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Ginobili tried everything to break free from Lin Tian's close marking, but no matter how hard he tried, Lin Tian just wouldn't let him get away with it.

A full 20 seconds!
Ginobili dribbled for a full 20 seconds while facing Lin Tian's persistent defense, and finally, with time almost up, he made a difficult, off-balance pass under the basket to Scola in the middle.

Scola received the ball and made a floater, finally breaking Argentina's scoring drought in the second quarter!

"Great pass, Manu! That was a fantastic pass!" Lin Tian said with a smile to Ginobili, who was lying on the floor. "I hope you can keep making passes like that throughout the game tonight!"

The whole thing?

Ginobili scrambled to his feet from the floor and gave a wry smile.

Let alone the whole game, just with that kind of intensity, his legs would go weak after doing it three times in a row!
If the team didn't need to score, if the team didn't need him to step up, he would have passed the ball much earlier and let his teammates finish the play.

Lin Tian's defense is really too fierce!

Ginobili felt that his 5-centimeter height advantage was completely useless in front of Lin Tian, ​​and could not be of any use at all.

My older brother is truly terrifyingly strong.

In the Chinese team's offense, Lin Tian suddenly changed his tactics this time, calling for a high double screen. Du Feng and Yi Jianlian stepped up to the left and right to help Lin Tian screen Prigioni, and then these two shooting guys simultaneously cut out to the outside at a 45-degree angle on both sides.

After a pick-and-roll, the two players, along with their defender, quickly moved to the sideline, clearing a wide path for Lin Tian!

Scola and Oberto glanced back and realized that they were both simultaneously expanding their defense outwards, quickly turning around to try and get back to the basket to help the team defend the paint.

But just as they left their defenders, Lin Tian made a no-look pass to Yi Jianlian on the left.

Yi Jianlian is incredibly confident these days. After being fed by Deron Williams all season, he's become a master at taking these kinds of shots!
Receive the ball outside the three-point line, aim, and release the shot!
"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Yi Jianlian's three-pointer went in, widening the gap between the two sides to eight points.

In the next few minutes, Lin Tian continued to keep a close eye on Ginobili, constantly entangled with him, and rapidly depleting Ginobili's stamina, which he had originally intended to conserve for the second half of the game.

Under Lin Tian's leadership, the Huaxia team kept scoring. They would run whenever they had the chance, and they would never play a positional game if they could switch between offense and defense!
Lin Tian perfectly replicated his style of play for the Knicks in the national team!
Although his teammates were replaced by Yi Jianlian and Xu Yong instead of Stoudemire and Anthony, the team's firepower has not weakened at all!

All I can say is that Lin Tian is a complete system all by himself!
Five minutes into the second quarter, Lin Tian grabbed another rebound and launched a rapid counterattack towards the frontcourt. After quickly reaching the frontcourt, this time Lin Tian did not rush to pass the ball. Instead, he suddenly stopped outside the three-point line on the left side and dribbled the ball between his legs twice in a row, one on the left and one on the right.

These two actions left Prigioni quite puzzled.

Because it's useless except for looking cool! Lin Tian didn't seem to have any intention of using those two flashy dribbling moves to get past him or deceive his own center of gravity, because Lin Tian's center of gravity didn't change at all; he was just standing still and showing off a couple of 'thump thump' moves.

What is he going to do?

Prigioni dared not relax at all; he truly couldn't figure out what Lin Tian was up to.

But even if he didn't relax at all, it was obviously useless, because Lin Tian's rhythm suddenly changed on his third dribble!

His third crossover dribble involved almost every part of his body moving, a lateral movement that seemed poised to break through. But then Lin Tian suddenly did another crossover dribble, shifting his center of gravity once more.

Now, not only would Prigioni be unable to keep up, but even 99.9% of the world's defenders couldn't keep up!
After two consecutive crossovers, Lin Tian accelerated with lightning speed and charged towards the basket again in the blink of an eye!

Oberto rushed over to try and block Lin Tian's attack on the basket, but just when he thought Lin Tian was going to jump and drive straight to the basket, Lin Tian suddenly stopped abruptly outside the three-second zone.

This stop completely fooled Oberto, who was half-jumping and half-not-jumping, striking a rather comical pose.

Lin Tian immediately spotted this pose and quickly jumped towards him. With a 'thud,' after the two made contact, Lin Tian dribbled the ball sideways with one hand and sent it into the basket!
"Shh!"

"Dudu!"

Two more beautiful voices rang out almost simultaneously!
Another 2+1!
This was also Oberto's third foul!
Argentina absolutely has to get Oberto out of there right now!
Under FIBA ​​rules, a player can be ejected after 5 fouls. Three fouls by now in the second quarter is definitely too many!

But Oberto's departure also meant that Argentina lost their tallest player on the field, and also their only player over 210 cm tall.

The rest, whether it's Scola or Gonzalez, are all 205 cm tall or even shorter, so they grit their teeth and say they're 208 cm to make it seem more impressive.

Argentina's already disadvantageous height under the basket has been severely reduced once again!
At that moment, Jonas waved his hand, and Yao Ming, Da Zhi, and Zhu Fang came onto the court side by side!
Of these three, Yao Ming is at least 226 cm tall, and many people say he is actually 230 cm tall, roughly 213 cm. Zhu Fangyu's absolute height is average, but he looks intimidating and is quite strong.

"Here it comes! Jonas is changing his tactics! He's shifting his focus to attacking the paint, letting Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi dominate Argentina's inside game!" Su Qun exclaimed excitedly. "This absolute height advantage will give China a decisive advantage under the basket!"

"But this would reduce our mobility. What if Argentina launches a counter-attack? After all, Ginobili is also a master of fast breaks and transitions!" Sun Weiping was not so optimistic at this moment, pointing out the characteristics of the Argentine team.

"Coach Sun, have you forgotten that we still have Lin Tian?" Su Qun said with a smile, "With Lin Tian on the team, what about Ginobili, what about the advantage of mobility? Lin Tian alone can match the mobility of an entire team! If Argentina dares to compete with China in speed, they will definitely suffer a much worse fate!"

Just as Su Qun finished speaking, Lin Tian made the free throw, bringing the score difference between the two sides to 12 points!

But looking back, the Argentine team finally found their rhythm. Nocioni received a pass from Ginobili and hit a three-pointer over Zhu Fangyu, narrowing the gap to less than 10 points again.

But then, something unexpected happened.

The Chinese team didn't even bother to settle down and play a positional game!
They had no intention of utilizing Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi's strengths under the basket.

Yao Ming walked to the baseline and passed the ball to Lin Tian outside the three-point line. Lin Tian then made a sprint, catching Argentina off guard as they were trying to counter China's tactics with their usual mindset. They didn't have time to retreat on defense.

How could Prigioni, the only one who had retreated to his defensive position, possibly withstand Lin Tian? Not only did Lin Tian score again, but Prigioni also committed a pointless foul.

This foul and the 2+1 play made the Argentine coach so angry he almost had a nose crooked.

Why the hell do you care? If he wants to dunk, just let him! It's not like he's dunking on your rim! Do you really want him to score a 2+1 against you?

But no matter how furious they were, they couldn't change the fact that it had already happened. The entire Argentine team could only watch as Lin Tian walked to the free throw line and easily made the extra free throw.

这已经是林天上半场比赛的第三个2+1了，或者说光是第二节，他就打了3次2+1！

That's enough to show how fiercely he fought tonight!

We're going to attack Argentina's interior!

"What's wrong? Did you think we were going to fight a positional battle? Did you want to take advantage of our big guys coming up and try to break through our defenses and make some transitions?" Lin Tian continued to taunt Ginobili after making the free throw. "As the older brother, I have to take care of the younger one! Manu, if you want to fight, I'll help you! I'll take the lead and make you fight faster!"

Lin Tian's provocative words made Ginobili so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

But he really had no other choice.

What can he do?
Circumstances dictate that he could only shrug and say "you're awesome" to keep his composure and avoid falling into Lin Tian's trap, allowing Prigioni to steadily dribble the ball across half-court to prevent Lin Tian from launching another fast break.

"Stay calm! We'll take it one ball at a time! No need to rush, let's play positional warfare! Draw their big men out!" Ginobili, though not dribbling, didn't stop what he was doing, directing his teammates to move around and reminding them to be careful.

The scene on the field at this moment was quite interesting. The Chinese team, with its height advantage, was gearing up to launch fast breaks and transitions, while the Argentine team, which should have used its speed advantage to avoid the disadvantage of being short in positional attacks, started to play positional attacks instead.

It can only be said that Lin Tian's influence on the court is truly terrifying!
But clearly, if Argentina wants to play a positional game against China, they're just asking for trouble!

They simply couldn't get to the basket. In the FIBA ​​world, where there's no three-second rule, Yao Ming under the basket was an impenetrable fortress!

To score under his five fingers, the entire Argentine team, apart from Ginobili and Scola, probably couldn't find a third person.

The entire Argentine team fell into inefficient singles play because of this situation!
Ginobili was in a difficult situation when he tried to take on Lin Tian one-on-one, but Lin Tian's tight defense made him look very bad. Even if he managed to get past Lin Tian and drive to the basket, he would still be facing the defense of two seven-foot tall players!
As for Scola, his footwork and touch are indeed excellent, but against players of the same type, his advantage is not so obvious.

More importantly, even if he manages to shake off Da Zhi and get to the basket, he will still have to face Yao Ming's help defense and rotation.

He also struggled to find many comfortable opportunities.

As a result, even though Scola and Ginobili are considered one of the world's top duos, they were helpless and played quite passively. They could only attack repeatedly in the least efficient and most unstable mid-range area, ending the battle time and time again with mid-range attacks.

But as a result, their efficiency is naturally questionable.

While Argentina's attack completely stalled, with the team only able to score sporadically through Ginobili and Scola, China's attack was in full swing!

When he can play fast, Lin Tian takes the lead and charges forward. He alone is enough to create a run-and-gun system. Even if he can't directly form a fast break, he can definitely disrupt the Argentine team's defense and make them extremely uncomfortable.

If he can't play fast, Lin Tian will slowly land on the ground and pass the ball to Da Zhi or Yao Ming, or he will make a run himself.

With China's current finishing ability and Argentina's interior height after losing Oberto, China can naturally dominate the game.

More importantly, Scola and Ginobili, the two absolute core players, barely rested in the first half! Although a 20-minute halftime game wouldn't exhaust them, their stamina was still insufficient against Yao Ming, who had rested for a full 7 minutes, and Da Yi, who hadn't played for very long.

Jonas's strategy of staggering his departure to conceal the rotation of key players was hailed as a brilliant move by Su Qun and Sun Weiping!
He truly deserves to be called a top-tier coach!
In terms of physical fitness, strategy, height, absolute strength, and speed—the most important aspects on the basketball court—Argentina was almost completely crushed by the Chinese team. Throughout the second quarter, they were almost relentlessly beaten by the Chinese team.

Under these circumstances, it would be a miracle if Argentina didn't get thrashed by the Chinese team!
60: 38!

By the end of the first half, the gap between the two teams had reached an astonishing 22 points!
China's China team outscored Argentina 35-13 in the second quarter, winning the quarter by a total of 22 points!
With both sides trading blows in the first quarter, the second quarter was a complete turn of events!

With the current strength of the Chinese team, the suspense of this game has basically been completely over. To reverse a 20+ point difference when facing the Chinese team is absolutely impossible!

As expected, the situation in the third quarter was as described. Although the Chinese team slowed down their offensive intensity in the third quarter after their crazy second quarter, and played less aggressively, the Argentine team was still unable to catch up. At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two teams was still just over 20 points.

This point difference remained until midway through the fourth quarter, at which point Argentina no longer needed to exhaust their key players on the court.

After all, this is the group stage, losing one game is not a big deal, but it would be really foolish to waste too much energy on a game that is already decided, resulting in insufficient stamina in the more important games later.

Therefore, the Argentine coach immediately made substitutions, removing all the key players and leaving only Delfino on the field for the final match.

Jonas allowed his key players to play an extra round, and quickly substituted five players in and five out, bringing on a full reserve lineup. In particular, players like Chen Jianghua, Liu Wei, and Wang Lei, who usually rarely get playing time, were given the opportunity to play and experience the game.

In the final minutes, Delfino showed everyone what it means to have milk come when the baby dies. This guy hit three three-pointers in the last four minutes, scoring 11 points in a row, almost single-handedly narrowing the score to 12 points in the last four minutes!
But clearly, his firepower came too late.

When he was needed to single-handedly save the day in the first half, he completely disappeared. In the final moments, during garbage time, he played aggressively and scored wildly.

Of course, this little incident did not affect the final result of the match.

105: 93!

Team China won their first Olympic match without any major incidents!
Throughout the game, Lin Tian played 25 minutes, scoring a game-high 27 points, along with 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He scored 17 points in the second quarter alone, making him the team's number one contributor to widening the score gap!
大姚出场21分钟拿下19分9篮板3盖帽，朱芳雨命中2个3分拿下8分，阿联也有12分入账，另外球队新人徐咏发挥惊艳，在有限的时间里5投4中，3分2投2中拿下10分3篮板1助攻的漂亮数据！
Four players on the Chinese team scored in double figures, easily securing the victory!

Next, they will face off against Russia, a formidable Eastern European team led by Kirilenko!
But honestly, after easily defeating Argentina, who are widely considered to be second only to China in the group, Russia is unlikely to pose much of a problem for China.

112: 80!

China easily won their second game, defeating Russia by 32 points!
Then, facing the top powerhouse Lithuania, the Chinese team put in a bit more effort and won by 18 points, 98-80!
Next up is the Oceania champions, Australia, who are also old rivals of the Chinese team, having once had a full-blown brawl with them. This time, the Chinese team showed absolutely no mercy!

Forget Bodog, forget the Raptors, just beat them to a pulp!

117: 60!

In this match, the Chinese team, unleashing their full offensive power, thrashed the Australians by 57 points! It was their most insane victory in the last two months of the year!
I'm bullying you! Let's see if you can even assert your authority in front of me!

Then, after such a fierce match, the Chinese team secured first place in the group with one round to spare!

Regardless of whether they win or lose their final match, they will advance to the knockout stage as the group winner.

Therefore, in the final group stage match against Croatia, Hebei China Fortune decisively chose to throw the game!

Of course, they are just relaxing the workload, not taking a large-scale rotation of employees.

Yao Ming played 22 minutes and Lin Tian played 23 minutes, roughly 20 minutes in total. Apart from these three, no other player on the team played for more than 20 minutes! All 12 players on the team got playing time and scored points!

The extremely long rotation, average playing time, and number of shot attempts are enough to show that the Chinese team played a lot of slack in this game.

Even so, they still maintained control of the game throughout, consistently holding a lead of around ten to twenty points.

The team ultimately won the game with a score of 81-65, a 16-point advantage, ending their group stage journey!

5 wins!
Easily secured first place in the group! (End of Chapter)