The referee immediately suspended the game, and the team doctor also quickly performed treatment to stop the bleeding for Liu Wei.
Del Harris was in danger and replaced Liu Wei with the more experienced veteran Guo Shiqiang.
Judging from the opening two rounds, Liu Wei still suffered from being too nervous and inexperienced in competitions, which made the already huge gap between him and Marbury even more obvious.
In the 6 games played by the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team in this Olympics, Guo Shiqiang did not play much time at the guard, ranking behind Lin Fei, Liu Wei and Hu Xuefeng, and averaged only 2 points and 1.2 assists per game.
But Del Harris did not ignore Guo Shiqiang because of this. His rich experience and mature mentality can at least allow Guo Shiqiang to play more calmly when facing the United States.
Liu Wei was teased continuously at the beginning, and he naturally felt very frustrated. After sitting back on the bench, he threw the towel handed to him by Ah Lian on the ground and cursed the quintessence of Chinese culture in a low voice.
"WTF!"
Other players in the Chinese men's basketball team were also irritated by the aggressive start of the American team. Everyone braced themselves and clenched their fists.
If you are not strong enough and can't show enough passion and hard work on the field, then you really deserve to be stepped on.
Del Harris quickly emphasized the pre-game defensive strategy to the main players, encouraging everyone to unite and cheer up.
The perimeter defense in the first two rounds was just a test, and the defense of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team in the following rounds was the most comprehensive.
Return from the timeout and the game continues.
In the Tianchao team's offense, Guo dribbled the ball forward, while center Dayao continued to provide screens from his side, delaying Marbury's pressing.
Facing the pressing pressure of the top defenders of the American team, they must use the cover of the center to successfully bring the ball to the frontcourt. This also fully reflects the overall weakness of the Chinese defenders.
Furthermore, as a shooting guard, Lin Fei does not have enough dribbling ability and cannot cooperate well with the point guard during the advancement process. This is also a problem.
Lin Fei did not rush to run without the ball in the frontcourt, but stopped outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left, facing off against Allen Iverson.
"Lin, your performance in this Olympics was great. It's a pity that you don't have a suitable defender to partner with you. Otherwise, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely have a chance to go further!"
Iverson's words were an understatement, but they also seemed to express Lin Fei's dissatisfaction in not choosing the Philadelphia 76ers to join forces with him during the offseason.
In fact, after the finals, Lin Fei and his agent Qin Dongmei also seriously considered the 76ers, and the contract offered by Philadelphia reached an annual salary of nearly US$5 million.
But the 76ers' coaching staff is also in chaos. They changed three coaches last season, and the team's main players and substitutes are not at the championship level.
At the same time, Lin Fei also took into account Iverson's unruly character, long-term lack of training and arrogance, which has made his career inevitably go downhill.
Lin Fei concentrated his energy, always observing the offensive situation in the frontcourt, and at the same time responded calmly to Iverson:
"Allen, as long as I stand on the court, my only goal is to help the team win. Against you tonight, I want to score higher than you!"
Lin Fei knew that Iverson completely ignored his teammates and entered a crazy singles mode in the last knockout game. He scored 36 points in 30 shots and made 11 free throws.
Therefore, it is still very necessary to stimulate Iverson to a certain extent tonight.
"Lin, you are still too young after all. You don't know how high the sky is and how high it is. I saw my rookie season in you!"
At the moment when the two were talking, Tianchao's inside twin towers took advantage of it, roughly attracting Duncan to the high post. Dayao hit Stoudemire with his back in the low post, and his turning hook hit the ball steadily.
"Uh-huh!"
China (2): (4) United States.
Faced with Stoudemire's endless trash talk, Dayao sullenly plunged into the penalty area and responded with a tough performance.
When the ball was transferred, Iverson directly took the ball in the backcourt and advanced to the top of the arc in the frontcourt to face Lin Fei. He obviously wanted to use his personal ability to teach Lin Fei a lesson in singles.
"Lin, stand firm. I hope you won't be knocked down like your teammates!"
The 29-year-old Iverson is a little less unruly and a little more calm and sophisticated, but his physical condition is no longer what he was at his peak.
Lin Fei concentrated his energy and kept about one and a half steps away from Iverson. Zhu Fangyu on the left side of the frontcourt also let Marion go some distance, ready to make up defense at any time.
Everyone knows that Iverson's breakthroughs always go to the right.
But even so, everyone still can't guard against him. This is the horror of AI.
"Whoosh!"
In an extremely large crossover, Iverson lowered his center of gravity and instantly swayed Lin Fei far enough away.
Lin Fei had already judged this, so he didn't panic at all. He kept steady steps and retreated with diagonal sliding steps. This obviously gave Iverson enough space to take action and control the middle of the penalty area.
Before the game, the coaching staff of the Tianchao men's basketball team arranged a 1-2-2 zone defense strategy for Marbury and Iverson, but they did not use it immediately at the beginning, and instead induced the two to fight alone.
Zhu Fangyu also made up for it on the left, completely emptying Marion.
Marion's open three-pointers are not good, with a hit rate of only 26%, and they can be selectively let go.
Seeing that Iverson was about to be double-teamed by two people, Marion, who was squatting in the left corner, failed to move in time. Instead, he bent down and put his hands on his knees to watch Iverson show off his personal abilities.
Iverson made a sharp change to the left after a fake shot, but Lin Fei was not affected. Ma Buza kept his center of gravity low, stretched his long arms, and tried to control a larger defensive space.
Seeing that Lin Fei was not daunted at all, Zhu Fangyu on the left was also approaching, and Dayao and Yu were waiting deep in the penalty area. Iverson did not hesitate, dribbling the ball under his crotch and jumping out of his hands decisively.
Lin Fei quickly pounced on him and tried his best to provide some interference, even if it was minimal.
Iverson's take-off position is about 13 feet away from the basket. His shooting percentage in this area is the lowest in his career, less than 30%.
"Clang!"
Sure enough, the basketball missed and the rebound was grabbed by Yao against Stoudemire.
Iverson succumbed to his first attack and immediately frowned. Feeling a little aggrieved, his desire to attack naturally became stronger.
Tianchao played steadily, and Dayao and Shou made a screen pick-and-roll between the two towers in the high post.
Roughly taking Dayao as the axis, he quickly moved from the right side to the high position on the left side. Duncan was effectively delayed, and Stoudemire did not come up to defend immediately.
Dayao also quickly gave the ball to the general, who decisively seized the opportunity to take an open shot and hit a two-pointer about 5 meters away from the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
Dayao and Suzhou each scored a goal, and the Tianchao team quickly tied the score.
The players on the bench for the Tianchao men's basketball team on the sidelines were also very excited. They jumped up and cheered for the Twin Towers and waved towels.
Del Harris, who was also standing on the sidelines, could find from the pick-and-roll between Dayao and Stoudemire just now that Duncan and Stoudemire did not communicate enough on defense and did not change defense in time.
Del Harris can also clearly find this from the previous game videos of the American Dream Six and other teams. The American team's defense is generally passive.
Therefore, Harris has every reason to believe that the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely give the American team a huge surprise on the offensive end tonight, because they have Lin Fei.
When the ball was transferred, Iverson found his shooting rhythm after taking a sudden step away from Lin Fei. He took a decisive mid-range shot and the basketball went hollow into the net.
"Uh-huh!"
Returning to the offensive end, Lin Fei finally unsheathed his sword this time.
Lin Fei, who came to the frontcourt, first relied on his physical advantage to withstand Iverson, and then suddenly accelerated and ran counterattack. Using the cover of Dayao with the ball in his hand from the high position on the left, he quickly reached the three-pointer near the 30-degree angle on the left. outside the branch line,
This area is actually a huge test for the defender, because it requires a large change of direction after bypassing the cover.
After Lin Fei stood still, he quickly received Dayao's pass. Facing Iverson who was delayed and Stoudemire who was passively switching defenses, his eyes were cold and he pulled up and shot.
"Uh-huh!"
First.
Lin Fei's three-pointer came very unexpectedly, but it was reasonable.
Head coach Flip Saunders, who was standing on the sidelines of the American team, suddenly frowned.
Flip Saunders was obviously dissatisfied with the team's defensive attitude at the start of the game.
In several games in the group stage, the American team was almost like this, with a loose defensive attitude and their own offensive end.
On the inside, except for Tim Duncan who is quite active in defense, Boozer, Stoudemire and Marion are all average, and they still look down on their opponents.
The American team attacks.
Iverson continued to play with the ball. Seeing that Lin Fei let him go two steps away, he took a decisive shot from the three-point line at the top of the arc.
Obviously he wanted to quickly respond to Lin Fei with a three-pointer.
"Clang!"
But Iverson still handled the ball too casually. The basketball missed the ball and bounced out of the frame.
"Snapped!"
This time, Stoudemire, who reacted faster, got the rebound. He flipped around with a feint to get rid of Yao, and immediately took off for a dunk.
However, Stoudemire underestimated Yao's reaction speed at the basket, and the dunk was too confident.
Turning and jumping almost at the same time, Dayao raised his long arms behind Stoudemire and slapped him down hard with his big palm-like hands.
"Snapped!"
A beautiful spike-board hat, the basketball hit the steel backboard diagonally and hard. After bouncing back, Zhu Fangyu from this side rushed up and grabbed it.
When it comes to fighting for rebounds, the Chinese men's basketball team is also more active than the players of the American team.
Zhu Fangyu failed to get the ball to point guard Guo Shiqiang at the first opportunity, and Marion quickly came up to steal the ball from Zhu Fangyu.
Zhu Fangyu hugged the basketball tightly with his back, his strong body was not weak at all, and he fought hard with the opponent.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded. Marion grabbed the ball too hard and was called for a foul.
Zhu Fangyu gritted his teeth, punched Marion and roared, as if to vent his anger on his teammate Liu Wei, without any fear of these NBA stars.
"Grab it! Ugly!"
Marion suddenly frowned, and his eyes turned cold as he looked at Zhu Fangyu. Although he couldn't understand Tianchao's words, he obviously knew that it was a curse.
"Fuck you!"
"Boy, listen up, I will personally throw you into the garbage dump like garbage tonight!"
Lin Fei laughed out loud at Zhu Fangyu's "ugly" expression. Marion's horse face was really ugly.
Although the Greek referee could not understand Chinese, he still understood English. Seeing Marion publicly swearing, he immediately rushed up and gave the opponent a technical foul.
"Beep!"
Marion was immediately frustrated, his face flushed with anger, and he couldn't reason.
The Chinese fans in the front row of the stands also waved their fists excitedly to add momentum to their players.
The FIBA rules of this period were two free throws and one throw after a technical foul. It can be said that the punishment was significantly more serious than the NBA's technical fouls.
"Uh-huh!"
"Uh-huh!"
Lin Fei went to the free throw line to take technical foul free throws, and made both free throws.
With the ball in his hands, Lin Fei continued to play high-post pick-and-roll with Dayao in the frontcourt. He caught the ball in a misplaced position and faced Stoudemire, and another lightning strike came out.
"Uh-huh!"
besides.
China (12): (6) United States.
After being beaten 4:0 at the beginning, they quickly responded with a wave of 12:2, and the dark horse's momentum was fully displayed.
Stoudemire's two defense changes were not active enough, and Lin Fei caught him in the gap to catch the ball. Naturally, the American team will not reap good results.
After hitting two consecutive three-pointers on the "Little Overlord", Lin Fei landed gracefully and faced Stoudemire's angry gaze, and said coldly:
"Amare, are you worthy of competing with Dayao for the No. 1 pick? Bah!"
Stoudemire clenched his fists angrily and said angrily: "Do you really think I can't guard your three-pointers? I'm just an undrafted guy, and he's worthy of shouting at me?"
Seeing that the United States was beaten 12:6 by China in the opening game, the many NBA fans watching the game also weakened in momentum.
Flip Saunders did not make excuses, and immediately chose to call a long timeout, and sternly reprimanded Stoudemire as he walked off the court:
"Can you defend well? Every defense change is so slow. What did I say before the game? If you give Lin such a large shooting space, are you looking for death?"
Facing Flip Saunders' reprimand, Stoudemire looked annoyed and retorted coldly: "Don't talk too much about your own apprentice. An undrafted draft is still an undrafted draft!"
Phillip Sanders was so angry that he waved his hand and said angrily:
"Just sit still on the bench. LeBron, go up and face Zhu. Marion goes to the power forward! Tim goes to face Yao!"
"Remember what I said, don't underestimate this China men's basketball team. We must be energetic on the defensive end, otherwise God will not favor us!"
"Tim and Sean both have good defensive switching abilities. Once Lin, Yao or Wang are covering the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, they must switch to defense quickly!"
"Of course, depending on the situation, we can double-team Yao or Wang who is holding the ball and cut off his path to the ball!"
Stoudemire, who sat back on the bench, felt very aggrieved.
He didn't score for a few minutes on the field, and even got a big block from Dayao. If he is not given playing time in the future, then he will be exposed when he faces Dayao tonight!
It doesn't matter whether the team wins or not, but if Dayao is going to blow him up, that's absolutely not possible!
After the timeout, Marbury brought the ball to the frontcourt.
Tianchao quickly changed to a 1-2-2 zone defense. Lin Fei, the leader, blocked the ball carrier's breakthrough route. Four teammates in the middle and low posts were ready to double-team at any time, waiting for the fish to take the bait and catch the turtle in the urn.
This kind of zone defense strategy is indeed the best way to limit the American team with super outside ball handlers.
In the group stage, Puerto Rico and Lita Bowl could beat the United States. On the defensive end, they adopted this 122 zone defense strategy.
As for why a top team like Spain was defeated by the United States in the 8-4 knockout round, there was no problem with the zone defense strategy. It can only be said that it was killed by Iverson.
Furthermore, there was a problem with the referee's penalty scale in that game, giving Iverson and the American team more whistles.
But Iverson is not Curry and Thompson, let alone Lin Fei. How can he be so accurate in every game?
The effect of the 1-2-2 zone defense was immediate. After Iverson was double-teamed, he forced a difficult projectile and missed the frame.
"Clang!"
It's just that the experienced Duncan got the offensive rebound, beat Yao with his back, and turned over with his signature 45-degree angle shot.
"Uh-huh!"
Although Duncan is the inside pillar of this Dream Six team and co-captains the team with Iverson, he has very little possession of the ball.
Regarding the issue of Iverson and Marbury having too much possession of the ball, although Duncan did not show any disagreement on the surface, he was still dissatisfied mentally.
If the American team wins the championship this time, all the conflicts will disappear, but if it fails to win the gold medal, Duncan vows that he will never participate in the Olympics again.
The Chinese team attacks.
Both Marion and Duncan have excellent defensive switching abilities and terrifying wingspans. This prevented Lin Fei from getting a good chance to catch the ball after covering.
Dayao took the ball and attacked the basket. After encountering a cover, he passed the ball to the right winger, who made an air cut and dunked.
"Boom!"
"Beep!"
The ball went in and the whistle sounded, and the referee signaled Marion to foul the rough player, 2+1.
Dayao's support ability was fully demonstrated in this Olympic Games. Not only did he provide Lin Fei with many assists, but his connection with the general high and low positions was also very lethal.
At 2+1 under the basket, he roughly punched and roared, venting his emotions. Although he didn't have a speed advantage against Marion, his height and wingspan completely crushed the opponent.
After playing four seasons in the NBA, he was always on the edge of the bench and did not get enough opportunities to prove himself.
Facing these familiar faces in the NBA tonight, especially an All-Star substitute-level striker like Marion, I generally knew that I couldn't back down.
His performance in this Olympics will directly determine whether he can continue to play in the NBA in the new season, and whether he can even win the favor of the team and become the main rotation on the bench.
So he generally knows that he must try his best to show his iron-blooded spirit and unyielding will as a soldier.
As Lin Fei's senior and teammate, whether it is the current Tianchao Men's Basketball Team or the Miami Heat in the new season, he generally knows that he cannot embarrass the other party.
The first quarter only lasted about 5 minutes, and Marion had already received two fouls, and he was obviously a little aggrieved emotionally.
Lin Fei also keenly discovered that tonight the two foreign referees obviously had to take more care of the Chinese men's basketball team. Of course, the penalties were within a reasonable range.
After the life-and-death battle with Greece in the last game, the players and coaching staff of the China Men's Basketball Team were all frightened. As long as the referee was not biased towards the opponent, he was already taking good care of them.
(End of chapter)
