The other two sets of matchups were played in the evening, with Emerica unsurprisingly beating Brazil and Argentina continuing to run the edge under the bald Ginobili with an 82-77 win over the Kangaroos and the Dream Team.

In this way, the top four of the London 2012 Olympics have all been announced, namely China, Spain, Emerica and Argentina.

The semi-finals take place two days later, on the afternoon of August 10, so the players have two days off.

These two days are invaluable for the coaching staff, they need to watch the footage of the opponent's game these days, analyze the opponent's strategy step by step, and develop a response, all of which need to be done in just two days, so this coaching is not an easy job.

The time soon came to the day of the game, the same place, the London Olympic Basketball Stadium.

A large number of Chinese and Spanish fans poured into the stadium, turning the originally empty spectator seats next to the stadium into black heads.

Jiang Shan and Sun Jianguo were naturally among them, and the tickets left by Li Kaiming were still the best position in the view, and after finding a seat, Jiang Shan and the others quickly found the concerned figure on the court below.

Although the two of them chat on the phone every day, they haven't seen each other for a month, so Jiang Shan was very excited when she saw Li Kaiming, after all, this was one of the few opportunities to see him.

What Jiang Shan didn't expect was that Li Kaiming on the court actually smiled and waved at her!

Seeing this scene, Jiang Shan instantly felt that the tip of her nose was a little sour, she tried her best to stand on tiptoe and waved at Li Kaiming below!

At this moment, her heart was warm and touched.

The time for the start of the game came quickly, and the Spanish team made a comeback after several games, whether it was the head coach Scalisio or the players of the Spanish national team, they all wanted to beat the Chinese men's basketball team in this game and wash away the shame of losing in the group stage!

For the Chinese men's basketball team, if they want to achieve their ultimate goal, this Spanish men's basketball team is the penultimate obstacle, so it must be solved!

The eyes of the players on both sides are blazing, and a big battle is about to break out!

After all the equipment and personnel were ready, Li Kaiming stood on the center circle, standing opposite Gasol Jr., ready to jump the ball!

A whistle blows! The referee throws the ball into the sky!

Li Kaiming took the lead in the explosion of leg strength, almost the moment the referee threw the ball, he flew into the sky, and then after the basketball reached the highest point, he flicked it with his long arm to firmly accept the ball of the first attack in the opening game!

Zhang Weiping, an old acquaintance in the broadcast area, said a quick opening remark, "Fans and friends, what you are watching now is the 2012 London Olympics men's basketball semifinals, the live broadcast of the Chinese men's basketball team against the Spanish men's basketball team, and I am the commentator Zhang Weiping. ”

"I'm the narrator Yu Jia." Yu Jia next to him also added a self-introduction.

The Huaguo team gave the ball to Liu Wei, who pouted his butt to protect the ball, and slowly dribbled through the half, and after the semi-finals, Spain's defensive intensity was much higher than the first game of the group stage, and Liu Wei almost pressed the 16-second line through the half.

The defensive position of the Spanish men's basketball team has not changed much, Li Kaiming still mentioned the position of the free throw line, but this time as soon as he stood in that position, the two people on the Spanish line and Gasol Jr. on the opposite side ran over to wrap up.

In this case, there was already a vacancy on the outside, and Liu Wei directly distributed the ball to Sun Yue at 45 degrees, who received the ball and threw it, but did not throw it in the face of Spain's outside defense.

The rebounding protection of the Spanish team is really thorough, Calderon dribbled over the half court, Da Gasol took advantage of Yi Jianlian's lack of attention, directly went around the front and then stuck the position, Calderon had the heart to hang the ball in, Da Gasol did not hesitate, the moment he received the ball, he started it, and rushed to the basket with Yi Jianlian, and the layup caused the latter's foul.

Stepping to the free throw line, Gasol hit both free throws to give Spain a 2-0 lead.

The Huaguo team served, Liu Wei was still prevented until 16 seconds before the half, this time Li Kaiming took the initiative to block and dismantle, and the two Spanish people all chose to shrink the defense of Li Kaiming and let Liu Wei shoot on the outside.

Liu Wei was a little hesitant, but he still shot, and with the sound of iron, Spain once again collected the rebound.

After arriving in the front court, Calderon took advantage of the cover of Pau Gasol outside the three-point line, broke through to a step inside the three-point line, and met the closed door defense of the Chinese players on the line, Calderon put the ball outside for a point, and Fernandez received the ball with a three-point shot, and hit it with a knife!

Spain leads 5-0!

The smiles on the faces of Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia in the broadcast area gradually disappeared, "This Spain has so much firepower?" ”

Deng Dehua on the sidelines was also a little anxious, and made a gesture to the players on the field, this time Huaguo Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian both helped Liu Wei block people, so that the latter quickly dribbled the ball to the front court.

This Scalisio's method is really a set, the full-court pressing allows the Huaguo team to press 16 seconds through the half, compresses the offensive time of the Huaguo team, and then sets traps in the half-court defense, giving some seemingly empty opportunities, and letting other players of the Huaguo team except Li Kaiming shoot.

That's why Spain can lead by five points as soon as they come up.

But this time Li Kaiming naturally wanted to stand up, he took the initiative to go to the outside to receive the ball, and then, as a big man of 210, held the ball on the outside with the help of defender Sun Yue's blocking and killing inside.

Spain is definitely highly vigilant against Li Kaiming's defense, so the two people who defend against the dismantling all choose to shrink the interior defense of Li Kaiming.

Everyone thought that Li Kaiming would give the ball to Sun Yue on the outside, and this was indeed a good opportunity.

But Li Kaiming doesn't think so, it can be seen from the beginning that the psychological pressure of the Chinese players in this game is very great, so Sun Yue and Liu Wei will hesitate and not enter.

Passing the ball to them in this situation is just putting more pressure on their shoulders, and if they can't shoot, it's a big blow to their mentality.

So Li Kaiming decided to come by himself in this ball, he played the state first, chased the points back, and reduced the psychological baggage of his teammates when they shot.

With two people hitting the three-point line, Fernandez wanted to steal from the front, Li Kaiming took this opportunity to turn quickly directly with his left foot as the axis, and drilled out between Gasol Jr. and Fernandez, his pace was very big, and he turned around in one step to the basket, at this time the big Gasol who defended Yi Jianlian on the other side had not yet reacted, because he did not expect that Li Kaiming could kill from the encirclement of Gasol Jr. and Fernandez.

After turning around, Li Kaiming won a one-arm violent buckle!

Deng Dehua and Zhang Weiping on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief!

OK! There is Li Kaiming!

After Li Kaiming stood up, the pressure on the Huaguo players really decreased a lot, and in the following games, starting from Sun Yue, who was the most reliable outside projection, the feel of the Huaguo shooters also began to recover.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 21-19, and Spain led by two points.

The second quarter was a rotation match, Deng Dehua originally wanted Li Kaiming to rest for a while, but Li Kaiming shook his head firmly, "Coach, I can't rest if I don't win this game tonight, the opposite side is very strong, I don't worry!" I have a lot of stamina and I have no problem playing the whole game! ”

Li Kaiming's worry is very reasonable, Spain's substitute lineup alone is enough for other teams to drink a pot, if it is purely a rotation lineup, it is estimated that when he comes up again, the score difference will go to double digits.

Sure enough, Spain's backup point guard Navarro came on the court, and the Chinese team's backup guards couldn't match at all, but fortunately, the inside combination of Li Kaiming and Wang Zhizhi ensured the team's score and did not let Spain pull the score away.

At halftime, the battle was 37-36, with Spain leading by one point.

Spanish coach Scalisio has gone crazy, "On the other side, Li Kaiming did not rest at half time, and his physical strength will be overdrawn in the second half, you have enough time to rest, and when Li Kaiming's physical strength is exhausted, it is when we open the score!" ”

Scarisio didn't expect that a Li Kaiming would be so difficult to solve, he had used all the strategies he could think of to defend Li Kaiming, but he still couldn't limit the latter, and in desperation, he could only start from physical strength to cheer up his players.

At this time, Ibaka, who was sitting in the corner, had some doubts in his heart, this guy can play more than 45 minutes in the playoffs, and he is still alive after the game, can he really compete with him......

However, he didn't dare to say it, even Gasol didn't dare to challenge Scalisio's authority in the national team, let alone a little Karami who had just entered the national team for a year......

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, seeing that Li Kaiming was still on the court, Scalisio sneered on his face!

But as time passed, the smile on his face froze......

Li Kaiming played from the beginning of the third quarter to the end, and Spain still did not open the difference......

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Kaiming, as always, still appeared on the court, and even Zhang Weiping in the broadcast area couldn't help it, "Is Deng Dehua ready to let Kaiming play the whole game?" ”

No one answered him, and perhaps silence was the answer.

Jiang Shan in the audience looked at the sweaty figure on the court, and her heart was filled with distress.

Others only care about whether the Huaguo team wins or not, but what she cares about is whether Li Kaiming is tired or not.

Tired or not? Of course tired! Li Kaiming wiped the sweat on his face with his jersey to prevent the sweat from blocking his vision, and his legs were no longer as dexterous as they were at the beginning.

After receiving a pass from the outside, he broke through directly under the ball, rushed to the three-point line and took a step inside the three-point line, and made a quick stop to pull out a jumper!

Gasol Jr. tried his best to block, but was still scored by Li Kaiming!

Scalisio on the sidelines frowned and fell silent, he looked at the figure on the field who had played almost the entire game, and there were infinite doubts in his heart.

Is he still human? Isn't he tired?

The game came to the last five minutes, the two sides played 53-55, and the Huaguo team led by 2 points, but the price of this 2-point lead was that Li Kaiming has not rested for a second from the beginning of the game to the present, except for timeouts and intermissions!

But everyone found a strange thing, and Li Kaiming actually laughed!

Seeing this smile, the Spanish players had an unspeakable fear in their hearts!

The most frightening thing is not a very strong opponent, but the kind of opponent who eats away at you bite by bite, you don't know where his end is, this is the fear of the unknown, which is rooted in the genes of human beings.