God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 580
Spain's all-out efforts made the Chinese team feel the pressure surge. With Gasol in the high position as the axis, the oppressive defense from the outside is no longer of much use.Calderon and the others can run around the Gasol brothers, ready to catch and shoot at any time, and their physical fitness is still stronger than that of Chinese players. They were just caught off guard before.

After Fernandez hit consecutive three-pointers, Spain chased the point difference to only one goal left.The situation on the court suddenly became serious. The Chinese team had not scored in two rounds. Once Sun Yue was intercepted by Navarro, and once Chen Jianghua's breakthrough layup was interfered by Gasol Jr. Now they urgently need a goal to stabilize The heart of the army, this task is naturally handed over to Yao Ming.

This time Yao Ming wanted a deep position. He received the ball on the right side of the backboard, and Chang Wei's eyes lit up on the sidelines.For Yao Ming, who has received Olajuwon's inside footwork training, catching the ball in this position is almost equivalent to completing the finish. After getting the ball, he leaned against Gasol Jr., swayed his back continuously, and then suddenly turned around with the ball , When Gasol came up to help defend, he took the lead in scoring the ball with a hook. This is his "Shanghai dance"!
Gasol, who was in charge of defending Yao Ming, looked helpless. In the NBA, he had been beaten by Yao Ming's footsteps at the basket more than once, and now he is still the same in the Olympic arena.But he can't say anything, it's just that his skills are not as good as others, there is nothing to say, he just secretly made up his mind, he must make Yao Ming look good in the next defensive matchup.

It's a pity that Yao Ming didn't give him a chance. Every time he made a false move at the basket, Gasol was frustrated. If Gasol didn't take it easy, he would use a simple turnaround jumper to send the ball into the basket Basket, the result is still the same.

It is difficult for the Spanish men's basketball team to stop Yao Ming, who is fully fired, so they are going to start from the outside.Both Gasol and Gasol have the ability to pass the ball with one hand, and they have enough range. They stand at the two elbows as a containment, and cover for teammates on the outside by the way.The shooting percentages of Fernandez, Calderon and Navarro are not low. Under the cover of two excellent insiders, their shooting opportunities are only a lot more, and their running has also been strengthened. The Chinese team's outside defense It's not that effective anymore.

The point difference between the two sides was always about two or three points, but the scene was very good-looking, and the sound of cheering on the scene was also wave after wave.With the quality of Chinese fans, they will not boo Spain too much, but when Spanish players are about to make free throws, there are always some people waving their inflatable sticks behind the backboard, but this is what they can do The limit is reached.

At the end of the half, the two sides fought to a 49 tie, which allowed the Chinese team to continue to maintain hope of winning.However, Jonas is going to let the players take a breather at the beginning of the second half. It is impossible for everyone to maintain a fast-paced offense and defense throughout the game. A little slowdown will help the players take a breath. Defeat opponents in one fell swoop at critical moments.

During the intermission, Jonas specifically mentioned Spain's outside shooting. He said: "The opponent's shooting rate is very high, and now it seems that we can't stop it. But with the decline in physical strength, their shooting rate is also high. It's hard to keep at this level, and that's our chance, and we just have to keep attacking near the basket and we'll be fine."

In the second half, everyone thought that the Chinese team would fight back from the perimeter, but they didn’t expect that Yonas would send Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi’s inside combination, and Chen Jianghua, Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu on the outside. Yunus needed them to maintain the perimeter. The defensive strength, and then give the offensive opportunity to the two big men inside, so that they can guarantee the scoring efficiency.

After the start of the third quarter, Spain continued its outside shooting strategy, but this was also because the performance of the Gasol brothers in this game was not very good. So far, the two have only scored 15 points and 7 rebounds in total. A total of 8 assists were also sent out, otherwise the two sides would not be able to draw now, but the offensive power still has to be handed over to outside players.

The offense of both sides in the second half was very interesting. The Chinese team focused on the inside. Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi took turns to play singles with the ball inside. The Pau Gasol brothers defended very painfully. However, the Spanish side mainly played on the outside. When shooting outside the line, Navarro often goes inside to play throws, and the outside players of the Chinese team are also exhausted.

Chang Wei couldn't help but think of the "magic ball theory" of the former Rockets general manager Morey, which became the most important tactical guiding ideology of the Rockets in the future. The core of the "magic ball theory" lies in the selection of the offensive area. Morey believes that the most cost-effective way on the offensive end is to attack at the basket and three-point shooting. The former can guarantee the hit rate, and the latter has an extra 1 point bonus.

Now China and Spain are focusing on the two high-efficiency shooting areas of the "magic ball theory".The performance of the Chinese men's basketball team undoubtedly gave the fans a big surprise. They even had the opportunity to beat a top team like Spain, which was unimaginable before.

Spain took the lead in attacking, but they suddenly changed their thinking. Fernandez broke through Zhu Fangyu's defense after continuous fake moves, and made a low-handed lick before Yao Ming and Yi Jian joined forces to help the team seize the opportunity.But looking back, Zhu Fangyu hit a three-pointer from Chen Jianghua's breakthrough goal from the bottom corner, and it was made when Fernandez had already blocked his face. This three-pointer instantly ignited the audience enthusiasm, and also helped the Chinese team overtake by 1 point.

Both sides did not keep their hands. These two rounds were played very quickly, and the total time spent was less than 25 seconds. There were 37.1 seconds left in the whole game. In theory, both sides had an attack opportunity.The ball returned to Spain, and now they were not in a hurry to attack. Calderon patiently controlled the time at the top of the arc, trying to delay the attack to 24 seconds.

With 8 seconds left in the round, he gave the ball to Gasol who was pulled out, and then began to run empty-handed.Calderon's running attracted the defense of the Chinese team, but at this time Gasol suddenly jumped up and shot. Give the Chinese team 17.1 seconds.

Jonas did not call a timeout, the Chinese team served from the backcourt, and Spain decisively adopted a full-court press, but Yi Jianlian's screen allowed Chen Jianghua to successfully take the ball across the half, but it was just stuck in 8 seconds Just click.Spain's defense is in place. Seeing that the time is about to come, Chen Jianghua closed his eyes and made a wild shot after flashing out of the shooting space. As a result, the basketball hit the frame and there were only 2.1 seconds left before the end of the game. When the basketball popped out, seven or eight arms were waving in mid-air, trying to control the rebound.However, among these arms, a longer yellow arm stands out from the crowd, and directly clicks the basketball into the hoop in midair, and at this time the number on the timer has been reset to zero.

The Wukesong Stadium was silent for a second, and instantly filled with high-decibel cheers. With Yao Ming's last-minute tip-up lore, the Chinese team narrowly beat Spain 80-79 and won the first men's basketball game in the Olympic Games victory.

(End of this chapter)