Chapter 126 - Two More Cities (First Addition)
Due to the early end of the competition, Li Yao did not rush back to the Olympic Village, but stayed to watch the Mengba game.
The match was played by the United States against Angola, and Li Yao didn't have to think about it, he was completely here to enjoy the game.
As Li Yao thought, Angola was far from being the opponent of Dream Eight, who had already led by 25 points in the first half of the third quarter, making the time come to garbage time.
In the end, the American Dream Eight ended the game with a 97-76 lead of 21 points.
At this time, Li Yao had a doubt in his heart, you must know that the score of this game is exactly the same as in Li Yao's memory in his previous life, but why did Mengba lead by 31 points when he faced the Chinese men's basketball team? You must know that the Chinese men's basketball team was stronger than Angola back then, could it be that Mengba was of course targeting the Chinese men's basketball team, Li Yao couldn't help frowning.
However, after carefully recalling it again, Li Yao found that compared with the Chinese men's basketball team against Mengba in his previous life, Angola's hit rate was indeed higher than that of the Chinese men's basketball team at that time, Li Yao couldn't help but shake his head self-deprecatingly, bullshit conspiracy theories.
After watching the game, Li Yao didn't come forward to greet everyone in Mengba, he was afraid that he would be stopped by the Four Heroes of Wind and Dust to go to heaven and earth, you must know that the balance in his small treasury is not much, and he still wants to buy a house in Miami.
On August 13th, it was the turn of the men's basketball team to take the offseason, and Li Yao did not go out on this day, except for the necessary team training, Li Yao stayed quietly in the dormitory and played the PSP brought by Da Yao.
But Li Yao, who was in the dormitory, didn't know that there was chaos outside.
Since yesterday's press conference after the victory over the Spanish men's basketball team, Li Yao's position as the captain of the Chinese men's basketball team was revealed by Da Yao, the entire Chinese fans are crazy, they did not expect that Li Yao, a young man who has just entered the national team, actually took over the captaincy from Da Yao's hands, although there are some doubts, but the fans are surprisingly unanimous in agreeing with Li Yao's role as captain, after all, discerning fans can see the changes in the Chinese men's basketball team, and they don't need to think much about it, they are all brought about by Li Yao, because this Chinese men's basketball team has only one more person than the 06 World Championships.
And the headline "Captain Boy" on the front page of "Basketball Herald" has also become a nickname for Chinese fans for Li Yao.
A day off-season, and that's it.
On August 14, the Chinese men's basketball team will also welcome the third opponent in the group stage, that is, the Angolan men's basketball team, which has played twice in the Stankovic Cup and the Diamond Cup.
After two encounters, Li Yao also has a deep understanding of this African powerhouse.
And as a recognized breakthrough point in Group B, Li Yao did not take the Angolan men's basketball team very seriously.
So after the opening, Li Yao directly led the team to a burst of bombardment, and the defense used the whole court to defend as soon as it opened, you must know that Angola, an African powerhouse, relies more on their physical fitness, but the basic technology of ball control is very rough, so Li Yao is targeted to seize this point and arrange defense on the field.
Just five minutes into the game, the game was already set.
The Chinese men's basketball team relied on a strong defense, playing Angola is no temper, in just 5 minutes Li Yao steals from the Angolan point guard 3 times, and the Chinese men's basketball team is also 17-4 ahead of the Angolan men's basketball team by 13 points.
It is worth mentioning that after Li Yao's three steals, Li Yao also showed the world what it means that Chinese can fly, and a free throw line jump dunk directly ignited Wukesong Gymnasium.
This game is really played without pressure, the Chinese men's basketball team not only has a stormy offense, but even the defense is impregnable, while the Angolan men's basketball team on the contrary is stuck in a quagmire at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, not only because of the poor shooting rate under the strong defense of the Chinese men's basketball team, but also on the defensive end by Li Yao's targeted strong point of beating Da Yao.
The Chinese men's basketball team, like the Dream Eight team, also brought the game into garbage time in the third quarter, and finally the Chinese men's basketball team ended the group stage with a huge advantage of 94-61 leading by 33 points.
At this time, the Chinese men's basketball team also ranked second in the group with a record of two wins and one loss, only behind Mengba.
After winning the game, Li Yao once again participated in the post-match press conference as the captain.
Two days later, the Chinese men's basketball team also ushered in the penultimate opponent of the group stage. The German men's basketball team led by Nowitzki.
For this game, Li Yao is also very relieved, after all, in the German men's basketball team, except for Nowitzki, there is no other opponent who can cause trouble to the Chinese men's basketball team.
However, when this game started, Li Yao's brows were tightly furrowed.
Because he found that his teammates' hit rates were terrible, even when Da Yao was playing hard inside, he missed many times on weekdays.
"Is it because of physical strength?" You must know that although they won Angola in the last game, it seemed bloodless, but in the first two games, the desperate struggle of all the players is likely to lead to physical problems among the players at this time, although uncertain, but Li Yao did not dare to take risks, so he hurriedly called a timeout, replaced the remaining four starters, and replaced them with the second team with Li Yao as the defensive core they prepared at the beginning.
This scene also made the audience confused, why did the team go up and down 4 in just the first 5 minutes? Although the hit rate is really low, it won't be a substitution like this in 5 minutes.
But as a member of the replaced, Da Yao has no complaints, as the perennial captain of the Chinese men's basketball team, he also discovered the situation of the Chinese men's basketball team today, and originally wanted to tell Li Yao, but he didn't expect Li Yao to have thought of it, and Da Yao was also very pleased.
Li Yao took the second set of lineups to play a defensive counterattack on the court, but Li Yao found a scene that made him fall into embarrassment, Nima, even if he changed to the second lineup, the shooting rate of the Chinese men's basketball team still did not improve, the only thing to be happy about is that fortunately, the shooting rate of the German men's basketball team is not much better than that of the Chinese men's basketball team, otherwise Li Yao will really have a headache.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Yao decided that he couldn't take risks, you can't always gamble and rely on the opponent's low shooting rate to win the game, since there is a problem with the team's offense now, then it is time for him to stand up as the captain of the Chinese men's basketball team.
After figuring it out, Li Yao motioned for his teammates to pull away, and then he was going to start taking over the game.
Coach Vicky, who was far away in the United States, couldn't help but nod when he saw this scene, he was still thinking about what Li Yao, who was the brains of the team, would do when facing such a low hit rate from his teammates, and sure enough, Li Yao did not disappoint him, and took the initiative to stand up at this time.
"I wonder if that old fox will accept my proposal?" After looking at the success of Li Yao's singles next, ** Vicky first nodded with satisfaction, and then frowned and said annoyedly.
And the god operator Pat who was remembered by ** Vicky. Riley was also watching Li Yao's game at this time, why? You must know that before Li Yao's Olympic competition, Pat. Riley didn't watch a game, but just two days ago, he received a trade proposal that made him a little dumbfounded, and the Spurs were willing to use last season's FMVP Tony. Parker Garcot. Thomas and Spanoulis in exchange for Sean. Marion and Lee.
Pat, known as the God Operator. Riley doesn't think ** Vicky will fight for a Sean. Marion is willing to pay such a big price, if it weren't for Marion, then this would be a score-giving question, and Vicky's goal is obvious, that is, to get Li Yao.
For the sake of Lee, ** Vic was not only able to be willing to send away Tony with FMVP. Parker, led by three low-paid and efficient players, is even more willing to swallow Sean. This big contract for Marion. God Operator is not a fool, not to mention that he is already very optimistic about Li Yao's future, just ** Vicky values Li Yao so much, Pat. Riley wouldn't give up on Lee. Although the conditions offered by Vicky made him excited, however, Pat. Riley, however, forcibly pressed the temptation in his heart.
Looking at Li Yao's performance on the court, Pat. Riley couldn't help but nodded, glad that he was not carried away by the temptation of ** Vic, maybe accepted this trade proposal, the Heat's combat effectiveness will be greatly improved in a short period of time, but now their Heat's purpose is to rebuild, and Li Yao's performance has been able to prove that he will become a key member of the Heat's rebuild.
Li Yao didn't know that far away in the United States, the two wise men actually started a battle of wisdom around him.
And Li Yao can't take care of these now, because he found that Nowitzki's hand seems to be warming up a little bit, while the shooting rate of the Chinese men's basketball team is not improving.
In desperation, Li Yao had no choice but to continue to choose singles.
At the end of the first half, the scores of the two sides simply stunned the audience, the 35 points of the Chinese men's basketball team have already stunned everyone, you must know that in the three games that ended in the front, the Chinese men's basketball team scored 90+ each time, if it weren't for Li Yao personally taking over the game and successfully singled the opponent's point guard many times today, the audience even doubted whether the Chinese men's basketball team could score more than 30 points in the half.
However, what is even more surprising than the Chinese men's basketball team is that the German men's basketball team did not even score 30 points at the end of the first half, and only scored 24 points at halftime.
This made the commentators on the sidelines embarrassed, the two sides of Nima are simply all striking iron, how can they explain it?
After the start of the second half, Li Yao tried to pass the ball to his teammates, but what made Li Yao cry and laugh was that everyone in the audience today seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, no matter who could not shoot, even he himself decided to give up shooting today after trying two mid-range jumpers.
In the end, the game ended under the iron of both sides, and the Chinese men's basketball team finally relied on Li Yao's excellent individual performance to win the battle between blacksmiths 73-55.