NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 66: Battle! (110)

The first out of this game is released.

China Team: Lin Chuan, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Liu Wei.

Team USA: Chandler, Durant, Anthony, Kobe, Paul.

"Huh? James is not starting in this game? Why did the US team suddenly change its lineup in the finals?"

As soon as the US players came on the court, Zhang Weiping immediately raised questions.

"The one who replaced James in the starting lineup was Anthony, and he himself sat on the bench in a suit. Did something go wrong with him in the last game?"

Yu Jia took a look at his phone and immediately answered into the microphone,

"The director just sent me a message that LeBron James will not be able to play in this game due to a groin injury."

"Groin injury, but there was no sign of this in the last game. Was it when he dunked over Gasol?"

Zhang Weiping guessed and felt that he had focused on the wrong thing.

The gold medal match between China and the United States was about to begin, but he was actually paying attention to James who was not playing.

"Okay, let's get back to the game. The players from both sides are already on the court, ready to start the jump ball!"

Game start!
Lin Chuan successfully jumped to the ball and the Chinese team took the lead in attacking.

As soon as Liu Wei dribbled across half court, he passed the ball to Lin Chuan who was standing at the top of the arc.

"Give it to Lin Chuan, give it to Lin Chuan! Oh, right, here it is."

As soon as Zhang Weiping saw Lin Chuan catch the ball, he laughed.

The moment Lin Chuan had the ball, he saw Chandler's footsteps were still retreating towards the inside and he had no way to rush forward to rush towards him immediately.

"Good pass buddy!"

Lin Chuan jumped decisively and shot a three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Lin Chuan got off to a winning start and scored the first point of the game!
Although it was only the first goal, it made the atmosphere more enthusiastic and the Chinese fans began to cheer.

"Look, this is Lin Chuan! No one else would dare to shoot this ball so decisively."

"Well, we have to give them one back."

Kobe said to Paul, reaching out to him for the ball.

Paul dribbled across half court and passed the ball to Kobe.

Facing the defense, Kobe made a triple threat, then made a change of direction and rushed directly into the penalty area.

"Guard him!"

As Deng Huade shouted, Lin Chuan had already moved forward and rushed to Kobe's breakthrough route.

Regardless of the defense of Lin Chuan in front of him and Wang Shipeng who was half a body length away from him, Kobe continued to drive straight forward. Then, facing the double-team defense, he performed an extremely difficult pull-up in the air.

The ball flew from the left side of the backboard, hit the right side of the basket and bounced in.

All the American fans at the scene cheered. Their team's star player actually performed such a difficult performance at the very beginning.

Listening to the fans' cheers, Kobe waved his arms when he returned to defense, signaling the fans to cheer louder.

"Fuck, they still scored even with such defense."

Wang Shipeng cursed, caught the ball and ran to the baseline to serve.

"It doesn't matter. No matter how good the pose is or how difficult it is, it's still two points."

Lin Chuan comforted him.

"Wow, only Kobe could score this goal. No one else could do it."

Liu Wei received the ball and Paul quickly defended him. However, Liu Wei had played so many games this year and had transformed and sublimated. He forced his way across half court despite Paul's defense and quickly passed the ball to Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan stood at the free throw line, holding off Chandler.

Wang Zhizhi and Zhu Fangyu crossed positions and tore apart the US team's defense.

Zhu Fangyu ran to the open space on the wing, disrupting the inside defense. Lin Chuan passed the ball to Wang Zhizhi who cut inside. Wang Zhizhi took the ball, strode to the basket, and flicked the ball in with his wrist. "Don't be dazzled by them, stars."

Old K stood on the sidelines with his arms folded across his chest, reminding the US team.

Durant patted his head. He lost his position with such a simple move. He had to fight back.

Paul dribbled the ball forward and saw Durant looking at him frequently, so he made an OK gesture.

As soon as he crossed half court, he passed the ball and watched Durant play with his hands on his knees outside the three-point line on the other wing.

Wang Zhizhi immediately took two quick steps forward to defend, stretching out his hands to block Durant's breakthrough route.

But Durant had no intention of breaking through at all. He made a triple threat, shook off Wang Zhizhi's defense, and immediately jumped up for a three-pointer.

Wang Zhizhi didn't have time to jump up to interfere, so he could only turn his head and hope that the shot would miss.

But it was too easy for Durant to shoot this simple shot, and the ball went into the net.

Both sides scored in the first four offensive rounds, which invisibly set the tone for the game.

Lin Chuan received the ball from Liu Wei, but this shot was almost intercepted by Kobe who predicted the passing route.

Lin Chuan held the ball firmly and passed it directly to Zhu Fangyu who had just bypassed the screen and cut to the wing position.

Zhu Fangyu took the ball and shot directly. Anthony's interference came too late and was accompanied by a foul.

2+1!

The first quarter is halfway through.

The score is 13:18.

Zhu Fangyu was standing on the free throw line, preparing to receive the ball, when suddenly the fans' cheers like a tsunami suddenly overwhelmed the players.

Several players on the U.S. team were a little surprised. They turned around and found that it was Yi Jianlian who took off his jacket, warmed up on the sidelines and then went on to replace Wang Zhizhi.

"I didn't expect that Yi Jianlian would actually make a comeback in the finals!"

When Zhang Weiping saw Yi Jianlian, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although he had criticized Yi Jianlian a lot in previous national team games, saying that he could only grab rebounds and be a blue-collar worker.

But at this moment, seeing Yi Jianlian standing on the court with an injury and a determined expression, he couldn't help but be moved.

"If Yi Jianlian is on the court right now, it will bring great morale to the rest of our men's basketball team!"

Seeing the new generation of spiritual leader of the men's basketball team return to the game court, Yu Jia clenched his fists excitedly.

"Shit, I remember he had a back injury. Is he forcing himself to return with the injury?"

Kobe whispered to Durant.

"Maybe. He was injured in the group stage. Today is the final. He will have a few days to recover. Besides, their desire for the gold medal should be unprecedented."

Yi Jianlian stretched his body and slowly walked into the court and to the free throw line.

"Are you okay? Physically."

Looking at Yi Jianlian standing still, Lin Chuan asked in a low voice from the opposite side.

"Yeah, it's no problem, don't worry."

Yi Jianlian said a few brief words and prepared to take position.

As he spoke, Zhu Fangyu was already ready to shoot the free throw.

The ball hit the rim and bounced out.

Chandler and Lin Chuan were stuck with each other, and neither of them could gain an advantageous position.

Durant was about to stand up and grab the rebound.

At this moment, a fiery red figure flew out from his side, grabbing the basketball at the edge of the frame with both hands. Before Durant could react, the ball had been dunked in by the person who came.

Bang!
The ball went in, the man hung on the frame, and then fell down.

(End of this chapter)