basketball hero

Chapter 249 The Savior Doesn't Save the World
At 21:00, the key battle of this Asian Championship will finally begin.The starting players from both sides are on the stage!For the Chinese team, due to Liu Wei’s waist injury before the game, Hu Xuefeng replaced him as the starting point guard, and the rest of the starting players were the same as the previous game; the Iranian team’s starting lineup consisted of Haddadi and Kamra Ni leads.

Yi Jianlian and Haddadi stood near the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball. The focus of this game is about to start.The atmosphere at the scene immediately became a little tense, and even the molecules in the air seemed to have stopped moving.

It was the first time for Li Jianwu to watch a game of this level live. Under such circumstances, he felt that his breathing was not smooth and his chest was tight.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.Relying on the advantage of the bullet speed, Yi Jianlian touched the ball first, allowing the Chinese team to get the first wave of offensive possession.

After the start of the game, Hu Xuefeng, who replaced Liu Wei in the starting game, relied on a sharp breakthrough to take the lead in scoring the first 2 points of the game for the Chinese men's basketball team.But then the Iranian team immediately played a wave of 7:2 attacks, leading the Chinese men's basketball team by 3 points.Subsequently, the offense of the two teams entered a period of stagnation, and neither could break through the other's defense.

The defensive intensity of this game is very high, and the intensity of physical confrontation is the highest so far in this Asian Championship.The players on both sides showed their full strength without reservation, hoping to win the game.

This kind of confrontation intensity consumes a lot of physical energy of the players.In order to limit Haddadi, the inside line composed of Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi is under great pressure.Especially Wang Zhizhi, as an old teammate, his physical fitness was not his advantage. In this kind of hand-to-hand combat situation, the huge consumption of physical energy also affected his offense.

The scores of both sides are very low, but relatively speaking, the Iranian team still has some advantages on the field.Their lineup with Haddadi on the inside, Bahrami on the front line and Kamrani on the back line made it difficult for the Chinese team, which is not physically dominant.

The venue was a little quiet, the home team was behind and the scene was at a disadvantage, which made the home team fans a little worried.In the current Asian Championships, this situation has not appeared again except for a short time in the first confrontation with the Lebanon team.They could see that the starting players of the Chinese national team did not release water. From their sweat and body language on the court, it could be seen that they really wanted to win the game.

However, the fans are far from desperate, because the game has just begun.And, most importantly, because we have Ying Xiong!

Ying Xiong is a player who can change the trend of the game. Most fans of the home team believe in this!

With 4 minutes and 29 seconds left in the first quarter, personnel adjustments were made on the sidelines. Ying Xiong replaced Sun Yue, and Du Feng replaced Wang Zhizhi.

Ying Xiong stood on the sidelines and was about to appear on stage. The stadium that was still silent just now quickly became noisy, like a volcano erupting, quickly and violently.For the fans, he is a key figure who can change the current passive situation and can become the savior of the team.

Ying Xiong's appearance made Iran's Haddadi and other players very excited. They knew that the real challenge of the game had finally come...

Before Ying Xiong came on the court, Haddadi faced the combination of Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi on both offensive and defensive ends of the inside line. Instead of falling into a disadvantage, he also had some advantages.The other players of the Iranian team made the Chinese team's outside line completely misfired, not to mention the missed shots, and there were a lot of mistakes and fouls.

At this time, the score on the field was 12:6, and the Iranian team temporarily led by 6 points.

Hu Xuefeng dribbled over and gave it to Ying Xiong.Yi Jianlian came up to pick and roll Ying Xiong, while Haddadi shrank in the penalty area to protect the basket.

After relying on the pick-and-roll, Ying Xiong used the change of rhythm to break through to the inside, and quickly passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu in the bottom corner after attracting double-teams.

Zhu Fangyu got an open chance and immediately chose to shoot.However, the Iranian team's rotation speed is also very fast, which still interferes with some of his shots.

Zhu Fangyu missed 3 points!Haddadi took the rebound with ease.

Kamrani pushed forward and was not in a hurry to fight back. Firstly, the opportunity was not good, and secondly, he had to wait for Haddadi to settle down.

Haddadi hit Yi Jianlian with his back, turned around and was flanked by Du Feng and immediately split the open teammate.

The open player scored easily under the basket!
At 14:6, the Iranian team played a signature positional attack.

Hu Xuefeng dribbled the ball, and Yi Jianlian picked and rolled, breaking the arc to Yingxiong.Ying Xiong once again broke through Du Feng who was 45 degrees on the right.As Haddadi shrank under the basket, Du Feng got a shot.

Du Feng made a 3-point shot - missed, and the rebound was accepted by Haddadi again.

Here Haddadi caused a foul by Yi Jianlian under the basket!Due to the number of fouls, the Iranian team will get a free throw opportunity.

Haddadi walked to the free throw line and made the first free throw!
Staff adjustments were made on the sidelines. Liu Wei replaced Hu Xuefeng, and Wang Shipeng replaced Zhu Fangyu.Liu Wei played with an injury, and the fans immediately cheered him enthusiastically.

With Haddadi's second free throw, the score is already 2:16, and the Chinese team has fallen behind by 6 points in the first quarter!This is the largest point difference that the Chinese team has fallen behind in this Asian Championship.

Guo Shiqiang, the head coach of the Chinese national team on the sidelines, looked solemn and worried, his brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to solve this situation.The reason why he replaced Du Feng instead of Li Xiaoxu was due to his own considerations.Today's Du Feng is not as athletic as the young Li Xiaoxu, but he has experience in competitions that Li Xiaoxu does not have.In addition, Du Feng's outside 3-pointer is much more stable than Li Xiaoxu's, which is very important for Haddadi, who is not out of the hole.

Guo Shiqiang is very clear that the team's biggest problem at present is not the defense, but the offense has not been opened.It is predictable that the inside offense is difficult to open, because Haddadi shrinks to the basket.But it is reasonable to say that the outside line is played more and less. This is the guy who eats for the Chinese men's basketball team, but he still hasn't opened it. This makes Haddadi more firmly guard the basket.

The opponent's Haddadi can't beat the Chinese team alone, but if his side can't score points, it is simply impossible to win the game.

After Ying Xiong came on the field, the Chinese team not only failed to narrow the point difference, but fell behind by double digits, which worried the fans in the stands.They originally expected Yingxiong to become the hero of the team, lead the team out of the predicament, and reverse the score.

Here, Yingxiong tried a 3-point shot from the outside line. Under the eager anticipation of the fans, it ended with a crisp iron strike...

The rebound was accepted by Bahrami and handed over to Kamrani to advance.

"Is inaccurate shooting contagious? Why can't even Yingxiong start making shots?" The home team fans said worriedly.

(End of this chapter)