Halftime passed and the second half soon arrived.
The young players of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team are still immersed in the leading atmosphere in the first half, but on the Chinese Taipei team's side, their team has been reorganized.
Lin Zhongsheng, the coach of the Chinese Taipei team, called the players together without knowing what he was saying. He waited until the referee's whistle sounded before letting the players onto the court.
call out.
The third quarter begins.
The Chinese Taipei team serves.
Previously, the opponent's core Lin Yu had been organizing the offense. Now he switched to the second position and let other players advance with the ball.
Soon after the ball passed half court, Lin Yu ran up from the wing to respond. After getting the basketball, he did not choose to go up alone, but signaled his teammates to come over and cover.
The players of the China Men's Basketball Team thought he was going to break through and get to the basket. Unexpectedly, Lin Yu did not do this. He just used the pick-and-roll of his teammates to open up space and shot three-pointers from outside the three-point line.
Uh-huh.
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
After Lin Yu scored this goal, the bench of the Chinese Taipei team also cheered.
When he was in the CBA team, he was already known for being good at mid-range and long-range shots, and now he has reached his best position.
But unlike the CBA, in the club, he is not considered the team's top core at all, and the team will not build a tactical system around him.
But for this Chinese Taipei team, he has enough offensive and shooting rights, and he is also the absolute core of the team.
It was the turn of the Chinese men's basketball team to fight back.
The point difference between the two sides was still in double digits. Therefore, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team did not take the Chinese Taipei team's goal seriously from top to bottom.
Zhang Hao continued to advance with the ball.
Just after halftime, he was targeted by a bigger player. Compared with the Taipei players who marked him in the first half, the defensive players sent this time are undoubtedly faster and stronger.
Zhang Hao was not worried, just sneered disdainfully, and then continued to play the basketball.
But when he reached the top of the arc, Zhang Hao suddenly discovered that something was not right with the defense on the court.
Originally, the Chinese Taipei team's defense was relatively loose, but this time, the opponent became much more active than before, especially the point-to-point marking.
His teammates wanted to come up from the wing to respond. Zhang Hao tried to pass the ball out, but after several moves, no teammate could find a safe enough space.
"what's the situation?"
Zhang Hao was a little surprised.
Seeing that time was running out, he raised the basketball and took a decisive shot.
The Chinese Taipei player who was guarding him reacted quickly and rushed towards him to block his view with his hands.
boom.
The basketball bounced out of the basket, but Zhang Hao's shot failed.
"Depend on!"
"What are you doing!"
"Does it feel so bad?"
Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly.
He didn't think it was because the opponent was interfering with him, he just felt that his shooting condition was not good enough.
The rebound was picked off by the Chinese Taipei team.
Originally, they had every opportunity to counterattack defensively, but they did not do so. The Chinese Taipei team continued to maintain their offensive rhythm. Although it seemed a bit slow, it also gave people a very stable feeling.
The ball passed halftime, and this time Lin Yu took a second pass from his teammate and shot outside the penalty area. He avoided the block of China Men's Basketball Center Liu Yunwei with a throw, and threw the ball into the basket one step ahead.
Uh-huh.
The ball went in.
The match between the two sides continued, and the offensive rhythm of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team began to deteriorate.
Excessive isolations consumed the trust and cooperation between the players, and also made their scoring efficiency in this quarter much lower than before.
On the contrary, it is the Chinese Taipei team. Although every attack seems mediocre, relying on the mid-range shots of Lin Yu and other main players, they have steadily caught up with the point difference.
call out.
At the end of the third quarter with 2 minutes and 09 seconds left, the Chinese Taipei team narrowed the double-digit point difference to an astonishing 7 points.
It wasn't until Su Mingtao, the head coach of the China Men's Basketball Team, finally called for the next timeout that the fans at the scene were shocked to find that the seemingly huge gap between the two sides was actually no longer there.
"What happened?"
"We are almost 20 points ahead, why are we trying to catch up?"
"Zhang Hao, Liu Yunwei, please take a rest...come on as a substitute and play for a while. Don't be a lone wolf. Just pass the ball when it's time to pass the ball. Do you understand?"
Head coach Su Mingtao criticized the players a few times. Although Zhang Hao and others didn't pay much attention to him and looked unconvinced, they were still replaced.
However, the little time left was not enough for the Chinese men's basketball team to reverse the game.
When the referee's whistle sounded again and the third quarter was over, the score between the two sides was 60 to 57.
The Chinese men's basketball team only leads by 3 points.
The Chinese Taipei team used their strong performance in this quarter to save their poor performance in the first two quarters.
Zhao Feiyang, who was watching the game from the sidelines, originally planned to leave early.
After all, as a superstar in Chinese basketball, if he waits for the game to end before leaving, he will most likely be surrounded by fans.
At that time, he would probably have to trouble the security personnel in the arena before he could go out, so considering various safety issues and the fact that the game was almost one-sided, Zhao Feiyang even planned to leave early.
However, the deficit at the end of the third quarter left him in a daze.
He watched helplessly as the leading Chinese men's basketball team was caught up little by little, from a gap of nearly 20 points to only 3 points left.
Zhao Feiyang did not dare to think any more. He was afraid that if the Chinese men's basketball team could not stop its decline, once the final quarter arrived, the situation would probably be completely reversed.
"Qiuyue, wait a little longer!"
Zhao Feiyang said to his girlfriend beside him.
Jiang Qiuyue also knew that the situation on the court had changed. She nodded obediently, and the two of them continued to sit in the audience waiting for the last quarter to come.
On the bench of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, head coach Su Mingtao also kept talking to the players. He also made some targeted criticisms about the problems of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team in the third quarter.
"Zhang Hao, don't keep playing alone in the last quarter...wait and give more assists to others after you come on the court..."
"I'm not saying that the team doesn't need your singles. Today your state is not stable enough... This game is the first warm-up match, especially when our opponent is a special team like Chinese Taipei... ....If we lose, none of us will have anything to answer for..."
Head coach Su Mingtao was quite polite when he said this, his tone was not too harsh, and he didn't even mean to blame.
But after he finished speaking, Zhang Hao, who was sitting on the chair, felt unhappy.
He ignored the face of head coach Su Mingtao and responded directly in front of everyone, "Coach Su, this is my level. If you don't like it, can you hire someone else?"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the team bench became extremely awkward.
