The U.S. team's slow start is like Usain Bolt's slow start.

Coach K wasn't particularly worried about this, but he was a little worried when he saw Li Liang out of state early.

It was Cousins who broke the scoring drought of the U.S. team, who fouled Zhou Qi in the low post and hit both free throws from the free throw line.

But Cousins had a problem, he had a foul on him in the opening game.

If Li Liang didn't take advantage of his weakness, he wouldn't be Gan Li Liang.

Sure enough, seeing that the United States wanted to find a breakthrough from the inside, Li Liang decisively began to break through with the ball.

He used the skill [Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty] on the outside, and he passed Durant by worshipping the Buddha.

Cousins was completely exposed.

This guy is also a fool, knowing that he has a foul on his back and rushes up.

As a result, the two collided in the air, and the referee blew the whistle and blew a defensive foul on Cousins.

Li Liang went to the free throw line, which was to give him points, and Cousins had to go off the court because of two early fouls.

Cousins is the only interior attack point for the U.S. team, because the U.S. team has two interior players, the other one is Jordan Jr.

As soon as Cousins came off the court, the U.S. team was equivalent to a lame attack.

Although the United States can kick the Chinese team to death with one leg, China does have a lot less scruples in defense.

Two free throws were hit, and the opening one was 7:2, and the Chinese team led by 5 points.

This made the Chinese fans very excited.

In 2008, when the Chinese team played the United States at home, they also played very well at the beginning.

Of course, the back proves that basketball is a long-distance race, and it is useless to rush to the front at the beginning.

But the feeling of the Chinese team at the beginning was really good, especially on the defensive end.

After two months of warm-up matches, the level of the players has improved.

One is improved in close defense and defensive positioning, and the other is in physical fitness.

The first one was scolded by Li Liang, and the latter one was used to by Li Liang.

Li Liang did not let his guard down at all because of the small lead in the opening game.

He is well-informed and has seen a lot of big scenes.

If the Chinese team wants the American team to shed its skin in this game, it must first be mentally prepared to shed three layers of skin.

"Stagnate, close inside, close inside!"

Li Liang kept emphasizing and directing in defense.

Klay Thompson's ball-handling breakaway was disrupted.

Looking back, Li Liang dribbled repeatedly on the outside, and when it was 20 seconds later, he singled and shot ultra-long-distance three-point shots from the outside.

Didn't hit.

This kind of time-dragging singles looks like a cancer, but in fact it is holding back the rhythm of the American team.

Even if Li Liang is accurate in his outside shots, there will always be those who will not enter.

If he shoots quickly, maybe the Chinese player has just run over and hasn't yet stood firm, and he will immediately retreat.

After a few rounds, the American team played with a lot of people, and they took turns to fight, and the wheel battle could drag down the physical strength of the Chinese team in half a game.

Li Liang dragged the attack time, pressed the tempo, slowed down the game, and reduced the number of rounds.

Let the players of the Chinese team have more time to take a breath and then invest more defensive energy in the positional battle.

The counterattack of the American team did not come out and had to be bogged down in positional warfare.

Little Jordan tried to single Zhou Qi in the low post, but was covered by Zhou Qi!

Zhou Qi's long arms are still very deterrent, and he didn't jump much, so he slapped a hat on the little Jordan who was not up to the mark.

Seven minutes into the first quarter, the U.S. team scored their first athletic goal.

Kevin Durant catches the ball in the bottom right corner and hits a mid-range jumper.

At 7:4, the Chinese team still led by 3 points.

After Li Liang wasted two opportunities to make a three-point shot from the outside, this time he chose to break through.

After Yi Jianlian came to block the demolition, Li Liang did not take the right side, because he knew that the right side was a trap.

He chose to go left, which was a false cover.

After hitting the basket, Li Liang made a high throw pass to the inside.

Yi Jianlian relayed in the air and won the violent deduction!

Li Liang was not obsessed with his own attack, but fully cooperated with Yi Jianlian.

Other players can't believe it, Yi Jianlian is worthy of trust.

If he plays teams such as Spain, Yi Jianlian may not have many such opportunities.

However, the United States has two internal lines, one is mindless and the other is unhappy.

He really has more opportunities to show himself.

Immediately, the U.S. team played a pick-and-roll match on the outside.

The Chinese team made a big basket, Durant passed the ball to the inside, Jordan Jr. received the ball and killed the basket in two steps, and won the one-handed dunk!

The Chinese team's defense was careless in this goal.

"Shrink, shrink under the basket, there has to be someone! There must be someone in the three-second zone! ”

Li Lianggang went to the outside to defend Durant, but the basket was empty.

Next, Li Liang decided not to defend Durant alone, he put more energy under the basket.

Let them shoot from the outside, and the basket must not be penetrated.

In the offensive, Yi Jianlian is still sharing the pressure of Li Liang.

He catches the ball in the low post and hits Anthony hard.

Although Anthony pushed Yi Jianlian very far away, Yi Jianlian still relied on a soft touch and hit a mid-range backward jumper.

The Chinese team continued to maintain a three-point lead.

This time, it feels different.

There was a hint of agitation on the U.S. team.

Anthony started to exert his power, passing the ball to the basket, breaking through two Chinese defenders and putting the ball in the basket.

Singles.

Subsequently, Li Liang gave the ball to Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian held the ball as a wall cover.

Li Liang received the ball in a high position, shot directly with three points, and hit again!

Li Liang's shot was too fast for the U.S. team's defense to interfere with.

Then, Durant received the ball in the low post and hit Allen Guo in a one-on-one misposition.

Roll over jumper and hit easily.

Or singles.

The Chinese team's defense was not discouraged, on the contrary, the morale of everyone was higher.

Li Liang controlled the ball, steadily, and the American team did not have the idea of going up to the bag and clamping it.

Because they knew what level Li Liang was, everyone knew that it was too difficult to break the ball from him.

Ball control skills are one thing, he is not the top, and the confrontation of Li Liang is too strong.

Durant defended Li Liang one-on-one, and Li Liang turned sideways and squeezed the space with his back against Durant.

Thompson waited for an opportunity to come over and block Li Liang's dribbling and passing lanes.

Li Liang had a gap, and immediately held the ball to accelerate horizontally to get rid of it, and Yi Jianlian came over to block and dismantle.

Li Liang cut in from the right side, made an emergency stop, and smiled slightly, Kassel's ugly smile!

Two points, hit!

The Chinese team continues to maintain the lead!

Old K finally sensed that something was wrong and called a timeout.

Li Liang completely controlled the scene and rhythm of the game.

Make fouls, press time, throw threes, and command defense.

He's literally the emperor on the pitch.

The first quarter was quite tough for Team America.

The two fouls by Cousins in the opening game actually had a big impact.

Because after the suspension, the personnel adjustment of Lao K can only be concentrated on the outside line.

If you change someone else on the outside, to be honest, it won't change the scene very much.

Lao K chose to replace George, and let George go to guard Li Liang one-on-one to consume him.

This was what George had to do when he was a knight.

As a result, I still have to do this job at the Olympics.

Throughout the first quarter, the Chinese team, under the control of Li Liang's perfect rhythm, actually maintained the suppression of the American team.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led the United States team by 4 points at 24:20!

The U.S. scored just 20 points in the first quarter and didn't score a single three-pointer from the outside.

The fast-break score was only 2 points, and there were almost no quick counterattacks.

The Chinese team used this set of iron barrel spear formations to create a feeling of "wanting to win"?!