This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 152

From August 8th, the quarter-finals of the 26 World Championships will be transferred from Sapporo to Saitama.

In the second game after Argentina beat New Zealand, the Chinese team faced the third Lithuanian team in Group C.

Coincidentally, the coach of the Chinese team, Jonas, is Lithuanian, and Jonas was once the head coach of the Lithuanian team.

In other words, Coach Jonas is now standing on the opposite side of his own country's basketball team.

However, Jonas is a very professional basketball coach and will try to help the Chinese team beat the Lithuanian team.

Even this is one of the good news for the Chinese team.

Jonas is absolutely very familiar with the Lithuanian team, familiar with their tactics, familiar with their players, and even members of the opposing coaching staff, or his former colleagues.

The current Lithuanian team is ranked fourth in the FIBA ​​world, ranking second only to the United States, Serbia and Montenegro, and Argentina in terms of performance.

The Lithuanian team is a world-renowned basketball power. It has entered the top four in the past four Olympic Games, and won three consecutive bronze medals in the three Olympic Games in 92, 94, and 00. It is also recognized as ranking fourth in the 04 Olympic Games. Basketball powerhouse.

However, this year’s Lithuania’s competition in Group C was not easy. At the beginning of the group stage, they lost to Turkey and Greece successively, and finally won consecutive victories against Qatar, Australia, and Brazil.

The best news for the Chinese team is.

This team is also missing a few important people, the Cavaliers' big center Ilgauskas, and the Pacers' guard Jaskovicius, these two are the core of Lithuania's inside and outside lines Lithuania's absence at least caused Lithuania to lose more than [-]% of its skills.

Even so, this European powerhouse also has three NBA players.

They are Marcy Jaskas of the New Orleans Hornets, Sangueira of the Chicago Bulls, and Kleiza of the Nuggets.

Quick shooting, the big men on the team also have the ability to shoot from the outside.

Whether it is the confrontation between inside and outside, it is very good. The defensive end will give the Chinese team a great sense of oppression.

And the passion of this team.

The overall tactical system of this European team, or their style of play is a bit like the previous Chinese team's opponent, Slovenia, but the overall technical and tactical level is higher than that of Slovenia.

Before the game, the domestic media warmed up the game, and the domestic media people were also optimistic that the Chinese team could win this game against Lithuania.

After reaching the quarterfinals for the second time after the 1994 World Championships.

Xu Jicheng interviewed the head coach of the Chinese team, Jonas.

Jonas is optimistic about the Chinese team's qualifying this time, and said that he will go all out to teach this game well.

In China, there are at least tens of millions of people watching the TV after lunch, cheering for the Chinese team.

As long as you win, you will be guaranteed to tie the best historical record in history.

The Chinese team is also very cautious and active in this game that may create history and does not belong to the original time and space. It warms up half an hour earlier than its opponent Lithuania.

Yi Jianlian, who performed poorly in the game, let Zhou Lin alone to help practice offensive and defensive rhythm. Yi Jianlian only had 2 points and 2 rebounds in the last game, and because he made too many mistakes when fighting the opponent inside, he was in most of the games. All the time on the bench.

On the other hand, Zhou Lin scored 16 points and created a new high in personal scoring.

The comparison between the two is a bit of a sense of sight, and in this game, Yi Jianlian will start the game again. Coach Jonas still has great expectations for the young Yi Jianlian, and even thinks that Yi Jianlian will become the successor of Yao Ming. , the inside pillar of the new generation of the Chinese team.

At 12:30, the game officially started.

The Chinese team sent a starting combination of Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Zhou Lin, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming.

Lithuania sent Masi Jaskas and Gustas' outside combination, Sangueira and Kleiza partnered forward, and Jav Tokas served as the starting center.

And this is also Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian starting at the same time as partners in the World Championships.

For this pair of 19-year-old young strikers, the "Zhouyi" combination debuted at the same time, CCTV-5's commentator Su Qun also expressed concern.

"Although Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian are good seedlings with extraordinary talents, neither of them has played any real tough battles in the international arena, and the opponent's striker is the strongest point of the team, whether it is Sangueira or Cray. Zha is both an offensive and defensive player, and has a place in the NBA. He is also experienced in the international arena, especially Kleiza, who has first-class physical fitness and strong confrontation ability in the NBA. This pair of young strikers will face Second only to the test when facing the US team, I hope the two boys can surprise us."

Yi Jianlian replaced Yao Ming's jump ball and won the first wave of possession.

The Chinese team's tactics still started with Yao Ming, while the opponent's center chose single defense in the opening round. This strategy undoubtedly gave Yao Ming a good opportunity. After turning his back, he dunked successfully.

But when returning to the defensive round, Zhou Lin faced Kleiza.

Keleiza's tendons were visible to the naked eye, almost like a small bulldozer carrying Zhou Lin and rushing inside.

Even though Yao Ming assisted in the defense, Kleiza helped the Lithuanian team score the first two points of the game in the end.

"Whether it is Kleiza or Sangueira, they are both very strong. They are at least tens of catties heavier than Xiao Zhou and Ah Lian. Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin are still too thin. If you want to improve your career, you must hang on Meat enhances resistance."

Zhang Weiping said.

"Xiao Zhou wanted to respond to Kleiza. He held the ball outside the three-point line and clicked it. Kleiza didn't jump. His defensive experience is still very good. After all, when he was in the Nuggets, Kleiza Most of the time, they will arrange to mark the strong point of the opponent's striker. Zhou Lin tries to break through from the left side. Kleiza's footsteps react quickly, but Zhou Lin's breakthrough is very resolute. Curved, beautiful."

Su Qun shouted excitedly: "It's beautiful, Zhou Lin fought very resolutely today, and resoluteness will pay off."

Zhou Lin was indeed a little excited to play today, but it was because he was standing opposite the NBA defensive champion Kleiza. If he wanted to gain a foothold in the NBA, he could face this level of defensive player anytime and anywhere.

In the absence of Jascovicius this World Championships, Marcy Jaskas became the core of the backcourt, facing Liu Wei, directly hit a three-pointer.

These European defenders are indeed very strong. Almost as long as they are given a little room to shoot, they will shoot resolutely, and their shooting percentage is not low.

The Chinese team continued to play with Yao Ming as the core, but the opponent double-teamed in time. Yao Ming missed the shot under the basket, but Yi Jianlian flew directly to make a dunk.

Space is easy to go online.

Through Sangueira, dunk the ball in and make two plus one.

Yi Jianlian roared domineeringly, and then hit an additional penalty.

Before the game, Yunus sent the young Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin, who were questioned by the two commentators of CCTV.

But now, what they want to say is: really fragrant.

"Although Xiao Zhou and Ah Lian are young and inexperienced, but because of this newborn calf's attitude that they are not afraid of tigers, they are particularly open-minded. Once these two lads can let go of fighting, it will give us a lot of surprises. surprise."

Zhang Weiping immediately changed the subject.

Zhang Weiping's style of commentary is that he is extremely good at smoothing things over.

Lithuania is still trying to open the situation from the outside. Lithuania's No. 8 Gustas made a breakthrough when facing Wang Shipeng. Although he failed to score, it caused Wang Shipeng's foul and finally stood on the free throw line, and Hit 2 goals.

7-4.

The Lithuanian team still gave the Chinese team a lot of physical confrontation.

Moreover, this European team gave a lot of physical confrontation, and liked to use some small physical movements that the referee could not see to change the pattern of the game. Yao Ming was fouled in the next round.

In the next round, Yao Ming was fouled again by Kleiza who broke through.

Yao Ming covered his head and was a little speechless. Calling him two fouls in a row almost made him jump.

But the referee still gave Yao Ming a push foul without expression. Yao Ming had already received his second personal foul less than 3 minutes into the game. Jonas frowned and replaced Yao Ming helplessly.

Wang Zhizhi first replaced Yao Ming, and the opponent began to attack the Chinese team's inside line frequently. Sangueila, Koreza, Masi Jaskas, the three scored consecutively, and Lithuania played a 7-0 offensive climax.

11-7, Yao Ming shook his head anxiously off the court.

Yunas was ready to call a timeout, but in this round, Zhou Lin stood up first, facing Koleiza's defense, stepped back from the outside and shot, and hit a 3-pointer.

11-10.

This made Yunus, who was planning to call a timeout, breathe another sigh of relief.

And Lithuania still wanted to use a breakthrough to kill the Chinese team's inside line, but this round, Zhou Lin stood on the path of Sangaira's breakthrough, and was elbowed hard by the opponent.

Sangueira was called for an offensive foul.

Zhou Lin slowed down on the ground for a while before recovering.

Su Qun said: "Zhou Lin is really brave for this ball. Sangaila's physique is thick and strong. Zhou Lin really has the courage to block bullet holes. This kid can work hard. We Chinese players just lack so much in our bones." A bit of ruthlessness, from Zhou Lin's body, I can vaguely see a little bit of this kind of ruthlessness."

As the big brother of the team, Wang Zhizhi also touched Zhou Lin's head when he came over, expressing his approval. It has only been less than two years since he saw Zhou Lin for the first time, and Zhou Lin's growth rate has already been Wang Zhizhi was pleasantly surprised.

The game continued. After Zhou Lin showed his enthusiasm on both ends of the offense and defense, Yi Jianlian was not to be outdone. When facing Sangaila who elbowed Zhou Lin, he made a jump and directly rushed to the inside line, and a dunk. Sangueira's head exploded.

"Yi Jianlian, this goal not only scored, but also caused two plus one."

"For the Chinese team, Yao Ming was forced to rest off the court due to a foul problem. Now that Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian can stand up in time, this will also allow Yao Ming to take a rest with peace of mind."

"Yi Jianlian also came out of the slump in the last game. In the last game, Ah Lian only made 3 of 1 shots and only had 2 rebounds and 2 rebounds. In this game, he has dunked twice in a row. Although he missed the free throw, But already scored 5 points, plus Zhou Lin's 5 points, the two of them completely carried the banner of the Chinese team's offense in the first quarter."

In view of Yao Ming's foul problem, coupled with the excellent performance of Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian, the two 19-year-old teenagers played the entire first quarter.

Under the leadership of Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian, the Chinese team entered the second quarter with a 27-22 lead of five points in the first quarter. Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian scored 8 and 7 points respectively.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming played again. In less than 3 minutes, he hit 3 goals in a row and scored 6 points. Under his leadership, the Chinese team once again pulled the score to double digits, but With 4:02 left in the first half, Yao Ming paid for his third foul in order to defend Carnetis.

And this foul directly made Yao Ming, who had just played his form, return to the court again, and Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian appeared again.

However, at the end of the second quarter, Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian didn't feel very good. They made a total of 4 shots, and only Yi Jianlian succeeded in singles under the basket once.

And Lithuania's perimeter group also began to exert their strength. Masi Jaskas and Lavlinovic each hit a three-pointer to bite the score.

At the end of the half, the Chinese team entered the second half with a 49-46 lead of 3 points.

"Yao Ming must control the number of his fouls. Otherwise, if he fouls again in three quarters, it is estimated that his playing time can only be saved until the last quarter."

Zhang Weiping was indeed a little crowed. Yao Ming received his fourth foul in less than 2 minutes of playing in the second half.

The coach in Lithuania undoubtedly noticed the number of fouls committed by Yao Ming. Whether it was a big player or a defender, they all went to find Yao Ming. Everyone knew that once Yao Ming was off the field, the firepower of the Chinese team would be reduced by at least [-]%.

"Let go of it, don't let me down!"

The significance of Yao Ming to the national team is self-evident, and at this moment his four offenders leave the field, which also makes the future of this very important game unpredictable.

There are no giants to shelter from the wind and rain in front.

The current Chinese team needs more players to stand up, and Yao Ming also has great hopes for the young "Zhouyi" combination.

After Yao Ming left the field, Zhou Lin knew that he had to play more proactively.

In the third quarter, the 'Zhou Yi' combination really stood up.

Zhou Lin's two three-pointers from the outside made the head coach of Lithuania look very ugly. Zhou Lin, a player with both height and flexibility, is of no help even with the strongest forward defensive player. At this moment, Zhou Lin Lin has already scored 16 points, tying the scoring record in the World Championships. Although Yi Jianlian did not score, he contributed two offensive rebounds and a buzzer block in the paint.

The Chinese team entered the end of the last quarter with a 72-66, 6-point lead.

In the early and mid-term of the fourth quarter, Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian went off to rest respectively. At this moment, the Lithuanian team started various long-range shooting modes. Krezari made a sudden outside shot and scored 5 points in the early stage of the game.

Zhou Lin returned with 6 minutes and 23 seconds remaining in the game, and as soon as he appeared on the field, he used a sharp breakthrough to help the team save the situation.

The score was deadlocked until Yao Ming returned with 4 minutes left in the game.

And the offensive point of the game was completely transferred to Yao Ming. Yao Ming succeeded in two offensives in the low post, showing what is called the role of a big killer inside.

Lithuania also tried to cause Yao Ming's foul, but the referee was more cautious about Yao Ming's fifth foul.

Time gradually decreased, and the score difference has been maintained at around 5-7 points.

And New Orleans Hornets guard Marcy Jaskas made a three-pointer at the top of the arc, bringing the score back to a 1-point gap in 3 minute.

Jonas called a timeout first, as long as the Chinese team scored in the next round, the game might be won.

But unfortunately, there was a problem with the Chinese team's sideline kick.

The Chinese team faced pressure at the last moment, and both the center line and the sideline serve were prone to problems.

Sangueira's dunk narrowed the score to only 1 point.

91-90.

34 seconds left.

In order to avoid the sideline ball problem again, Jonas chose to serve in the front court, and also used Yao Ming's high point to go to the outside to make a response.

After Yao Ming received the ball, he gave it to Liu Wei. Liu Wei suddenly scored the ball and gave it to Zhou Lin on the side.

Zhou Lin rushed inside, but was stopped by Kleiza's rude foul!
"There are still 12 seconds left. If all these two goals are scored, the Chinese team can almost guarantee that they will not lose in regular time."

Including CCTV5's commentators Su Qun and Xu Jicheng, and the audience in front of the TV were all praying for Zhou Lin to make a safe penalty.

There is a penalty!
It's just that Zhou Lin's second free throw... was lost.

Just when Zhou Lin felt annoyed.

A yellow lightning bolt shot up from the crowd in the crowd under the basket.

Yi Jianlian, it's Yi Jianlian, he directly grabbed the rebound and made up the dunk, and the Lithuanian carder had a problem.

95-91, which is better than the previous calculation.

As long as no mistakes are made, the Chinese team will accept the victory of the game.

Lithuania's quick three-pointer missed and was not willing to give up, allowing Liu Wei to go to the free throw line.

Although Liu Wei only made 2 of 1 free throws, this is already harmless.

96-91.

Lithuania once again tried the outside line and hit the iron again.

This time, Lithuania gave up and the ball remained on China's side until the end of the game.

"The Chinese team once again advanced to the top eight of the World Championships! The new generation of Chinese men's basketball team is creating their own glory."

Su Qun said almost with tears in his eyes: "Not only did we win the game, but we also saw the hope for the future of the Chinese team."

In this campaign, Yao Ming scored 17 points and 16 rebounds in just 4 minutes of playing.

This is also the first time in this World Championship that Yao Ming has been 'robbed' of his team's scoring title.

再次创造得分纪录的周林，得到了20分4篮板，易建联也有12分10篮板2次封盖的数据。

Yao Ming suffered from foul problems.

The 19-year-old 'Zhou Yi' combination stood up and made the first contribution for the team's promotion to the top eight.

(End of this chapter)