Yao Ming is not present, and the US team's offense is still mainly attacking Howard, who is in the interior.

Howard's low-post skills have always been criticized, but they are still very lethal when facing most insiders.

Seeing that Yi Jianlian was struggling to prevent it, Li Rong directly took the foul.

Howard's free throw this time was very powerful, and he made both free throws, and the US team once again overtook the score.

The Chinese team is no longer afraid to hand over the bottom line of serve to others. There is no mistake at such a life-and-death moment.

Li Rong passed the ball steadily through the half, directing Yi Jianlian to come over to block the people for himself.

"The US team dare not go online to attack Li Rong," said Zhang Weiping. "It is very important for Liu Wei's three-pointer to score in the last round. If you don't, the US team will definitely hit the ball in this round. However, Li Rong's shot speed is too fast, and Liu Wei also threw the ball in, so the US team began to have some concerns."

The US team still changed every time the screen. After the pick-and-roll was completed, Yi Jianlian quickly attracted James away, and Li Rong faced Howard's outside defense.

Li Rong's continuous dribbling swayed, and suddenly accelerated and started, and his body passed Howard's defense half step.

Howard hurriedly turned around and followed at full speed. He was very confident in his physical fitness. With Li Rong's speed, even if he could break through to the basket, what was waiting for him was a big hat that covered the sky and the sun.

However, after breaking inward, Li Rong chose to stop urgently, and Howard was suddenly shaken away from his body again by his brakes.

Seeing Li Rong's shooting move, Howard smiled contemptuously and thought that Li Rong was too simple, thinking that I would not be able to cover you like this?

Howard took off directly on the spot, his terrifying physical fitness was fully exposed, completely covering the sky above Li Rong's head.

However, Li Rong did not shoot the basketball in his hand, but waited for Howard to fall and then greeted him with the ball.

He wants to commit a foul!

When Howard reacted, it was too late and his body was completely out of control at this time, so he could only watch all this happen.

The sideline referee immediately fired a whistle, Howard made a foul on the shooting, and Li Rong made two free throws.

"Beautiful!" said Sun Zhengping, "Li Rong turned around and caused Howard to make a foul."

"Li Rong is smart enough to play basketball," said Zhang Weiping. "Although he is not very good at running or jumping, he is very good at using the changes in rhythm to mobilize the opponent's defensive center of gravity. The ball seems to be about to break through, but suddenly a sudden stop, Howard also reacted subconsciously, and immediately jumped up, and he was fooled when he jumped up."

Li Rong walked onto the free throw line, and when he made the first free throw, he felt something was wrong, and he seemed to have a little power.

Sure enough, the ball hit the outer edge of the basket ring and bounced high.

"Yo," Zhang Weiping was surprised to see Li Rong failing to score the free throw. "This is not very good. Li Rong fails to score the free throw. Maybe he is a little tired. He has only rested less than 3 minutes now."

There was also a lot of regret at the scene. Last season, Li Rong's free throw shooting percentage in the Timberwolves was close to 90%. Unexpectedly, he missed a free throw in such a critical fourth quarter.

Li Rong took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, then the second free throw fell steadily into the basket.

The scores of both sides tied again.

James dribbled and Howard picked and rolled the ball, broke into the inside and scored two points.

Li Rong immediately hit James with a back-to-back from the low post and caused another foul. He made both free throws, but both sides still tied.

Yunas requested a pause.

"I guess I'm going to replace Yao Ming back," said Zhang Weiping, "See if I want to replace Li Rong and have a rest. I'm so tired after playing until now. The assisted defense speed on the court is not as fast as before."

At the end of the timeout, Yunas adjusted the lineup on the field: Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, and Liu Wei.

"Sure enough," said Sun Zhengping, "Li Rong was replaced."

"There are more than 7 minutes left in the game, and I can't take a long break," said Zhang Weiping, "It's probably only one or two minutes at most."

After the timeout, James once again broke through the Chinese team's inside with the help of a pick-and-roll, and passed the ball to Anthony on the outside.

Anthony received the ball and raised his hand to hit a three-pointer.

This record went in three points and the scene was silent.

It was so heartbreaking that Li Rong's physical strength had already turned on the red light, but the US team's firepower was not reduced at this time, and everyone was a little desperate.

If the US team continues to fight like this, the US team will also waste the Chinese team to death with its abundant physical energy.

Before the Chinese team's bottom line ball was released, the substitution sounded the sound of substitution on the sidelines.

Li Rong, who was wearing No. 12 on the sidelines, made another appearance, replacing Liu Wei, who had also been on the field for a long time.

"Li Rong is on the court again!" Sun Zhengping's tone was extremely high, "I only had less than 30 seconds of rest."

"Add to the suspension, I took a breath and drank a sip of water," Zhang Weiping was a little moved, "I really tried!"

Li Rong's appearance once again brought the audience to life. For a moment, the shouts and cheers resounded throughout the sky.

Yao Ming on the field nodded with his lips pursed and was obviously very excited.

This round, Yao Ming's position was extremely tough, and Howard behind him refused to give in. In the midst of entanglement, the referee gave Howard a push foul.

After being called for a foul, Howard's movements were restrained. Yao Ming finally reached a comfortable position in the penalty area. Li Rong's pass then arrived, hitting the left hand hook, causing Howard's foul on the foul.

"Good ball!" Sun Zhengping said excitedly, "Yao Ming hit Howard in the inside, and he also had to get extra penalty."

"Howard has suffered two fouls in one round!" Zhang Weiping said, "This is good news for the Chinese team. One is that the US team has received 4 fouls in this class. Li Rong has created two before, and Yao Ming has immediately reached the fouls. If you foul again, you will have to make free throws. In addition, Howard has already committed four fouls. He has not had many fouls in the first three quarters, only once, but he has played in less than half a quarter and has taken three fouls. International games are different from the NBA. There are only five fouls. If you take another one, you will be out. I don't know if the US team will replace it."

Howard was also a little anxious when he was called two consecutive fouls, and chased the referee and began to ask for an explanation.

The referee turned around and gave him a warning: "Do you want to go on?"

Howard had no choice but to show a helpless smile. For the sake of happiness when playing basketball, he would not care about you.

The old coach K on the sidelines couldn't sit still and immediately applied to the referee for a substitution.

Now the fourth quarter is not yet half over, so it would be too dangerous for Howard to stay on the court.

He began to regret why he didn't bring one big center. The remaining two inside players, Bosh and Boozer, one short and the other thin, were no match for Yao Ming at all.
Chapter completed!