Healing Basketball

Chapter 1013 1013. Complete victory and promotion!

Regarding the advance to the quarter-finals in advance, Liu Xiuneng could clearly feel that his teammates were not as excited as they were in the past two World Series advances.

Happy must be very happy and excited, but there is no surprise emotion of 'I can't believe it'.

This makes him happier than advancing ahead of schedule.

If one day, they can feel like the US team, they feel that not winning the championship is a failure... Maybe it is difficult, maybe it is just a dream.

But Liu Xiu now has such a goal and works hard for it, even if he fails in the end, it doesn't matter.

It's like masturbation, masturbation, knowing that you will never be the king in your life, but you can be happy for a long time if you improve a small rank.

He doesn't ask for more, and he doesn't hope that there will be another him, or another Yao Ming.

As long as there are more players like Hu Weidong, Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, etc., they will become the standard for the top domestic players.

It's still difficult, but it depends on human effort.

On the 16th, after two easy games, the Chinese team ushered in another formidable opponent—the Greek team.

At 10:15 in the evening, the game between the Chinese team and the Greek team started.

This game is the last one today, but the Spanish team, the Argentine team, the US team, the Lithuanian team, and the German team have all come.

The first four are championship teams, and the German team is the last opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage.

In the first quarter, the two teams tied for many times. The opposing shark, Scoxenitis, was fierce in protecting the frame. With the help of his teammates, it was difficult for Yao Ming to score inside.

But even though Yao Ming can't score inside, he can restrain the defense, so he enters the inside more frequently to help his outside teammates create shooting opportunities.

首节刘秀3次三分命中、王治郅和朱芳雨各进了1个三分球，三分球就拿到了15分，但全队只拿到22分，落后拿到23分的希腊队1分进入第二节。

In fact, the Chinese team guessed that this would be the case during the preparation stage. Based on the performance of the Greek team in the first three games, the coaching staff felt that the US team, the Spanish team, and the Argentine team were brought to play against the Greek team. , the most suitable to deal with the Greek team, think about it is actually the Lithuanian team, they all like hand-to-hand combat.

In the second quarter, the Chinese team started a battle of attrition, and the coaching staff regretted not bringing Zhang Songtao along. Wouldn't the 130 kg weight be easy to use at this time?

However, Wang Zhizhi took on the role of exhaustion very well. He and Yi Jianlian played as partners. One worked at the top arc and the other ran around. As long as the Sharks played, the Chinese team sent these two.

When the Greek team attacked, the Chinese team collectively shrunk their defense, and if the opponent could make a shot from outside, then they recognized it.

To advance ahead of schedule, the coaching staff of the Chinese team is so emboldened.

The score in the second quarter was 15 to 17, and the Chinese team lost another two points. In the third quarter, the Chinese team won back two points 17 to 15. At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team trailed the Greek team by 54 point 55 to 1!
Entering the final quarter, both teams were exhausted and started to attack!
Yao Ming played only 7 minutes in the second and third quarters combined, for the last quarter.

But the scoring situation in the last quarter was not so smooth. Spanoulis and Papalukas led the Greek team to start a hurricane!Once pressed against the Chinese team.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Liu Xiu stood up. First, he hit a jumper from the free throw line after a pick-and-roll, and then broke into the paint and caused a foul and made two free throws. A wave of 4-0 was played, and then Spanoulis and Zhu Fangyu competed. For a three-pointer, Spanoulis made another three-pointer after Zhu Fangyu responded with a three-pointer, but missed.

It was the Chinese team's offense again, Liu Xiu singled out Papa Lucas, made a strong step back and made a three-point shot...

Papa Lucas did not lose his position. He made up for it in time and reached out to interfere with Liu Xiu's shot. He defended well, but failed to prevent Liu Xiu from grabbing the ball and taking off. This defense was a failure!
When the 'splash' was triggered, Liu Xiu felt hot!And the height of his retreat and jump, although Papa Lucas tried his best to interfere, it actually didn't work.

Liu Xiu also made a three-pointer. He and Zhu Fangyu played each other 10 to 3, turning 4 points behind into a 3-point lead!
The two teams then had another tug-of-war. With 58 seconds left, Liu Xiu caught the ball from Yao Ming and made a throw in the middle of the run, widening the point difference to 5 points.

Immediately afterwards, Spanoulis made his sixth personal three-pointer tonight, chasing the score to 6 to 78, but the Chinese team missed the last attack and gave the opponent a chance.

Fortunately, the Chinese team defended very well in the last defense. Spanoulis was pinched in the breakthrough and was forced to stop the ball, but there was no teammate to respond. He took another shot when he was about to be intercepted. Pointed to confirm that the players of the Chinese team did not touch the ball after Spanoulis stopped the ball.

Kobe in Europe made a second dribble error at a critical moment!

At the last moment, Liu Xiu received the ball and ran wildly, avoiding the opponent's foul and rushing to the frontcourt, running out of time.

欧洲科比今晚投进了6个三分球，拿到全场第二高的25分，外加3板4助攻2抢断。

刘秀表现要更好一筹，他19投10中，其中三分球11中6，外加5中5的罚球，拿到31分8板4助攻4抢断1盖帽，率领中国队在末节打出了26比23的比分，以80比78险胜西班牙队，提前1场锁定小组头名！
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After the final whistle, the players of the Chinese team cheered and celebrated on the court as if they had won the whole world.

This kind of anxiety to the end, relying on the explosive performance of the head star, and even relying on luck to win the game, after really winning, the kind of happiness... is amazing!

Kobe Bryant, Anthony, Wade, James, Bosh, Beast, Kwame Brown, Hinrich, Kidd, Gasol, Gasol Jr., Ginobili, Nowitzki... ... All eyes are focused on the data of Liu Xiu's first 4 games on the big screen.

In the second and third games, Liu Xiu played a lot of time, but the statistics were quite poor.

Naturally, they didn't think that Liu Xiu was going to die in the international arena. Obviously, Liu Xiu wanted his teammates to perform more in those two games.

The Olympic Games in the imperial capital of one's own country cannot steal the limelight by one person.

But when his personal ability is needed, he will naturally stand up.

However, the strength Liu Xiu and Yao Ming showed in this game was still stronger than the opponents expected!
Although Yao Ming didn't take advantage tonight, in the first quarter, Yao Ming was tough on the inside group of the Greek team alone, which still made the beasts and the parallel import champions have a big head.

This Olympic Games will bring the two of them because at the World Championships two years ago, the center forward couldn't beat the offense and couldn't handle the defense. If you bring the two of them, you can at least carry it.

The United States no longer has the four major centers, and the combination of offense and defense cannot be done, at least one must be taken care of.

But the little giant in front of him, the Gasol brothers over there, and the diamond over there... The beast and the parallel importer were thinking about how to deal with it?

The two looked at Bosh at the same time. Isn't there another skilled center?
Bosh, who was still in the sadness of being abandoned, trembled unconsciously, feeling the cold in his vest... Why does it feel like someone is trying to hurt me again? !

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On the morning of the ninth competition day of the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team did not arrange training, and the last game was played against the German team. If the Olympic Games were not held in their own country, the Blue Association would not agree to take a rest, and Yao Ming and Liu Xiu would not play tomorrow, but No preparations were made either.

Liu Xiu, Anne Hathaway and Qing Er brought his three children, he held the eldest daughter, Anne Hathaway held the second daughter, Qing Er held the eldest nephew, and came to the National Agricultural University Gymnasium together to watch the women's 72kg class Freestyle wrestling, the last match in the morning, the semi-finals were between Chinese representative Wang Jiao VS Japanese representative Kyoko Haguchi.

The 30-year-old Wang Jiao erupted into an unprecedentedly powerful fighting force, pressing down Kyoko Haguchi, who was uttering wild words before the game, all the way to beat the opponent with a score of 5 to 0.

Liu Xiu and others also watched the previous top 8 and top 4 matches. Although it was not difficult for Wang Jiao to win those two games, it was not easy, and she played quite steadily and cautiously.

When single-handedly playing against Kyoko Kaguchi, Wang Jiao went berserk, and Anne-Hathaway and Qing Er were taken aback for a while.

Anne Hathaway said: "I didn't expect women to fight so fiercely."

Qing'er nodded decisively.

Liu Xiu responded, "I'll take you to Sichuan to see giant pandas in the future. If you have a chance, watch the couples fighting there, and you'll know what fierceness is."

After a while of digestion, Anne-Hathaway and Qing'er understood what Liu Xiu meant.

The two looked at each other, and both saw strong interest in each other's eyes.

Just when they were about to leave, there was an episode. The athletes who were participating found Liu Xiu to watch the competition. The domestic athletes with social cattle attributes shouted his name, and finally he went to take a photo with the athletes.

It's not the first time to take photos with fans, but this time the feeling is very different.

After a day's rest, on the 18th, at 01:30 in the afternoon, Liu Xiu and his teammates entered the stadium, and they were about to usher in the final match of the group stage against the German team.

This game has attracted a lot of attention, and there is no match for the Chinese team that has not sold out all the tickets.

But the enthusiasm of netizens for tonight's game is second only to the Chinese team's first game against Spain, because the silver horn king of the German team is very popular in China.

There is also a good job in publicity and promotion by the media.

The Chinese men's basketball team and the German men's basketball team have played against each other 12 times in team history. The Chinese team has 2 wins and 10 losses. The last time the Chinese team defeated the German team was in 2003. Also, this is the first time the two teams have played in the Olympics Encounter...a bunch of not-so-interesting things to watch, coupled with the popularity of King Yinjiao, suddenly heated up the heat of this match.

However, this game is not very important for the two teams. The Chinese team is currently 4 wins and 0 losses, locked in the first place in the group. The German team has also won 2 wins and 2 losses. The Russian team has 0 wins and 5 losses, and the Australian team has only 1 win. With 4 losses, the German team has advanced to the quarterfinals.

The German team lost both Spain and Greece. These two teams have 4 wins and 3 wins, and their net points are much lower than these two teams.

Therefore, the two teams played very well in this game!
Nowitzki competes with Yao Ming for back-ups, Zhu Fangyu for three-pointers, Liu Xiu for breakthroughs, Wang Zhizhi for support, and Sun Yue for blocks...

诺维斯基出战38分钟，19投9中，外加7中6的罚球，拿到24分17板6助攻1抢断2盖帽，率领德国队拿到99分。

姚明打了27分钟，打得卡曼想哭，拿到25分11板，刘秀19分3板4助攻、易建联9分、王治郅6分6板5助攻、孙悦5分2板1助攻2盖帽……中国队拿到106分。

106 to 99, the Chinese team narrowly beat the German team in the soaring points battle, 5 wins and 0 losses, all victorious and advanced to the quarterfinals!

After the game, Nowitzki rested his hands on his knees, panting with his tongue out, and the big screen showed the camera. The fans had just finished cheering for the Chinese team, and started shouting "Silver Horn King" again.

Tonight, Nowitzki, who was almost exhausted after playing five games, stood up instantly, wiped off his sweat smartly, and walked towards the player tunnel with a cool expression, as if the guy who was exhausted just now was not him.

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"During my time in China, I had to go out to buy a pack of cigarettes at two o'clock in the morning every day. I have never gone shopping at two o'clock in the morning in my life..."

"Today's game was the happiest I played in the national team... I won the bronze medal in the World Championships, but you couldn't believe how lucky I was..."

"Yeah, I'm not happy playing every national team game, I'm not happy winning or losing, you can see it, we don't have tactics, our head coach said he doesn't know how to coach a player like me, he I prefer Kaman..."

"This is my last national team game. From now on, I will devote all my energy to polishing my skills."

"I don't know whether to hate you or thank you. The flip-back jumper you used before gave me a lot of inspiration, but you don't use that trick every time you lose weight. It's a pity..."

After finishing the post-match physiotherapy, Liu Xiu and Nowitzki returned to the Olympic Village and made an appointment for dinner at the centrally located restaurant.

The two chatted a lot. Nowitzki has also been to China before for basketball promotion activities, but he has never gone out at night, nor has he stayed for so long. This is the first time he really understands China personally. Frantically expressing those feelings he had never had before.

We chatted and talked about basketball and the national team. Liu Xiu didn't intervene and just listened. Other Liu Xiu didn't refuse anyone, so he said whatever he wanted.

It was only when he finally heard that his style of play changed when he was 'thin'... Liu Xiu was also quite surprised. He found that people always thought that his style of play was different when he was 'fat' than when he was thin.

Although he didn't know why people had that perception, he didn't bother to correct it.

In the evening, Liu Xiu took Anne Hathaway to the Wukesong Stadium. Nowitzki joined the two alone. The focus game at 8 o'clock tonight was the US team VS Argentina.

After seeing Nowitzki, Liu Xiu looked left and right, Nowitzki was puzzled for a moment, and suddenly reacted with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Anne-Hathaway also remembered a piece of news she had seen, and was about to stop it... But there was no time.

Liu Xiu asked: "King Silver Horn, did your girlfriend come to China with you this time?"

Silver Horn King: (TT)
I want to go, is it too late?

(End of this chapter)