The U.S. called a timeout.

When the timeout returned, a player who had rarely played before was substituted.

Danny Granger.

Granger isn't a big name in the NBA, but as the core of the Pacers, the 27-year-old has averaged 25 points per game in the NBA over the past two seasons, making him one of the few players on the U.S. team who has been on the move.

It's just that because he is also a projection-based player, his functions are highly overlapping with Durant, and his ability is not as good as Durant, so he has not been able to be reused by Lao K in previous games, and has been sitting on the bench.

Lao K remembered him after he was forced to lose his moves.

As it turned out, Granger was really capable.

He got his chance as soon as he came up with a beautiful off-ball run, and he took a three-point shot from outside the line after receiving a pass from Billups.

And back on the defensive end, he completed the steal of Zhu Fangyu.

The U.S. team seized the opportunity to play a defensive counterattack and stabilized its position after a wave of 5-0 offensive.

In these two rounds, Granger fully showed his characteristics as a 3-and-D star and became the wonder of the American team.

However, the Chinese team did not sit still, and Deng Huade immediately signaled to change the defense when he saw this, and asked Sun Yue to go to Granger.

Although in terms of size, Sun Yue is one size smaller than Granger, but Granger's style of play is mainly without the ball, and his ability to attack with the ball is generally rarely with the ball, so the effect of this counterpoint is very good.

Seeing this, the old K then replaced Billups with Westbrook, because with Durant and Granger, Westbrook has a lot more room to break through after coming on the court.

This back-and-forth contest, the fans who watched the scene, including those players from other teams, were addicted.

After confirming the eyes, this is the battle between the strongest teams in this World Championship.

However, no matter how changes change on the court and how anxious the situation is, when Durant is on the court, Xu Yong's strategy is the same as the beginning, which is to stare at Durant.

Because he knows very well that as long as Durant doesn't open, the American team will open up to the Chinese team at most.

And once Durant is opened, the rest of the American team will instantly become the best quality parts, and the dream team with an average of 25+ per game will appear after the run-in of the game, and it will be difficult for the Chinese team to win.

Facts have proved that Xu Yong's strategy is very correct.

The outside line of the Chinese team was full of firepower tonight, coupled with Yao Ming's containment on the inside, the third quarter ended, and the two teams fought to a 70-tie.

The fans were both nervous and excited.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Deng Huade arranged for Xu Yong to rest.

Durant is not the dead fish, he won't flutter when you hold him down, on the contrary, he struggles very hard, and Xu Yong can't hold him down without trying his best.

However, Deng Huade was also cautious, replacing Xu Yong, and he let Yao Ming lead the opening of the fourth quarter.

However, it was his arrangement that laid a mine for the Chinese team.

Because after Lao K found out this, he began to signal Yao Ming to go around and gamble for a steal, and accelerated wildly.

There is only one purpose for this, that is, not to fight positional warfare with the Chinese team.

The Chinese team knew the American team's style of play, but Xu Yong couldn't hold back the rhythm when he wasn't there.

So as a last resort, Deng Huade could only let Xu Yong, who had rested for a while, go into battle again.

At this time, I couldn't see anything, but when it came to the decisive stage, after the main forces of both sides came back, with the decline of Yao Ming and Xu Yong's physical fitness, the Chinese team's offense and defense began to collapse.

The U.S. team completed consecutive presses and played defensive counterattacks, playing their most classic dream team wave.

Four minutes before the end, the U.S. team had a 10-point lead over China 89-79.

The Chinese team called a timeout.

"There is not much time left for the Chinese team!" On the other side of the commentary seat, the American commentator wiped his sweat and said with a smile.

The threat posed by the Chinese team to the U.S. team tonight was beyond imagination, especially the opening wave that even made him suspect that the U.S. team had lost.

But fortunately, the game was not only one, but four quarters, and the U.S. team finally had the last laugh with its overall strength.

On the bench of the Chinese team, the players looked somewhat depressed.

Even Yao Ming pursed his mouth, and the hand holding the towel unconsciously clenched into a fist.

The best chance, they got off to the best start, but they just missed that breath.

Soon, Deng Huade finished arranging tactics, said some words of encouragement, and then motioned for the players to play.

Xu Yong patted Yao Ming's arm before he got up and said, "We still have time." ”

Yao Ming looked up at the timer when he heard it.

He withdrew his gaze and nodded firmly, then stood up.

The last 240 seconds, their last fight.

After the timeout, the Chinese team had a big tactical change, and Xu Yong began to hold the ball.

After his teammates opened up space, he took the ball and changed direction directly without slowing down to break through Iguodala, and in the face of Granger, who assisted the defense, he did not choose to pass, but faced a strong layup, causing the latter's pulling foul.

He walked to the free throw line, adjusted his breath and hit both free throws to help the Chinese team narrow the margin to single digits.

In the next round, Durant was pleasantly surprised to find that Xu Yong finally didn't defend himself anymore, he couldn't wait to hold the ball, and then broke through Yi Jianlian's pull-up jump shot.

"Phew!"

Unfortunately, his shot didn't hit.

Even if you're Kevin Durant, you can't pull out and hit with one shot after more than three quarters.

Yao Ming struggled to protect the defensive rebound, the Chinese team played a defensive counterattack, Xu Yong received a pass from Sun Yue and Iguodala completed a layup after a strong aerial confrontation.

The referee's whistle blew again, but unlike the previous round, the ball smashed to the edge of the basket after wiping the board, spun around and rolled into the net.

This ball is a 2+1!

The Chinese fans at the scene instantly boiled.

These two goals brought the suspense of the game back, and they were priceless!

Lao K also looked incredulous, punching the frame is very physically exhausting, especially when both sides have been fighting fiercely for a night, where did Xu Yong get his physical strength?

Xu Yong is obviously strategic.

He and Yao Ming said that stalking Durant is strategy one, and strategy two is what he can't say, it's dragging.

His strength is physical, especially when other people's physical abilities are at the bottom, that's when he plays.

I used this when I was at Arizona State University.

So in fact, the more intense the fight between the two sides before, the greater the physical exertion, and the more space he has to play.

Adjust your breathing, Xu Yong's penalty also entered, and the score difference on the field came to 5 points.

"Defend! Defend! ”

At this time, the Chinese fans at the scene bottomed out, and the defensive shouts resounded through the stadium.

Durant continued to play with the ball, this time he didn't make too many moves, and threw three points directly after faking to force Yi Jianlian back.

Yi Jianlian's rhythm didn't keep up a bit.

"Phew!"

But Durant still missed!

Xu Yong suppressed the whole game, he didn't make a good move, and it was not so easy for him to get back his touch.

What's more, at this stage, his physical fitness has already bottomed out.

However, fortunately, the American team retreated quickly enough this time and did not let the Chinese team directly fight back into a defensive counterattack.

The two sides switched to positional warfare.

"Team China! Come on! ”

At this time, the shouts of the defense quickly turned into cheers.

Xu Yong continued to break through the basket.

His choice is very smart, although he has more physical fitness than others, but that is also relative, at this time no one can guarantee the stability of the shot, but if you break through, the success rate is high, and there is a chance to cause damage.

This time, Chandler came over to make up for him.

It was clear that the U.S. team could no longer let him score wantonly.

Xu Yong's castration was unabated, and he felt desperate, but after entering the three-second zone, he chose a close-range falling small throw.

Chandler struggled to block, but couldn't stop Xu Yong's shot.

"Phew!"

However, Xu Yong's small throw practice time was not enough, and the basketball was not able to hit the basket.

But Lao K hasn't breathed a sigh of relief, Yao Ming has already jumped up and successfully completed the basket.

The cheers were overwhelming.

Yao Ming also threw his fist excitedly and gave the entire team of tomatoes to the American team.

89 to 86!

After returning from the timeout, the Chinese team played a wave of 7-0 offensive to narrow the gap to one goal.

At this time, there was still more than one minute left before the end of the game, and Lao K stretched out his hand to call a timeout.

When he got off the field, Xu Yong smiled and high-fived Yao Ming.

When he saw Chandler coming over, he knew that the ball just now would definitely go in, either thrown by him or made up by Yao Ming.

After the pause, Lao K still arranged the tactics for Durant, but the tactics of creating damage under the basket.

Durant's breakthrough passed Yi Jianlian smoothly, but just as he hit the basket, Yao Ming struggled to save to block his layup angle.

He was forced to sacrifice his big loop, but what he never expected was that Yao Ming would be able to turn around.

"Bang!"

As a result, his shot was directly rejected by Yao Ming, and the ball was still covered by him!

One Yao is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open!

He is not only guarding this one goal, but also the national team honor that he cares about the most.

The cheers of the fans at the scene broke out again, and some even wiped the corners of their eyes excitedly.

The Chinese team now has a chance to continue to shrink and even tie the score.

Deng Huade made offensive gestures at Sun Yue and Xu Yong on the sidelines.

"Hey, look, the U.S. team is in a scoring drought again!" On the side of the commentary seat, Zhang Weiping said with a smile after his mood relaxed.

He said this "again" because the United States team fell into a scoring drought at the beginning, and the Chinese team took advantage of this to play a perfect start of 11-0.

And now, the Chinese team has taken advantage of the new scoring drought of the American team, and has chased 7 points in a row in one go, and has forced a chance to tie the score.

It depends on whether the Chinese team can seize the opportunity.

Sun Yue advanced to the front court with the ball, and then handed the ball directly to Xu Yong.

"Now there are 40 seconds left before the end of the game, we can now choose to play a quick two-pointer, and then defend a wave, or just go for a three-point tie, anyway, it's all right, but it's fast, before the 24-second attack." Zhang Weiping's commentary level is online again.

It was too late to say that it was too late, and Xu Yong had already launched an attack.

He started with a falling step and completed the ball at the same time, jumping directly to pull three points.

Deng Huade's arrangement is to be divided equally.

Iguodala struggled to save and interfere, but couldn't cover Xu Yong's shot.

The basketball spun towards the basket, attracting the attention of the fans.

The ball was just right.

"Phew!"

But it's a pity that it deviated a little after being disturbed.

As Xu Yong said, at this stage of the game, no one can guarantee that the shot will be hit.

Both teams shrank and scramble for the rebound, which is crucial.

In the end, Yao Ming won this priceless rebound by virtue of his height.

And after he saw that there were people around him, he threw the ball back to Xu Yong on the outside as soon as possible.

After Xu Yong received the ball, he shot again with three points before Iguodala returned to defense.

This time he was noticeably more relaxed.

The basketball swirled in the air, and this time it looked perfect in terms of power and angle.

By the time it began to fall, the cheers of the fans were already on the verge of cheering.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Xu Yong grasped the second chance!

89 flat!

The Chinese team equalized!

Grasp the beginning, catch the end, the Chinese team has caught it all!

The fans at the scene are already crazy, the Chinese team is given a chance, and it can grasp it!

With 28 seconds left before the game, there was no timeout on the U.S. side.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The scene rang out with a uniform shout.

Xu Yong began to cling to Durant at this time, trying his best not to let him catch the ball.

Although Durant missed two consecutive shots in the past, he knew that Durant was the same killer as Kobe.

Don't ask him where he got his physical strength, pause back to his body, these are several pauses!

Durant was entangled by Xu Yong and couldn't catch the ball, and the U.S. team chose to let Granger complete the final offense.

Granger shifted back to break through Sun Yue, and then created an offensive opportunity for himself with a step-back jumper after the confrontation.

I have to say that Granger's finishing moves are very beautiful, and he completely got rid of Sun Yue when he shot.

People are just not as good as Durant, but they are also All-Stars.

"Phew!"

But there are some balls, you're not at Durant's level, you really can't shoot!

In the scramble under the basket, Yi Jianlian protected the defensive rebound, and Deng Huade immediately called a timeout.

Zhang Weiping's mouth was opened tonight, and the American team really kept scoring in the end!

The fans at the scene couldn't sit still with excitement, and they really had a chance to kill them when they thought they had no chance four minutes ago.

Sure enough, nothing is impossible in competitive sports!

After the pause, Xu Yong was still communicating with Yao Ming before coming on the court, and it could be seen that they were both very important in the last round.

Although there is still a chance for overtime if it can't score because it is a tie, the Chinese team is not as good as the American team in terms of physical fitness, and you can't expect the American team to score as it did in the past.

So this is the last chance for the Chinese team.

In the last 6 seconds, the serve in the front court.

After continuously covering the run, Xu Yong received the sideline ball from Sun Yue, and then broke through to the basket with Yao Ming's block.

It seems that the Chinese team's idea is very clear, that is, to let Xu Yong impact the basket.

Coach K obviously predicted this, so several people shrank to the basket at the same time.

And this is the last attack, and the foul referee will not blow it, so they are also ready not to let Xu Yong complete the shot.

However, just after entering the three-second zone, Xu Yong suddenly looked back at the moon and threw the ball to Yao Ming, who had just blocked and moved to the free throw line!

By the time the rest of the U.S. team realized this, it was too late.

I saw that Yao Ming basically didn't adjust much after receiving the ball, and threw the ball directly to the basket.

After the ball reached its highest point, the red light on the sidelines also lit up.

In fact, the tactic arranged by Deng Huade was Xu Yong's breakthrough, but Xu Yong knew that the American team would do his best to defend him, so he temporarily decided to play a small cooperation with Yao Ming, which is why they were still communicating before going on the court.

Now it seems that they made the right choice, at least the opportunity came out.

The basketball began to fall, attracting everyone's attention.

Many people subconsciously hold their breath.

Victory or defeat is only in a moment, and whether history can be created is also in this moment.

"Huh!"

There was a crunch and the basketball went straight through the net!

You can always trust Yao Ming's free throw line!

"The ball is in! The ball is in! On the commentary seat, Yang Yi jumped up and shouted.

"We beat the Dream Team! We are world champions! We are world champions! ”

The sound of the basketball entering the net was accompanied by the sound of commentary, but it was quickly drowned out by the cheers of the fans.

Yao Ming, with the first lore of his career, brought the world championship to the Chinese men's basketball team!

(End of chapter)