In the next few minutes of the third quarter, after the American men's basketball team suffered a three-point attack from the Chinese team, they understood that the Chinese men's basketball team was really hot in this game, and began to heavily defend the outside line, not daring to let the Chinese team off casually.
Opportunities for outside shooters to shoot open shots.
But in this way, Wang Zelin was completely released on the offensive end. He no longer had to play timidly and consider dividing the ball, but he could just go to the basket and act recklessly.
Because now the American team only dares to send at most three people to deal with him at the same time, and they dare not directly attack with five people like before.
Fortunately, the American team has a solid foundation. Even two or three players cannot guard against Wang Zelin. However, it is also difficult for the other four players on the Chinese team to guard against the impact of American players.
For a time, the battle situation on the field showed a 50-50 situation.
At the end of the third quarter, the score on the court was fixed at 85:84. The score difference was very tight. The Chinese team only led the American team by one point.
Leading the American team by one point in the Olympic finals was something that no one would dare to think about before the game, but the fact is before our eyes. The Chinese team competed with the American team in the final gold medal battle.
Now, the Chinese men's basketball team hopes to become another team that defeats the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic finals after the Argentine men's basketball team in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Miracles are almost within reach!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wang Zelin continued to stay on the court. Now everyone can take a break, but he cannot rest for a minute.
With him here, the Tianchao team can stabilize its fundamentals!
However, Zhou Qi, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, and eldest brother Yi Jianlian, who all performed well in the third quarter, all took a break.
Wang Zelin is already well-known at home and abroad for his super physical strength. The coaches never have to worry about this guy's physical fitness. However, the physical fitness of Chinese players has always been a big problem. Even if they are not responsible for the main offense, they only need to shoot open shots, and their physical fitness will drop very fast.
Coach K knew this very well. It was an old tradition for Chinese players, so at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he made another NBA All-Star lineup with only one purpose - to fire at the Chinese team's position!
At the beginning of the final quarter, Wang Zelin led the team to play the third position, plus Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang, Zou Yuchen, and Li Muhao. He will play the position of organizational forward.
As for the American team, it is led by ace Durant, who plays the fourth position staggered with Wang Zelin. The first, second, third and fifth positions are Lillard, Irving, Anthony and Cousins respectively.
Since you want to pursue offense, then follow through to the end!
This lineup of the American team can be said to have achieved the ultimate in offensive firepower. From one to five, they are all the best on the offensive end.
In the first attack of the final quarter, the Tianchao team had the ball.
Wang Zelin came up with a tank breakthrough, ran over Anthony and Durant to the basket, turned around and dunked with both hands, kicking off the final quarter of the game between the two sides.
87:84!
Irving easily broke through Ding Yanyuhang's defense, and after confronting Zou Yuchen, he shot and hit a pull-up layup.
In terms of his offensive magnificence and singles arsenal, Irving is worthy of being the number one active defender, truly achieving both magnificence and practicality.
If it hadn't been for his inexplicable lack of intelligence later on and his off-field deeds being too abstract, he wouldn't have attracted waves of ridicule.
Back to business.
Wang Zelin broke through the double-team of Anthony and Lillard, and took a shot after confronting Cousins, but unfortunately he missed.
Not to mention anything else, Cousins still has the tonnage. If he stands well under the basket, he can naturally compress a lot of shooting space for offensive players.
The American team counterattacked, Lillard received a pass from Durant and missed a three-pointer, but Anthony picked off the offensive rebound and continued to attack against Li Muhao.
Wang Zelin played in the low post and turned around and hit the hook.
Looking back, Anthony caught the ball under the basket and pushed away Li Muhao to continue scoring.
Li Muhao was educated by Brother Gua!
Ding Yanyuhang missed a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Wang Zelin, and the rebound was picked off by Cousins.
In the frontcourt battle of the United States team, Cousins was double-teamed by Wang Zelin and then passed the ball to Durant, who made a mid-range shot.
90:88, the gap between substitute players is too huge.
The slight one-point advantage in front was instantly overtaken by the American team.
After the first 4 minutes of the final quarter, the score reached 101:92, and the American team's lead expanded to 9 points.
Just like in the third quarter, I didn’t feel that the Tianchao team was chasing points. In just two minutes of the fourth quarter, the two teams attacked each other and took the lead alternately. However, the fans did not react as the fight continued, and the situation on the field happened again.
change.
Seeing that the score difference was about to widen to double digits, Tianchao team coach Gong Luming decisively called a timeout.
“It’s a breath of relief after all!”
At the imperial stage live broadcast, Zhang Lili said with regret.
He naturally understands football. Most people didn't see how the Tianchao team set off a wave of momentum in the third quarter to achieve a lead, but he could see it.
It was purely a matter of breath. First, Wang Zelin scored three-pointers for two consecutive quarters to help the team stabilize its morale. So only by relying on his personal ability to continuously help his teammates create space, the whole team worked together to overtake the score in the third quarter.
A miracle is born.
But the ancients said: once it is vigorous, it will weaken again, and three times it will be exhausted.
Even though the timeout between periods was only a short two minutes, and the ball was not touched for two minutes, the men's basketball players still inevitably felt cold.
Coupled with the existing physical problems of the men's basketball team, the current lineup has changed dramatically compared to the third quarter. Except for Wang Zelin who is still on the court, the previous four main players could not bear it and went to rest.
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This break will most likely cause the previous breath to be interrupted.
But if we don't take a break and continue to play despite the physical crisis, the men's basketball team's offensive efficiency is likely to decrease instead of increase.
Therefore, the coaching staff of the Tianchao team can only replace four rotation players to partner with Wang Zelin to see if they can maintain the point difference, at least for half a quarter, and wait for the rest of the main players to recover their physical fitness before playing.
But at present, this idea is unrealistic. Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi and others must start playing a few minutes early.
However, the closer the game reaches the critical moment, the more likely it is that some trivial details will lead to the final defeat.
Throughout the history of basketball, there has never been a shortage of tragic cases in which key players were unable to rest for a minute or two, leading to physical breakdown, and ultimately had no choice but to hand over the fruits of victory to others.
Zhang Lili, who was a player, knew very well how entangled coach Gong Luming was at this moment, but there was nothing he could do about it. The gap in strength between the two teams was there, and he had to make a choice.
Just when Gong Luming was about to let other main players take the field early, Wang Zelin suddenly raised his head and stopped him: "Coach, let Arab League rest for a while."
"But……"
"Believe me, I promise not to let the opponent open the score to double digits!"
Wang Zelin's expression was always calm.
The other main players performed superbly in the third quarter and made the greatest contribution within their capabilities. As the boss, he knew that now was the time to take action himself.
As long as we can survive the next most difficult few minutes, the second half of the game will be much easier to play.
The Chinese men's basketball team can only hope to win the last chance to win when all five major players are on the field.