Chapter 454
Cheng Jie is actually famous in the NBA, as the second pick in the first round of last year's draft, and also the best rookie this year, Cheng Jie's scoring ability has been recognized by all teams in the league.
But in this Chinese men's basketball team with two NBA champions, Cheng Jie's light was covered by Jeremy Lin and Hao Peng, and he was completely positioned as a fixed-point shooter in the Olympic Games.
This makes people overlook this scoring guard who is actually super capable of scoring.
And now, Cheng Jie is going to make those opponents who despise or even ignore him pay the price.
No one knows better than Wang Xiao how terrifying a fiery shooter is, because there are two shooters in the current Bucks team who can do this. Durant, Klay. Thompson!
And now these two are standing on the court, and Cheng Jie are hostile opponents, but these two shooters who are more famous and stronger than Cheng Jie in the NBA have been completely overshadowed by Cheng Jie.
Throughout the first quarter of the game, the defenders in front of Cheng Jie changed again and again, from Thompson to George and then to James, but no one could stop his scoring, just a simple run, with the help of teammates to block and dismantle and shoot in the open position, but Cheng Jie, who felt hot, was able to shoot all these shots, even if some opportunities were not good, and he had been forced in front of him by the opponent and covered his vision.
Watching Cheng Jie's crazy performance on the field, Wang Xiao subconsciously remembered Miller's most famous game.
In the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, the Indiana Pacers played against the New York Knicks.
In the fourth quarter, the Pacers trailed by 12 points, while Miller scored 25 points in a single quarter, including 8.8 seconds in the final moment, single-handedly turning the tide of the game and winning.
The time, place, occasion and opponent are different, but Cheng Jie at this time is like the possession of Miller, who is a god who blocks and kills gods.
In the first quarter of the game, under the shocked gaze of fans all over the world, Cheng Jie shot 8 of 13, including 5 of 6 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 24 points, while the Chinese men's basketball team only scored 29 points in the first quarter.
With Cheng Jie's almost terrifying and efficient scoring, the Chinese men's basketball team scored 29 points in the first quarter of the game, while the U.S. team only scored 23 points in the first quarter.
The American fans watching this game are going crazy.
What's going on here? The U.S. team actually fell behind in the first quarter again?
This was the case the last time they played against the Chinese men's basketball team in the group stage, what the hell are they doing?
Although the difference is not very large, only 6 points, American fans have begun to worry faintly.
…… You can't really lose, right?
And in China, which is far away on the other side of the ocean, the fans are boiling.
"Cheng Jie is good!"
"This guy is awesome!"
"Cheng Jie NB! 24 points in a single quarter, I wonder if it has broken the Olympic record for individual scoring in a single quarter? ”
Even in a 12-minute game in the NBA, there are very few players who can score 24 points in a single quarter, let alone a 10-minute game in an international game?
Fans are more interested in whether Cheng Jie can break the single-game personal scoring record in Olympic history——— 55 points in a single game.
Now it seems that the possibility is not small, after all, Cheng Jie's hand is hot, he scored 24 points in the first quarter of the game, and in the next three quarters of the game, even if he averages 10 points per game, the whole game will score 54 points, and a little hard work may be able to break this record!
It is a great honour to be able to write your name on the Olympic record!
……
The U.S. team, of course, will not let this happen.
If Cheng Jie really scores 55 points or more, then the U.S. team will not only face the situation of losing the championship and gold medal, but will also serve as an extremely humiliating background board on the personal scoring record.
You must know that the United States team is different from other Olympic teams, and the dream team with the world's most luxurious squad is the best in the world in both offense and defense, and scoring 55 points on their heads is a completely different concept from other ordinary teams.
Therefore, as soon as the game came up in the second quarter, the American team strictly defended Cheng Jie, and did not hesitate to wrap up the bag and not give Cheng Jie even a chance to catch the ball.
But such an arrangement will undoubtedly make there be a bigger hole on the field.
Hao Peng and Jeremy Lin, who were supposed to be targeted, were completely liberated because of Cheng Jie!
……
Hao Peng received the ball on the inside, dribbled twice with his back against Cousins, and then turned around and came directly to the basket, directly carrying Cousins to dunk the basketball into the basket with one hand.
Cousins did not show weakness and collided violently with Hao Peng's body in the air, but he failed to stop Hao Peng from being directly blocked, and even was whistled by the referee for a defensive foul because of too intense physical contact, and successfully scored 2+1.
On the edge of the field, Lao K stood on the sidelines pacing back and forth, his brows furrowed deeply.
Cheng Jie's sudden outburst completely disrupted his arrangement, and now the situation is quite passive.
What's worse is that Cheng Jie's scoring continues!
Even if he is arranged to defend in a targeted manner, even if he will be immediately caught when he receives the ball, Cheng Jie can still score with a fiery touch.
In the second quarter of the game, Cheng Jie was strictly guarded by the American team and touched the ball 4 times, but it was this insignificant 4 times, and he still seized the opportunity to shoot 2 three-pointers, in addition, because the defensive action was slightly larger, Cheng Jie got 6 free throws in the second quarter of the game, and 5 of 6 free throws, and actually scored 11 points in the entire second quarter.
This is a bit exaggerated, even Wang Xiao was dumbfounded.
Cheng Jie, or Reggie. Is Miller such a? George, Thompson like Thompson who has won the second or third team of defense can't stop it together?
The Chinese men's basketball team scored the highest score in the second quarter of the game was Hao Peng, who scored 14 points in a single quarter in the second quarter with the strong attack under the basket and Jeremy Lin's various assists and support, followed by Cheng Jie's 11 points, and the team scored 33 points in the second quarter, nearly eighty percent of which were won by the two together.
At the end of the half, the Chinese men's basketball team had scored 62 points, and Cheng Jie's personal halftime score had risen to 35 points.
This is really going to run for the Olympic single-game individual scoring record!
The U.S. team scored 54 points in the first half and still had an 8-point gap with the Chinese men's basketball team.
While losing in the team, the U.S. team can also be considered a loss in the individual duel.
The top scorer on the U.S. team at this time was LeBron. James, who scored 17 points in the half, was mainly due to the arrangement of the old K.
After appearing in the point guard position, James does not need to worry about Wang Meng's defense, although Jeremy Lin is not easy to deal with, but he still has the advantage of height and weight.
And Hao Peng couldn't keep guarding the basket on the inside because of Cousins, giving James a lot of opportunities to impact the basket.
Just like Wang Xiao thought, Lao K still didn't have the courage to put a superstar like James on the bench after all, and such a tactical arrangement could not be considered very successful.