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Chapter 295 Opponent becomes a fan? Ranked second in the group and advanced to the quarterfinals!

"Dunn, the key to winning tonight lies with you. I hope you can fire unlimitedly!"

Before the start of the group match against Spain, men's basketball head coach Yunus spoke to Duan in a serious and thoughtful manner.

Anyone who becomes the head coach of the men's basketball team will be very stressed, especially after the Olympic group stage begins and the first game is a disastrous defeat by more than ten points.

However, after playing against the Dream Team, Yunus already knew very well that if he wanted to win in the group stage, he would have to rely on Du En's personal ability.

As for how to fight the next battle, Du En also knew clearly.

The Spanish team is strong in the interior and in defense.

In a way, the Spanish team is a bit like Spurs.

If the men's basketball team focuses on the inside, it will definitely be thankless.

Facts have also proved that Yao Ming often has a hard time playing with the Spanish team and can easily get frustrated.

In addition, after playing against the Dream Team two days ago, Yao Ming was already very tired and looked exhausted.

If Yunus bets on Yao Ming tonight, Yao Ming will be the best and his performance will be 20+10.

But if you bet on Du En, it would be different. Duane can not only attack inside, but also shoot from the outside.

The Spanish team's size and physical confrontation on the outside are far inferior to Doon, which allows Doon to get whatever he wants from the outside.

Besides, the Dream Team couldn't stop Duan from scoring from the outside, so how could the Spanish team stop him?

Tonight, Yunus hopes that Duen will play a unique role. As long as he feels there is room to shoot, he will throw the ball out and not make the ball for other teammates.

Just like Kobe Bryant often scored a critical hit when playing against the Spurs, Yunus also hopes that Duan will score 40+ or ​​even 50+ to lead the men's basketball team to victory.

After all, once they lose two consecutive games in the group stage, even if the next opponent is not as strong as the Mengba team and the Spanish team, the mentality of the men's basketball players will be different, and it will become more difficult to win later.

"Coach, don't worry, everything is left to me."

Originally, Du En was going to play as usual, but Yunus asked him to fire unlimitedly. How could Du En refuse?

As soon as the camera turned, at the Wukesong Gymnasium in the Imperial Capital, the starting players of the men's basketball team and the Spanish team came to the court.

Tonight, the Spanish team did not underestimate the men's basketball team, but sent Jose Calderon, Juan Carlos Navarro, Rudy Fernandez, Yorg Garbajosa, Gasol, The main lineup is formed by five NBA players.

However, for Duan, the Spanish team's outside height is less than 2 meters. Even if Duan is flanked on the outside, he can still shoot regardless of interference.

Seeing the starting lineup of the Spanish team, Duen became more determined in taking the ball and attacking.

Closer to home, the game started soon.

Yi Jianlian couldn't beat Howard, but he could still beat Gasol.

After gaining the ball, Liu Wei dribbled the ball past half court.

Because the Spanish team cannot defend physically and is not very aggressive, Liu Wei did not have to work hard to dribble the ball like he did against the Dream Team in the last game.

Duan got the ball at the top of the arc, and the Spanish team set up a zone defense. Rudy Fernandez, who was only 1 meters outside the three-point line, bared his teeth in front of Duan.

Duen didn't hesitate when he saw this, and made a clean three-pointer.

The touch was okay, and it hit the target immediately, helping the men's basketball team gain a three-point lead.

However, the Spanish team was well prepared and immediately grabbed the baseline ball and started a fast break.

At the World Championships two years ago, the Spanish team relied on disciplined defensive counterattacks to defeat all opponents and win in the end.

Now the Spanish team is doing the same thing again, and it is also using speed to wear down the heavy Yao Ming, allowing the men's basketball team to lose one core player in advance due to their style of play.

In this regard, apart from quickly returning to defense, the men's basketball team actually has no good solution.

I have to say that the Spanish team must have studied the men's basketball team before the game.

The Spanish team took the initiative to speed up, forcing the men's basketball players to turn back and run, which would further amplify the men's basketball team's lack of physical strength in the second half.

This means that Dune not only has to make great efforts on the offensive end tonight, but also needs to make a lot of contributions on the defensive end, especially in the second half.

In order to reduce his own offensive and defensive pressure, Duen's original idea of ​​holding the ball and playing in singles had to change.

After guarding the Spanish team's shot, Du En signaled Liu Wei to dribble across half court, and then connected the team to look for opportunities first.

On the one hand, this move is to slow down the pace of the game, and on the other hand, it is also to let others try it out first.

Soon, Yao Ming reached for the ball in the low post, preparing to beat Gasol in singles.

Yao Ming also saw that if the Spanish team played like this the whole game, then the longer he played on the court, the easier it would be for him to become a drag on the team.

Yao Ming can only try his best to be as efficient as possible in the first half and during the time he is on the court to help the men's basketball team score.

As for the rest, we can only rely on young people like Du En and Yi Jianlian.

In other words, it is not too difficult for Yao Ming to play Gasol alone, but Garbajosa will cooperate with Gasol to attack.

Yao Ming made a fake shot and passed the ball to Yi Jianlian. The latter caught the ball and rushed to the basket. His dunk was interfered by Gasol and failed to score.

Fortunately, Yao Ming protected the offensive rebound and relied on the second attack to score a layup.

After Yao Ming scored, the Spanish team once again started a fast break. With Rudy Fernandez's chasing three-pointer, the Spanish team also broke the scoring drought.

But it's not a big problem. The men's basketball team continues to lower the pace and play steadily.

Yao Ming took the ball in the low post to attract the defense and then passed the ball back to Liu Wei. Liu Wei took advantage of this opportunity and hit a three-pointer. The men's basketball team once again brought the point difference back to 5 points.

The Spanish team continued to play fast breaks, but this time they failed to seize the opportunity and shot hard, and the rebound was protected by the men's basketball team again.

Because Liu Wei just scored a goal, Yi Jianlian also has a lot of offensive desire, and Yao Ming's passing threat cannot be ignored for the Spanish team.

So, Yao Ming finally got a singles opportunity, and then relied on his height and wingspan advantage to score a goal with a hook over Gasol's head.

Seeing the point difference further widening, the Spanish team took the lead in calling a timeout.

However, this timeout is relatively beneficial to the men's basketball team.

Originally, Yao Ming had used up a lot of energy, so he took this opportunity to take a break.

However, after the timeout, the Spanish team reduced the number of defenders and replaced them with some forward players to strengthen the attack and defense inside.

Originally, Yao Ming had no problem playing alone against Gasol, but when he was flanked by flankers or even directly bypassed, there was nothing he could do.

Yao Ming couldn't get the ball, and Liu Wei didn't have much ability to attack independently. He could only play for more than two minutes, and then went down to rest with Liu Wei.

Du En played as a temporary point guard, leading Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi to compete with the Spanish team for speed and transition attack.

During this period, the two teams increased their points very quickly.

The men's basketball team failed to prevent the Spanish team's defensive counterattack, but its own score did not fall.

Moreover, the main players of the Spanish team were physically exhausted, but Duan led the substitute lineup.

The first quarter lasted for more than seven minutes, and the Spanish team also substituted players one after another. At this time, Duan had an advantage playing alone.

At the end of the first quarter, Duan made 4 of 3 shots and 3 of 2 three-pointers. He scored 8 points in a row just by shooting.

Counting the opening three-pointer and the 6 points scored during the transition attack, Duan has scored 17 points in the first quarter.

The men's basketball team also relied on Duan's outstanding performance to take an 29-point lead 21-8 in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming led the men's basketball team to lower the pace of the game and play steadily to consolidate their advantage. During this period, the point difference was once widened to 13 points.

However, the Spanish team relied on defensive counterattacks and slowly opened up loopholes on the defensive end of the men's basketball team.

Coupled with Yunus' arrangement, the men's basketball team mainly focuses on outside offense.

This leads to the fact that once the men's basketball team fails to make a shot, it is easy for the Spanish team to counterattack.

It can only be said that the authorities are a fan. Yunas realized that Yao Ming was struggling on the court. He also knew that except for Du En and Yi Jianlian, others rarely scored inside, so he wanted to rely on outside scoring to continue to consolidate his advantage.

However, they just finished playing the Dream Team two days ago. Most of the men's basketball players tonight are in average physical condition and their shooting touch is not good.

Seeing the point difference narrowed to 8 points, Duen could only quickly return to the court to put out the fire.

Soon, Du En broke through with the ball and used Du En to attract the defense and feed Yao Ming two cakes, helping the men's basketball team expand the point difference to double digits again. Maybe it was a stroke of luck. Not long after Duan came up, the Spanish team's shooting started to improve.

The men's basketball team has a big advantage in height, which naturally protects a lot of rebounds.

Because Yao Ming was still on the court, the men's basketball team did not rush to counterattack, but instead lowered the pace of the game and played steadily.

Yunus also noticed that Yao Ming was slowing down the court, so he quickly removed Yao Ming.

Not long after, Duan was like in the first quarter, leading the men's basketball team to run back and forth on the court and make transitions.

Relying on Duan's attracting defense and precise passing, the men's basketball team flourished and hit a 7-2 spurt, once widening the point difference to 18 points.

However, the Spanish team re-strengthened its defense and rebound protection after a timeout to replace players.

Due to the need to do a lot of things on the court and the constant running back and forth, Du En felt the impact on his physical fitness. His performance at the end of the second quarter was not as heroic as at the end of the first quarter, and he only scored 5 points in 6 shots.

By the end of the second quarter, 56 to 41, the men's basketball team only had a 15-point lead under the leadership of Duen, while Duen's personal score had reached 31 points.

Doon played well in the first half, but winning tonight's game is not that easy.

In the first half, Duan led the substitutes to fight the Spanish team in return, only to have a slight advantage.

The physical exertion of substitute players is greater than in previous games. This is also a problem that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, if the men's basketball team wants to win, it must maintain the advantage established in the first half in the second half and all players must defend well.

One thing to say, after Yunus took charge of the men's basketball team, his biggest contribution was to strengthen the defense of the men's basketball team.

And this is precisely the reason why Doon did not seize the class and seize the command from Yunus in this Olympics.

At most, when Du En is on the court, he can arrange the running positions of his teammates and the offensive tactics to be used, and ignores other aspects.

And Yunus has two skills in building a defensive system. In addition, it is the Olympics now, and the attitude of the men's basketball players cannot be said.

Even though the game was tough in the third quarter, the men's basketball players on the court were working hard on defense.

The third quarter seemed to be a defensive battle. The Spanish team wanted to rely on tenacious defensive counterattacks to come back and win. The men's basketball team stuck to the main defense and also relied on building an iron wall in the interior, forcing the Spanish team to shoot more from the outside.

The outside players of the men's basketball team cannot just sit back and watch the Spanish team's open shots. As long as their legs can still move, they will definitely run out and jump up, reaching out to interfere.

70 to 58, after the third quarter, the men's basketball team still has a 12-point lead.

If we can play like we did in the third quarter, we can basically win tonight's game.

"How many more timeouts are there?"

"two."

During the break, Du En asked Yunus, and Yunus quickly gave a reply.

Each Olympic team has two timeouts in the first half, three in the second half, and one timeout if there is overtime.

Du En was focused on the game and didn't notice that his team took several timeouts in the third quarter.

Du En breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there were still two timeouts in his hand.

“There are only the last ten minutes left, please hold on a little longer.

The next thing we have to do is defend and protect the rebounds.

I will press every ball until the last few seconds, leave the offense to me, and leave the rest to everyone. "

Duan first arranged the work for the other men's basketball players in the fourth quarter, and then said to Yunus: "Unless the Spanish team scores more than 5 points in a row when we can't score.

Otherwise, use the timeouts for the last four minutes and the last two minutes, when we need a break.

We will play harder in the next quarter. If you see someone who can't keep up and can't defend, please replace him with a substitute player with more energy as soon as possible. "

Because the break between sections was only 2 minutes, by the time Du En finished speaking, the time was almost over.

At this time, Yunus has also arranged the lineup. Except for Sun Yue, who replaces Liu Wei, the rest are the original starting players for this game.

After the game restarted, the men's basketball team followed Duen's style of play. Sun Yue dribbled the ball first through half court, and Duen pressed the game time at the top of the arc.

The Spanish team didn't think about attacking from a double attack at first, but Duan waited until the last three seconds before he was able to take a three-pointer.

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The ball was scored, and a three-pointer was scored as soon as it came up. The point difference widened to 15 points. This is undoubtedly great news for the men's basketball team.

The Spanish team immediately counterattacked, but the men's basketball team relied on active defense to successfully prevent the goal.

After the men's basketball team continued to follow the previous steps to press time, the Spanish players on the field realized the seriousness of the problem.

Navarro and Jimenez stepped forward to attack Duen. Duen passed the ball to Wang Shipeng, got rid of his opponent, and then reached for the ball again.

The men's basketball team just doesn't shoot, it just presses the clock, and the Spanish team has no good solution.

Unless you predict the passing route and complete the steal, you can only watch the men's basketball team gradually consume the game time.

After more than 4 minutes of play in the fourth quarter and Yao Ming taking a break, the Spanish team actively played inside, hoping to use this as a breakthrough.

The advantage of the men's basketball team was still more than 10 points, so Duen simply went inside to help defend, trying to limit the performance of Gasol and Gasol as much as possible.

It is worth mentioning that with victory in sight, Yi Jianlian worked very hard and grabbed two rebounds at the critical moment in the fourth quarter.

In addition, the two timeouts of the men's basketball team played their due role, and Yao Ming also returned to the court after a break to strengthen the frame protection, which made it impossible for the Spanish team to turn defeat into victory at the last moment.

84 to 79, relying on Duan's stable performance in the last 10 minutes and the contribution of the men's basketball team to win.

The men's basketball team finally overcame the difficulty of losing physical strength in the final quarter, and then defeated the Spanish team with a 5-point advantage and won the first victory in the group stage of this Olympic Games.

"Our opponents played very well, but I have to praise Doon for his outstanding performance today. It seemed like we lost to Doon alone."

"Yes, we made Duan too comfortable! He scored 49 points. We obviously didn't do a good enough job on defense."

"It's a pity that we couldn't stop Duane today. Duane is probably the best player in the world. He can always hit shots that are difficult for others to hit. He can do everything on the court."

“If we had flanked Doon from the beginning, the result today might have been different.

But I have to admit, Duane is so good, he defeated us just by shooting.

But there is nothing to regret about being able to play a game with such an opponent. "

Duan's performance tonight not only conquered the fans, but also the players of the Spanish team.

Duan is like Jordan who participated in the Barcelona Olympics. After the game, his opponents became his fans.

For this reason, Duan had to spend some time signing autographs for the players of the Spanish team, and this was an experience he had never had before in the last game with the Dream Team.

But in the following period, Du En quickly got used to it.

On August 8, the men's basketball team easily defeated Angola 14 to 98, basically confirming to qualify for the group stage and advance to the quarterfinals.

8月16日，男篮靠着杜恩31分6篮板8助攻的出色发挥，以69比61，击败了德国队。

After winning three consecutive games, the men's basketball team was determined to advance to the quarterfinals as second in the group. Therefore, in order to ensure victory in the quarterfinals, the men's basketball team voluntarily gave up the last group match with the main players playing only ten minutes.

This move goes against the spirit of the Olympics, but most domestic fans support it.

After all, the quarterfinals are a knockout match that determines victory or defeat. The men's basketball team's goal this year is to win medals. They definitely don't want to fight too hard in the group stage and then capsize in the gutter of the quarterfinals.

So in the end, the promotion situation of Group B was that the Dream Team won all five games and came first.

The men's basketball team has three wins and two losses and ranks second because it defeated the Spanish team.

The Spanish team also had three wins and two losses, qualifying in third place.

The Shira team relied on the men's basketball team and Angola to provide warmth, with two wins and three losses, fourth in the group.

The next opponent of the men's basketball team in the quarterfinals is the Croatian team, the least famous in Group A and ranked third.

(End of this chapter)