Chapter 626: Adversity

"Is the men's basketball team going to habitually collapse again?" With the start of the third quarter of the game, the supporters of the Chinese men's basketball team on the scene and in front of the TV invariably had a bad premonition in their hearts, at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team established an 8-point advantage, but after the end of the half, the lead was only 1 point, and only 2 minutes after the start of the third quarter of the game, Argentina overtook the score, in this case, the past of the Chinese men's basketball team, gradually emerged in front of the eyes, countless games, the Chinese men's basketball team in the first quarter, even in the first half, it established a lot of advantages, but it collapsed inexplicably in the second half.

Most people are like this, when facing a predicament, the first thing will be to think about the bad place, the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympic Games, the first 7 games to maintain a full victory, but once there is an unfavorable situation on the court, many people think of the Chinese men's basketball team's previous unbearable past, just like the men's football team's black three minutes, every time the national team plays, even if the men's football team plays very well, leading the opponent on the field, but once the game reaches the last few minutes, most people will be scared, I'm afraid of another black three minutes or two black minutes or something.

Since the rise of Argentina's "golden generation", they have experienced too many headwind games, and defeated the strong with the weak, so for the current situation on the field, the Argentine fans are completely a natural expression.

Unlike the bench lineup with Ginobili as the core and the main outside lineup, Argentina sent a completely different lineup in the third quarter, in order to let Ginobili, who played a full 20 minutes in front, have a few more minutes of rest, and throughout the game, Ruben Magnano put Ginobili on the bench and arranged a lineup with Luis Scola as the core to fight against the semi-main and semi-bench lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team.

As the fifth-ranked player on the scoring list of this Olympic Games, although Luis Scola's height does not have any advantage in the big forward position, and his athleticism is slightly lacking, Luis Scola still has his own uniqueness, good ball control ability, excellent passing ability, diverse offensive means, wide vision, and not afraid of confrontation.

"Finally overtook the score! The final victory is definitely ours! ”

"After holding on for 10 minutes, the victory is ours, the championship is our Argentina's!"

The second quarter of the game can be called a watershed moment of the game, after the 8-point lead was almost filled by Ginobili's excellent performance, Argentina's momentum and fighting spirit were renewed, although Ginobili did not play in the third quarter for 1 minute, but Argentina did not have the slightest panic and discomfort, but led by Luis Scola, overtook the score in one fell swoop, and at the end of the third quarter, established a 4-point lead.

Perhaps compared to players of Meng Xu's level, Argentina's strength is inferior, but there is only one Meng Xu in the Huaguo men's basketball team, although Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are also very strong, but there are many players in the Argentine team, and Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi's strength is comparable or even beyond a cut, and more than half of the players in the 12-man squad of the Argentine men's basketball team are playing in the NBA, so when Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi had to sit on the bench to rest because of physical problems, As strong as Meng Xu, he also fell into a lonely situation, especially on the defensive end, the defense line of the Chinese men's basketball team is under the continuous impact of the Argentine men's basketball team, like a broken house, leaking rain everywhere, even if Meng Xu has the ability to go through the sky, he can't make up for so many people.

Basketball is a team sport, even if the individual ability is strong, without strong teammates, one person can not beat a whole, defeat an excellent team, perhaps relying on strong individual ability, can create a little variable in the game, but individual ability, after all, there is no way to change the overall situation, this is the idea of many fans at the moment, especially the fans who support Argentina, they are convinced of this, no way, who let the Huaguo men's basketball team lead by 8 points. was also overtaken by Argentina.

Even the two Greek commentators on the scene also thought so, Argentina is a team that relies on groups, but the Huaguo men's basketball team is the simplest and most primitive superstar team, when Meng Xu is on the court, the Huaguo men's basketball team can play on par with Argentina, but as soon as Meng Xu gets off the court, the situation on the court is immediately uncontrollable.

"It's about to enter the crucial fourth quarter, as long as the Argentine men's basketball team can withstand the last wave of counterattacks of the Chinese men's basketball team, then Argentina will make new history today." For the two commentators on the scene, between the Argentine men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team, they must support Argentina, who makes the family culture similar, although European countries have always looked down on these poor relatives in South America, but compared to the Chinese men's basketball team, which has nothing to do with it, it is still a potential competitor, and the poor relatives are also relatives.

Dead silence, sweaty Meng Xu sat on the bench after stepping off the court, as for the remaining players, they were standing beside Jiang Quan, not daring to say a word, Jiang Quan, who was holding the tactical board in his hand, did not know how to arrange the tactics of the fourth quarter, so for a while, there was no sound at all on the bench of the Huaguo men's basketball team, it was surprisingly quiet, and everyone seemed to be waiting.

The Huaguo men's basketball team is indeed in a slight situation now, but it is only 4 points behind, and everything has not yet reached an irreparable situation, so Meng Xu, who is sitting on the bench and wiping sweat, does not worry too much.

"What's wrong with you?" As if sensing that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere, Meng Xu looked up and glanced around, and found that most of the coaches and players of the Huaguo men's basketball team were looking at him.

"We're only four points behind now, it's not 40 points, and we're back in minutes." Putting the towel to wipe his sweat on his shoulder, Meng Xu got up and walked directly to Jiang Quan's side, tilting his head to look at the content on the tactical board.

Meng Xu's honey self-confidence also shocked Jiang Quan, as if this Olympic final was like an ordinary game. Although Jiang Quan has been in charge of the national team for more than ten years, and has participated in countless continental competitions, but today's game, Jiang Quan is still a little nervous, further is history, it is a new era, and taking a step back is a loser, so like many people, before the game started, Jiang Quan was burdened with the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, plus before the game, the chairman of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, also expressed his condolences to Jiang Quan on behalf of the country's top leaders, and hoped that Jiang Quan could seize this opportunity to rewrite history. From the expectation of the top leader, Jiang Quan was even more nervous and uneasy, especially after Argentina overtook the score, Jiang Quan found that he was panicked, just like his first time coaching, his brain was blank.

"Director Jiang, hurry up and arrange tactics, the rest time should be over in a while." Seeing that Jiang Quan was still a little stunned, Meng Xu gently pushed him on the side.

"Hmm." Nodding to Meng Xu, Jiang Quan began to roll call, signaling the players who played in the fourth quarter to gather around him and continue to complete the rest of the game according to the tactics formulated in advance.