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Chapter 149 Fighting Dream Seven Again (for Subscription)

The Chinese team defeated Italy, which is ranked sixth in the world, by three points. As soon as the news reached the country, the domestic basketball fans were already excited.

Although the Chinese team defeated an Italian team without Bargnani, after all, it was a World Championship game, and Italy also played with almost all the main lineup. In the four-nation competition, the Italian team that did not have a full main lineup suffered two disastrous defeats. More or less let the fans slightly disappointed.

And this victory over the Italian team is also a good start for the Chinese team in the World Championships.

Yao Ming, as the mainstay of the team, did his part to score 30 points + 8 rebounds, and made key buzzer shots.

Yi Jianlian, who has amazing jumping ability, also contributed a quasi-double-double of 9 points and 10 rebounds.

As the big brother of the team, Wang Zhizhi scored 5 points at the two key points of Yao Ming's exit, helping the team stabilize their position, and contributed a lot. He also scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in the whole game. Statistics, win-loss value is the team's highest +8.

As a rookie in the starting lineup, Zhou Lin, who represented the national team in the World Championships for the first time, played 29 minutes and scored 15 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks. He scored 9 of 6 offensively. Efficient also contributed two bloodthirsty dunks, and also made three three-pointers, and capped Italy's core player and captain Gianluca Basley twice during the game.

It can be said that his presence on the court is second only to Yao Ming.

Of course, in addition to the good side, the Chinese team also stated in the press conference after the game that the team's perimeter defense and mistakes in the face of pressing are also very serious and need to be improved in the next game.

In this game, Liu Wei, the three point guards of the Chinese team, made 4 turnovers, Chen Jianghua also made 20 turnovers in less than 3 minutes, and Sun Yue made 2 turnovers.

And in the next game, the Chinese team will still have to meet their opponents in the warm-up match again, the Dream Seven team who will go all out and show no mercy.

In this game, the opponent's individual defensive ability is even higher than that of the Italian players, and it is another game that will test the Chinese defenders.

But facing the dream team again, this time, there is Yao Ming in the Chinese team!

In the Group D group match on August 8, the American Dream Seven defeated the American powerhouse Puerto Rico 19-111.

The U.S. team did not win particularly easily, and the win was not particularly honorable, and it must be known that Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States is somewhat similar to the relationship between mainland China and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

And this game also made many European powerhouses see the immaturity of this American team. With only one player over 30 years old and a role player Bruce Bowen, the Dream Seven team is too lacking in international competitions. experienced.

8 month 20 day.

Also in the stadium in Sapporo, the match between the Chinese team and the American Dream Seven team kicked off.

Before that, the Chinese team had lost to the US team many times in a row, and this time, even if they couldn't beat the US team, they still had to play with the momentum that belonged to the Chinese team.

And Yunus also said before the game that when facing the US team, there will be more training and drills.

Well, take the US team to practice the lineup, Lao You sometimes has a good brain.

The starters Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin who performed well in the first game were both placed on the bench.

For the first time, the Mingzhi team teamed up in the starting lineup. With Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng, newcomer Chen Jianghua replaced Liu Wei as the starting point guard for this game.

For the US team, the starters are Chris Paul, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Sean Battier, and Dwight Howard.

Yao Ming and Howard jumped the ball. Howard won the first wave of possession for the US team. Battier ruthlessly hit the first corner three-pointer in front of his teammate Yao Ming in the new season.

Back to the Chinese team, Wang Zhizhi got the ball inside and turned around continuously. Facing the interference from American players Sean Battier and Carmelo Anthony, although he almost dropped the ball, he still relied on his soft touch Score the ball.

Looking back, Sean Battier hit another 2 points with a high board in front of Yao Ming.

Yao Ming is doing a good job of checking the goods for the Rockets.

You must know that although Sean Battier is almost determined to play the role of defense + outside shooting in the NBA, there is no such thing as 3D in this era, but Sean Battier is undoubtedly the leader among 3D players, but Sean Battier was a good scorer when he played in the NCAA in Duke. His counter-jumping and shooting were much better than everyone's impression.

Back to the Chinese team's round, as long as Yao Ming is on the court, the ball will be given priority to Yao Ming, and this round is no exception, but the American team also attaches the most importance to Yao Ming, even if the old coach K is Buddhist. , It is also impossible to allow Howard to defend Yao Ming alone, because in that case, Yao Ming will cut through the inside line!
Sure enough, as soon as Yao Ming got the ball and hit Howard with his back, Anthony watched eagerly, and the moment Yao Ming dropped the ball, Anthony immediately came up to double-team, directly causing a mistake and intercepting the ball.

Facts have proved that Yao Ming still needs to hold high when playing against the US team and try to avoid putting the ball on the ground, otherwise the ball will most likely be confiscated.

After making a mistake, the Dream Seven team gave the ball to Howard. Facing Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, Howard, who is quite short, just relied on his jumping ability and speed to make a shot. Grabbed the second rebound and caused a foul by Wang Zhizhi, who was helping to defend, and made two free throws.

This time, Yao Ming, who had learned his lesson, didn't put the ball below his chest. When facing Howard, he turned around and used his iconic straight-arm hook to put the ball into the basket cleanly.

However, this is also the last sports score for the Chinese team for a long time.

With the help of double-teaming Yao Ming and pressing the Chinese defenders, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul continued to give lessons to the Chinese team.

What Zhou Lin could see from the sidelines was that the American Dream Team [-], who was fully focused, was obviously ahead of the Chinese team by a lot in terms of speed. The United States failed to score a goal several times, but they would counterattack on the spot, and the success rate was high. It's astonishing, many times it was intercepted directly on the passing route, passed to the basket and dunked directly.

After this wave of offensive, the Dream Team quickly took a double-digit lead 17-7.

In the first quarter of the game, with 6 minutes and 17 seconds left, coach Jonas called a timeout.

Zhou Lin could hear that Yao Ming was already out of breath. As the first core, Yao Ming not only had to face double-teaming, but also used up a lot of physical energy even if he turned back and forth in the rhythm of the offense and defense switching back and forth with the United States. .

Coach Jonas replaced Chen Jianghua with Liu Wei, Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin, Yao Ming and Zhu Fangyu respectively.

This is not a game that Lao Yu must compete for, so once Yao Ming has physical problems, Jonas will replace him without hesitation.

Moreover, we will try our best to try more lineup combinations.

Of course, what Lao You didn't foresee was that this lineup, which was originally used for training, became a lineup for chasing points.

The three substitute players, including Zhou Lin, showed vitality.

Under Chris Paul's relentless pursuit, Liu Wei still gave the ball to Wang Zhizhi inside. Wang Zhizhi kept pushing Sean Battier inside. It was Zhou Lin who hit the ground.

Facing Howard's defense, Zhou Linsai gave Yi Jianlian at his side.

Howard took off for the second time and stopped Yi Jianlian, but the referee gave the whistle.

Zhou Lin also felt Howard's bullet speed, which was really fast enough to land almost at the same time as himself, but he was able to take off and block Yi Jianlian in an instant.

Yi Jianlian made two free throws.

And in the next round, Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian's young storms combined and suddenly exerted force, which actually directly created Chris Paul's catch.

China, which got the ball, did not live up to this hard work. Wang Shipeng, who made a three-pointer in the last game, was in ambush at the bottom corner and received a pass from Zhou Lin.

An open three-pointer is easy to catch!

James and Anthony made a mistake on the U.S. team. The pass was too short. If they wanted an alley-oop, James had to catch it from the bottom up. As a result, he dunked it directly to the basket. Liu Wei picked up the rebound and rushed to the basket. Wang Shipeng in the frontcourt faced Chris Paul who was chasing him. Wang Shipeng made a light touch, and Chris Paul flew away.

Wang Shipeng completed a three-pointer two-hit combo.

Facts have proved that Wang Shipeng is really a pitcher with a big heart. Well, as long as he is not allowed to dribble, he will be fine.

The adjustment made by the United States, which is being chased for points, is substitutions.

Dwyane Wade, Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Antawn Jamison, and Chris Bosh directly exchanged with the American players on the court.

It's still up and down!
The brand-new US team debuted, showing a strong vitality.

And Wade also began to show his attributes of Jordan who is five centimeters shorter. Facing Wang Shipeng's single defense, his continuous disguise can easily create space for shooting.

As soon as he played, he scored 7 points in a row.

And Zhou Lin's first shot was at the end of the first quarter. Facing Joe Johnson's defense, Zhou Lin made two turnaround jump shots, and the ball knocked out of the frame.

In the first quarter, the Chinese team fell behind by 19 points 32-13.

In the early part of the second quarter, the US team seemed to be a little slack, and Zhou Lin also completed the first two points of the game.

In the face of Joe Johnson, who is shorter than himself, he used Anthony's signature three-threat connection with quick shots.

Well, Anthony's trick is still easy to use.

And what Zhou Lin had to admit was that Joe Johnson looked half a head smaller than himself, but his strength in the lower body was still very strong. In the case of back-up fights, the success rate was not as good as his face-up fights.

Joe Johnson tried to respond with an outside three-pointer, but the ball bounced out of the frame, and Yi Jianlian grabbed the rebound in front of Chris Bosh.

It was supposed to go directly to Liu Wei, but Liu Wei's dribbling was slightly unstable and he almost made a mistake. It could only be reorganized, but at this moment, Zhou Lin shouted: "Brother Liu Wei, this."

Zhou Lin quickly cut in from the middle, and Liu Wei directly hit the ball to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin directly succeeded in a fast-break dunk, and behind him, Dwyane Wade and Antawn Jamison's double ghost hit the goal. If Zhou Lin's ball was a layup instead of a dunk, I'm afraid It is this ball that will be nailed directly.

23-32, the Chinese team once again brought the score back to within 10 points.

Seeing this, Yunus directly replaced Yao Ming and replaced Wang Zhizhi, who had played the entire first quarter.

Even if you can't beat it, you still have to fight!
Yao Ming came back to the court again. Chris Bosh made a direct three-pointer at first. However, Yao Ming quickly recovered the court. The basket was successful, and once it caused Chris Bosh's shooting foul and made two free throws.

And at this moment, 'The Flash' Dwyane Wade also began his performance moment.

First he received an alley-oop dunk from Hinrich, and then he hit a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle.

Under his leadership, the US team played a wave of 14-5 and opened the score again.

But at this moment, Zhou Lin stood up again, first blocked the white center Brad Miller who was replaced later on the defensive end, and then made a chasing three-pointer from outside the three-point line .

The first half ended when Hinrich made a two-pointer at the buzzer.

63-42, the US team ended the first half with a 21-point lead.

It is enough to prove how terrifying the serious US team is.

In the first half, Yao Mingyou scored the highest 8 points of the Chinese team, Zhou Lin also scored 7 points, and Wang Shipeng ranked third with 6 points.

After the start of the second half, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi took the lead to lead the team to counterattack. However, Melon's two mid-range dunks and LeBron James' two fast break dunks opened the score again.

The score has been maintained at around 25 points.

Zhou Lin didn't play until the end of the third quarter, but Zhou Lin, who appeared again, first hit two points from the outside, and then rushed to grab rebounds consecutively to help the team play a wave of offensive.

Joe. Johnson and Brad. Miller continued to throw in the long distance.

form a stalemate.

99-77, the US team entered the final quarter with a 22-point difference.

The suspense of the game has disappeared, and Yao Ming was replaced in the opening three minutes of the fourth quarter.

Wang Zhizhi was also replaced, but the Chinese team did not give up the momentum of chasing points. Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian, as the rising figures of the new generation of the Chinese team, also made gains in the fourth quarter.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, facing the replacement Elton Brand, Zhou Lin made a counter-basket on the baseline and raised his scoring to double digits.

Yi Jianlian contributed two consecutive dunks.

Zhou Lin, who played the last quarter, did not give up in the end, and made a difficult three-pointer before the end of the game.

He also raised his personal data to 14 points.

112-93, the U.S. team Dream Seven won the Chinese team with 19 points.

There is still a gap in player strength.

However, 19 points is already the smallest difference between the Chinese team and the dream team.

(End of this chapter)