Chapter 26 Creating Conflict
"Serge, you have to be calm, without you on the inside, it will be difficult for us to beat each other."
The coach of the Spanish team saw the situation on the field clearly, Spain was obviously a step ahead of the opponent in terms of tactical execution, and the inside line also successfully suppressed the opponent in the first half. However, in the third quarter, Ibaka's abnormal play made the Chinese team's interior recover, which is not a good sign.
"Coach, the No. 14 of the Chinese team has been provoking us with trash talk, especially Sergi." Rubio exonerates Ibaka.
The Spanish coach looked stunned when he heard this, and then angrily reprimanded: "You are professional players, are you all children?" Since you know that the other party is deliberately provoking you, do you want me to teach you trash talk and fight back? ”
The players of the Spanish team shrank their heads and didn't dare to speak, and honestly stood and watched the coach spit,
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the core players of each team took the last opportunity to rest off the court and prepare for a life-and-death fight a few minutes later. On the Chinese side, Zhang Yu and Xu Yong were both sitting on the sidelines, and Spain's Ibaka and Rubio were also resting off the field.
The players of the Chinese team are not much worse than Spain in terms of strength, after all, they are several years older, especially physically, but they still take advantage of them. Zhang Yu usually looks down on these guys in his heart, and it is also because of this. Think about a group of guys in their twenties, playing against a group of little kids, and they haven't reached the quarterfinals once, Zhang Yu is ashamed of these Chinese players, and he has lived to be a dog.
The shortcomings of Chinese players lie in their psychological quality and too little experience in high-level competitions, once they arrive at the international arena, they feel a completely different atmosphere from usual, and they will naturally drop the chain when they have no experience, which is guided by the closed training environment since childhood. How many geniuses like Zhang Yu are there in the world?
But when the team has a trustworthy star player, some of the players' flaws are weakened. Zhang Yu is like an engine that can ignite the passion of the whole team, even if he rests underneath, it can also stimulate the potential of everyone. Once there is no Zhang Yu, the Chinese team will immediately be like a scrapped car, and the food will be stopped
Four minutes passed, with the excellent performance of the substitutes, the Chinese team led Spain by one point, the score was 71-70, and there were 5 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game, and the Spanish team asked for a timeout.
The Chinese fans in the stadium stood up and cheered loudly for the substitutes who came off the field. The fans understand very well that these four minutes are too important, giving the main team enough time to rest, especially Zhang Yu to get enough rest. As long as the score difference is not behind, China has Zhang Yu, and one person can decide the outcome of the game. Spain don't have such players, Ibaka is a defensive player, Rubio is a playmaker, and there is no star player who can make the final decision in a crucial moment.
At the end of the pause, the two teams changed the starting lineup to the court, Zhang Yu returned to the field, and now it starts, it is the real decisive battle!
Zhang Yu, who is full of body, is more active on the defensive end and reacts more quickly, and Rubio still can't find a good way to break through. What's worse is Zhang Yu's active defense, which successfully drove the team's defensive enthusiasm, the confidence of the Chinese team with Zhang Yu's play is more sufficient, and the speed of assisting defense has also increased by a level, Spain's offensive rhythm was suddenly disrupted, and finally this offense almost violated the rules, Rubio's reluctant shot was ridiculously off, and the rebound was obtained by the Chinese team.
The next goal is very important, Zhang Yu's basketball IQ has always been very high, knowing that if the next goal is scored, the momentum that the Chinese team has ignited will no longer be able to resist, and the fire will completely burn the Spanish team's big teeth......
Zhang Yu dribbled to the front court, Su Wei came out to block for him, Zhang Yu suddenly shook his head, pointed at Rubio, and said in English: "It's okay, he can't stop me!" ”
Rubio heard it very clearly on the side, and when he heard the words, he glanced back subconsciously to see if Su Wei really didn't block Zhang Yu, but Su Wei didn't seem to hear it at all, and a standard blocking and dismantling action was across behind him.
Su Wei's blocking and dismantling is of high quality, Zhang Yu took advantage of Rubio's somewhat stunned kung fu, and rushed in, holding the basketball high with both hands, facing Ibaka, who was close to his defense after the switch, and held the basketball to a layup without hurrying
Ibaka originally thought that Zhang Yu's slow layup would definitely be slapped by him. But when Zhang Yu was attached to his body, he found that although Zhang Yu's European step layup was not fast, he couldn't jump very high under physical contact. But he couldn't jump up himself, and Zhang Yu's hand was always held high, and his super long arm span couldn't reach it at all.
The final ending made Ibaka feel aggrieved, and he actually let Zhang Yu put the basket up leisurely, while he was by his side, like a sparring partner.
"Toot ......!"
What made Ibaka even more indignant was ...... The referee also awarded him a defensive foul!
"God, I didn't violate him at all, I didn't foul, I didn't even touch his hair!"
Ibaka stretched his hand and shouted at the referee with an innocent face, and Rubio was excited to see him, and hurriedly pulled him to prevent him from saying more.
At this time, Zhang Yu, who made a successful layup, pretended to walk to Ibaka's side unintentionally, waved his fist fiercely, and shouted fiercely: "Who is guarding me!" "His fist is very clever, and it is dozens of centimeters away from Rubio's head, and the referee will not say anything at this distance, but in the eyes of the Spanish players, it is full of ridicule
Seeing that Zhang Yu not only insulted himself, but also his teammates, Ibaka, whose brain had already begun to heat up, couldn't bear it anymore, let alone him, even the good-tempered Rubio was about to explode.
Ibaka rushed up in one step, muttering something in his mouth, and reached out and pushed Zhang Yu's chest...... Then something happened that he remembered for a lifetime, only to see Zhang Yu as if he had been hit by a bullet, and he fell backwards exaggeratedly, lying straight on the floor...... The most infuriating thing is that this guy fell upside down, walked on the floor, and shouted arrogantly: "You can't stop me with your fists, bastard, see you at the door after the game!" ”
Ibaka was really stunned now, although he was stimulated by Zhang Yu before, and he was enthusiastic for a while, but this push was really not heavy, you didn't look so weak when you went to the basket just now?
The Chinese team Su Wei was the closest, and immediately rushed up and pushed Ibaka, he made the strength much heavier than Ibaka just now, Ibaka was directly pushed by him and stumbled, and almost didn't fall on his stomach!
Rubio, who was closest to Ibaka, saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him to fight, he didn't come up to fight, Rubio had a very kind personality, he wanted to stop the conflict in order to block Su Wei, who was still unrelenting.
How do the players of the Chinese team know whether he is here to persuade or to pull the bias, to save others, at this time the Chinese team players are changed, then they must come up and pull the bias and the black feet, so Yang Qin, who played a game of soy sauce, suddenly came out of the oblique ground and slapped Rubio on the chin with a palm......
This can also make Rubio angry, being humiliated like this, no matter how good his temper is, he can't bear it, so he turned around and pushed Yang Qin.
Yang Qin was happy in his heart, he didn't dodge or dodge, but smiled, and secretly thought in his heart: "If I can take you down this time, then I will also succeed, you hurry up and beat me, ......"
The referee was right next to them, quickly squeezing into the middle, and the whistle blew repeatedly...... The deputy referee also rushed to the scene, separating the players from the two teams, and the conflict was charged...... At this time, someone found out that Zhang Yu, the initiator, didn't know when he was standing behind the crowd of the Chinese team, looking like he was watching a good show.
The referee became the focus of the whole game, both in front of the TV and in the field, who wanted to see how he decided the penalty.
I saw the referee's two hands 'brushing and brushing' for a while, and Ibaka, as the first evil, was directly expelled from the game. Yang Qin slapped Rubio in the face, and the plot was aggravated, and he was also sent off. Su Wei and Rubio were less serious and only awarded technical fouls.
With such a judgment, the Chinese team will have to make three free throws and get the next ball. A technical foul in international basketball is two free throws and one throw.
Before Ibaka got off the field, his eyes kept staring at Zhang Yu viciously, and after Zhang Yu found out, he showed two rows of white teeth and smiled at Ibaka in a friendly manner, almost not giving Ibaka a breath and vomiting blood
Since both teams had fouls, each made their own free throws, and the ball was returned to the Chinese team, and the Chinese team directly called a timeout.
At this time, looking at the two teams again, after this not too fierce clash, the situation has changed significantly.
The score was 76-73, Spain not only trailed by three points, but most importantly, their interior pillar Ibaka was sent off, and the morale of the players was extremely low, which was fatal!