Basketball Dragon

Chapter 191 Looking to the Future
Li Hai immediately stabilized the situation. Although Fernandez, who came on as a substitute, had excellent physical fitness, he was still not as strong as Li Hai.

Squeezing away the defenders with one step and jumping shots put a lot of pressure on the ankles, but Li Hai turned the pain of his body into strength and kept tearing apart Spain's defense.

Gasol will be on the court just after a short rest, and Yao Ming has made the same choice.

At times like this, the players who are most helpful to the team need to stay on the court and contribute.

Although maintaining physical strength through rest may allow players to perform better, the head coaches of the two teams dare not allow the core team to rest more. It won't help either.

At this time, the outside shooting percentage of the Chinese team dropped a bit, and Spain also took the opportunity to catch up with the score. Gasol used his flexible footwork to break through with the ball and caused Yao Ming's foul.

Seeing that Garbajosa hit another three-pointer in front of Wang Zhizhi, reducing the gap to 1 point, the Chinese team requested a timeout.

In fact, the key is to move. The Chinese team has height, but the movement of the court often fails to keep up.

Defensive issues can only be focused, and it is unrealistic to ask for changes now. Li Hai thinks that he still has to play offensively. He has to play a stronger offensive game than when he played against Argentina. He has to be more selfish, so that Spain has to By double-teaming him, other players will have more chances, and it will be easier for Yao Ming to dominate the basket.

After re-entering the field, Li Hai strengthened his offensive aggressiveness, not only shooting, but also going to the basket to cause damage when he had the opportunity.

He has a physical advantage, and many times the opponent can't stand it even if he makes a forced start.

Moreover, there is Yao Ming inside and Zhu Fangyu outside, and his passing can also pose a fatal threat to Spain.

At the end of the half, they could not withstand Spain's counterattack and maintained the lead with 43:38.

Now Li Hai felt uncomfortable in his ankle whenever he stopped. During the intermission, he kept walking back and forth slowly in the locker room to keep his ankle numb.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Hai went full fire again. His performance was the same as when he was not injured, and sometimes he appeared even more aggressive. He would often find confrontations with Spanish players on purpose.

Finally, as he wished, as soon as he enters the three-point line, players from Spain will come to attack.

Li Hai was equally desperate in defense, and blocked the opponent's shots twice in a row.

However, his shooting percentage was decreasing. He failed to make two free throws. The numbness of his ankle still affected him. The ferocity he showed was actually a cover-up.

Fortunately, the Chinese team has always maintained the lead. Although Gasol also hit a few goals, Yao Ming is not a vegetarian. With Li Hai sharing the defensive pressure, Yao Ming succeeded in several singles, and Gasol also received Two fouls.

At 66:57, after the hard work in the third quarter, the Chinese team has led by 9 points.

Li Hai doesn't plan to rest, because if he takes a rest now, his physical condition may change, causing him to lose his state, and he must continue to fight.

Playing in the fourth quarter, Spain hit a three-pointer to narrow the score to 6 points.

Then Yao Ming mentioned the pick-and-roll from the three-point line. Li Hai directly attacked the basket and scored a dunk. Spain was also extremely resilient. After two rounds, Gasol caught the ball and scored a layup.

Li Hai felt that his body was getting more and more tired, so he tried his best to pull himself together, squeezed into Spain's basket after a wonderful transformation, and ran into Gasol who was coming to defend him, and he planned to create a Foul, because the change of direction just now affected his ankle again, he felt that he couldn't jump this time, so he took the initiative to bump into it.

Li Hai felt that the young Gasol was as strong as a cow. After bumping into the opponent, his head was dizzy, and when his feet softened, he heard a bad sound.

He fell to the ground, not feeling too much pain, but he couldn't stand up anymore.

He was carried straight out, exhausted and with a badly injured ankle.

Before the end of the game, he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The ankle was completely displaced and required immediate surgery.

What Li Hai didn't expect was that because of his appearance in this time and space, Gasol was not injured, but he was.

Without Li Hai, the Chinese team was obviously at a disadvantage. Although everyone fought fiercely, and several of them fouled four times, at the last moment, Gasol made a throw to chase the score to 84:84, and the two sides entered overtime.

During overtime, Yao Ming made five fouls and left the field. At the last moment, Liu Wei missed a throw and was shot by Garbajosa. Spain narrowly won 94:92 and entered the final.

On the second day, the Chinese team, which lost Li Hai, lost to the United States 82:100, and finally ranked fourth in the World Championships.

Both the players and fans of the Chinese team are very regretful. The team obviously had a chance, but because of Li Hai's two exits, they did not create new miracles.

But the performance of the team has won everyone's approval, and Li Hai is also called a hero by the fans.

After the operation, his teammates came to see him. Yao Ming half-jokingly and half-regrettedly said: "You tell me how to prevent injuries every day, but I didn't expect that I fell down. This time, I must be honest and wait until I fully recover before thinking about other things." .”

"This is for sure. After the injury, the Knicks, from the general manager to the coaches to the teammates, all scolded me, but it is a blessing in disguise. I have old ankle injuries. , Now that the operation is completely corrected, it can be regarded as avoiding future troubles."

Li Hai didn't want to be worried, so he smiled easily.

"When I recover, I will become even stronger, but this time is also a pity, so you all have to protect your health. In 2008, we must win back."

"Yes, for the 2008 Olympic Games, we must do better."

A group of people came to visit the patient, but all of them left with high spirits.

Not long after the World Championships ended, Li Hai returned to the United States with Xia Weiliang, so that his girlfriend could take care of him and take care of some company affairs.

After returning to New York, Marbury, Francis and others complained to him for a while. They agreed before that they would set up a training camp together this summer and bring Eddie Curry to practice hard to increase their bargaining chips for defending the title.

This plan was originally proposed by Li Hai, but in the end he was injured and had to resort to soy sauce.

But he was not idle, and called the three people signed by the company to train together to expand some contacts. Paul Millsap and Kyle Lowry have already negotiated with the team to sign, and Jose Barea has also signed. Contacted the Warriors and Mavericks to participate in the season league. Before the start of the season, the company will formulate training plans for them to make them stronger.

(End of this chapter)