Chapter 617: A New Score Record
"Meng Xu made a three-point shot, this goal is a bit short, it's a pity."
After hitting two three-pointers in a row to chase the score to 74-76, Meng Xu's next two shots were all iron, and in the United States men's basketball team, after Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony each hit a mid-range shot, the difference between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American men's basketball team was once again widened to 6 points, and this time the attack, Meng Xu's shot still failed to hit.
"The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score is an eternal truth, no matter how good Meng Xu's three-point ability is, there is no way to compare the shooting percentage with the basket offense. The biggest problem of the Chinese men's basketball team now is that there is no way to solve the offense of the American men's basketball team, as long as the American men's basketball team can keep scoring, then the Chinese men's basketball team has no chance to recover the score. “
"Hey, Meng Xu's teammates!" After Meng Xu missed three points, the U.S. men's basketball team quickly launched a fast attack, although Meng Xu's timely retreat was very effective in delaying Allen Iverson's offense, but the reaction of other players in the Chinese men's basketball team was obviously too slow, the U.S. men's basketball team has launched a fast attack, they are still running back slowly, and finally after the U.S. men's basketball team formed a three-on-one situation in the front court, Dwyane Wade shot and hit, 74-82, and the difference between the two sides has been widened to 8 points.
"Greg, we should be able to win this fight." After Dwyane Wade's mid-range shot, Larry Brown's hanging heart can finally be put down, with an 8-point difference and more than 6 minutes of game time left, the U.S. team has a very high probability of winning this game.
"Larry, I'm still a little relieved." Popovich, who was standing next to Larry Brown, had already clenched his hands into fists in his chest, the remaining two games of Group B that started before the United States men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team have now ended, as expected, Lithuania, who played on the bench with a full bench lineup, lost to the host Greece without suspense, and Australia, which had won all four games, lost to Puerto Rico by a large score. Therefore, there must be no accidents in this game between the U.S. men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team, otherwise not only head coach Larry Brown, but also every player from assistant coach Popovich to the U.S. men's basketball team will be sinners in the history of American basketball.
Although the Chinese men's basketball team has fallen behind by 8 points, the Chinese fans on the scene still did not give up, and those Greek fans who came to "watch the excitement" also became staunch supporters of the Chinese men's basketball team at this moment, cheering for the Chinese men's basketball team with applause and cheers.
On the Huaguo men's basketball team's side, although Jiang Quan called a timeout, replaced all the main players in advance, and rearranged the tactics, Meng Xu still followed his previous plan after the game started, and it can be said that he used his own way of playing to complete the remaining minutes of the game.
"Director Jiang, this little Meng is really too unreasonable." On the side of the court, looking at Meng Xu, who is still doing his own thing, assistant coach Min Lulei looked dissatisfied, Huaguo Basketball is not the NBA, and the current Huaguo Basketball is still an era when the coach has the final say.
"Let him go, it's already like this anyway." To be honest, Jiang Quan has no hope of winning now, the substitutions and adjustments just now are purely hoping not to lose too ugly, but Meng Xu seems to have seen through Jiang Quan's intentions and still stubbornly wants to win this game. And through today's game, Jiang Quan also clearly saw the gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the American men's basketball team, under the high-intensity defense of the American men's basketball team, those CBA star players are all at a loss, and Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, who are highly expected by Jiang Quan, compared with Tim Duncan of the American men's basketball team, the gap is also very obvious.
Meng Xu, who missed the first three shots, did not retreat and fear in this offense, and after the opportunity appeared, he was still very determined to shoot outside the three-point line, and this time, Meng Xu's three-point shot finally hit.
The shooting percentage will be affected by physical strength, mentality, feel, opponent's interference, and even character, so it is difficult to maintain a high shooting rate for a long time, which is why the more critical the moment in the NBA, the more everyone likes to play under the basket.
But Meng Xu is different, first of all, Meng Xu's physical strength, because he has Chamberlain's endurance skills, so Meng Xu's physical recovery speed is very fast, and the 40-minute game is not enough to exhaust Meng Xu's physical strength. Coupled with the basic three-point shooting rate provided by Meng Xu's long-range shooting skills, although the basic shooting rate of 37% does not mean that for every 100 shots, he can hit at least 37 balls, but as long as Meng Xu's character is not too bad, his three-point shooting rate is still no problem at about 40%.
In the next game, Meng Xu was still very stubborn and resolute outside the three-point line, and he missed this shot? The next ball is still thrown! Because he didn't open the ultimate, Meng Xu's three-point shooting was often one shot, one goal conceded, two goals were missed, and two goals were conceded, but even so, Meng Xu's three-point shooting rate was not low!
"It's 2 points, only 2 points left! The Huaguo men's basketball team has caught up with the score again! Due to the appearance of Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, the overall defense of the Huaguo men's basketball team has been strengthened a lot, so when there are less than 2 minutes left in the game, when Meng Xu shot his seventh three-pointer in the fourth quarter, 91-93, the Huaguo men's basketball team moved the difference back to only 2 points.
"This, this 。。。。。。" Larry Brown, who was sitting on the bench, got up from his seat with some trembling and hurriedly made a gesture to pause.
With 1 minute and 41 seconds left, there are still 2 points left, and the U.S. men's basketball team must call a timeout to adjust the pace of the game!
"7-of-14 shooting, 2-of-3 free throws, 23 points in a single quarter, and 23 points in a row!" In the interval of the pause, when the DJ almost roared and shouted out Meng Xu's data in the fourth quarter, the atmosphere of the entire Heliniku Indoor Arena was immediately ignited, with 23 points in a single quarter and 54 points in the whole game, Meng Xu once again refreshed the single-game scoring record he set at the Sydney Olympics, and it is very coincidental that Meng Xu's opponent who set the last record was also the United States men's basketball team.
"Xiao Meng, well done!" As soon as Meng Xu walked off the court, Jiang Quan greeted him, patting Meng Xu on the back, while constantly praising Meng Xu's performance just now, Meng Xu ignored his own tactics and arrangements in the fourth quarter, and went crazy outside the three-point line, covering most of the offense of the Huaguo men's basketball team, but the result was almost perfect, Meng Xu once again used his strong scoring ability to pull the Huaguo men's basketball team back from the edge of the cliff.