activa-t Chapter 189 The Return of the King
Chapter 189 The Return of the King
Chapter 189 The Return of the King
Turkey won four wins in the group stage of the World Championships, but the record of losing to Greece, the top place in the group, has exceeded expectations. Their only players in the NBA are Ilyasova, Kotgru and Okudou Not coming with the team, playing like this shows their excellent team strength.
But in the knockout rounds, everything is different.
After the start of the match between the two teams, the Chinese team won the jump ball. Li Hai dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and suddenly started to hit a two-pointer.
Next, Yao Ming succeeded in two inside singles. After the Chinese team scored 9 points, Turkey scored for the first time.
In the half quarter, the Chinese team led by 12 points.
The powerful offensive, which was different from the group stage, directly confused the opponent.
After entering the rotation period, Turkey slowed down and hit a few three-pointers. At the most time, the score was close to 5 points, but Wang Shipeng scored 5 points in a row to widen the gap between the two sides to 10 points.
At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led by 27 points at 16:11.
This kind of performance made the fans in front of the TV very excited. The Chinese team also played brilliantly when Li Hai and Yao Ming were resting, which was very gratifying.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team continued to maintain their offensive. Li Hai hit three three-pointers in a row, extending the lead to 20 points. He let everyone see that even if he was outside the three-point line most of the time, he was still a huge threat.
At 51:33, the Chinese team led by 18 points at halftime, showing the momentum of a strong team.
By the time of the second half, Turkey's morale had been slackened, and it was completely different from the group stage. No one stood up at the critical moment, which was their biggest weakness.
Many people had expected the Chinese team to enter the quarter-finals, but they played so easily, even the players themselves did not expect that Li Hai and Yao Ming got more rest time because of this.
Three days later, they will play Olympic champion Argentina.
In the quarterfinals, every opponent is extremely strong. If the Chinese team wants to go further, it must overcome the obstacles of those world powerhouses.
Argentina's core player Manu Ginobili said before the game that he is looking forward to playing against the Chinese team.
He is also the only player who has won two NBA championships in this World Championship. Argentina's starting center Oberto is also his teammate of the Spurs and has also won an NBA championship with the Spurs.
However, this year's American Dream Team has yet to get their hands on the championship trophy, so the fight between Li Hai and Ginobili has been talked about by the outside world.
Argentina's strength is strong. In addition to the two Spurs players, there are Nocioni and Delfino in the NBA, as well as Luis Scola who will become teammates with Yao Ming in the future.
After the start of the game, Argentina aggressively attacked and fired frequently from outside.
The opponent defending Li Hai was Nocioni who used to face up in the NBA. When the Knicks were playing the Bulls, Li Hai beat Nocioni to the ground several times, but the situation is a little different now.
Even if it's an understatement at any time, Li Hai's ankle is indeed a problem.
When Argentina attacked for the second time, Nocioni hit a three-pointer through the screen of his teammates. If there was no problem with his body, Li Hai would have had time to squeeze through, but now he was a bit slower.
In his previous games, he would deliberately make several breakthroughs to prove that he was fine. Those who are familiar with him would know that those breakthroughs were all straight in and out, which was somewhat different from his usual breakthroughs.
Before the quarter-finals, he could help the team win by standing outside and focusing on organization, but it was different against Argentina. With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Argentina led by 20 points at 10:10, and the Chinese team Only three scored points, which was a different team from the previous game.
Argentina is strong, both offensively and defensively.
During the timeout, Li Hai secretly made up his mind that he should not have any more scruples. Since he chooses to continue competing, he must go all out.
For him, it is important to help the national team go further.
"It's time to cheer up and let's beat our opponents together."
After returning to the court again, Li Hai gave people a completely different feeling. After his teammates screened, he went straight to the basket and picked the basket to score.
In the next few attacks, he was very tough and even hit Nocioni 2+1. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team also caught up with only 19 points at 25:6.
Two minutes after the start of the second quarter, Li Hai came on the court again, and then launched an attack mode. Under his full attack, Nocioni couldn't keep up with his speed at all, while other Argentine backcourt players including Ginobili were top players. Can't stand Lehi's strength.
Argentina watched as Li Hai led the team to slowly approach the score, but there was nothing they could do.
In the interior, Oberto fouled Yao Ming for the third time and had to rest. The height of the interior of the Chinese team further took advantage.
At the end of the half, the Chinese team overtook Argentina by 44 points 42:2 with Yao Ming's dunk.
Taking the lead into the intermission, the confidence of the Chinese team also rose.
"In the second half, we must guard against their three-pointers. Argentina likes to shoot three-pointers more than European teams. We have a high advantage inside and would rather let them break in."
After fighting together, Li Hai didn't feel the pain in his ankle anymore. He was a little excited to analyze the situation of the two sides together with the head coach, and his desire to win became stronger and stronger.
The Argentine team was also very unwilling to be overtaken by the Chinese team in the first half. Entering the third quarter, they played even more fiercely. The first attack was hit by Scola to equalize the score.
But Li Hai immediately responded, and directly hit a three-pointer under the cover of his teammates.
Both sides committed a lot of fouls because of their fierce defense. Argentina’s Oberto fouled four times, and Nocioni had to go off for a rest after three fouls. The three big insiders of the Chinese team, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, also had three fouls.
The score between the two sides was always tight, and Li Hai did not rest. With only 58 seconds left in the first quarter, he fouled Delfino from beyond the three-point line. After three free throws, the Chinese team took the lead. 5 points.
After that, both sides missed a hit, and the Chinese team entered the final quarter with a score of 65:60.
"The more we play the better, the victory is definitely ours."
"Don't give the opponent a chance to shoot easily, don't care about physical strength, we will create the history of the national team in only 10 minutes, come on."
Everyone in the Chinese team was extremely excited. They were more eager to win than the Argentine team.
After re-entering the field, Li Hai made a three-pointer after catching the ball.
Then he assisted Yao Ming to hit two points. Argentina was unwilling to catch it without a fight. Defender Sanchez also hit a three-pointer with a strong shot, but Li Hai immediately scored 2+1.
In the quarter-finals, Li Hai turned back to the omnipotent strong man on the court.
(End of this chapter)