Chapter 263: Semi-finals

Wang Meng also needs a bag in the low-post singles? I hate to admit it, but that's the way it is. There is no need for a double bag, so let Wang Meng score in the low post. By the time Yao Ming was also on the field, Lithuania's defense had completely collapsed.

"Wang Meng has learned to dream of footsteps?" Kobe Bryant, who was watching this game on TV, was shocked when he saw this, because Kobe Bryant also went to Houston to learn dream footsteps with Olajuwon, and the effect was good, Kobe Bryant's current low-post singles are very good at using his feet to shake off the opponent's points, although it is not a dream foot, but there is definitely his shadow.

Kobe Bryant was surprised by Wang Meng's skillful dream footsteps and adaptability, although he could not see the same effect as the scene from TV, but Kobe could also feel that Wang Meng's dreamy steps were definitely much more proficient than his own.

"It seems that next season we should pay attention to Wang Meng's low-post singles." Kobe Bryant said secretly.

Also thinking about Kobe Bryant are James and others, especially James, who has been practicing low-post singles since last season, and knows how powerful low-post singles can be, and the success rate of interior singles is much higher than the low shooting rate of breaking through the bag and shooting from the outside.

After Yao Ming came on the field, Lithuania began to collapse, Wang Meng left the inner line and returned to the outer line, and once again echoed with Yao Ming's two people, one mile and one diplomacy, and responded to the Chinese team's three-point rain fire, Lithuania immediately collapsed, and under Wang Meng's outer defense, Yao Ming's pro-madness guarding the inner line, Lithuania could not organize an effective attack, and there was no room for resistance.

At 102:92, Lithuania finally lost the game by ten points, and the Chinese team eliminated Lithuania to advance to the semifinals.

As early as Lithuania fell behind in the fourth quarter, fans across the country had already begun to cheer. They all know what the Chinese team's victory over Lithuania represents, and the package that China has been calling for for many years has finally become a reality.

Chinese basketball has finally stood at one of the top of the world.

The Chinese men's basketball team has created the best results in history at the London Olympics, and they will continue.

The big guys of the Chinese Basketball Association are now smiling every day, and they are now extremely glad that they agreed to Wang Meng's decision to join the national team without any Chinese basketball background.

Due to the addition of Wang Meng, the national team has now successfully advanced to the semifinals, and the bigwigs of the Basketball Association have naturally risen, and it is estimated that they are not far from promotion.

To this end, the Basketball Association also called Wang Meng from all over China to congratulate him, and said affectionately that the Chinese men's basketball team will always be open to Wang Meng in the future, and Wang Meng can tell them if he has any difficulties, and they will do everything possible to meet Wang Meng's requirements.

Wang Meng didn't care about the empty promises of these basketball association bigwigs, if you take some things seriously, then you will lose. Wang Meng joined the men's basketball team from the beginning, he never thought of hugging the thighs of these officials, his only goal is very simple, just a medal, it is best to get the gold medal, if you can't get it, there are silver medals and bronze medals Wang Meng can reluctantly accept.

In the quarter-finals, the United States defeated Brazil, China won against Lithuania, Russia lost to Argentina, and Spain eliminated France.

In this way, the list of semi-final matchups is also out, the United States vs Argentina, China vs Spain.

China's first opponent in the group stage is Spain, and the opponent in the semifinals is Spain, but Wang Meng and others know that this time Spain is definitely much stronger than last time, because Spain has not used all their strength in the group stage, their goal has always been the championship, and it doesn't matter to them how many places in the group stage are, as long as they don't meet the strongest American team before the final.

The night before the game, Gasol made a special phone call to Wang Meng. "Wang Meng, we will go all out in the next competition, even if we are teammates, I will not show mercy in the international arena, the Olympic gold medal has always been our goal, we will never let go."

Wang Meng smiled: "Let's talk to each other, our Chinese team has never even won a medal, so it is even more impossible to admit defeat." ”

On August 11, 2012, Yanjing time, the semi-finals of the men's basketball event finally began, and the first one to start was the match between Spain and China.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yu Jia, welcome to watch the men's basketball semifinals China vs. Spain game broadcast live by Tianchao Satellite TV, sitting next to me is the guest teacher Zhang Weiping."

Zhang Weiping nodded and said, "Good evening everyone, it's 12 o'clock in the morning in Yanjing, and the match between the Chinese team and Spain is about to start." ”

"We all know that apart from the United States, Spain has the best roster in the world, they have five active NBA players, four of them are starters, and the other one has also been a starter, which is Gasol and Gasol, Ibaka, Rubio and CalderΓ³n." Yu Jia said: "Because Rubio was reimbursed for the NBA injury season, so he had to miss the London Olympics, even so, Spain still has four active NBA players, plus Fernandez, Vanaro, Fernando, these European League ace players, Spain's toughness is terrifying, but fortunately, the Chinese team has defeated Spain in the group stage, that game Yao Ming played in the fourth quarter as a surprise soldier, and Wang Meng is reading power to cut 61 points, Broke the record for the highest personal score at the Olympic Games. Therefore, when facing Spain again in the semi-finals, the Chinese team should have a certain psychological advantage. ”

"It's hard to say." Zhang Weiping shook his head and said with some concern: "Spain's goal from the beginning is to compete for the gold medal with the United States team in the final, so it is inevitable to have reservations in the group stage, and the Chinese team has been going all out at the beginning, whether it is the physical strength of the players or the tactics, they have all been revealed, plus the overall strength of the original team is not as good as Spain, this game is not easy to play." ”

On the pitch, the game has begun.

Gasol Jr. has never had much talent in jumping balls, and his heavy body makes his bounce not strong, of course, Yao Ming is much worse than Gasol Jr., but Yao Ming has a height, relying on his height more than half a head higher than Gasol Jr., Yao Ming smoothly touched the basketball before Gasol Jr., and turned the basketball back to his side.

Yi Jianlian received the jump ball and then passed the ball to Wang Meng.

Wang Meng held the ball, looked at Calderon, who was defending him, and smiled slightly, "Hey, meet again." ”

Calderon's face darkened, the last time the two sides met, Wang Meng cut 61 points on Calderon's head, which is not something to boast about. In this game, the Spanish coach is not ready to use the Jordan rule like the previous game to deal with Wang Meng, if Wang Meng chooses to break through alone, then the other players in Spain will definitely rush out to help defend as soon as possible.

Spain's starting lineup and group stage are unchanged, point guard Calderon, scoring guard Fernandez, small forward Fernando, power forward Pau Gasol, center Marc Gasol.

The lineup of the Chinese team, Deng Huade, thought about it again and again, and finally decided to start like this, point guard Wang Meng, scoring guard Zhu Fangyu, small forward Yi Jianlian, big forward Wang Zhizhi, and center Yao Ming. The Chinese team wants to use Wang Meng's playmaking ability and the general height advantage of Chinese players against Spain.

This is not the NBA, and there is no rule that the first ball must be the boss to shoot, Wang Meng directly hoisted the ball to the inside line, although Yao Ming of the inside line has not yet stood in a good position, but Wang Zhizhi leaned on the big Gasol for the first time to stand in the position.

Wang Zhizhi received the serve, and faced Pau Gasol, a famous European big man in the NBA league, and did not panic, and during the Yanjing Olympics, Wang Zhizhi also played against Pau Gasol.

After squeezing two steps with his back and getting closer to the basket, Wang Zhizhi made a passing feint, and then threw a jump shot with his back back, Gasol defended very well and blocked his hand in front of Wang Zhizhi, after all, Wang Zhizhi is already a veteran in his thirties, and he is already familiar with the position of the basket, and he can't see that the basket can also throw the basketball in.

Wang Zhizhi took the lead on the inside and won two points for the Chinese team.

Spain didn't care, Pau Gasol also singled Wang Zhizhi on the inside, and tied the score with a hook shot.

"The Chinese team and Spain chose a safe inside attack at the beginning, but also, both teams have a strong inside line, Spain has Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Ibaka, China has Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi. The inside line of the two sides must be a battle between the dragons and tigers. ”

Inside confrontation, there is nothing to do with Wang Meng, Wang Meng also tried to break through, but as soon as he moved, Spain immediately ran up and two people wrapped Wang Meng, the first game between the two sides Spain was scared by Wang Meng, and now even if you let others shoot, you will never give Wang Meng a chance to break through.

For a while, Wang Meng regretted a little, he suddenly found that he used the reward points to learn a fantasy step, but in this case, it was not useful at all.

"I didn't think about it!" Wang Meng shook his head, he chose to learn the dream steps because he felt that he had a lot of offensive means on the outside, and there were instant explosions when he broke through, but he lacked the ability to attack on the inside, and he learned the dream steps in order to make himself more versatile.

If a player wants to be stronger, he has to be versatile.

But Wang Meng ignored that omnipotence is omnipocalyptic, and this effect, at some moments, is not even as good as specialization.

The Chinese team has Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian, after these three centers, there is also a substitute Zhang Zhaoxu, no matter what, Wang Meng rarely has the opportunity to play alone on the inside.

Basketball is not a one-man sport, and it is not necessarily a good thing for a player to be too versatile.

(To be continued)