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Author: Chang'an Bujuan Township

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The last game of the group stage, the Chinese team played against Italy.

There was no disturbance in this game. Italy played in a standard European basketball style, piling up weight on the inside and practicing shooting on the outside.

Lu Feng's advantage in the No. 1 position is particularly obvious. Whether in singles or in pick-and-rolls, he can frequently score points.

In the last group match, the Chinese team defeated its opponents calmly, won the first place in Group B, and successfully advanced to the knockout rounds!

After defeating Italy, the Chinese team won three games in three games and advanced to the knockout round with a complete victory in Group B, which amazed countless people. More and more people are paying attention to the Chinese team and Lu Feng.

Lu Feng feels that the biggest change during this period is that there are more reporters surrounding the Chinese team.

Of course, there are also many more domestic reporters.

At the beginning, the Chinese team was not optimistic before the expedition, and not many Chinese reporters came to Argentina.

But as time goes by, the domestic media pays more and more attention to the Men's Basketball World Championship, and CCTV even started live broadcast!

After the group stage, the knockout rounds have been drawn, and the 4 groups of knockout rounds have been announced.

In the first round of the knockout round, the Chinese team easily defeated Argentina and advanced to the semi-finals.

Argentina was able to advance solely because of their good signings. There were no strong teams in their group, but when they met the Chinese team, they didn't even have a chance to use the black whistle. Lu Feng kept shooting from the outside, and the point difference was widened by two in 10 minutes.

There is absolutely no hope for Argentina.

However, after defeating Argentina, the Chinese team was not very happy, because their next opponent was the second-placed team in Group A, the United States, which advanced from below!

The U.S. team is second in the group? Oh, it turns out they are grouped with Yugoslavia...

The national team members looked at this result and didn't know what to say for a while.

Is it possible that someone should say: Hey, isn’t this Team USA? Why is it so rubbish?

…

In the semi-finals of the Men's Basketball World Championships, the Chinese team met the United States, and the game between the two teams was immediately discussed.

The first is the Chinese team. After nearly a week of games, European basketball fans all know that the Chinese team is now awesome. It has a basketball genius named Lu Feng who defeated Oscar Schmidt and led the Chinese team to qualify first in the group.

, will join the NBA next season, and will still be the NBA No. 1 pick in 1990.

Not to mention the US team, which has always been the strongest country in basketball. In order to promote the development of world basketball, it even introduced rules prohibiting NBA players from participating in FIBA ​​competitions.

The European media and fans are very excited, and the Chinese and American ones are even more excited...

The Chinese side feels more pity. Although the semi-finals are already very good, who doesn't hope that the national team can go one step further?

However, considering that the opponent in the semi-finals is the United States, neither the industry nor outsiders are optimistic about the Chinese team advancing.

And on the American side...

NBC: "The Miracle Continues in Seattle: The Miracle in Buenos Aires?"

CBS: "Promoted second in the group and faced Lack and the Chinese team in the first round. Is this a plan or incompetence?"

ABC: "Payton: Luck is not invincible!"

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The players of the US team don't know much about the hype created by the American media in China, but this does not prevent them from accepting various interviews.

"Yes, Lark is very powerful, but he only has one person, and he can't beat us!"

"What, someone said this? Yep, we are us and they are them!"

"Yes, we did lose to him, but this is the World Championships, not the NCAA, and the Chinese team has no chance of winning!"

"Luck?" Gary Payton smiled disdainfully and said loudly: "Even if I don't defend and let him score 100 points, he can't win!"

Although the American media keeps making all kinds of hype, trying to make this game look as topical as Mars hitting the Earth, in the pre-match predictions, they are all optimistic about the American team advancing.

The gap between the two teams is visible to the naked eye. Although the Chinese team has the strongest player Lu Feng at the time, the others are really bad...

Two days later, in the semifinals, the Chinese team faced the United States. The starting lineups for both teams were:

Chinese team: Lu Feng (PG), Hu Weidong (SG), Ma Jian (SF), Gong Xiaobin (PF), Song Ligang (C).

Team USA: Gary Payton (PG), Kenny Anderson (SG), Billy Owens (SF), Larry Johnson (PF), Mourning (C).

The Chinese team made an adjustment, which was to let Gong Xiaobin and Song Ligang change positions.

Let Gong Xiaobin, who is stronger, take on the aunt, and Song Ligang, who is more flexible, deal with Mon Ning. This is a no-brainer.

"Install a TV station, install a TV station..."

In China, at 6 o'clock in the morning, countless fans got up early and waited in front of the TV.

In the small shop at the corner of the intersection, the shop owner moved a color TV outside the house, and countless people gathered in a circle with small benches, waiting for the game to start.

The two teams kicked off, and Mourning fought for the first right of attack for the American team.

Payton dribbled to the frontcourt, and Lu Feng let him go in two big steps.

Payton: Here it comes again, this familiar feeling is here again!

Lu Feng knew very well that Payton didn't have a long-range shot yet. Even if he didn't have a long-range shot, his breakthrough was average...

During this period, apart from being good at passing the ball, Payton's only remaining advantage was his confidence. Just like when he saw Lu Feng let him go two meters, he didn't even look at his teammates and just opened his hand to shoot - bang!

Mourning and Payton have worked together for so long and have long been accustomed to each other's style. They jumped high to grab the rebound and turned around to score.

Lu Feng looked at Mourning's second attack and shook his head helplessly.

"Look, Luck, what did I say?" At this time, Payton's unpleasant shout came to Lu Feng's ears: "I said, as long as you give me teammates, you are nothing!"

Lu Feng: "???"

What does this mean? You and Mourning scored two points and one rebound together in the beginning?

"Luck, I'll keep an eye on you. Don't even think about scoring in this game. Just pass the ball quickly..." Lu Feng dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Payton's tireless voice came again.

Old K chose to let Payton defend Lu Feng alone. Since he grew taller, Lu Feng was not so easy to attack Payton.

Not only is it difficult to break out, Lu Feng cannot take the shot comfortably. Payton is 193cm tall and has a wingspan of 214cm. He is an absolute gibbon and deserves the name of "glove". It is no wonder that the Clippers selected him with the No. 8 pick.

Therefore, Lu Feng chose a more direct method - called pick-and-roll!

If I can't hit you, I can't hit anyone else?

Lu Feng shook his head, and Hu Weidong knew what he meant, so he quickly ran over and set up a pick-and-roll, and Lu Feng switched to Kenny Anderson's face.

Facing Kenny Anderson's defense, it is not that difficult for Lu Feng to play in singles.

A hesitant step and a three-point shot—whoops!

Payton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without rushing to attack. He said to Lu Feng: "Damn it, is that all you can do, keep avoiding me?"

Lu Feng looked at Payton, who was two meters away from him, and replied: "I like this. If you have the ability, you can give me a shot. Do you dare to vote?"

Payton: "..."

Damn, just come back, what else can you do, I don’t believe this shot has been... Bang!

This time, Mourning failed to grab the rebound and the Chinese team attacked.

Although Payton kept talking trash, Lu Feng completely ignored him and gradually opened up the score by naming Kenny Anderson...

The game ended in the past 10 minutes, and the score reached 27:24, with the Chinese team leading by 3 points.

The Chinese team was able to take the lead, and Payton, who shot 1 of 6 from the field, took the greatest credit. Payton was like this when he was young. He would get angry when someone provoked him. This situation did not get better until later in his career.

Being behind at the start is nothing to the American team, because they have long been accustomed to such a common occurrence.

Yes, it's just a habit. Even during the Dream Team period, the U.S. team often fell behind at the start, sometimes even falling behind at halftime.

But none of this is a problem. In the second half, relying on better physical fitness and rotation of the lineup, they can often lead the score directly in a wave. This is a wave of flow that the American team is good at.

Halfway through the first half, Lao K even calmly called a timeout for substitutions, and the team rotated normally.

The score on the court was 40:34, and the Chinese team led by 6 points, but Old K was not anxious at all. In his opinion, the United States could not beat Yugoslavia before purely because Yugoslavia protected the basket too well, and the American team had poor outside shooting.

If you are very average, you will lose the game.

And the inside line of the Chinese team...

Old K looked at the comparison of rebounds between the two teams - at 27:13, the American team led by a full 14 points, twice as much as the Chinese team!

Look, this is the effect of crushing the inside. Even if Larry Johnson made 2 of 7 field goals and Payton made 2 of 8, the United States would only be 6 points behind.

Old K started with faith: The advantage is mine!

At the same time, the Chinese team’s bench on the other side...

"Xiaolu, it's up to you next, hold on!"

"As long as you can score the ball I pass, it's absolutely no problem!"

Halfway through the first half, when the American team made substitutions, the Chinese team also made substitutions. Old K almost laughed out loud when he saw this.
To be continued...