Standing pretty old

Chapter 415

Ruan Erniu scored 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 assists in the first half of the game. If there is no accident, he scored 30+20 horror statistics today.

On the surface, the Chinese men's basketball team is ahead of the American men's basketball team because they shot from outside the three-point line.

But in fact, what really gave them an advantage was the extreme protection of Ruan Erniu and Yao Ming at the basket.

In the locker room of the Tianchao men's basketball team, Wang Shipeng asked Zhu Fangyu beside him blankly: "We lead the US team by 10 points? Am I still dreaming?"

Zhu Fangyu smiled and said, "How about I pinch you?"

Yao Ming stood up and said, "Everyone, don't relax. The Americans are stronger than us. The second half of the game will be even more difficult. We must prepare for the most difficult."

After Dayao finished speaking, it was supposed to be the turn of the de facto leader - Ruan Erniu to speak a few words.But Er Niu was sitting there with his brows tightly locked at the moment, only thinking about the problem by himself.

Yunus said to Er Niu: "Kafu, don't you have anything to say?"

Ruan Erniu said from his seat: "Dayao made it very clear that the US team will definitely counterattack in the second half. I am just worried that our physical fitness will not be able to support it."

Yunus said: "Haven't you considered this question before? If that's the case, why do you still play small ball with the Americans?"

Ruan Erniu said: "Playing positional warfare is more energy-intensive, and it can't stop the opponent. Playing small balls, we still have a chance."

Jonas didn't speak. He seemed to be deliberately avoiding the question of winning or losing, or in his heart, he had to work hard for this game. After all, morale couldn't be lowered, but the final result was not what he valued the most.

According to the predetermined plan of the men's basketball team, the real life-and-death battle, that is, the two teams of Angola and Germany, when facing the United States, Spain, and Greece, the main goal of the national team is to play their best competitive state.

Leading the American men's basketball team by 10 points at halftime is naturally gratifying, but it is far from easy to really win this game.

In the end, Jonas reiterated the importance of defense, and decided to let Erniu rest for 3-5 minutes at the beginning of the second half. Ruan Erniu played almost the entire first half, and he was the person who needed the most rest on the field .

In the locker room of the Dream Eight team, the NBA superstars thought they would welcome the roar of the old coach K, but the fact is that Krzyzewski just arranged defensive tactics as usual, and arranged assistant coach D'Antoni to arrange a quick conversion counterattack as usual.

James has always been the one who talked the most in the team. He was puzzled and asked Old K: "Don't you need to make any special arrangements for our tactics?"

Old K asked back: "How do you think we should arrange it?"

James said: "Such as double-teaming Yao Ming or Kraft Nguyen?"

The old K said: "And then give them a big push from outside the three-point line? Their outside shooters are more accurate than we thought."

James stopped talking.

Old K explained: "I will not make targeted arrangements, because I firmly believe that the final winner must be us. We are playing in the most correct way. I firmly believe that our strength is the strongest, so even if we do not Otherwise, we would have won the game."

Old K didn't say what was in his heart. In fact, he had already seen the weakness of the Tianchao men's basketball team, but he didn't point it out.

The second half of the game officially started.

On the offensive end of the American men's basketball team, Kobe's defense against Sun Yue was a three-pointer, which opened the prelude to the counterattack of the American men's basketball team.

Facing Bosh's defense, Yao Ming made full use of his physical advantage and leaned on his opponent to hit a fallback jumper.

The competition between the two sides has been heated up from the very beginning, but the two bulls off the court can see it very clearly. On the surface, the two sides are coming and going, playing lively, but in fact, the defensive strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team is declining.

James, Anthony, and Kobe fired consecutive shots, instantly bringing the score of the two teams within 3 points.

The Tianchao men's basketball team, which led by half, fell into a bad situation in just 2 minutes.

"Quickly call a timeout! Yunus should call a timeout at this time, take it easy!" Zhang Lili said anxiously at the commentary booth.

Ruan Erniu also felt that at this time, a timeout should indeed be called, but he also understood that even if a timeout was called, the effect would not be too great.

Why did the defensive strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team decline?In the final analysis, it is still because of insufficient physical reserves.

This is the real reason why old K is so calm. The coach of the American men's basketball team has long seen the weak successor of the Chinese men's basketball team. The opponents have too few high-level athletes, and their physical talents are far inferior to the American men's basketball team.

In fact, in the second half of the second quarter, their defensive strength was already much worse than in the first quarter.

Yunus once sent fresh troops like Zhang Qingpeng and Ding Jinhui to the field to take the top, but the effect was not good.

Young people who don't have enough experience in competitions can't handle the Americans on the field at all.

Ruan Erniu had to return to the court immediately after the start of the second half to re-stabilize the situation.

Before playing, Yunus put his arms around Ruan Erniu's shoulders and whispered in his ear, "Fight with all your strength, but you and Dayao are not enough. Be careful not to get hurt."

It was only then that Ruan Erniu understood why Lao You was willing to let him act recklessly in this game, and even once seized power and manipulated the lineup arrangement.

Lao You never thought of beating the American men's basketball team at all, so facing a privileged player like Ruan Erniu, he is also willing to give him the highest autonomy.

Ruan Erniu said to Yunas just before going on the field: "The game will not end until the last second!"

Er Niu played again, and the American men's basketball team also started its normal rotation.

The offensive lineup composed of Paul, Deron, Wade, James, and Howard became faster, and the waves of offensives made the Tianchao men's basketball team almost powerless to parry.

Although the two bulls caused Howard and Bosh's fourth foul on the inside, and asked the two insiders of the American men's basketball team to come off the field, even if Carlos Boozer was used, it was enough to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team .

At 74:80, the American men's basketball team led by 6 points in this quarter, which means that they outscored their opponents by 16 points in this quarter.

Cheek is the best player among them. His breakthrough and scoring not only revitalized the whole team, but also caused a certain degree of damage to the inside line of the Tianchao men's basketball team.

Yao Ming made 3 fouls and Ruan Erniu made 2 fouls. These two were also troubled by fouls.

Dayao and Erniu are much more important to the Chinese men's basketball team than Howard and Bosh are to the American men's basketball team.

Once they are sent off, the Tianchao men's basketball team can directly admit defeat.

On the message boards on the Internet, many Chinese netizens have begun to get discouraged:

"The difference in strength is too great, although this may be a war between China and the United States with the smallest score difference."

"There is no suspense. Except for Erniu and Dayao, the others cannot hold the Dream Eight team in terms of competition intensity."

……

Although there are also guys who are full of shit, most of the Chinese netizens still give the men's basketball team the highest praise. The opponent is the Dream Eight team. Being able to play like this is already the greatest affirmation of the Chinese men's basketball team.

There are also quite literary netizens who summed it up like this:
"There is a kind of despair called broken dreams, and there is a kind of disillusionment called waking up from a dream."

(End of this chapter)