Chapter 498 The King of Los Angeles
After the timeout, Gong Luming replaced Tang Shuai and Zhou Qi and rested. Yi Jianlian and Guo Ailun came up to continue leading the team's game.
The US team also changed players. After the score was opened again, coach K also had a much less psychological burden.
Mike Conley, Farid, Draymond Green, and DeRozan all replaced them.
Perhaps Tang Shuai's performance inspired his teammates. The players on the Chinese team played obviously fought a lot at this time. Their fighting spirit, coupled with the players who replaced the American team at this time, were not particularly good at attacking, and the score difference between the two sides has been maintained.
The game ended in the middle of the second quarter, and the US team led the Chinese team by 20 points 56-36.
Tang Shuai and Zhou Qi are back on the stage at this time.
Gong Luming obviously hoped to show morale at this time. He put Guo Ailun and Yi Jianlian on the court. In addition, Zhai Xiaochuan, who performed well in this game, should be the strongest lineup of the Chinese team.
On the US team, coach K seems to have not reacted much to the Chinese team's team's team's team's team's team changes. Apart from replacing Durant, the other positions are still rotating squads like Farid, Green, Conley and Love.
Coach K has put out this lineup, as if he wants to try to increase the speed, but the inside defense of this lineup is a weakness. Although Farid has excellent bounce, he lacks experience, and Love is even a defensive black hole.
In the Chinese team's offense, Tang Shuai rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, looked at Kang Li in front of him, and directly called Zhai Xiaochuan to come over to pick-and-roll.
As soon as Zhai Xiaochuan's pick-and-roll came up, Tang Shuai accelerated and rushed to the basket. Facing Green's old opponent's backup defense, he forced a breakthrough without saying a word.
Green is still very fond of Tang Shuai. You must know that in the semi-finals, he was often beaten by Tang Shuai. Unfortunately, he changed the venue and his speed could not be faster, and he was overwhelmed in a blink of an eye.
When Love and Farid saw that the momentum was wrong, they rushed out.
Tang Shuai directly chose to throw, which was not the way he was best at, but it was indeed the way he had the most chance to score.
His ball was thrown very high, and the abnormal jumping Farid was not enough.
"Bang!"
After all, the throwing was not Tang Shuai's strength. After the basketball fell, it hit the edge of the basket and bounced out.
However, before the ball flew out, Zhou Qi's long arm had already been waiting there. After grabbing it, he returned to the defense to Lefu and was a basket.
Among Zhou Qi's physical fitness, the most outstanding thing is his super abnormal arm span, which is the longest among the 16th rookies. Love is back to defend, and it is too late to block the block, so he can only watch Zhou Qi score a goal when he sets a basket.
After scoring, Zhou Qi turned around and slapped Tang Shuai.
Tang Shuai plays the inside advantage in this ball. As long as he attracts Farid, even if he can't make a shot, he will just grab the rebound at will with Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi's basket?
Team USA's offense, Durant singled Zhai Xiaochuan with the ball, and a turnover jump shot made a steadily.
The difference between the two sides is still 20 points.
"Kevin is too stable, and the scoring in international competitions is really too simple for him." Smith couldn't help but praise Durant at this moment.
In the Chinese team's offense, Tang Shuai did not attack by himself this time, but instead reached out to signal Zhou Qi to receive the ball from the outside. After pulling Farid out, only one Love left in the inside of the United States.
Zhou Qi gave the ball to Yi Jianlian, and Tang Shuai took advantage of the situation to cut it.
After Yi Jianlian hit Love twice on his back, he turned around and prepared to jump shot, but the moment he turned around, he saw Tang Shuai and then threw the ball over.
The quality of the pass is relatively poor. Yi Jianlian is a scoring inside line after all, but Tang Shuai cut the ball very beautifully. After adjusting the direction a little, he grabbed the ball. After receiving the ball, he jumped up without saying a word.
Farid was on the outside, and Love was carrying Yi Jianlian. Green was still behind him. He was already flat in front of him. He pulled the ball with one hand, followed by a powerful and heavy slamming buckle!
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Tang Shuai pressed the ball into the basket with one hand.
The fans at the scene were collectively climaxed, from outside organization to empty-cutting baskets, Tang Shuai played the ball almost perfectly, and the Chinese team was completely like a change of a team under his sorting!
Coach K was dragging his chin and thoughtfully, as if he was considering more about lineup issues than on the field scores.
In the attack of the US team, Durant also had to play Zhai Xiaochuan with his back, and this time the Chinese team directly chose to double-team.
Durant passed the ball to Love in advance, and Love turned around and made a basket.
But the moment he took action, he kept covering his big hand directly towards him.
"Bang!"
Zhou Qi gave Love a big reward.
Zhou Qi's blocking is one of his major characteristics. He has no effect on facing Irving's fast layup, but it is not too useful to face Love's three-step slow layup!
Love's move was blocked, and the basketball fell directly into Guo Ailun's hand. Guo Ailun held the ball and rushed forward, and Tang Shuai followed closely behind.
Conley's defense is still very good. After Guo Ailun broke through to the three-point line of the United States, he found that almost all routes were blocked.
He looked back and saw Tang Shuai's follow-up, and then passed the ball over.
Tang Shuai fell to the three-point line and paused, and Green, who was flying back with a fake shot, made a three-pointer.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, Shuai Tang hit the Chinese team's second three-pointer!
The score difference was narrowed to 15 points again!
Coach K seems to have no intention of changing the formation, but just asked Conley to give a reminder.
Conley organized the offense on the outside, and after several pick-and-rolls without the ball, Green received the ball and cut the basket directly to prepare for a layup.
The match of this goal was actually very good, and Green also got a chance to cut freely.
However, just when he was about to make a layup, Zhou Qi decisively let go of Farid, who was defending himself, rushed out from the side, and shook his hand and gave Green a big shot.
After blocking the shot, Zhou Qi seemed very excited. He pressed his hands and roared loudly at the audience.
This is his second consecutive block!
"Danny really found the treasure again!" Barkley couldn't help but exclaimed at this time. Zhou Qi showed his immediate combat power against the US team, which made people forget his physical confrontation that had been criticized. The key to the problem is that he played too smart.
The US team's offense once again failed. After Tang Shuai advanced to the frontcourt, he still asked Zhou Qi to pull Farid out, but this time he did not choose to play singles for Yi Jianlian, but directly chose to cut the basket at a blank.
Zhou Qi took a high lob, and after receiving the ball, he rushed to the defence of Love.
After being breached twice, Love retreated with obvious fear, which gave Tang Shuai a chance.
"Swish!"
Tang Shuai's move hit another shot!
58 to 45!
The Chinese team played a 9-2 attack wave, catching the score to 13 points in one fell swoop!
"Haha, Kenny, I'll just say that the game is always dramatic, with 3 points and 3 points." Barkley couldn't help but say excitedly.
"There are still 3 points. Didn't it be a 15-point difference before? Isn't it still beaten back?" Smith said as he looked at the bench of the US team unconsciously. Why didn't the old coach make personnel adjustments? No matter from which perspective, he should be replaced now.
Coach K still seems to have no intention of substitution.
In the offense of the United States, Durant chose to play without the ball this time. After receiving Conley's pass, he hit a steadily one and two points, helping the team stabilize the situation.
Shuai Tang still asked Zhou Qi to pull out the outside, but this time it was Love.
He was even happier after seeing this change, and he accelerated directly into it, squeezing Kangli out of it, making a layup with a jump.
Farid saw the opportunity and jumped up to prepare to block it.
However, just as he jumped, Tang Shuai suddenly passed the ball straight from behind, and the basketball passed by Farid and Conley, and then came to Yi Jianlian's hands.
Yi Jianlian got the ball for the first time, followed by a powerful slam dunk.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, Yi Jianlian's power was obviously much stronger than Zhou Qi's slam dunk. After he dunked, he pulled the basket suddenly, and the basket was shaken by him.
After the dunk, Yi Jianlian was quite excited, and his hands kept pounding his ****, which felt like he was dreaming of returning to his peak at the Nets.
As Barkley said, Tang Shuai's existence directly changed the Chinese team. This extremely realistic layup action attracted the defense of two American team members.
The US team's offense was left to Durant, and Durant chose to step back and jump shot this time.
Zhai Xiaochuan fought fiercely, successfully interfering with Durant.
"Bang!"
Durant's shot finally bounced out, which was his first shot that he missed in this game.
Yi Jianlian captured the rebound, and the Chinese team's inside double towers still have a great advantage in rebounding.
The Chinese team launched a fast attack, and Tang Shuai's feet were filled with wind and accelerated continuously to the US team's basket.
At this time, only Green followed. Seeing that it could no longer be organized, he hugged Tang Shuai in the middle of the waist.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar, and the scene in front of them instantly recalled the Western Conference semi-finals not long ago.
However, Green didn't seem to dare to play too fiercely. After all, it's not NBA in international competitions. If you go abroad, you might not be able to go back to the hotel to sleep at night!
Green hesitated and gave Tang Shuai a chance. Before being pulled down, he directly hooked up with a light Wei Ping Bryant.
The moment he took action, his entire center of gravity also lost.
The basketball flew out from Tang Shuai's fingertips and flew straight upwards. It hit the edge of the basket with a "bang" and then slid in!
"beep!"
The referee's whistle also rang.
2+1!
After landing, Tang Shuai jumped up excitedly, holding his hands high and waving up to the surrounding audience.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly rose. As Tang Shuai's gesture swinged, the cheers covered the waves, as if the entire ceiling would be overturned in the next second.
The American team players on the sidelines were a little dazed. Looking at the handsome Tang Shuai who looked like a Chinese, they seemed to realize that in addition to being a player of the Chinese national team, Tang Shuai also had another identity. He eliminated the Warriors alone and averaged 40+ per game.
The King of Los Angeles.
Chapter completed!