Chapter 1601 1600. A New Golden Age!

The cooperation between the Renyi brothers is incredible!

Oberto's ability to move and attack is far less than it used to be. Four years ago, when he was 29, he used the fact that he had no defense for three seconds to attack Duncan until he couldn't take care of himself. But now, at the age of 33, his condition has declined a lot, not only In the NBA, almost all basketball players have a tendency to collapse at 30.

Argentina has no way to deal with it!

Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu cannot be let go on the outside. In the five games of the group stage of this Olympic Games, the former averaged 2.4 three-pointers per game and the latter averaged 1.9 three-pointers per game. They have a good grasp of the situation. When Yao Ming and Liu Mang created opportunities for them, shorting Yi Jianlian and shrinking the inside line was the boldest defense they dared to do.

We can only start from the offensive end!

"Pablo, please think about what I just said...Hey, don't leave, you can't leave..."

Prigioni ignored Liu Mang's trash talk and wanted to change direction and break through, but the opponent's footsteps moved too fast and he was talking trash, but his concentration was not disturbed...

Feeling Liu Mang's defense as if he had woven a big net around him, Prigioni felt so shocked. This kind of defense was even more difficult to deal with than the Kobe Bryant he encountered a few days ago!

"Is this the number one in the world? It's so miserable for anyone who meets this guy! Yes, he has won four NBA championships and a World Championship championship in the past five years..."

No longer trying to break through, Prigioni withdrew from the three-point line and made a tactical gesture.

Oberto stretched to the baseline, Scola pulled to the outside, Ginobili cut inside, and Nocioni went to the bottom corner to wait for the opportunity...

Liu Mang glanced at the half court and felt that it was very troublesome. The old man in front of him had really strong field control ability! Although he is thin, he has strong core strength and stable control of the ball. With such a steady playing style, Liu Mang would not dare to reach out casually. The ability of the Argentine performer is no worse than him!

Scola pulled out, and Yi Jianlian was ready to change defense quickly. His speed was barely enough for Prigioni, but... Scola pulled out and did not go up for the pick-and-roll. He suddenly turned around and ran back inside, attracting Wang Shipeng's supplementary defense. , Prigioni lobbed the ball to Ginobili!

Ginobili rushed into the paint with his devilish steps, and Yao Ming stepped forward to cover up the defense. Ginobili made a huge change of direction, jumped behind Yao Ming and hit a backhand layup!

This ball caused exclamations from the audience!

In the past year, the Spurs have accumulated many fans in China. Ginobili is second only to Duncan in popularity among the Spurs in China. The goal just now was purely based on personal ability. To say that Prigioni gave Ginobili What good opportunities has Lee created? Really not. Apart from passing the ball accurately, Prigioni, who failed to attract the defender, really didn't have much use. Yao Ming stayed firmly at the basket and scored because of Ginobili's good footwork.

Wang Shipeng, who misjudged the double attack in advance, immediately said that the ball was his, and Yao Ming patted him on the head to tell him not to mind.

The game has just begun.

The improvement of self-confidence is very important. Now Yao Ming is very confident in himself, his teammates and the overall strength of the team. He does not waver even if he makes a defensive mistake on a ball.

Yao Ming did not waver, and everyone else's mentality was also very stable!

The offense and defense switched and continued to play positional battles. After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he made a gesture of breaking through. Prigioni was afraid of Liu Mang's epic three-pointers, which averaged more than 4 three-pointers per game in the NBA. Because of his ability, he could only choose to defend. Liu Mang noticed that Ginobili, who was guarding Zhu Fangyu on the other side, had a tendency to attack from a flank, and decisively forced a breakthrough under Prigioni's defense!

Sure enough, Ginobili came over from a double attack, Liu Mang passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu, and Nocioni changed defense!

Zhu Fangyu didn't want to fight, and immediately passed the ball to Wang Shipeng, who received the ball and made a three-pointer...

Didn't score the first goal in the opening game!

But Yi Jianlian was unguarded in the corner, rushed in to grab the offensive rebound, and quickly threw it to Liu Mang who was throwing it at a 45-degree angle!

Liu Mang caught the ball and shot a three-pointer from a distance of nearly one meter at a 45-degree angle...

In!

5 to 2!

The Chinese team has taken the initiative!

Liu Mang is a defensive gate on the outside, which stifles Prigioni's talent in organizing offense. With Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian on the inside, it is difficult for Scola to play in low singles. Yao Ming is stationed at the basket, and Yi Jianlian's association in the NCAA His defensive ability is well-known in the United States. Scola has played for the Eagles for a year and knows Yi Jianlian somewhat.

We can only rely on Ginobili!

In the first half of the first quarter, the Chinese team relied on the internal and external cooperation of Liu Mang and Yao Ming, the mobility of Yi Jianlian and the threat of the two pitchers to play a beautiful team offense. The aging defense of the Argentine team could no longer compare to what it was in 2004. Or as defensive as it was in 2002.

The Argentine team can only rely on Scola's occasional low-post singles, and can only rely more mainly on Ginobili's personal ability to drive the offense.

In the fifth minute of the first quarter, the Chinese team called a timeout and replaced Yao Ming with the inside combination of Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian. On the outside, they replaced Sun Yue and Wang Shipeng's partner Liu Mang.

Seeing Yao Ming resting, the Argentinian team can feel a little relieved. If Liu Mang is the only one, they can rely on Ginobili and Liu Mang who are in good starting form to offset the situation. If the Chinese team does not use superstars both inside and outside. , the overall strength of Argentina is still slightly stronger.

but……

They have greatly underestimated Space Yi!

This is a super rookie who can average 20+10 points per game in international competitions when leading a team alone!

Without Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi opened up space, and Yi Jianlian had more room to move around, and could move freely within the three-point line. With better space to move, Yi Jianlian's outside shots became more accurate!

The most important thing is... the counterattack of this lineup of the Chinese team!

Sun Yue followed Iguodala's counterattack in the Rockets, Yi Jianlian's superb mobility was matched with Liu Mang, the core attacker...

Ginobili thought he could take a short break with overall strength to alleviate the problem of rapid physical consumption, but he had to continue fighting in the second half of the first quarter!

With Ginobili leading a group of teammates with stronger overall strength than the role players of the Chinese team, Argentina was only two points behind at 22 to 24 at the end of the first quarter.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Argentine team was able to barely maintain the score and not be widened, but in the second half of the second quarter, after the Chinese team brought Yao Ming back, Argentina was defeated!

After 20 minutes of the first half, the Chinese team led by 13 points with 54 to 41!

In the game where Argentina defeated the United States unexpectedly, the Chinese team studied it no less than ten times in the past two days and found that the most important point is to put pressure on the opponent from the beginning, forcing Ginobili to take on the heavy burden from the beginning.

If they were to be reckless when they had an advantage like the United States team, and relax their mentality when they were a little ahead, giving the other players of the Argentine team the opportunity to hold on to the score and Ginobili the opportunity to save his energy for the critical moment, there might be a dangerous situation.

Ginobili is a super nerve knife who can hit 49% of the hit rate against the five Pistons in the original time and space! A magic knife that can make the strongest defense in the NBA unstoppable!

But... the biggest flaw of the magic knife is physical strength!

In terms of confrontation, international competitions are not worse than NBA at all! Because the rules are more conducive to confrontation.

In the NBA, Ginobili can still maintain a state that is not inferior to any super outside line for 20 minutes, but in international competitions, there is only a highlight moment in one quarter, and he is usually used by the head coach of the Argentine team as the last key man.

But this time, Ginobili had to fight the Chinese team at the beginning, otherwise, under the impact of Liu Mang, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the three international giants, the current Argentina team could not stop it at all.

Liu Mang scored 12 points and 7 assists in the first half, Yi Jianlian scored 6 points and 7 rebounds, Yao Ming scored 16 points, Wang Zhizhi and Wang Shipeng each made two three-pointers, and the score difference was stuck to more than 10 points!

Ginobili has tried his best, but the group of good brothers who won the runner-up of the World Championships and the Olympic champion with him when he was about 25 years old can no longer give him the support he did in the past.

Seeing that the Chinese team has steadily maintained its lead, Ginobili can only sigh that time is ruthless.

The old golden age has passed, the golden age belonging to Argentina has passed... But! The new golden age has begun! The golden age of Chinese basketball!