Standing pretty old

Chapter 423 Familiar plot, different ending
"Beep!" The German asked for a timeout again.

It was only 2 minutes since the pause just now.

But they had to do this, because the Tianchao men's basketball team went crazy again under the leadership of Ruan Erniu.

Ruan Erniu made consecutive three-pointers and assisted his teammate to make an air cut to the basket. The German men's basketball team was stunned.

In fact, the effect of this timeout was not significant. The Germans did not fully wake up until the end of the first quarter.

At 32:12, the Tianchao men's basketball team took a 20-point lead in the first quarter. Such a score is quite unfavorable for the Germans, and their dream of the quarterfinals is fading away.

Ruan Erniu scored 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in a single quarter. He made 6 of 5 shots in a single quarter, including 5 of 4 three-pointers and 4 of 3 free throws. He dominated the game with super high efficiency.

In contrast, Nowitzki made 5 of 0 shots in a single quarter and only scored 2 points with free throws. His performance was extremely poor.

However, a shooting master like Nowitzki can constantly adjust his shooting state during the game.

In the next three quarters, no one can tell whether Nowitzki will recover and break out.

The second quarter started soon, Dayao sat on the court to rest, and Er Niu went to the fifth position to face Kaman.

Chen Jianghua led the team past halftime, maybe the lead was too much in the first quarter, Chen Jianghua was intercepted by Pascal Basil as soon as he came up.

The latter made a three-pointer just after halftime and made a hit.

Lao You immediately burst into anger off the court. In his opinion, such a senseless mistake is the most unforgivable.

The problem is that this seems to have become a habitual disease of the Chinese men's basketball team, and it is difficult to cure it.

Physical decline?Or is it simply that the basic skills are not solid?
No, in Er Niu's view, this is due to physical strength and psychological aspects.

The decline in physical fitness will only appear in the second half of the game, and those who say that their basic skills are not solid are watching professional basketball purely with amateur eyes. In fact, there are many such jokes.

For example, there are two stories circulating in the Chinese football circle: [-]. Batistuta can't jump the ball; [-]. Rooney can't jump the ball and so on.

In fact, even Kendrick Perkins, the meat shield of the Celtics, is a character who can play tricks in the amateur arena, so there must be no problem with Chen Jianghua's skills.

What he lacks is firstly the intensity of physical confrontation, and secondly the ambivalence of wanting to win and being afraid of losing.

"Hua Zai, don't hesitate anymore, you are the world's top defender!" Ruan Erniu immediately poured Chen Jianghua a bowl of chicken soup. Criticism alone is useless. For some players, you have to motivate him.

Chen Jianghua dribbled the ball across the half court, Ruan Erniu suddenly stepped up to cover for him, Chen Jianghua sped up and passed Basil, facing Kaman's supplementary defense was a throw.

"Bang!" The ball missed, but he disrupted the Germans' defense. Ruan Erniu, who inserted from the back, grabbed an offensive rebound and made an easy layup.

Superstars must make the players around them better, and Ruan Erniu has unconsciously taken the first step in this regard.

Germany's offensive end.

It was Pascal Basil again, this time the German used Kaman's cover to throw off Chen Jianghua's defense, and hit a mid-range jumper!

After that, the defense of the two teams continued to strengthen, and the sound of iron strikes became the metronome of the game.

Both sides are trying their best to reduce the efficiency of the other side, and the game has become very ugly due to the frequent iron strikes.

It was the fourth day of the men's basketball group match, and neither side could afford to lose. As long as whoever loses a game first, they may immediately fall into a catastrophe.

Since they couldn't afford to lose, locking up the opponent on the defensive end became the best choice.

In the unnamed game of the competition, like the first quarter, the scene of knocking out the opponent with a sap may be the only one in the whole game.

Anyway, the Tianchao men's basketball team doesn't mind playing a defensive battle with their opponents, because it is their side that leads the score.

Jonas can sit quietly on the court and watch the game, which shows how well the Chinese men's basketball team is doing on the defensive end.

Nowitzki, who re-entered the field in the second quarter, still failed to regain his touch. Whether facing the defense of Ruan Erniu or Yi Jianlian, he still failed to find the MVP-level shooting ability.

At the end of the first half, the Tianchao men's basketball team will still lead the opponent by more than 20 points.

The three-game winning streak in the group stage is already beckoning to the Tianchao men's basketball team, and their tickets to the quarter-finals are not far away.

You must know that if they win this game, they may have actually completed a breakthrough. Even if they are killed in the first round of the knockout round, with their excellent group stage record, their final ranking is very likely to surpass the eighth place.

During the intermission, Dayao said to his teammates: "Brothers, work hard and win this game. We are going to make history!"

Ruan Erniu pulled Chen Jianghua and continued to pour chicken soup on him: "Have confidence in yourself, and remember that you are Iverson."

Jonas said coldly: "Don't be too happy too early. The game is not over yet, so don't be careless. In the second half of the game, the Germans will definitely launch a counterattack. You must be prepared for a hard fight."

However, the Chinese players are currently immersed in the excitement of making history, and very few of them can look at the game calmly and objectively.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the third quarter, Nowitzki, who had been silent for half the time, showed his power.

Nowitzki held the ball outside the three-point line, Er Niu's defensive pace was a little slower, Nowitzki shot directly from the three-point line and hit!

This goal not only heralded the recovery of the German driver's state, but also represented the beginning of the counterattack of the German men's basketball team.

Dayao missed a mid-range jumper, Kaman got the rebound from the backcourt and made a pass to the frontcourt. Harman faced Zhu Fangyu's defense and made a layup, scoring 2+1.

Additional penalties were made, and the score of the two teams was narrowed one step further.

Nowitzki grabbed the backboard and passed it to Basil.

After halftime, Nowitzki received the ball at a high position again. After a feint, Nowitzki broke through with one step, then stepped back and made a golden rooster independent jumper.

Ruan Erniu, who jumped out, couldn't stop Nowitzki's unsolvable shot, and hit it again!
The firepower of the German chariot rose in an instant, and the score gap has been pulled back to about 10.

For some reason, Lao You didn't ask for a timeout again.

Ruan Erniu was almost powerless to complain on the field, and was almost stunned by others. Why are you so patronizing and admonishing others?

Lao You's on-the-spot adaptability is not at the same level as his tactical design ability.

No one is perfect, and being able to bring the Tianchao men's basketball team to this height is already the limit of Jonas. It is unrealistic to expect him to have first-class on-the-spot adaptability like Popovich.

Ruan Erniu understood that it was his turn to save the world again.

He seems to be used to such a role setting in the Tianchao men's basketball team, and some people are born to be the savior.

Er Niu asked for the ball in the low post, and Liu Wei sent the ball to Er Niu in the gap.

Ruan Erniu lifted his buttocks, and after forcing Kaman back two steps, he immediately turned around and shot a jumper. Nowitzki's defense was slow and he made a hit!

In the second half of the third quarter, it became Er Niu's low-post performance and Nowitzki's shooting show. The two superstars completed a mutual explosion in this quarter.

Once Chaoju enters the state, both sides are unstoppable.

At 60:45, the third quarter ended, and the Tianchao men's basketball team only led the opponent by 15 points.

The gap of 15 points is not too big, but for the German men's basketball team, it is still a difficult task of catching up. They only have the last quarter left.

　The last two are going to be slower, a bit stuck, obviously I have a plot in my mind, but I just can’t write it out.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)