The scene was full of cheers, and many Celestial Empire fans in the audience waved the national flag in their hands.

In the general dribbling fast and Lin Fei's elegant three-point, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team quickly found its form and was no longer pressed by Agen.

Agen stopped coming to the offensive end, and Ginobili once again held the ball against Lin Fei, it seems that this is obviously the offensive strategy emphasized by Agen's coaching staff.

That is to let Ginobili rely on the advantage of the position to use more ball-holding strong hits to consume Lin Fei.

This time, the "demon knife" successfully shook Lin Fei with a realistic worship of the Buddha, and the cat made a mid-distance shot after a sudden step on the waist, and the basketball entered the net.

"Huh!"

Ginobili, who played less than half a quarter, scored 10 points in a row on 4-of-5 shooting, which is really scary.

Lin Fei was not in a hurry or impatient, quickly learned the wrong lessons on the defensive end, and constantly changed his defensive methods.

With long-term training in the offseason, Lin Fei has now reached 79 kg in bench press, and his weight has increased to 88 kg while ensuring his body fat rate.

At least in terms of physical confrontation with most white guards, it is no longer at a loss.

On the offensive end, Del Harris continued to let the inside line play to his advantage, and Da Yao connected with the twin towers roughly in the low post, and directly blocked Scola to make it 2+1.

"Huh!"

The rough free throws that went to the free throw line also hit the score, and the Celestial Empire team chased the score closely.

Returning to the defensive end again, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team also perfected its defensive strategy against Ginobili.

Lin Fei clings to the defense at the top of the arc, creating more physical confrontation for Ginobili, once Ginobili breaks through Lin Fei and enters the penalty area, Zhu Fangyu will make up for it as soon as possible.

After all, in the face of a scorer of Ginobili's level, relying only on single defense is almost equal to giving for nothing.

No matter how hard Lin Fei tries, his defensive ability is there, and if he doesn't cover it, it will inevitably make the hot Ginobili get 30+ tonight.

Ginobili made up for it as soon as Zhu Fangyu burst out, and formed a front and back attack situation with Lin Fei.

For the Celestial Empire national team, Zhu Fangyu's defense in the position of small forward is very good, he is 2.01 meters tall, but he has a weight of 100 kilograms, and he has a strong confrontation.

In the face of the Celestial Empire's defensive moves, Ginobili's first choice was naturally to pass the ball to the empty Delfino and let Delfino finish the three-point and mid-range shots.

Delfino was a round pick in 2003, and even if he was not as strong as Ginobili, he was quite strong, and his mid-to-long-range shooting percentage was very good.

The Celestial Empire men's basketball team's defensive strategy is not a good choice, but it can only give Agen the opportunity to stop other players in the air defense outside of the two points of the main pinching Ginobili and Scola.

The overall strength and skills are not as good as others, and this can only be a way out of the way.

In this way, although Ginobili's firepower was choked, Delfino threw it away.

Zhu Fangyu could only choose to return to the defense as soon as possible in the face of this situation, and Lin Fei also chased after Ginobili to prevent him from receiving the ball easily.

Of course, in the face of Lin Fei and Zhu Fangyu's fierce entrapment, Ginobili was not able to successfully pass the ball every time, and he also made a mistake during the period.

Lin Fei used Zhu Fangyu's physical confrontation to Ginobili and completed an oppressive and fierce steal, and he also ran continuously to find opportunities in the counterattack.

Outside the three-point line at a 0-degree angle on the right side, he took advantage of the elevator door cover of Zhu Fangyu to block Ginobili's opportunity, and then hit a three-pointer after Da Yao burst into the basket.

"Huh!"

In the entire first quarter, Lin Fei only got two rare opportunities, hit two three-pointers, and scored 6 points.

However, Ginobili was also successfully choked by Lin Fei and Zhu Fangyu, and after scoring 10 points in a row in the first quarter, he did not get another good opportunity.

Da Yao and the general inside advantage were brought into play, so that after the first quarter, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team did not lag behind significantly.

Celestial Empire (19) :(22) Agen stopped.

After the start of the second quarter, Del Harris replaced Lin Fei with Li Nan, and Da Yao and roughly staggered the rest.

Seeing that Agen's benches were playing well, Scola took advantage of the absence to score 5 points in a row, so Ginobili also rested for most of the second quarter and did not rush to play.

Argensa is obviously fearless on the basis of a deep lineup, and presumably Ginobili has not played to his full strength.

In the last 2 minutes before the end of the first half, Coach Agen stopped sending Ginobili again, and Del Harris also let Lin Fei and Zhu Fangyu follow the game.

And it was in these two minutes that Lin Fei really saw the strongest Manu Ginobili.

When he came up, Ginobili used a realistic and sophisticated shooting feint to create a foul on Lin Fei's shooting beater, and he made two free throws when he walked to the free throw line.

Immediately afterwards, Ginobili completed a steal on the defensive end, broke through a wonderful pass in the fast break, and assisted Prigioni to score a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Then Ginobili played with Scola in the high position, misplaced the small and big strong burst, and tilted his body to throw it into 2+1.

"Huh!"

"Beep!"

The foul was roughly helpless, and looking at Ginobili was like seeing the devil.

"Ginobili is out of balance and faces a roughly 2+1 game, this goal is too similar to the goal he scored against Serbia and Montenegro two days ago!"

"Ginobili tonight really feels like Jordan is possessed!"

"Huh!"

Ginobili, who went to the free throw line, also made free throws, leading Argen to quickly play a wave of 8:2, and the difference also came to 10 points.

Lin Fei shot near the halfway line at the end of the first half and hit an incredible half-court whistle shot.

But the Celestial Empire men's basketball team still entered the second half with a 7-point disadvantage.

Del Harris boldly changed his offensive strategy on the offensive end in the third quarter, completely using Lin Fei as the first offensive core, allowing Da Yao and to roughly mention the outside line to do more and more complex blocking and dismantling.

Create a three-point opportunity for Lin Fei, and want to use this to blow the horn of chasing points.

Under the cover of the continuous elevator door, Lin Fei also got more opportunities to make a move.

However, due to the uneven quality of the pass, the aggressiveness of Agen's defense, and the personal feeling also have certain ups and downs.

As a result, Lin Fei had seven shots in the entire third quarter, hitting only four of them and scoring three points from the free throws.

4 of 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, which is already a rather terrifying three-point shooting rate, but in the established impression that Lin Fei gave fans, it seems that the hand is not too hot.

Lin Fei's 15 points in a single quarter, coupled with Da Yao and his general play, allowed the Celestial Empire team to score 23 points in the third quarter, and the offensive efficiency was already very high.

However, Agen's firepower was more fierce, and under the tandem of Ginobili, he blossomed more inside and outside, scoring 26 points in a single quarter and winning the Celestial Empire team by 3 points.

Three stanzas are beaten down,

Celestial Empire (66) :(76) Agen stops.

The opponent has already led by 10 points.

In the final quarter, Agen stopped and continued to play steadily, the rhythm master Ginobili perfectly controlled the situation, and Da Yao's physical weakness also made the inside line miss frequently.

Maybe the defensive end gave too much energy, Lin Fei's overall three-point hand was not good tonight, and he played 7 minutes in the fourth quarter, and only made 1 of 2 shots.

In the end, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team lost to Agen Stop 82-93 and swallowed the first defeat in the group stage.

Lin Fei played 30 minutes in this game, shooting 8-of-12 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, scoring a team-high 28 points, plus two steals, but it didn't help the team win.

Da Yao had 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, roughly 19 points, in addition, the Tianchao men's basketball team has no players who scored double-doubles, Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu only made 2 of 10 shots in this game.

Ginobili shot 9 of 16, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and got 27 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

The loss of this game will inevitably make the major sports media at home and abroad compare Lin Fei and Ginobili, the two quarterbacks.

Lin Fei's 28 points and 2 steals will inevitably be overshadowed by Ginobili's comprehensive data of 27 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

The Greek Sports Herald believes that Lin Fei has obvious technical shortcomings, and the strength of the defensive end needs to be strengthened, and there is an obvious gap between him and Ginobili.

Renton Sports Morning Post pointed out that Ginobili has the full strength to become the boss of an NBA weak team, and Lin Fei's positioning is still the best puzzle piece of the NBA championship team, the third person in the team.

Although he lost to Agen, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team was not discouraged by this, and Lin Fei quickly adjusted his state and continued his daily training.

Ever since he discovered Little Alphabet's dilapidated basketball court, Lin Fei would run over every morning to practice shooting, and soon mingled with Little Alphabet and other smuggled black children.

In addition to buying Little Alphabet's shampoo, Lin Fei also gave the children a new basketball and taught them some basketball skills.

But the kids were only in their teens after all, and none of the kids except Brother Alphabet had the strength to throw the basketball from beyond the three-point line to the basket.

Looking at Lin Fei's sweaty figure on the court with adoring eyes, Brother Alphabet also strengthened his dream, he must go to the NBA to play in the future.

Because Lin Fei told Little Alphabet that even if the three-point shot is inaccurate, he can contribute to the team's victory through power confrontation, rebounding and breakthrough layups.

The last two opponents in the group stage of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team are Italy and Serbia and Montenegro, which are also two first-class teams in Europe.

The game with Yili was anxious until the last minute, and under the targeted suffocation defense of the Yili men's basketball team, Lin Fei, Da Yao and generally failed to get a good opportunity.

Zhu Fangyu's empty three-point shot missed, missed the kill, and the Celestial Empire men's basketball team lost by two points at 81:83.

Lin Fei also comforted Zhu Fangyu, who missed the kill, after the game.

Zhu Fangyu gritted his teeth and was brave in shame, clenched his fists and said: "Lin Fei, from today onwards, I will learn from you and practice at least 1,500 three-pointers every day!" ”

In the first four stops of the group stage, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team won 2 and lost 2, and there was no guarantee of promotion.

Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 was not independent and therefore belonged to a single republic, referred to as Serbia and Montenegro.

The Serbian and Montenegro squad during this period was very strong, with NBA three-point sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic and 2.16m center Verratti Divac.

Also on the bench was last year's top star Darko Milicic.

Although all three of them play in the NBA, there is only one Peja in the true sense of the word.

In the 03-04 season, Peja was the Kings' leading scorer, averaging 24.2 points per game second only to Maddy, ranking second among the regular season scoring champions.

The NBA league averaged significantly lower points per game during this period, with scoring leader Maddy scoring 28 points, and second place Peja and Garnett only in the early 24s.

This is naturally due to the promulgation of the NBA's regional defense rules, which has curbed the firepower of O'Neal and Duncan's powerful interior lines, and the no handcheck rule has not yet been activated.

The ten seasons of the NBA in 03-12 can be said to be a transitional stage in which the center is constantly weakened, and at the same time, the small-ball era is also about to move.

But at this stage, super three-point shooters such as Curry and Thompson have not really grown, and the center is starting to lose dominance again, so a group of strong forwards have emerged in the league.

Maddy, James, Anthony, Pierce, Durant...... Bryant and Wade were also beneficiaries of this period.

In this key battle with Saihei, Lin Fei's three-point shot once again became the sharpest weapon of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team.

Because there is no defender in the Serbian and Black team who can chase and defend Lin Fei like Ginobili, and the pace of switching defenses on the inside line is also very slow.

Peja tried to change Lin Fei in the game, but the effect was also not good, after all, his height was still too high, and his speed would not be able to keep up.

In this way, Lin Fei went completely crazy in this battle that could not be lost, venting all the depression of the previous two losses, playing 31 minutes in the game, 10 of 13 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and 35 points.

continues to refresh the FIBA single-game three-point record, and 35 points in a single game is also Lin Fei's personal single-game high in the men's national basketball team.

It is even the highest single-game score among all players in the men's basketball team at this year's Yadian Olympics.

Da Yao teamed up with roughly teamed up, and also blew up the 36-year-old Divac who was about to retire on the inside, and the young star Milicic also failed to get a good chance to play.

That's it.

The Celestial Empire men's basketball team finally defeated Serbia and Montenegro 90:77, accumulating 3 wins and 2 losses, ranking behind Xibanya and Agen, and advanced to the quarterfinals as the third place in the group stage by virtue of the goal difference.

Italy finished fourth in the group, with New Zealand and Serbia and Montenegro eliminated.

According to the rules, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team will face the second place in Group B in the 8-in-4 knockout round, which is the host Greek team.

Although Xibanya lost to the Celestial Empire men's basketball team at the beginning, the overall strength allowed them to win four games in a row and advance as the first in the group.

However, the first place in Group A is not necessarily a good thing, as they will face the fourth meter team in Group B in the 8-in-4 match.

No one could have imagined that the United States team would lose to Puerto Rico and Litao Bowl in the group stage in a row, and with 3 wins and 2 losses, they could only rank fourth in the group because of the problem of the head-to-head record.

Regarding the poor performance of the United States Dream Six in the group stage, the fans on the side of the United States are naturally quite indignant, thinking that even if the United States can finally win the championship, they will still throw the people of the basketball kingdom in.

There is a lack of unity within the team, a lack of communication between new and old players, a lack of active defense and a clear division of labor, and no good organizing point guard to sort out the overall situation.

This is the main reason why the six group stage of the United States Dream 3-2 lost.

Philip Saunders finally understood the pain of coaching the national team at this time, and if there was a choice, he would definitely not come back a second time.

August 25th.

The Celestial Empire men's basketball team ushered in a strong opponent in the 8-in-4 knockout round, the host Greek team.

Although reaching the quarterfinals has completed the guaranteed goal of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, after all, it is the one who defeated Sibanya and Serbia and Montenegro in the group stage.

Therefore, the fans of the Celestial Empire are enthusiastic, looking forward to the men's basketball team being able to defeat the host country in this knockout game, reach the semifinals, and make history.

The Greek men's basketball team is known for its tough style of play, and although no one on the team is competing in the NBA, no one dares to question the strength of this team.

What's more, with the convenience of the host, the referee will inevitably favor the Greek team to some extent in terms of blowing penalties.

Entering the knockout stage of the Olympic men's basketball team, the attention of basketball fans around the world is also rising.

The President of Greece also came to the game site to personally cheer for the national team.

Europe's largest spinach company gave Greece a handicap of 6.5 points, and the mainstream media is obviously more optimistic about Greece winning.

The time of the game is 8 p.m. locally, while 2 a.m. on the Celestial Empire side.

"Audience friends, audience friends, here are the five sets of the Heavenly Empire, I am Coach Zhang, the knockout match between the Celestial Empire men's basketball team 8 into 4 and the host Greek team is about to start!"

"In the just-concluded United States VS Xibanya in another knockout match, the United States team swept away the decline and played the style of the world's basketball hegemon, eliminating Xibanya 102:90 to reach the semifinals!"

Among them, Allen Iverson scored 36 points alone, breaking the record of 35 points in a single game set by Lin Fei in this Olympic Games!"

"In this way, according to the rules, the winner of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team tonight will also face the United States Dream Six in the next round of semifinals!"

"Okay, let's see that the starters of both teams have taken to the court, and the game has officially begun!"

"Come up and the Celestial Empire team took the lead in attacking, Liu Wei borrowed Da Yao to cover the pass in the middle to advance, Da Yao received the ball in the process, and soon passed to the left side!"

"Roughly with a long pass with his back, he gave the ball to Lin Fei, who threw off the Greek guard behind him, Lin Fei's position is too far away from the basket, more than 12 meters!"

"What? Lin Fei directly chose a super long three-point shot, and sent a super long three points 12 meters away in the opening 15 seconds, is there a ball? ”

"Ahh The ball went in, the ball went in, the ball went in! ”

"Lin Fei hit a super long three-point shot at the beginning, giving the Celestial Empire men's basketball team a good start in tonight's knockout game!"

Director Zhang's commentary was passionate, and the host Yu Jia was equally excited.

In the live broadcast room of the five sets of the Celestial Dynasty tonight, in addition to Director Zhang and Yu Jia,

"God of War" Liu Yulian and "Heavenly Dynasty Jordan" Hu Weidong, two representatives of the golden generation of the men's basketball team, also came to the live broadcast room as guests to witness the history of the men's basketball sprint of the Celestial Empire.

This knockout match determines whether the Celestial Empire men's basketball team can make history in the Olympic Games, so there are significantly more fans in China who stay up late to watch the live broadcast of the game than in the group stage.

Hawaii.

In the luxurious suites of the Marina Beach Hotel,

Szebiak, his wife, Shannon Ward, and their two daughters were watching TV in the living room, and the screen was playing the Olympic knockout match of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team vs. the Greek men's basketball team.

Although he is on vacation with his wife and daughter in Hawaii, Sizebiak is also concerned about his friend Lin Fei's performance at the Yadian Olympics.

As for the United States Dream Six, Si Zebiak has no hope, in short, it feels difficult to win the gold medal.

Although the United States has just eliminated Spain, it is more because of Iverson's supernatural play alone, so it is not reasonable to win the game in this way, and it is difficult to have a second time.

The five-year-old eldest daughter pointed to the TV screen and said excitedly: "Law, look, it's Uncle Lin!" ”

His wife, Shannon Ward, said with a smile: "Lin hasn't eaten my fried filet mignon for two months, so he must miss it very much!" Wally, do you feel like the Celestial Empire can win against Greece? ”

Si Zebiak smiled: "Of course, I believe that Lin and Da Yao, the knockout round is always a place to test the quality of superstars!" ”

"I'm still waiting for the Celestial Empire to eliminate Greece, and in the semifinals, I will see Lin Fei and Da Yao beat our Mi national team! Ha ha! ”

Eyes back to the Greek Olympic Basketball Stadium.

The whole game was quite anxious, with the Celestial Empire men's basketball team and the Greek team taking the lead alternately.

It wasn't until the last minute of the last quarter that Da Yao held the ball at the top of the arc and Lin Fei blocked and dismantled the cover, and with the help of Lin Fei's huge containment force to attract the defense, he suddenly stopped the free throw line and hit it steadily from the middle distance, which gave the Celestial Empire men's basketball team a lead of 2 points.

Celestial Empire (81) :(79) Greece.

Liu Xiang, Tian Liang, Sui Feifei, Zhao Ruirui and others who were sitting in the front row of the audience roared excitedly, clenched their fists, and looked forward to the Celestial Empire men's basketball team to protect this victory to the end.

At this point, the atmosphere in the entire arena became suffocating and tense, as most of the stands were filled with Greek fans, who were praying in their hearts that the team would be able to turn around.

On the timer, there were only 0 minutes and 39 seconds left until the end of the final quarter.

Theoretically, both teams have at least one more chance to attack.

The Greek side came back from a pause to execute a crucial attack.

At the draft in June this year, guard Spanollis, who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 50th pick in the second round, held the ball at the top of the arc to face Lin Fei's defense.

The atmosphere is tense and full of gunpowder.

Spanoulis played against Lin Fei all night but did not get the desired effect.

In the final moments of the game, Lin Fei had hit 7 three-pointers through various cover runs, plus 25 free throws, and 3 key steals on the defensive end.

In addition to contributing 6 assists, he only scored 9 points on 4-of-10 shooting, which can be said to have been blown up by Lin Fei at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

It was a crucial attack, and Spanoulis knew he couldn't afford to fail.

Lin Fei had beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, keeping a distance of one step, bending his knees and raising his arms, always vigilant for Spanolus's next move and the lifting of the blocker.

Greece's starting center, GLP, quickly came up to cover Spanoulis, and Da Yao followed closely.

This ball, Da Yao and Lin Fei did not change their defenses, and Lin Fei also bypassed the block and dismantled people to catch up with Spanoulis for the first time, and did not give him a chance to break through the basket.

At this time, Spanoulis had an obvious action of reaching out and pushing people, directly pushing Lin Fei away two steps away, opening up the space and decisively stopping and jumping shot.

Lin Fei was shocked and subconsciously frowned and looked at the referee, but the referee obviously didn't mean to blow the whistle.

(End of chapter)