoring ability, there is no doubt that the American team has been over in advance. This can be seen from the expressions of the five NBA players on the court. Even Kobe, who never said die, had a depressed look on his face after the third quarter. (To be continued.) )