Chapter 147: It's Not Easy
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There are obviously more Italian fans than Chinese fans.
Who brought them closer?
So far, Italy have only won one game, and they still beat New Zealand by two points.
Whether it is an expert or a player, before coming to Athens, they all put Italy and New Zealand together, ready to be soft persimmons.
Previously, the Chinese team's hope of qualifying was to defeat New Zealand and Italy.
Judging by Italy's current record, it's really like that.
Therefore, before the game, the players of the Chinese team were full of confidence in defeating Italy.
But Lu Xiaofeng knows that Italy is not only not a soft persimmon, but also a head obstacle.
Perhaps because of the format, they were the last to reach the finals in history.
But if you don't have the strength, just by luck, you can't pass the semi-finals in Lithuania.
Therefore, despite the decision to lose, Lu Xiaofeng is still a little worried about today's game.
If the teammates feel too bad and are beaten by Italy's three-point rain, it won't be a good sight.
The Chinese team sent Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Lu Xiaofeng and Liu Wei.
Li Nan, the oldest captain in the main force, simply took a turn off today.
Italy, on the other hand, fielded a normal line-up.
In the front court, there are two big men of two meters and one: No. 8 Makrato plays center, and No. 6 Granda plays power forward.
The three backcourts are: No. 10 Richerty at 2 meters, No. 5 Basler at 1.92 meters, and No. 12 Brairy at 1.88 meters.
As soon as you hear these names, you know that Lu Xiaofeng doesn't know any of them.
But judging from the previous game, these people, except for the center, are all three-point shooters.
Moreover, this may still be too jealous of Yao Ming, who averaged 30 points per game in the first three games, and did not play on their most aggressive one or four small lineups.
Otherwise, all five of them are three-point shooters.
In the opening jump ball, Yao Ming lost, the opponent played very fast, a cover, and No. 12 was a dry three-point pull.
Lu Xiaofeng shook his head when he saw it, this was too confident.
But maybe he shot too hastily, the basketball popped out of the frame, and Lu Xiaofeng turned around to grab the rebound.
said that he would take the fight, Lu Xiaofeng did not attack quickly, and waited for Yao Ming to settle down.
Liu Wei passed the ball in, No. 12 contracted the bag, and Yao Ming passed.
Liu Wei also simply, received the ball and made a three-point shot directly, strictly implementing the "decisive shot" explained by Harris before the game.
Lu Xiaofeng was not ready to grab the board, and went back to defense directly.
"Good shot, Liu Wei hit a three-point shot and opened the scoring for the Chinese team."
China 3:0 Italy.
"I'm X, Liu Wei feels good today!" Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help laughing.
The joint defense of the Chinese team, Lu Xiaofeng and Liu Wei are on the line.
No. 6 Granda ran out and took the ball from outside the three-point line on the left side.
Lu Xiaofeng knew that the three points of No. 6 were very accurate, so he slid over and jumped up to interfere.
But the opponent has two meters one, and Lu Xiaofeng's defense, in fact, doesn't have much effect.
"Bang dang!" But the other party struck the iron again.
"I'm X!"
As soon as Yi Jianlian got the board, he threw it to the front court, and Lu Xiaofeng could only chase after it with all his strength.
"I don't want to score!"
Lu Xiaofeng rushed to the front at once, and when he took the ball, there was no one left.
"The other party misses three points."
"Aggressor."
"Ah, threes, it's a bit of a ...... Strike! ”
Lu Xiaofeng did not choose a 100% layup, but directly made a three-point shot, but still scored.
Shaking his head, Lu Xiaofeng ran back, and Yi Jianlian raised his hand to praise it.
Lu Xiaofeng had no choice but to give him a thumbs up, and it was indeed spread well.
6:0, Italy missed three points in a row, and this time it was going to play inside.
But seeing No. 5 Basler break through from his side, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but stretch out his hand.
"Your sister!"
The ball was stabbed by Lu Xiaofeng, lost control, and was picked up by Liu Wei.
Liu Wei took the ball and threw it forward.
They all believed too much in Lu Xiaofeng's speed.
Run!
Lu Xiaofeng didn't have a choice.
Liu Wei passed the ball very big, and Lu Xiaofeng caught up with the ball, and he was already at the free throw line.
Lu Xiaofeng didn't want to dunk and ended the offense with an easy layup.
"Beep!" The moment of the layup, there was an impact from behind, and Lu Xiaofeng was knocked out of the bottom line.
"Good shot! Lu Xiaofeng scored another fast-break score. ”
"The referee signaled that the goal was valid, and a penalty was added, and the number 12 hitter was fouled."
8:0。
The Italian fans were silent, and the Chinese fans in the audience cheered.
The opposing coach directly called a timeout.
"Laughing wind, well done! Hehe! Yao Ming slapped Lu Xiaofeng on the shoulder.
No matter how Lu Xiaofeng listened, he felt that he was a little gloating.
Harris glanced at Lu Xiaofeng, and didn't arrange anything, just emphasized "pay attention to three points" and "shoot decisively".
After the pause, Lu Xiaofeng hit a free throw, 9:0.
Italy finally scored.
No. 10 Richerty received the ball on the baseline and made a shooting feint, shaking Zhu Fangyu.
Then he broke inside and suddenly made a pull-up jump shot to score two points for Italy, 9-2.
"It's hard!" Lu Xiaofeng almost applauded the other party.
Yao Ming continued to play singles, and the opponent was a bag clip, this time it was Fang Yi Jianlian's No. 6 clip.
Yao Ming passed Yi Jianlian, the other party contracted and rotated, and Yi Jianlian immediately passed to Zhu Fangyu in the bottom corner.
Zhu Fangyu did not hesitate, and made a three-point shot directly, and No. 10 Riherty ran back to interfere with a flying pounce.
When Lu Xiaofeng saw the trajectory of the ball, he felt that he couldn't go in, and he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Zhu Fangyu three points, is there any?"
"I didn't ...... Good ball, Yi Jianlian scored a rebound. ”
Lu Xiaofeng was speechless, Yi Jianlian competed with the opponent's No. 6 for a rebound, and somehow he clicked the ball in.
Yi Jianlian ran back excitedly, and stretched out his hand to high-five Lu Xiaofeng.
"UAE! Strike! Lu Xiaofeng had to pretend to be excited and give him encouragement.
11:2。
Italy broke through again, Yi Jianlian made up the defense, and No. 10 passed No. 6.
No. 6 Granda shook a false shake, shook Yi Jianlian who pounced again, and then burst in again.
"Beep!"
The referee blew for a foul on Yao Ming, and Yao Ming raised his right hand to admit the penalty.
"Hmmm! That's a good idea! No matter how Lu Xiaofeng looked at it, he felt that Yao Ming did it on purpose.
No. 6 made both free throws, 11-4.
Yao Ming singles again, this time the opponent didn't wrap up, Yao Ming took the ball and stopped for a moment, and turned around directly to jump.
"Smack!" The No. 8 center was very focused and covered the ball in one fell swoop.
"Beep!" But the referee blew for a foul.
Number 8 jumped up, holding his head in disbelief, he felt like he didn't have a thug.
Yao Ming was silent and walked to the free throw line.
As a professional player, it's okay for you to let Yao Ming play, but if you let him deliberately fail to shoot, then you can't do it.
So he made both free throws, 13-4.
However, in the next round, No. 12 took advantage of the cover of No. 8 center forward and broke into the interior line.
Yao Ming slid to make up for the defense, No. 12 Brairy fell to the ground, and the referee blew Yao Ming to block the foul.
Yao Ming obediently raised his hand, turned around and walked to the bench.
"Laughing wind, come on!" Passing by Lu Xiaofeng, Yao Ming didn't forget to say a word.
Harris really applied for a substitution, and replaced Liu Wei, Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian in one go.
Battle, Du Feng, Zhang Jinsong and Guo Shiqiang were replaced.
As soon as the other party saw Yao Ming go down, he changed to a lineup of one big and four small, and a shorter No. 9 Pozek came up.
No. 12 made both free throws, 13-6. (To be continued.) )