Chapter 151: The Diamond Cup (Part II)

After two group stage victories, the Chinese team locked the top spot in the group, although the second game against the Australian team was very easy, but the Chinese team's victory over the Serbian and Montenegro team still caused a lot of repercussions in the country, compared to the previous slow pace of the Chinese team's game, at least now the Chinese team seems to be running, and in the 2000 Olympic Games, the reason why the Chinese team can get the top four results is mainly due to Liu Han's play. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the end of the two group games, the Chinese team had a day of rest, Li Rui was very bold to give the Chinese team players a holiday, let them go to Belgrade to play, this is very different from before, the Chinese team leader is very dissatisfied with Li Rui's decision, he thinks that this is unorganized and undisciplined, free and loose, easy to go wrong.

"Then let them go to jail in the hotel? This is a group of living people, curious, temperamental, not a group of prisoners or a group of livestock, not just thinking about feeding them, but also thinking about where the cattle are going to eat happily and refreshed. ”

Li Rui's rather vulgar analogy left the leader of the national team speechless, and he could only threaten that he would report his wanton behavior to the domestic basketball association.

Li Rui's decision to take a holiday made the players of the national team very happy, although Belgrade after the war has long lost the glory of the year, but the exotic atmosphere is still very attractive to the attention of these young people in China.

Liu Han took the national team players to visit some of the famous local attractions, the Danube and Sava rivers are unforgettable, and Belgrade is at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.

The players of the national team did not expect that Liu Han could speak a good Russian, although the official languages of Serbia and Montenegro are Serbian and Montenegrin, but there are many people who can speak Russian here, so there is no problem in communication during the national team's play, and the locals are also very friendly when they see a group of yellow people, after all, Yugoslavia and China have always had a good relationship in history.

After a day of rest, China faced their opponents in the final, with Argentina topping their group after beating Lithuania and Angola in quick succession (in reality, Lithuania won the group and lost to hosts Serbia and Montenegro in the final, although this was modified to take into account the subsequent episodes).

The strength of the Argentine team is obvious to all, most of the players in their team play for European giants and NBA teams, the Spurs' Ginobili, the Pistons' Delfino, are very good players, but Delfino has not been taken seriously in the Pistons, compared with their football tradition, although Argentina's basketball has not won many honors, but it has to be said that the Pampas grassland is rich in courage and wisdom and a combination of warriors.

The competition started in the early morning of August 4, Beijing time.

Argentina's style is a mix of European teams and individual singles from American teams.

The Chinese team is also in trouble as soon as it comes up, the Argentine team does not have an advantage on the inside, but their breakthrough ability is very powerful, although Liu Han stared at Ginobili, but Argentina's Delfino and Nocioni on the outside frequently broke through with the ball, causing a lot of trouble to the Chinese team's defense, and the players of the Chinese team were completely blown up by the opponent in terms of turning speed, and were often broken through by the opponent in one step.

Liu Han had to frequently fill in the position to protect the basket, after all, there is only one Yao Min, if Yao Min is beaten down, then the Chinese team will definitely not be able to play in the following games.

After Liu Han filled in the position, Ginobili began to threaten the Chinese team's defense with three points, although he is not a three-point shooter in the traditional sense, but in terms of stability, he is still very good, otherwise he would not be able to become the super sixth man of the Spurs.

The Chinese team can't prevent the opponent's attack, so they can only find a way to ensure efficiency in their own attack, fortunately, Yao Min feels hot today, and the opponent's center Oberto has no way to defend Yao Min.

In the outside attack, the Argentine team did not have any way against Liu Han, Liu Han did not go to the basket at all in this game, either he forced a three-point shot against the defender, or he shot after blocking and dismantling with Yao Min or Wang Zhizhi.

The two teams played inextricably at the beginning, and the offensive efficiency of the two parts was very good.

The first quarter ended with the two teams tied at 27-25, with Argentina leading by two points.

The Chinese team is also an old problem in the second quarter, compared with the starting lineup, the performance of the Chinese team's bench lineup is worrying, not only can not prevent the opponent's attack, but also frequently make mistakes on the field, although Terry has a strength advantage but has no role in the face of Argentina's joint defense, and the young "Liandi" in the big forward position is also frequently played by Argentina's big forward Scola.

This Argentine player with long hair is very distinctive, his bounce and strength are not the best, but his feet move very quickly, and the basic skills are also very solid, often two shaking "Brother Lian" under his feet flew directly into the sky, and he easily scored after Brother Lian landed.

In the second quarter, the Argentine team expanded the difference to 8 points, and when Liu Han and Yao Min played at home, the Argentine team had already led by more than 10 points, and it was Liu Han's continuous strong attacks that narrowed the difference to 8 points before the end of the second quarter.

In the third quarter, Yao Min continued his hot hand, he had scored 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting in the previous two quarters, and the other four points were scored from free throws.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Yao Min scored consecutive mid-range shots, which disrupted the defense of the Argentine team, and then Liu Han took over the game, giving Ginobili and Nocioni a big risk in the defense, and in the offense, Liu Han singled out the entire defense of the Argentine team, and when everyone else in the Chinese team except Yao Min was dumbfounded, Liu Han and Yao Min carried the whole team together.

Compared with four years ago, although Liu Han is still quite personal, he is not as hard as before, at least Yao Min can share a lot of pressure for him.

At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team narrowed the gap to two points, and Argentina's offense was not vegetarian, and their players' will to fight was stronger than that of the Chinese team.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the two teams started a decisive battle, Wang Zhizhi, who performed poorly in the first three quarters, suddenly fired in the fourth quarter of the game, Scola bullied the young "Lotus Brother" before, and against Wang Zhizhi, he was also shown by Wang Zhizhi, and the continuous footsteps shook Wang Zhizhi directly shook Scola to the ground, and the few spectators in the stadium were also exclaimed, such footsteps are indeed rare.

The two teams were still tied at 91 in the last minute, and in the last minute, Liu Han showed the other party what the king star of the NBA is, with consecutive unreasonable three-point shots in the offense and lightning-fast steals in the defense, Liu Han gave the Argentine team a fatal blow in the last minute.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Argentine team 103-95 to win the championship of this Diamond Cup.