Chapter 550: Fortune (I)
At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team led the Argentine team by 3 points 63-60.
The shooting percentage of both sides in the third quarter was not very high, some goals were not scored, and more attention was paid to defense, and Argentina relied on the middle distance to bite the score.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sun Yue scored a three-pointer for the Chinese team.
Ginobili, who is also a member of the Spurs, brightened his eyes, this year's draft, the young people selected by the team are very distinctive, can defend, can control the ball, and have a three-point hand, Greg Popovich likes this kind of player the most, with a little training, it may be the kind of player that the Super League needs.
Sun Yue also kept an eye on Ginobili, and together with Yang Di, he defended Ginobili with a trap.
Ginobili gave it to his Argentine teammates, Sanchez missed a layup, Oberto missed, Scola missed a layup, and Argentina failed to attack three times in a row.
After that, Yi Jianlian received a pass from Yang Di, turned and made a layup, and the Chinese team was menacing in the crucial fourth quarter.
Alexis Sanchez hit a three-pointer to break the silence for Argentina, and Nocioni hit a jumper to put Argentina back on the fence and close the score.
The mentality of the Chinese team was very stable, the players did not have too much pressure, and Liu Wei gave the ball to Yang Di after half time.
Yang Di received the ball in the elbow area, turned his back and walked to the basket, Argentina quickly wrapped it, and Yang Di still had the same tactics and handed it to Yao Ming in the front.
Yao Ming did Pau Gasol's job, and he scored more easily in this area.
After all, Oberto, who was defending him, was fifteen centimeters shorter, and Yao Ming raised his basketball to shoot and meet his jumping defense.
"Huh!"
The hit rate is ridiculously high.
Ginobili hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 77-79 with 2:33 left before the end of the game.
Yang Di asked for the ball in a low position, took the ball and turned around with a beautiful back, wiped Scola's defense and walked in, and when he was about to get to the basket, Yang Di's footsteps suddenly stopped, turned around, and pretended to turn over and jump.
Scola misjudged and jumped on a jumper.
Yang Di didn't move his feet in the center axis, moved sideways, dodged Scola's defense, and hit a layup.
Yao Ming received a pass under the basket, turned and attacked to cause a foul on Oberto, and then hit two free throws from the free throw line to give China a six-point lead over Argentina at 83-77.
Chinese fans are about to cry, is the Chinese team going to enter the top two? Victory and history are at hand.
With 1 minute and 29 seconds left before the end, Sanchez hit another key three-pointer to make the score 80-83 for Argentina.
When Liu Wei controlled the ball, he was fouled by the Argentine, and Liu Wei went directly to the free throw line.
"It doesn't matter, take it easy."
Although Liu Wei is an experienced player in the World Series, Yang Di still couldn't help but step forward to encourage him, this is not a question of whether it should be or not, Yang Di's understanding of basketball culture is that teammates should encourage each other, even if it is a mistake or failure, it should be a high-five.
Liu Wei nodded, still a little nervous.
He took two deep breaths and hit the first free throw.
The second penalty was deflected, and the sighs of Chinese fans rang out at the scene.
With one of the two free throws, the Chinese team led Argentina 84-80.
"It's okay, at least the Argentine team can't tie the score with a wave of attacks." The fans in the stands reacted immediately, sending cheers and applause to encourage the players
Argentina called a timeout and Younas was ready to adjust.
Younas replaced Sun Yue, who had a better defense, and the backcourt was composed of Sun Yue and Wang Shipeng, with Yang Di as a small forward, Yi Jianlian as a big forward, and Yao Ming as a center.
On the Argentine side, Sanchez, Delfino, Ginobili, Nocioni and Scola, the strongest attacking lineup.
In this way, Argentina's height is lower, but the players are faster, and except for Scola, each has the ability to shoot three-pointers, completely opposite to the Chinese team, one pursues faster, and the other pursues higher.
"Toot ~"
After the whistle, Sanchez advanced with the ball.
Scola played a block for Sanchez, and the three Ginobili on the weak side were interspersed with runs, Yao Ming couldn't pounce, and Wang Shipeng came over to help defend and clamp the ball carrier.
Sanchez immediately moved to the weak side.
The speed of the Chinese team's rotation was not slow, and the players spread out and kept an eye on their respective defenders.
Ginobili broke inside with the ball, Yang Di faced him, his feet adjusted, his long arms shrouded around him, on the one hand, he continued to pressure to interfere with his dribble, and on the other hand, he blocked the space and prevented him from passing.
The Argentine had excellent footsteps, taking three steps inward.
"Do you want to do it yourself?" Yang Di really doesn't know what Ginobili is going to do now, so he can only stare at him, if he exposes the basketball in his hand to make a layup, Yang Di doesn't mind giving him a hot pot feast.
What I didn't expect was that Ginobili, who was about to fly out of the bottom line, didn't look behind him, put the ball on the side of his head, flicked his wrist, and passed the ball out of the back of his head.
"What?" This Yang Di can't defend, but this kind of passing is too risky.
"Smack!" Scola catches the ball, and the long-haired man touches the ground with his feet and shoots from a mid-range position, without dragging his feet in the slightest.
"Huh!"
hit, Argentina hit another key 2 points.
82-84, Argentina is only 2 points behind the Chinese team.
When there were 28 seconds left in the game, Scola received the outside ball again, and in the face of Yi Jianlian's defense, the whole person spun around like a top, not looking seriously, thinking that he was walking.
Yi Jianlian has never encountered this kind of opponent, and his steps under the basket are so flexible.
If Yang Di's footsteps are to shake off people and get a better space to exert power, then Scola's footsteps are completely looking for his favorite rhythm, and the last layup action is also done in one go, and the defenders didn't keep up with the first time, and it was too late to react later.
One is gorgeous, and the other is demonic.
84-84, Argentina stubbornly tied the score.
The Chinese team also called the last timeout, the game played to this point, the tactics are useless, the key is to see the players play themselves, Younas repeatedly emphasized only one point, give the ball to Yao Ming.
At this most critical moment, he felt that it was better to let Yao Ming, who obviously had a "misalignment" advantage in attack, attack.
The suspension ends.
After returning to the court, the situation was beyond Younas's expectations, Oberto went around to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming couldn't receive the ball in the deep position of the low post, so he could only move out, and when Liu Wei hoisted the ball in, Yao Ming was already in the middle distance position.
Everyone pulled away, Argentina gave up the bag and Yao Ming, and stared at Yang Di.
Yao Ming beat Oberto with his back, and at this time, Yao Ming's physical strength was almost consumed, Oberto gritted his teeth and pressed against Yao Ming's back.
"Bang!"
He stood firmly on his feet, like two pillars, and his upper body was hit so that his chest hurt, and he felt as if nothing happened.
Yao Ming turned around and made a mid-range jumper, Oberto shouted, and Daben was possessed, jumped high, and quickly interfered with Yao Ming's shooting.
Yang Di on the outside chuckled in his heart and immediately rushed to the basket.