Chapter 1602 1601. Brothers of Renyi Vs. Brothers of Gasol (Part 1)

101 to 85. Relying on Liu Mang's 29 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals, Yao Ming's 35 points and 6 rebounds, and Yi Jianlian's 11 points and 14 rebounds, the Chinese team defeated the Argentina team by 16 points!

The Argentine team's stop in the quarterfinals represents the end of an era, and it also represents the beginning of a new era.

Will the Chinese team continue to move forward and dominate the world basketball world? Or is the Spanish team, which entered its peak period with the Chinese team two years ago, going one step further? Or will the former dominant American team regain the glory of the Dream Team?

No matter which of the three strongest basketball powers wins the gold medal in the end, it will open a new chapter in the world of basketball!

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After playing in the quarter-finals, Liu Mang and his national team teammates got a day of rest. In another day, the match day of the Olympic men's basketball semi-finals is coming soon.

There is not much preparation time, and the Olympic schedule is completely comparable to the closeness of the NBA regular season.

After the quarter-finals, the first game of the ranking matches between Argentina VS Iran and Russia VS Croatia has been played. Argentina defeated Iran and Croatia defeated Russia. Argentina and Croatia advanced to the fifth and sixth ranking matches. On the 23rd, the semi-finals will be held together, and the seventh and eighth-place qualifying matches between the Russian team and the Iranian team will also be held together with the semi-finals.

Of course, at this time, the focus of fans and media is all on the two semi-final matches!

China VS Spain, the United States VS Greece!

Except for the Chinese team, the four teams in the semi-finals are all three countries in Group A. The Chinese team and the American team are both first in the group. If they advance all the way, the two teams will not meet before the final. The Chinese team’s opponents It defeated the Spanish team, which was third in the same group as the Chinese team.

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On the morning of the 23rd, the Iranian team defeated the Russian team and finished seventh in the Olympics. In the game from 1 to 3 pm, the Argentine team defeated the Croatian team and finished fifth in the Olympics.

Then at 3:30 in the afternoon, the game between the US team and the Greek team started.

"It's easier to play against Spain than against Greece!"

This is the consensus of the Chinese men's basketball team from players to coaching staff.

In terms of strength, Spain is definitely better than the Greek team, but for the Chinese team, it is better to beat Spain.

The Greek team loves physical contact too much. On the contrary, it is relatively easier for the Spanish team and the Chinese team to rely on technology to defeat the opponent.

While they were warming up for the game at 7 p.m., there was a TV set in the Chinese team's training ground, which was playing the game between the United States and Greece at the Olympic Sports Center.

Seeing that little shark's bulk of flesh blocked all of poor Howard's offensive space, forcing the US team to use Bosh and Anthony to form an inside combination, and then Bosh was bullied by the little shark on the defensive end...

"Dayao, when we play Spain, you are responsible for opening up the space. Lian Mei and I will mainly attack." Liu Mang said to Yao Ming who was sitting next to him.

"Okay." Yao Ming didn't refuse.

Seeing the astonishing effect of Little Shark's 150 kilograms of meat in the international arena, Yao Ming thought of the weird Gasol...

Among current NBA insiders, there are three centers that can handle Yao Ming very well. One is O'Neal, one is Perkins, and the other is Gasol.

The Olympics are not about data. When playing against Argentina and other countries without super insiders in the group stage, Yao Ming averaged 25.7 points per game, ranking first in this Olympics. That is what the Chinese team needs. For example, Liu Mang scored 44 points in a single game, and he also scored 5 points and 14 assists on 2 of 6 shots.

Everything is team first.

The grudges or interests of the club have now been put aside. After confirming that the opponent in the semi-finals was Spain, Liu Mang shared all his knowledge about Gasol and Calderon and assigned tactics to the coaching staff. Yao Ming did not hide his direction, and shared everything he knew about his teammate Gasol...

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91 to 67, the U.S. team relied on its tyrannical peripheral firepower to defeat the Greek team in one fell swoop after exhausting several of the Greek team's internal muscles.

Through the live TV broadcast, Liu Mang and Gasol intuitively felt the strength of the American team!

The American team, known as the returning dream team, except for being upset once by Argentina in the group stage, showed super dominance in the other four group stages and two knockout games, taking the lead in advancing to the finals!

Liu Mang felt a lot of pressure, but it also made him full of desire to play against the American team again after defeating Spain.

Only such opponents are more challenging!

Having already won 4 MVPs, 5 Finals MVPs, and 4 championships in the NBA, he is now pursuing the ultimate challenge!

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The pressure is rolling in!

The Gasol brothers looked at their teammates in the club and were full of pressure.

Yao Ming, the most dominant center in the league assisted by Gasol; Liu Mang, the team boss and even the strongest player in the world who led Gasol to show off and fly.

However, Liu Mang and Yao Ming also have Alexander.

"Pau Gasol, his ability evaluation is 100; Marc Gasol, his ability evaluation is 86; Jose Calderon, his ability evaluation is 90; Rudy Fernandez, his ability evaluation is 83..."

Looking at the ability evaluation of these four NBA players, Liu Mang knew that the other team, composed of two brothers, Calderon and Fernandez, two NBA players, and top European players, was no worse than theirs in terms of lineup!

After a brief exchange, the core players of both sides returned to their own half of the court. The game would start in a while, and the two teams were making final preparations.

On the Spanish team, Calderon had just lost to Liu Mang in the finals two months ago, and Gasol had just defeated Calderon, the best guard of his team, while Calderon defeated Gasol, the strongest basketball player in Spain, in early June...

This does not mean that there are conflicts within the Spanish team, but proves their strength! It proves that they have a pivotal position in the highest hall of basketball, the NBA!

Soon, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, and the second semi-final, which was also the semi-final that Chinese fans paid the most attention to, was about to start!

Due to the relationship between Liu Mang and Yao Ming, Gasol, Calderon, and Gasol, the three core players of the Spanish team, are very popular in the imperial capital. The popularity of the Spanish team is even higher than that of Argentina, second only to the Chinese team and the American team.

Chinese fans are familiar with the Spanish team's lineup.

The Spanish team sent out a luxurious lineup of Ricky Rubio, Calderon, Rudy Fernandez, Gasol, and Gasol Jr.!

Rubio has the reputation of a golden boy and has long been favored by NBA teams. It is recognized that no matter which year he participates in the NBA draft, he has the possibility of entering the top five. Calderon and Fernandez have also had their own place in the NBA in recent years. Gasol is one of the best power forwards in the NBA, and Gasol Jr. has gradually revealed his talent...

With such a lineup, even Chinese fans who are very proud of their benevolence and righteousness combination feel a strong sense of crisis!

China's basketball golden age has already begun, but in addition to the ultimate big boss of the American team, the Spanish team's golden age has also arrived!

The Chinese team also made personnel adjustments, and the starting lineup of Sun Yue, Liu Mang, Wang Shipeng, Yi Jianlian, and Yao Ming appeared.

Every ball is crucial!

The power forwards Yi Jianlian and Gasol of both teams came to the center circle. This time, neither side sent their own funny jump ball players, but sent the two strongest jump ball players.

There was still a minute to seven o'clock. Listening to the cheers caused by Liu Mang throwing magnesium powder into the air, Gasol said to Yi Jianlian in front of him: "Hey, Spice, are you ready to enter the NBA?"

"Not yet, I plan to enter the NBA after finishing college." Yi Jianlian replied.

"Oh, that's great, team basketball is fascinating, right..."

Gasol and Yi Jianlian started chatting.

"Spice-Yi", that is, Space Yi, was the nickname Liu Mang gave Yi Jianlian when he was bored and wanted to make some trouble for the future triple-double king when recording "Details of UCLA Five Tigers". Yi Jianlian also accepted it happily. He was the first NCAA player to get Liu Mang's nickname, and thus became famous in the United States.

As Los Angeles players, Gasol occasionally goes to UCLA to watch the Bruins' games, and Yi Jianlian often goes to the Staples Center to watch games, so the two naturally know each other.

As the starting players of both teams all appeared, the time was exactly seven o'clock, and the referee came to the center circle with the ball, and the chat between Yi Jianlian and Gasol ended.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

Yi Jianlian won the jump ball with a clear advantage!

Gasol quickly retreated after landing, and it was expected that he would lose the jump ball to Yi Jianlian. Most of the black physical centers in the NCAA are not Yi Jianlian's opponents in jump balls.

After Sun Yue received the jump ball, he immediately passed it to Liu Mang to avoid dribbling under Rubio's defense.

"Ricky Rubio, ability rating 85, offense 73, defense 89, passing 91, three-pointer 44, mid-range shot 58, layup 74, steal 83, rebound 85, speed 90, strength 81..."

Liu Mang took a look at Rubio who was running with Sun Yue and slowly pushed forward. He felt that Rubio was simply a weirdo. He had never seen such a weird ability rating!

But Rubio is really strong. With basically no personal offensive ability, he has an ability rating of 85 in the international arena. He is only 18 years old. Two years ago, Rubio, who was only 16 years old, got a quadruple double in the European Championships. He is a genius among geniuses. At least he is quite powerful in the international arena with his strong white body.

Liu Mang pushed forward, and Calderon did not rush to put pressure on him. He honestly guarded a big step outside the three-point line.

Calderon is really a pain in the ass. It is too difficult to defend the Chinese team and the American team, and it looks stupid. He has to start defending at a distance of more than one meter and nearly two meters away from the three-point line, otherwise the opponent will just throw it away! Only when defending James of the US team can he defend normally. When defending Kidd, McGrady, Kobe, and Anthony of the US team, if he dares not to defend more than one meter away from the three-point line, he will be shot dead.

When Liu Mang was about two meters away from the three-point line, Calderon came up to him, as if he could attack or not.

Liu Mang did not force it, because the three-point line was too crowded.

Sun Yue ran out from the inside, and Liu Mang handed the ball to Sun Yue and cut into the inside.

Sun Ce raised the ball above his head to avoid being attacked by Rubio, the steals king who averaged 2.8 steals per game in this World Championship. Yao Ming moved to the left corner of the free throw line, Wang Shipeng went to the right corner, Yi Jianlian moved to the left baseline, and Liu Mang came to the right low post to ask for the ball from Calderon!

This formation, the Spanish coach stood up! A week ago, they lost to the US team by 11 points, not because of Kobe's strong three-pointer, nor because of James McGee's three-man connection, but because of Anthony's low-post singles again and again!

In terms of body size, Calderon, who is 191 cm and weighs 95 kg, looks stronger than Liu Mang. The Spanish team did not double-team immediately. Yao Ming's mid-range shot, Yi Jianlian's empty cut, and Wang Shipeng's three-pointer were all threats. Sun Yue passed the ball to Liu Mang.

No double-teaming, Liu Mang just took it and did it! With his 90% strength that few people can stop at the point guard position, the explosive power of iron elbows, iron backs and iron feet combined together, he violently knocked Calderon away, turned around and went directly to the basket, jumped high, passed the ball to his left hand and slammed it into the basket!