This U.S. national team has a total of 3 traditional centers, Jordan Jr., Cousins and Drummond, because many of the U.S. team's forwards can be used as interior players on the international stage, so this configuration is completely sufficient.

But now the situation has changed, Jordan Jr. can't play this game because of injury, and Cousins has a temper out of control at this time, and it is normal for only Drummond to be left, but just now, Allen Guo's breakthrough caused Drummond's pulling foul.

Previously, Drummond had already fouled Tang Shuai once, and at this time, he fouled Guo Allen, adding up, this is his second personal foul in this game, and the game is still in the first quarter!

While defensively better than Cousins, he doesn't seem to be much better than Cousins when it comes to foul control.

Coach K frowned widely, there were only two interior lines that could be used, and the foul in front of him was equivalent to forcing him to the edge of the cliff, he waved his hand at Cousins, signaling him to come on the court to replace Drummond, and whispered to him between the games, which should have told him to control his foul count.

Gong Luming quickly discovered this, in fact, the American team took the lead in making substitution adjustments during this period of play, which made it easy for people to find out that it was abnormal.

In the next round of the Chinese team, he immediately replaced Li Gen with Zhao Jiwei, and then told Guo Allen to let him hit the inside line to create damage as he did against Brazil on the court.

The strength of this group of players in the national team is average, although they intend to impact the inside, but it is not easy to create damage, after the pause, Guo Allen, Ding Yanyuhang, Zhao Jiwei rushed into the inside line repeatedly, but more of them ended up with mistakes or iron, Cousins was advised by the old K coach, and paid attention to controlling the number of fouls, and in fact, against the players of the Chinese team, he was enough to play.

"Toot!"

Finally in the last round before the end of the first quarter, Ding Yanyuhang's deadly layup was finally knocked over by Cousins, and the referee also blew Cousins' second personal foul.

Gong Luming shook his head helplessly, and at this time the score on the field had become 40-25.

Although the goal was achieved, the price paid was too great, and at this time, the first quarter was about to end, and even if Cousins fouled, it would have little impact on the situation.

Old Coach K breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

The coaches on both sides saw the moves, but it was obvious that Lao K, who had a good hand in his hand, had much more initiative than Gong Luming.

"There is no doubt that China got off to a very good start, but it wasn't enough to beat us, Tang will score high again, but he will also play the role of a lone hero again." Barkley looked at the score on the field and spoke.

"It's going to be four quarters, so I think we should be able to think about how to deal with the next opponent, Espanyol." Kenny Smith chimed in.

"Tang Shuai, you have to play at the beginning of the second quarter." When there was a pause between the intersections, Gong Luming said directly to Tang Shuai.

Tang Shuai nodded, when the score was pulled away a little bit, he should actually be on the court, but Gong Luming didn't replace him until the beginning of the second quarter, which was already enough time for him to rest.

"We still play inside to make kills, the U.S. team can only use 2 inside lines, we just need to beat them all down, the situation will be reversed." Gong Luming's tone was still very slow, but his confidence could still be felt from his words.

Tang Shuai nodded again and again after listening, after all, he was just a player, not as accurate as Gong Luming who was on the sidelines, and now listening to him say this, this is indeed likely to be the only chance for the Chinese team to win.

Back in the second quarter, the Chinese team sent a lineup of one big and four small, Guo Allen, Ding Yanyuhang, Tang Shuai, Zhai Xiaochuan played the four small, and the big one was Yi Jianlian.

On the U.S. side, Cousins played with Lillard, Thompson, DeRozan and Green off the bench.

Tang Shuai advanced to the front court with the ball, beckoned Yi Jianlian to come out and make a block, and rushed directly to the inside, the speed was not fast, but the rush was fierce.

When he got to the basket, he shook Green away and made a layup.

Green and Cousins are much slower than him in terms of speed, and if he deliberately accelerates, neither of them can interfere with his shot, but this time he deliberately lowered his shooting speed.

Cousins saw the opportunity, remembered the scenes of being provoked by Tang Shuai one after another in the first quarter, and had already put the advice of Coach K behind him, and killed from the oblique side with a ruthless face, and was about to block Tang Shuai's shot.

Seeing that it was about to be covered, Tang Shuai was stunned and didn't make a move, but jumped up and made a dunk action.

Seeing this action, Cousins' eyes suddenly turned red, Tang Shuai turned unexpectedly! I also want to try to smash him!

"Bang!"

Cousins directly knocked Tang Shuai out of the air, and didn't give Tang Shuai a chance to dunk at all.

Tang Shuai was savagely knocked away by Cousins, fell heavily to the ground, and didn't get up for a long time.

There was an uproar at the scene, and Yi Jianlian and Zhai Xiaochuan rushed over to see the situation as soon as possible.

Cousins was panting there, a mad cow enraged.

The Chinese fans at the scene burst into boos, and many fans gave Cousins a handstand thumbs up.

Large international matches already have a relatively sound video replay system, and the referee goes to the sidelines to confirm the extent of the foul.

Tang Shuai lay on the floor for a while before turning over, facing up on his back, panting for breath in one breath.

Although he was mentally prepared, Cousins hit him really hard enough this time, and he almost didn't knock him over, if he hadn't deliberately rolled twice when he landed, it is estimated that his waist would have been broken at this time.

Cousins's temper tantrum is really explosive, and it's really dangerous.

He lay on the floor for a full three minutes before he was lifted up from the ground by the national team doctor.

At this time, the referee also watched the video replay and made a penalty for the game.

Cousins technical foul!

As soon as the decision came out, the fans at the scene gave a thunderous applause, and the bench reactions of both sides were one day and one day.

Cousins had a technical foul in the first quarter, and according to the rules of international competition, if he is awarded two technical fouls in a game, he will be sent off.

After Tang Shuai confirmed that there was no big deal, the ending in front of him was simply the best ending for the Chinese team.

Some people like it and some people are worried, after hearing the referee's decision, Coach K couldn't help but cover his face with his hands, Cousins was sent off at this time, it was definitely a worse thing for the American team, there were originally two inside lines, one was sent out, and the other was not going to play the whole game?

Of course, it was impossible to play the whole game, and after Cousins left the players' tunnel with a towel and an unhappy face, Coach K Sr. immediately made personnel adjustments and replaced Leonard on the court.

At this time, he could only let Green go to the No. 5 position.

Gong Luming also reacted quickly, taking advantage of this technical pause, he immediately replaced Zhou Qi and Yi Jianlian on the field, this kind of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he must not miss it.

"Team China! Come on! ”

Coming back from the timeout, Cousins was sent off the field and the morale of the fans was boosted.

Zhao Haoyan went to the free throw line first and hit a steady free throw, turning the score of the two sides into 26-40.

Tang Shuai went to the free throw line again, and after hitting both free throws, the Chinese team still had the ball.

Tang Shuai held the ball at the top of the circle, beckoned Zhou Qi to make a block, broke through with the momentum, and attracted the inside Green's defense with a change of direction, and then threw the ball directly above Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian understood, jumped up directly, and pressed the ball down directly after receiving the ball.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Yi Jianlian scored a dunk in the air!

Although the strength cannot be compared with Jordan Jr. or Griffin, with Yi Jianlian's physical fitness, it is not difficult to complete this kind of air connection.

Green's advantage on the inside is his movement speed, and Tang Shuai's breakthrough turned his advantage into a disadvantage, which gave Yi Jianlian a chance.

There was a burst of excited cheers from the fans at the scene, and Tang Shuai actually played an empty catch when he was playing against the American team!

Although the score is still behind, the morale of the Chinese team can be said to have risen sharply.

In fact, the basketball game is like this, the defense is done well, the defense can play the defensive counterattack, the same offense is played well, and the players' hard work on the defensive end will also rise.

On the offense of the American team, DeRozan broke through with Green's blocking, but under the defense of Zhai Xiaochuan and Zhou Qi, the shot finally slid out of the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Yi Jianlian.

DeRozan isn't the kind of guy who likes to pass too much, and his shooting percentage is relatively low.

The Chinese team launched a fast attack, Tang Shuai quickly broke through to the front court, and gave the ball to Zhao Haoyan on the right wing, Zhao Haoyan raised his hand and hit his first open three-pointer of the game.

31-40, in just a few rounds, the Chinese team instantly chased the score to single digits.

Green is not James after all, and his performance on both offensive and defensive ends is not the same as the effect of James as the starting center at the Beijing Olympics.

The U.S. team's offense, Lillard hit a big two-pointer with a big heart from the outside to help the U.S. team continue the score.

However, looking back, Tang Shuai passed to Zhou Qi under the basket in seconds, Zhou Qi turned around and made a layup, facing Green, who was a head shorter than him, and scored while putting the basket to score, which also caused Green's beater foul.

In fact, Zhou Qi's inside line is what Green is most afraid of, if you like to play back like Griffin, then Green, who has outstanding strength in the next game, is really not afraid of you, because you can't beat him, but like Zhou Qi, most of the offense is based on air cuts, and the arm span is extremely good, his short inside line is really not easy to defend, which has little to do with the strength of the player, it is completely a style of play.

After Zhou Qi steadily hit the penalty and added a penalty, the Chinese team has closed the score to 8 points.

Coach K was replaced by Drummond early, and it was clear that some changes needed to be made at this time.

There is a saying in China that when people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink saliva, the shooting of the American team Lillard jumped out of the basket, the Chinese team played a fast attack over there, Drummond pulled Tang Shuai directly in the retreat, and the referee's whistle on the sidelines sounded.

Drummond's personal third foul! (To be continued.) )