Following the extra free throw, Wang Zelin scored 7 points and 2 blocks in less than two minutes of the game, allowing Tianchao team coach Gong Luming to experience Terry Stotts' mood for the first time.
With a player like Wang Zelin, sometimes the head coach just needs to brag and beat him up from the sidelines. If you are ambitious, you can just take a nap and wake up with another big victory anyway.
French coach Ricky Davis reacted quickly, ejected from the coach's chair and requested a timeout.
Numerous teams have long used tragic cases to prove that Wang Zelin is an extremely rare physical monster in the basketball world. His physical strength pool is bottomless, and once he gets high, he really has the ability to defeat a team by himself.
Strength.
But the problem is that Davis thinks he has targeted Wang Zelin very much, and he sent out three double-teams at the beginning and received super high treatment. Jordan and Kobe back then were no more than that, so what else should he do?
Davis: What do you want from me? What do you want?!
Is it possible for the French team to have five players on the field guarding Wang Zelin all the time?
That's too...
After returning from the timeout, fans quickly discovered a strange scene.
As long as the Chinese team has the ball, starting from the backcourt, there will be at least two French players following Wang Zelin.
After passing the center circle, three French players will immediately rush up; and when he gets close to the three-point line, the French team actually sends four double-teams...
This, this, this can no longer be called crazy, but really shameless!
However, it also revealed the helplessness of French coach Ricky Davis. He really had no choice, because the French team really couldn't deal with Wang Zelin, so he was so desperate on the court.
Of course, in order to maintain some dignity, he only arranged for four people to be double-teamed, definitely not five!
Then, Wang Zelin is neither a fool nor a fool, nor is he an anonymous Los Angeles No. 24. Since his opponent thinks so highly of him, then he... just gives up decisively.
Who scores points?
As long as the team can win, he never pays attention to his own personal scoring.
Because watching the assist data continue to rise, and another big triple-double is about to be obtained, I feel so happy.
For nearly five minutes, Wang Zelin failed to score again, but the cheers of the Tianchao fans in the entire arena never stopped.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
The French team was disappointed. The outside shooters of the Chinese team were very strong tonight, and the Chinese fans on the sidelines heard the sound of rain.
What rain?
It must be three-point rain!
After the first quarter, the Tianchao team's outside shooters combined to score 7 three-pointers, which not only set a new record for the number of three-pointers made by the team in the first quarter of a single game in this year's Olympic Games, but also set a record for the most three-pointers made by the team in the first quarter in the history of the men's basketball Olympics.
Record of field goals made.
Wang Zelin scored 9 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal in a single quarter.
The French team said: Don't even think about scoring, just be a tool with peace of mind.
But even if he is a tool man, Wang Zelin is also a super tool man.
At 43:18, under his leadership, the Chinese team led the French team by 25 points in a single quarter, which can be said to have killed all the suspense of this game in advance.
In the second quarter, the French team stopped being stubborn and began to focus on outside defense, but in this way, don't let Wang Zelin get a chance to breathe.
In just two and a half minutes, he scored 6 points, and his explosive scoring ability scared the French men's basketball team.
"Oh...why do you insist on teasing them?"
During the halftime break, Yi Jianlian said with emotion.
"Yes, boss, you should just be a human being, the other side is almost ruined by you." Guo Ailun ran over with a smirk on his face.
Due to his outstanding scoring ability, the French team was also afraid of repeating the 65 points in a single game before. Wang Zelin only enjoyed two and a half minutes in the second quarter, and then became a tool on the court.
On the offensive end, you must not only organize the offense, but also be responsible for containing the French team's defense; on the defensive end, you must not only defend from the inside to the outside, but also switch from one to five, being both a father and a mother.
But seeing that the team's lead had reached 38 points, Wang Zelin could only choose to be sad and happy. Besides, his halftime statistics were not bad either.
Ahem, this statistic is not bad, a triple-double at halftime is unbelievable!
Entering the second half, less than two minutes into the game, Wang Zelin obeyed and so did Gong Luming when they noticed the wolf-like eyes of the opponent.
"My lord, the world is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relations."
"Yes, yes, our country is all about peace, so we must be merciful and merciful."
"..."
Under the lens of the media, and after successive persuasion from three coaches, Gong Luming, Du Feng, and Li Nan, Wang Zelin "reluctantly" returned to the bench.
call!
Seeing that the Chinese team was finally dismissed on the 20th, the French team also breathed a sigh of relief.
As national players in a national team, they also want to save face. If they are not really unable to beat him, who would be willing to lose face and adopt a strategy of double-teaming Wang Zelin.
Less than a minute after Wang Zelin came off the field, French coach Davis was also very sensible. He understood that the French team was destined to stop at the semi-finals this year, and his mentality was completely relaxed. With a wave of his hand, he replaced all the main players.
The next quarter and a half of the game was basically garbage time, but the Chinese fans still enjoyed it. Whenever a Chinese player on the field scored a wonderful goal, they would give out deafening cheers.
They can't help but be crazy!
Winning the French team means that the Chinese team has reached the Olympic finals as never before. Even if they lose to the American Dream Team 12 in the finals, this men's basketball team can still win a silver medal.
That's an Olympic silver medal!
In the past, it was something that was simply unthinkable.
Now, for the men's basketball team, an Olympic silver medal is basically a sure thing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even... many people have begun to dream about the gold medal that symbolizes the supreme honor of the Olympic Games!
The recent transformation of other players in the Tianchao team can be seen with the naked eye. Wang Zelin, who has dominated the competition in this Olympics, is aiming for the gold medal. It is by no means an empty talk.
People's ideas and ambitions often change depending on their location.
When we first participated in the Olympic Games, everyone's goal was to qualify in the group and ensure the top eight results.
When it comes to the quarter-finals, every step forward is making history, and everyone is full of expectations for the Olympic semi-finals.
Seeing that the victory of the semi-finals is imminent and the men's basketball team is guaranteed an Olympic silver medal, everyone's mentality is slowly aligning with Wang Zelin's, and they are beginning to yearn for the supreme gold medal.
Looking at the athletes who were still fighting hard on the court, the Chinese audience felt for the first time that the men's basketball team was so close to the Olympic gold medal.
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148:85!
After all, the Chinese team still failed to break the largest point difference created by the Dream Team in the previous Rio Olympics, but all this seemed insignificant in the face of the fact that the men's basketball team successfully defeated the French team and advanced to the finals for the first time in history.
"The Chinese men's basketball team advanced to the Olympic finals!"
"The king has fulfilled his previous promise. This men's basketball team is no longer a foil. We have achieved the goal of Olympic medals ahead of schedule. But it is not enough..."
"Because next, they will sprint towards the Olympic gold medal!"
"Please continue to have confidence in the men's basketball team!"
The commentary voices of Yu Jia and Zhang Lili were a little hoarse, and Dayao and Hu Weidong also hugged each other at the scene.
In the studio behind the Chaoting Terrace, when the TV screen switched back, the entire Chaoting Terrace photography team was already filming with tears in their eyes.
