Chapter 144: The Last Moment
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The international match is 40 minutes.
But victory or defeat often depends on the last minute.
Or even the last round, the last second.
That's why there is the saying "Mr. Key".
As a role player, Robert Horry, who has won 5 championships, is the most famous "Mr. Key".
A scorching game, the two teams fought until the last minute, and the winner was not yet decided.
And Horry is often able to seal his throat with a sword and decide the outcome, and the biggest victim is undoubtedly the Kings.
They were obviously the leading side, but he took away the victory by one goal, and even with it, there was no hope of the championship.
"The boiled duck flew", in fact, it was not cooked yet, and it was still at the last minute.
The Chinese team led the Argentine team by 4 points, and there was one minute left, and the opponent had the ball.
Victory is in sight, but the game has just begun.
Argentina called a timeout.
"Focus!"
"We played the first 39 minutes, but remember it's a 40-minute game!"
"Defend! Defend! Defend! Don't give the opponent any chance to score easily. ”
"Don't make a mistake! Don't make a mistake! ”
The translator, Xia Song, relayed Harris's words loudly, making the players tense up and survive the last minute.
Harris replaced Li Nan with Liu Wei.
Argentina attacked, and this time the Chinese team did not defend the joint defense.
Lu Xiaofeng clung to Ginobili and didn't let him catch the ball.
Ginobili got rid of it continuously, but they were all resolved by Lu Xiaofeng.
At the critical moment, the opponent was also nervous, and Montecchia did not dare to risk passing.
Seeing that the 24 seconds were about to end, Montecchia gritted her teeth, changed direction, and forcibly broke through Liu Wei and rushed in.
Yao Ming hurriedly made up for the defense, Montecchia crashed into Yao Ming, and Yao Ming fell to the ground.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle blows, and Montecchia also shoots.
The basketball hits the board and bounces into the net.
Everyone stares at the referee to see how he decides.
The referee signals to block the foul and the ball is scored and a penalty is added.
Yao Ming, who was sitting on the ground, lay down in frustration.
"It's okay, we're still ahead! Play the offense! ”
Lu Xiaofeng stepped forward and pulled Yao Ming up with Yi Jianlian.
At 87:85, Montecchia made one more free throw, and Harris called a timeout.
After a gesture on the tactical board, Harris arranged the next offensive tactics,
After a timeout, Montecchia hit a free throw to bring the score to 87-86.
A point difference, a ball thing.
With more than thirty seconds left, both teams had one attack each.
Zhu Fangyu served, Lu Xiaofeng slowly dribbled over, and as soon as he crossed the midline, Ginobili defended it.
After waiting for a few seconds, Yao Ming rushed out and wanted to dismantle with Lu Xiaofeng.
Argentina once again opted for a bag, and they would never allow Lu Xiaofeng to score a three-pointer.
Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly dribbled back, and Yao Ming had already dismantled to the free throw line.
Ginobili stretched out his hand to break the ball, and Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly collected the ball and jumped up.
In order to avoid the interference of the opponent's center, Lu Xiaofeng passed the ball very high.
That is, Yao Ming, jumped slightly, and only then did he receive the basketball.
Because of the other party's delay, time passed by second, and it was running out.
Yao Ming paused slightly, stood at the free throw line and made a shot, and No. 15's defense was slow, so he could only watch dryly.
At the same time, Lu Xiaofeng was also entangled with Ginobili, rushing to the basket, ready to grab the board.
But the ball smashed into the inside of the basket and into the net.
"Good shot!"
"Yao Ming hit a jumper, and the Chinese team once again led by three points."
Yao Ming was very excited, gritted his teeth and pursed his lips, and swung his fist fiercely.
He's holding back his energy! This is a crime!
But this is not the time to celebrate, the opponent is about to serve, and he hurriedly runs back to defend.
For only a few seconds, Lu Xiaofeng did not press the defense, standing on the middle line and waiting for Ginobili.
Sure enough, as soon as Ginobili caught the ball, he rushed forward.
Seeing Lu Xiaofeng intercepting, he was about to speed up and rush over.
"Beep!"
The referee blew for a foul.
“Three! Three!” Ginobili excitedly chased after the referee, gesturing in his hand, insisting that he was fouled for his three-point shot.
"Lu Xiaofeng has fouled!"
"Is it a three-point shot?"
"Probably not, the opponent hasn't picked up the ball yet."
Yes, Ginobili didn't have time to collect the ball and make a shooting pose.
Lu Xiaofeng guarded against him.
In this game, he has learned a long lesson.
He deliberately turned sideways and let Ginobili go, just because he was afraid that he would block it for a moment and make a shooting move.
With two seconds left, Ginobili couldn't have shot a three-pointer directly from the halfway point.
Lu Xiaofeng gave Ginobili hope that he would pass him and gave him hope of shooting three points normally.
So, Ginobili wanted to take two more steps.
Although he dribbled past Lu Xiaofeng with his left hand, Lu Xiaofeng straightened his right arm and slapped his ball away.
Of course, this kind of break is definitely a foul, because the arm is blocking the opponent's body forward.
But Lu Xiaofeng was originally going for the foul.
With a three-point lead, he wasn't willing to bet on Ginobili's shooting percentage.
He also wasn't sure to block Ginobili's shot.
What if you get whistled for a foul while shooting?
Three plus one is possible.
So, he had already thought about it, just waiting for the foul in advance.
Ginobili negotiated with the referee for a while, but the referee upheld the original decision.
It's a blocking foul, not a shooting foul.
But because the number of fouls committed by the Chinese team, they still had to make free throws, but only twice.
"Two free throws, which is good for the Chinese team."
"It's less than two seconds, as long as you don't make mistakes, you win the game."
"It seems that Lu Xiaofeng's foul was deliberate."
Ginobili made a free throw, and Lu Xiaofeng ran up.
"Brother Zhu, change places, I'll grab the board."
Zhu Fangyu thought that his rebounding ability was not as good as Lu Xiaofeng, so he ran outside the three-point line.
"Ginobili made the first free throw, 89-87."
"Watch him make his second free throw!"
"Ahh Beware, rebounds! ”
"Haha, it's time, it's over!"
"Ginobili should have missed the free throw on purpose just now, but Lu Xiaofeng slapped the ball out."
"At 89:87, the Chinese team defeated Argentina, the runner-up of the World Championships, and became the first team in Group A to qualify."
"The record of three consecutive wins in the group stage has also created the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games."
At the last moment, the two sides battled wits and courage.
The well-informed Lu Xiaofeng has all kinds of last-minute free throw tactics in his mind, and he has long been guarding against Ginobili.
Because international basketball only serves in the middle line after technical fouls and physical fouls, and the rest of the time it is served in the backcourt.
Therefore, less than two seconds is not enough for a normal attack.
The opponent had no choice, so he could only deliberately miss the free throw and try to grab the rebound in the front court.
Sure enough, Ginobili smashed the ball in front of the basket, and the basketball bounced back.
But Lu Xiaofeng, who had been on guard, reacted very quickly, grabbed in front of Ginobili, and slapped the basketball into the sky at once.
When the basketball falls, time runs out.
As soon as the whistle blew, his teammates on the bench rushed over.
Yao Ming hugged Lu Xiaofeng as soon as he could.
It was a hard-won victory, all the more precious.
The Chinese team won all three games, advanced to the top eight, and completed the task ahead of schedule.
The reporters also rushed up and shot wildly at the players who hugged each other to celebrate.
"Lu Xiaofeng, at the last moment, was your foul designed?"
"The coach said that there were only two free throws for early fouls, so let me watch it."
"Hehe, what about the last rebound?"
"I had already guessed that he would do that, and of course I wouldn't let him succeed."
"How did you guess?"
"Because in that case, I'll do the same!"
"One more win is to top the group, have you ever thought about that?"
"Not before, but now I think about it."
"Huh! Is there confidence in the next game against Italy? ”
"What do you say?"
……
In the face of Zhao Yuwei's interview, Lu Xiaofeng talked eloquently.
In this game, Yao Ming scored another 32 points.
Lu Xiaofeng only had 16 points, but he had 11 assists.
To be honest, with Lu Xiaofeng's Chinese team, the style of play is a bit restrained by Argentina.
Argentina lacks height on the inside, and there is nothing to do about Yao Ming, but he is afraid of Lu Xiaofeng on the outside, and he doesn't dare to kill Yao Ming.
They also lack their primary point guard, Alexis Sanchez.
But the Chinese team still won so thrillingly.
This is the difference in strength. (To be continued.) )