Legendary star

Chapter 611 Making History

On the morning of August 8, the semi-finals between the Huaguo Men’s Basketball Team and the Italian Men’s Basketball Team kicked off. The Italian Men’s Basketball Team can be said to be a dark horse in this Olympic Games. The Italian men's basketball team went all the way, defeated the Argentine men's basketball team and Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball team, and finally advanced to the knockout round as the second place in the group, and then eliminated last year's European Championship champion Lithuania in the quarter-finals You must know that in the previous matches between the two sides, the Italian men's basketball team was basically beaten by the Lithuanian men's basketball team every time, but in the key Olympic Games, the Italian men's basketball team was ashamed and sent the Lithuanian men's basketball team back to their hometown .

Although the Italian men's basketball team defeated Argentina in the group stage and eliminated Lithuania in the quarter-finals, in terms of overall strength, the Italian men's basketball team is still the weakest of the top four. The shadow left by Meng Xu on the Italian men's basketball team, so at the beginning of the game, the Italian men's basketball team strengthened their defense against Meng Xu.

As for the Huaguo men's basketball team, it may be that Liu Wei is enough to control the ball, so Jiang Quan has re-arranged Meng Xu to the small forward position since entering the knockout round, in order to let Meng Xu release himself. Second, Jiang Quan also hopes to strengthen the team's defense after entering the knockout round, especially the perimeter defense. Meng Xu's leading defense and assisting defense are undoubtedly Jiang Quan's biggest reliance. In the quarter-finals, it was precisely because of Meng Xu's excellent defense against Angola's top outside scorer that the Angola men's basketball team did not last even half of the game, and it was already behind the Huaguo men's basketball team by more than 20 points. .

The Italian men's basketball team is a team that relies heavily on outside lines and three-pointers, and Italy's three-pointer ability is also very strong. In the two games against Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro, Italy made more than 10 three-pointers. Divide the ball. In a game with a total score of less than 70 points, it is already very scary to be able to hit 10+3 points in a single game. Therefore, the key to the game against Italy is the defense of the perimeter and three points. Especially the defense against Italian shooting guard Gianluca Basile.

Gianluca Basile is a "new star" of the Italian men's basketball team who has just emerged in this Olympic Games. This veteran, who is close to 30 years old, was originally just a substitute player for the Italian men's basketball team, but in this Olympic Games, Gianluca Basile's performance was very bright. Gianluca Basile, who came off the bench in the first match of the group match against New Zealand, scored 21 points and 5 assists, helping Italy beat New Zealand 71-69. After this battle, Gianluca Basile Basile became the starting shooting guard of the Italian men's basketball team, and in the subsequent games, he averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists per game, becoming the number one scorer of the Italian men's basketball team. In the match against Lithuania, Gianluca Basile scored another Olympic high of 23 points, helping Italy eliminate the European champion Lithuania. Now Gianluca Basile has become the number one star of the Italian men's basketball team.

Maybe it was the outstanding performance in the previous game, or maybe the opportunity to create history was in front of him, which made Gianluca Basile very excited after the game started, and kept trying to attack the basket of the Huaguo men's basketball team, but Under Meng Xu's targeted "care", Gianluca Basile only hit 7 goals in 2 shots in the first quarter, and under the infection of Gianluca Basile, the entire Italian men's basketball team was in the first quarter. The feel of the first quarter is not bad, and the team made 5 of 0 three-pointers.

The inside line is Italy's shortcoming. In addition, Italy's main inside line, Garanda, is another big man who can't stand under the basket and likes to float on the outside line. Therefore, on the offensive end, Italy's inside line is defeated by Yao Ming He and Wang Zhizhi were completely overwhelmed. Although Meng Xu didn't have many shots on the offensive end because of Italy's targeted defense, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi were like no one in Italy's basket.

The outside line was restricted and unable to play, and the inside line was blown up again. Like Angola, Italy, which was at a loss, gave up struggling after three quarters of the game. In the end, it relied on Yao Ming's 26 points, 13 rebounds, and Wang Zhizhi's 18 points. With 8 points and 82 rebounds, the Huaguo men's basketball team defeated Italy 69 to [-] and took the lead in advancing to the final of the Olympic men's basketball team.

Due to some ZHEGNZHI factors, before going to Athens, Huaguo's basketball management center set a goal for the Huaguo men's basketball team to reach the finals, and now with the Huaguo men's basketball team easily advancing to the finals, plus the previous Because of the 7-game winning streak and victory over the Dream Team, the Huaguo men's basketball team, from the head coach Jiang Quan to every player in the team, is full of fighting spirit and morale. Now that the American men's basketball team has been If he is eliminated by himself, it is not impossible to win the final championship.

After the Huaguo men's basketball team and Italy decided the winner, another semi-final also kicked off in the afternoon. The Spanish men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team had already met once in the group stage. In that group stage Among them, the Spanish men's basketball team, which was 5 points behind at halftime, staged a big reversal in the third quarter, and finally won by 11 points. A clear understanding, so today's semi-finals, Spain and Argentina have made targeted arrangements for each other.

The overall strength of the Spanish men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team are still similar. At the same time, both sides also have their own advantages. Spain's advantage is the inside. On the field, the current Pau Gasol is a well-deserved killer. Except for the American men's basketball team and the Huaguo men's basketball team, Pau Gasol is already enough to sweep all the insiders of the other 9 teams participating in the Olympic Games .

Argentina's advantage lies in their perimeter. Manu Ginobili, dubbed the "poor man's version of Meng Xu" in the NBA, is also quite sharp in the international arena. Ginobili has not yet entered the NBA. Before, he had already led the Argentine men's basketball team to overthrow the dream team in the World Championships, and in this Olympic Games, Ginobili can contribute an all-around data averaging close to 20+5+5 per game.

Contrary to the one-sided match between the Huaguo men's basketball team and the Italian men's basketball team, the semifinals between the Argentine men's basketball team and the Spanish men's basketball team can be described as sparks flying. Two players from the NBA, Pau Gasol and Manu - Ginobili dominated the field, Pau Gasol continued to ravage Argentina's inside line, while Manu Ginobili kept attacking in the middle and long distances, the game ended after 40 minutes, and the two sides drew 75 draws, after a hard fight in overtime, and finally relying on Manu Ginobili's quasi-lore, Argentina defeated Spain 84 to 83, and entered the Olympic men's basketball final in a historic way.

As the gold medal with the highest gold content in the Olympics, the Olympic finals are often held on the day of the closing ceremony. It is precisely because of this special treatment that the Huaguo men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team are very happy after the semifinals. Rare can rest a few days.

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