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With 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Coach K finally waited for a suitable opportunity to surrender!

Anthony made a mid-range jump shot, and Bosh finally showed his power by blocking Yao Ming's hook shot with a blood block. Then James quickly advanced with the ball, made his way to the frontcourt and then jumped up for a thunderous slam dunk!
Then Lin Tian was a little careless when advancing, and his pass was intercepted again. Gordon turned around to receive the ball and shot a 3-pointer!
"Shh!"

In the blink of an eye, the American team first blocked Yao Ming's shot and then stole the ball from Lin Tian, ​​and within 1 minute they made a 7:0 run!

The gap between the two sides was narrowed to 22 points!
Well, in the last 6 minutes, the US team was still trailing by 22 points!
The cautious Jonas immediately called a timeout. He wanted to adjust the lineup and let the players adjust their mentality. He had a premonition that the US team would definitely launch a general attack next, and then try one last time to catch up with the score and reverse the game.

Jonas believes that no matter what the purpose of the game is, in the final analysis no one wants to lose, and no one likes to lose!
So during the timeouts, he spoke frantically, encouraging his players to go all out, to try harder, and not to relax as the game wasn't over yet.

then……

When the timeout ended and Jonas sat on the bench quite comfortably, he realized that he had thought too much.

He thinks too highly of Old K!

This old guy didn't even think about winning!
The climax just now was enough for Lao K!

What he wanted was a wave of offensive climax as material, and then use it as the core to motivate and encourage his players to play hard in the rest of the game, and let them not be afraid of the Chinese team!

So, after the timeout, K directly sent out Okafor, Bosh, Battier, Deron and Hinrich.

These five players are also the five with the shortest playing time and the worst statistics tonight.

The meaning of these five people coming up at this time couldn't be clearer.

Ming Jin retreats his troops!

Formal surrender.

But of course, the Chinese team didn't dare to just relax and put five substitutes on the court to play in garbage time.

The strength of the American team lies in the players on the fringe of the team. If they go to other teams, they will definitely be core players.

If the five substitutes now were put in the NBA arena, they would be the main players and second-in-command of each team.

Therefore, even though Jonas understood what Old K meant, he was not in a hurry to make substitutions, but let Lin Tian and others play for a few more minutes.

It was not until there were only two minutes left in the fourth quarter and the difference between the two sides was still 2 points that he finally waved his hand and replaced all the main players.

After being beaten like this, you can’t possibly turn the tables, right?

Is there any more heavenly justice?
Then?

Then the last 2 minutes of the game proved that Jonas' vigilance and caution were justified.

In the last 2 minutes and 30 seconds, this group of marginal players on the American team beat China 14:5.

The gap was narrowed to 16 points.

Even so, it was the result of them not putting in enough effort, not pressing the entire court, not playing with enough intensity, and just playing according to their feelings.

If the Chinese team really presses the entire court, then Chen Jianghua and Liu Wei won't be able to dribble the ball across half court.

But no matter what, the game ended with the Chinese team winning easily!
85: 101!

The Chinese team easily won the opening match of the World Championships and defeated the powerful opponent, the United States!

And, this is the first time they have won against the US team so easily!

In the previous two Olympic finals in 00 and 04, although the Chinese team defeated the United States, the process was full of twists and turns and was very precarious. It can be said that the entire Chinese team exerted 150% of their energy in those two games, and everyone performed beyond their average level.

Lin Tian even achieved a stunning five-double in the 04 Olympic finals.

Only with this did the Chinese team narrowly escape the danger.

But this year, things are completely different.

The Chinese team beat up the American team for almost the entire game, easily taking the initiative and widening the score gap to 20, 25 or even 30 points on several occasions!
From every aspect of this game, the Chinese team won by a landslide!
"To be honest, I was a little worried before the game started," Yang Jian said sincerely after the game. "I was worried that it would be a tough battle. I was even afraid that we would lose because of our lack of experience due to the blood transfusion."

"I had even thought about how to appease fans across the country, but I didn't expect that I was overthinking it! The boys played really well! They are our heroes!"

Yang Yi also said: "I have listed all our important opponents in this tournament! European champion Greece, Spain led by Gasol and others, Ginobili's Argentina, etc., etc. These teams are not easy to deal with."

"But after today's game, I think we can definitely win the championship this time! These teams can never be our opponents!" Yang Yi said excitedly: "Of course, the premise is that we are not proud, arrogant, and do not underestimate our opponents. We go all out in every game!"

"In that case, I think we'll be absolutely fine!"

"After all, the opponent we easily defeated today was the American team!"

"No matter how immature this team is, no matter how many green hands it is made up of, there is one thing that is beyond doubt: they are all the most important members of their respective teams. Some are the cornerstones of the team's reconstruction, some have already won the championship, and some can lead the team through the first round of the playoffs alone!"

"These young people are just immature and imperfect, and have not yet reached their respective peaks. But this does not mean that they are weak, nor does it mean that they can be bullied or defeated easily!"

"Defeating them will definitely give our team a huge boost of confidence!"

That night, the news that the Chinese team had easily defeated the American team spread throughout the country in an instant. As expected, the Chinese men's football team had become one of the first teams to prepare for the 2010 World Cup a long time ago. The boys of the men's basketball team once again became national idols!

There are more and more people playing basketball in the streets and there are more and more basketball courts. The Chinese men's basketball team, or Lin Tian, ​​Dayao and others, truly brought basketball to China, making it one of the most popular sports in China!

In competitive sports, results are needed to prove everything!

The subsequent games actually proved that what Yang Yi and Yang Jian said were right!
As for the Chinese team, they then easily defeated Slovenia, Angola, Italy and other teams in succession, and qualified as the first in the group with a perfect record, successfully advancing to the round of 16 knockouts!
The American team also learned from their loss to China. No one knows what Old K talked to his players in the locker room and how he cheered them up.

But it was obvious that after losing to the Chinese team, the players of the American team were obviously more united, and their defense was obviously more fierce and tough! They put away their thoughts and attitudes that they were just here to play and have fun, and everyone started to play with all their strength.

After losing to the Huaxia team, they successfully won four consecutive games in the remaining four group matches, and averaged 4 points more than their opponents per game!
After the tragic defeat to the Chinese team, the American team really felt like it had been reborn! Howard was willing to screen for his teammates, James and Paul began to run without the ball to open up space for their teammates, and Anthony, who originally only liked to shoot, also began to break through more often in the paint.

There are many similar changes, but the American team is getting better and better, which is a fact that everyone can see! This is also the most terrifying thing about the American team.

Other teams have practiced well, selected the strongest combination, and then come to the World Championships to try their best to get the best results.

But the American team was able to select a large number of players who have not reached their peak, let them try and make mistakes, let them suffer losses in the World Championships, and then find their feelings and absorb knowledge in the game, and then make rapid progress!

In short, the entire American team played better and better after that game, and successfully advanced to the round of 16 as the second in the group!
After the knockout stage, all teams will start a life-and-death, extremely severe and tense knockout match!
China's opponent in the round of 16 is Türkiye, which is fourth in the next group.

Lin Tian was quite familiar with this team. Their top two stars were Lin Tian's teammate Okur and Turkoglu, whom he had met in the finals.

With two NBA players, they only finished fourth in the group, which shows that the overall strength of this team is quite average. They did not play many eye-catching games in the match against the Huaxia team, and fell behind the Huaxia team by 3 points in less than 20 quarters. In the fourth quarter, Lin Tian even scored 9 points in a row, successfully widening the gap to 30 points!
The suspense of the game ended here!
Then the Chinese team met Germany led by Nowitzki in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, this German team was basically a replica of the Turkish team. Except for Nowitzki, a top player at the MVP level in the NBA, the rest of the players on this team were really not worth mentioning!
In this game, Nowitzki was in explosive form in the first three quarters, scoring 33 points, leaving Al-Farouq Aminu and two others powerless to fight back.

But in the fourth quarter, Lin Tian once again volunteered to face Nowitzki in person!
Although Nowitzki's shooting and facing-the-frame abilities are top-notch today, he has not yet reached his strongest level!

Now his playing style and personality are still relatively soft, and his confrontation ability has not yet reached the peak he can reach!
His unstable lower body results in average back-to-the-basket efficiency, and his soft personality makes him easily timid when facing fierce defenders. At the same time, his disadvantage in ball protection makes it easy for him to be intercepted when facing smaller defenders!
Simply put, Nowitzki is not afraid of agile and skilled players, or even traditional big centers, because he can pull out and shoot from outside the three-point line.

But what this guy fears most now is the fast and powerful forwards! Facing such opponents, Nowitzki is defeated every time!
Well, this weakness was analyzed by his old mentor, Old Nelson, and Lin Tian together.

This is also the reason why Lin Tian went directly to defend Nowitzki in the fourth quarter.

Lin Tian has everything that Nowitzki is afraid of!
He is fierce, strong, and quick in both hands and feet!
It is absolutely no exaggeration to say that Lin Tian is Nowitzki's nemesis!

So, throughout the fourth quarter, Lin Tian stuck to Nowitzki's back like a dog-skin plaster, making it difficult for him to push hard inside. If he dribbled the ball, Lin Tian would use all kinds of ways to disrupt his rhythm, making it difficult for Nowitzki to continue pushing inside.

And if Nowitzki wants to attack facing the basket, Lin Tian will completely lower his center of gravity, making it impossible for him to dribble through. If he dares to let the ball go, Lin Tian will dare to attack!
As for shooting directly after catching the ball without dribbling?
It's not impossible, but that's not Nowitzki's strength and biggest advantage! If he plays like that, it's a bit of a waste of time.

In particular, even if he can shoot as soon as he receives the ball, his height and flexibility mean that his shooting speed cannot match those of forwards and guards who are about 2 meters tall. After receiving the ball, he has to adjust before he can shoot.

But in this way, as soon as he adjusts, Lin Tian will be able to catch up with him, and once he catches up, he will cause trouble for him!
Throughout the fourth quarter, Nowitzki played so depressed and uncomfortable! Nowitzki, who scored 30+ points in the first three quarters, took a total of 4 shots in the fourth quarter, only hit 1 goal, and also made 3 turnovers!
When the team leader and only core player could only score 2 points in a single quarter, there was no need to say more about the German team's fate.

They were tied with the Huaxia team in the first three quarters, but lost by 15 points in the fourth quarter. In the end, they lost to the Huaxia team by 68 points with a score of 88:20 and were eliminated by the Huaxia team.

At this stage of the World Championships, if we don’t count the subsequent qualifying matches, there are actually only the last four teams left!

They will fight against each other in the semi-finals and finals!

The four teams are: China, Greece, Spain and the United States!

Among these four teams, Greece is the champion of the last European Championship, and Spain has many NBA players. They are called the golden generation by many Spaniards. Many of them have been playing together since childhood. The level of tacit understanding and the relationship between the players can be said to be perfect!
As for the US team, after losing to China in the opening game, they have not lost since! After reaching the semi-finals, the US team has actually completed its mission. If they can win the championship in the end, it will be a surprise! If they can't win the championship, it is also expected!

The final odds of winning the championship for these four teams are China 1, the United States 2, Greece 3, and Spain 4!

The reason for this ranking is not because Spain is bad or everyone thinks they are not strong.

The biggest reason is that Spain will face China in the semi-finals!

You are going to play against the strongest team in the world in the semi-finals, so it is reasonable to give you the last place!
The match between the United States and Greece is also highly anticipated!
Because many people say that Greece is the most team-oriented, most reasonable, most balanced and most boring team in the world. They do not have any of the wild imagination and creativity of Greek mythology. They just play the simplest and most extreme basketball.

The Pistons are much more interesting than them!
The American team is the team with the strongest average individual ability and the strongest physical talent in this competition.

Will it be the ultimate individual heroism that destroys Greece with their talents, or will the Greeks defeat the United States with their ancient unity, tenacity and unyielding spirit?

These two semi-finals are both top-level matches that everyone is looking forward to!
The first match to start is between Greece and the United States!

This semi-final, which was originally thought to be a fierce battle and contradictory confrontation, became one-sided at the beginning of the game.

The Greek team completely took the initiative in the game and completely controlled the rhythm!

They even used just one move to make the American team dizzy.

Joint defense!

Various types of zone defense!
In addition, they also have a short and strong giant called "Little Shark" in their team to block the American team's breakthroughs time and time again.

In this game, the Greek team once again proved that: zone defense + strong defensive inside line is the only way to restrain the American team!

The Chinese team did it easily, and the Greek team did it too!

They successfully blocked the U.S. team's breakthrough and passing system, and used double-team defense to force them to make a large number of mistakes.

Although the American team has made significant progress in this tournament and is becoming more and more like a team, some things cannot be evolved overnight.

For example, shooting, adapting to zone defense tactics, skills without the ball, and awareness of how to move after pick-and-roll.

They have to digest these things slowly.

104: 89!

In the end, the US team lost by 15 points again. They lost to the unpredictable double team defense of the Greek team and lost to the stable, slow, boring yet extremely tight system of the Greek team.

The American team was eliminated in the semifinals, and the best they can do is to compete for a bronze medal.

As for the other semi-final, it was almost identical to this one.

It was also an almost one-sided match.

The Chinese team easily defeated the Spanish team by 21 points!
And this was even when the Chinese team obviously let up in the fourth quarter, not allowing Yao Ming and Lin Tian to continue playing, and Spain caught up with a lot of points.

There are two reasons why Spain lost so badly.

One is their absolute core Gasol, who suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury in the quarterfinals against Australia. He had to undergo surgery. Even if the operation is successful, Gasol will have to lie down for at least 9 months!

Let alone this semifinal, unless the Grizzlies make it to the divisional finals next season, Gasol's next NBA season will be written off in advance!
I have to say, he is really unlucky.

Although Spain is still united without Gasol, no one can restrain Yao Ming, and no one can defend Lin Tian's surgical breakthroughs at the basket!

Without their absolute core, they were unable to put up much resistance and were easily defeated by the Chinese team.

In the absence of Gasol, they lost to the US team in the next 3-4th place final!
fourth place!
The Spanish team's golden generation missed the medal again and could only return to Spain in fourth place with full of disappointment.

As for the final?
What a coincidence! Lin Tian is best at dealing with teams like the Greek team, which are rigid and play like a textbook!

He has beaten countless similar teams in his life!

You play zone defense? Then Mr. Lin will keep shooting from long range, forcing you to expand your defense and not be able to defend inside the 3-point line.

As long as the Greek team's defense steps forward, Lin Tian will quickly break through, rush into the inside, and then find teammates who are left open in the chaos and assist them in scoring!
In this game, the Greek team showed their biggest weakness.

No stars!

Although Papaloukas, Spanoulis and others are top figures in Europe and have all kinds of scary nicknames, their player level is obviously not enough in front of Lin Tian! Their star quality is also not enough.

When the team was unable to restrict Lin Tian in a reasonable way, no one on the Greek team could stand up and challenge Lin Tian in an unreasonable way.

As a result, the final of this World Championship was naturally somewhat one-sided. (End of this chapter)