Chapter 582: Lian Zhan Lian Victory
The Chinese men's basketball team, which has won two consecutive games, is temporarily ranked second in Group B, second only to the United States, which has won all three games, but everyone is not complacent. Although the Chinese men's basketball team is basically free to advance now, it is also good to strive for a higher ranking.
Their next game will be against Nowitzki and Kaman's Germany, who had won 1 and lost 2 of their previous matches, losing big defeats against Greece and Spain. It will not be difficult for the Chinese team to beat them, but the premise is that everyone must play at a normal level, and if they collectively drop the chain, then don't think about scoring points on Germany.
After a day of rest, the Chinese men's basketball team faced Germany at 8 p.m. on August 16. Of course, the highlight of today is not this game, but the next United States VS Spain, but for Chinese players, it is serious to play the game in front of them, as long as they can beat Germany, no matter how bad they are, they can lock in a third place in Group B, which is good for the next knockout round.
Younas has nothing to say about the match against Germany, he still chooses to play the inside first, after all, that is also Germany's biggest advantage, if he can destroy his opponents in this regard, then it will be a heavy blow to their morale.
In fact, Nowitzki and Carman's interior combination is not bad, and they are both NBA starter-level stars no matter how they are, but Chang Wei is still full of confidence in the combination of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. In his opinion, Yi Jianlian only needs to defend well in the game, Yao Ming alone can blow up the opponent on the offensive end, and Kaman's defense under the basket has no impact on him.
At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming squeezed deep under the basket with his huge body to ask for the ball, and his good friend Liu Wei gave the ball in as soon as possible. When Yao Ming received the ball, Carman naturally stood behind him and didn't let him turn easily, but how could this be difficult to stop Yao Ming? He leaned back, half-turned, and slotted the ball in with a light hook.
Yao did the same in the next round, this time with a turnaround and step-back jumper, and Carman tried his best to block it, only to watch as the basketball went over his fingertips and into the basket. Strictly speaking, he is a second-rate center in the NBA at most, and there is basically no way to stop it in the face of a top interior killer like Yao Ming.
If it weren't for Nowitzki's signature golden rooster solo shot, Germany wouldn't have known when. But Nowitzki didn't smile because of this, on the contrary, he frowned, and the expression on his face was very depressed, the reason is very simple, he was closely watched by Yi Jianlian, and after Chang Wei's special training, the UAE's defense is not something that can be easily gotten rid of, even if it is a historical-level big forward Nowitzki is difficult to take advantage of.
This made Nowitzki puzzled, the two had played against each other in the NBA, but at that time, Nowitzki played Yi Jianlian easily, why couldn't it be at the Olympics? Of course, he didn't know that this was because Yi Jianlian received special training from Chang Wei and focused most of his energy on the defensive end, which made Nowitzki disgraced.
Under the strict defense of the Chinese men's basketball team, it is very difficult for the German team to score points, and it is even difficult for them to score deep into the basket, so they can only try their luck outside again and again. In the last 3 minutes of the first quarter, they also played iron for many rounds in a row, even if they called a timeout, it was to no avail, and the Chinese team played a wave of 13-4 small climax, and fell behind 11-23 at the end of the first quarter.
Younas obviously tasted the sweetness, he once again emphasized the inside-based style of play during the break, and because he held a double-digit lead, he planned to let Wang Zhizhi play center first in the second quarter to give Yao Ming some rest.
Although Wang Zhizhi is no longer in his prime, his steps under the basket and game experience can still play a huge role on the court. In the face of Germany's substitute inside, Wang Zhizhi continued to use his skillful footwork to hit the basket, and by the way, he also sent a few assists to his teammates on the outside, although the firepower of the Chinese team was not as good as when Yao Ming was on the court, but it was not much worse.
His outstanding performance forced Germany to replace his starting interior combination in advance, but Younas also replaced Yao Ming-for-tat, and it was not Wang Zhizhi but Yi Jianlian who was substituted. The current UAE is not a reliable scorer, which is why Younas asked him to defend Nowitzki, that is to say, the combination of Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming is already the strongest combination of offensive firepower in the Chinese men's basketball team.
With Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi slaughtering all sides under the basket, the Chinese team's advantage on the court has become more and more obvious, and every goal they score can ignite the atmosphere of the whole court, and every steal or block can make the fans send a tsunami-like cheer. Amid the cheers of Chinese fans, the Chinese men's basketball team led by 23 points at halftime, almost turning the second half into garbage time.
However, the German team will not rest on their laurels, they represent their country at the Olympics, and even if they lose, they will lose with dignity. So halfway through the third quarter, Nowitzki led a scoring spurt when he hit back-to-back shots to lead his teammates to an 8-0 run. However, this was just a flash in the pan, because his teammates had an advantage on the inside, the outside pitchers of the Chinese men's basketball team also dared to shoot in this game, and Zhu Fangyu's two three-pointers once again opened the difference.
The Germans' morale was devastating under the rain of three points from the Chinese team, and although they still worked the field, it gave the impression that they just wanted to lose less ugly and had no extravagant hopes of victory.
Because of this, the fourth quarter was completely garbage time, and Younas was relieved to put some players who usually don't play much time on the court, so that they could feel the atmosphere of the game and accumulate some experience by the way. In the end, under the leadership of Yao Ming, the Chinese men's basketball team won another big victory, and the score between the two sides was 89-75, which made Germany lose less ugly.
After beating Germany, the Chinese men's basketball team has the last game left in the group stage against Greece, and now both sides have advanced to advance, and the only role of this game is to determine the ranking of Group B. Chang Wei of course hopes that the Chinese men's basketball team will beat Greece and finish second in Group B, but whether it is second or third, it is much better than finishing fourth in his previous life and then being eliminated by Lithuania.