Chapter 288: Fighting Alone
"呲~"
The red basketball shoes made a violent grinding sound on the floor, and the arm with the elbow pads blocked the big black hand that stretched out diagonally to pull the ball, and then slapped both hands to close the basketball.
With his legs bent on his knees, he jumped back in a strange posture, just like a hero of Yang Nagasaka, and he was killed again in the midst of thousands of troops.
A trace of shooting gap, Tang Wenlong like a treasure, turned over and leaned away, three or four big hands appeared in the air, he shouted, his waist straightened, perfectly stayed in the air, and then gently pulled the ball out.
"Bang!" "Huh!" The basketball that hit the board fell to the ground, and I don't know who kicked it, flew into the group of cameramen behind it, and smashed into a videographer carrying a camera.
Tang Wenlong landed unsteadily, couldn't control his center of gravity, and fell backwards to the floor.
"The ball is in again! Are you kidding me? The American TV commentator who broadcast the game shouted incredulously, and Tang Wenlong's posture of fighting alone even if he was a "Tang Hei", he couldn't help but praise it.
The camera switched to the field, Tang Wenlong propped up the floor and got up, the American team had already quickly sent the baseline ball and started a counterattack, and it really didn't give him time to rest at all.
On the big screen, the game time was clearly written, and with 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the Chinese team was actually 19-17 ahead of the American team by two points!
The U.S. team's offense was like mercury, James and Durant on the wings flew together, and Westbrook violently broke through and interspersed with empty hoops. Star Carmelo Anthony, who had just been substituted on the field, received the ball and dunked in the air, and Tang Wenlong was beaten by someone else before he could retreat.
19-19, after the empty dunk, the morale of the U.S. team rose by a cut.
Tang Wenlong wanted the ball to advance, while adjusting his breathing, he dribbled across the midline, James began to guard closely, and his long arms interfered with Tang Wenlong's dribbling.
On the other side, Durant is also ready to move, at this time the American team on the court is an athletic team, in addition to James, Durant, Westbrook and Anthony, there is also Anthony Davis, who was just elected as the champion this year, each can run and jump, and is talented.
Tang Wenlong hooked his hand to find Yi Jianlian to come out to block the demolition, but before he came out, Durant had already come up in advance to wrap Tang Wenlong.
Tang Wenlong jumped up and passed the ball to Yi Jianlian, Anthony Davis immediately stepped forward to interfere with Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian gave Zhu Fangyu the vacant position, at this time Durant ran over again, Zhu Fangyu had no chance to shoot, dribbled to the line.
"Smack!"
Durant's super long arm went around to cut off Zhu Fangyu's dribble, Tang Wenlong sighed in his heart, and hurriedly stepped back.
James and Westbrook rushed to the ground quickly, Durant found James with a long pass, and the two faced Tang Wenlong in the front court.
James gave it to Westbrook, and then made a gesture of looking at the sky, Tang Wenlong cheered up, knowing that the American team would have to be empty nine times out of ten.
As a result, Westbrook directly ignored James, rushed up in three steps and flew to dunk, Tang Wenlong made a mistake in judgment for the first time, and the position was not stuck, so he could only dodge Westbrook and let the opponent complete the violent dunk.
James's face darkened, this kid Thunder is really crazy, anyone dares to fight, and anyone dares to ignore it.
21 to 19, without paying attention, the American team surpassed the Chinese team.
Tang Wenlong shouted, reminding his teammates to reduce dribbling, shoot directly when they have the opportunity, and mainly rush to grab rebounds to get offensive opportunities. He speaks in Chinese, is comfortable communicating with his teammates on the field, and is not afraid of the U.S. team's players eavesdropping on tactics. The teammates nodded their heads to show that they understood.
Tang Wenlong also has no way, reduce dribbling and passing, and there will definitely be fewer scoring opportunities on the court, but relatively speaking, mistakes will also be reduced. The U.S. team is the best team in the world to defend and counter-attack, and once they rush to the ground, the only team that can defend them is their own bench lineup.
Tang Wenlong simply played a little simpler himself, and the three threats at the top of the arc tested James one step, and then directly retreated to make a jumper.
Serious interference, the ball goes in. 22-21, the Chinese team led by 1 point.
After the U.S. team attacked in the half, Westbrook missed a jump shot, but the rebound was grabbed by Anthony Davis, and the basket was strong enough to cause the second foul of the game.
Yi Jianlian came off the break and Anthony Davis hit one of two free throws. The two teams are tied at 22.
The Chinese team made an offensive mistake, and Sun Yue was squeezed by Anthony and accidentally stepped on the line, handing over the ball in vain.
The U.S. team immediately took advantage of the dead ball to replace Durant and James, and replaced the new force Iguodala and the new giant Kevin Love.
Iguodala walked onto the stage with his knuckles on his fingers, and he laughed sinisterly.
Sure enough, Coach K unceremoniously asked Iguodala, who was familiar with Tang Wenlong, to defend him alone, Tang Wenlong was even more uncomfortable, and the two teams finally ran out of time and fought for 22 draws in the first quarter.
Tang Wenlong didn't choose to rest, but for the first time, he felt the rapid consumption of physical strength.
Iguodala is more difficult than James, and the former has all his energy focused on defense, staring at Tang Wenlong to implement a cowhide Tang-style defense, and Tang Wenlong's efficiency began to fall.
In the second quarter, the powerful U.S. team began to play several waves of offense gradually.
Westbrook continued to hit China's interior line, causing Ding Jinhui to also foul twice, Tang Wenlong was speechless, and missed a three-point shot, and the score gap was stretched to 7 points in the middle of the game.
After that, the U.S. team replaced the stars who had rested for a long time, and Harden, Delon and others also played one after another, and the U.S. team directly achieved a 12-man rotation.
Before halftime, Tang Wenlong rose up and hit consecutive drifting jump shots.
At halftime, the Chinese team trailed the American team by 12 points, 40-52. Tang Wenlong was sweating like pulp, and when he walked off the venue to rest, he was soaking wet.
Tang Wenlong took the white towel handed over by the staff, looked at the tired looks of the Chinese team players, and probably knew in his heart that the balance of victory and defeat in this game was gradually beginning to tilt.
At the beginning of the second half, Tang Wenlong, who had recovered a little physical strength, was extremely brave, not only causing James to foul his hand, but also rushing into the inside line and slamming a dunk on Chandler's head.
One-on-one is basically unguardable, often one-to-two, one-to-three.
After half a quarter, Bryant, who was wearing the No. 10 jersey, was let go of two shots and hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Chinese team trailed the American team by 20 points at 52-72.
Iguodala looked distressed off the court, if head coach Collins saw the Chinese men's basketball team using Tang Wenlong like this, he would definitely refuse to let Tang Wenlong go back to the national team, right?
In the fourth quarter, the U.S. team still maintained a strong firepower output, and Tang Wenlong fought for the last half of the quarter before being replaced by Deng Huade, and his physical strength was exhausted.
In the end, Tang Wenlong, who was fighting alone, failed to help the extremely tired Chinese team win against the American team.
Won a silver medal and ended this Olympic journey (to be continued). )