basketball hero

Chapter 243
The opponent of the Chinese team in the quarter-finals is the Chinese Taipei team.The Chinese Taipei team is a typical East Asian team. They are small, fast, smart, and accurate. They also have obvious shortcomings, such as no height and lack of athletic ability.

The Chinese team is also an East Asian team, but their average height has exceeded 2 meters, which can be regarded as a "giant team" in East Asia.

In terms of overall cooperation, the Chinese Taipei team is even higher than the Chinese national team, but the height gap between the two teams is too great... In the entire team of the Chinese Taipei team, only Zeng Wending, Wu Daihao, Tian Lei, and Chen Ziwei are just 2 people.The team does not even have players over 4cm tall. The team's main point guard Li Xuelin is only 205cm tall, shooting guard Zhang Zhifeng is only 175cm tall, and small forward Lin Zhijie is only 183cm tall.

而与之形成鲜明对比的是，中华国队只有刘炜（190cm）、胡雪峰（185cm）以及王仕鹏（196cm）3人身高不到2米，但身高超过210cm的就有易建联、王治郅和苏伟3人。还好226cm的姚明没参加本届比赛，不然，双方的身高差距还要大。

Basketball is a sport that requires physical talent.Although height is not the main factor that determines the outcome of the game, as compatriots, the same race, the height advantage is particularly important.The Chinese Taipei team cannot make up for the huge gap in height in terms of technology and tactics, so that the strength of the two teams is no longer at the same level.

The biggest role of height is not in offense, but in defense.If there is no height under the basket, it is difficult to protect the frame; if there is no height outside, it is difficult to have a substantial impact on the opponent's shooting.

Ying Xiong and Sun Yue are taller than the center of the Chinese Taipei team. It is difficult for you to think that the overall height of the Chinese Taipei team can limit the Chinese team with 3 active NBA players and 1 former NBA player.

This game attracted a large number of players to watch the game, and many Chinese Taipei players also came from Baodao to cheer for the team.This game is essentially an "internal game", so the smell of gunpowder among the fans is not as strong as the previous games, and the mentality of the fans is also much more relaxed.

At 8:14 p.m. on August 7th, the game officially kicked off at the Tianjin Gymnasium.The starting lineup of the Chinese team is the same as the previous game, still led by the twin towers.The overall height of this lineup is very tall. The shortest player on the field is Liu Wei (190cm), and the rest of the players are all over 2 meters tall.

The starting lineup of the Chinese Taipei team is: center - Wu Daihao, power forward - Zeng Wending, small forward - Lin Zhijie, shooting guard - Zhang Zhifeng, point guard - Li Xuelin.

Before the game, players from both sides shook hands friendly.The players in every position of the Chinese national team are one size larger than those of the Chinese Taipei team.

After the start of the first quarter, the Chinese Taipei team turned away and relied on quick breakthroughs and decisive outside attacks to lead the Chinese men's basketball team by 7:4.

But the good times didn't last long. Soon, the former NBA player Wang Zhizhi of the Chinese national team began to show his power. He hit 2 consecutive three-pointers from the outside and helped the Chinese men's basketball team overtake the opponent by 12 points at 9:3.Since then, the Chinese Taipei team relied on Wu Daihao's outstanding performance to cling to the score.

Judging from the confrontation between the two teams in the first quarter, the performance of the two teams on the court is not as big as the gap in strength on paper.Although the Chinese Taipei team has an absolute disadvantage in height, both insiders can shoot from the outside. The breakthrough speed of several outsiders is very fast, and the cooperation is quite skillful.At least on the offensive end, they have played their own characteristics, making the most of small, fast, smart, and accurate.

But even so, the Chinese team still leads by 3 points...

Ying Xiong replaced Sun Yue with 5 minutes and 03 seconds left in the first quarter.When he was standing on the sidelines preparing to play, he won enthusiastic cheers from the fans. Not only the fans of the Chinese national team, but also the fans of the Chinese Taipei team liked him very much and gave him the same cheers.

After Ying Xiong came on the court, the first defensive round was a little slow when defending the pick-and-roll because he hadn't started yet, and got a blocking foul.

The Chinese Taipei team continued to attack.Zeng Wending's high-level support, Zhang Zhifeng on the outside of the ball, the latter faced the defense of the corresponding hero, and the 3-pointer shot was wrong-missed.

Wang Zhizhi accepted the rebound and handed it to Liu Wei to advance.

Liu Wei dribbled the ball across half court and handed it to Ying Xiong at the top of the arc.

Ying Xiong and Wang Zhizhi pick and roll and pass the ball to Wang Zhizhi who is running down.

Wang Zhizhi played against Zeng Wending in the inside singles, taking advantage of his height to hit a basket over the opponent's head!

Here, Lin Zhijie suddenly caused Yi Jianlian's help defense foul!
Due to the number of fouls, Lin Zhijie went to the free throw line.

Staff adjustments were made on the sidelines.For the Chinese team: Wang Shipeng replaced Zhu Fangyu, Li Xiaoxu replaced Yi Jianlian, and Hu Xuefeng replaced Liu Wei.For the Chinese Taipei team: Tian Lei replaced Wu Daihao, Su Yijie replaced Li Xuelin, and Yang Jingmin replaced Zhang Zhifeng.

Lin Zhijie made two free throws!
Hu Xuefeng dribbled the ball and gave it to Wang Shipeng.

It was Yang Jingmin, the new Chinese Taipei team, who defended Yingxiong.

Wang Shipeng was defended by Su Yijie and had no chance, so he gave it to Ying Xiong at the top of the arc.

Facing Yang Jingmin's defense, Ying Xiong dribbled the ball to the left 45 degrees, then dropped the ball to Wang Zhizhi inside, and then opened up space.

Facing Zeng Wending who was defending him, Wang Zhizhi raised his head high and continued to hit!
Zeng Wending has tried very hard to defend, but the height difference between the two is more than 10cm. Although they are both insiders, they are almost like a dislocation.

Zeng Wending has long braids and looks very tough, but he is actually a floor player. He is known for his delicate skills, can support and shoot, and is an auxiliary striker.On the defensive end, it is really difficult for him to defend against Wang Zhizhi, who is so much higher than himself and has unpredictable footsteps.

Here, Su Yijie made a pass error and went out of bounds, and there was a substitution adjustment on the sidelines. Yi Jianlian came on to replace Wang Zhizhi.When Wang Zhizhi was substituted, there was warm applause at the scene.

Hu Xuefeng dribbled over and observed his teammates' offensive moves at the top of the arc.At the waist at 45 degrees to the left, Ying Xiong is turning his back to ask for the ball.

Hu Xuefeng knew Ying Xiong's purpose and skillfully lobbed him.

Ying Xiong catches the ball with his back and Yang Jingmin defends.

Ying Xiong sat in with the ball, and Yang Jingmin's strength was very good, pressing against his waist to prevent him from moving towards the basket.

Seeing this, Ying Xiong dribbled the ball with his left hand, leaned back, and with his right foot as the axis, turned around to the baseline and then took off—leaned back—shot...

Yang Jingmin thought he was going to smash in, but he didn't expect to bounce out. When he responded and jumped again, it was already a step too late.In fact, even if they take off together, bouncing with his height and wingspan will not affect the other party.It is nothing more than that under such circumstances, the opponent will not cast so comfortably and freely.

——The ball crashes into the net!

Every time Yingxiong scores a goal, there will always be thunderous cheers at the scene.His back-up jumper after this group of post-up singles made the fans very happy.

Those who are familiar with Ying Xiong know that when he encounters a misalignment, he can sometimes choose to hit his opponent with his back.Although Yang Jingmin is considered a player with good athletic ability and size in the team, he was still misplaced when facing the opponent.

——This is talent, something that ordinary players only dream of!

(End of this chapter)