Chapter 123 - The Second Battle of Spain

After a brief exchange with Kobe, Li Yao and a group of Chinese men's basketball team members slowly left the Wukesong Gymnasium, of course, the post-game interview is essential, but I won't go into details here. I water. )

On August 11th, all the men's basketball games entered a rest period, and Li Yao originally planned to take Margot Robbie to watch other events in the Olympic Games, but he was pulled by the Four Heroes to watch the men's 4*100m freestyle relay that Phelps participated in early in the morning, but thinking about it, Li Yao did not refuse, you must know that the flying fish Phelps won 8 gold medals in this year's Olympic Games, which is a shocking result, and it is good to watch it.

But as soon as they watched Phelps' game, the Four Heroes only urged Li Yao to take them to taste Peking duck again, well, this is also a matter of course, who made himself the host?

But what the hell is Nima, after eating the roast duck, urging him to go to heaven and earth? Nima, are you so, it's only noon, and even if you want to go, you have to wait until evening, right?

So the five people who had nothing to do in the afternoon still went to Sanlitun to play under the leadership of the two people prepared by Da Yao for them, and the four heroes of Fengchen also had piles of souvenirs in their hands, and Li Yao was speechless when he saw it, big brother, it's not that these things you buy can't be bought in the United States, aren't they all madechina. But looking at the four people who were still unsatisfied, Li Yao was a little embarrassed to ruin their interest, so he had to give up.

But when it came to five o'clock, Chris. Paul couldn't help but start urging Li Yao.

In desperation, Li Yao had no choice but to lead them to heaven and earth again, and after some consumption, 30+ million RMB was wasted, which made Li Yao want to cry without tears.

On August 12, the men's basketball Olympic group qualifiers entered the campaign period again, and today's Chinese men's basketball team is against the Spanish national team led by the Gasol brothers.

During the warm-up before the game, Li Yao found the figure of the American Dream Eight team in the stands, frowned and thought about it for a while and understood, Spain won the championship in the 06 World Championships, and it is also one of the most important teams of this Dream Eight team, so it is not surprising that Li Yao watched the Dream Eight game.

But what Li Yao didn't know was that the game of Mengba was after them, although it was their purpose to observe the opponent of Spain, but it was only one of them, the Chinese men's basketball team was also temporarily included in the watch list by the old coach K, you must know that although they won the victory with the Chinese men's basketball team the day before yesterday, the Chinese men's basketball team did not make trouble for the Mengba team, and finally Mengba only won the game with a score difference of 7 points. And the most alarming thing for the old K coach is that in that game, the members of Mengba did not relax at all in the back but were still forced to die by the Chinese men's basketball team, yesterday he learned through the Chinese translation in their team that this Chinese men's basketball team is known as the strongest in history, and the old K coach suddenly became curious about this Chinese men's basketball team.

If Li Yao knew that Coach K actually regarded the Chinese men's basketball team as one of the potential opponents, I don't know if he would jump up happily.

Before the start of the game, Li Yao also stepped forward to talk to Mark. Gasol said hello, after all, before the start of the Olympics, the Heat officially announced that they had officially signed with him, also a rookie contract, but unlike Li Ya, Mark . Gasol's contract is 3+1 years. Of course, the annual salary can't be compared with Li Yao, the popular fried chicken.

But what made Li Yao very embarrassed was Mark. Gasol was not able to speak English fluently at this time, and Li Yao did not know anything about Spanish, and the two suddenly reached an impasse. Gasol saw it and hurried over to help translate.

Mark. After Gasol's translation, Gasol also learned that the purpose of Li Yao's visit was to welcome him to the Heat. Gasol also hurriedly asked Paul. Gasol translation thank you.

This embarrassing situation made Li Yao not know how to say the series of welcome words he had originally prepared. Gasol told his younger brother that he must learn English well, after all, there are many tactics arranged by coaches that cannot be explained clearly by the translator and oral translator. Gasol a reminder.

Paul. Gasol, as a star who has played in the NBA for many years, certainly knows the importance of this, so he told Li Yao that after the Heat signed with his brother, he had begun to urge Mark to sign with him. Gasol is starting to learn English, so just now Mark. Gasol was able to briefly talk to Li Yao.

After the end of the reminiscence, at 16.45 points, with the opening whistle of the referee, the second game of the Chinese men's basketball team group stage officially started.

Since the first game has been lost to the Dream Eight team, during the pre-game mobilization, Li Yao once again said as the captain that this game must be won with all his might, and they will strive to enter the 1/4 knockout round with the second place in the group. Only in this way will they have a chance to relax in the knockout stage, facing the third place in Group A, Gu Li Yao recalled the previous life when the ranking of Group A in the 08 men's basketball group stage was 1: Lithuania; 2: Argentina; 3: Croatia; 4: Australia, although Li Yao is also very much looking forward to fighting opponents like Argentina and Lithuania, but for the sake of results, Li Yao still feels that it is best to strive for the second place in the group stage, after all, whether it is Croatia or Australia, Li Yao is very confident to beat, so that they can create history and enter the top four, so that the chances of fighting for medals are greater.

The members of the Chinese men's basketball team also agreed, they only had one goal this time, that is, to break the historical record at home, so they said that they would do their best in all games as they did against Mengba.

Jumping ball in the middle circle, Da Yao beats Paul. Gasol gets the ball.

At this time, Rubio was still only a Spanish golden boy, although his strength performed well in international competitions, but because he was too young, Juan Navarro served as the starting point guard.

Facing Juan Navarro, although his career in the NBA is extremely short, but it does not affect his performance in international competitions, you must know that in the previous life, Juan Navarro, known as the "bomb", lacked Paulo in 09. Gasol led the team to the European Championship championship as the captain. In 201, he won the MVP award of the European Championships.

Li Yao did not despise Juan Navarro because he was not a well-known star in the NBA, and seriously implemented the tactics they discussed before the game on the court.

You must know that the inside twin towers of this Spanish men's basketball team are a Paul who is at his peak. Gasol and a young and vigorous Mark. Gasol, it is obviously very unwise to let Da Yao Qiang play the inside line, so Li Yao once again commanded Da Yao to play the core of the central axis, an alternative Princeton tactic.

At the beginning of the game, the most eye-catching play of the Chinese men's basketball team was not one of Li Yao or Da Yao, who the audience expected before the game, but because of the unsatisfactory performance in the NBA, Space Yi was used as the core of the central axis. Gasol completed the dunk in front of him.

Although the Chinese team maintained the lead over the Spanish men's basketball team at this time, Li Yao and Wade in the stands couldn't help frowning at the same time. Mark. Gasol's performance in today's game was completely ruined by the space easy, and Wade, as the leader of the Heat, was thinking about if other teams played Mark in the power forward position in the future season. Gasol: What should they do. It seems that Pat should be reminded. Riley to see if he can find a speed-type power forward, after all, the reason why Space Yi did not play like today in the game with the Chinese team the day before yesterday is entirely because Dream Eight's big forward position, whether it is Anthony in the start or Bosh on the bench, is a good defensive point that can limit Space Yi, and now Spain's inner twin towers are slightly bulky and give Space Yi the opportunity to play fully.

And the reason why Li Yao frowned was not because of Mark. Gasol was blown up by space in the game, because he has memories of his past life and is very aware of the development achievements of both sides in the NBA. Gasol is still an inside object for people to scramble for even in the era of small ball popularity in later generations, and Space Yi's lonely return to the CBA league is obvious proof.

The reason why Li Yao frowned was because although Space Yi was playing vigorously, the outside line on the Spanish side gradually found a feeling, and the difference between the two sides inadvertently began to narrow.

Li Yao knew that he couldn't go on like this, so Li Yao immediately commanded the team's outside line to strengthen the defense. With a wave of his hand, the full-court tight defense reappeared, and the sudden change of defensive rhythm interrupted Juan Navarro's rhythm, but Li Yao was sharp-eyed and started instantly, interrupted the basketball from Juan Navarro's hand, and rushed to the front court is a violent dunk, this time Li Yao did not pretend to be forced, Li Yao commanded his teammates to continue to implement the full-court pressing defense.

You must know that the reason why Li Yao did this is because Spain's inner twin towers do not have a big forward who is very flexible in terms of speed and pace like the American team on the court, (starting Anthony and substitute Bosh), and Li Yao's individual defensive ability is not bad, plus after the adjustment of the four heroes of the wind and dust, it has risen to a higher level, and it is more than enough to limit Juan Navarro alone, and in terms of position, the veteran Li Nan can also use his defensive experience to fully limit Rudy Fernandez, Not to mention small forwards, Sun Dasheng started by defense, and it is not a problem to limit Alex Montburu, a small forward, so this led to the Spanish offensive rhythm that was originally in a state of chasing points, which suddenly broke under the full-court tight defense of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Li Yao also took the opportunity to lead the team to play a wave of 9-2 small **, forcing the Spanish coach to call a timeout to ease the situation on the field.