The Chinese team attacked and Zhang Zhiyuan tried to play without the ball.
It is more difficult to find opportunities to take action while holding the ball, and it is easier to get rid of defenders when running without the ball.
Liu Wei took over the burden of controlling the ball and barely passed halftime with the ball.
However, he couldn't find a chance to pass it to Zhang Zhiyuan, so he could only pass the ball to Yao Ming, who didn't grab the position.
Yao Ming was still far away from the basket when he caught the ball. There was Howard in front of him and Anthony under the basket. It was not a good choice to shoot under the basket.
In fact, Yao Ming didn't have much to do in this situation. After all, the person guarding him was not an ordinary player, but the league's top insider.
Yao Ming can only throw the ball to the basket with a hook.
The distance is a bit far, so accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
The ball didn't go in, Anthony took off the rebound, and Yi Jianlian didn't even try to grab it.
It's not that he didn't play hard enough, it was a matter of personal ability. He really couldn't get close to the basket.
Anthony stood in front of him, and Yi Jianlian couldn't push it with both hands. If he couldn't get close to the basket, he could only hope that the basketball would bounce to the outside. If it didn't, he could only give up and return to defense as soon as possible.
The U.S. team attacked, and James once again took the ball and rushed to the basket.
Yao Ming stepped forward to block him and was knocked to the ground.
At the same time, James could still stabilize his body, throw the ball to the basket, and score 21.
The Chinese audience who watched James play for the first time were shocked. Is this a human being?
Yao Ming's size is already astonishing, and it is simply unbelievable that Yao Ming can shoot stably even if he is bumped into him.
James made the extra free throw.
6 to 7, the American team has already taken the lead.
When the Chinese team attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan ran without the ball and passed by Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian helped block Kobe.
Liu Wei's pass arrived, Zhang Zhiyuan took off, shot, and the ball went in.
The movements flow smoothly.
9 to 7.
During the transition between offense and defense, Kidd controlled the ball on the outside, but Liu Wei did not step forward to press for the ball. He stood closer to the inside, compressing the US team's breakthrough space.
However, this still cannot stop James' determination to hit the basket. He has become somewhat addicted.
An opportunity appeared while James was running and he shouted for the ball.
However, this shout also reminded Zhang Zhiyuan, and he directly abandoned Kobe.
If Kidd and Kobe were teammates, and if the U.S. team had a lot of training, Kidd would be able to adjust in time and pass the ball to Kobe.
But now, Kidd didn't analyze the situation too much. He simply complied with James' request and passed the ball.
James rushed to the basket again and took off.
This time Zhang Zhiyuan appeared from behind him, took off, and then put his hand on the basketball, giving James a solid big hat.
The two fought in the air, and then both fell to the ground.
"Good guy, this guy is so strong, can he knock that black man down?"
The spectators who don't understand football naturally don't know that Zhang Zhiyuan is taking advantage of the opponent when he blocks someone. They saw Zhang Zhiyuan knocking down the man who could knock down Yao Ming to the ground, and they were shocked.
"Zhang Zhiyuan's physical fitness should be the ceiling for yellow people."
Zhang Lili sighed with emotion.
On the court.
"You'll get tired of playing the same move four times in a row."
Zhang Zhiyuan complained.
James had nothing to say. He couldn't just say that he knew this trick. This was really not a respectable explanation.
The Chinese team attacked and the ball came into Yao Ming's hands. Liu Wei ran from the baseline to the basket and Yao Ming threw the ball behind his head.
This combination was used by Yao Ming in the NBA, and he played in the top ten games.
It's a pity that the cooperation was not good this time and Liu Wei failed to catch the ball steadily.
It seems like a low-level mistake, but players on the court will be nervous after all, and it is normal to make some mistakes.
The Chinese team lost the ball and the U.S. team counterattacked.
Kobe Bryant drove inside, took off, and Yao Ming made a big block.
The basketball was picked up by Liu Wei, and the Chinese team counterattacked quickly. Liu Wei and Zhang Zhiyuan rushed to the opponent's half, and James and Anthony chased after them.
Liu Wei handed the ball to Zhang Zhiyuan and rushed towards the opponent's basket.
Zhang Zhiyuan passed the ball to Liu Wei due to Anthony's interference. Liu Wei took three steps for a layup, but James caught up in time and sent a nail-biting block.
This goal is a pity, mainly because James is too fast and Liu Wei's shot is not decisive and quick enough.
His kind of rhythm may work in the CBA and he can score points.
However, he is now facing the NBA's top defensive players and playing at the CBA's pace is undoubtedly not going to work.
Zhang Zhiyuan did not remind him. This habit cannot be changed with just one sentence. He has not practiced it before, so it is useless to remind him now.
The two sides played very fiercely, the transition between offense and defense was very fast, and the players' physical strength was also very high.
The American team replaced three players at once, Paul, Reed, and Bosh.
Reed hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, which gave the Chinese team a headache.
Before they could huddle under the basket and defend, but now they can't.
Ask Reed to shoot, and this guy will definitely shoot endlessly.
Reed is an explosive scorer. Once he feels accurate when shooting, he can really kill his opponent.
The Chinese team also made a substitution, replacing Liu Wei with Sun Yue.
After all, Sun Yue is taller, has longer arms and is faster, so he is much better defensively than Liu Wei.
The Chinese team attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan broke through Reed with the ball, attracted a double team and then passed the ball to Yi Jianlian, who made a mid-range jumper.
11 to 10.
The U.S. team attacked, and Reed continued to shoot three-pointers. Zhang Zhiyuan rushed over to interfere, but the ball missed.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan broke through for a layup and threw the ball in the crowd.
Missed, Zhang Zhiyuan also fell to the ground.
This is troublesome. The Chinese team lacks someone who can quickly return to defense.
The biggest weapon of the Dream Team is quick counterattacks. Their overall speed is the fastest among all teams.
Reid and James rushed in front, and Paul controlled the ball and advanced quickly.
The only ones retreating from the Chinese team were Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian. They couldn't block the inside line.
James dunks.
The Chinese team attacked, Zhang Zhiyuan was double-teamed, and Sun Yue passed the ball.
Sun Yue organized, Paul suddenly stretched out his hand to steal, and succeeded. The American team made another quick counterattack and scored.
There's really no way around this, it's just a matter of the player's ability.
Paul averaged 2.5 steals per game in the NBA. Against someone who was significantly weaker, his steals were even bolder because he was not worried about failure. After failure, Sun Yue could not take advantage of others, even if he passed Paul.
Teammates can also fill in the gaps.
In short, Paul's fault tolerance rate is greatly increased on this stage, so he can reach out more frequently.
This is very troublesome for Sun Yue.
11 to 14, the Chinese team attacked.
Zhang Zhiyuan took a three-point shot against Reid and hit it.
In comparison, Reid's defense is still much worse than Kobe's.
14 to 14, tied.
"Beautiful, the response to this ball is really beautiful."
Sun Zhengping said excitedly.
"So far, we've played pretty well."
Zhang Lili said that perhaps in his view, being able to draw with the American team was a victory.
After two more rounds, the two sides battled to 18-16, with the Chinese team leading by two points. Then Zhang Zhiyuan and Yao Ming were replaced to rest, both of whom were very exhausted.
Yao Ming is because of his weight, and Zhang Zhiyuan is because he is too active on the court. He is present on both offense and defense, just like a firefighter. Wherever there is a need, he is there.
In the NBA, he can often relax on the defensive end and save energy.
Here, he has to be both father and mother.
The American team replaced Wade, and in the next three minutes, the court became Wade's personal show.
Continuous breakthroughs, hits, and hits made the Chinese team lose their temper.
After the first quarter, with Wade scoring six consecutive points, the U.S. team took the lead.
20 to 22, the US team led by 2 points.
This result is actually acceptable to Chinese fans, but not so much to American fans.
In their view, a 2-point advantage is not an advantage at all.
Evenly matched with the Chinese team, this is undoubtedly a failure.
After a short break, the second quarter begins.
The Chinese team is represented by Chen Jianghua, Wang Shipeng, Zhang Zhiyuan, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi.
The U.S. team is Deron Williams, Wade, Prince, Boozer, and Howard.
The Chinese team attacked first. Williams' defense was not as fierce as Paul's. Chen Jianghua successfully carried the ball past half court and then passed it to Zhang Zhiyuan.
Zhang Zhiyuan singled out Wade, relied on his strength to break through, got to the basket, avoided Howard, and scored with a dunk.
"It's really powerful."
Sun Zhengping sighed.
"Isn't it true? Can a person who averaged 37 points per game in the NBA Finals be bad? The last person to do this was O'Neal, and the last one was Michael Jordan."
Zhang Lili said.
Jordan dominated an era, and O'Neal also dominated for several years. They were both unsolvable at their peak.
When the U.S. team attacked, Wade sneaked towards the basket. Seeing that the basket was full of people, he took a few steps back.
Wang Shipeng didn't know Wade well enough and followed him out, and then he was fooled.
Wang Shipeng's two steps to the outside caused a gap in the defensive line. Naturally, ordinary people couldn't grasp this gap, but Wade could.
He suddenly broke through the gap to the basket and succeeded in a layup.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan overcame the offensive and scored a three-pointer.
The American team scored two points with an alley-oop from Howard.
The Chinese team counterattacked, Zhang Zhiyuan was double-teamed, and the ball went to Wang Shipeng.
Wang Shipeng seemed a little confused when facing Prince's defense, and the ball was intercepted.
The American team quickly counterattacked and scored two points again.
25 to 28, the Chinese team fell behind by 3 points.
The Chinese team attacked, but Zhang Zhiyuan missed a three-point shot. The U.S. team wanted to counterattack quickly, but Zhang Zhiyuan returned to defense in time to stop the U.S. team's fast break.
But after falling into position after the war, the U.S. team's advantage was not necessarily much smaller.
Deron leaned on his butt and arched all the way to the basket, scoring two points.
Chen Jianghua couldn't guard him, and his teammates couldn't help him. After all, they had a hard time dealing with their opponents.
Yao Ming is not here, Yi Jianlian is not in good condition, the entire team's offense relies on Zhang Zhiyuan, and the US team is very good at defense.
At this time, replacing Yao Ming is a solution.
However, Yunus did not do this. The Chinese team did not have the task of winning this game, so Yunus did not want Yao Ming to be too tired.
Not only Yao Ming, but also Zhang Zhiyuan's use of Yunus seemed a bit conservative.
After 7 minutes of the second quarter, Zhang Zhiyuan was replaced again.
When Zhang Zhiyuan came off the court, the Chinese team was still clinging to the score, only trailing by 2 points.
But with Zhang Zhiyuan's demise, the Chinese team began to collapse again.
It's not because the Chinese team is not good enough, but because the American team plays too seriously and treats this as a knockout round.
Maybe they felt that they won too little and lost face, or they simply wanted to kill Zhang Zhiyuan once.
All in all, they fought very hard.
The Chinese team is originally not as strong as the opponent, but the opponent is still trying their best, so how can they withstand it?
Soon, the Chinese team was beaten by an 11-4 spurt.
At halftime, 45 to 54, the US team led by 9 points.
This point difference is quite big. As a weak side, it is very difficult to reverse.
"After all, there is still some gap in strength. It's good to be able to fight like this."
Zhang Lili commented.
"Yes, judging from the current performance of the men's basketball team, apart from the difficulty of playing against the US team, there should be no problem against other teams."
Sun Zhengping seemed not to want to dampen the enthusiasm of the Chinese audience and boasted about Haikou.
Football-savvy fans don’t see it that way.
You must know that in international competitions, Greece, Spain, and Argentina have always been strong teams that can threaten the Dream Team.
No matter which team it is, it cannot be said that there are no problems when facing them.
The intermission ends and the second half begins.
Yunus still used Zhang Zhiyuan and Yao Ming with reservations. They only played 7 and 6 minutes in the third quarter respectively.
When they were there, the Chinese team could still take the lead.
When they are all resting, the Chinese team cannot attack and can only gamble on touch.
When the hand feels good, he can also hit the ball. For example, Zhu Fangyu hit two three-pointers, helping the team last for several more rounds.
And as this feeling passed, the team's scoring shortage became apparent.
On the offensive end, they couldn't open up the game and couldn't score points, and on the defensive end, the Chinese team couldn't guard it either.
Whether it was Wade's breakthrough or James' breakthrough, it gave the Chinese team a headache.
Thanks to Kobe and Anthony's poor condition today, they played a lot of iron, otherwise the Chinese team would be in even more trouble.
However, the American team had too many players to play with. Kobe and Anthony were replaced, and Bosh, Williams, and Wade scored one after another, which was very efficient.
In the third quarter, the Chinese team lost another 7 points. After three quarters, the Chinese team fell behind by 16 points.
However, it is still better than the original time and space.
In the last quarter, Zhang Zhiyuan and Yao Ming continued to play to defend their home court.
Although there is little hope of a comeback, the team cannot show an attitude of giving up.
They continued to fight, Yao Ming still fighting, and even almost injured, Yunus was so frightened that he quickly replaced Yao Ming.
With Yao Ming gone, the Chinese team relies on Zhang Zhiyuan alone to support him.
At this time, he more or less realized James' helplessness, scoring suddenly and suddenly, and after passing the ball, he still had to see whether his teammates made a shot or not.
Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Chen Jianghua, and Wang Shipeng all have good shooting abilities, but their shooting speed is too slow and they are always unable to shoot before the opponent's defense arrives, so their shooting percentage is not high.
In the end, the game ended at 85 to 105. The Chinese team lost by 20 points, 11 points less than in the original time and space.
