757. The curtain call of the former Yugoslavia

After defeating O'Neal in the Eastern Conference Finals, Yao Ming's confidence soared and he showed his domineering attitude whenever he disagreed.

Liu Xiu still didn't look up and responded: "I think so too."

This made Yao Ming couldn't help but grin. The referee who was passing by looked up and almost gave him a technical foul...

At 7:58 pm, the referee informed the two teams to start the game.

"The Archmage: State of the Game."

Copy object:

Teammate: Li Nan, characteristic transformation talent: Xiao Li Flying Knife...

Opponent: Darko Milicic, matching degree 15%...Feature transformation talent: Bored Gourd, bonus effect: If the host does not speak throughout the game, he will play more and more focused."

The matching degree is really low, and Liu Xiu is really unable to complain about the talent he copied.

What is this?

But the opponent didn't have Peja, Radmanovic, Jaric... He could only choose to copy Milicic, but he didn't expect such a talent.

At this time, Yao Ming also came to the technical stage to apply magnesium powder and said to Liu Xiu: "The farmer left it to me!"

Liu Xiu responded: "Well..."

As soon as he made the sound, Liu Xiu's eyes widened. He received a reminder that the effect of 'Boring Calabash' had ended.

When I opened the system screen again, I saw that, sure enough, this talent turned gray!

Liu Xiu still had the same idea - what is this?

…

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game. Milicic narrowly beat Yi Jianlian to win the jump ball, and Serbia and Montenegro attacked first!

Chinese team starting lineup: Liu Xiu, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming.

Starting line-up for Serbia and Montenegro: Mark Marinovic (183 cm, 81 kg, 23 years old), Bojan Popovic (191 cm, 90 kg, 23 years old), Mirslav Lejcevic (208

cm, 99 kg, 25 years old), Costa Perovic (218 cm, 109 kg, 21 years old), Milicic.

Popovich ran back and circled to the top arc to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer, kicking off tonight's game. The person passing the ball was Perovich.

During the transition between offense and defense, Liu Xiu faced Popovich's defense from the top of the arc and chose to play singles. After rushing to the right side of the free throw line, he took the initiative to stop his steps and leaned on Popovich, knocking Popovich back a big distance.

Step, turn, take off, shoot... all in one go, hit the mid-range shot!

"Bojan Popovich... ability evaluation is 76, offense is 81, defense is 73..."

It’s Popovich who’s playing!

The last time Liu Xiu encountered an opponent whose defense was worse than this was when he played against the Japanese team.

When Liu Xiu was preparing for the battle, he decided to activate the power of the West Coast on the outside tonight...

The three starters on the opposite side who are at least 208 centimeters tall would be a bit silly to play in the paint. Although Yao Ming shouted that he was the first center, he did not go to the basket to ask for the ball foolishly.

When Serbia and Montenegro attacked, Liu Xiu, Wang Shipeng, and Zhu Fangyu began to press forward to defend. Yi Jianlian covered the mid-range. Yunus' defensive strategy was simple and his purpose was clear.

Not surprisingly, Serbia and Montenegro chose to cut into the attacking frame. Milicic received the ball and feinted a shot to knock back Yi Jianlian, then rushed into the basket and flew to dunk... "Pa"... Yao Ming sent Milicic a pass.

A note on Yao’s hotpot!

Perovich actively rushed to grab the defensive rebound in front of Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu was agile. As soon as Perovich caught the ball, he was slapped down by Liu Xiu.

Popovich also rushed in to grab the ball. Liu Xiu put his elbow sideways, stuck Popovich, protected the ball, and pushed forward steadily against Popovich.

With Liu Xiu's steady advancing speed, Popovich couldn't find any flaws, so he could only retreat quickly.

No wonder the opponents were all players under the age of 25... Liu Xiu complained without stopping.

In just two rounds, Svetislav Pesic, the first and last head coach of the Serbian and Montenegrin men's basketball team, shook his head and leaned back in his chair, feeling deeply powerless.

From the game to the situation he was in now, he couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

Assistant coach Milenko Topic noticed the coach's emotional problems and said: "Coach, we still have Darko, he can lead us to victory."

Pesic shook his head: "No, the dynasty is gone. We still have Darko, and only Darko is still struggling alone.

We need a world-class support inside man, a world-class pitcher, a world-class point guard, and the best center in the world... We once had everything, but now it is gone, there is nothing, and there is nothing anymore.

There was no great Yugoslav federation..."

…

The oldest players in Serbia and Montenegro who can average more than 5 minutes of playing time per game in this year's World Championship are 25 years old... In fact, because those veteran stars are unwilling to participate in the game, when Pesic selected players, there were only 25 players over the age of 25.

Two of them, only two were 25 years old, and 8 of them were young people under 25 years old.

They are not strong enough, but they have motivation. They feel from the bottom of their hearts that they carry the glory of winning the World Championships in 1998 and 2002. In order to protect this glory, they will try their best...even if the country they fight for is no longer there.

Already.

These are things you can't see in the stars of Serbia and Montenegro in 2004.

However, in the face of Liu Xiu's steady advancement and focused singles, the Serbian and Montenegrin team's aggressive efforts to seize the shrinking defense were useless, and they were forced to flank Liu Xiu in the high post.

If you flank a player in the high post, your defense will be at least half useless!

In addition to Liu Xiu on the outside, Yao Ming on the inside also made Serbia and Montenegro unable to deal with it.

Milicic's overall performance in the international arena is not inferior to that of Yao Ming, but Yao Ming conserves his energy on the offensive end, devotes himself to the defensive end, waits for good singles opportunities, and does not easily ask for the ball in singles... Milicic has no way to deal with such Yao Ming.

To deal with it, he really felt that it would be better to defend Yao Ming one-on-one in the low post.

Although the Serbian and Montenegrin teams worked hard, the Chinese team still took a 7-point lead 21-14 in the first quarter.

After gaining an advantage, the Chinese team played more and more steadily. They were not arrogant and irritable because of the lead. The focused Liu Xiu showed his steady leadership style.

The score was 22-19 in the second quarter, 26-22 in the third quarter, and 18-20 in the fourth quarter.

Relying on Liu Xiu's 29 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Yao Ming's 12 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, Zhu Fangyu's 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, Wang Zhizhi's 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists... the Chinese team won 87 to 75.

Defeat Serbia and Montenegro!

The final whistle sounded, and Liu Xiu received a game rating prompt.

"Competition score...the overall score is A-. Congratulations to the host for receiving a reward of 1,500 healing points."

The overall performance was good, although there were no highlights, but we won the game steadily and advanced to the top 8.

Yao Ming, one of the two super centers, went for a post-match interview. Liu Xiuben wanted to leave, but saw Milicic sitting alone in front of the technical stage...

Although Milicic scored 23 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks tonight, he only made 8 of 24 shots. Although Yao Ming only took 9 shots tonight and his score was not high, he defeated Milicic in his own way.

Milicic couldn't stop crying... After being eliminated from the playoffs, he joined the training team of Serbia and Montenegro to prepare for the World Championships. Who knew that after preparing for the war, the country was disbanded!

He rarely became hardened. Other NBA stars and seniors playing in Europe were unwilling to go into the muddy waters of the Yugoslav League. Everyone had become capitalists. He was not afraid of this and resolutely chose to continue leading the team to compete in the World Championships...

But it can only go so far, and I can no longer represent this country in games.

While he was crying, Milicic felt that the lights seemed to have dimmed, and when he looked up... he was so frightened that he jumped back, pushing back the technical platform behind him.

Cruel and cruel warden!

But at this time, the warden smiled and did not taunt, but said: "You are very strong. I remember you are Serbian. There are many powerful players in Serbia. I hope to see you in BJ in two years."

you……"
Chapter completed!