Chapter 148: What a Taste

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The Chinese team let Lu Xiaofeng play with a group of substitutes.

Those basketball experts, of course, saw Harris's intention at a glance, which was to rest the main team.

But the audience doesn't see it that way!

"Italy is such a dish, so it should be played by substitutes."

"The substitute went up to a stalemate for a while, and the main force came back after resting, and he won after beating him to a climax."

"Yao Ming fouled too quickly, but it doesn't matter, with Lu Xiaofeng with him, Italy can't beat it."

"Team China! Come on! ā€

In the shouts of the Chinese fans at the scene, Guo Shiqiang carried the ball through the half with the opponent's No. 9.

Lu Xiaofeng stepped forward to answer, and beckoned Battle to cover when he took the ball.

As soon as Battle's wide and strong body blocked, Lu Xiaofeng got rid of the entanglement of No. 12 and rushed inside.

Lu Xiaofeng dribbled with his left hand, and with an acceleration, he threw off No. 6 Granda who was making up for the defense, and was about to start for a layup.

Granda flew to block, but Lu Xiaofeng grabbed the ball with his left hand and passed it from his shoulder to the back of his head.

Battle has already rushed in, and there is no need to adjust at all to get the ball, just lick the basket and add two more points.

This ball Lu Xiaofeng passed very high, Battle held it high, and the opponent's small one couldn't touch it at all.

"Good shot!" Lu Xiaofeng turned around and high-fived and praised Battle.

However, after changing the lineup, Italy finally found its touch.

Covering the breakthrough and passing back, Granda received the ball at the top of the arc for three points, and Guo Shiqiang's supplementary defense had no effect.

Three-pointer hit to make it 15:9.

The two sides fought their own battles, forming a situation of mutual explosion.

Italy found a three-point crosshairs, hit the happy side, No. 9 Pozek made a quick stop to pull three points, and he could hit it.

But the Chinese team did not fall behind.

Battle is finally playing at this Olympics.

He and Lu Xiaofeng's blocking, the other party can't help it.

After receiving the ball, he either goes straight to the basket, passes to a teammate who is empty on the outside, or takes a strong hit.

The opponent is not tall enough, and his strength is not as good as him, and he plays well on the inside.

But Du Feng, Zhang Jinsong and Guo Shiqiang are still like hanging up, they will shoot when they catch the ball, and they will have it as soon as they throw.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 30:20.

Italy not only failed to close the gap, but widened it by a few points.

As soon as Harris saw it, he replaced Lu Xiaofeng, got Liu Wei, and played a double point guard.

Italy finally seized the opportunity to change their defense and play pressing.

At this moment, Battle couldn't catch the ball again, so he could only follow the opponent and run back.

The Chinese team pressed the 24-second shot three times in a row, although there were no mistakes, the effect was similar.

And the opponent hit three three-pointers in a row.

The score came to 30:29.

The Chinese team had problems with the offense, and there were also problems with the defense, and they were pressed and beaten by the opponent.

Harris hurriedly replaced Yao Ming and Zhu Fangyu, who had rested enough.

Seeing that the score was close, Yao Ming was playing really now, and he continued to play strongly.

Italy was afraid of the Chinese team's few outside lines, and did not dare to wrap up.

The scene of mutual explosion is back on the field.

It wasn't until more than halfway through the second quarter that Harris replaced Lu Xiaofeng, and the score was 37:36.

Italy is still one big and four small.

But the main force of the Chinese team went up and strengthened the defense, and Italy's outside three-point lost its crosshairs.

Italy was not tall enough and couldn't grab rebounds, and the game returned to the rhythm of the Chinese team.

The difference began to widen again, and Italy had nothing to do.

Even if Yao Ming received another offensive foul and replaced Battle.

Italy is a team that relies heavily on the three points.

When it is on time, no one cares about how to vote and how to have.

If you don't get three points accurately, you will be blind, and you will almost lose against New Zealand.

At halftime, the score was 45:39.

In the locker room, Harris is talking about the good, and pointing out the shortcomings.

Lao Li quietly pulled Lu Xiaofeng aside.

"Laughing, take it easy! Don't forget about our tactics. ā€

"Director, I know it." Lu Xiaofeng has a hippie smile.

To be honest, he didn't expect it to be like this.

Italy pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, and his teammates really beat Italy like a pig.

Shoot the basket one by one with confidence, without dragging the mud.

With the containment of Lu Xiaofeng and Yao Ming, they are basically empty shots, so it's no wonder that the hit rate is so high.

When he came on the field, Yao Ming walked next to Lu Xiaofeng and said softly:

"Why don't you just win? We also do group first. ā€

The situation is very good, the three armies are dead, who doesn't want to win?

Think about the athleticism of the American team, and then look at the teammates of the Chinese team, Lu Xiaofeng forcibly resisted the temptation.

"Don't! But you can't be the first in the group. I have a hunch that the first one will play the American team. ā€

Lu Xiaofeng covered his mouth with his hand and whispered dissuasion in front of Yao Ming.

Yao Ming didn't believe his hunch, but seeing that Lu Xiaofeng didn't agree, he had to dispel that idea.

The other party still sent the center forward back on the field, but he really couldn't get Yao Ming, there was no way.

"I'm afraid of beating the wolf with a hemp stick", the Italian coach who believes in three points still thinks that Yao Ming's two points are more threatening.

Yao Ming said that he wanted to win, but in essence he was still a good baby.

After only two minutes of play in the second half, he received another foul and went down to be a spectator.

Italy was relieved and boldly played the tactic of shooting three points with one big four and small shots.

The shooters of the Chinese team, after the decline in physical strength, seem to have reached the end of the plug-in.

Slowly, Italy caught up.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Yao Ming and Lu Xiaofeng were not there, and Italy hit three points in a row and finally overtook the score.

In order to avoid complications, Harris simply did not let Yao Ming go.

Anyway, his foot injury can be used as an excuse.

Lu Xiaofeng went up again to play blocking and breaking points with Battle.

Although the teammates' hands were not hot, at least they all had opportunities and the tactics were executed in place.

Italy led by seven or eight points until the end.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Italian coach also saw it.

The Chinese team is going to give away heads!

He is also relieved to boldly send the strongest offensive lineup.

Looking at the score difference within reach, Lu Xiaofeng had a strong impulse.

He'd love to come up with a couple of three-point shots.

But for the sake of a better ranking, he still endured.

At 80:85, the Chinese team ushered in the first defeat of the Athens Olympics.

The audience sighed, but they were able to accept it, after all, they had already qualified, and the main force didn't have much time to play!

However, the media wants to dig up the news, and even Zhao Yuwei is not exempt from vulgarity.

"We were leading in the first half, so why did we lose?"

"The other party has found the touch, let's drop the hit rate!"

"Why didn't Yao Ming play in the fourth quarter?"

"The wound on his foot isn't good! Don't dare to risk it! ā€

"I noticed, this seems to be the first time you lost in an official match, what is it like?"

"What did you say for the first time?" Seeing that she asked herself tricky questions, Lu Xiaofeng was not serious.

Looking at the corners of his slightly upturned mouth, Zhao Yuwei glared at him and continued to ask:

"Do you feel bad when you lose for the first time?"

"Maybe it doesn't have any impact on qualifying, it's not uncomfortable, well, how to say it? Yes, it's a melancholy feeling. The first time it was gone, haha! ā€

Zhao Yuwei wanted to pinch him, but she was afraid of public, glared at him fiercely, and stopped asking him.

In this game, Yao Ming only played for ten minutes and scored 11 points.

Lu Xiaofeng didn't shoot much at all, and only had 10 points, but the assists set a record, reaching 12.

The top scorer was Battle with 16 points.

That night, the U.S. team lost to Lithuania by four points.

At the critical moment, Lithuania's organizational guard Jascovisius hit three points in a row, stunned the American team.

There is still one round to go in the group stage, but the situation in Group B is clear, and Australia and Angola have already missed out on the quarter-finals.

Lithuania locked up top spot in Group B.

If nothing else, in the final round Greece vs. Puerto Rico, there was no pressure to qualify, and most of the winners were the host Greece.

Then the U.S. team almost locked up fourth place in Group B. (To be continued.) )