msmithbooks Chapter 786 Breaking into the Finals
Chapter 786 Breaking into the Finals
Chapter 786 Breaking into the Finals
The schedule of the Chinese men's basketball team is still very good. They avoided the United States and Spain in the semifinals, and their opponent was Australia in Oceania.
The Australian men's basketball team has always played aggressively, full of physical confrontation, and extremely tough.The Chinese men's basketball team, which is characterized by shooting and dexterous skills, did not like to face them before and was repaired every time.
Today's Australian men's basketball team is also gradually star-studded, with Bingqing Bogut, Dellavedova, Ingles, Dabai Baynes, and Patrick Mills in the team.
Although apart from Bogut, the others are not considered the starters of their respective teams, but the existence of these active NBA players has indeed made the team stronger as a whole.
Before the start of the semi-finals, Xie Kai’s fans were a little worried about the idol’s body. After all, the opponent has “clean” players like Bogut and Dellavedova. If you are not careful, it will be a tragedy if you get injured. .
The outside world commented that this game is a competition of "one super vs. many strong". "One Super" is obviously Xie Kai, and "How Strong" is obviously these NBA players in Australia.
If there is no Xie Kai, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely not be able to beat the Australian men's basketball team, but with this superstar joining in, it is really uncertain who the balance of victory will be.
For the Chinese men's basketball team, if they want to create a new best record in history, then this game must be won, because if they lose this game, then the bronze medal match, whether it is against Spain or the United States, will lose. The probability of the event is basically greater than this one, so it is even more difficult to set a new record.
The Chinese men's basketball team will do whatever it takes to defeat the Australian men's basketball team. As long as they reach the finals, they will be able to get a silver medal at the last time.
On October 8, the semi-finals kicked off.
In the first semi-final, the Spanish men's basketball team lost 76:82 to the American Dream Team Twelve and missed the final.
The other semi-final officially started at 6:[-] BJ time.
At the start of the game, the Australian men's basketball team defended against Dellavedova, who has now joined the Bucks.
Dellavedova's defense is very fierce, he does not hesitate to use his body to bite his opponent in various ways.He and Mills are the starting backcourt of the Australian men's basketball team. Naturally, he is the most suitable candidate to defend Xie Kai.
Of course, Xie Kai will not be afraid of Dellavedova's defense.It's not that he hasn't experienced it. In the 2014-15 season finals, the Cavaliers let the Australian defensive fighter deal with him when they were in the second team.
Xie Kai has long adapted to Dellavedova's defensive approach. Compared with the two people playing against each other in 2015, he was still immature. After another season of training, this Australian defensive champion has matured a lot, not only can only defend , will also organize with the ball and launch pick-and-rolls.
However, Dellavedova's eagerness to bite the opponent desperately has disappeared a lot after all.It's very simple. In the past, this was his only job, which was biting. Now that he has a lot of work and his status has been improved, his energy and image don't support him to keep doing that.
Just like Xie Kai will not always use the mad dog defense like he did in the NCAA University of Kansas Jayhawks.
Both sides are used alternately in zone defense and man-to-man defense, and there are players with excellent shots on both sides. It is easy to be shot into a sieve by the opponent if the zone defense is always used.
The strength of the Australian men's basketball team, which has many NBA players, has indeed improved, but they have lost some of the tough defense and melee spirit they had back then.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that these NBA players basically have contracts. Just like Dellavedova, he just signed a big contract with the Bucks with an annual salary of nearly [-] million. Of course, he is not willing to get injured easily.With a fierce physical defense, the possibility of injury is greatly increased.
I love my feathers, and I don't play so hard.
Australians are people too, and they are not so real that they are willing to risk their lives.
Australia is not so tough, and the Chinese men's basketball team will play better.For a long time, what they have been afraid of is this kind of team with extremely strong physical confrontation, because the overall style of CBA does not emphasize confrontation so much.
Xie Kai didn't exert his strength from the beginning of the game. When the opponent thought that he would immediately exert strength like the last game, he did the opposite and continued to use his personal attractiveness to feed the ball to Yi Jianlian on the inside and Zhou Peng on the front line. .
Yi Jianlian's performance and popularity in the NBA are not as good as Bogut's, but in the international arena, his performance and role should be above the backcourt.
The inside line of the Chinese men's basketball team is not inferior to the Australian men's basketball team, and Xie Kai's outside line is to lock up Mills. Dellavedova can't beat them to death.
The scores of the two teams are not high. Everyone pays attention to defense in this game, and the game has been deadlocked from the beginning.
When neither side could easily score, Xie Kai began to exert his strength.When the opponent adopts a zone defense, he cooperates with the high-ranking Yi Jianlian and uses 3-pointers in a row to make the opponent pay the price.
And when the opponent uses marking, he continues to play singles at the horns of the two wings.Once the opponent pinches, quickly transfer the ball and send the ball to an open teammate.
The fans at the scene and in front of the TV were fortunate to see Xie Kai's second singles show after returning from injury.
The Chinese men's basketball team took the lead, which made the Australian men's basketball team a little anxious.
There are indeed many NBA players in the Australian men's basketball team, but apart from Mills, no one is good at offense.Both Dellavedova and Bogut are defensive, while Ingles is a shooter + organization.
But Mills was exempted from the restriction, and when Australia wanted to chase points, they couldn't find anyone to solve the scoring problem.
However, the Australian men's basketball team is not so easy to be defeated. They are limited on the offensive end, and they have begun to exert strength on the defensive end and increase their strength.
The other players in the Chinese men's basketball team can't score anymore, their physical fitness is declining rapidly, and their shots are weak.
But the Chinese men's basketball team has Xie Kai, and Yi Jianlian.Back then they had Yao Ming, but no one outside.Although Ah Lian is not as destructive inside as Dayao, Xie Kai can control the rhythm and create opportunities on the outside. The opponent's defense is extremely difficult to deploy.
If Xie Kai and Yi Jianlian are flanked, and the opponent shoots open from the outside, you really can't let them go completely.The players of the Chinese men's basketball team can shoot basic skills. Even if their physical fitness has declined, they are still somewhat sure of the wide open.
The Chinese men's basketball team has always been ahead, although not much, but the Australian men's basketball team can't catch up.
In the last half of the quarter, the physical disadvantage of the Chinese men's basketball team appeared, and the shooting was a bit fuzzy, and it was only 2 points away from being chased by the opponent.
At the critical moment, Xie Kai stood up, a 3-pointer in a pull-up, and a mid-range single, closing the game.
In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Australian men's basketball team and broke into the final of the Olympic men's basketball competition for the first time in history!
(End of this chapter)