king of defenders

Chapter 716 We want to make history

"Whoa, whoa"

Meng Yun sat on the bench panting heavily, sweat dripping down one by one, forming a puddle of water under his feet.

Gong Luming asked worriedly: "How are you doing? Can you still hold on?"

"No problem." Meng Yun replied, and looked up at the scoreboard. At this time, halfway through the fourth quarter, the score was 71:73, and the Chinese team led by 2 points.

It seems that the Chinese team has the upper hand, but in fact, the score between the two sides has been anxious since the second quarter. When the point difference was the largest, it was only 8 points, and most of the time it was within 5 points. It is really not who has the upper hand. Everyone is pretty much the same, you lead for a while, I lead for a while, that's it.

Moreover, starting from the second quarter, Meng Yun played the full game time. If you only count the game time, Meng Yun can be said to have never rested. After 5 minutes and 47 seconds, Meng Yun didn't take a rest. After all, he only rested for 4 minutes in the first quarter.

Meng Yun is still the core of the team, the initiator of the team's offense, and the main scorer. The opponent has been focusing on deploying defenses against him. It is conceivable how much his physical energy consumption is.

"Phew." Meng Yun took a long breath and finally managed to balance his breathing. "That is to say, my physique is stronger than that of ordinary players, and I have more stamina and physical energy. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to persevere."

The Olympic game is a 10-minute quarter, which is less than the NBA game.

But now the teammates around him can't provide much support and share the pressure on Meng Yun, unlike the Heat who have Wade, Dragic, Luol Deng and others to help.Now the only one who can share the pressure on Meng Yun is Yi Jianlian, and the other players can only be regarded as average. After all, the gap in strength cannot be made up by just a passion.

"There are more than four minutes left in the game, we still lead by 2 points, and the next game will be even more tragic." Meng Yun thought to himself, looking at Yi Jianlian, "Yi Jianlian's physical consumption is not small."

At this moment, Yi Jianlian was also covered in sweat, and his jersey was already drenched. He was wiping the sweat off his body with a towel, but the towel became wet after a while, and the sweat was still coming out one by one.

From Yi Jianlian's eyes, Meng Yun saw exhaustion.

As the other core of the team, Yi Jianlian's consumption is not small. Although he is not as big as Meng Yun, his physical fitness is actually not as good as Meng Yun, so speaking, the two are in similar situations.

Sensing Meng Yun's eyes, Yi Jianlian looked over and smiled at Meng Yun. Meng Yun grinned and nodded to Yi Jianlian. The two understood that there were more than four minutes left in the game, and they must persevere no matter what.No, not just hold on, but try to beat Croatia and win this game.

"Let me tell you something." Gong Luming said with an extremely serious expression.

The players gathered around Gong Luming.

Gong Luming spread out the tactical board and said: "There are more than four minutes left in the game, which is also a crucial four minutes. We are still leading by two points. What does that mean?"

Everyone looked at Gong Luming with bright eyes filled with excitement and longing.

Gong Luming said: "This means that we have a great chance to win this game, and if we win this game, we will create a new history, and we will enter the Olympic semi-finals unprecedentedly."

"Into the semi-finals."

"Make history."

The players are all excited.

For decades, the best result of the Chinese team in the Olympic Games and World Championships is to qualify for the group stage. Every time it is a round trip, and they lose when they enter the quarterfinals.

Over time, many fans have even gotten used to it, and feel that it is enough to qualify for the group stage and enter the quarterfinals, and they don't want more.

But from the bottom of their hearts, don't they want to go further? Are the players really willing to be eliminated every time they enter the quarterfinals?
No, they are not reconciled, but they are helpless every time.

But this time is different. This is the closest the Chinese team is to the semi-finals. They can even see that the stage of the semi-finals is ahead. As long as they persevere and take one step forward, they will be able to reach that stage.And when that moment comes, they will become heroes who make history and be remembered by history.

Entering the top eight, the seniors have already done it, and more than once, so even though it is in the top eight, it's nothing, at most it's just saying that it didn't disappoint.

But if you can enter the semi-finals, everything will be different.

This is the supreme glory.

Seeing the players' eyes glowing and fighting spirit high, Gong Luming nodded secretly, and spread out the tactical board: "We will play like this later, Meng Yun, Yi Jianlian, you two are the key. But Zhou Qi, Zhou Peng, Li Gen , you need to be more active, and defend me more fiercely." After finishing speaking, Gong Luming paused, raised his voice, and shouted: "Do you want to win?"

"think."

"louder please."

"think."

"Do you want to reach the semi-finals and make history?"

"think."

"Okay, let's go." Gong Luming waved his hand: "Guys, your teammates and I, as well as countless Chinese fans will support you, cheer you on, and play well."

Meng Yun, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Zhou Peng, Li Gen, the five of them were shocked, looked at each other, and said in unison: "I will never let everyone down, the Chinese team will win!"

Guo Ailun, Zhao Jiwei, Wang Zhelin and other players who did not play also spoke up one after another, shouting in unison: "We must win!"

A fierce momentum rose up, which caused an uproar among the fans, and the faces of the Croatian players couldn't help but change. At this point, they no longer dare to underestimate the Chinese team.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the timeout ends.

The two sides returned to the field, and the atmosphere became more and more oppressive. There seemed to be sparks splashing in the air. The fans in the audience quieted down, their hearts tensed, and they stared at the field.

Meng Yun took a deep breath, raised his arms and called out: "Attack!"

The Chinese team launched an attack. Meng Yun took the ball in the backcourt and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. The defender came up to meet him. Meng Yun made a gesture. Zhou Qi came up to pick and roll. Passed to Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi took the ball and lifted it up. The defender thought he was going to shoot and jumped up subconsciously.

"Don't jump." Croatia coach Petrovic yelled, but it was too late.

Zhou Qi suddenly retracted the ball, short, and rushed past the defender at an accelerated speed. Saric, who was in the low post on Croatia's side, quickly withdrew and blocked in the penalty area.

Zhou Qi saw Saric standing in front of him, but this time he didn't make a jump shot or pass the ball. Instead, a flash of madness flashed in his eyes, and he jumped up when he stepped into the free throw line. Regardless of Saric, he smashed the basketball towards the basket.
(End of this chapter)