Chapter 340: The Heavenly King Sees the Heavenly King
341γ The king of heaven sees the king of heaven
After the Chinese men's basketball team advanced to the Olympic men's basketball finals, the land of China fell into madness, which is far more historic than the Chinese team winning the gold medal.
In the semifinals, Chamberlain's god-like performance even convinced his opponent Lithuania, he hit 12 of 20 shots, and 6 of 8 free throws, scoring a total of 30 points, almost a third of the Chinese team's points.
In addition, the Chinese team cut 45 rebounds in the game, of which Chamberlain himself contributed 24, which is the rebounding record since 1992, when professional players were allowed to play in the Olympics, and it is a double record, Chamberlain's 24 rebounds, there are 10 frontcourt rebounds!
Not only that, Chamberlain also had 9 blocks, 2 steals and 2 assists, those 9 blocks made him like a god on the defensive end, and in the crucial fourth quarter, he sent a full 4 blocks, and the Lithuanian players who played did not dare to enter the interior to make a layup, and could only frequently shoot from the outside.
Losing to the Chinese team, Lithuanian men's basketball head coach Bututas knew that his position as the head coach of the men's basketball team of his national team had come to an end, but after all, he was a person who had seen the world, and had led Lithuania to win the semifinals of the European Championships and the Olympic Games, so in the face of reporters, he did not complain or talk about Chamberlain's big moves, but praised:
"That lad was so good that I completely forgot that he was a young man under twenty years old, and sometimes I think, oh my God, who are we fighting against? Who's that big guy standing in the restricted area? Is it the Titan? Oh, the Titans can't be that strong, he's God, God is on the pitch again, but this time he's wearing the number 5 jersey! β
Jascovy Hughes also said in frustration at the post-match press conference: "We are ready, we know that China has a SUPER-Z, we all know that he is very good, but we have not played face to face before, so our guess of his strength is still too conservative." He's the kind of guy who can change the tide of the game alone, you can't do anything about this kind of person, when he attacks, you can only pray to God Lu, pray that his ball doesn't go in, and in the face of his defense, we can only choose to retreat, this feeling is really frustrating. β
Other Lithuanian players also told similar things in interviews, this country is rich in tough guys, although they lost to the Chinese team, but the opponent fought bloody, this hard battle they did not fight as hard as the Chinese, so most people lost convincingly:
When asked by reporters whether the Chinese men's basketball team has improved as a whole, Europe's No. 1 small forward Cosiss said: "There is no doubt that the current Chinese men's basketball team is getting stronger and stronger, they used to be only Yao Ming, and now there are Yi Jianlian, as well as No. 9 Sun Yue, they are all very good players." Of course, they also have SUPER-Z now, and they're twice as strong as before! Our team is also better than before, unfortunately we have a lot of injuries this year, I really hope those good players come here, but life is like this, there are always a lot of accidents, no one can be smooth sailing, we can only use the existing players to play the game, and we made good preparations for the game before the game, but unfortunately we still lost after the worst. β
China's match was the first of the semi-finals, and the following evening, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds also came to the Wukesong Stadium for a fierce battle between them.
The United States team and the Spanish team are recognized as the two strongest teams in this Olympic Games, although the Chinese men's basketball team won Spain and fought all the way to the finals, but they relied on superstar tactics, if it wasn't for Chamberlain's outbreak to cut a quasi-triple-double, super double-double, then they would have lost.
However, although Spain are strong, no one thinks they can beat the Dream Eight team.
Because the opponents in the finals were in these two teams, the Chinese men's basketball team came to the arena after taking a shower and gathered together to watch the game.
James opened the game with 3 points, but Gasol immediately attacked James inside and successfully scored "2+1", Gasol and Howard exploded each other, and the scores of the two teams then rose alternately, Jaminez did not fail in his mission and hit a 3-pointer, Navarro caused Kobe Bryant to foul on the 3-point line, and hit all 3 free throws, helping Spain complete a wave of 6-0 small **** to lead the United States 13-9, and Navarro's free throws with 4 minutes and 45 seconds left in the quarter allowed Spain to extend the lead to 5 points.
Paul broke through at a critical moment to play a "2+1", the Americans strengthened their defense, Wade successfully stealed, Delon and Bosh also joined the team to get free throws in a row, and the Americans launched a wave of 9-0 offensive to overtake 26-22. But Gasol Jr. made a strong attack inside, Rubio made free throws to withstand Prince's firepower, and in the last minute, Wade used a 3-pointer to give the United States a 38-31 lead in the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant came up and hit a 3-pointer, and Howard then locked his throat and put him down when defending Gasol and was judged to be a foul, but Gasol missed two free throws. Kobe Bryant then scored a fast-break dunk and Anthony scored a 3-pointer to add the icing on the cake, taking advantage of this wave of 8-2 offensive to expand the gap between the United States and the United States 46-33.
Fernandez's 3-pointers began to play a role, and he hit 3-pointers in the last seven minutes of the quarter, and with the help of teammates such as Rubio and Navarro, he twice helped Spain narrow the gap to six points, although Wade and James's consecutive 3-pointers once gave the United States a 58-44 lead, but at halftime, Spain trailed by only eight points at 61-69.
Yibian fought again, the defensive intensity of Dream Eight was reduced, Spain played very calmly, Kobe Bryant even made a walking error, Reyes scored 4 points in a row, Gasol hooked up to the basket, and Spain chased the score to 67-71. Although Anthony and James scored consecutive offensive points, Navarro and Gasol Jr. also continued to attack the United States to score inside, and the 4-point difference was maintained for several rounds, and the competition on the court was already white-hot, falling to the ground to save the ball, Kobe Bryant's magical block after losing his position, until Gasol Jr. hit one of two free throws, and the Spaniards only trailed by 5 points 76-81.
However, then Spain switched to a joint defense, Bosh and Wade made consecutive fouls, and the Americans used free throws to extend the difference to double digits, but Navarro broke through and hit the whistle, and at the end of the third quarter, Spain fell behind 82-91.
At the end of the quarter, Gasol scored twice inside after scoring on the inside, and Fernandez also hit a 3-pointer, and Spain immediately chased the score to 89-91 and was only two points behind.
At the critical moment, Kobe Bryant scored 2 points with his personal ability to stabilize his position, and Delon then hit a 3-pointer, and with Howard's dunk inside, the score became 98-89. Fernandez opened a three-pointer to close the gap again, but Bryant immediately returned the favor with a long-range shot, and James added the icing on the cake to extend the margin to 11 points.
With 5 minutes and 10 seconds left in the game, Fernandez broke through to the inside dunk on the right wing and caused Howard to foul to complete a beautiful "2+1", Gasol scored 4 points in a row with free throws, and chased the score to 99-104 with a wave of 7-1 counterattacks only 5 points away.
With only 3 minutes and 10 seconds left before the end of the game, Kobe Bryant hit a 3-point shot and let Fernandez leave the court with 5 fouls, completing the "3+1" to hold down the position. But Navarro tossed, Jeminez 3 points, Spain chased the score to 104-108, at the critical moment, Wade, who felt extremely hot throughout the game, 3 points were also colored, Navarro caused Kobe to foul 2 free throws and 1 hit, and Kobe then broke through to the penalty area to return 2 points steadily, 58 seconds before the end, the United States 113-105 basically locked the win.
Spain began to implement foul tactics, Bosh hit two free throws, the difference has reached 10 points, Gasol Jr. misses the shot, Gasol Jr. makes a rebound, and the Spaniards try to launch the most difficult counterattack, but the final 26. One second, Rubio's foul was judged as a technical foul, Kobe and Paul made 3 of 4 free throws to completely destroy the Spaniards' hope of winning, and then Rubio stealed, but Gasol missed a layup, and the Americans finally won the game 118-107.
This game is much more exciting than the Lithuanian and Chinese men's basketball teams, if the previous game was not the protagonist for the Chinese team, the fans would definitely not buy it - Lithuania played team tactics, the whole team did not have superstars, and the Chinese team played superstar tactics, only Yao Ming and Chamberlain two superstars showed their faces, and the two also scored 55 points in the Chinese team.
The match between Spain and the Dream Eight team is different, the two sides change players, there are top players in the world in each position, and every round of confrontation is exciting and addictive.
The difference between the players of the Chinese team can also be seen from the spectators, Yao Ming watched it very seriously, and his brows were furrowed all the time. Chamberlain was also very serious, and watched and chatted with Iverson, Billups, West, Bowen and a few others, and the latter few people had no patriotism at all, and gave him tips on how to deal with the Dream Eight team.
This is not the case with other players in the men's basketball team, Li Nan, Zhang Qingpeng and others are okay, they are watching the game the whole time, but they are like ordinary fans, just watching the excitement. Zhu Fangyu took his fiancΓ©e, and the two were sweet together, treating the court as a love scene.
Sun Yue is in ****, watching the ball for a while and staying for a while, Liu Wei and the others directly lowered their heads and played with mobile phones, PSP and other things, they occasionally discussed, but not to discuss the war, but to discuss the game.
In the end, Dream Eight defeated '06 World Champion Spain 118-107, although it cannot be said that they have successfully completed their redemption mission - they have only one goal this time, which is to regain the gold medal at the World Championship after eight years.
However, the results of this game are also important, because this is the 13th time that the U.S. men's basketball team has reached the final in 16 Olympic appearances, and the dream team has won gold medals in the previous 12 finals. In addition, in the previous three World Championships, they only finished sixth in the '02 World Championships, and in the '04 Athens Olympics and '06 World Championships in Japan, the United States only won the bronze medal and did not reach the final.
After winning the Spanish team hard, Kobe Bryant looked at the Chinese players who were leaving the stadium with the fans when he was interviewed by reporters and said proudly: "We have seen, we are coming, and we will conquer this magical land." β
seemed to feel Kobe's murderous aura, Chamberlain, who was about to leave the scene, subconsciously looked back and looked back, he saw Kobe's gaze, so he stopped and looked directly at Kobe, and stretched out his hand to make a shooting pose, at this time it happened that a cameraman was scanning the audience, seeing this scene, he hurriedly pressed the shutter, and a photo was released:
The handover of the Heavenly King!