"Congratulations to Xiao Ye, the men's basketball team has qualified in advance."

"Three consecutive victories, Brother Ye, you are really amazing!!!

I read the report that the men's basketball players won another game and then they were ranked first in the group. Come on!"

Ye Ying in the apartment once again received various encouragement from Olympic athletes.

This time, Ye Ying felt relieved.

Not because of winning, but because of the attitude of teammates.

Well, as for the Italian player who was defended, who only got a new low of 58 points in this Olympics, Ye Ying didn't take it into consideration.

"Everyone works hard and I will arrange a private ** after the Olympics are over. Then everyone will have fun for a few days before returning home."

Ye Ying is happy, of course, he is you and I and everyone is happy.

Looking at the light that popped up in the eyes of those teammates, Ye Ying felt that he might have wasted his feelings before. He had already come to this game, maybe he would have won the previous game easily?

...

On the 21st and 23rd, the Chinese team defeated the American powerhouse Argentina and European powerhouse Argentina and the European powerhouse Serbia to end their group stage with five consecutive victories!

Ye Ying and the others also advanced to the quarterfinals as the number one in Group A!

According to the rules of the Olympics, Ye Ying and his teammates will play against Puerto Rico, fourth in Group B.

Then, their winner will face the winners of the United States and Spain!

Well, it is worth mentioning that the United States lost to Puerto Rico in the group stage, but also to Lithuania.

The myth of the Dream Team has been shattered!

On the 25th, the men's basketball knockout match for the Athens Olympics officially started.

The Chinese team will also face Puerto Rico, which just defeated the American Dream Team in the group opening game.

Ye Ying and his teammates attach great importance to this game!

They must first be able to crack the joint defense and win the game, and then they must also learn all the essence of Puerto Rico's victory over the United States.

In this way, they will be more confident in facing Team USA next!

Speaking of Ye’s opponent Puerto Rico, who won their quarter-finals, although they defeated the United States in the group stage, their good luck seemed to be limited to this.

Puerto Rico only won one of the remaining five games, and in the end, he won 4 wins and 2 losses, barely qualified in Group B rankings fourth.

The Puerto Rico team is naturally capable, but more media are still optimistic that the Chinese team, which won all five games, will win the game and enter the semi-finals historically!

This game has attracted widespread attention in China - whether the Chinese team can create history and even win cards is here!

That night, the Athens Olympic Sports Hall had long turned into a red ocean.

At this historic moment, countless Chinese fans, who were close or far from Athens, came to the scene to cheer for Ye Ying and others.

Although the outside world is optimistic about Ye Ying and the others, the opponent is a team that has defeated the Dream Team after all. They hope that their cheering can bring Ye Ying and them more energy!

Who knows what kind of performance Puerto Rico can perform in such a desperate situation and will it give the Chinese team a headache!

"The Chinese men's basketball players will not be too easy to play this game tonight. The audience may not know much about the Puerto Rico team members. Let me say a brief sentence here.

In terms of personal strength, no one else here except Yao and Xiao Ye, but in terms of overall, Puerto Rico has stronger tactical qualities!

Their joint defense has a headache for even the US team.

Is the Chinese team going to let Yao Yao and Xiao Ye use their absolute strength to break the joint defense of Puerto Rico tonight, or will the two of them restrain the other players from sharing the pressure for them?

Let's wait and see!"

When Ye Ying and his teammates warmed up on the court, Director Zhang of Zhuang TV analyzed.

"Although Puerto Rico's performance in the group stage was not good, their star Arroyo's condition in this Olympics was really amazing.

In the NBA, he is not even a second-rate star, but his performance in the Olympics is not inferior to those top point guards."

Yu Jia explained.

At this time, amid the cheers of Chinese fans at the scene, the starting list of the two teams was given on the big screen.

Chinese team: Ye Ying, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Xiaoyi and Yao;

Puerto Rico: Arroyo, Rick Apodaka, Carmelo Lee, Nathan Pavel and Pitt Ramos.

The one who jumped the ball with Yao Yao was Puerto Rico's talented center Pitt Ramos. Although this bald tough guy is only 19 years old, he has an astonishing height of 2.2 meters and a weight of 120 kilograms!

Ramos has a huge height advantage and occupies an important position in Puerto Rico's defensive system. He made the United States suffer all the offensive end in the previous game against the United States.

When jumping the ball, Yao Yao, who was fully focused on jumping, won Ramos the chance to attack first for the Chinese team.

"Yao Da is very imposing tonight!

His jump ball also made a good start for the Chinese team tonight's game!"

Director Zhang explained.

On the court, Ye Ying observed Puerto Rico's defensive formation while dribbling at the top of the middle arc.

Like the United States, Puerto Rico played 2-3 joint defense tonight.

2-3 joint defense, in layman's terms, 2 people are online and 3 people are offline.

The two players on the line stood at the two end points of the free throw line.

Two players on the off-line are not allowed to go out of the three-point line, and defend in one step in the three-point line.

One player in the middle of the offline line will guard the basket.

This kind of regional defense is very targeted for teams with strong breakthrough ability and inside strength. Part of the reason why the US team lost to Puerto Rico is because of this.

Arroyo and Apodaka exchanged glances on the Puerto Rico team and quickly approached Ye Ying, trying to double-team!

Before the game, the Puerto Rico coach emphasized to them that the current scoring champion of the Chinese team is Yao Yao, but Ye Ying is the offensive engine, so they must make the Chinese team's engine fail as soon as possible when they have the chance.

On the court, Ye Ying did not disappoint his teammates again, and a high-rise man was given to Yao Yao who was around the free throw line.

"Swish--!"

Dayao turned around and hit the middle distance.

2 to 0.

The Chinese team will start the record first!

Yao and Ye Ying, who returned to defense, easily brigadeed.

Hey, this joint defense is not that difficult to break!

"This joint defense is so beautifully broken!"

Just as Yu Jia and many viewers cheered for the Chinese team, Director Zhang analyzed.

"Simulators, don't think that this attack was just a simple pass, it was actually very knowledgeable.

Just now, Xiao Ye’s position was very particular. If there was a person defending the position, Xiao Ye would directly make a sudden attack.

Two?

Hey, Xiao Ye can pass the ball quickly and his teammates can score!"

Yu Jia then came to her senses and kept up with the rhythm of Director Zhang.

"Yes, this is what Director Zhang often says:

Xiaoye plays ball just because it’s reasonable.”

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

On the court, while Coach Zhang and Yu Jia were talking, Puerto Rico was not polite and went to double covers directly. Arroyo used the emergency stop after the cover to hit the three-pointer.

2 to 3!

“This is what we said before the game that Arroyo is amazing.

NBA's three-point line is longer than international games, and his long-range shooting ability is not obvious, but in the international arena, Arroyo's three-pointers are really accurate."

Director Zhang continued to explain.

"That's right, Ye Ying's three-point shooting percentage in our national team has also improved compared to the NBA, that's the reason.

They are all representatives who have not weakened their strength in the international arena but have become stronger."

Yu Jia added in a timely manner.

On the court, the Chinese team's second offense.

The Puerto Rico team still double-teamed Ye Ying, and Ye Ying was once again given to Yao Yao.

This time, Puerto Rico's talented center Ramos rushed out of the paint area to repair the defense without hesitation.

But I didn't know that this time, Yao Yao did not shoot, but was prepared to throw the basketball to the basket.

"Clang--!"

Aerial dunk from Xiaoyi!
To be continued...