Wang Xiao stood outside the competition venue with his hands on his hips, looking at the game with a solemn face.

On the current scene, it is true that the Chinese men's basketball team has an advantage, but the advantage is not big.

Even if it relied on targeted tactical arrangements and defense to successfully contain most of the players of the U.S. team, the U.S. team could still bite the score and keep the score within 5 points by relying on the scores of a few players.

The player who caused this was none other than Kevin. Durant.

There is no way to do this, there are only a few cards that Wang Xiao can play in his hand, and Durant can only arrange Yi Jianlian to mark and defend.

With his height and defensive strategy of preventing shots and not breaking through, Yi Jianlian can indeed block Durant's outside shots.

And Hao Pengzhen guarding the basket can also ensure that the damage caused by Durant's entry into the basket is limited.

But when Durant made a mid-range jumper, Wang Xiao was a little helpless.

As the game progressed, the two teams began to gradually send substitutes on the field, and at this point, the situation began to take a turn for the worse!

The reason why the Chinese men's basketball team was able to suppress the American men's basketball team for a time relied on the performance of Jeremy Lin, Cheng Jie, Wang Meng, Hao Peng and other players who can be regarded as first-class or even super-first-class players in the NBA.

This is also something that there is no way for Wang Xiao to control.

The first to end up was Wang Meng.

In order to prevent James from death, Wang Meng tried his best, and even his actions were much rougher than usual, in this case, he did successfully restrain James, but he also suffered two fouls because of this.

In the rules of the Olympic basketball game, each player only has five foul opportunities, one less than in the NBA, and if he does, he will be sent off.

Wang Meng, who had already received two fouls, only had three foul opportunities left, and the game didn't even finish the first quarter.

After Wang Meng was replaced, it was Ding Yanyuhang who replaced him.

Of course, Wang Xiao doesn't expect Ding Yanyuhang to defend James, he just hopes that Ding Yanyuhang, who is 2 meters tall, can prevent James's outside shooting, and as for James's breakthrough impact basket, it still has to be handed over to Hao Peng to deal with.

Sure enough, when Wang Meng came off the court, James's number of touches increased significantly, and in the face of Ding Yanyuhang, who weighed only 90 kilograms, James was able to easily squeeze the opponent into the inside line with just a little force.

The pressure on Hao Peng also began to increase, although the center opposite him was changed from Cousins, who was good at offense, to Dunn, who was mainly defensive, but it was still a little difficult to take on the defensive work of James, Durant and others at the same time.

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 24:22, and the Chinese men's basketball team only led by 2 points.

With the start of the second quarter of the game, the slight lead of the Chinese men's basketball team was immediately tied and then overtaken.

Hao Peng's speed began to slow down, and his physical fitness was in trouble.

It can't be helped, he needs to score hard under Dunn's defense on the offensive end, and on the defensive end he needs to take on a lot of help and supplement the defense.

Hao Peng did not rest for a minute in the first quarter of the game, and appeared non-stop after the start of the second quarter.

Little by little, the situation began to tilt in the unfavorable direction of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Seeing this situation, the Chinese fans who were excited to watch the game couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey, sure enough, the gap in absolute strength still can't be smoothed?"

And the American fans on the other side of the ocean, their hearts are about to jump out of their throats.

It's too dangerous! It's really too dangerous!

Since the '06 World Cup, the U.S. men's basketball team has never failed on the international stage, and even a single quarter of the deficit has never happened.

But in the first game of the group stage with the Chinese men's basketball team, they saw a scene they hadn't seen for many years.

Fortunately, in the second quarter of the game, relying on the depth of the bench lineup, the U.S. men's basketball team regained the initiative and began to gradually establish a score advantage, which also allowed them to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

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On the field, Wang Xiao has replaced Hao Peng from the rest, and Wang Zhelin is the one who replaced him, and Yi Jianlian, who has been in charge of keeping an eye on Durant, and Zhou Qi has taken the position of big forward.

It's just that in this way, the NBA players on the Chinese men's basketball team are only Jeremy Lin and Cheng Jie!

Wang Xiao looked at the two people on the field with solemn eyes, and said secretly in his heart.

"Whether you can survive the weakest period of this wave depends on the two of you!"

From the perspective of physical fitness, Jeremy Lin and Cheng Jie are undoubtedly the least consumed among the starting five, after all, compared to the muscle collision between Wang Meng and James, Hao Peng guards the basket alone to block all the opponents who impact the basket, and the two of them are much easier.

But both Jeremy Lin and Cheng Jie also understand that the previous relaxation was to carry the banner of the Chinese men's basketball team at the moment when their teammates were resting!

The first to stand up was Cheng Jie.

Cheng Jie used Reggie. Miller Growth Template Card.

Although Reggie. Miller is known as one of the NBA's greatest shooters, but in fact his individual ability and individual accolades are not outstanding among shooting guards.

Throughout his 18-year career, Miller had only three All-Three and five All-Star individual honors.

In terms of personal data, Miller averaged only 24.6 points per game in the highest season of his career, and only 18.2 points per game in his career.

There are countless players who are better than him in the league, not to mention others, just George, who is opposite Cheng Jie today, has also completed the team's transcendence of Miller's personal honor.

As of 2016, George has played in the NBA for six years, during which time he has won three NBA championships, four All-Star selections, two All-Three Team selections, one All-Second Team selection, and three All-Defensive Team selections.

What's more, George's career hasn't even reached its peak yet, and he will have more individual accolades to come.

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Although it is very narrow to measure a player's strength by personal accolades and statistics, these things are indeed an important basis for judging a player.

Michael, the god of basketball. The reason why Jordan's status in the NBA is so transcendent is that he has won 6 championships, 5 regular season MVPs, 6 finals MVPs, 10 best teams, 9 best defensive teams and 10 scoring champions!

Having said all this, it is not to prove that Reggie. Miller is weak, but wants to show that in the decades-long history of the NBA, Miller can only be regarded as a good, excellent player.

But it was this not-so-top-notch growth template card that turned Cheng Jie's fate upside down.

He has gone from an unknown ordinary basketball enthusiast to the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team!

And at this moment, when the Chinese men's basketball team needed him the most, he stood up almost without hesitation!