Chapter 204: Enter the Knockout Round!
Wang Shipeng's performance in the group stage was average, but in the knockout round, he seemed to be a different person, making a decisive shot and breaking through sharply!
Under the fight with Wang Shipeng inside and outside, Huaxia still has an advantage.
The French manager couldn't sit still.
He roared loudly from the sidelines, telling the players to strengthen their defense and make sure to catch up with the score!
In his opinion, even if the Chinese men's basketball team has a star like Zhou Yang, it is not the reason why the French team is backward.
So, he was so angry that he vented his emotions to the players on the field.
The manager's shouting still had an effect, and the French players woke up from a dream and began to chase points.
In terms of physical strength, it is indeed the French team that has the advantage.
After all, they are both in their 30s with Wang Shipeng, and under the impact of the other party, the efficiency began to decline.
In the second quarter, the score reached 4 minutes and 43 seconds, and the score came to 38:37, and France took the lead by one point.
This time, it was Deng Huade's turn and couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly waved the flag and replaced the main force on the field again.
In the cheers of Chinese fans, Zhou Yang appeared again.
As soon as he got on the court, Zhou Yang held the ball to the penalty area, and Europe stepped to the basket.
He was too familiar with Turyaf and knew that Turyaf was tall enough, but he was slow to turn around, so he shook him off with a European step and scored 2 points.
The French team attacked, and Petrus wanted to return one, but Yi Jianlian worked hard to help defend and put Petrus's almost inevitable goal into a pegboard hat!
Bang!
The ball was ejected far away and flew between Zhou Yang and Rodriguez.
The two went to grab at the same time, and the basketball was closer to Rodriguez.
But Zhou Yang was even more desperate, his whole body was parallel to the ground, and as soon as he stretched out his right hand, he didn't care about his own safety at all, and dialed the ball to Guo Ailian in the air.
Poof!
Zhou Yang crashed directly into the technical desk and almost knocked over the computer on the table.
Fortunately, there is a tablecloth separating it, otherwise Zhou Yang would have his head broken and bleeding.
Even so, Zhou Yang's head was bulging with a big bag, which hurt a lot.
The fans at the scene, as well as the Huaxia coaching staff, were moved by Zhou Yang's hard work, and everyone applauded vigorously and applauded Zhou Yang's efforts!
Guo Ailuan did not live up to Zhou Yang's desperate save, beat Parker, and scored 2 points on a layup.
The effect of Huaxia's main force on the field was obvious, and the score was overtaken at once.
Perhaps suppressed by Zhou Yang's momentum, the French team in the next few rounds, the attack was chaotic, and it was very difficult to score.
And the Chinese team scored in a row.
The second quarter was more than 8 minutes, and Huaxia had a 9-point lead.
The French coach had no choice but to call a timeout.
Zhou Yang roared loudly, high-fived his teammates one by one, and encouraged them.
"Well done, brothers!"
"Just fight like this, Huaxia will win!"
"Don't let go!"
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Under the encouragement of Zhou Yang, all Chinese players maintained their passion and focus.
For the knockout round, passion and calmness are important.
Especially for the two sides of equal strength, as long as one side is beaten for a few minutes, the game may be over.
After the timeout, the French players calmed down a lot and made a change in the line-up, bringing on Turyaf and Ian Masimi.
Massimi plays for the Spurs and is considered a center in the third team, and usually has few playing opportunities.
But he has a characteristic, that is, he has good physical fitness, and the rim is slightly stronger than Turyaf.
Obviously, replacing him on the court is to strengthen the defense of the penalty area, and at the same time, the outside line will focus on putting pressure on Zhou Yang.
Sure enough, after the pause, France began to wrap up Zhou Yang.
I haven't been covered before, because these French players are very confident and feel that Zhou Yang can't make any waves alone.
But Zhou Yang's influence on the field is too great, so you can't prevent it!
After Zhou Yang was trapped, the Huaxia team began to play 4 to 3, wanting to rely on the numerical advantage to play a wave.
It's a pity that the French team's lineup is very tough defensively, Guo Ailian, Sun Yue, and Yi Jianlian seem to have suddenly lost their crosshairs and missed consecutive shots.
The French team took the opportunity to catch up with the score.
With 42 seconds left in the second quarter, France trailed by just three points.
Zhou Yang was a little anxious.
He was caught just now, so he didn't participate in the attack, hoping that his teammates could give him some strength.
But the other players in Huaxia are obviously not in shape, and Zhou Yang must take back the advantage in the final stage of the first half!
Theoretically, each side has one chance to attack.
Zhou Yang held the ball through the half, and in the face of the bag, he pretended to look around and made the appearance of wanting to pass the ball.
But at the moment when the defender's gaze swept to the side, Zhou Yang changed direction, accelerated, and threw off a defender.
The other person wanted to intercept it, but Zhou Yang turned around again, and used Parker's trick "Gyro Turn" to pass the second person.
The French players were shocked and hurriedly shrunk the defense line and made up for the penalty area.
But it was too late.
Zhou Yang stepped on the free throw line and took off directly!
In the first half, Zhou Yang kept playing and did not have a particularly energetic performance.
But Zhou Yang's take-off this time made everyone's eyes widen.
Seeing this, Masimi immediately pounced and wanted Zhou Yang to suppress him.
But Zhou Yang had a drift in the air, and the bullet speed was too fast, Massimi was a little slower, and he was directly output by Zhou Yang's face!
Bang!
A sturdy buckle!
There was a deafening roar from the entire arena, it was so shocking!
Even neutral fans jumped up in shock by Zhou Yang's violent buckle and kept applauding!
Masimmi's face was as dead as ashes, and he kept shaking his head.
The French head coach was even more helpless and sighed.
With 19 seconds left in the second quarter, France had one more chance to attack.
Tony Parker has the ball in the backcourt and is about to push.
Who knows, Zhou Yang shouted, and all the Chinese players began to mark and press the defense.
And Zhou Yang personally blocked in front of Parker and used [Death Entanglement], which was extremely oppressive!
Parker panicked and tried to pass the ball out.
But the other Chinese players are closely guarding other French players, and there is no chance of vacancy at all.
As a result, Parker made a mistake in his busy schedule and was going to pass to Batum, but was intercepted by Sun Yue halfway.
As soon as the ball was broken, Zhou Yang immediately killed in the penalty area, Sun Yue's eyes were fast, and he threw the ball high, Zhou Yang immediately took off and showed off a super basket buckle!
Half of Zhou Yang's head is more than the basket!
It's so explosive!
The stadium of Nuoda instantly turned into the home stadium of China, and the audience all jumped up, and the roar shook the sky!
Tony Parker gasped for breath as he gestured to his teammates apologizing to his mistake.
Actually, he can't be blamed.
With Zhou Yang's one-on-one defensive ability, few people can resist.
Huaxia extended their lead to seven points with just over two seconds left in the game.
The French player was demoralized by Zhou Yang, and in 2 seconds, he casually threw two half-court three-pointers, but he didn't even touch the rebound.
The red timing light came on, and the halftime was over, and the Huaxia team was 56:49, temporarily leading.