Chapter 285: French Men's Basketball Team
Everything changed the moment Spain unexpectedly lost to Brazil.
Russia and Spain were forced to play the United States early, and in the quarter, the United States unceremoniously knocked Spain down, and the Matadors were out.
The Russian army was killed, but it unexpectedly defeated the Argentine state.
After the Chinese team defeated Lithuania and made national team history, they directly faced the European powerhouse France that defeated the Brazilian team.
The French men's basketball team is quite famous on the international stage, and in 00, it won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics. Of course, the most famous of that Olympics was Carter's death dunk over French center Weiss, which became a classic image in countless camera replays.
This year, in addition to Parker, the French team also gathered NBA celebrities such as Dio and Batum to face off against the Chinese team, and they were full of confidence.
At the same time, the Chinese men's basketball team is also full of hope for the next semifinals, and playing with Tang Wenlong is a unique enjoyment, as long as he does a good job of running, actively running, and appears in the empty position in time, Tang Wenlong will always send the ball over, whether it is a vacant three-point position on the outside or an empty basket on the inside.
The two teams played a semi-final confrontation on the 11th.
Because the number of teams is gradually decreasing, the Olympic Committee has ensured that the women's basketball semifinals will be arranged on the 10th with two games per day.
Therefore, the match between the Chinese team and the French team has been moved back for a day, which is more eye-catching.
The North Greenwich Arena was full of people.
Tang Wenlong rubbed some magnesium powder on his hands, and after patting it, he felt that the friction on his hands had increased a lot, and when he returned to the court, he shook hands and hugged Parker, Batum and others, which is called saluting first and then soldiering.
"The Chinese team is eager to create a miracle, and if we pass the French team, we will win an Olympic medal for the first time in history!" When broadcasting the commentary, an old host like Zhang Weiping also became a little excited, and he couldn't help but feel that it was subjective. But at this time, no one cares about these small details, after all, all of China will support the Chinese men's basketball team.
In anticipation, the game began, and Yi Jian United jumped hard and won Turiaf's jump ball.
France lined up Tony Parker (point guard), Batum (shooting guard), Dio (small forward), Michael Grabel (power forward), Turyaf (center).
During the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Turyaf once made a lot of nonsense to blow up the 76ers' interior line. As a result, he was slapped in the face by the 76ers, and the Heat team also lost to the 76ers 2-4, watching Tang Wenlong kill all sides in the finals and lift the championship trophy. Now in the Olympic arena, Turiaf actually met Tang Wenlong in the final again, this time the national team showdown, the honor mission is stronger, and it is also the best opportunity for him to be ashamed.
Tang Wenlong didn't know that the starting center of the French team had gritted his teeth to snipe him again, and after receiving Liu Wei's pass, he faced Batum at a 45-degree position on the flank.
The lineup of the French team is very strange, Dio, who often plays the inside line in the NBA, is actually ranked in the No. 3 position, while the tall Batum is obviously the No. 2 position, but when he defends, he is eyeing Tang Wenlong as the No. 3 position.
"There are no clips." Tang Wenlong was overjoyed, looking at Dio who was about to move on one side, knowing that the French team was still waiting and watching at the beginning of the game, maybe Batum, who is also a starting small forward in the NBA, could prevent Tang Wenlong?
Tang Wenlong held the ball high, and Yi Jianlian pocketed to the bottom line.
The high lob ball was passed to Yi Jianlian, who singled Grabel with his back, and Wang Zhizhi on the other side was very experienced in pushing Turiaf away from the basket. Turyaf didn't dare to let go of Wang Zhizhi, in fact, Wang Zhizhi's all-round skills have become the biggest help for Tang Wenlong after breaking into the inside, he can be inside and out, and he is not soft when he receives the ball and shoots.
Yi Jianlian turned around and held the ball in a three-threat posture, and then after holding the ball with both hands, it seemed to break through to the right and shook it for a while, and suddenly slapped the ball to the ground and broke through to the left!
The seven-foot big man is very strong, and when he really gets up, ordinary people really can't prevent it.
Grabel, who was at least 2.04 meters, didn't expect Yi Jianlian to give up his height advantage and dare to fight on the inside, but he was beaten by Yi Jianlian and had a foothold.
Yi Jianlian slapped the ball on the ground again, lowered his head, stepped on the floor with both feet, and suddenly flew up and buckled!
"Peng!"
Yi Jianlian hung his arms on the rebound and roared. Many NBA scouts and NBA managers who watched this game were eye-catching, and the No. 6 pick of the year still seemed to have some untapped potential.
"Good shot! Buckle beautifully! ”
Tang Wenlong shouted out loudly in Chinese, ran over and high-fived Yi Jian when he retreated, and the two looked at each other, both of them saw the desire for victory in each other's eyes.
Parker possessed the ball through half the court and was very calm in his head.
Turyaf came up to make a high post block for Parker, and Parker waved his hand, showing that Ryaf was still grabbing a rebound in the three-second zone. Instead, Dio on the other side came up to cover Parker. Also, after Dior was bought out by the Bobcats, he just signed with the Spurs in March and completed the playoffs with the team, and the cooperation with Parker is always a little more tacit.
Turyaf was secretly hated in his heart, but he could only obey Parker's command.
After Dior blocked Liu Wei, Parker accelerated halfway, took Tang Wenlong to the other side, and then passed the ball back to Dio, who had Liu Wei on his back, which was a big dislocation!
Dior was unceremonious, turned his back and dribbled, instantly stuck Liu Wei behind his back with his strong and tall body and completely crushing power, and then dribbled with his left hand to advance, and the Chinese team could only shrink the defensive line.
With a shake of his hand, Batum catches the ball in the bottom corner and shoots a jumper!
missed, the rebound was slapped on the rebound by Wang Zhizhi, and then bounced up and was grabbed by Tang Wenlong, who rushed in, and held it in his arms, and the French men's basketball team lost the opportunity to rebound.
Tang Wenlong advanced by himself, and Batum retreated to defend in small steps, and did not rob.
At the top of the arc, Yi Jianlian actively ran out to block and dismantle with Tang Wenlong, Wang Shipeng opened up space in the bottom corner, and Liu Wei responded at 45 degrees on the right side.
Tang Wenlong dribbled the ball under his crotch, changed his right hand to his left hand to dribble, and then seemed to break through to the left.
"Nine times out of ten, we have to change direction!" Batum didn't dare to hold it up, ready to step back to defend at any time, and stretched out a hand in front of Tang Wenlong as if he was about to pull out the ball.
Of course, Tang Wenlong wanted to break through, he grabbed the ball with his left hand and wrapped it around his back like a boneless arm, and his body jumped to the right, opening up the defensive space with Batum, and at the same time just with the help of Yi Jianlian's blocking. After Batum retreated, he was blocked by Yi Jianlian, and the blocking and dismantling produced a 100% effect.
"Supplement!"
As soon as Batum's words fell, Tang Wenlong had already projected three points against Turiaf's defense! (To be continued.) )