Chapter 8 Semi-finals
After the group stage, China's first opponent will be Puerto Rico, which is not too strong, just a little worse than Spain and Italy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
So the quarterfinals were played very easily, Liu Su and Yao Ming only played about 30 minutes before coming down, and China beat Puerto Rico 86:74.
After winning Puerto Rico, the Chinese team has created the best result ever, the semi-finals. This is a result that the Chinese men's basketball team has never obtained, and it has been achieved today. Almost the national media once again pursued it, praising the men's basketball team to the sky, as if it had won the championship.
But the men's basketball team has some troubles, from the coach to the players are watching the game video, because the next opponent is the European powerhouse Lithuania. Lithuania is a multi-striker team, except for two center forwards and three defenders, they are all forwards, the squad height is also higher than that of the Chinese team, and they are physically strong and have a lot of experience in the game. Playing in the NBA are Creza, Sangaia, Masiyanskas, etc., all of whom are important rotation players who are very suitable for European basketball play.
After watching the video, Liu Su didn't have much reaction. Maybe it's because the vision is relatively high, or maybe the physical fitness has exceeded the limit of human beings, Liu Su looks at the players on TV and feels so slow.
However, seeing the expressions of the coach and the players, he did not express any opinions. After watching a few videos, the coach arranged the style of play, if he couldn't survive tomorrow's battle, the Chinese team could only compete for the bronze medal.
"Audience friends, now we are watching the 2004 Athens Olympics men's basketball semifinals, the Chinese team against the Lithuanian team. In this Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team broke through the historical results, qualified with the second place in the group stage, and eliminated the Puerto Rico team to enter the semifinals. There was a young player in the Chinese team this time, and the teenager Liu Su showed amazing strength since the beginning of the group stage. In the first game of the Spanish team, he came off the bench and had a double-double performance of 26 points and 13 assists, and led the Chinese team to defeat the Spanish team together with Yao Ming. After this game, Liu Su established the position of the core of the Chinese team's outside, and after a few games, he helped the Chinese team to this day with an average of two doubles per game, becoming the biggest dark horse in this Olympic Games. Well, the game is about to start, let's watch today's exciting game, whether the Chinese team will be able to go black to the end. ”
"The Chinese team started with Yao Ming, Du Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan and Liu Su. The jump ball starts, and Lithuania touches the ball first. Yao Ming's jump ball is still the same, the bounce is not high, and there is a certain weakness in this regard. ”
Liu Su stared at the Lithuanian defender, yesterday Younas said what this guy is called Delhi, Liu Su didn't remember it, his English was not good, and Lithuanian was even worse. However, not knowing the name does not mean that Liu Su does not know the characteristics of the other party, he stepped forward to block the opponent's breakthrough space, and stretched out his left hand to pull out the ball.
The Lithuanian defender scrambled to stabilize the ball, passed it quickly, and threw it in after a few reverses. After the switch between offense and defense, Liu Su accelerated past the defender, attracted the defense, and passed to Yao Ming, who dunked successfully.
A few rounds later, the Chinese team led by 2 points 8:6. Liu Su found that Lithuania was not very strong, they didn't have much to do with Yao Ming inside, and the defenders had no means to restrict him, so he could only rely on the bag, and then he could pass the ball to score.
The first quarter passed quickly, and the Chinese team led by 8 points at 32:24. In the second quarter, Yao Ming went down to rest, Yi Jianlian played, and Battle was basically abandoned, and there was not much playing time at all, only garbage time playing. It can only be said that Battle's competitive form has declined a lot, and he is not far from retirement. Although he has a lot of strength and can resist most of the inside, the shooting percentage has dropped very seriously, and his scoring ability has declined, and basketball is a scoring project, and if you can't score, it won't play a role.
Liu Su continued to lead the offense on the court, and without Yao Ming, his scoring ability was fully opened. first broke through twice in a row to make fouls and score, then threw in a three-pointer, and assisted Yi Jianlian to score four points, which immediately stretched the score to 13 points.
In the 7th minute of the second quarter, Liu Su was replaced, and Yao Ming came on the court to lead the team to ensure that the score was not caught up. At halftime, the Chinese team led by 13 points at 66:53.
In the second half, Liu Su continued to tear apart Lithuania's defense with Yao Ming, and the score was expanded to more than 20 points in half a quarter. Although Lithuania did not surrender, Harris already had the chance to win, and he replaced Yao Ming and Liu Su for other players to play, so that they could adapt to the game and strive to play in the final.
In the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, the Lithuanian team fell behind by 22 points and replaced all the main forces, which was considered a surrender, and Harris also replaced Liu Su and Yao Ming. In the end, the Chinese team won 99:86.