The Chinese team made substitution adjustments, and the U.S. team also made personnel adjustments, replacing Curry and Gay Yin on the court to strengthen the offense.

After substitutions and adjustments, the game continues.

Sun Yi dribbled the ball forward quickly, and when he came to the frontcourt, he saw Rudy Gayin defending him.

Gai Yin has good physical fitness, but this guy doesn't like confrontation.

Therefore, Sun Yi decided to take advantage of Gai Yin's weakness for a singles fight, and then made tactical gestures.

Other players of the Chinese team understood this and took their defensive players away from Sun Yi.

After everything was ready, Sun Yi started immediately, without any fancy breakthrough techniques, and just broke through like a tank.

Seeing this situation, Gai Yin chose to retreat and block Sun Yi's path forward.

As long as Sun Yi breaks into the inside, teammates will naturally step forward to help defend.

Sun Yi, who was dribbling and breaking through, obviously saw the defensive strategy of the American team. He suddenly stopped the car, then stepped back, opened the distance between him and Gai Yin, and shot a mid-range jumper.

Gai Yin, who was retreating, was caught off guard and had no time to pounce to interfere.

A swish sound!

Hollow into the net!

After Sun Yi came on the court, the Chinese team's offense made an immediate impact.

It was the U.S. team's turn to attack, Curry dribbled the ball forward, and just after halftime, he encountered Sun Yue's tight defense.

The primary school student felt helpless when he saw this situation, knowing that this was the defensive package prepared by his good brother Sun Yi.

Sun Yi knew his style of play very well, but he didn't know much about Sun Yi. The main reason was that this guy improved so fast that he couldn't see through it at all.

Curry swept away the distracting thoughts in his mind, dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, observed the position of his teammates, waved to the inside, and called for pick-and-roll cooperation.

Chandler quickly ran out to coordinate the pick-and-roll.

He generally didn't follow him out and still stayed in the penalty area. Ah Lian quickly ran out and was ready to change defense.

After the pick-and-roll was ready, Curry jumped around the screen and threw the basketball in his hand.

No matter what kind of competition they play, primary school students still have to be lazy when they should.

Before the game, Sun Yi specifically explained Curry's style of play to his teammates, so the Arab League, who was switching defense, did not retreat back, but rushed forward to interfere.

"when!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!

Sun Yi retreated from the basket to grab the rebound and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.

The American team retreated very quickly and contained the Chinese team's defensive counterattack.

Falling into a positional battle, Sun Yi waved to Sun Yue, asking him to step forward and block one.

Sun Yue understood immediately and quickly ran up to block Gai Yin's side.

Seeing this situation, Curry knew he was in big trouble.

Indeed, as a primary school student thought, after the Chinese team's pick-and-roll cooperation was completed, he was forced to switch to defend in front of Sun Yi.

"Stephen, don't be nervous, I'll be quick!"

After Sun Yi disturbed Curry's mentality, he quickly made a crossover, shook the primary school student's center of gravity, immediately picked it up, and threw the basketball in his hand gracefully.

When Curry saw this, he knew that he could not effectively interfere, but he still had to show off and couldn't look defensively. After all, thousands of fans were watching.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball hit the net and made a steady hit!

Seeing that the Chinese team was about to close the gap, the American team used their trump card.

Durant and Chandler played a pick-and-roll, mismatched and faced the changing defense of the Arab League.

He used his speed to take a sudden step to the mid-range area on the right, immediately stopped and faked a shot, swayed the Arab League who rushed to interfere, and hit the mid-range jumper.

Looking back, Sun Yi still caught Curry's misplaced singles.

Curry: Please be a human being!

Other players on the U.S. team did not step forward to help Curry defend, allowing Sun Yi to play singles as much as he wanted, consuming his physical energy.

Seeing this situation, Sun Yi showed no politeness and chose the most stable way to score. He pushed Curry with his back to the mid-range area on the left, turned over and hit a fadeaway jumper.

Immediately afterwards, in order to prove that he was not a liability, Curry hit a super long three-pointer to complete his self-salvation.

It was the Chinese team's turn to attack, and they still used pick-and-roll cooperation, allowing Sun Yi to mismatch Curry.

In this round, Gai Yin went around the screen to pursue the defense in advance and did not let the Chinese team's pick-and-roll tactics come out.

Seeing this situation, Sun Yi couldn't catch the soft persimmon, so he could only vent his anger on Gai Yin, and rushed up as fast as he could in an instant.

It was too late for Gai Yin to retreat, and he was forced to bear Sun Yi's collision.

The moment he was hit, he felt as if he had been hit by a heavy truck, and there was a slight pain in his chest.

Sun Yi didn't know how Gai Yin felt. After knocking this guy away, he didn't continue to break into the penalty area and suddenly stopped and took off to shoot.

At this moment, Durant quickly came to help defend, waving his long arms to interfere.

Bang!

The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!

After Sun Yi landed, he immediately rushed inside and prepared to grab the rebound.

In the penalty area, Chandler was struggling with the situation and did not notice Sun Yi who quickly rushed into the penalty area.

Just as the boxing champion reached out to grab the rebound, a guy wearing No. 9 jersey suddenly jumped out and grabbed the offensive rebound from above his head.

Chandler will definitely not give up. Even if he is a teammate next season, he will take the shot and immediately stick up and straighten his arms to interfere.

Seeing that Sun Yi's vision was blocked and unable to pass the ball out, he had no choice but to rely on Chandler to attack the frame strongly.

The boxing champion defended very well and seriously interfered with Sun Yi's attack.

The basketball bounced off the board and missed.

Sun Yi did not give up, jumped up with all his strength, and once again grabbed the offensive rebound.

After landing, Sun Yixue got smart and bumped Chandler with his shoulder, giving him a physical confrontation. He took advantage of the gap between the two and immediately hit the target with a board shot.

The audience burst into thunderous applause, and the fans cheered loudly to cheer for Sun Yi.

It was the U.S. team's turn to attack. Curry broke through and scored, assisting Durant to hit a three-pointer, stopping the bleeding for the U.S. team.

The Chinese team immediately retaliated. Sun Yi broke through with the ball and came to the penalty area. He was double-teamed and passed the ball away.

Zhu Fangyu, who was ambushing in the right corner, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.

In the following game, the core players of both sides showed their talents and used their own special offensive methods to help the team score.

Just like that, the half-time game ended, and the score on the big screen was 52 to 56. The Chinese team was 4 points behind entering the second half.

It only took Sun Yi two quarters to record a double-double of 30 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

If the second half still has the same explosive performance as the first half, Sun Yi is very likely to get a super triple-double.

The fans at the scene and in front of the TV no longer care about the outcome of this game, and are very curious about how Sun Yi will perform in the second half.

Not long after, the short 15-minute intermission ended and the second half of the game officially began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the American team took the lead.

In order to avoid long nights and long dreams, during the halftime break, Coach K asked the players to go all out in the third quarter to widen the point difference.

Therefore, the Mengjiu team played extremely fiercely and at the same time increased their defensive intensity.

Under the leadership of Sun Yi, the Chinese team withstood the strong firepower of the American team with great difficulty and did not allow the point difference to widen further.

Because the US team has increased its defensive intensity and specially formulated a defensive strategy against Sun Yi, Sun Yi cannot easily obtain various data.

Sun Yi didn't care about this and used his ability to attract defenses many times to pass wonderful passes to assist his teammates in scoring.

The other Chinese team players are also very good. They also really want to defeat the powerful dream team and seize the opportunity to shoot decisively.

In this way, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war in the third quarter, with no one taking advantage.

At the end of the third quarter, the American team led by 6 points entering the fourth quarter.

In this quarter of the game, Sun Yi was targeted by the opponent and his performance was average. He only scored 8 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

During the break, there was a slight fluctuation in the mentality of the players of the Dream Nine Team.

In the previous games, they did not encounter such tenacious resistance. They always led by a big score, and the fourth quarter was reduced to garbage time.

Now they are really worried that the Chinese team will take the lead in the fourth quarter and make everything they have done before be in vain.

Coach K saw the players' concerns from their expressions and immediately opened his mouth to enlighten them.

"The Chinese team is just a paper tiger now. They consumed a lot of energy in the first three quarters and cannot match our intensity in the fourth quarter.

So we don’t have to worry, we just have to do our part, and victory will ultimately belong to me!”

After hearing the head coach's analysis, the players of the American team suddenly became enlightened and nodded to express their understanding. The haze in their hearts was swept away. This is definitely bad news for the Chinese team.

Not long after, the inter-quarter break ended and the fourth quarter began.

The Chinese team attacked first. Sun Yi quickly dribbled the ball forward, came to the three-point line and shot a cold arrow, and hit a three-pointer, narrowing the point difference to only 3 points.

The U.S. team responded immediately. Billups broke through and scored, assisting Odom to hit a mid-range jumper.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Yi broke through to attract double-teams and distributed the ball.

Ah Lian, who cut inside, received the pass, stood up from the ground, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.

In the following rounds, both sides scored, and the point difference remained within 5 points.

As the game progressed, a turning point occurred.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team had a physical crisis. A Lian, Shou and others missed many shots, while Sun Yi was tightly guarded by the U.S. team, double-teamed, and had no chance to make an easy shot.

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On the other hand, the U.S. team has a deep rotation and the players are very physical.

Ross, Durant and others frequently attacked the basket to cause damage. Billups, Odom and others pulled out to the outside and fired cold arrows. In just two minutes, they launched a wave of 10-2 offensive climax, widening the point difference.

to double digits.

The Chinese team did not give up the game and tenaciously chased the score.

Roughly, Ah Lian and others knew that only Sun Yi could score at this stage, so they ran out to double cover to create opportunities for him.

Sun Yi relied on the help of his teammates to score despite the difficulty of the defense, without losing the suspense of the game.

The score difference was about to be caught up, but the game time was running out.

Under the control of Billups, the US team did not make any mistakes, which prevented the Chinese team from launching a defensive counterattack.

Faced with this situation, the Chinese team could only fight tooth and nail, make gambling steals, and adopt foul tactics.

But all these were useless. The Dream Nine team came prepared and knew that the Chinese team would do this.

In this way, the American team maintained its slim lead until the end of the game.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to the American team 95-101.

In terms of statistics, only three people on the Chinese team scored in double figures.

Sun Yi tried his best in this game. In the 35 minutes he played, he scored 50 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Arab League scored 16 points and 8 rebounds; Zhu Fangyu made 3 of 4 three-pointers and scored 13 points and 3 rebounds.

For the U.S. team, the best player is Durant.

In 32 minutes on the court, he scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.

Odom had 15 points and 6 rebounds; Billups had 11 points and 5 assists; Rose had 17 points and 2 assists.

Although they failed to defeat the American team, the Chinese team narrowed the point difference between the two teams to single digits for the first time, which has to be said to be a very big improvement.

This makes domestic fans very excited. They have seen the continuous growth and progress of the Chinese men's basketball team and believe that they can defeat the Dream Team in the near future.

Back on the court, the men's basketball players all showed regretful expressions. They were once very close to victory, but they gave up the victory due to a physical crisis.

On the bench of the Chinese team, head coach Deng Huade only felt a little regretful, and then became extremely excited.

This was his first time coaching the Chinese men's basketball team, and they achieved a good result as runner-up in the World Championships, which made him feel very unreal, like he was in a dream.

With the qualifications for this World Championship, Deng Huade felt that his position as the leader of the national team had been preserved, and he felt more and more that Sun Yi's thick thigh should be held tightly.

At the same time, Dayao watched the entire showdown in front of the TV.

Although Sun Yi and others failed to create a miracle and beat the Dream Team, he was also proud of the Chinese men's basketball team for achieving such excellent results.

Moreover, there was a thought that lingered in Dayao's mind.

If he participates in this world championship, will the final result change?!

The results may change, no one can say.

Thinking of this, Dayao is very much looking forward to teaming up with Sun Yi to kill everyone in the London Olympics and achieve the best record in team history.

Back on the field, the organizers began to set up the awards stage.

After players from the Chinese team and the US team shook hands and greeted each other, they returned to the locker room to take a shower and wash up, and then came to attend the award ceremony.

The third place was decided the day before. The Lithuanian team defeated the Serbian team without any blood and won the third place in this world championship.

After the stage was set up, the award ceremony officially began.

Under the introduction of the on-site host, players from the Lithuanian team, the Chinese team, and the American team stood on the podium in order.

Immediately afterwards, FIBA ​​senior officials presented medals to the players.

Sun Yi looked at the silver medal on his chest, feeling a little regretful, and secretly vowed to wear a gold medal next time.

Other Chinese team players do not have such a high level of awareness as Sun Yi. Winning the runner-up place in the World Championships is enough for them to brag about for a lifetime and bring smiles to their faces.

The domestic fans in front of the TV burst into tears when they saw this scene. This was a scene they had not dared to imagine before.

This is a small step for the Chinese men's basketball team and a giant step for the Chinese basketball team.

It is foreseeable that after the 2008 Olympic Games, there will be another wave of basketball craze.

After the award ceremony, this world championship is over.
Chapter completed!