At seven o'clock in the evening, the much-anticipated World Youth Championship finals were about to begin. Thousands of miles away in China, at least one tenth of the people worked tirelessly to get out of bed in the middle of the night and turned on the TV to watch this exciting game.

Appearing in front of the audience were still their favorite host Yu Jia and his guest partner Teacher Su. Yu Jia first said: "Hello everyone! Thank you for getting up in the middle of the night to accompany us to watch the game. I believe you all feel the same as us.

It’s all full of excitement, excitement, and great expectations!”

"Our Chinese team has achieved great success in this World Youth Championship and has entered the finals historically, but this is not the end. Our goal is not only the World Youth Championship championship, but also the World Championship championship and Olympic championship! I believe this goal will be achieved in the future.

In the near future, Zhou Tao can help us realize it!" Yu Jia said passionately

"Yes, according to the current strength of the Chinese team, this year's Olympics may be a bit difficult, but the World Championships in two years' time are very promising. By the Olympics in four years' time, I think the possibility of winning the gold medal is very high!" Su

The teacher is obviously full of confidence in this unprecedented team

Both sides played. One person was changed in the starting lineup on the Chinese side. Guo Lun replaced Sun Fengwen. The other four players were still Zhou Tao, Gao Ming, Zhang Xiaopeng, and Jonny. On the American side, point guard Stephen Jackson and shooting guard Jeremy Rambo.

Small forward Harrison Barnes, power forward Anthony Davis and center Wilson Curry

After the jump ball, the ball was caught by Curry and passed to Stephen Jackson. Jackson had just slapped the ball on the ground and was about to push forward. Unexpectedly, Zhou Tao, who was close to him, suddenly stretched out his hand and gently poked the ball, and it broke.

Come down!

Jackson was caught off guard and failed to catch up in time after the ball was intercepted, allowing Zhou Tao to easily dribble to the front of the three-second zone. Under Davis's block, he made a beautiful back turn and dribbled inside, and then gently

A pick, and the ball fell into the net obediently

Jackson clapped his hands in annoyance. This Zhou Tao was really his nemesis, making him feel uncomfortable every time.

Davis handed the ball to him and said: "It's okay, it's just starting! Control your emotions and don't be fooled by him."

Jackson smiled and said it was okay. He had been hit too much and was mentally used to Zhou Tao's strength.

The advantage of the American team is the inside line. Of course they passed the ball in first, but what surprised the audience and the American team themselves was that the person guarding Davis was actually Zhou Tao! Yes, the shortest one on the field.

Zhou Tao defends the opponent's power forward Davis, who is 2.08 meters tall and has super athletic ability!

What's even more surprising is that Davis couldn't take any advantage from Zhou Tao. He couldn't push him away several times in a row. Zhou Tao kept him outside the color zone. In desperation, Davis could only pass the ball.

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The terrible thing is that there are only 3 seconds left in the attack time. Jackson can only take a hasty shot after receiving the ball. Without any doubt, the ball bounces out of the basket and flies towards the direction where Davis and Zhou Tao are standing.

Both sides jumped up to grab the ball. Judging from his height, Davis would definitely pick the ball off, but the Chinese fans didn't see it that way. They had seen Zhou Tao take the ball off the head of the "tall man" countless times.

Lens, why else would he still be the rebounding leader now?

Therefore, when Zhou Tao domineeringly picked up the ball, the Huaxia fans immediately let out deafening cheers, and the familiar slogan "Great Tao, only China" rang again

The Huaxia team immediately launched a fast break. Gao Ming, who was extremely fast, took the lead. Zhou Tao's ball came from a man to the ball. When Gao Ming was about to reach the three-second zone, he easily received the long pass and followed the trend with a three-step move.

Arm chop!

At the beginning, China had two fast breaks. The American team found it unacceptable. They decided to retaliate and ran more actively. The ball no longer hit the inside, but quickly fell up. In this way, China suddenly

There is really no good way, and the United States has lost a lot of points.

Fortunately, the Huaxia team's own offense was also good. Under Zhou Tao's coordination, it also blossomed internally and externally. The scores between the two sides increased steadily. After half a quarter, the Huaxia team only led by 3 points, 18 to 15.

However, there is a very interesting phenomenon. As the scoring leader of the US team in the past two games, Anthony Davis made 1 of 7 shots. He was defended by Zhou Tao and only scored 2 points, which was a fast break score. In other words, when competing with Zhou Tao,

When Tao was one-on-one, he didn't score a single point.

The extremely frustrated Davis was replaced by Sam Young, and on the Chinese side, Sun Fengwen also replaced Guo Lun, returning to the previous main lineup.

As a result, Jackson's pressure suddenly increased. He was no longer able to break through and pass the ball at will like before. With Zhou Tao's marking, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Sure enough, when other teammates were unable to move out of a good position, Jackson had no choice but to break through by himself. However, after he had just passed Zhou Tao with the help of a pick-and-roll, he thought he would get a shooting opportunity. However, the damn red No. 4 blocked it again.

In front of myself!

Go for it! Looking at the 4 seconds of attack time left on the big clock, Jackson made an emergency stop and jumped up to shoot!

"Jackson really couldn't take any advantage against Zhou Tao! You see, this ball is a forced shot, and it looks like it's going to be blocked... Sure enough, Zhou Tao made a big jump, and the ball flew to the midline, another brilliant move

, he picked up the ball first and launched a fast break. Harrison Barnes was chasing after him. Gao Ming took three steps to dunk! So domineering. Under the interference of Barnes, Gao Ming still passed the ball.

A dunk, and a foul from the opponent, which is a 2+1 opportunity!" Yu Jia explained eloquently.

After landing, Gao Ming looked up to the sky and roared. It was so great! He hugged Zhou Tao tightly and said with a smile: "Boss, you are covered so well!"

Zhou Tao smiled and said: "Boy, the more you play, the stronger your confidence becomes. Just now I thought you wouldn't be able to score!"

Gao Ming smiled shyly, and then said with great enthusiasm: "That's right, with the boss here, of course our confidence is strong!"

The U.S. team was forced to call a timeout and rearrange their tactics. Their coach had seen through it all. Zhou Tao was unstoppable, so they could only adopt a zone defense to limit his breakthroughs and let them shoot from the outside.

On offense, the U.S. team began to attack inward. After all, since Zhou Tao is no longer on the inside, the U.S. team still has a certain advantage.

As a result, the situation between the two sides became balanced again. Jackson simply passed the ball out as soon as it passed the center line without fighting with Zhou Tao. Their shooting guard Rambo also had good ball-handling skills, so there was no need to worry about organizational issues.

In this way, the first quarter passed with the adjustments and changes of both sides. The score was 30 to 25, with China only leading by 5 points.

However, when Zhou Tao rested in the second quarter, Anthony Davis returned to the field. Without Zhou Tao's strong defense, he began to show his power. He scored 10 points in a row in four minutes and tied the score to 40.

40, both sides draw

When Yu Haiming saw something bad, he quickly replaced Zhou Tao and started a small lineup again. This time, Davis changed from a dragon to a worm again, and he could no longer feel like he was in a no-man's land as before.

However, Davis always felt angry in his heart, thinking that he, a big star in the NCAA, was actually suppressed by a yellow man who was nearly 30 centimeters lower than him. This was simply a shame and humiliation!

So, when he finally got in position inside and reached out to Jackson for the ball, Jackson hesitated. Davis was so angry that even his teammates didn't believe him. He shouted: "Give it to me!" Jackson was frightened.

He jumped, looked at him as if he wanted to kill himself, and quickly dropped the ball in

Davis reached out to catch the ball. This position was already very close to the basket. He dribbled the ball, then turned around, jumped up, and prepared to dunk.

In this dunk, Davis tried his best. He didn't believe that Zhou Tao could still interfere with him, and things seemed to be going the way he expected. The ball was about to dunk in.

A big hand fell from the sky and pressed hard on the basketball. The two sides struggled in the air. In the end, Zhou Tao was stronger and pressed the ball down.

"Bi", the referee's whistle sounds, both sides fight for the ball! The basic rule is that the ball belongs to the Chinese team

The Chinese fans were in jubilation. The shot was blocked so beautifully and boosted morale. It fully demonstrated the style of a shot-blocking king.

"It's so powerful! Zhou Tao's ball made Davis lose his temper at all. In terms of jumping height and strength, Zhou Tao completely had the upper hand! Maybe Davis couldn't figure out why he lost to him.

How about someone so small?" Yu Jia also applauded Zhou Tao for blocking shots.

Indeed, Davis's mind is now in a state of confusion, and he is completely confused. Although he has watched the video before and knows that Zhou Tao is good at blocking shots (in fact, there is more than one good hand), but he still thinks that he is not afraid until he has actually faced it.

The other party really suffered a big loss in the end.

This time it was Jackson's turn to comfort him: "Brother, don't be discouraged, that guy is a pervert! It's useless to compete with him, he is more alien than an alien!"

Davis shook his head, trying to wake himself up, and smiled reluctantly at Jackson: "Thank you! I understand, damn, you are right, he is such a pervert!"

"Then cheer up, the situation is not good for us, don't lose your position!" Jackson patted his shoulder and said.

At this time, the score was 50 to 45. Under the leadership of Zhou Tao, Huaxia re-established its advantage. With a backbone, their morale was different and their confidence was up. The more they fought, the smoother they became.

On the other hand, the U.S. team, since they no longer have the advantage inside, began to use pick-and-roll tactics to try to avoid Zhou Tao's defensive range. Since they had certain advantages in other positions, they gradually stabilized their position and fought with the Chinese team.

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The two sides are going back and forth, the scene is getting more and more exciting, and the cheers from the audience are getting louder and louder. As long as it is a good shot, the audience will not hesitate to applaud. Of course, the audience here refers to the neutral audience. As for the Chinese audience,
Chapter completed!