basketball talent system

Chapter 493 Eight and Four Finals

Compared with the clear difference in ranking points in Group A, the fighting situation in Group B makes people feel a little dizzy, because the Spanish team, which everyone thought would be the only one in Group B, turned over and lost two games in Group B. Although there is no doubt about the qualifying situation in Group B, there is a big difference in the rankings between the teams. However, in the end, the final ranking was determined through factors such as the relationship between the winner and the loser stipulated in the competition. The Croatian team actually Ranked first in Group B, while Spain came second, Lithuania came third, and Argentina came fourth.

In this way, the top eight matchups of the Olympics will come out. The US team, the No. [-] team in Group A, will face the Argentine team. The second Chinese team in Group A faced their old rival Lithuania, the third Australian team in Group A faced the powerful Spanish team, and the fourth French team in Group A was against the top of Group B. The Croatian team lined up together.

In fact, there is still a lot to say about the quarter-final match this time. First of all, the US team and the Argentine team are a pair of enemies in the international arena. You have been playing against each other for more than ten years, and every time you play against each other is very fierce. Of course The main reason is that the Argentine team defeated them in the 04 Athens Olympics and finally won the Olympic gold medal. This is also the first time that the US team has lost the championship in an international competition since the formation of the dream team.So the old rivals gathered here, it is estimated that it will be a very good game, and there are more stories between the Chinese team and the Lithuanian team. First of all, the Chinese team and the Lithuanian team have played against each other a lot, and many times They played against Lithuania in the first round of the knockout round. For example, in the Beijing Olympics, they met the Lithuanian team in the quarterfinals. Certainly not merciless.

The grouping of the Spanish team is actually very sad. Although they are facing the Australian team, the fighting power of the Australian team this year is still very good. In addition, the players of the Spanish team are also aging seriously. Most of the main players are 30. Those who are over the age of [-], this is because Ye Xuan's teammate Gasol for next season has already quit the national team, so the Spanish team, which is still weak, needs to spend some twists and turns to beat the Australian team. Of course, the worst thing is yet to come. , if they can beat the Australian team, the next opponent should be the US team as expected. After all, it is still a bit difficult for the Argentine team to beat the US team.In other words, even if they were lucky enough to defeat the Australian team, the Spanish team still could not escape the claws of the US team in the end.

The time will soon come to NO.17 in August. The first basketball game is the match between the Chinese team and the Lithuanian team. This schedule is very favorable for the Chinese team. First, the last game of the Chinese team was on NO.15 , that is, the day before yesterday, but the Lithuanian team's Group B was the last game played yesterday, that is to say, the Lithuanian team is equivalent to playing this game back to back.Second, the saddest thing about the Lithuanian team is that they played against each other in the last group yesterday, which means that they just finished the game last night, and they will continue today immediately. There is not even enough time for back-to-back 24-hour rest, probably Able to rest for 14 hours.

Anyway, the match is about to start. In order to ensure that this match can beat the opponent hard, Ye Xuan is also very willing to use a scope prop, so that his hits can get a systematic bonus again.At the start of the match, Zhou Qi successfully took advantage of his height and wingspan to give the racket to Ye Xuan. After catching the ball, Ye Xuan quickly started to give his opponent a bad start. However, the opponent had obviously studied Ye Xuan's style of play, so someone was there immediately. He stepped forward to delay Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan was very decisive here, and directly used a skill that he had never used before, that is, scoring the ball.

This is actually what Ye Xuan discovered during this lottery draw. The 'Smush Parker's talent for scoring goals' that he got in the last lottery draw was troubled by injuries at the time, so he forgot about it. Yes, I took it out and practiced after I found it in this lottery draw, and it turned out to be used now.Sure enough, no matter where the audience was, they couldn't help cheering enthusiastically after seeing such provocative and unrestrained actions, but Ye Xuan didn't stop his footsteps, but took advantage of the situation after passing the opponent who came to stop him. , hurried two steps, and then grabbed the ball again in his hands from outside the three-point line, and then pulled it up to make a three-point shot, and the ball hit!

The whole process of scoring was smooth and flowing, it was like playing tricks on the opponent, and the player played by Ye Xuan was obviously not particularly convinced. This round of ball control, he wanted to call the pick-and-roll to help pass Ye Xuan, and then he responded. , but it is not so easy for Ye Xuan to pass by. He took a step forward, avoided the pick-and-roll in advance, and at the same time took out the opponent's ball. Naturally, it was Ye Xuan's performance time, but Ye Xuan There was no difficult dunk, but after halftime, he pulled up a three-pointer again without taking two steps, and the ball hit again!
Within 20 seconds of the opening, the Chinese team took a 6-0 lead, and Ye Xuan's fast-break three-pointer was more like a demonstration than a simple shot. This also reminded Ye Xuan's teammates of the national team. What Ye Xuan said before the start of the game was 'killing people and punishing their hearts'.Needless to say, the rhythm of the game that followed, because of the existence of such a perverted and accurate player as Ye Xuan, the Lithuanian team played very passively, controlled by others everywhere, and played to death.

At the end of the first two quarters, Ye Xuan played the full 20 minutes. During these 20 minutes, the Chinese team finally saw another form of Ye Xuan, which is the legendary scoring form. In 20 minutes, Ye Xuan crazily scored 44 points and 3 assists, helping the Chinese team to score 55 points in the first half, while the Lithuanian team was a tragedy, only scoring 41 points, and the halftime game ended They lost 14 points.

But obviously Ye Xuan was not going to let the opponent go, and he still kept putting pressure on the opponent in the second half, making the opponent's defensive formation always messy. Not only did Ye Xuan score 50+ points in a few minutes, Moreover, many loopholes were leaked, allowing Ye Xuan to get a few assists by the way.But the international arena is like this. There has never been such a thing as garbage time and mercy. Otherwise, the US team would not easily win others by 50 points and 60 points.

In the third quarter, Ye Xuan was really ruthless. Not only did he score 11 points again, but he also scored 8 assists in one quarter, helping the Chinese team to score 31 points in a single quarter. Winning the opponent by 8 points, the lead was extended to 22 points at once.This is something that many people did not expect before the game. They did not expect the Chinese team to be so powerful. Although they knew that the overall strength of the Chinese team had improved after Ye Xuan joined, everyone felt that the Chinese team relied solely on Ye Xuan. People should be mixed up to the top eight and top four, but it seems that the Chinese team's current momentum will not be able to stop them in the next game, whether it is the French team or the Croatian team.

In any case, the Lithuanian team failed completely this time. At the end of the game, the Chinese team defeated their old rival Lithuania 103:85. It was the first time in history that they entered the semi-finals of the Olympic Games, and Ye Xuan also made history. , That is, he became the first player in the history of the Olympic Games to score 60+10 monster data in a single game.In fact, if Ye Xuan wanted to continue to collect data, he might be able to score 100 points, but in this way, all his teammates could only go to the theater.

In any case, Ye Xuan relied on his outstanding performance to help the Chinese team enter the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. The Basketball Association saw this situation and looked at the grouping. The next match is not the French team. The defeated team is Croatia, an unknown team. It seems that the Chinese team is unstoppable in the finals, so their slogan of fighting for four and three is outdated, and now it should become a gold medal.Of course, the Basketball Association also knows the strength of the US team, so it quietly yelled a few words about its own happiness and it was over. In the end, the external slogan became a medal.

At NO.18, the remaining three quarter-finals were also held as scheduled. The Spanish team won the red 89:88, and defeated the Australian team with difficulty. In the end, they relied on Gasol's alley-oop to overtake the score, and this was completed. Quasi lore.The French team was defeated by Croatia, 83:79, and the score gap was also very small.In the end, it was naturally the miserable Argentine team. 105:78, the US team showed no mercy and won by 27 points.

And the matchup of the semi-finals came out. The US team met Spain, the final opponent of the Beijing Olympic Games, while the Chinese team met the Croatian team, which is not very optimistic.In this regard, the outside world is generally optimistic that the Chinese team and the US team will meet in the finals of the Olympic Games. Everyone said that although Paojiao and Ye Xuan failed to reach the finals again this year (they both reached the finals in the first two years of their cooperation. Finals), but God is fair, let them meet in the finals in this way.

August NO.20, the semi-finals began. The first was the match between the Spanish team and the US team. The double defense was very fierce. The Spanish team even took the top spot. Unfortunately, when it came to the crucial third quarter of the game, they Still lost the chain, lost 6 points in a single quarter, and it was these 6 points that made them no longer have a chance to come back. Although they desperately wanted to chase points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, they counterattacked wave after wave They were all suppressed by the US team. In the end, Spain lost the game 76:82. This time the Olympic Games should also be the curtain call performance of Spain's golden generation. It is estimated that these people will not be seen in the next game.

As for the match between the Chinese team and the Croatian team, the number of people who paid attention was actually relatively small. After all, there is a big gap between the strength of Croatia and the strength shown by the Chinese team, and the match also told everyone that the two teams The gap between them is indeed a bit big.In fact, without Ye Xuan, the Chinese team would have struggled to play against Croatia. After all, the European basketball concept and style of play that Croatia advocates are very advanced, and their cooperation is very proficient, so it is natural to play against Croatia. It looks very good-looking, but after Ye Xuan joined, it not only strengthened the offensive of the Chinese team on the outside line, but also allowed the Chinese team to connect people from the outside line. In addition, Ye Xuan's defensive ability is also very outstanding, so China The team can suddenly improve so much.

Needless to say, the match against the Croatian team. At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team had already led by 10 points. Ye Xuan's 13 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals in a single quarter also made the Croatians feel desperate. At the end of the halftime game, Ye Xuan's stats had risen to 27 points, 9 assists and 7 steals. Due to Croatia's style of play, they passed the ball very frequently, and Ye Xuan's ability to steal the cross pass The ability is not bragging, so the data of steals is simply rising, and Croatia is not only restricted on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end because they do not have an advantage in the inside, so the rebound protection is not very good. As a result, At the end of the halftime game, the Chinese team got 49 shots, which is a relatively rare number of shots in the NBA, but the Croatian side was a tragedy. Because of Ye Xuan's steal, they lost a lot of offense Opportunity, so there were only 31 shots in the half, and they scored 41 points. The Chinese team relied on 49 shots to score 69 points, leading the opponent by 28 points in the half.

This kind of point difference is already hard to come by when the Olympic Games are in such a late stage, but the Chinese team still has not relaxed their pressure on the opponent. After three quarters, Ye Xuan successfully won his first place in the Olympic Games. A triple-double is also the first triple-double in the national team, and this is a different type of triple-double because Ye Xuan only has 3 rebounds, and the data for a triple-double are scoring assists and steals.

That's right, it's steals. The tragic Croatian team's tactics really made Ye Xuan very happy. The steal data is so good. Rao, in the second half, the opponent still deliberately reduced the transfer of the ball within Ye Xuan's attack range. Yes, but still allowed Ye Xuan to get three steals, raising his steal data to 10.

In the end, the Chinese team also defeated the Croatian team 115:70 and advanced to the finals of the Olympic Games. In the finals, they will face the strongest opponent, the US team. It means that they have achieved the Chinese team's breakthrough of 0 medals in the men's three major balls.So after the victory over Croatia, fans in China have already begun to celebrate.

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