Team USA's lineup: Deron, Reed, James, Boozer, Howard.

As soon as Li Rong got the ball on the court, the US team suddenly made a press conference.

The US team did not use much pressure from the entire game in the first quarter. After these Olympic games, the Chinese team is no longer afraid of this tactic.

Especially when Sun Yue, Liu Wei and Li Rong were on the court, the three of them had the ability to hold the ball from the outside, especially Li Rong's unpredictable pass, which was easy to fail to press, and the Chinese team caused a situation where more and less play in the first half.

However, Li Rong is the only one who can control the ball in the Chinese team, which gives the US team another reason to use the full-game press.

This time the US team sent three people to encircle Li Rong. Boozer intercepted near the midfield. James and Delong pressed him from left to right, trying to directly steal the ball in Li Rong's hand.

"Oh..." Zhang Weiping was a little worried when he saw the American team pressing all over the court, "Come up and answer it quickly, this is a bit dangerous."

However, the four Chinese players on the field had no intention of stepping forward, but instead accelerated the speed of running towards the frontcourt and landing.

Li Rong in the midfield did not stop the ball. Facing the three-man siege, he would easily make mistakes once the ball was stopped. He suddenly took a step back, then paused slightly, swept his teammates in the frontcourt at the moment, and then jumped up and passed the ball to Wang Shipeng, who was in the arc top.

The US team was 5-defense and 2 in the frontcourt. Seeing Li Rong's pass, Howard hurried forward to block the ball.

Fortunately, he moved faster. By the time Wang Shipeng received the ball, he had completely covered his opponent and did not give him any room to attack.

After Wang Shipeng got the ball, he did not hesitate and immediately transferred Li Nan at the bottom corner.

As soon as Li Nan received the ball, Reed's defense also followed.

Li Nan once again moved to Wang Zhizhi on the right 45 degrees. Wang Zhizhi was already in a completely empty position at this time. Just as he was about to take action, he heard Li Rong behind him shouting: "Give me the ball!"

Wang Zhizhi still passed the ball. Li Rong received the ball, which attracted the attention of the US team again, and then distributed the ball to Zhu Fangyu on the outside.

Zhu Fangyu shot as soon as he got the ball. James's backup defense was a little slower by half a beat, and there was no interference. However, the shooting force was slightly larger and the rebound was taken off by Howard.

"It's okay for the Chinese team to break this tight defense," said Zhang Weiping. "But the shooting rate on the outside is not guaranteed now. After all, the US team is faster than ours. If you do this, it would be a bit unsatisfactory."

However, Howard's attack on Wang Zhizhi at the basket in the next round failed, and the rebound was taken away by Li Rong. This time, the US team only sent James to delay Li Rong's speed and did not send someone to press as in the last round.

Through the last round, the US team also knew that as long as Li Rong was present, the full approaching effect on the Chinese team would be less effective.

On the basketball court, the team in the defensive round is always the passive side.

Because it is difficult for you to predict your opponent's next move, you must put in more energy and physical strength to do a good job of defense.

The pressing of the whole game was even more exhausting, especially the tactics like three people siege one.

A passer like Li Rong can easily pass the ball to his teammates, and in order not to lose his position, the US team must speed up its rotation speed so that the Chinese team will not have the chance to be dumped out of the open position.

Passing is definitely more energy-saving than running. Even if everyone in the Dream Team is steel and iron, they can't stand the consumption of going back and forth.

After Li Rong dribbled through half the game, James quickly changed back with Boozer, and Boozer was still defending Li Rong.

Other Chinese team members were still scattered and landed at four points outside the three-point line.

For a moment, the Chinese team's space on the court was extremely wide.

"This has become Li Rong's singles," Zhang Weiping suddenly realized, "The other four people on the court can shoot at the outside, and their shooting percentages are good. The US team dare not send people to double-team. If you have double-team, you will definitely have an open space on the outside. Li Rong's pass is also powerful, and you will definitely pass if you have a free space. Therefore, the Chinese team's lineup means creating space for Li Rong to play singles."

The US team obviously discovered this. Can Boozer's defensive level defend Li Rong?

Obviously not, Boozer's height, wingspan, bounce speed is very poor among inside players, and the only thing worthy of praise is strength.

This is also the reason why Boozer's defense has always been criticized. The defensive hardware conditions are average and the defensive attitude is not very good. He is not a defensive player.

But Li Rong is an outside player after all, no matter how slow he is, he is slightly faster than Boozer.

This is enough to be fast. Li Rong held the ball two steps outside the three-point line. He was too threatened at the three-point line, and Boozer had to follow him out.

Behind Boozer, Li Rong left a smooth road leading directly to the basket.

Although his dribbling speed is not fast, he knows how to use the change of rhythm to get rid of his opponent. He breaks through Boozer's defense in two moves and goes straight to the basket.

Howard had been attracted by Wang Zhizhi to the bottom corner three-point line, and his return speed was a bit slow, and he had not yet reached the paint area.

James' first retracted the basket and wanted to block Li Rong's layup from behind.

Li Rong had already noticed James behind him, and a sudden brake suddenly slowed down.

James subconsciously took off, and when he flew into the air, he realized that this was Li Rong's fake move.

The basketball in Li Rong's hand had already flown into Zhu Fangyu's hand in the open space on the outside.

Zhu Fangyu did not let the opportunity be lost this time, and Zhang hand hit a three-pointer.

"Good ball!" Sun Zhengping said, "Li Rong assisted Zhu Fangyu from the outside to hit a three-pointer, and the Chinese team brought the gap back to 1 point."

"This ball is what I said just now. You can't defend Li Rong alone. Should you send someone to assist in defense?" Zhang Weiping said, "In fact, the US team has already grasped the timing of assisting defense very well. When Li Rong is about to attack the basket, he will not come. However, Li Rong's ability to handle the ball is too strong. He remembers the position of his outside teammates completely based on his memory, which is exactly the same as having eyes on his head."

In the next round, Howard's strong attack at the basket was directly fouled by Wang Zhizhi and sent it to the free throw line, making one of two free throws.

The Chinese team served at the bottom line. After Li Rong dribbled the ball through half the game, this time he replaced James to defend Li Rong.

James's outside defense is much stronger than Boozer, and a head-on breakthrough is impossible.

Li Rong immediately used his signature high-level back hit, carried it inward twice, and turned over and shot successfully.

James sighed helplessly. Li Rong's projection ability, coupled with his height and lower limb strength, could not even cause effective interference to him.

Li Rong played for two minutes and the Chinese team tied the score again.
Chapter completed!