Healing Basketball

Chapter 275 275. The strongest debut in the Olympics!

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spanish team took the lead.

Liu Xiu looked at the player who was advancing - Jose Calderon,

A late bloomer type of player.

Liu Xiu paid attention when he saw this name appear in the Spanish team's roster.

Calderon was included in this year's NBA roster, but lost.

But looking at Calderon's data in Europe this season, he is 23 years old and averaged 8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

Losing the election is a matter of course.

But now Calderon still has enough bright spots for him to enter the Spanish national team-in La Liga, 41 games, 51.1% of open three-pointers.

For this type of player, you often don't see his obvious progress until he is 25 or [-] years old.

After halftime, Calderon passed the ball to Gasol who was pulled out.

Spain lineup: Calderon, Rodrigo Fuente, Carlos Jimez, Alfonso Reyes, Gasol.

All are players who can shoot and pass.

With the space open, the Chinese team thought that the Spanish team would play as a team, but no!

Gasol hits a high-post singles, holds the ball past Yi Jianlian who is pulled out, and breaks into the inside to avoid the shrinking Wang Zhizhi and hits a layup with a low hand!

24 to 23, as soon as the second quarter came up, Gasol helped the Spanish team overtake the score.

The offense and defense switched, and Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced.

He could see that the coach of the Spanish team didn't want to continue to defend, and he didn't want to play superstars against them.

The opponent is strong and has the power to actively adjust.

That being the case, then force the opponent to defend!

Calderon was waiting for Liu Xiu at the top arc.

He is 191 cm tall and weighs 95 kg. He is strong, young and strong, and has decent mobility.

Facing such a strong opponent, Liu Xiu naturally chose... to speed up after passing the middle circle!
Near the three-point line, Liu Xiu pulled half a step horizontally, Calderon moved up, confronted Liu Xiu, and was knocked away!

Both are 95 kg, Liu Xiu's strength is 92, Calderon's strength is 85...

Liu Xiu knocked Calderon away and went straight to the inside.

Gasol missed the defense, and Liu Xiu made a step layup!

The players of the Spanish team were shocked.

Calderon, this is it!
Liu Xiu can break through with a change of direction or a pick-and-roll. They know that Calderon will definitely not be able to guard Liu Xiu.

But this is the strongest player in Spain's back line. Their expectation is to prevent Liu Xiu from sprinting at full speed, and just give Gasol and the wing players a chance to defend and play team defense.

Originally, the Spanish team's current lineup is the world's top frame protection. They are not good at defense, so they can't defend normally.

But Liu Xiu's attack was too simple, direct, and wild!Pretty shocking.

When the Spanish team attacked, Rodrigo Fuente ran back to receive the ball and made a layup... The ball went out of the frame, and Liu Xiu, who was chased in, grabbed a defensive rebound.

Liu Xiu heaved a sigh of relief, it was dangerous.

This goal is not because the Spanish team did not play well offensively. Rodrigo Fuente did not control his strength for a layup after the confrontation.

Liu Xiu advanced to the front court and continued to play singles!

Liu Xiuqiang rushed to the top corner on the right side of the free throw line, and before he entered the inside line, Gasol made up, covering Liu Xiu's entire pass and cut route.

Liu Xiu made a quick decision, and before Gasol's pincer attack formed, he made a sudden stop jump shot...and missed!
Yi Jianlian rushed inside, leaped high, and pressed the ball back to the basket.

Wonderful rebate!
27 to 24, the Chinese team leads by 3 points!This ball is very important!

When it came time for the Spanish team to attack and seek stability, Gasol played a single, turned around and scored two points with a hook, chasing the score to 26-27.

Gasol's comprehensive strength is the best in the game, and he may even be the strongest in this Olympic Games. There is no doubt about it. With him on the court, the Spanish team is still very stable.

No matter how fierce Liu Xiu's offense is, Gasol can firmly control the situation in this lineup, no matter whether he is playing alone or organizing offense.

But what if Gasol is tired?
This is what worries the Spanish coach.

The reason why he is unwilling to compete with the Chinese team for superstars is not because he is afraid that Gasol will not be able to compete with Liu Xiu, Yao Ming, and Wang Zhizhi.

Instead, there are three people on the opposite side, and they clearly want to fight a war of attrition with you, but you still take the initiative to jump into the pit, that is stupid.

It's just that the coach of the Spanish team didn't want to jump into a pit, but the situation on the court didn't develop according to his wishes.

He is prepared to be unstoppable on the defensive end.

It doesn't matter, the offensive end and the opponent will hold on, and when the performance of the opponent's three stars declines, the rest of the Chinese team will have nothing to fear.

The Chinese team mainly plays the giant planet, so the other players of the Chinese team will become more and more sluggish as the game progresses, similar to the US team yesterday afternoon.

For the Spanish team, they just need to ensure a good team offense.

If it is said that the problem lies in the inaccurate peripheral shooting of functional players and the wrong rotation selection of the players who are replaced, then he admits it.

However, the Spanish coach had no idea that their problem was his most trusted player.

Gasol is in trouble!
Gasol's condition is very good tonight, the first game of the Olympic Games, the performance of leverage is good.

But he began to mistrust his teammates in the second quarter.

Generally speaking, it is normal for a lead to be within 10 points and behind, and within 5 points, when the game has only reached the second quarter, it means that there is no point difference.

There are two or three consecutive rounds that fail to score, which is also a normal performance. The Spanish team, a strong offensive team, should be very confident and calm in this regard.

But Gasol can't sit still tonight!
Once three or four points behind, Gasol will take the initiative to singles.

If he went to singles, he would be able to narrow the gap immediately.

However, one time was okay, and two times were not bad. After three or five times, the problem came.

The Chinese team played very hard tonight, and Liu Xiu played even better than in the first quarter, and Wang Zhizhi also continued his performance in the first quarter.

The Chinese team has always been able to lead by a goal or two.

At this time, Gasol was taken aback. Once the point difference was opened to more than 5 points, he went to singles. At first, he was able to bite the point difference, but in fact it reduced the team's team offense and reduced the performance of his teammates. Opportunity, slowly cooling down the feeling of teammates...

A vicious circle has formed!
It doesn't matter whether the Chinese team has played more and more sluggish, the Spanish team has become more and more sluggish.

Gasol was very afraid that the point difference would be widened, and he became nervous when he saw Liu Xiu.

He is very confident in his own strength.

With such contradictions, he is easily anxious.

At 7 minutes and 19 seconds of the second quarter, the Chinese team had 3 seconds left in the attack time. Liu Xiu caught the ball from outside the free throw line and turned around to make a mid-range shot... The 30% probability of the "Little Li Flying Knife" was triggered, and it felt hot. Tonight's rhythm continuity is good, and the mid-range shot hits!

43 to 34, the Chinese team led by 9 points, and the Spanish team called a timeout!
After the timeout, the coach of the Spanish team replaced Gasol to take a rest, let Navarro and the Reyes brothers lead the team, plus Roger Grimaud, Alberto Herreiros... The Spanish coach insisted For most of the quarter, he was unwilling to fight the defense with the Chinese team and confront the stars, and finally chose this path.

For the Chinese team, Wang Zhizhi was replaced for a rest, and with more than 2 minutes left, Yao Ming and Du Feng played, accompanied by Liu Xiu, Zhang Jinsong, and Zhu Fangyu, and continued to fight and play superstar basketball!

One wrong step, one wrong life...

It's time for the Spanish team coach to sing "Dancing Girl Tears".

In the last two minutes or so, Yao Ming had 4 points and 1 assist, and the assist was given to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu made a layup against Alfonso Reyes and also made a foul and penalty. The Chinese team scored 7 points in total.

The Spanish team only relied on Navarro to score 3 points. Roger Grimaud rushed to grab an offensive rebound and was shot by Yao Ming.

At the end of the second quarter, the Chinese team played a wave of 7 to 3!

After halftime, the Chinese team led the Spanish team by 50 points 37 to 13 and entered the intermission!
……

With 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Liu Xiu's performance shocked everyone.

加索尔第二节7分多钟拿到9分，半场13分6板3助攻很厉害了，刘秀第二节单节14分。

The Chinese fans at the scene were going crazy with excitement!
James and Wade were stunned—how could they play such a difficult Olympic game, and it was like playing with this guy?And they are playing Puerto Rico!This guy hits Spain!
Anthony really wanted to grab Larry Brown's neck and say: I can do it too!I can also play like this, you have the guts to give me playing time!

The Chinese team led by 13 points at halftime, and the advantage was huge.

In fact, the Chinese team was quite dangerous in the second quarter. If Liu Xiu didn't get up to speed, and if Yao Ming couldn't make a move in the end, the Chinese team might really collapse in the second quarter.

But Xiuer showed up!After getting familiar with the talent of 'bomb' in the first quarter, I used it better in the second quarter.

Moreover, Yao Ming, who rested for most of the second quarter, had enough energy, and he got up.

The most important thing is that Gasol was nervous when he met the warden.

When the advantage came out, the players of the Chinese team fought harder and harder!

It is the offensive end that is becoming more and more rigid. Except for the three big stars, the others are either rushing, pick-and-roll, or fixed-point catch and shoot.

But they fought hard on the defensive end, and they were fierce!

The three stars are all very strong!They all performed at the top level in the world.

And this performance continued in the second half!
In the third quarter, the Spanish team made a strong counterattack, scoring 23 to 17 in a single quarter, but at the beginning of the final quarter, the Chinese team played a wave of 7 to 0, and 7 of these 4 points were scored by Yi Jianlian. Liu Xiu Wang Zhizhi also shot from the outside.

西班牙队反攻一整节缩小了6分分差，中国队2分钟给重新拉开了，打到第四节2分06秒的时候，中国队74比60领先西班牙队14分！
After the Spanish team called a timeout, Silver Fox arranged for Liu Xiu, Wang Zhizhi, and Yao Ming to play for the Chinese team, along with Zhang Jinsong and Zhu Fangyu.

Liu Xiu, Zhang Jinsong, and Zhu Fangyu's outside mad dog defense is on!
Gasol led the team to counterattack desperately, but was held back by the Chinese team led by Liu Xiu.

At this time, Gasol finally withstood the pressure brought by Liu Xiu and led the team normally, but it was too late.

尽管最后7分多钟西班牙队打出了20比15的比分，中国队依旧以89比80击败西班牙队拿下小组赛首胜！
The Chinese team got off to a good start!

The moment the final whistle sounded, the whole audience was boiling!Except for the Spanish fans, everyone is cheering loudly!

Liu Xiu's reputation in European basketball is not bad, because he just led his team to sweep the Grizzlies led by Gasol a few months ago, and the Spanish men's basketball team has been praised in Europe in the past two years. Xiu once again led his team to overthrow the team led by Gasol, and it's time to become a fan!

The players of the Spanish team looked at the score of the opening game in dismay, and watched the players of the Chinese team rush into the stadium to cheer and celebrate...

The other three members of the 03 rookie first team had emotional breakdowns and their expressions were dull—here we come!Here he is again!The Olympics won't let us go!

26投14中，其中三分球9中5，罚球11中9，刘秀狂飙42分11板6助攻4抢断！

It was posted on the big screen. Liu Xiu surpassed the famous Brazilian Oscar Schmidt and set a new record for scoring 35 points in a single Olympic men's basketball match in a single game!

(End of this chapter)