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Chapter 155 14 finals, battle against Puerto Rico! (seeking monthly ticket recommendation ticket)
At the end of the game, the Chinese team has 2 wins and 1 loss, and has booked a place in the quarterfinals.

Yao Ming can shave.

But to the shock of the world, the US team lost to Lithuania again.

The total record is 1 wins and 2 losses.

The whole world suddenly realized: it is not how strong the Chinese team is, but that the US team has become weaker.

The Chinese team, to be precise, was Li Lei's lore, which sounded the clarion call for the whole world to challenge the US team head-on.

World basketball, awakened.

……

After the game, the Chinese team defeated Angola and lost to Spain.

The total record is 3 wins and 2 losses.

At this point, the group stage is over.

Group A:
First, Lithuania, with 10 points for all five victories.

Second, Spain, with three wins and two losses, scored 8 points.

Third, the Chinese team, with three wins and two losses, scored 8 points.

Fourth, the US team, with three wins and two losses, scored 8 points.

Fifth, Australia, with one win and four losses, scored 6 points.

Sixth, Angola lost all five games and scored 5 points.

Lithuania, Spain, China, and the United States entered the knockout round.

Group B ranking: Argentina, Puerto Rico, Italy, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, New Zealand.

Argentina, Puerto Rico, Italy, and Greece entered the knockout round in turn.

The Chinese team will face the Puerto Rican men's basketball team in the first round of the knockout round, the quarter-finals.

If the Chinese team can beat Puerto Rico, they can break into the semi-finals. This will be the first time in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.

And looking at the performance of the Chinese team in the group stage, all parties generally believe that the Chinese men's basketball team has a great chance of winning.

In China, the media has already started overwhelming publicity.

Countless fans are excited, waiting to witness history.

The day before the game, Yuan Weimin, head of the Chinese delegation, came to the hotel where the basketball team was stationed again to cheer for the basketball team.

"Let go of the burden, work hard, and create history!"

Head Yuan stated the 12-character policy.

Facing the expectations of fans across the country, the basketball team is under a lot of pressure.

The Puerto Rico men's basketball team is not a soft persimmon, and reaching the quarterfinals is proof.

The Puerto Rico men's basketball team is a very powerful team in the Americas, ranking among the top fifteen in the world for a long time.

In the group stage, the Puerto Rico 3A Arrows performed very well.

The fastball whirlwind launched by Carlos Arroyo, Larry Ayuso, and Rick Apodaca has made men's basketball teams all over the world exhausted.

Their center Pete John Ramos is also not to be underestimated. Ramos was just selected by the Wizards in the NBA Draft in June and was the second pick in the second round.

Drip!

At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming jumped the ball to win.

Subsequently, Yao Ming forced Ramos in the low position and scored a soft hook.

Swish!
2: 0.

In the international arena, Yao Ming has become an unsolvable killer.

The Chinese team retreated.

Puerto Rico served lightning fast.

Arroyo, the spirit of the team, advanced quickly, and easily deceived Liu Wei by shaking his shoulders with fake ones, and went straight to the frontcourt.

"careful!"

Coach Harris on the sidelines reminded loudly.

Li Lei turned around and pestered Arroyo immediately.

Arroyo made a fake move and found that Li Lei was not deceived, and he did not stick to the ball, so he directly passed a long pass to Ayuso on the other side.

Ayuso made great strides, and Wang Zhizhi, who was defending at a high speed, had a clean life and scored an easy layup.

2: 2.

The Chinese team was caught off guard.

Harris shouted from the sidelines: "They are fast, run faster when retreating."

The game continues.

Yao Ming scored again from the low position.

4: 2.

Puerto Rico men's basketball offense.

The Chinese team was prepared this time and retreated immediately.

Seeing this, Arroyo was not in a hurry, and held the ball to stabilize the rhythm first, directing his teammates to move.

Ramos comes up and picks and rolls for Arroyo.

Liu Wei didn't squeeze past and could only go around the pick-and-roll.

At this moment, Arroyo pulled up and shot.

Swish!
4: 4.

Faced with such a fast defender, Liu Wei really doesn't have much to do.

The Chinese team attacked.

Yao Ming was double-teamed in the low post and gave the ball to Big Zhi.

Wang Zhizhi hit a mid-range shot.

6: 4.

The good news is that the Chinese team also had a good offensive touch today.

Puerto Rico attacks.

Arroyo continued to play the pick-and-roll with Ramos.

Knowing that Liu Wei couldn't defend against him, Yao Ming changed his defense decisively.

When Arroyo saw Yao Ming, her face was filled with joy, and she speeded up crazily, directly passing Yao Ming completely.

Li Lei was forced to jump over to defend.

Arroyo had been prepared and gave the ball to Ayuso who was ambushing the bottom corner.

Ayuso pulls up and shoots.

Swish!
Have it.

6: 7.

Ayuso is a sharpshooter in Puerto Rico. He can shoot suddenly and pass the ball, which is very difficult to deal with.

The Chinese team attacked.

Li Nan missed the middle distance.

Ramos scrambled to protect the backcourt rebound, then went straight to Arroyo.

Liu Wei got angry this time, desperately entangled Arroyo.

Arroyo didn't stick the ball at all and passed it to Ayuso quickly.

Li Lei also entangled Ayusuo.

Ayuso passed Apodaka again.

Apodaka rushed forward and rushed to the frontcourt. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese team's defense not in place, he smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

boom!
6: 9.

The Chinese team attacked.

Liu Wei got an open three-pointer, but it was a pity that he still hit the iron.

Bang!

Puerto Rico received the rebound and immediately had another wave of defensive counterattacks.

Apodaka faced Li Nan, made a layup, and caused Li Nan's thug foul.

2+1.

In an instant, the Puerto Rico men's basketball team took off.

6: 11.

If Apodaka makes another free throw, the Chinese team will be doubled by the opponent.

Drip!

Coach Harris immediately called a timeout.

"Don't run at the pace of your opponent!"

Harris looked at Yao Ming who was panting heavily, and was very worried.

A team with Yao Ming must not play fast, and is also very afraid of the opponent playing fast.

But the Chinese team's guard line is weak, and there is no guard who can control the rhythm at all.

Before he knew it, he ran with his opponent.

Being led by the nose by your opponent, do you still want to win?
The game on the field continued.

Apodaka made a free throw.

6: 12.

The Chinese team is playing steadily,
Yao Ming attracted double-teams from the inside and was assigned to the outside.

Li Lei hit a three-pointer.

9: 12.

Sure enough, Coach Harris' timeout was called in a timely manner, and it seemed to be very effective.

Puerto Rico attacks.

Arroyo breaks through and passes the ball to his teammates, and sharpshooter Ayuso catches the ball and shoots.

Li Lei rushed over, and his long arm against the sky caused great interference.

Bang!

No.

Yao Ming received the backcourt rebound.

Liu Wei pushed forward with the ball, ready to throw the ball to Yao Ming.

At this moment, Ramos suddenly circled forward to defend and slapped Liu Wei's pass.

Puerto Rico grabbed the basketball and went straight to the fast break.

The Chinese team returned to defense.

Li Nan, who has always had a tenacious style, chased fiercely and chased desperately.

Arroyo saw Li Nan in front of her, but instead of retreating, Arroyo made a forceful move against Li Nan.

Drip!

whistle.

Arroyo caused Li Nan's second foul.

In an instant, the faces of the Chinese team all changed.

The 30-year-old Li Nan is a member of the Chinese team. He averaged 11.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in the previous group stage.

Regardless of the offensive and defensive ends, Li Nan is very important.

He was forced to leave the field, which will greatly affect the performance of the Chinese team.

The young player Zhu Fangyu came on the field and took the third position.

The game continues.

Arroyo made one of two free throws.

9: 13.

The Chinese team attacked.

Still use Yao Ming as the core of the offense, playing internal and external tactics.

Puerto Rico double-teamed directly.

Yao Ming takes the ball and points it out.

It was Zhu Fangyu who had just played to catch the ball.

Zhu Fangyu adjusted and shot directly.

Bang!

Maybe it was just playing, Zhu Fangyu felt a little cold.

Ramos received the rebound and Puerto Rico immediately defended and counterattacked.

Li Lei stepped forward to pester Arroyo.

Arroyo points to Apodaka.

Zhu Fangyu immediately entangled Apodaka.

Apodaka didn't expect Zhu Fangyu's defense to be so tough, and he couldn't handle it for a while.

Puerto Rico's fast break went bankrupt.

Coach Harris nodded, quite satisfied with Zhu Fangyu.

During this period of time, the two teenagers Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian have been practicing with Li Lei and Yao Ming, and they have made great progress.

Especially learned Li Lei's tough defensive style.

This is the favorite of the coaches.

Puerto Rico's fast break failed, and Apodaca passed the ball back to Arroyo.

Arroyo dribbles forward steadily.

In the frontcourt, Arroyo and Apodaka do the pick-and-roll.

Zhu Fangyu's defense change was also very decisive, blocking Arroyo immediately.

Arroyo can only retreat beyond the three-point line and reorganize.

Harris nodded again.

Zhu Fangyu, not bad.

But the good times didn't last long, and Arroyo once again called Ramos to do the pick-and-roll.

The Chinese Twin Towers have a tacit understanding, Yao Ming stays at the basket, and Wang Zhizhi goes out to defend the pick-and-roll.

Liu Wei couldn't squeeze through, the Chinese team switched defenses decisively, and Wang Zhizhi defended until Arroyo.

Arroyo speeded up, directly passed Wang Zhizhi cleanly, and then directly pulled up in the middle distance.

Swish!
9: 15.

At this point, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the pace of the two starting insiders of the Chinese team is not fast.

Coach Harris also had some ideas, but considering some off-court factors, he didn't dare to do it immediately.

Because of this hesitation, the Chinese team was directly opened up by Puerto Rico.

End of first quarter, 12:20.

The Chinese team fell behind by 8 points.

The worse news was that Yao Ming was gasping for breath and was even more tired than when he was playing against the US team.

Puerto Rico's game is dedicated to Yao Ming, using Ramos and Santiago to consume Yao Ming in turn.

Then, because of the fatigue of the defender, Yao Ming kept doing ineffective back and forth runs, which consumed a lot of energy in vain.

The second quarter begins.

Harris pulled Yao Ming, Li Lei, and Wang Zhizhi aside to communicate.

He came up with a bold idea.

"Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi cannot play at the same time!"

Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are the two big names in the Chinese men's basketball team.

Needless to say, Battelle has been targeted by his opponent since the first game, and he hardly played much.

But Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi have the same weakness, their pace is slow.

When Arroyo and Ramos were in the pick-and-roll, both Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were powerless after switching defenses.

Harris' idea is: Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi stagger their playing time, give them a flexible fourth position, and help them go out for pick-and-rolls.

Both Moko and Yi Jianlian are fast and can meet Harris' requirements.

"Do as you say!"

Yao Ming said directly.

As for Harris' concerns, Yao Ming doesn't want to think about them. He just wants to win now.

Li Lei nodded.

Seeing this, Wang Zhizhi naturally wouldn't object.

After playing 3 minutes in the second quarter, Harris made adjustments.

The Chinese team reappeared.

Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Li Lei, Liu Wei.

Changing to such a young lineup all of a sudden, many fans can't accept it.

"Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu are too young!"

"How to fight this?"

The game restarts.

The score on the field was 18:26.

Arroyo observed the situation on the court and called Ramos to pick and roll.

Yao Ming stayed at the basket, and Yi Jianlian followed.

When Puerto Rico picked and rolled, Yi Jianlian also decisively switched defenses with Liu Wei and focused on Arroyo.

When Arroyo saw a big young man opposite, she was about to speed up immediately.

Yi Jianlian quickly moved laterally, cutting off Arroyo's breakthrough line in one step.

"So fast!"

Shocked, Arroyo didn't stop, and passed the ball directly to Ramos.

How can Liu Wei handle Ramos?

Ramos rushed to the basket and shot directly.

But Yao Ming has been sitting on the basket for a long time, waiting for the rabbit.

Snapped!
Yao Ming wore a volleyball hat and slapped the ball away.

The Chinese team grabbed the ball and handed it to Li Lei who had already made a fast break.

Li Lei rushed to the frontcourt.

Ayuso pursued frantically.

The Puerto Rico 3A arrow is generally not high, but the speed is fast.

Ayusuo chased after him and entangled Li Lei.

But Li Lei didn't care at all. He now weighs nearly 200 kilograms and has great strength. He is not at a disadvantage in the NBA's third position.

Li Lei did not retreat but advanced, hugged the basketball, and rose directly from the ground.

Ayuso held out his hand.

But...he found that he couldn't hold Li Lei back.

boom!
Drip!

When Li Lei smashed the ball into the basket, the referee's whistle blew.

2+1.

"Roar!"

Li Lei shook his fist and roared wildly.

Afterwards, Li Lei walked to the free throw line, adjusted his breathing, and made a steady free throw.

21: 25.

The Chinese team is only 4 points behind.

Puerto Rico attacks.

Arroyo still plays the pick-and-roll with Ramos.

But Ah Luo didn't rush in this time, but retreated on purpose.

Yi Jianlian rushed over directly.

"so fast!"

Arroyo sighed, and there was no room to shoot in an instant.

In a panic, Arroyo passes the ball to Ayuso.

Snapped!
Halfway through, Cheng Yaojin was killed.

Li Lei had expected it a long time ago, and stretched out his long arms, directly destroying Arroyo's pass.

Li Lei grabbed the basketball and made a fast break by himself.

The Puerto Rico men's basketball team is chasing wildly.

Arroyo and Ayuso entangled Li Lei together.

Li Lei was not in a hurry, he caught sight of China Red following him from the corner of his eye, and threw the basketball directly to the hoop.

Yi Jianlian soared into the air, got the ball in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

boom!
23: 25.

Yi Jianlian is thin now, and his fast break speed is really fast.

After the dunk, the 17-year-old Yi Jianlian was also a little excited.

Li Lei rushed over to bump his chest, and Yi Jianlian staggered from the bump.

This confrontation, no way!
The Chinese team chased the point difference to only 2 points.

Or Puerto Rico attack.

Arroyo is a very smart guard, he made adjustments immediately.

This time, he didn't call the inside big man to come out for the pick-and-roll, but did the pick-and-roll with Puerto Rico's captain, Apodaka at the third position.

Zhu Fangyu's defense switch was also very decisive, blocking Arroyo immediately.

Arroyo had been prepared and passed it to Apodaka who was walking to one side.

Apodaka took the ball, squeezed past Liu Wei directly with his body, reached the middle distance, and scored with a U-turn.

Swish!
23: 27.

The Chinese team solved the problem of switching defenses for big men inside.

But this outside line is still helpless to Arroyo.

Relying on the cooperation with Ayuso and Apodaka, Arroyo has repeatedly scored by himself or helped Ayuso and Apodaka to attack.

Puerto Rico relies on the 3A arrow and has maintained a stalemate with the Chinese team for a long time.

There will naturally be twists and turns during the game, but neither team can gain an absolute upper hand.

The battle is fierce!
Greek fans watched intently.

This game is so beautiful!

The game went to the third quarter.

56: 59.

Puerto Rico still leads by 3 points.

The final break before the fourth quarter begins.

Li Lei said to Harris: "Coach, it's time to hand over Arroyo to me!"

Harris nodded: "Go do it!"

Don't forget, the Chinese team also has a First Team All-NBA Defensive Team.

Although Li Lei is a No. [-] position, he has no problem defending No. [-] position.

In his rookie season, Li Lei often took orders in danger, defending Billups, Iverson, Barbosa, and Gaines...

As the core of the team, it is to stand up at critical moments, do things that teammates cannot do, and take on this responsibility.

(End of this chapter)