340。 Heroes for all

"Flying like a dragon, unstoppable" - Capital Sports News

"Comprehensively Study and Implement the Spirit of the Men's Basketball Team" - People's Daily

"Rising Stars, NBA and FIBA Rising Talents" - Sports Weekly

"The Great Reshuffle of the World Basketball World, the New Hope of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team" - Asian Sports

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The moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Zhang Qingpeng, who controlled the ball, threw the ball directly into the air, Yao Ming, who was introverted, roared in the sky and hit his chest with his fists, Wang Zhizhi and Li Nan, the two veterans, laughed and hugged each other, both of them had tears in their eyes, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu and others threw away the towels in their hands, rushed to the court and surrounded Chamberlain.

Wukesong Arena turned into a sea of cheers, with nearly 20,000 people shouting at the same time, and fans raised countless arms as if a forest was rising from the ground: "Final! Final! Final! Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! ”

Chamberlain hugged his teammates one by one, sweating profusely, he was surrounded like treasures by the Chinese players, and more reporters were waiting on the sidelines, they were the relatively silent group of people in the audience, not because they didn't want to make a sound, but waiting for an opportunity to wait for the players to interview after the game.

Contrary to the excited Chinese players, the Lithuanian players were in a low mood, it was a game they thought they could win 100 percent, and reality gave them a slap in the face, 91-81, and they lost a full ten points!

The game was intense, especially in the second half, when the Lithuanian players launched a tidal wave of counter-attacks under the command of Jascovisius, their attacks as ferocious as fire, and their defence as impregnable as a copper wall.

The Chinese team can't stop such a Lithuania, this is a top team in the world!

Unfortunately, the Lithuanian team met Chamberlain.

The Lithuanian attack was like a monstrous wave, and Chamberlain's defense was an indestructible dike; The Lithuanian team's defense is iron-blooded and tough, but Chamberlain's attack is like a whip of God, **** the defense line they think is impregnable again and again:

With Darius recurring from the game with an old knee injury, the Lithuanian team was furious, especially the younger brother of the Lavrinovic brothers, Ksistopov, whose eyes were bloody, and as soon as he returned from the pause, he roared directly at Chamberlain, saying that he was a murderer.

For what he did, Chamberlain has no regrets, he is the kind of person who doesn't offend me, I don't offend, if people offend me, I will kill you a hundred times, when he played against the Spurs, Thomas played cleanly, but was injured by Chamberlain in defense, Chamberlain blamed himself for a while, and went to the hospital to see him after the game, and apologized.

But the Lavrinovich brothers are different, the two play very dirty, when grabbing rebounds before, Chamberlain's action was not a provocation but a counterattack, and it was the two brothers who first attacked him one after the other to lead to this result.

For the rest of the second quarter, the Lithuanian team played fiercely and was bent on avenging Darius, but they also became chaotic. Lithuania is the representative team of team basketball, once they fall into chaos and the team cannot play, then the combat effectiveness will be reduced a lot.

Seizing this opportunity, Yi Jianlian, who re-appeared, took the lead in shooting two points for the Chinese team, and Yao Ming followed up with a strong basket, but Jasco Vysius was in a good state and made free throws to help the team not be pulled away by the Chinese team. However, Lithuania is in chaos after all, and no matter how powerful the mad leopard is, it is no match for a calm hound.

Sun Yue shot three points, Chamberlain scored again, and the Chinese team once again extended the score advantage before the end of the first half.

Lithuania's head coach Bututas spotted the problem, and at half-time, he did not set up any tactics, but tried to psychologically comfort his players.

It was the right thing to do, and when they came back in the second half, Javtokas and Siskauskas regained their composure, stepping up and hitting shots to help Lithuania close the gap to eight points. Chamberlain distributed the ball to Yi Jianlian on the right wing, who shot 2 points, to which Cocknas immediately responded with consecutive shots, and it was difficult for the Chinese team to extend the lead for a while.

Jaftokas played passionately, although he hit the shot but he was not satisfied, and then he hit the basket and wanted to dunk, Chamberlain gave him a sturdy cap, Sun Yue grabbed the ball and organized a counterattack, Yi Jianlian missed a three-point shot, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound in the front court and dunked, not only scoring but also causing Jaftokas's foul.

The Lithuanian team focused on Chamberlain, fortunately, there was a Yao Ming in the Chinese team, Yao Ming, who had been tepid in the previous game, stood up, he also played a 2+1 under the basket, and then took advantage of Jaftokas's passing error, the Chinese team planned a positional battle, Yao Ming hit a backward jumper.

Butautas could only call a timeout, and this time he began to rearrange his tactics, calling for internal planning and outside attack. After returning, Jasco Vysius made a layup and caused Sun Yue to foul and score a free throw, but the substitute players of the Chinese team played well, Yao Ming was replaced off the court, replaced by Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi floated outside, got the pass and immediately shot it, and then Chamberlain blocked Jaftokas dunk again, Wang Zhizhi and Zhang Qingpeng played with fast break, and the layup caused the opponent to foul two free throws.

But the Lithuanian team immediately received a miracle after the pause and adjustment, Jascovisius presided over the offense, he no longer liked to pass, but frequently took the initiative to attack, when he made a layup, Wang Zhizhi made a foul and scored three points, Yasetis caused Zhang Qingpeng to foul two free throws, and the Lithuanian team launched a comprehensive outside attack.

At the critical moment, the Chinese team made another mistake, Zhang Qingpeng passed too high to get out of the line, Jasco Vitius seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, he passed to Siskauskas, who smashed the ball and played a 6-0 small ****.

The Chinese team missed the layup, Jasco wanted to organize a fast break again, Chamberlain chased down in time, three to one in the frontcourt, and the most exciting defense of the game appeared.

Chamberlain pretended to be attracted by Jascovitius's attack, who passed the ball to Rodriguez and fired it into the middle for the Chinese team, and the two teams fought more and more fiercely. With more than 2 minutes left in the quarter, Yasetis and Lavrinovic Jr. made three consecutive long-range three-pointers, and the situation on the court changed for a while, and Lithuanian fans saw the light of day, and the score was about to be equalized.

Seeing this, Chamberlain, who was a little tired, gritted his teeth and began to rush, the defense of the Lithuanian team was very tough, whether it was Chamberlain or Yao Ming, as long as he entered the penalty area, he would be trapped. Chamberlain got the ball and entered the penalty area, but instead of dunking as before, he turned around and jumped after hitting the ball with his back, hitting twice in a row!

At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team maintained a slight lead of 72-68, and the atmosphere was heavy, and the air seemed to be stagnant.

Back in the fourth quarter, the two sides knew that life and death were in front of them, and understood that defense is the king, so they launched a strong defensive battle, so that several times in a row, both sides missed shots, and the game gradually fell into a stalemate.

Jaftokas forced Yi Jianlian to play 2+1, Lavrinovic blocked Liu Wei's layup, and the Chinese team's lead was gone. At this crucial moment, Chamberlain rushed to the basket again, first turning and shaking off Lavrinovic Jr.'s defense with a one-handed dunk, and then Jascovitius was slapped down when he broke through for a layup.

The Chinese team is fast attacking, Chamberlain followed closely behind, Liu Wei led the way in front, the two of them were short and tall, one in front and one after the other to complete the connection, Lavrinovich Jr. knew that Chamberlain was the one who was the most threatening, so he went up to defend, but Liu Wei threw the ball to the hoop, and Chamberlain jumped up and rode Lavrinovich Jr. to a majestic dunk!

With a strong inside line, coupled with Chamberlain's violent dunk to boost the team's morale, the Chinese team began to fight back and extended the advantage to 5 points, and the Lithuanian team quickly called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Lithuanian team launched a counterattack, and small forwards Siskars and Jascovisius made two consecutive shots to close the gap for the Chinese team, but Chamberlain's box layup hit a three-pointer on Jaftokas. Then the two sides began to entangle the defense, no one scored in two minutes, and the ball turned around in the hoop, but it couldn't turn into the hoop, which made the fans extremely worried.

At this critical juncture, Zhang Qingpeng completed his most wonderful performance in the Olympic Games: he first shot from outside the three-point line, but Jasco Waisius defended very well, Zhang Qingpeng had no choice but to shoot, and the ball bounced out of the basket. Chamberlain reached out and snatched the ball in his pocket. After getting the ball, Chamberlain did not attack, but passed the ball to Zhang Qingpeng, who had previously lost the ball.

Jascovysius was still defending, and when he saw Zhang Qingpeng get the ball, he smiled coldly and pressed it again. Zhang Qingpeng was about to shoot another three points, and he bent his knees outside the three-point line and immediately reached out to lift the ball, but Jasco Vitius was sharp-eyed and was not deceived, but let go of a step and guessed that he was going to shoot.

Seeing this, seeing that Jascovitius was not deceived into jumping, he gritted his teeth when he was about to put away the ball and break through, so he simply didn't do anything, jumped up at the opponent, and then waved his wrist to project the ball out.

The two collided and the referee blew the whistle, only to have the basketball fall into the hoop half a second later with a sound of the net shaking.

Countless fans cheered and jumped, Zhang Qingpeng himself looked incredulous, he just wanted to cheat a foul, but he didn't expect to hit a three-point shot!

3+1, although the Chinese team's lead is not much, but the momentum is getting stronger and stronger.

Lithuania also wants to struggle in the last moments, or rather, in their hearts, the victory should still belong to them, Jascovy Hughes hit two points, he didn't pass the ball, the European king began to take the initiative to attack, but then the long-range shot was three points off, Chamberlain forced the rebound, Zhang Qingpeng and Zhu Fangyu fast-attacked, he came to a pass through the whole court, Zhang Qingpeng received the ball to assist Zhu Fangyu, and came up to score.

There are only 5 minutes left in the game, and the Chinese team's lead is 7 points, which is actually not safe, because the Chinese men's basketball team has an excellent tradition of dropping the chain at critical moments. But the reason why that happened was mainly due to physical strength, especially Yao Ming, as the only core, once the physical strength declined, the Chinese men's basketball team would collapse both offensively and defensively.

Now with Chamberlain, everything is very different, the offense and defense are still in order, and, most importantly, Chamberlain's presence is like a reassuring pill, with him present, both the fans and the players, are full of confidence, he is like a needle in the sea, suppressing the opponent and the stability of his own side.

Yao Ming and Zhu Fangyu hit back-to-back shots to extend China's lead to double digits with 3:17 left in the quarter. Lithuania counterattacked after the most reckless, Jascovitius was blocked by Chamberlain for a layup, and looking back, Siskas's mid-range shot was blocked again by Chamberlain, who switched to defense, and two big hats in succession, Chamberlain's hat dropped the hope of the Lithuanian team's counterattack.

The Lithuanian team, which lost its leading position, was suddenly in chaos, Chamberlain took the opportunity to make two fouls and two free throws, and the Chinese team completed a wave of 6-0 counterattack. In the last 11 seconds, Jasco Visius shot a three-pointer, but there was no time at this time, Chamberlain hit back again with a dunk under the basket, and the Chinese team advanced to the finals!