God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 585

During the intermission, Jonas once again emphasized the team's offense. As for the defensive end, he hopes that the outside players will not let the shots go, and force the opponent to the three-second zone before letting the inside players solve the problem.At the same time, he also asked Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian to pay attention to the number of fouls they made. If they left the field early due to too many fouls, it would be hard to say the outcome of the game.

Jonas' warning played a role at the beginning of the second quarter. Perhaps because of fear of the Chinese team's inside defense, Croatian players began to attack the inside frequently, hoping to cause fouls by their opponents.But Yao Ming is very smart. Anyway, the head coach has stated that he wants to compete with the opponent on the offensive end, and those guys who deliberately come up to find fouls can just stay away.

Yao Ming's temper is actually very good, but no one can bear to see the other party wanting to make fouls one after another.And Yao Ming's way to fight back is to continue to attack the basket on the offensive end. Aren't you going to call me a foul?Then I'll hit your inside line first!In comparison, it is a piece of cake for Yao Ming to let Croatia's inside players rest.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Lipissa can only let his inside players do symbolic interference, hoping to get back the lost points on the outside and in the middle distance.But you can't always rely on your luck when playing. It is a truth that the closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage. Conversely, the farther you are from the basket, the lower your shooting percentage will be.Croatia's current offense is basically supported by Banic and Planinic, who used to play for the Nets. Others missed consecutive shots as if they were infected.

The Chinese team took the opportunity to play a small climax and opened the score for the first time in this game, but Croatia still tenaciously bit the score and did not allow the point difference to be opened to double digits.Of course, even if they are behind by double digits, there is still the possibility of catching up. After all, it is now the knockout stage, and it is possible for any team to lose. This is also a hotbed for dark horses.

In the middle of the second quarter, Yonas finally replaced Yao Ming. Although Chang Wei worked hard to improve the physical fitness of the players, Yao Ming was still a tall insider with a height of nearly 2 meters, and he often had to fight with opponents under the basket. .It was already surprising that he could hit this point in one breath. In order to ensure his physical fitness, Yunas replaced him with Wang Zhizhi.

After Yao Ming left the court, Lipissa breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Croatia's chance had come.So he walked to the sidelines and yelled at Barnich, telling him to continue dribbling the ball inside. In Lipissa's opinion, Wang Zhizhi's defensive power is far inferior to Yao Ming's. Received good results and even tied the score.

It has to be said that Lipissa's vision is very poisonous. After Banic started to play breakthrough points, Croatia's offense began to become smoother, and simple breakthrough points also helped them reduce mistakes.Under the leadership of Banic, Croatia played a wave of 7-0, narrowing the point difference to only 1 point in an instant, and may complete the lead at any time. However, Jonas still sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. He did not even call a timeout because he believed The Chinese players on the field can solve this difficult problem by themselves.

Even if you can't solve it, it doesn't matter. If you have difficulties, you can find Yao Ming. This is the coaching philosophy of the recent Chinese men's basketball coaches.

Fortunately, the Chinese players on the field did not disappoint the trust of Jonas. Zhang Qingpeng, who rarely got chances from the outside, suddenly broke out.Originally, Yao Ming had already stood up and was about to go to the technical table to wait for a replacement, but now he sat down again, and it seemed that he could continue to rest on the bench for a while.

The tug-of-war between the two sides continued until the end of this quarter. Unexpectedly, Jonas survived the next 5 minutes with a lineup without Yao Ming, and Croatia has not yet been overtaken.He praised everyone in the dressing room at half-time, but at the same time he also warned everyone not to be arrogant in the second half, so as not to be seized by the opponent.

The intermission of FIBA ​​games is 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes in the second half of the second quarter, Yao Ming has regained his energy.At the beginning of the second half, he was very active in raising his hands to ask for the ball under the basket, showing a strong aggressiveness. Croatia was not aware of it for a while, and he scored several goals in a row under the basket. Got an assist.

This wave of 9-0 climax directly stunned Croatia. Croatian players including Banic did not score in sports battles for nearly 3 minutes, and only relied on Planinic's breakthrough and foul to get 2 points , The Chinese team once widened the point difference to nearly 20 points.But then they slackened a little. The recovered Croatia took the opportunity to fight back and narrowed the point difference to single digits. Obviously they did not give up. All the players on the field still hope to beat China to advance.

But Yao Ming is still a difficult problem for them, not to mention that Yao Ming, who is in hot form at this time, is still trying to pull the outside line to shoot three-pointers.After Chang Wei's special training during the offseason for several seasons, Yao Ming actually has a three-point shooting range, but he is not used to this offensive method, and the team has not arranged a fixed tactic for him.But the [-]-point line in FIBA ​​is closer to the basket than in NBA. For Yao Ming, this is nothing more than a big two-pointer in the NBA. He didn’t shoot before because he felt it was unnecessary, but now Jonas instructed him to do so. Pull to the high position to attack, so why not shoot a few three-pointers?

Yao Ming's 2 three-pointers at the top of the arc became the last straw that crushed Croatia. They couldn't find anyone to defend Yao Ming's long-range shots.It would be fine if Yao Ming just tried his hand casually, but the hit rate is astonishingly high, obviously not rashly, Lipissa really can't think of any other way to stop this behemoth that can be inside and outside.

To some extent, the entire second half became Yao Ming's time. He scored 15 points and 21 rebounds in 7 minutes of playing time. He scored 37 points and 14 rebounds in the game, and contributed 4 times by the way With blocked shots and 2 steals, he completely dominated the inside line.Under Yao Ming's full play, several inside players in Croatia suffered a total of 12 personal fouls, and one of them was sent off. It can be said that it was a big loss.

After winning this game, the Chinese men's basketball team finally reached a height they had never reached before in the Olympics-the semi-finals, and there is still hope to continue to move forward.After they left the field, the cheers of the entire Wukesong Stadium remained undiminished for a long time. This is undoubtedly a victory for the entire Chinese basketball and an important step for China in basketball.

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