Outside the stadium, most players of the American men's basketball team, which had already played the semifinals earlier, did not leave the stadium, but stayed inside to watch the game.
Wang Feng scored 54 points and 41 points in two previous games, which surprised most players on the American team.
The members of the Dream Team are without exception the top players in the league. In the past two seasons, they have more or less inevitably played against Wang Feng, especially the outside players, who have been guarded by Wang Feng almost all the time. For this outside defensive ability,
A player who is extremely strong and has an accurate three-point shot is very impressive.
Among these people, Harrison Barnes was particularly shocked.
As a player who was squeezed out of the Warriors by Wang Feng, Barnes has always been resentful of Wang Feng and is also extremely dissatisfied with the Warriors management.
After all, from a personal technical point of view, he is obviously more versatile than Wang Feng. Wang Feng is almost useless in other aspects except defense and three-pointers.
However, what is in front of him now is an all-around offensive player who can break through with the ball, shoot from mid- to long-range, and even shoot three-pointers from long distances like Curry!
The aspects that he thought were better than Wang Feng in the past were completely defeated by Wang Feng at this moment, which gave him an extremely unreal feeling.
How is this possible?
"Of course not, I've never seen him play like this."
Thompson shook his head and looked surprised, "When did he develop these skills? Why has he never shown them on the court before?"
Next to Thompson, Irving's eyes flickered.
Next season, Wang Feng will be his teammate, playing in the NBA with him and challenging the Warriors.
To be honest, when I first learned from James that he had roped in Wang Feng to join, Irving's first reaction was a little disappointed.
Wang Feng is indeed outstanding, but he only plays the third role in the Warriors. After the Warriors lost Wang Feng, they replaced him with Kevin Durant. The strength gap between the two sides is too obvious.
"What? Is he very powerful?"
Green folded his hands in front of his chest and looked at Wang Feng on the field with a look of disdain. "I think it's very average. I'm just at a loss just to face two double-teams. I'm just half-assed. If I were to go up and defend alone, I could defeat him."
He restricts death, which was proven during the group stage."
Green's words were ignored by the few people around him, and some even sneered at him.
How can Wang Feng's situation be as simple as being double-teamed by two people? In addition to the players who often double-team him on the outside, there is also Bogut guarding the basket on the inside!
Under such circumstances, Wang Feng still scored 8 points in the first quarter. This efficiency is not bad at all in a 10-minute quarter in an international league. Switch to the NBA's rhythm and time, and after a whole game, Wang Feng said less
Gotta score 30 points too!
Anyone who knows a little bit about football can understand that the reason why Wang Feng seems to be helpless on the court is not his problem, the problem lies with his teammates.
The overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is so bad that even when Australia assigned an extra player to restrict Wang Feng, it could still contain the performance of the remaining four Chinese men's basketball players with a zone defense of 3 and 4.
As long as the Chinese men's basketball team can have one more player on the outside who can shoot more accurately from outside, the opponent cannot be so arrogant.
"In any case, if the Chinese men's basketball team wins, we must be careful about Wang Feng's performance... If Australia wins and enters the final, there will be nothing to worry about."
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On the field, the second quarter of the game has entered a fierce stage.
From the beginning of the second quarter, the United Arab Emirates took over the banner of being the main offensive force and began to attack frequently with the ball.
Without Wang Feng, the Arab League would become the last fig leaf for the Chinese men's basketball team in this Olympics.
After losing all five games in the group stage, the United Arab Emirates gave everything they had and averaged 20.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Their performance was impeccable.
Now with Wang Feng, the pressure on the United Arab Emirates is greatly reduced on the offensive end, and the shots are also reduced accordingly. Whether it is a game with Serbia or Croatia, his score is only in double digits, but this does not mean that the offensive ability of the United Arab Emirates is higher than that of the United Arab Emirates.
Another time and space becomes weaker.
Facing Australia's inside line, as long as they are not directly facing Bogut, the United Arab Emirates will have the absolute upper hand.
UAE, who took over the offense, first hit a mid-range jump shot and scored 2 points, then cut inside and went to the basket for a layup and scored another 2 points.
After scoring 4 points in a row, Arab League and Guo Ailun cooperated in pick-and-roll passes and successfully deceived Bogut. Guo Ailun forced a layup during the physical confrontation with Bogut, causing the opponent's defensive foul.
"2 committed..."
Wang Feng, observing this scene, thought silently.
The outbreak of the United Arab Emirates caused Australia to adjust its defensive strategy. Bogut began to take the initiative to leave the basket and switch positions with his teammates to mark the United Arab Emirates.
Replacing Bogut to guard the basket was Aron Baynes, the Pistons' backup center.
Also as a blue-collar insider, Baynes is obviously inferior to Bogut.
Wang Feng saw this and decisively began to attack the basket.
Baynes couldn't guard Wang Feng at all, and Wang Feng kept scoring layups. The double-teaming tactics of the two outside players had no effect due to Wang Feng's frequent cuts to the basket without the ball and the pick-and-roll screens of his teammates.
In the blink of an eye, the Huaguo men's basketball team relied on the internal and external performance of Ah Lian and Wang Feng to overtake the score and take the lead.
"Damn it!"
Bogut was furious when he saw this scene, and then directly knocked the Arab League to the ground when he was blocked for a rebound.
"Squeak!" The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and Bogut received his third foul.
Bogut, who had accumulated three fouls, immediately became timid on the defensive end. Before the game was even halfway through, he would be ejected after two more fouls.
The United Arab Emirates knew very well the principle of beating a drowned dog, and immediately began to play a large number of singles with the ball, hitting you, Australia's strongest defensive point!
The United Arab Emirates' offense was successfully defended by Bogut several times, and Australia took the opportunity to regain the lead. However, the United Arab Emirates desperately squeezed into the paint and looked for physical confrontation, which inevitably caused Bogut to take the lead.
Four fouls.
Three fouls in a single quarter caused Bogut to be replaced directly.
With Bogut gone, Australia began to gradually be unable to withstand Wang Feng's indiscriminate bombardment.
The second quarter of the game was coming to an end, but Wang Feng suddenly seized the opportunity. He first stole the Australian pass, scored 2 points on a fast break layup, and then faced two opposing defensive players from outside the three-point line and forced a three-point shot, scoring consecutive goals.
5 points.
Throughout the second quarter, Wang Feng performed even better than the first quarter when the opponent was guarded by two people almost the whole time. He made 5 of 12 shots, including two three-pointers, and scored 12 points, 20 points in the half.
The UAE also scored 8 points in the second quarter.
Relying on the performance of Wang Feng and the United Arab Emirates, the Chinese men's basketball team scored 42 points at the end of halftime, while Australia on the other side only had 35 points! The Chinese men's basketball team entered the second half with a 7-point advantage.