NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 43: Winning streak, aiming for the top spot in the group

The last round of the first quarter.

Liu Wei wanted to break the deadlock and advanced with the ball, but Yi Jianlian stepped forward to provide cover.

Liu Wei dribbled towards the screen, lowered his body, then immediately pulled back and broke into the inside from the other side.

While moving, Liu Wei held the ball with both hands and was about to make a layup.

"careful!"

Deng Huade, who discovered the abnormality, shouted on the sidelines, hoping to alert Liu Wei.

But there was only a crisp "pop" sound, and the basketball suddenly disappeared from his hands.

Kirilenko ran away from the 45-degree angle at some point and appeared behind Liu Wei, and quickly intercepted the ball the moment Liu Wei passed the ball.

Liu Wei made a layup, but he had nothing in his hands, only air.

Kirilenko took the ball and turned around to move forward quickly. Zhu Fangyu, who was running behind him, couldn't catch up and could only watch Kirilenko slam dunk with one hand.

Russia scored another goal before the end of the first quarter.

23: 13.

The score difference was extended to double digits at the last moment.

This downward trend was not alleviated at all after the inter-session break.

In the second quarter, Kirilenko showed his essence as an all-around warrior and a 5x5 master, stealing two goals and blocking a shot again in the quarter.

The Chinese team scored several goals in the process.

40:55
The Chinese team was trailing by 15 points in the first half.

基里连科砍下8分3板5助1帽3抢断。

One person is the defensive gate.

The core of the Chinese team, Lin Chuan, only scored mediocre data of 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half.

Not even as good as Yi Jianlian's 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

In the studio, Yang Yi and Yu Jia fell into a brief silence while watching the situation on the field. Then Yang Yi broke the silence first.
"Ahem, it looks like the Chinese team will have a hard time in today's game."

"Yes, but we believe that the boys of the Chinese team will recover in the second half and defeat the Russian team."

Yu Jia seemed more optimistic.
"In the last game, we even defeated the tough team Spain. I believe that the Chinese national team can also defeat the Russian team today."

Yu Jia said a few nice words in the studio and swallowed the rest.

As long as Lin Chuan can stand up...

"Played well."

The head coach and Kirilenko high-fived.

"Your defense completely blocked them. Those steals were great."

"But we also have to thank the Chinese team for winning the game against Spain. This way, we have a chance to qualify as the first in the group."

"Everyone, wake up, our performance in the first half was terrible!"

Lin Chuan clapped his hands in the locker room to attract everyone's attention.
"If we keep going like this, we'll just barely qualify and then be eliminated in the quarterfinals again!"

Lin Chuan spoke like a leader and no one found it strange. Yi Jianlian, the only person who could compete with Lin Chuan for the leadership position, was also convinced by Lin Chuan during the previous training camp.

"If everyone just wants to reach the quarterfinals like last time, then I don't care."

"We don't want to."

"What did you say?"

"I said, we don't want to!"

Lin Chuan saw his teammates' unwillingness and laughed.
"Yes, if we only make it to the quarterfinals, maybe our fellow countrymen will think we have done well, but only we ourselves know that this is far from our end!" "Keep trying to win! Only then can we challenge the Dream Team!"

"rush!"

Lin Chuan's speech boosted everyone's morale, and there was fire burning in everyone's eyes.

Beat Russia and advance to the quarterfinals!

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again.

Kirilenko was relaxed, sitting on the sidelines chewing gum.

Decided to take a break and then go on the court to beat the Chinese team.

But everything changed in the second half.

Thinking of his teammates' continued cold touch, Lin Chuan simply held the ball and played one-on-one.

The second half begins.

Lin Chuan holds the ball and plays one-on-one against Mozgov in the low post.

With continuous dribbling, Lin Chuan pushed Mozgov to the basket.

Lin Chuan shook his shoulders to trick Mozgov's center of gravity, turned around and kicked with force, jumped back on one leg, and leaned back at a close distance.

Mozgov didn't even have time to raise his hands, and looked up at the ball going into the net.

In the following round, Liu Wei dribbled across half court, and Zhu Fangyu cut from the right with the help of Yi Jianlian's screen.

Mozgov wanted to stop him, but when he moved forward, Lin Chuan blocked his way.

With the help of two layers of cover, Zhu Fangyu instantly ran to the 45-degree angle on the left.

The defense line was instantly pulled to the left, and the space on the right became empty.

Yi Jianlian maintained the screen and blocked Kirilenko, and Lin Chuan used the screen to bypass the empty right area.

The ball arrived and Lin Chuan just ran to the right side of the free throw line when Liu Wei's high-profile pass had already reached Lin Chuan's hands.

Mozgov moved slowly. Seeing that Lin Chuan had already run out of the open space, he and Kirilenko were still trying to set a screen for Lin Chuan, but in the end he was out of reach.

Lin Chuan made a mid-range shot and easily scored two points.

After barely taking any shots in the first half and only connecting the team, Lin Chuan went crazy in the second half, firing on all cylinders, scoring 8 goals in a row and completely tearing apart the Russian defense.

Poor Mozgov was like a large scope, and Lin Chuan repeatedly shot him on the head.

The score finally started to take the lead, and Lin Chuan also began to supply ammunition to his teammates.

In the fourth quarter, the Chinese team scored from multiple points and everyone on the court scored a goal.

No matter how good Kirilenko is at defending, he can't defend against five people.

Russia could only be beaten by the Chinese team's shooting and the score gap became wider and wider.

In the end, under the leadership of Lin Chuan, the Chinese team defeated the Russian team by 100 points with a score of 80:20.

林川本人全场出战35分钟，21投16中，三分3投2中，罚球3中2，砍下36分19板6助攻，在下半场打爆了俄罗斯。

易建联也在下半场回暖，全场16投7中，三分1投1中，罚球4中3砍下18分8板2助攻，得到了全场第二高分。

Kirilenko, who was still controlling the wind and lightning in the first half, only made four of 13 shots after the whole game, and only got 14 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks.

The statistics looked all-around, but his hit rate was very low. In the end, he could only watch in despair as the score widened until he could no longer catch up.

The starting center of the Russian team, the current Nuggets center Mozgov, was beaten by Lin Chuan and only scored 8 points and 7 rebounds. He also had four fouls and almost fouled out.

The Chinese team, led by Lin Chuan, has won two consecutive games and has almost secured a place in the top eight, tying the best record in history!
In the post-match interview, when the media asked about his current game goals, Lin Chuan faced reporters from various countries and declared domineeringly,

"We will win five games in a row and take first place in the group!"

After the game, many domestic media have published articles saying that under the leadership of Lin Chuan, the Chinese national team will make it to the quarterfinals and achieve the best result in history!
(End of this chapter)