At this time, the timeout ends and the game begins, with the Litao Bowl attack.
As the core and leader, Sabonis did his part. In order to restore morale, he had to hit the first ball after the timeout.
At the waist of the penalty area on the left wing, he started to get the ball.
Without using the iron mountain support, it would be difficult for Lao Wang to push Sabonis. He should have a certain advantage with absolute strength, but there is no need to defend at this position with all his strength. The distance is three meters away from the basket.
As soon as he got the ball, Sabonis swung again, trying to distract the defender.
"This guy should be able to score a goal of his own. It's six to zero and he hasn't scored a goal yet in the Litao Bowl." As the core of the team, Lao Wang made a prediction.
At this time, the core needs to step up and open up the situation. If Sabonis himself does not come, he will not be considered a qualified core leader.
Therefore, his defensive focus is not on the opponent's passing, but entirely on the opponent's shots, and he makes targeted defense.
The opponent's movement speed is much slower than him, and it is difficult to break through. The opponent should not think about breaking through, and that is to mainly guard against his shots, such as the sideways hook, which is the most difficult to block.
The next moment, Sabonis suddenly stood up and hit a 45-degree two-point sideways hook. The shot was about four meters away from the basket.
With accurate prediction, Wang Tiejun reacted very quickly, quickly jumped to block the shot, and blocked a large space with his big hands.
This kind of sideways hook shot is very difficult to block, especially for a 221cm high center, so he does not try to block the opponent, but tries to block the air, forcing the opponent to increase the shooting angle, and destroying the stability of the opponent's shooting.
The next moment, the ball passed through his fingers. When it hit the ground, there was a sound of hitting the basket behind his head. He immediately turned around and the basketball rebounded and fell right into his hands.
"Beautiful defense, Tiejun's single defense is getting better and better!" Zhang Lili praised.
"Li Taowan has strengthened its defense, let's stabilize and hit one," Sun Zhenping shouted.
"Be careful of your opponent's pressing!" Zhang Lili suddenly shouted.
On the field, the Chinese team played two consecutive defensive counterattacks in front of the Litao Bowl, which caused some confusion. During the timeout just now, the coaching staff had already arranged tactical arrangements to strengthen return defense and backcourt pressing. When Wang Tiejun passed the ball
When the ball was passed to Li Xiaoyong, the two defenders immediately pounced on it and implemented a backcourt press and double-team.
"Send it back."
Lao Wang immediately rushed over to respond and roared.
Li Xiaoyong reluctantly passed a ground ball through the gap and almost made a mistake.
Lao Wang picked up the ball from the floor. His outstanding vision allowed him to immediately seize the opportunity. When he saw that his teammate Wu Qinglong had rushed to the right wing of the front court and was cutting into the penalty area, he immediately threw it with both hands and the ball flew like a meteor.
passed.
Wu Qinglong caught the ball with both hands outside the penalty area without dribbling. He entered the penalty area with one step, jumped up after another step, hit the board with one hand for a layup, and hit a goal.
"Beautiful! A long pass of more than 20 meters, Wu Qinglong's fast break cut was also very timely, showing the characteristics of our small and fast whirlwind attack." Zhang Liangli roared very excitedly, even more than when commentating on the NBA
excited.
"It's 8:0 now, we are eight points ahead and still have a clean sheet against the powerful Li Pottery Bowl." Sun Zhenping shouted equally excitedly.
"The more fierce the attack, the faster the defense will be!" the head coach of the Litao Bowl was so anxious that he roared on the sidelines.
"Sir, I suggest that you double-team Old K in advance in a positional battle. Sabonis is old, and one person cannot guard against that old K." Li Taowan's assistant coach Yunus reminded.
"Okay." The head coach agreed immediately.
Next, Li Taowan finally got something wrong. Shooting guard No. 9 faked a shot. He passed Wu Qinglong and then made an emergency stop jumper and hit a long two-pointer.
Coming to the frontcourt, Wang Tiejun positioned himself low on the left wing.
At this time, Li Taowan adopted a defensive strategy of double-teaming in advance, leaving Hu Weidong open at the third position, and the small forward came down to approach the low post.
Is there any need to think about it? Li Xiaoyong immediately passed the ball to Hu Weidong, who replaced Li Nan. The latter caught the ball outside the three-point line on the left wing. He stared at a pair of highly myopic eyes and didn't even take a look. He shot based on his feeling and directly raised the knife.
, hit an open three-pointer.
"Beautiful! There was absolutely no preparation work done on the standing pottery bowl. They actually sold out Hu Weidong?" Zhang Lili said in surprise.
"The five of us on the field are not weak. They are all the golden generation. No one can be left short. Except for Tiejun, including Da Zhi, all four of them can shoot three-pointers." Sun Zhenping said excitedly.
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Yes, Hu Weidong's three-point shooting rate is as high as 45%, Li Xiaoyong's three-point shooting rate is as high as 43.5%, and Wu Qinglong is also as high as 41.8%. If they dare to double-team Tie Jun in advance today, they will pay a heavy price."
of."
Sun Zhenping nodded and said with a smile: "Open space, this is the benefit of having a super center in the low post. Our perimeter has never had such open space treatment before. Now the opportunity has come, we must seize it and kill them with three-pointers."
Bar."
Next, the Litao Bowl continued to double-team Lao Wang, and then the three major perimeter players of the Chinese team continued to get openings. They took full shots and made 3 of 5 three-pointers. They blasted the opponent and led the opponent by a big score, forcing the opponent to call again.
There was a pause.
The atmosphere on the standing pottery bowl bench was tense and dull, like iron.
Before the game, no one expected such a situation. With their strength, they only thought they would crush the Chinese team, but now the situation is exactly the opposite.
The media in their country also did not provide them with information about Wang Tiejun, so they did not know much about Lao Wang.
It’s not that they don’t understand it at all. They know that Wang Tiejun plays in the NBA and does well, winning a championship and MVP.
However, the Litao Bowl is too strong and they defeated the US team in 1988. This makes them not think highly of the US team and think it is nothing more than that. Regarding the NBA, they don't think it is that powerful either.
In fact, due to the different rules, they believe that they are the strongest in the international arena, so they don't think highly of Wang Tiejun.
Oh, this situation is just like the NBA looking down on European players.
Moreover, the strength of the Chinese team is too weak, and they are even more lazy to study this opponent.
It was the strong self-confidence brought by this strong strength that made them ignore the research on their opponents, and now they were caught off guard.
Now Litao Bowl has no way to deal with the Chinese team's open three-pointers from the outside. It can only cancel the defensive strategy of double-teaming in advance and play a two-one-two zone defense, allowing Sabonis to sit at the free throw line while guarding Lao Wang alone.
The small forward strengthens the low post defense.
As a result, Wang Tiejun immediately stepped up his personal attack.
Sabonis is indeed strong, but after all, he is more than 30 years old and has too many injuries. He can't guard against Lao Wang's strong attack. He directly attacks the basket, hooks near the basket, rebounds near the basket, throws and other means.
Under a rolling attack, it was exploded.
In the 9th minute of the first quarter, during a strong attack, he was knocked over again by Lao Wang's continuous back arch. His back injury occurred and he ended up injured. Li Taowan lost its core leader and pillar, and was completely defeated and demoralized.
to the lowest point.
And in this game, at this moment, one quarter was not finished, three of the five main players were lost, and the suspense was completely lost.
The game was only in the first quarter, and the whole world was already shocked.
What is the strength of the Litao Bowl? The world's top three basketball players, at least the top five, actually have such a difficult time playing against the weak Chinese team?
In this competition, Wang Tiejun's name spread widely around the world, and his world-class popularity skyrocketed.
He used to be called a world-class sports superstar, but his reputation was only limited to North America and East Asia. But now, through the strong influence of the Olympic Games, he has truly reached the world.
In the end, 95:65, the Chinese team actually won by 30 points.
After the game, Sun Zhenping said excitedly: "It is almost impossible to compare the strength of the two teams, but it happened. This battle can be called a miracle."
Zhang Lili said excitedly: "Li Taowan is indeed powerful, but the Chinese national team with Wang Tiejun is definitely not a weak team. His joining has created a very great chemical effect, and the bonus is so large that it completely exceeds
The effect of 11=2.”
Sun Zhenping took the compiled data in his hand and said: "The Tiejun made 11 of 15 shots in 32 minutes, a field goal percentage of 73.3%, and 10 of 13 free throws. I felt really good today, with a free throw rate of 76.9% and 32 goals."
Points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks."
"Top offensive and defensive performance." Zhang Lili praised.
"By the way, Director Zhang, the NBA introduced Rule K last time. What impact do you think this rule will have on the Tiejun?" Sun Zhenping asked.
Zhang Lili has been thinking about this issue. Hearing this, he said: "I have been with him recently, responsible for the work of the summer camp. He has improved his skills. There are no technical moves that are prone to fouls and violations, and his strength will definitely decline.
Some, but I think the impact is not fatal and will definitely not cause a cliff-like decline.
It's just that in low-post attacks, he no longer has the huge lethality he used to have, and it is no longer easy to break the opponent's bones, and his deterrence will be reduced."
At this point, he thought for a while and added: "But you are wrong to say that there is no impact, because without that huge deterrent and lethality, the opponent can double-team him unscrupulously, which will definitely reduce the impact.
his efficiency.
Also, his ability to break double-teams was originally very strong. Several people double-teamed him and he was forced away by his chain hits. This is how he got his name as a penalty area sweeper, but now he is restricted to sideways hits.
, this kind of ability to break double teams will be greatly restricted.
You still remember the 1995 Finals. The Bulls played so hard that no one dared to guard him. Now that Law K has been introduced, this deterrent effect is almost gone.
Anyway, his strength must have declined to a certain extent, but we still have to look at the actual game situation to analyze the extent of the decline.
But no matter what, he is already prepared for K-Law and is ready to fight. I think his performance next season is still worth looking forward to."
After the last group match, the Chinese* team had three wins and two losses, firmly qualifying.
Of the four teams in Group A, the United States won all, and the other three teams that advanced to the group stage were China and Croatia.
China lost to the United States and Croatia, Croatia lost to the United States and the Litao Bowl, and the Litao Bowl lost to the United States and China. They all had three wins and two losses. Then the ranking depends on comparing the winning rates of the three countries, as well as the mutual
The score gain and loss rate.
The winning rates among the three countries are the same, so the ranking is determined by the points gained and lost.
The score-loss ratio is the total points divided by the total points lost. After calculation, the Chinese team benefited from the big score victory over the Lithuania Bowl, so it finally ranked second among the three countries, behind Croatia and surpassing the Lithuania Bowl.
So the final ranking of Group A is the United States, Croatia, China, and standing pottery bowls.
The rankings of Group B are Yugoslavia, Australia, Greece, and Brazil.
According to the knockout match principle, a1:b4, a2:b3, a3:b2, a4:b1, the Chinese team’s first knockout opponent is Australia.
And then, it enters the knockout stage, where the winner is determined by one game, the winner moves on, and the loser competes with other losers for the next ranking.
As the men's basketball team defeated the Literary Bowl with a huge score, there was not much reaction in the United States. Most Americans didn't even know where the Literal Bowl was, but it sparked a wave of public opinion in Europe.
Wang Tiejun's name appears frequently in major European media. Taking advantage of the popularity of the Olympics, the attention is very high.
After the game, Director Yuan kept his promise and found a Chinese restaurant and ordered a batch of dumplings as a reward for the men's basketball team.
"Congratulations to you, you actually won the standing pottery bowl."
When the men's basketball team returned to the Olympic Village, they met the diving team that had just finished the competition. Fu Minxia, the leader, said with a smile.
"You also know?" Lao Wang said proudly.
"The standing pottery bowls are very strong. You can beat them by a big score. Which event does the delegation not know about?" Guo Jingjing said with a smile.
Lao Wang became happy and was about to brag a few words in front of a group of young beauties. Suddenly he saw a gold medal on the chest of the beautiful lady Fu. The gold was so dazzling that it pierced his eyes. He couldn't help but be stunned. He pointed at the medal and asked: "
What is this?"
"You don't even recognize the gold medal? Sister Minxia just won the women's platform diving championship." Guo Jingjing said proudly with a look of contempt.
Lao Wang is speechless, Miss Fu, you are so unlovable. You are already a gold medal winner. Congratulations to us for winning the group stage. You want to embarrass us, right?
"It's boring, let's go, let's go, we won't play with them anymore."
Being shocked, he waved his hands a little frustrated, signaling for them to follow him.
"whee……"
A group of people from the diving team laughed.
"Brothers, we, a group of old men, can't be underestimated by these girls. We have to strive for a brand this time. The gold medal is a bit tough. Those bastards from Dream Team 3 are really a bit strong. Let's work hard for the next two brands.
If you work hard, you might be able to do it." Lao Wang shouted as he walked.
When Liu Yumin heard this, her heart was raised. Wouldn't this put more pressure on herself? She quickly said: "Tie Jun, don't talk about your results for now. Take it step by step and be more steady."
The coaching staff also nodded. Take the sign? The goal is too high and unrealistic.
Now that we are in the top eight, we can go one step further and strive to win the first knockout match, securing six and competing for five, which is the most appropriate goal.
In the evening, Director Yuan had a private treat and had a meal of beef dumplings to celebrate the men's basketball team. While eating, he had a meeting, mainly to talk about the situation in the knockout rounds.
The first knockout round is the quarter-finals. If you lose, there will be a cross-match between 5th and 8th place to determine the final ranking. If you win, you will advance to the quarter-finals, which is the semi-finals.
Australia's strength is also very strong. It was not sure at first, but now it has won the Lithuan Bowl. Whether it is the men's basketball team itself, the basketball department, or the delegation Olympic Committee, the spirit and self-confidence are everywhere.
They all came up.
Director Yuan was a little excited. He stood up with a bowl of dumplings, waved his chopsticks and said to everyone: "Comrades, we must strive to win Australia, reach the semi-finals, and make great strides forward."
"Director Yuan, there is a lot of pressure, the opponent is very strong." Wang Tiejun raised his head from the bowl and said.
When it's time to be steady, you have to rush forward, but when it's time to rush, the pressure is on you. Director Yuan glared angrily and said angrily: "Wang Tiejun, you are going against me, right?"
"Where is it?" Lao Wang muttered.
Liu Yumin winked at the side and said anxiously: "Tie Jun, eat your dumplings. I have already eaten three bowls. If you haven't finished two bowls, they will be gone if you don't eat them."
Da Da, who was chewing slowly, raised his head from the bowl, looked confused, and shouted: "Mother Liu, I only have one bowl now, when did it become three bowls? Brother Tiejun is the third bowl, not the second bowl, I
Keep an eye on him, you can’t go wrong.”
"Eat your own food, why are you staring at me?" Lao Wang said angrily.
"I'm full after eating." Liu Yumin also said angrily.
"Pfft!"
Hu Weidong couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing, spraying dumplings all over the table.