basketball hero

Chapter 303 Playing the First Half

The Chinese team's performance in the first quarter surprised the American team. In their view, the Chinese team without Yao Ming is no match for them.But they were not too worried, because this was only the first quarter of the game, and the 5-point difference was nothing to them.

Ying Xiong did not rest, and led the rotation lineup to play at the beginning of the second quarter.At this time, the lineup of the Chinese team is: Yi Jianlian, Ding Jinhui, Zhou Peng, Wang Shipeng, Ying Xiong; the lineup of the US team is: Kevin Love, Rudy Gay, Eric Gordon, Stephen Ku , Russell Westbrook.

中华国队第2阵容的平均身高非常恐怖，除了王仕鹏（196cm）之外，其余4人的身高均在203cm以上。而球队的平均身高也超过了2m；反观美国队，除了凯文乐福（206cm）已经鲁迪盖伊（203cm），其余3人身高均在190cm上下。

Westbrook dribbled the ball and gave it to Curry.

Curry responded to Xiong's defense, using his skillful dribbling to try to get rid of the opponent.

Ying Xiong played the entire first quarter, but his physical fitness did not show the slightest decline. He actively slid on the defensive end, taking advantage of his height and wingspan to interfere and limit the opponent.

Curry gave it to Gordon, and the latter shot a 3-pointer against Zhou Peng-missed, and the rebound was accepted by Ding Jinhui and handed over to Ying Xiong to advance.

Facing Westbrook's close defense, Ying Xiong dribbled the ball across the half court unhurriedly.

Westbrook is not convinced. He doesn't think that a Chinese player of Ying Xiong's height can have the ball-handling skills of a small guard. He knows that Ying Xiong is currently playing in the NBA, but he has never seen the opponent play a point guard in a game. guard.

Westbrook didn't break the ball in Yingxiong's hand. He got a little angry and harassed him even more relentlessly. As a result, he was called a foul by the referee.

Westbrook argued with the referee excitedly, but the referee ignored his appeal and still maintained the original verdict.

The game continued.Ying Xiong holds the ball in the frontcourt, facing Westbrook, who has restrained a little, and Yi Jianlian in a high pick-and-roll.

It was Kevin Love who defended Yi Jianlian. He defended the pick-and-roll and directly chose to switch.

In this way, Westbrook's small defense is on the inside, and Love's defense is on the outside.

Facing the somewhat fat Kevin Love, Ying Xiong didn't hand over to Yi Jianlian, who was in the lower position, to make a big break. Instead, he took his right hand and broke through in an instant.

As a heavy white insider, Love is a player with comprehensive offense, inside and outside, and first-class rebounding.But defense has always been his weakness. Whether it's foot movement or frame protection, they are the last ones in the same position.He saw Ying Xiong forcefully rushing towards him, and his heart shuddered, he moved his steps subconsciously, and moved to the left while backing away, trying to stop him.

Halfway through Ying Xiong's dash, he suddenly stopped suddenly, and then accelerated and changed direction to break through to the left.In this way, Love's defense has no effect on him.

Ying Xiong passed Love and went inside.Because of Yi Jianlian's presence, Gay dared not let him go to help defend.In this way, the burden of assisting defense falls to Westbrook and Curry.

Westbrook has excellent physical fitness and jumping ability, but facing the opponent, his frame protection is still far from enough.

I saw Ying Xiong collect the ball and start, facing Westbrook and Curry, he flew towards the basket.Curry thought he could not stop the opponent by himself, so he gave up, worrying about being beaten 2+1; Westbrook didn't believe in evil, and jumped high to stop Yingxiong.

Ying Xiong's right hand was originally going to dunk, but seeing the opponent jump up to block, he handed the ball to his left hand in the air. When the opponent hit his wrist, he hit the board steadily with his left hand-hit!
"Beep beep—" the referee's whistle sounded, 2+1!

Enthusiastic cheers rang out at the scene. Just now Ying Xiong scored a 2+1 attack at the basket.

The old coach K stood on the sidelines, acting a little serious.Of course he knew what it meant to reduce the height of the court, but he didn't expect that the opponent would execute the pre-match plan brilliantly from beginning to end, that is, to keep hitting his own basket, or scoring or killing.

Ying Xiong made an extra penalty! At 27:19, the Chinese team led by 8 points!
Here Westbrook accelerated, and after passing Wang Shipeng, he went straight to the inside to kill.

Ying Xiong flew out of the sky, smashing his opponent's layup into the air!
This block boosted morale very much, and the players on and off the field of the Chinese team jumped up excitedly.

Westbrook continued to rush, and was intercepted by Zhou Peng when he was assigned to Eric Gordon on the outside.

Zhou Peng assigned Ying Xiong to advance slowly.

Facing Westbrook's fire-breathing eyes, Ying Xiong calmly dribbled the ball to himself without looking into the other's eyes.

Ying Xiong held the ball to a high position and continued to pick and roll with Yi Jianlian.At this time, Love and Westbrook double-teamed him.

Ying Xiong made a jump pass to Yi Jianlian, who got the ball and evaded Gay, dunking with both hands at the basket!
At 29:19, the Chinese team widened the point difference to double digits!This is the biggest difference between the two teams in this game so far!

The old coach K finally couldn't sit still, he asked for a timeout!His face has fully demonstrated that he is very disappointed with the team's performance.

Unlike the aggrieved situation of the US team, the Chinese team seemed very excited.They have reasons to be excited. It is not easy to be able to compete with the American Dream Team, even if they are only temporarily ahead.

Back from the timeout, Durant, Odom and Billups came back again, replacing Gay, Love and Westbrook.

The Chinese national team also made personnel adjustments. Yi Jianlian went down for a rest and was replaced by Wang Zhizhi.

The game continues.

In the next game, because the physical fitness of the Chinese team was not as strong as it was in the first game, the offensive rebounds and the defensive strength of the inside and outside lines have declined compared to before.The US team's offense has also improved, and the point difference has narrowed.

As a result, at the end of the half-time game, the Chinese team still maintained the lead, leading the US team by 48 points at 44:4.Ying Xiong played the entire first half, scoring 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He made no mistakes and was the biggest contributor to the team's lead over the opponent.

The Chinese team was able to maintain the lead at halftime, which made the fans extremely excited.You must know that the Dream Team has not fallen behind at halftime in the games before this World Championships.

However, not many people still think that the Chinese team can maintain the lead until the end. You must know that the third quarter of the US team is very terrifying.Not many teams can resist that kind of flow.

Moreover, the core players of the Chinese team played a lot of playing time, especially Ying Xiong, who played a full first half. In such a high-intensity game, how long his physical fitness can last determines how long the Chinese team can resist in this game. How long is the US team.

(End of this chapter)