August 26, Athens, Men's Basketball Quarterfinals, USA VS China.

CCTV Sports Channel.

Yu Jia: "Welcome to the audience and friends to watch the men's basketball quarterfinals, today is our Chinese team against the United States team, which is also a matchup between the first place in Group A and the fourth place in Group B. ”

The host Yu Jia's tone is quite peaceful, almost without any emotion in it, originally the Chinese team won the first place in the group, he should be excited to tell the fans across the country, our Chinese team is the first in the group, we won all in the group! Today we will challenge for the top four positions!

But no, if the opponent is another team, maybe Yu Jia's tone will be completely different, but today's opponent is the United States, Yu Jia also feels that this is really bad luck, he can't get excited, this opponent is too difficult to play, they would rather play Lithuania with a win in Group B.

Zhang Weiping was also in the same mood, and introduced in a very smooth tone: "Yes, although the American team is only ranked fourth in Group B, their strength is absolutely not to be underestimated. ”

The scene of the competition.

Players from both sides have already entered the stadium, and before the game, the players who know each other first say hello.

Wade shook hands with Sun Zhuo, didn't say much, and didn't smile, they have a good relationship, but the arena is like a battlefield, there are no friends, and the two will definitely do whatever it takes to defeat their opponents for their country.

On the contrary, Stephen Marbury, who was not familiar with Sun Zhuo, took the initiative to say a lot to Sun Zhuo: "I said man, you are too unlucky, you actually met us in the first game of the knockout round, we didn't deliberately target you in the rankings, pick you to fight, don't think about it, for the powerful dream team, any opponent is the same." Actually, I'd love to see you win the bronze medal or the silver medal, but I'm sorry, but after today, you'll be eliminated. ”

It is not the first time that Marbury has despised the Chinese team to provoke Sun Zhuo, he, including many black players, has the psychology of discriminating against yellow players, when Jeremy Lin signed a 3-year 36 million contract with the Nets, Marbury tweeted that Jeremy Lin's contract is a serious premium, and the contract shows not Jeremy Lin's strength, but Jeremy Lin, who the Nets signed for the so-called non-basketball factors in the Asian market.

Whether it is Jeremy Lin or now Sun Zhuo, it is difficult to win Marbury's respect.

Sun Zhuo knew that Marbury had played in the CBA for many years and won the championship for the BJ team, and after that, even Tiger Pounce JRS built a bronze statue of him, although it was later demolished as an illegal building, but at least it also represents that Marbury has a great relationship with China and BJ!

Sun Zhuo said: "You despise China so much, aren't you afraid of spreading it out and offending Chinese fans?" ”

Marbury, who was having a good ride in the NBA, chuckled: "What if you offend? I don't play in your CBA! ”

Marbury walked away disdainfully, and then, Larry Brown and Popovich also shook hands with Sun Zhuo, Popovich was silent, and Larry Brown only said, "See you again." ”

The words were extremely cold, and Sun Zhuo could feel his hatred for himself from this cold tone.

Sun Zhuo knew that the two of them would definitely try their best to limit themselves.

The starting team of the United States team is Marbury, Iverson, Jefferson, Odom and Duncan, at the beginning of the game, Richard Jefferson has always been close to Sun Zhuo, not giving Sun Zhuo a chance to catch the ball at all, once the ball is in Sun Zhuo's hands, Richard Jefferson is more vigilant, he is also very aware of Sun Zhuo's technical characteristics, when at the top of the arc, Richard Jefferson will put a defensive break, in the bottom corner of both sides, Jefferson will not leave Sun Zhuo, never give Sun Zhuo room to shoot.

When he played the playoffs with the Lakers before, Larry Brown suffered a loss at the beginning, so at the beginning, Brown strictly ordered all players to keep an eye on Sun Zhuo, and never let Sun Zhuo bring the rhythm at the beginning.

Sun Zhuo was very restrained in the first quarter, and could only keep letting his teammates attack.

Simply, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi started off well, Yao Ming played in the NBA Rockets, and he also played All-Star, so he is very familiar with this group of guys and is not afraid, while Wang Zhizhi hopes to play a good performance in this game, so that Popovich, Brown or other scouts will take a fancy to him and bring him an NBA contract.

The U.S. team wasn't that scary, and they didn't break down the Chinese team in the first quarter, and the performance of the Chinese team in the group stage let them know that the Chinese team is not an opponent that can be defeated with one blow, and they have to take their time.

After a quarter, the Chinese team was behind by 5 points, which was not much, but Sun Zhuo only scored 2 points, and the Chinese team's offense was basically done by others.

Yu Jia also expressed concern: "The fundamental reason why we were able to maintain a complete victory in the group stage is Sun Zhuo, he is the scoring champion of our Chinese team, only when he keeps scoring, the Chinese team is a strong team, so I always feel a little uneasy to rely on others." ”

Zhang Weiping also said: "At the beginning of the second quarter, Sun Zhuo must stand up, no matter how tightly the opponent defends, he has to stand up and score, the American team is about to start expanding the score, the Chinese team is still more dependent on Sun Zhuo and Yao Ming, relying on others, the fourth quarter really can't hold on." ”

If you want to win the American team, with the current overall strength of the Chinese team, it is impossible to win, it can only be a narrow victory, since it is a narrow victory, then it must be a stalemate to the end, as long as the two sides are not big apart at the last moment, then Sun Zhuo is sure that the winner will be determined at the last moment, because he has something with a high hit rate like BUG, and no one can compare to Sun Zhuo for key goals.

However, in the second quarter, the U.S. team suddenly played a wave of offensive climax!

After Iverson missed, Odom grabbed the rebound, took advantage of the situation and smashed into the basket, facing Wang Zhizhi's defense, his left hand still dunked into the basket fiercely, and let out a roar!

The U.S. team is not the only one who can dunk through others, but also Richard Jefferson who is playing for the Nets.

The difference has widened to 10 points, the U.S. team is fully in shape, if the Chinese team has not counterattacked next, then the game will enter the rhythm of the U.S. team and be taken away by the U.S. team in waves.

The Chinese team called a timeout.

Everyone's face is helpless and frustrated, is this the fate of the Chinese team? Finally won the group, and finally went to finish seventh or eighth?

No, Sun Zhuo will not sit still, he has already decided to rely on his own ability to save the team and compete with the American team!

However, Sun Zhuo felt that with his current strength, it was not enough.

Before that, he had to get an ability, or rather, restore an ability he had before.

By playing bugs, it's time to reappear in the field!

Sun Zhuo used a game repeat challenge card: "I want to re-challenge the game between the Lakers and the Cavaliers on December 17, 2003!" ”