Basketball Dragon

Chapter 190 Making History

Ginobili didn't want to fail, and kept hitting the basket. At 2 minutes and 48 seconds, Yao Ming was sent off for a full foul, and then Wang Zhizhi was also sent off. Argentina also chased the score to 4 points.

At the critical moment, Li Hai hit Nocioni with a low post and hit a jumper.

Then he blocked Ginobili's layup on the defensive end. When the time entered the last minute, although the Chinese team was short of personnel, they firmly held a 1-point lead.

After Li Hai was injured, for the first time, he showed his defense ability on the defensive end, which made Argentina's several attacks come back without success. In the end, Sanchez hit a three-pointer and it didn't help.

Argentina resorted to foul tactics, and Li Hai made two free throws without giving the opponent any chance.

At 85:80, Li Hai scored 30 points in this game, announcing the return of the king, and the Chinese team also entered the semi-finals as they wished, creating the best result in the Men's Basketball World Championships.

They will face Spain, who easily beat Lithuania, in the semi-final, while the other semi-final will be between the United States and Greece.

Compared with Argentina, Spain is a strong team with a more balanced strength in each position. It can be said that it is the only team without obvious weaknesses in this World Championship. Calderon, Navarro, and Fernandez on the outside are comparable to Argentina. Garbajosa can also compete with the Chinese team.

In addition to the US team, it is also possible to use a strong point for the team's sixth man to maintain offensive firepower.

However, the balance of strength and strong opponents are not entirely advantages. In basketball games, strong teammates often need to stand up to attack. In this regard, they are not as good as Li Hai and Yao Ming of the Chinese team.

Whoever can win depends on which team can bring the game into its own rhythm and seize the opportunity.

During the interval between games, Li Hai tried his best to decompress his ankle.

The game against Argentina has completely exceeded the range that the injured ankle can bear.

After the game, after loosening the protective bandage wrapped around the ankle, you can see that the foot is swollen badly. No one knows how he played a wonderful game with the injured ankle.

In the three days until the semi-finals, he spent a lot of time every day to reduce the swelling. Even if the doctor thought it would be very dangerous for him to do strenuous exercise, Li Hai didn't want to miss any game, which was different from the regular season of the league. If you miss one, there will be no next one.

Even if all kinds of news are still flying all over the sky, Spain does not dare to slack off in the slightest. The example of Argentina is just ahead, and they have also arranged detailed tactics against Li Hai.

Just like the Chinese team against Argentina, they intend to force the outside line and use the method of breaking through the inside line to help defend. This method can only be used by teams with strong inside lines like the two teams.

The vast number of Chinese fans have not been idle these days, and they have cheered for the team on the Internet. They are as eager to win as the players, and many people have even begun to look forward to the championship. The previous battle with the US team has proved that they are capable. Chance.

With the two strong points of Li Hai and Yao Ming, the confidence of the fans is extremely sufficient.

"The U.S. team is not accurate enough on the outside, and the inside is not strong enough. If it weren't for relying on stars to get together and use Wade to bully the substitutes of other teams, they would have lost a long time ago. The Chinese team will take revenge."

"Wrong, as long as Li Hai and Yao Ming are on the court, we can win, no matter how many stars they have."

"Brothers, don't talk about the US team, the US team is almost overwhelmed."

"What? Greece wants to win? The US team is really good. We won the Sri Lankan Cup against Greece."

"Everyone, don't be too optimistic. Li Hai is still injured. Besides, the Chinese team will play against the Spanish team soon. Spain will not be easy to deal with."

"Crow's mouth, the Chinese team will definitely win."

Before the semi-final between the Chinese team and Spain, the US team lost to the European champion Greece and missed the final of the World Championships for three consecutive times.

This time the U.S. team is different from the previous failures. The formation of the lineup has been very important. Even the American fans can only find objective reasons. The lineup is too young. Kobe did not go to the U.S. team without a leader.

After the failure of the US team, the contest between the Chinese team and Spain began.

Gasol won the jump ball for Spain, and their first attack was initiated by Garbajosa, but was interfered by the Chinese team and missed.

The Chinese team launched a counterattack, Yao Ming quickly moved to the opponent's half, Gasol immediately circled the front to defend, and the nearby Spanish outside players were also ready to double-team at any time, Liu Wei saw that the passing route to the inside was unclear, so he It was sent to the side to Li Hai's hands.

Navarro immediately pushed forward, Li Hai unhurriedly took a tentative step, directly squeezed Navarro away, stepped inside and hit a two-pointer.

If there is something wrong with Spain's lineup, it is that their backcourt is flexible and can put a lot of pressure on the opponent on offense, but on defense, they can't resist Li Hai's height and strength player of.

If Li Hai's shooting is not allowed, they can make up for it with team defense, but shooting is precisely one of Li Hai's best skills, so this game will definitely not be easy for them.

With Li Hai, the European team's biggest magic weapon against the Chinese team, the press, was no longer effective. Then Yao Ming got a free throw, Zhu Fangyu and Liu Wei hit three-pointers successively, and the Chinese team played a small climax of 10:0.

The Chinese fans watching the game in front of the TV were all excited, but the Chinese team has played at the level of the world's top teams, even better than the US team.

After nearly 10 minutes, the adjusted Spain had Gasol hit the first goal, and the Chinese team had Li Hai hit the team's third three-pointer.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Spain began its reincarnation when it was more than half a quarter.

Fernandez strengthened his offensive power on the outside, and Gasol Jr. increased his height on the inside.

The Chinese team now has good offensive power on the bench. The more Wang Shipeng, the better. He is a typical sixth man who dares to shoot. After Wang Zhizhi started, Yi Jianlian can also help the team during the rotation.

But when Li Hai came off the court to rest, Spain slowly returned to the rhythm and played several beautiful attacks. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led 23:16.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rodriguez, who came off the bench in Spain, hit a three-pointer, and Garbajosa also hit a three-pointer. The Chinese team felt the threat and let Li Hai play early.

"Coach, there is no problem. There are only two games left. After the World Championships, I have a lot of time to recover. Let me play these two games painfully."

Li Hai was full of fighting spirit. Although his ankle was so painful that his muscles twitched a little when he first played, he was fine once he opened it. Man, a little pain is nothing.

(End of this chapter)