basketball boulder

Chapter 156 Freeze the moment, the Chinese team enters the semi-finals

In fact, Arroyo and Li Lei knew each other.

As the Jazz's starting point guard, the two have played against each other twice in the NBA, but have never faced each other head-on.

After all, Li Lei's opponent is the core of the Jazz, Kirilenko.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Arroyo found Li Lei standing in front of her.

This height and this wingspan made Arroyo feel the pressure on her face.

It's like facing Jazz boss Kirilenko.

Especially the distance that Li Lei puts is very particular, it can interfere with Arroyo's shooting, and it is also enough to deal with Arroyo's sudden start.

Defensive for a while, worthy of the name!
But Arroyo remains confident that he's fast.

A fake shot, Arroyo started directly, his first step is not as exaggerated as Iverson, but it is definitely fast.

Li Lei concentrated all his attention and didn't hesitate. He slid and moved sideways at the first time, easily cutting off Arroyo's breakthrough line.

Arroyo made a change of direction and shot again from the other side.

Li Lei still moved with sliding steps, firmly blocking in front of Arroyo.

Bang!
The two collided together, and the sound of muscle collision could be heard clearly in the audience.

If it was Liu Wei, Arroyo would have pushed him away.

But if it was Li Lei, Arroyo felt that he hit a wall and his whole body hurt.

"It's tough!"

Arroyo staggered, and there was a momentary instability in his hands.

Li Lei saw the opportunity and shot like lightning.

Snapped!
Accurate tackle.

Li Lei squeezed past Arroyo, snatched the ball, went straight to the fast break, and scored with one-stop dunks.

boom!
58: 59.

The Chinese team is only one point behind.

CCTV commentators Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping repeatedly applauded: "Huo Huo, Stone's defense is really good!"

Puerto Rico strikes again.

Arroyo already knew that it would be difficult to get rid of Li Lei by herself, so she summoned Ramos to pick and roll.

Yi Jianlian followed, ready to switch defenses.

Li Lei had already spoken in advance: "Don't change, just follow up with your own people!"

Li Lei, who had been prepared for a long time, exerted his strength, squeezed past Ramos, and continued to stare at Arroyo.

Ramos did not give up, ran over and continued to pick and roll Arroyo.

The quality of the pick-and-roll this time was very high, but Li Lei was still prepared and bypassed Ramos directly.

Arroyo seized this brief opportunity, pulled up and shot.

But at this moment, Li Lei rushed over and soared into the air.

With the attribute bonus of the bloody big hat, coupled with the increase in explosive power during this period, Li Lei flew into the sky like a rocket.

As soon as Arroyo made a shot, she was already in a daze.

"So fast? So long?"

Li Lei's sky-defying long arms enveloped the entire sky, sealing off all the space for his shots.

In the air, Li Lei stretched out his hand and directly picked off Arroyo's shot.

Grab the hat!

The place was silent.

The local Greek fans were all dumbfounded.

Grabbing caps is rare in the NBA where the physical fitness is sky-high, and it is even more rare in Europe.

These European fans suddenly discovered: Basketball can still be played like this?
The physical fitness of this Chinese is too bad!

At this time, Li Lei had already landed.

Yi Jianlian has already rushed forward in a tacit understanding.

Li Lei sent the ball over with a long pass.

Yi Jian connected the ball, rushed to the basket with a few strides, flew straight into the air, stretched his body like a hard bow, and smashed the ball into the basket hard.

boom!
60: 59.

The Chinese team overtook.

"Hohohoho... Ah Lian's talent... is amazing!"

Zhang Weiping called out directly.

The Greek fans opened their mouths even wider because of Li Lei's cap-grabbing.

"It's not that Chinese, but are all Chinese people so physically broken?"

They began to doubt their previous cognition.

Also suspicious of life is Arroyo.

When he faced Li Lei with the ball for the third time, Arroyo had no courage to attack.

Defense for a while, so scary?

After Arroyo held the ball, he immediately called Ayuso for a pick-and-roll.

With one effort, Li Lei pushed the "short" Ayuso away, and followed Arroyo tightly.

The pick-and-roll thing is useless!

Arroyo looks for Apodaca again.

Li Lei made two strides, bypassing the "not tall" Apodaka, and continued to follow Arroyo.

Really lingering!
Fans all over the world saw Arroyo and Li Lei running and chasing each other, but Arroyo couldn't get rid of Li Lei.

Arroyo cried and could only choose to pass the ball.

In this way, Arroyo, the soul of the Puerto Rico men's basketball team, was frozen.

Although Ayuso and Apodaka can also attack, their ability is much worse than that of Arroyo, not to mention the ability to connect the whole team.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Arroyo made 5 of 1 shots and scored only 2 points without an assist.

The Puerto Rico men's basketball team was also completely defeated.

78: 71.

The Chinese team defeated the Puerto Rico men's basketball team.

The Chinese men's basketball team has made history!

For the first time in history, he broke into the Olympic semi-finals.

The coaching staff and players of the Chinese team all rushed onto the court, wildly celebrating the victory.

In this campaign, Yao Ming scored a game-high 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. He is still the pinnacle of the Chinese team.

李磊18分6篮板5助攻3抢断3盖帽，而他的作用完全不是数据可以体现的。

Li Lei froze Arroyo in the last quarter, which was the key to the Chinese team's victory.

Wang Zhizhi had 12 points and 5 rebounds, and his performance was quite satisfactory.

Yi Jianlian has 6 points and 4 rebounds. He is still immature, but occasionally shows his talent, which surprises the fans.

Zhu Fangyu scored 3 points and 2 rebounds, the data is not good.

But Li Nan was troubled by fouls, and Zhu Fangyu stepped up in time to defend the 3A arrow Apodaka well.

The two teenagers Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu should also make a contribution.

……

Later, the remaining quarter-finals also ended one after another.

Lithuania, a traditional European powerhouse, beat host Greece.

Spain beat Italy.

What shocked the world the most was that Argentina beat the US team.

The US team stopped in the top 8 of this Olympic Games!
In addition, the U.S. team has lost three games in this Olympics, to China, Lithuania and Argentina.

This was completely unimaginable before the game.

All kinds of rumors about the US team blowing.

"The American basketball world despises basketball around the world. NBA superstars are unwilling to fight for their country. This is the punishment they deserve."

"The Dream Six team has a poor lineup, no real shooters, no outside gates, and too many newcomers."

"NBA superstars Duncan and Iverson didn't cooperate at all. They only play superstar basketball."

"Duncan doesn't adapt to international rules!"

"Larry Brown's character is too stubborn, and he doesn't give newcomers a chance at all."

……

Losers, everything is wrong!
The schedule for the semi-finals has also come down.

China vs Argentina.

Lithuania vs Spain.

The Chinese team is actively preparing for the semi-finals, eager to make new breakthroughs.

Li Lei found time to send Wade off.

The overall mood for Team USA was low.

Wade and Li Lei hugged: "Stone, see you in September!"

"No!"

James on the side suddenly said, "See you, BJ, in 2008!"

Li Lei was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

What James meant was dissatisfaction.

"I'll wait for you at BJ!"

Li Lei's face became serious, and he said without showing any weakness.

Anthony also came over and gave Li Lei a high five: "See you later!"

Finally, Jefferson also gave Li Lei a hug.

At this point, the US team boarded the bus and headed to the airport.

Seeing the bus disappear, Li Lei's heart became heavier and heavier.

The dream team in 08 will no longer be this one.

The U.S. team lost so badly this time, and they will go all out next time they come back.

(End of this chapter)