In the U.S. locker room, the atmosphere was a bit dreary.

Although it has been mentioned countless times that the U.S. team regarded the Chinese men's basketball team as one of the biggest enemies in the international arena when Jeremy Lin announced that he would give up his American citizenship and return to Chinese nationality, neither the players nor the coach would have thought that the situation would be so bad!

At the end of the third quarter, the U.S. team actually trailed by 3 points! You know, this is not a dream team that lacked a lot of top players in 06!

Although the Rio '16 Olympic Dream Team is not the top compared to the previous Olympic Dream Team, it still has three players in the current season's best team, many second and third teams, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the Dream Team.

But such a team, against the Chinese men's basketball team, which has never broken through the top 8 of the Olympic Games before, has been pressed and beaten, and it is simply a shame to bite the score only by relying on the depth of the lineup!

"Anyway! All have to restrain Hao Peng! If we continue to let him tear our position on the inside, we could really lose this game! ”

Old K's voice was serious and heavy.

Whether you win or lose this game, the Chinese men's basketball team will become the biggest opponent of the dream team in this Olympic Games! The level of threat is even higher than that of Spain and Argentina!

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In the locker room of the Chinese men's basketball team, Wang Xiao didn't say much, but just asked the players to rest and recover as much as possible.

The lack of main players is the biggest problem of the Chinese men's basketball team, and the average playing time of the team's starting five tigers is close to 5 minutes more than that of the American team.

Don't underestimate these 5 minutes, even if it is converted to a switchback run every 24 seconds, you have to do 12.5 times in 5 minutes, and the straight-line distance is 350 meters, which does not count the physical exertion of attacking and defending in less than 24 seconds, as well as physical contact such as rebounding in the card position.

Even a player like Jeremy Lin, who has been in the NBA all year round and has become accustomed to the rhythm of high-intensity games, is a little unbearable, let alone others.

At the same time, the foul situation of the players is not optimistic.

Wang Meng, who mainly focuses on James, played until the end of the third quarter, and there were already 4 fouls on his body, which means that as long as he fouled 1 more time in the future, he will be sent off the court, and he must be careful when facing James in the fourth quarter, and he must not make any excessive movements.

In addition, Hao Peng, as the pillar of the interior defense, has to face all the breakthroughs launched from the outside, and the defensive task is heavier than Wang Meng, and he also has 3 fouls at this time, and he only has 2 chances to be sent off. 、

It can be said that the fourth quarter of the game will be the biggest challenge for the Chinese men's basketball team, and only by overcoming the above difficulties can we have a chance to defeat the United States team.

In these aspects, tactics can not play a big role, it mainly depends on the player's individual performance, Wang Xiao just emphasized the problem of fouls with Wang Meng and Hao Peng.

Soon, the short break was coming to an end.

Wang Xiao stood up, looked around at the players in the locker room, and said in a deep voice: "Next, it is the section that determines the final victory or defeat, and it is also the key moment that directly determines whether we can win gold in this Olympic Games!" Although it is only a small group stage, only by beating the United States here, crossing the United States, and reaching the knockout round or final, will we have a chance to beat the American team again! It's a matter of success or failure! ”

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The fourth quarter began, and the players of both teams returned to the court.

Wang Xiao's Chinese men's basketball lineup is still the starting one, Jeremy Lin, Cheng Jie, Wang Meng, Yi Jianlian and Hao Peng.

The U.S. men's basketball team has made some adjustments.

James, as a small forward, appeared directly at the point guard position, Thompson as the scoring guard, George as the small forward position, Durant still played the power forward, and the center was Dunn, who was mainly defensive.

In the first three quarters of the game, Lao K tried to let the team's three point guards try it on the court, but whether it was Irving, Lillard or Lowry, they were all in a state of unilateral suppression when facing Jeremy Lin.

As a regular in the best defensive team, Jeremy Lin may not be able to completely suppress against top point guards such as Curry, Paul, and Westbrook, but it is a little easy to play against weak point guards such as Irving and Lillard.

So, Lao K replaced the point guard and directly let the organization forward James play a cameo point guard in the final quarter.

This arrangement made the overall height of the American team rise by a level in an instant, and there was no player less than 2 meters on the field.

Fortunately, the average height of the Chinese men's basketball team is not low, except for Jeremy Lin, who is 1.93 meters, the other players are also above 2 meters.

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James moved to the point guard position, and the defender was replaced by Jeremy Lin.

This is a good thing for the Chinese men's basketball team, after all, although Wang Meng defended James very successfully, only let James hit 3 shots 9 times in the third quarter of the game, and only scored 10 points, but the price was 4 fouls.

Although George is not easy to deal with, his playing style and style of play are different from James after all, and it is definitely safer to be more careful than against James.

As for Jeremy Lin against James, it's not that he can't play.

As we all know, in 2010, the Heat formed a triumvirate to attack the championship, but they faced the Mavericks in the finals and finally collapsed.

And in which series, the two heroes who defended James were Jason. Kidd & Sean. Marion.

Kidd, who was 38 years old at the time, was even more efficient than Marion, an outside defense expert, when marking James, and before the showdown with the Heat, Kidd also defended Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Durant of the Thunder in the Western Conference finals and semifinals respectively, and the effect was outstanding.

Although there were many factors for Kidd's success in defending James alone at that time, such as James's own poor condition, and for example, at that time, James had not yet developed low-post offensive skills and could only rely on outside breakthrough offense, but even this was not enough to stifle Kidd's ability to defend.

The 38-year-old Kidd is still like this, let alone Jeremy Lin, who is in his prime at this time?

In the face of James, who has developed low-post offensive skills and is stronger than in 10 years, Jeremy Lin can still limit James' play at least on the outside.

As for the low-post offense that has gradually become James' usual technique, limited to the difference in height and weight, Jeremy Lin really has no way, but it doesn't matter, he can't prevent Hao Peng!

In the low position, Hao Peng is a mountain standing in front of all opponents!