The referee immediately suspended the game, and the team doctor also quickly stopped the bleeding for Liu Wei.

Del Harris took a risky move and replaced the more experienced veteran Guo Shiqiang to replace Liu Wei.

Judging from the opening two rounds, Liu Wei still suffered too much nervousness and inexperience in the tournament, which made the already huge gap between him and Marbury even more obvious.

In the 6 games played by the Tianchao men's basketball team in this Olympic Games, Guo Shiqiang did not play much time on guards, ranking behind Lin Fei, Liu Wei and Hu Xuefeng, with an average output of only 2 points and 1.2 assists per game.

But Del Harris did not ignore Guo Shiqiang because of this, rich experience and mature mentality, at least can make Guo Shiqiang play more calmly in the face of the United States.

Liu Wei was continuously teased at the beginning, and his mood was naturally very aggrieved, and after sitting back on the bench, he slammed the towel handed over by the United Arab Emirates next to him to the ground, and scolded the quintessence of the country in a low voice.

"Cao Nima!"

The other players of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team were also enraged by the aggressive opening of the United States team, and everyone cheered up and clenched their fists.

If the strength is not enough, and you can't get enough blood and hard work in the arena, then you really deserve to be trampled underfoot.

Del Harris quickly re-emphasized the pre-game defensive strategy to the main players on the court, encouraging everyone to pull themselves together.

The outside single defense in the opening two rounds was just a test, and the defense of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team was the most integral.

The timeout came back and the game continued.

In the attack of the Celestial Empire team, Guo is strong dribbling to advance, and center Da Yao is continuously covering on his side, delaying Marbury's pressing.

In the face of the pressing of the first-class defenders of the United States team, it is necessary to use the cover of the center to smoothly bring the ball to the front, which also fully reflects the weakness of the overall strength of the defenders of the Celestial Empire.

Another point, Lin Fei, as a quarterback, does not have enough dribbling ability and cannot cooperate well with the point guard in the process of advancement, which is also a problem.

Lin Fei did not rush to run without the ball in the frontcourt, but stopped outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left side and faced Allen Iverson.

"Lin, your performance in this Olympics is great, it's a pity that there is no suitable guard to partner with you, otherwise the Celestial Empire men's basketball team will definitely have a chance to go further!"

Iverson's remarks were an understatement, but at the same time, they also seemed to express Lin Fei's dissatisfaction with not choosing the Philadelphia 76ers to join forces with him in the offseason.

In fact, after the finals, Lin Fei and his agent Qin Dongmei also seriously considered the 76ers, and the contract given by Philadelphia also reached an annual salary of nearly 5 million US dollars.

But the 76ers' coaching staff is also chaotic, with three head coaches changed last season, and the team's main force and bench configuration are not at the championship level at all.

At the same time, Lin Fei also took into account Iverson's unruly personality, long-term lack of training and arrogance, which has made his career inevitably go downhill.

Lin Fei concentrated, always observing the offensive situation in the front court, and at the same time calmly responded to Iverson:

"Aaron, as long as I'm on the pitch, the only goal is to help the team win, and tonight against you, I'm going to score more points than you!"

Lin Fei knew that Iverson had completely ignored his teammates in the last knockout game and entered his own crazy singles mode, scoring 36 points on 30 shots, and 11 penalties.

So tonight's excitement for Iverson to a certain extent is still very necessary.

"Lin, you're still too young after all, you don't know how thick the sky is, I saw my rookie season in you!"

At the moment when the two were talking, the inside twin towers on the Celestial Empire's side played to their advantage, roughly attracting Duncan to the high post, and Da Yao hit Stoudemire with his back in the low post, and the hook hand that turned over hit steadily.

"Huh!"

Celestial Empire (2) :(4) Rice Kingdom.

In the face of Stoudemire's chattering trash talk, Da Yao plunged into the penalty area with his head down and responded with a tough performance.

The ball was converted, Iverson directly took the ball in the backcourt and advanced, and after coming to the top of the arc in the front court, he faced Lin Fei, obviously wanting to use his personal ability to teach Lin Fei a lesson in singles.

"Lin, stand firm, I hope you won't be shaken down like your teammates!"

The 29-year-old Iverson is a little less unruly and a little more calm and sophisticated, but his physical condition is no longer in the state of his peak.

Lin Fei concentrated, keeping a distance of about one and a half steps from Iverson, and Zhu Fangyu on the left side of the front court also let go of Marion some distance, ready to make up for the defense at any time.

Iverson's breakaways have always been to the right, and that's a well-known thing.

But even so, everyone still can't guard against him, and that's the horror of AI.

"Whoosh!"

With a super-large crossover, Iverson pressed his center of gravity very low, and instantly shook off Lin Fei enough distance.

Lin Fei had already judged this, so he didn't panic at all, his steps were steady, and he used oblique sliding steps to retreat, obviously giving Iverson enough space to shoot, and pinched the middle of the penalty area.

Before the game, the coaching staff of the Tianchao men's basketball team arranged a 1-2-2 joint defense strategy against Marbury and Iverson, but it was not used immediately at the beginning, but induced the two to fall into a solo battle.

Zhu Fangyu also made up on the left side, completely emptying Marion.

Marion's open three-pointers weren't good, shooting just 26 percent from the field, and he was completely selective.

Seeing that Iverson was about to be sandwiched by two people, Marion, who was squatting in the bottom corner of the left side, did not run in time, but bent over with his hands on his knees to watch Iverson show off his personal ability.

Iverson shifted sharply to the left after a fake throw, but Lin Fei was unaffected, keeping his center of gravity down and stretching his long arms to control as much space as he could.

Seeing that Lin Fei was not shaking at all, Zhu Fangyu on the left side was also approaching, and Da Yao and roughly waited for the rabbit in the depths of the penalty area, Iverson did not hesitate, and jumped out of the middle distance with a crotch dribble.

Lin Fei quickly pounced, trying to give some interference, even if it was minimal.

Iverson's jumper was about 13 feet from the basket and he had the lowest shooting percentage of his career in that area, at less than 30 percent.

"Bang dang!"

Sure enough, the basketball hit the iron, and the rebound was grabbed by Da Yao against Stoudemire.

Iverson was stunned by the first attack, and immediately frowned, feeling a little aggrieved, and the desire to attack was naturally stronger.

The Celestial Empire is fighting steadily, and Da Yao and roughly made a cover between the two towers in the high position.

Roughly with Da Yao as the axis, it quickly moved from the right side to the left high position, Duncan was effectively delayed, and Stoudemire did not make up for it at the first time.

Da Yao also quickly gave the ball to the rough, and the latter decisively seized the opportunity to shoot in the open space, and a two-point shot about 5 meters away from the basket hit it steadily.

"Huh!"

came up and Da Yao and roughly scored one goal each, and the Celestial Empire team quickly tied the score.

The players on the bench of the Tianchao men's basketball team on the sidelines were also excited, jumping up to cheer for the twin towers and waving towels.

Del Harris, who was also standing on the sidelines, could find from the general blocking and dismantling of Da Yao just now that Duncan and Stoudemire did not communicate enough on defense and did not change defenses in time.

From the previous video of the game between the dream six and other teams, Del Harris can also clearly see this, and the defense of the United States team is passive and slack off on the whole.

So Harris has every reason to believe that the Celestial Empire men's basketball team will definitely give the United States team a huge surprise on the offensive end tonight, because they have Lin Fei here.

The ball was converted, Iverson found the shooting rhythm after shaking off Lin Fei in a sudden step this time, and the mid-range shot was quite decisive, and the basketball went into the net hollow.

"Huh!"

Coming back to the offensive end, Lin Fei finally unsheathed his sword this time.

Lin Fei, who came to the front court, first relied on his physical advantage to resist Iverson, and then suddenly accelerated and ran back, and quickly came to the three-point line near the 30-degree angle on the left side with the help of Da Yao, who was holding the ball in his hand.

This area is actually a huge test for the pursuers, as it requires a large change of direction after getting around the cover.

After Lin Fei stood still, he quickly received a pass from Da Yao, and in the face of Iverson, who was delayed, and Stoudemire, who was passively switched defenses, his eyes were cold, and he pulled up and shot.

"Huh!"

The first.

Lin Fei's three-point shot came very abruptly, but it was reasonable.

Head coach Philip Sanderston, who was standing on the sidelines of the United States team, frowned.

Philip Sanders was clearly unhappy with the team's defensive attitude at the start of the game.

In the group stage, the United States team was almost like this, with a loose defensive attitude and separate offensive ends.

In addition to Tim Duncan's defensive positivity alone, Boozer, Stoudemire and Marion are all average, and they still look down on their opponents in their bones.

The United States team attacked.

Iverson continued to play with the ball, and saw that Lin Fei let himself go two steps away, so he made a decisive shot directly on the three-point line at the top of the arc.

Obviously, he wanted to quickly return Lin Fei with a three-point shot.

"Bang dang!"

But Iverson's handling of the ball was still too casual, and the basketball hit the iron and bounced out of the frame.

"Smack!"

This time, the rebound was picked up by the quicker reaction of Stoudemire, who turned over and threw off Da Yao with a false shake, and jumped directly to send a violent dunk.

However, Stoudemire underestimated Da Yao's reaction speed under the basket, and the ball was still too confident.

Almost at the same time as the turn and jump, Da Yao raised his long arms behind Stoudemire, and his big fan-like hands slapped down fiercely.

"Smack!"

A beautiful pegboard hat, the basketball hit the toughened rebound diagonally, and after rebounding back, it was just caught by Zhu Fangyu on this side.

In the fight for rebounds, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team is also more active than the players of the United States team.

Zhu Fangyu's ball was not given to point guard Guo Shiqiang's hand for the first time, and Marion quickly posted it to grab the ball in Zhu Fangyu's hand.

Zhu Fangyu hugged the basketball tightly with his back, and his strong body was not worthy of Marion, and he was hard with the opponent.

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle blew, and Marion grabbed the ball too hard and was whistled for a foul.

Zhu Fangyu clenched his teeth and roared at Marion, as if he was angry with his teammate Liu Wei, and did not instigate these NBA stars at all.

"Grab Nima! Ugly than! ”

Marion suddenly frowned, looking at Zhu Fangyu's gaze became cold, although he couldn't understand the words of the Celestial Empire, he obviously knew that this was scolding.

“Fuck you！”

"Boy, listen up, I'm going to throw you in the garbage heap with my own hands tonight!"

Lin Fei was laughed at by Zhu Fangyu's "ugly comparison", Marion's horse face is really ugly.

Although the Greek referee could not understand Chinese, he still understood English, and seeing Marion publicly cursing, he immediately rushed up and directly threw a technical foul to the opponent.

"Beep!"

Marion was suddenly aggrieved, his face was purple with anger, and he had nowhere to reason.

The fans of the Celestial Dynasty in the front row of the stands also waved their fists excitedly, adding momentum to their players.

The FIBA rules of this period were two free throws after a technical foul, and it can be said that the punishment is significantly more severe than the technical foul in the NBA.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Lin Fei walked to the free throw line to execute a technical foul free throw, and both free throws were secure.

With the ball in hand, Lin Fei continued to cover and block with Da Yao in the front court, and the ball was misplaced against Stoudemire, and the lightning attack was another.

"Huh!"

And also.

Celestial Empire (12) :(6) Rice Kingdom.

After being beaten 4:0 in the opening game, it quickly responded to a wave of 12:2, and the momentum of the dark horse was completely out.

Stoudemire was not active enough to change the defense twice, and Lin Fei caught the gap to catch the ball, and the United States team naturally would not have good fruit to eat.

hit two three-pointers on the head of the "little overlord" in a row, and after Lin Fei landed in a dashing manner, he also met Stoudemire's angry gaze and said coldly:

"Amare, are you also worthy of competing with Da Yao for the champion? Phew! ”

Stoudemire clenched his fists angrily and said angrily: "Do you really think Lao Tzu can't prevent your three-point shot?" A lost draft is just worthy of yelling at me? ”

Seeing that the opening game of the United States was beaten by the Celestial Empire 12:6, many NBA fans who watched the game also weakened in terms of momentum.

Philip Saunders didn't make a big deal, and immediately chose to call a long timeout and sharply reprimanded Stoudemire as he walked off the court:

"Can you take care of it? It's so slow every time you change the guard, what did I say before the game? With such a large shooting space in the forest, aren't you looking for death? ”

In the face of Philip Saunders' reprimand, Stoudemire looked angry and retorted coldly: "Don't talk too much about your own apprentice, a draft loss is a draft loss after all!" ”

Philip Saunders was angry enough, and directly waved his big hand and said angrily:

"You sit on the bench for me, LeBron, you go up, against Zhu, Marion go to the power forward! Tim goes to the opposite Yao! ”

"Remember what I said, don't underestimate this year's Celestial Empire men's basketball team, we must cheer up on the defensive end, otherwise God will not favor us!"

"Tim and Sean both have good defensive switching skills, once Lin and Yao or Wang cover and block at the top of the arc, they must quickly switch defenses!"

"Of course, according to the situation, you can also wrap up Yao or Wang who holds the ball and cut off his ball line!"

Stoudemier, who sat back on the bench, was also very aggrieved,

didn't score for a few minutes on the field, and ate a pegboard hat from Da Yao, if he didn't give playing time next, then he would face Da Yao tonight, which would be equivalent to being blown up!

Whether the team wins or not is not the key, but if you want to be blown up by Da Yao, this is absolutely not good!

After a timeout, Marbury dribbled to the frontcourt.

The Celestial Empire quickly changed to a 1-2-2 joint defense, with the leading Lin Fei blocking the ball carrier's breakthrough route, and the four teammates in the middle and low positions were ready to shrink the bag at any time, waiting for the fish to catch the turtle in the urn.

Such a joint defense strategy is indeed the best way to limit the United States team with a super outside ball carrier.

In the group stage, Puerto Rico and Litao Bowl can win against the United States, and the defense has adopted this 122 joint defense strategy.

As for why a top team like Xibanya was defeated by the United States in the 8-in-4 knockout round, there is no problem with the joint defense strategy, but it can only be said that it was killed by Iverson.

Then there was the problem with the referee's penalty scale in that game, giving Iverson and the United States team more whistles.

But Iverson is not Curry and Thompson, let alone Lin Fei, how can he be so accurate in every game?

The effect of the 1-2-2 joint defense was immediate, and Iverson's forced high-difficulty projectile frame after being caught missed the frame.

"Bang dang!"

It's just that the offensive rebound was picked up by the experienced Duncan, who hit Da Yao with his back and turned over with his signature 45-degree angle to hit the board.

"Huh!"

Although Duncan is the backbone of this Dream Six team, co-captaining the team with Iverson, he has very little ball.

Regarding the problem of Iverson and Marbury having too many balls, although Duncan did not tear his face on the surface, he was naturally still dissatisfied psychologically.

If the team wins the championship this year, then all the contradictions can be dissolved, but if he can't win the gold medal, then Duncan vows that he will never participate in the Olympics again.

The Celestial Empire team attacked.

Marion and Duncan's ability to switch defenses is very good, and the arm span is also terrifying, which makes Lin Fei unable to get a good chance to catch the ball after covering.

Da Yao held the ball and attacked the basket, and after encountering the supplementary defense, he distributed the ball to the right side, and the latter dunked in the air.

"Boom!"

"Beep!"

The ball scored at the whistle, and the referee signaled Marion to foul the general beater, 2+1.

Da Yao's ability to respond in this Olympic Games was fully demonstrated, not only giving Lin Fei a lot of assists, but also connecting with the approximate high and low positions is also very lethal.

The basket is 2+1 with a rough punch roar, venting his emotions, and although there is no speed advantage in the alignment with Marion, the approximate height and arm span are completely crushing the opponent.

Playing four seasons in the NBA, he was largely marginalized on the bench and didn't get enough opportunities to prove himself.

And facing these familiar NBA faces tonight, especially an All-Star bench-caliber like Marion, he roughly knew he couldn't back down.

The performance in this Olympic Games will directly determine whether you can continue to play in the NBA in the new season, and even whether you can be favored by the team and become the main rotation on the bench.

So he roughly knew that he had to do his best to show the iron-blooded spirit and indomitable will of his soldiers.

As Lin Fei's predecessor and teammate, whether it is the current Celestial Empire men's basketball team or the Miami Heat in the new season, he roughly knows that he can't embarrass the other party.

It was only about 5 minutes into the first quarter, and Marion had already committed two fouls on his side, and he was obviously emotionally aggrieved.

Lin Fei also keenly noticed that the two foreign referees tonight obviously took more care of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, and of course the punishment was within a reasonable range.

After the last game and Greece's life-and-death battle, the players and coaching staff of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team have become frightened birds, and as long as the referee is not too biased towards the opponent, he has already taken good care of them.

(End of chapter)