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The other two sets of duels were held in the evening. As expected, America defeated the Brazilian team. The Argentine team, led by the bald Manu Ginobili, remained sharp, defeating the Kangaroos 82-77 and joining the Dream Team.

In this way, the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics have been announced, namely China, Spain, America and Argentina.

The semi-finals will be held two days later on the afternoon of August 8th, so the players have two days to rest.

These two days are very precious for the coaching staff. They need to watch the opponent's game videos these days, gradually analyze the opponent's strategy, and formulate response methods. All things need to be completed in just two days. So coaching is not an easy job.

Time soon came to the day of the game, at the same location, the London Olympic Basketball Stadium.

A large number of Chinese and Spanish fans poured into the arena, turning the originally empty auditorium next to the venue into a black mass of heads.

Jiang Shan and Sun Jianguo were naturally among them. The tickets Li Kaiming left for them still had the best view. After finding their seats, Jiang Shan and the others soon discovered the concerned figure on the court below.

Although the two chat on the phone every day, they haven't seen each other for a month, so Jiang Shan was very excited when she saw Li Kaiming. After all, this was one of the few opportunities to see him.

What Jiang Shan didn't expect was that Li Kaiming on the court actually smiled and waved to her!

Seeing this scene, Jiang Shan instantly felt the tip of her nose was a little sore. She stood up on her tiptoes and waved to Li Kaiming below!

At this moment, her heart was warm and touching.

The start time of the game came soon. After several games, the Spanish team made a comeback. Both the head coach Scalcio and the players of the Spanish national team wanted to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team in this game. Wash away the shame of losing in the group stage!

For the Chinese men's basketball team, if they want to achieve their ultimate goal, the Spanish men's basketball team is the penultimate obstacle, so it must be solved!

The eyes of the players on both sides were blazing with flames of war, and a war was about to break out!

After all the equipment and personnel were ready, Li Kaiming stood in the center circle, facing Gasol, ready to jump the ball!

A beep!The referee threw the ball into the sky!

Li Kaiming was the first to explode with strength in his legs. Almost as soon as the referee threw the ball, it flew into the sky. Then, after the basketball reached its highest point, he used his long arm to secure the ball in the first attack!

Director Zhang Weiping, an old acquaintance in the broadcast area, quickly said the opening remarks, "Fans, what you are watching is the 2012 London Olympics men's basketball semi-finals, the live broadcast of the Chinese men's basketball team against the Spanish men's basketball team. I am the commentator. Member Zhang Weiping.”

"I am the commentator Yu Jia." Yu Jia next to him also introduced himself.

The Chinese team gave the ball to Liu Wei, who stuck out his butt to protect the ball and slowly dribbled across the half court. After reaching the semi-finals, Spain's defensive intensity was much higher than in the first game of the group stage. Liu Wei almost suppressed 16 The second line passed halftime.

The defensive position of the Spanish men's basketball team has not changed much. Li Kaiming still mentioned the position of the free throw line, but this time he stood at that position. Spain's two players on the line and the opposite Gasol were both Run over and double team.

In this situation, there was an opening on the outside. Liu Wei directly gave the ball to Sun Yue, who was at a 45-degree angle. The latter caught the ball and shot, but failed to make a shot in the face of Spain's outside defense.

The Spanish team's rebound protection is really thorough. Calderon dribbled the ball past half court. Gasol took advantage of Yi Jianlian's lack of attention and directly went around and got stuck. Calderon knowingly sent the lob ball in, which was a big plus. Sol didn't hesitate, he started the moment he caught the ball, ran over Yi Jianlian and rushed to the basket, causing the latter to foul for a layup.

Going to the free throw line, Gasol made two free throws and Spain led 2-0.

When the Chinese team served, Liu Wei was still defended until 16 seconds before halftime. This time Li Kaiming took the initiative to pick and roll. Both Spanish players chose to shrink and defend Li Kaiming and let Liu Wei shoot from the outside.

Liu Wei hesitated, but still took action. With a bang, Spain collected the rebound again.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Calderon used Gasol's cover from outside the three-point line to break through one step inside the three-point line. When he encountered the Chinese player's closed-door defense, Calderon took the ball to the outside and scored Fernandez. Catching the ball is a three-pointer, and he hits it with the knife in hand!

Spain leads 5-0!

The smiles on the faces of Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia in the broadcast area gradually disappeared, "Is there so much firepower in Spain?"

Deng Dehua on the sidelines was also a little anxious and made a gesture to the players on the court. This time, the two insiders of China, Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian, helped Liu Wei block the ball, allowing the latter to quickly dribble the ball to the frontcourt.

Scalcio's method is really good. The full-court press allowed the Chinese team to press for 16 seconds to pass the half, compressing the Chinese team's offensive time, and then setting up traps in the half-court defense to give some seemingly The open opportunity allowed other players from the Chinese team except Li Kaiming to take action.

This is also the reason why Spain can lead by 5 points from the beginning.

But this time Li Kaiming naturally had to stand up. He took the initiative to catch the ball from the outside, and then as a 210 big man, he held the ball from the outside and used defender Sun Yue's pick-and-roll to kill inside.

Spain is definitely highly vigilant about Li Kaiming's defense, so the two people guarding the pick-and-roll chose to shrink inside to defend Li Kaiming.

Everyone thought that Li Kaiming would pass the ball to Sun Yue on the outside. This was indeed a good opportunity.

But Li Kaiming didn't think so. It could be seen from the beginning that the Chinese players were under great psychological pressure in this game, so Sun Yue and Liu Wei would hesitate and not score.

Passing the ball to them in this situation will just put more pressure on their shoulders. If they fail to make the shot, it will have a huge impact on their mentality.

So Li Kaiming decided to play this ball himself. He hit his best first, recovered the points, and reduced the psychological burden on his teammates when they took action.

With two people rushing into the three-point line, Fernandez wanted to steal from the front. Li Kaiming took this opportunity to turn quickly with his left foot as the axis, and got out between Gasol and Fernandez. He took a long step and turned around in one step. Already reaching the basket, Gasol, who was guarding Yi Jianlian on the other side, had not yet reacted, because he did not expect that Li Kaiming could break out of the encirclement of Gasol and Fernandez.

After turning around, Li Kaiming succeeded with a one-arm dunk!

Deng Dehua and Zhang Weiping on the sidelines let out a sigh of relief!

fine!There is Li Kaiming!

After Li Kaiming stepped forward, the pressure on the Chinese players was reduced a lot. In the subsequent games, starting from Sun Yue, who was the most reliable outside shooter, the Chinese shooters also began to recover.

At the end of the first quarter, the battle between the two sides was 21 to 19, with the Spanish team leading by 2 points.

The second quarter was a rotation match. Deng Dehua originally wanted Li Kaiming to take a break, but Li Kaiming shook his head firmly, "Coach, I can't rest if I don't win this game tonight. The opponent is very strong, so I don't worry!" I have enough energy to play a whole game without any problem!”

Li Kaiming's worry is very reasonable. Spain's substitute lineup alone is enough for other teams to drink. If they just let the rotation lineup play, it is estimated that when he comes up again, the point difference will be in double digits. .

Sure enough, Spain's substitute point guard Navarro showed off his power after coming on the field. The Chinese team's substitute defender could not match it at all. Fortunately, the inside combination of Li Kaiming and Wang Zhizhi ensured the team's scoring and did not let Spain open the score.

At the end of the halftime, the two sides battled to 37 to 36, with the Spanish team leading by one point.

Spanish head coach Scaglioso was already crazy, "The opponent Li Kaiming didn't rest during the half, and his physical strength will definitely be exhausted in the second half. You have enough time to rest. When Li Kaiming is exhausted, that's when we open the score!" "

Scaglioso didn't expect that Li Kaiming would be so difficult to deal with. He had used all the strategies he could think of to defend Li Kaiming, but he still couldn't restrain the latter. In desperation, he could only rely on physical strength to defend him. Cheer up your own team members.

At this time, Ibaka, who was sitting in the corner, had some doubts in his mind. This guy could always play more than 45 minutes in the playoffs, and he was still very energetic after the game. Can he really compete with him in terms of physical strength...

But he didn't dare to say it. Not even Pau Gasol dared to challenge Scalcio's authority in the national team, let alone a young Calami who had just entered the national team for a year...

At the beginning of the third quarter, seeing Li Kaiming still on the court, Scaglioso had a sneer on his face!

But as time passed, the smile on his face gradually solidified...

Li Kaiming played from the beginning of the third quarter to the end, but Spain still did not widen the point difference...

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Kaiming appeared on the court as usual. Even Zhang Weiping in the broadcast area couldn't help it. "Is Deng Dehua planning to let Kaiming play the whole game?"

No one answered him, maybe silence was the answer.

Jiang Shan in the audience looked at the sweaty figure on the court and felt a wave of distress in her heart.

Others only care about whether the Chinese team wins, but what she cares about is whether Li Kaiming is tired.

Are you tired?Of course I’m tired!Li Kaiming wiped the sweat on his face with his jersey to prevent the sweat from blocking his vision. His legs were no longer as nimble as they were at the beginning.

After receiving the pass from the outside, he directly dropped the ball to break through, rushed one step inside the three-point line, and made a pull-up jumper!

Gasol tried his best to block it, but was still scored by Li Kaiming!

Scaglioso frowned and fell into silence on the sidelines. He looked at the figure on the court who had played almost the whole game, with endless questions in his heart.

Is he still human?Isn't he tired?

The game came to the last 5 minutes, and the two sides tied 53 to 55. The Chinese team led by 2 points, but the price of this 2-point lead was that Li Kaiming had not played a second from the beginning of the game until now, except for timeouts and inter-section breaks. stop!

But everyone discovered a strange thing, Li Kaiming actually laughed!

Seeing this smile, the Spanish players felt an unspeakable fear in their hearts!

The most terrifying thing is not the very powerful opponent, but the opponent that eats you up bit by bit, and you don't know where the end is. This is the fear of the unknown, which is rooted in human genes.