China's match against Russia attracted a lot of spectators. As soon as Zhou Xuan appeared, the audience cheered.

The highest attendance in the men's basketball game at the Olympics was the United States team, followed by China, and fans came to see Zhou Xuan's performance. Because of the star-studded stars in the United States, the playing time is limited, and the highest personal score in a single game is only 37 points of Carmelo Anthony, but Zhou Xuan broke the Olympic record in history, and fans want to see him score. Some fans played the slogan "Mage 60+" on the sidelines.

Yu Jia said: "Today's situation is favorable to the Chinese team, and popularity is also part of the decision of victory or defeat. ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "I am also optimistic that the Chinese team will advance to the finals, although Russia played well in the group stage, but looking at the lineup, I don't think they are better than the French team, as long as this one wins, the Chinese team will achieve a breakthrough in Olympic medals." ”

Yu Jia said: "Of course, if you lose, you may win a medal, and you can also compete for the third or fourth place, but I believe that the audience and friends hope that the Chinese team can reach the final." ”

The Olympics don't make much money, but Zhou Xuan takes it as seriously as he plays in the finals, and he fights for honor.

The players on both sides didn't say hello after they came out, and Zhou Xuan shook hands with Kirilenko on the field, but he found that AK47 was unwilling to deal with him and dragged him to death. This time he wasn't so enthusiastic.

Zhou Xuan did not offend Kirilenko, even if he eliminated the Jazz in the playoffs that year. The reason for Kirilenko's displeasure was that he wanted to play in a big city, and New York was the best choice. He wanted to take a pay cut to join the Knicks, but Mullin refused, which took a toll on his pride. Now although he has received a big contract, he has gone to the bad team of the Timberwolves.

Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and others all shot three-pointers in the warm-up, which was their top priority, and Zhou Xuan chatted with Yi Jianlian.

"I may pass the ball to you after the blocking, if you don't have a good chance in the high position, don't shoot, pass the ball to Brother Yao, you have a height advantage, and you will definitely be able to play well in the high position. If Brother Yao pulls out to block and dismantle, you can cut into the inside line again. They only have one person who is more than 210CM tall, be resolute! Don't be like that. ”

Yi Jianlian nodded, he performed badly last time he fought Russia.

When there was no Yao Ming and Zhou Xuan, Yi Jianlian played very well in the national team and could score 20+10 data. Although the World Championships did not go far, it was still eye-catching. But as soon as the two stars came, he became the third person on the team, and immediately became restrained, only waiting for opportunities in the high jump shot, and the low post offense was wasted. In fact, Yi Jianlian can play in the low post, the number of roads is about the same as Yao Ming, turn around and jump shots or turn around to break through the bottom line.

Yao Ming came up and patted Yi Jianlian on the back, and said, "Fight well." ”

Now Yi Jianlian has not received a contract extension from the Mavericks, and other teams have no offers, and if he doesn't work hard, he is likely to leave the NBA. It's a shame to have a similar physical quality to Bosh to mix it up like this.

The Chinese team changed the starting lineup, Zhou Xuan, Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming.

Russian five: Shevid, Vitaly Friedzorn, Kirilenko, Viktor Kayapa, Alexander Cowan.

Mozgov sat on the bench, and although he was an NBA player, Cowan had more experience.

The entire Russian squad is in their prime, they can use their athletic talent to make up for their lack of height, and they don't have any particularly short players, with the shortest of the team reaching 190cm.

Cowan jumped the ball to win against Yao Ming, and Russia attacked first. Shevid dribbled the ball past half-court and passed it to Kirilenko and then ran to the baseline.

Kirilenko passes the ball to Kayapa and runs to the other sideline. On the left, Scheved and Cowan covered off the ball and ran to the right, while AK went to the low post on the left.

Yao Ming didn't go out, Yi Jianlian was slow to change defense, and Scheved caught the ball and hit a three-point shot. 0 to 3.

What dwarfed China on the field was Russia's high-and-low line pass-cutting attack. When Russia won the European Championship in 2007, they began a set of quasi-Princeton routines. AK47 and Kayapa, two three-headed, six-armed jack-of-all-trades fronts, responded in the highest, and Russia's flank intersperses were already formed. Playing power forward Kayapa, who didn't shoot much, but had six assists.

The Chinese team attacked, and Liu Wei controlled the ball over half court and gave it to Zhou Xuan, allowing him to match up with Shevid.

The change in line-up was a decision after discussion with the coaching staff. The Russian defenders are all tall, and Zhou Xuan is slightly better in mobility.

The two of them faced each other on the field, and when they thought of defending Zhou Xuan, Shevede was a little panicked. He didn't even play in the NBA before he played against the MVP twice. He was not Zhou Xuan's opponent.

Everyone pulled away, Zhou Xuan continued to dribble under his crotch to the right side, dribbled the ball behind his left hand, and shook his left shoulder slightly. Sheved hurriedly moved sideways, and as soon as his right foot touched the ground, Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball under his crotch to shake out space for his right hand, and the right side made a 60-degree emergency stop jump shot. 2 to 3.

The Russians attacked, and Zhou Xuan followed Shevid.

The coaching staff believes that the defensive focus of the men's basketball team is not Kirilenko.

First of all, Kirilenko has a very short period of time on the ball, barely plays one-on-one, and when the opponent has little physical advantage, he will pass the ball out immediately, and most of his scoring comes from off-ball runs and assists from teammates. Therefore, the focus is not on assigning one or more players to keep an eye on Kirilenko, but on the speed of rotation.

The point of defending Russia is on Shevid. In the last game against Lithuania, almost 80% of Kirilenko's points came from Sheved's assists, and he scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists.

Zhou Xuan's method is close to the body, not allowing Sheved to receive the ball comfortably, his confrontation ability is not strong, and his age is similar to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan has experience in defending Kobe, how can he be afraid of him?

In order to get rid of it, Sheved looked for a block again. As soon as Zhou Xuan collided with the screener, he immediately turned out of the bottom line and chased towards the bottom corner of the left side. Kayapa divided the bottom line again, and this time Zhou Xuan caught up.

Sheved passed the ball with one step, Kirilenko received the ball and made a jumper, which was deflected under Sun Yue's interference, and the two were also of similar stature. Yao Ming took the rebound and passed it to Liu Wei.

Zhou Xuan directly attacked quickly, and Liu Wei made a long pass. Zhou Xuan received the ball on the left side, held the ball in his right hand outside the three-point line, and moved closer with his left hand. Sheved suffered a loss on the court, judged that this was a feint, lowered the center of gravity to prepare for a breakthrough, how did he know that Zhou Xuan pulled up and shot, and shot quickly, no one grabbed the rebound at all.

Shevid jumped slowly and didn't cover it, and the ball bounced into the frame. 5 to 3.

Yu Jia shouted: "Good shot, Zhou Xuan scored 5 points in a row, his outburst is the best guarantee to win." ”

Zhang Li said: "I hope it can be prevented this time." ”

Kayapa took the ball in the high post after blocking and dismantling, and suddenly jumped and shot the ball after facing Liu Wei's step. Liu Wei just stretched out his hand. 5 to 5.

Kayapa, who is 206CM tall and born in '82, is also a veteran of the team. He has NBA experience, having been drafted by the Trail Blazers with the 22nd pick in the first round in 2004 and played for both the Trail Blazers and Bulls, peaking at No. 5. 8 points 4. 5 rebounds 1. With 3 assists, he returned to Russia after his rookie contract and joined CSKA. In the Russian team, he is a defensive leader, and he does a good job of blocking and dismantling on the court.

This time, Zhou Xuan also had experience, so he didn't need to block and dismantle, and let his teammates pull away, Sun Yue was 60 degrees on the right side, and Liu Wei was in the bottom corner on the left. Two big men under the basket. Zhou Xuan singled out again.

"Andre, you want to help me." Sheved shouted in his heart, helpless as a good man Zeng Xiaoxian. (How is this possible?) ）

Kirilenko said before the game that he would come up at any time to help defend. But this time Zhou Xuan took the left side and distanced himself. If Kirilenko assists in defense, Sun Yue will be empty. Even if Vitaly rotates to defend from the bottom corner, it will be difficult for him to block Sun Yue.

Zhou Xuan changed direction and broke through with two consecutive crotch dribbles, relying on speed to open a little distance with Shevedra, Sheved followed sideways, Zhou Xuan's right shoulder shook, and his left hand dribbled behind his back.

Immediately judging that he was going to change direction to the right, Sherved took a step sideways. He's quick and not slow, he's a good defender in the No.1 position, and he's not afraid of defenders who are shorter than him. But a qualified defender can't deal with Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan's back dribble was very small, and he pierced his crotch, and his right hand immediately slapped the ball back from his crotch to his left hand, and broke through on the left side.

Sheved had lost his center of gravity and was almost shaken to the ground. Zhou Xuan made a quick stop, made a 45-degree jumper, and scored a cricket shot. 7 to 5, he scored 7 points in a row.

The Russian team attacked, the Chinese team began to compress the defensive line, and under the interference of Liu Wei, Vitaly's three-point jumper missed.

Vitaly was not a tough opponent to deal with, and he beat Brazil with three points in the group stage, but his shooting lacked consistency. Russia's outside line has weaknesses, and its three-point ability is average, and only Shevid is more accurate.

Russia's strongest defender is Holden, who has dual citizenship of the United States, and is absent this time.

In the 2007 European Championship final, Holden helped Russia defeat 2006 world champions Spain. In the 2008 Olympics against the Dream Team, Halden played 36 minutes and had 17 points and seven rebounds, dwarfing U.S. guard Kidd and Paul. It's a pity that he missed this tournament due to injury, which gave the Chinese team a chance.

Russia began to guard against Zhou Xuan and trap him. Zhou Xuan shared the ball, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue were easy to shoot twice in a row.

Despite repeated decompression before the game, the Chinese role players still couldn't find the feeling, they really wanted to reach the final, and they were burdened with the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing.

In the next three minutes, Yao Ming also missed three shots. Russia started Paikwan and played exceptionally well, limiting Yao Ming.

Cowan isn't your average minor role, having won the 2008 NCAA championship and was selected with the 58th pick in the draft. Cowan had always focused on his studies until he went to study in the United States, and it can be said that he started his career late, but his progress was rapid, and he was already regarded as the best center forward in Russia. And he is also very promising to enter the NBA league, and the Cavaliers have the right to sign him, but he has a contract, so he did not go to the United States.

Yi Jianlian couldn't beat Kayapa, the Chinese team's interior attack was blocked, and Liu Wei also performed averagely, so he could only rely on Zhou Xuan to attack.

The Chinese team fell behind 17-21 in the first quarter, and Zhou Xuan scored 11 of them and handed out an assist.

In order to ensure victory, Zhou Xuan decided to play the whole court and did not rest in the second quarter.