At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team was only two points behind at 61:63.
Sun Yiping praised the Chinese men's basketball team's performance in this quarter from time to time: "Today our Chinese men's basketball team's performance so far is really outstanding. Although our score is still behind, the players played their own game.
In particular, several young players have allowed us to see the hope of Chinese basketball... Now Chinese fans should be as confused as me. We hope that such a Chinese team can win the game, but because of the schedule, we don’t hope to win. It’s really
Confused...Okay, let's take a look at the players' performance in the fourth quarter. No matter what the final result is, we are all proud of this Chinese men's basketball team."
Wang Zhizhi scored with an inside hook.
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Radmanovic made a sudden three-pointer from outside the three-point line.
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Li Nan responded with a three-pointer.
Starting from the fourth quarter, both sides had high shooting percentages and played efficient offenses. The coaches on both sides called four timeouts in a row but failed to contain the other side's scoring.
Wang Zhizhi received the ball lobbed to him by Li Nan on the inside, held his hands tightly between his chest, and pushed his butt against Drobnik behind him. Drobnik immediately put his elbow on Wang Zhizhi's waist, and his whole body was lowered.
Put all the focus on Wang Zhizhi.
After Wang Zhizhi pushed his butt twice, he suddenly turned outward and opened his hand to shoot. Drobnik was unprepared. When he regained his center of gravity, he saw Wang Zhizhi's shooting posture.
He quickly jumped up and prepared to block the shot.
Wang Zhizhi was waiting for him to jump up. He ducked under him and successfully picked up the basket. The referee blew the whistle and determined that Drobnik had a thug action. Wang Zhizhi successfully hit a three-pointer.
The Chinese fans went crazy. The game had been deadlocked for so long, and they were finally caught with only one point difference.
Since there are still three minutes left before the end of the game, and the Chinese team is only one point behind, not only the audience but also Harris is excited. He has never been as excited as this game in any game.
It was even more exciting than when the Chinese team won their first game against Spain.
Drobnik hit hard under the basket and hit the board, curbing China's scoring momentum.
Harris called a timeout and glanced at Battelle, who was sitting off the court. Battelle stood up on his own initiative: "Coach, I can play..."
Harris nodded, applied for a substitution, and then called Battle to his side to explain the tactics.
After Battelle came on the field, Serbia and Montenegro's interior offense obviously lacked firepower, and their defenders were not good at pick-and-rolls, which made it much easier for Battelle to defend.
The score remained deadlocked until the last thirty seconds. The Chinese team overtook the score at 83:82 and led by one point. Serbia and Montenegro had the ball.
The Chinese players' physical strength has been a problem before. They gritted their teeth and held on until the last minute after fighting for the whole game. All they have to do in this round is to defend, defend, defend!
After Fjanic took the ball past half-time, he made a cross with Radmanovic.
Battelle could see clearly under the basket and quickly shouted: "Zhu Fangyu, pay attention to your defender!"
It turned out that Zhu Fangyu was worried about Radmanovic's shooting, so when he was defending, he unconsciously moved his body a small step towards Radmanovic, hoping to help Li Nan defend.
At this moment, Fjanic suddenly accelerated, and Zhu Fangyu finally reacted and rushed over.
But the distance between him and Fjanic was already widened, and when he fell down, Fjanic just left him with a shooting posture.
From the exclamations of the Chinese fans and the cheers of the Serbian and Montenegrin fans, he knew that the goal must have been scored. There were only 14 seconds left in the game, but the Chinese team was overtaken by one point at the last minute.
"Hey..." Sun Yiping sighed: "Obviously before the game we all know that the result of the game is no longer important, but it still feels like a pity to see the players fighting hard for the whole game and losing in the end..."
The last pause.
"Call Battle!" Harris's strategy consisted of just a few words.
Battle was stunned, considering that he had not scored once in this game so far. When he saw Harris looking at him, he couldn't help but become determined.
At the same time, the opponent's tactics were: "Prevent Wang Zhizhi from death, watch the outside shooters!"
Players from both sides were getting ready to take the field. At this moment, Yao Ming stood up: "The bus..."
Battle turned around and saw Yao Ming coming over and gave him a big hug, "Believe in yourself and come on! I'm sorry for what happened before!"
Battle smiled and punched Yao Ming's chest with his fist, but the redness and swelling on his shoulder still hurt slightly.
Lu Yu and Harris stood together.
"Why did you think of handing the final attack to Battelle?" Lu Yu asked with a smile.
Harris looked at the court seriously with a serious expression, "You taught me to take things by surprise, didn't you?"
"..."
Liu Wei received the sideline ball from Li Nan and dribbled outside the three-point line, looking for a passing opportunity. The time on the timer ran out quickly. Wang Zhizhi pulled out at this time. The Serbian and Montenegrin players tensed up, and the inside line hurriedly
Followed out.
"Pass the ball!"
Harris yelled from the sidelines.
Liu Wei changed direction in front of his body and passed behind Wang Zhizhi. Just when all the Serbian and Montenegrin players thought it was a high pick-and-roll, the basketball in Liu Wei's hand went straight into Battelle's hands in the penalty area like a cannonball.
"The last attack... turned out to be Battle?" Sun Yiping exclaimed.
Battle roared, and the pain in his shoulder could not stop him from putting the ball into the basket. Drobnik behind him was obviously unprepared. All their attention was on other players, and no one expected that the final attack would happen.
It's Battle, the human shield.
Drobnik was squeezed by the force of Battle's back and staggered back two steps. Battle slammed the basketball into the basket with one hand.
Boom!
This heavy dunk made the Serbian and Montenegrin players frightened.
"Is this true?" Many viewers were mumbling to themselves.
If anyone in the audience in front of the TV is awake now, they will definitely find that they have not heard Sun Yiping's voice for a long time.
No one expected that Battelle, who did not score in the game, would give his opponent a fatal blow at the last second.
All the Chinese players rushed into the field and lifted Battle up. This is an honor that belongs to the veteran!
Only Harris stood on the sidelines with a relieved smile on his face, but in fact he knew that this victory might be the first step in his dismissal.
Sun Yiping couldn't restrain his excitement and shouted in his unique sharp voice: "Win! The Chinese team won! The Chinese men's basketball team historically entered the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's basketball competition by ranking first in the group..."
The Chinese fans on the court spontaneously sang the national anthem together, and the Chinese players stood in a row to celebrate this historical moment with the fans.
CCTV reporter Yu Jia finally interviewed Lu Yu.
Yu Jia: "First of all, congratulations to the Chinese men's basketball team for entering the quarterfinals. Can you tell me how you feel now?"
Lu Yu suppressed his excitement and said: "Thank you, but I think this victory should belong to all our men's basketball players and all Chinese fans who love basketball!"
"Who do you think was the biggest contributor to winning this game?"
Lu Yu looked at Battelle, who was surrounded by teammates: "Judging from the performance on the court, it must be Battelle!"
"Are there factors off the court?"
Factors off the court?
Lu Yu's heart moved, and he began to search for the white-haired man in the stadium, but he searched the whole place but couldn't find the person he was looking for.
No one noticed that while the audience was cheering for victory, Harris walked back to the locker room alone.
Few people noticed Harris' departure. All eyes and cameras were focused on the players who were cheering on the court because they created the reversal, but the main creator of the victory was killed at that moment.
Forgot.
Players will become heroes when they win, but the coach will always be the unknown one.
But when you lose, it's usually the coach who takes the blame.
The staff of the organizing committee informed everyone to leave the stadium quickly because there were still games to be played. If China defeated Serbia and Montenegro, the happiest team was the Italian team.
This is equivalent to pulling them back from the brink of death.
The next game was their match against Argentina. After four quarters of fierce fighting, as Ginobili broke through and missed the basket, the Italian team won the game 76:75.
In this way, all the four qualifying teams in Group A are released, ranked according to the group record: China, Spain, Argentina and Italy.
Serbia and Montenegro were unfortunately eliminated, and Lu Yu even felt that Radmanovic's eyes were full of sadness when he looked at him.
For some reason, a joke suddenly came to his mind.
The table tennis coach said to Zhang Yining: "Let her have two balls."
Zhang Yining: "I gave in, but I didn't know she couldn't catch it..."
After the match between Italy and Argentina, it was the last game of Group B.
Greece vs Puerto Rico.
The result of this game determines whether the Chinese team will face the Greek team or the American team in the quarter-finals!
If the Greek team wins, then because Puerto Rico has defeated the United States before, Puerto Rico will be ranked third and the United States is fourth. China's opponent in the next round will be the United States men's basketball team.
If Greece loses...
No need to think about it, Lu Yu knew that Greece would definitely win.
The leaders of the Chinese delegation have always disagreed with the victory of Serbian and Montenegro in this game because the probability of meeting the American team is too high.
In the end, Greece defeated Puerto Rico with a score of 78:58. The Greek team fought hard to win this game. They did not want to meet the Chinese team.
In the end, the rankings of the qualifying teams in Group B are: Lithuania, Greece, Puerto Rico and the United States.
According to the schedule, the first team in Group A will play the fourth team in Group B, and the teams facing each other in the four quarter-finals will also be announced accordingly.
China vs United States
Lithuania vs Italy
Spain vs Puerto Rico
Greece vs Argentina
No matter how trashy Dream Team 6 is, they are still a dream team...
The Chinese men's basketball team may still have the ability to compete against a team with strong overall strength like Europe, but what they are most afraid of is running into a team with strong individual strength like the American men's basketball team, because the individual abilities of the Chinese team players are really limited.
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Lu Yu gritted his teeth and didn't care. We'll wait until he gets beaten!
When he returned to the Olympic Village, the sky was filled with stars, and the quiet air was in sharp contrast to the atmosphere on the field just now. Lu Yu took a deep breath. He felt that he was a contradictory person. Standing on the field, he liked the kind of passionate spirit.
He feels like Zhang, but he prefers to be quiet when resting.
Not far away, under a tree, Zhu Fangyu and Hu Mei had their first date. Lu Yu felt very much like the scene between him and Jessica in college...
Walking back to the room, Yi Jianlian was not there. He should have gone to celebrate with his teammates. On Lu Yu's bed was his red jersey. The red flag and the conspicuous No. 10 on it reminded him of the first time he put it on.
Mood.
Suddenly, Harris hurried past the door. Lu Yu took a look outside and saw that the direction Harris was going was the room of Yuan Weimin, the leader of the Olympic delegation.
Is it time to settle accounts?
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Harris walked into Yuan Weimin's office indifferently. Yuan Weimin was smoking a cigarette. He had a headache now. Logically speaking, the Chinese men's basketball team entering the quarterfinals should be something worth celebrating, and today they also defeated their opponents and won the game.
, shouldn’t you be more happy after winning the game?
But he was not happy at all.
This ball shouldn't be a winner!
"Coach Harris, you're here." Yuan Weimin said in English.
Harris nodded and glanced at the schedule on Yuan Weimin's desk: "Is it because of today's game?"
"Yes, our original plan was to lose this game. If we lose this game, we will have enough physical strength to face our opponents in the next round. Now the players are trying their best to win the game, but in the next round we
The opponent is the American team..." Yuan Weimin couldn't help but take a deep breath when he said this.
"I know," Harris said.
"You know why you still want the players to fight hard? I heard that you and coach Yunus had a quarrel. You insisted on winning this game?" Yuan Weimin asked.
"Yes." Harris nodded.
"Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?" Yuan Weimin felt like his head was getting bigger.
"as a result of……"
Harris groaned: "If you feel that the Chinese men's basketball team has lost the opportunity to achieve good results because of my decision, I am willing to resign as the men's basketball coach after the tournament. In fact, I was only planning to coach the team for one summer.
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These words sounded irresponsible, but Yuan Weimin knew that Harris was telling the truth.
Harris did not receive compensation from China. China only helped him pay for his round-trip air tickets. He even bought the video recorder with his own money, and he repeatedly rejected China's request for reimbursement.
"Can you tell me the reason for doing this?" Yuan Weimin knew that the matter had reached this point and could only accept it.
Harris thought for a while and said word by word: "For the future of Chinese basketball..."
His voice was not loud, but every word he said was very serious.
Yuan Weimin was stunned.
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On the other side, Lu Yu also received a call from Jessica at this time.
"Lu, there was an accident in the transaction. Anji contacted the Mavericks, but he and the Mavericks recruited another team to prepare for a three-party trade..."
