Chapter 188: The group qualifies
Before the battle against Senegal on August 23, Lehi was interviewed by reporters. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"I have no problem at all, but Coach Younas hopes to be more secure, the knockout round is the key, believe me, the Chinese team has no problem qualifying."
"The goal is to get out of the group with the best possible record, then to get to the quarter-finals, and then to try to make history......
Against Senegal, Lehi still did not appear in the starting line-up.
However, in the face of Senegal, which is a head lower than the Chinese team and has rough skills, the Chinese team finally showed its strength, and Wang Zhizhi also showed a rare state, and dominated the inside line with Yao Ming, winning the second win in the group stage for the Chinese team.
Group D has so far, the United States has won all four games, Senegal has been eliminated from all four games, and the other four teams, Italy, China, Puerto Rico and Slovenia, have won two and lost two, which means that they will be eliminated from the group 2 to 5 between them in the final game, and one team will be eliminated.
In this case, more attention is paid to Lehi.
It's just that on the last day of the group stage, although Lehi participated in a simple pre-game warm-up as before, he was not in the starting lineup.
Although Slovenia is a newcomer to the World Championships, they are almost an all-NBA lineup, and although Nakba, Nesterovic, Youdri, Brezek and others are not as famous in the league as Li Hai and Yao Ming, they are not easy to deal with.
This game is related to whether the two sides can enter the round of 16, and it is very fierce from the beginning.
The inside line is still dominated by the Chinese team, and the opponent's two NBA-level inside lines can't prevent Yao Ming, but the Chinese team suffers on the outside.
At the end of the first quarter, the team trailed by five points at 17:22.
If you lose this game, it is likely that you will have to score a small score with another team, and your fate will not be in your own hands, so after seeing Slovenia hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside in the second quarter to extend the lead to double digits, Younas couldn't sit still.
After he asked Li Hai, he asked him to replace Wang Shipeng, who had not scored a point.
Although Wang Shipeng succeeded in the last moment of another time and space, Li Hai didn't dare to confirm whether the same thing would happen in the current situation.
After Li Hai played, he was highly concerned by the Slovenian players, and the name of the shadow man of the tree, with Lehi's current fame, as long as he played, the opponent would definitely go all out to mark the defense.
The main defender of Lehi is Yao Ming's former teammate Nakba, a guy who plays hard and is taller than Lehi, but also has a common problem with European shooters, not moving fast enough.
Li Hai seemed to have no problem with his ankle at all, squeezed past the opponent in one step, and after the help defense came up, the ball was distributed to the other side of the three-point line, Liu Wei hit a three-point shot, and the Chinese team chased the score gap to single digits.
After Li Hai came in, it was not only the Chinese team that had an extra outside scoring point, but also disrupted the opponent's defense, and Slovenia was still afraid of players like Li Hai.
Li Hai participated in the team's attack for the second time after coming up for the second time, and it was Yi Jianlian who scored again.
It was difficult for the Chinese team to pass this kind of ball before, and it was generally necessary to continue to play strongly when passing to the inside, and that was not what Yi Jianlian was good at, Li Hai's pass was directly stuffed into the gap behind Yao Ming, and it was very easy for Yi Jianlian to score points.
Just when the opponent thought that Lehi could only pass the ball because of his injury and planned to cut off his contact with other players, Lehi stepped into the interior line and directly dunked before the opponent's assistant defender had time to come.
At this time, the Slovenian players no longer dared to guess the impact of the injury on Li Hai, and honestly began to focus on defense, and with Li Hai's containment, the Chinese team gradually opened up on the offensive end.
By the end of the first half, the team had chased back the points behind and the two sides were tied at 45:45.
After Li Hai came back, he just organized an attack, and the advantage of the Chinese team became obvious.
At half-time, the atmosphere in the dressing room became more lively and the players became more confident.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Yao Ming was successful in the inside attack, and Slovenia became hesitant to attack the outside because of the change in mentality.
After Yao Ming caused two inside fouls and forced the opponent to replace the bench in advance, Li Hai took the opportunity to hit a three-pointer on the outside, and Slovenia was forced to take a timeout.
After the pause, Slovenia still did not make any big improvement, but the Chinese team played better and better.
By the end of the third quarter, the team had a 10-point lead at 68:58.
Li Hai thought to himself that the current posture of the team, there will definitely not be a decisive moment in another time and space.
When he was at rest, the state of the Chinese team did not deteriorate, and Yao Ming played 2+1 in a row, leaving Slovenia's interior players helpless.
Watching the score get wider and wider, the Slovenian players gritted their teeth and made a final counterattack, scoring inside through blocks and dismantling in succession, once narrowing the score gap back to single digits.
The Chinese team quickly timed out to replace Li Hai on the field, and Li Hai went up to give Zhu Fangyu another assist.
He is only on the field now, and he makes people feel relieved, and there is a taste of Dinghaishen Needle.
Slovenia saw that the game was pulled away again, and the fighting spirit was suddenly affected, and the last few minutes looked fierce, but in fact, they had lost their desire to win, and the Chinese team won the game without danger.
In this game, Li Hai only got 7 points and 7 assists, but it helped the team a lot.
The opponent also sighed helplessly, Lehi was able to play and gave them too much pressure.
The Chinese team with 3 wins is also ironclad to qualify, but the key battle between Italy and Puerto Rico in Group D is that Italy accidentally missed, because of the relationship between victory and defeat, the Chinese team ranked third in Group D behind Puerto Rico, which also won three wins, and Slovenia was eliminated.
Because of the existence of Li Hai, the situation in this time and space has been different, and the opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout round has also become Turkey, which is the second in Group C.
Only by winning Turkey can the Chinese team complete the minimum goal of this expedition and enter the quarterfinals.
Regarding Lehi's injury, even though he has played in the match against Slovenia, the outside world is still confused.
In the face of the reporter's interview, Lehi still understated.
The real situation, I am afraid that it can only be seen in the game, whether it can still kill the Quartet with an injury, has also become the focus of many people's attention.
The Turkish players also said in an interview that they would not care if Lehi was injured or not, they just had to win the game.
After moving to Saitama, the knockout stage of the World Championships began, and Lehi started again. (To be continued.) )