Don't worry, there's still one more game to go!
If we win the French team in front of us, the men's basketball team will advance to the finals for the first time in history!
Hall 1 of the Carioca Stadium has been basically occupied by Chinese fans since the quarter-finals, and today's opening game was even more outrageous.
There are at least 12,000 people in the 16,000 seats inside the arena wearing the same red jersey of the Chinese men's basketball team. From the moment the Chinese team players entered the stadium, the five-star red flags in their hands began to wave continuously.
Of the remaining 4,000 seats, half were French fans and the other half were fans from other countries watching the show.
Hall No. 1 of the Carioca Stadium has become the home court of the Chinese team. Fans from other countries have expressed: scared! Scared!
As for the French fans, they had long been submerged in the massive offensive of the Chinese fans and failed to make any splash.
Tianchao fans: “There’s nothing we can do, there are so many of us!”
The starting lineup for both sides will be announced soon.
For the Tianchao team, the starting lineup remains unchanged.
The same is true for the French team, which sent out a starting five of Parker, Pietrus, Batum, Diaw, and Gobert.
Even though he knew there was little chance of winning, Parker still gathered his teammates around him and kept cheering him on before taking the field.
After all, they are all professional athletes and they are competing for national honor. It goes without saying that the French team players will do their best in the game.
On the other side, Wang Zelin also gave his teammates a big mouthful of rich chicken soup in the locker room.
"Everyone relax, everyone just needs to remember that today's game is no different from the previous games. Relax your muscles and make the shots that should be scored and we will win.
Even if you can't make the shot, don't be nervous. As long as I'm here, no one can take away those damn rebounds. Remember, the advantage is mine! The Chinese team must win! ! ! "
Although there is a psychological advantage, after all, it is the first time in history to reach the Olympic semi-finals, and the young guys of the Tianchao team are inevitably a little nervous.
But Wang Zelin's calm speech made them feel much more relaxed. Just like Wang Zelin said, with him here, the Tianchao team will win!
Beep~~~
With the referee's whistle,
The starters from both sides stood up and prepared to take the field. When they arrived at the technical stage, they stared at each other fiercely. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely intense, which made the players from both sides instinctively excited.
Wang Zelin also saw Ginobili's figure in the front row of the audience. Yaodao's Olympic journey has ended, but he will stay until the end of the Olympics.
Perhaps it was because he wanted to witness with his own eyes the heights Wang Zelin had led the men's basketball team to, or because the other protagonist of this game was the French team led by his old teammate Parker. In any case, he would not miss this game.
Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in China, Wang Zelin easily defeated Gobert and officially kicked off the game.
The Chinese team's style of play was no different from before. Wang Zelin made a lasting breakthrough.
The French team's strategy is to double-team three people, which is expected.
Wang Zelin's performance in this year's Olympics was inhumanly stable and he had a phenomenal impact, but the same cannot be said for the Tianchao team's outside shooters.
To put it bluntly, this choice is a gamble. The French team started betting on the Chinese team's outside touch.
If the opponent is accurate, then the French team will have to prepare in advance to stop the semi-finals; if the opponent is not accurate, then the French team will have the confidence to have a good fight.
The French team was well prepared before the game, but what happened in the next second caught them off guard.
Faced with a three-person double-team, Wang Zelin did not choose to pass the ball. Instead, after breaking through to the left, he ran and hooked toward the baseline during the double-team.
Two people count as vacancies, three people count as opportunities!
At this moment, Wang Zelin seemed to be possessed by Mamba, ignoring the three-man defense and hooking the ball out.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball is in the air like a full moon scimitar, hitting the target accurately.
"This shot is unreasonable...fuck! Is this okay?"
"Your Majesty NB! Your Majesty is mighty!"
"The king is invincible! The Chinese team will win!"
The fans cheered loudly, and the commentator shook his head as he watched.
He ignited the whole game at the very beginning. I am afraid that only No. 20 of the Chinese team dared to play like this.
When the French team attacked, Gobert hit Zhou Qi with his back in the low post. The power gap was too great. Zhou Qi was easily pushed away by him. A chance to turn around and dunk appeared. He was determined to respond with a goal.
"Don't even think about it!"
Accompanied by a roar, Wang Zelin suddenly jumped out of the crowd. At the moment when Gobert took off to lift the ball to dunk, he staged a pick-me-down trick and grabbed the ball from the air.
"Beautiful! King Gobert's bloody hat, the fans are excited!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
On the field.
"Bang!"
After encountering a blocked shot, Gobert lost his balance in the air and fell to the floor. This scene made many fans gasp.
As we all know, there is a kind of pain called pain that hurts even when you look at it!
All the French players on the field were stunned, but Wang Zelin noticed that the referee did not blow the whistle. Just because he couldn't miss it, he pushed forward decisively and launched a fast break.
"boom!"
A series of super dunks from the audience exploded into the French team's basket.
4:0, Wang Zelin, the leader of the Tianchao team, launched an unstoppable offensive as soon as he came up, which was unexpected.
Cheers burst out, and countless fans in front of the TV said they were getting wet.
France attacks.
Wang Zelin focuses on Parker, staying very close to him, and focuses on guarding shots.
With Zhou Qi and Yi Jianlian in the penalty area, plus Gobert, the three big men blocked the area under the basket. In Wang Zelin's view, Parker's breakthrough could hardly pose a threat.
Sure enough, Parker frowned when he saw the situation of the basketball after breaking through, but his reaction speed was super fast and he found Batum who cut in from the left corner.
Batum caught the ball and immediately started rushing forward.
Seeing that Batum was about to perform a slam dunk, Wang Zelin took off in an instant, and with a snap, the basketball was pulled out of bounds by his slap and flew into the arms of a lucky fan in the audience.
"Continuous big blocks! Zelin's condition is amazing, he is so invincible! With him on the court, the men's basketball team's defense is impeccable!" Zhang Lili also expressed his praise.
The French team was attacking, and Wang Zelin allowed Parker to break into the three-point line again. This time Parker chose to make a jump shot, which was interfered by Wang Zelin and bounced out of the basket.
Zhou Qi blocked Gobert under the basket. Yi Jianlian had a height advantage against Diaw and easily protected the defensive rebound and quickly handed it over to Wang Zelin.
Slowly advancing to the scene, the Tianchao team ran several tactics but had no chance. Halfway through the time, the ball returned to Wang Zelin.
"Pull away! Pull away!"
Wang Zelin gestured and shouted while controlling the ball.
The moment the penalty area was empty, Wang Zelin suddenly accelerated the breakthrough with the ball, and the French team continued to double-team with three people.
You should pass it on this time, right?
French coach Davis thought so.
But something they didn't expect happened again. One of Wang Zelin's three-man double-team passed the ball and actually reached the inside again.
Gobert came out of defense, and he did not choose to pass the ball. Instead, he accelerated and sprinted, and then took action after confronting Gobert.
One versus four, can it succeed?
"Beep!"
"Uh-huh!"
The ball was scored at the buzzer, and Wang Zelin once again played an unsolvable performance and scored 2+1!
And after scoring, he waved his right fist and roared.
This is the first time he has made such a celebration in this year's Olympics, and he looks particularly excited.
Only then did everyone realize that Wang Zelin was not as calm as he seemed on the surface. He was also a human being. How could a living person of flesh and blood have no personal emotions?
The men's basketball team reached the semi-finals for the first time, and he needed to vent his inner feelings.
(End of chapter)
