Dayao's three-pointer opened the scoring, and Wukesong burst into enthusiastic cheers.
Looking back, the U.S. team immediately relied on Kobe's breakthrough, passing in and assisting Howard to take off and dunk! They also received weak cheers and applause.
3:2, everything happened extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the Chinese team was back on the offensive end.
Lin Yu caught the ball in the backcourt and advanced toward the frontcourt.
Facing James' pressing, he controlled the ball very steadily. James immediately chose to defend firmly after halftime. He stayed close to Lin Yu and did not give Lin Yu a chance to make a three-pointer.
"Many joked that Dayu's appearance brought to the men's basketball team that they could easily control the ball for half the game. Looking at it now, I'm afraid this is really the case."
In the commentary box, Director Zhang made a joke.
The men's basketball team's offense started to work. Lin Yu immediately handed the ball to Dayao, who was again at the top of the key, and started running without the ball.
On the sidelines, Yunus saw Lin Yu who was willing to follow the tactics and nodded with satisfaction.
Dayao was positioned at the top of the arc, and Anthony was forced to defend, but he was not tall enough, making it difficult to defend.
Lin Yu bypassed a low-post screen, immediately ran back, and quickly received Dayao's return pass.
Then, he stopped the ball on the right sideline, turned around and hit a three-pointer!
Whoosh!
The basketball passed through the net crisply, and Wukesong immediately erupted again.
"Beautiful three-pointers, first by Dayao, and this time by Dayu. Facing the American Dream Team, the boys of the men's basketball team played very resolutely!"
"Now, the Chinese men's basketball team is in the lead, with a score of 6:2, the American team's offensive round!"
Director Zhang proudly announced the men's basketball team's lead.
But soon, in the next two or three rounds, the U.S. team relied on a breakthrough from James to assist Howard to score two more points.
In the defensive round, Dayao continued to take the ball from the top of the arc, hit another three-pointer, and hit the frame with a bang.
The American team grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack. During the counterattack, James flew to the basket and dunked, while also causing a foul on Liu Wei who was returning to defense.
An extra free throw was made from the free throw line, and the American team took the lead...
There were constant cheers in Wukesong, as if they were witnessing a wonderful game.
However, after Lin Yu was chased by the American team for 5 points in a row, he clapped his hands in the backcourt: "Brothers, work harder, don't let these Americans enjoy the cheers of Wukesong anymore!"
"That's right, work harder!"
Dayao and Lin Yu high-fived and returned to the offensive end. Lin Yu continued to play without the ball.
James couldn't help but started talking trash: "Hey, man, you're not a threat if you fight like this."
"Yeah?"
Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh. He could only say that James had never played against Lin Yu, a top player off the ball, so he didn't know how good Lin Yu was without the ball.
Immediately, Lin Yu started running wildly.
He rushed from the right three-point line to the bottom corner, and then suddenly ran counterattack, passed the screen, and then ran counterattack again, and then passed the screen again... James was already dizzy. As soon as he turned his head, Lin Yu had already taken over.
Got the ball.
Faced with a pass from Liu Wei and an opportunity to shoot directly, Lin Yu did not hesitate and went straight for it.
Whoosh!
"Another mid-range shot. Dayu's off-ball performance is so sharp, and his shooting is as accurate as ever!"
Wukesong broke out again. Although the Yankees were able to get cheers from Wukesong, their cheers were far less loud and crazy than the cheers received by the Chinese men's basketball team.
"Defense, defend well!"
Lin Yu clapped his hands again to boost morale.
Seeing Kidd controlling the ball, he quickly advanced through the half court, ran a symbolic play, and handed the ball to Kobe.
Lin Yu stepped forward without hesitation: "I'll guard him!"
With a change of defense, Lin Yu was in front of Kobe.
"Are you going to be one-on-one with me, Lin?"
Lin Yu didn't respond, but Kobe believed it.
He directly opened up the singles without any intention of passing the ball.
"You want to play singles? I'm afraid Coach K won't agree."
This time it was Lin Yu's turn to question Kobe, but Kobe became even more enthusiastic: "Stop talking nonsense, kid, focus on it, otherwise you're just letting off steam."
Of course, Lin Yu would not give up. He saw through Kobe's feigned breakthrough, and then turned around and stopped to make a step-back jumper. He also took a step forward in time, jumped up, and successfully interfered.
"Kobe's step-back jumper didn't go in!"
"Dayu defended this ball very well, without making any mistakes."
"That's for sure. Dayu's defense is top-notch even in the NBA. Young domestic players should learn more from him. In a basketball game, defense is the most important thing."
Coaches Yu Jia and Zhang praised Lin Yu's defense.
Under the basket, the men's basketball team had no disadvantage inside. Arab League grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Liu Wei.
Then, Liu Wei advanced slowly and leisurely, and passed half the time.
And this is what Lin Yu needs to adapt to. In the NBA, he has been accustomed to counterattacking after grabbing defensive rebounds, but here, he must adapt to the slow grinding position battle after getting the rebound.
Positional warfare was still supported by Dayao from a high position.
The way it was carried out this time was different. Lin Yu did not run around without the ball in a wide range. Instead, he directly found Dayao, set up a high pick-and-roll screen, and caught the ball hand-to-hand.
Then it instantly attracted a pincer attack.
Another pass, and he successfully found Ah Lian, who was running back under the basket.
"A Lian caught the ball and hit a layup, with an assist from Dayu!"
With 5 points and 1 assist, the score became 10:7. The Chinese men's basketball team took a 3-point lead. After the game entered the most intense stage, the Chinese team still did not fall behind.
But the American team is obviously not that easily restricted.
Kobe played a singles as if he was showing off his strength, and in another round, facing Coach K who was already standing on the sidelines directing the game, Kobe did not dare to do it again.
James broke through the screen and hit a close-range throw, helping the US team close to 1 point.
On the defensive end, Lin Yu was heavily targeted. Coach K brought the NCAA zone defense to the US team, which was very successful.
Dayao made a long two-point shot from mid-range, but with a bang, he missed.
In turn, the U.S. team launched a counterattack, and the protagonist of the counterattack was still James. He quickly rushed to the frontcourt and made a powerful and heavy dunk, once again scoring 2 points for the U.S. team and overtaking the score!
And then, the Chinese team attacked.
Among the several types of offensive routines arranged by Yunus, Lin Yu chose the one that suited him best, which was the previous Yao Lin pick-and-roll, hand-to-hand coordination and then getting the ball by himself, waiting for an opportunity to break the opponent's zone defense.
This time, after the handoff, Lin Yu faced an opportunity to shoot and directly shot a long two-pointer.
Different from Dayao's two-point long one, Lin Yu's two-point long one passed through the net frame accurately with a swish sound!
Just like that, the men's basketball team immediately overtook the score in the next round when the US team took the lead.
In the first quarter of the game, the score went back and forth between taking the lead, then being overtaken, and then overtaking again.
The performance of the men's basketball team continued to win cheers and applause from the audience.
In the words of Director Zhang and Yu Jia: "At this stage of the game, the men's basketball team and the US team are still in a close battle. The boys of the men's basketball team have performed very well, which is surprising!