Chapter 782: 781. Second Place in the Group!

Milicic's skillful center forward and his physical fitness are really amazing in international competitions! They were all forced by Yao Ming to lift the anti-aircraft gun like the Statue of Liberty, and finally threw a goal with difficulty. This was the second goal of Serbia and Montenegro in half a quarter!

For the Chinese team, after scoring four points in a row at the start, Serbia and Montenegro were forced to defend with all their strength from the very beginning. Although they only allowed the Chinese team to score 9 points in half a quarter, they scored half of the first quarter. 9 to 4 is already leading by 5 points!

In the second half, the Chinese team continued to improve their confrontation. Guo Shiqiang, Liu Wei, and Zhang Jinsong all came up to maintain confrontation at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Battelle also replaced Yao Ming in the second half of the first quarter, and came up with Du Feng to continue grinding the defense. He does not hesitate to defend like a mad dog.

The characteristic of the Chinese is that when it comes to this kind of competition on the edge of a cliff, they will become extremely desperate.

The main reason is that seeing Liu Mang, the superstar in the NBA, has always been playing like a mad dog on the defensive end, and the others followed suit. They started to defend like a mad dog collectively, so that they could face a group of black Italians when they played against Italy last time. The naturalized team formed can still persist until the end. The loss is because of physical fitness, and they can't make any outside shots.

After the first quarter, Serbia and Montenegro only scored 10 points, while the Chinese team scored 16 points in a single quarter, taking a six-point lead.

After the first quarter, the head coach of Serbia and Montenegro felt that it was time for the mad dog-like NBA superstar to rest in the second quarter! Whether it's offense or defense, that guy is the most aggressive.

But when Milicic heard the head coach's statement, he was desperate...

This guy is a devil who can play five games in the NBA Finals without a minute of rest!

Besides this devil, Yao Ming was also like a big devil just now. When they had to block Moko from hitting the basket in advance, Yao Ming directly forcibly dunked him and Kostic one by one!

Milicic's mentality is a bit broken. The head coach of the Raptors coaxed him to let him improve slowly, but when it came to the national team, because Peja and Divac's country withdrew from the Yugoslavia Union, now he is Serbia and Montenegro. The best player on the team, all the burdens are on him. The Serbia and Montenegro team scored 10 points in the first quarter, and he scored 7 points. The basket was covered by Yao Ming, and the perimeter was forced by Moko to shoot three points Yes, and he is really the only one in the entire Serbian and Montenegro team that is truly lethal.

Strong on the outside and capable in the middle, wearing the title of the world's number one, but has long since lost the strength of the world's number one, and we are talking about Serbia and Montenegro.

As long as they are not allowed to use the three-pointers of Radmanovic, Popovich, Spacenovic, Rakocevic and others, and they are not allowed to shoot, the Chinese team will win more than half!

Because, the Chinese team has Yao Ming inside! Kostic and Milicic, the two interior twin towers that dominate many European countries, may have a slight advantage even against Argentina, but against Spain and China with Pau Gasol and Yao Ming, Milicic can only play floatingly, but he is mainly playing inside, with a mid-range face-up and low-post post-up. He has a talent for mid-range and long-range shooting, but he only turned 19 two months ago, and he has not yet developed it. come out!

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After the intermission, the second quarter was exactly as Milicic had imagined. Liu Mang continued to play, and Wang Zhizhi brought Li Nan, Zhang Jinsong, and Yao Ming who had reappeared.

In this section where he wanted to open up the score, Harris chose to use the more stable Li Nan. After all, Li Nan was at his peak at the age of 30, and he was much more stable than Zhu Fangyu. In this kind of game, how unstable and unstable it is really, it is better to keep it for defensive use. The posture of "I can't play ball and you can't fight you" is still very useful on the defensive end.

Serbia and Montenegro sent a combination of Popovich, Dores Bodiloga, Bogdan Drobinjako, Radmanovic and Milicic.

Krstic was replaced, and he was a disaster against Yao Ming. He originally used a combination of three insiders to deal with the tall lineup of the Chinese team, but he was completely suppressed.

So the Serbian and Montenegro team prepared to use an offensive lineup to deal with the Chinese team, trying to play a fast pace, but the Chinese team took the lead and now has enough advantages to control the rhythm of the field!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Serbia and Montenegro attacked. Popovich pushed forward and handed the ball to Milicic who was pulled to a high position. Pass back to Popovich, turn around and block Liu Mang.

Popovich rushed straight to the basket, made a perfect pick-and-roll pass, standard European style of play, and then... Popovich's flying layup was slapped by Yao Ming...

Yao Ming's height and defensive awareness are like the contemporary version of Sabonis. He came back from a short break and started to show off again!

Liu Mang just squeezed past Milicic and picked up the ball. Serbia and Montenegro quickly retreated to the defense. Liu Mang did not rush to make a fast break, but firmly held down the rhythm and landed.

Waiting for Yao Ming to settle down, Liu Mang lobbed the ball to Yao Ming for a singles match against Milicic!

Wang Zhizhi is not comparable to the threat of Moko, Du Feng and others. This is the Lakers' first insider substitute, who is a substitute for Malone and O'Neal, and is based on open three-pointers in the NBA. As a player in the West, he knows Wang Zhizhi, the strongest team in the West last season, very well.

Yao Ming has been with Liu Mang for a long time, and he has learned badly. He just got a cap and was playing high. After receiving a pass from Liu Mang, he leaned back and leaned back. It seems that he is not very energetic! Turning his head and bowing his head, he asked, "Hey, are you ready?"

"Ah?" Milicic just raised his head and made a suspicious voice... "Oh..."

Milicic felt as if he had been hit by O'Neal. To him, there was no difference between Yao Ming and O'Neal. Milicic was knocked into the air, and couldn't help making a moaning sound...

Yao Ming smashed the ball into the basket through Milicic, pushed his left elbow aggressively, and Milicic sat down on the ground.

Yao Ming turned around and pointed to the sky towards Liu Mang, who had retreated. His signature celebration was simple and domineering!

Milicic sat on the ground, wanting to cry so much, he was bullied all by himself!

"I'm only 19 years old..."

In Milicic's heart, he felt the same as that of someone Liu three years ago...

In the second quarter, Yao Ming first forced Milicic and dunked two times, playing just like O'Neal. In the FIBA ​​game, after Yao Ming had a teammate who could give him accurate passes, he became O'Neal.

Yao Ming's Olympic Games is the most comfortable time since he joined the national team in 1999. There are few such opportunities in NBA. Francis didn't make him feel this way. The last time he experienced this feeling was at the All-Star Weekend half a year ago, when he received several passes from Kobe and Nash.

After Yao Ming played two shots, he kept Radmanovic and Milicic under the basket, and then Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi started to cooperate.

Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi pick and roll and fend off Popovich. Liu Mang rushes into the inside. The first pick and roll cooperation relies on Yao Ming to separate Milicic. Qi didn't dare to go up to block it, and retreated continuously, becoming the background.

In the next attack, Liu Mang and Wang Zhizhi still had a pick-and-roll. Popovich went around and chased Liu Mang. Wang Zhizhi ran for a while and the sense of rhythm came.

The advantage of the pick-and-roll offense compared to standing and fixed-point shooting is that you can find the rhythm during the process and move the ball. However, Li Nan has become the most comfortable shot. Those who defend him are forced to defend Liu Mang or Wang Zhizhi from the top arc. Li Nan scored 3 three-pointers in the second quarter, making a great contribution to opening the score for the Chinese team!

22 to 13 in a single quarter!

The Chinese team scored 22 points in the second quarter and 38 points in the half! Serbia and Montenegro only scored 23 points at halftime!

The Serbian and Montenegro team, which is strong on the outside and strong in the middle, has lost its fighting spirit!

In fact, before the start of the Olympic Games, many people said that Serbia and Montenegro were not worthy of inheriting Yugoslavia's world No. 1 position, but after all, there are still so many strong players in the NBA and Europe, and the Chinese team did not have much confidence in defeating Serbia and Montenegro.

But now, Liu Mang and Yao Ming took turns to show off their power, Wang Zhizhi, Li Nan, Mo Ke and others as surprise soldiers, coupled with the defensive end, led by 15 points at halftime!

The morale of the Chinese team has been completely improved, and the Serbian and Montenegro team has gradually accepted the fact that they "do not deserve to be number one in the world"...

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89 to 67, the Chinese team defeated Serbia and Montenegro by 22 points, with 3 wins and 2 losses in the group stage! Created the Chinese team's winning record in the group stage!

Liu Mang scored 29 points and 7 assists, and Yao Ming scored 26 points and 18 rebounds. These are basically the regular statistics of the two of them in the Olympics. Yao Ming has a stronger passer than Liu Wei, who "passes the ball to Yao Ming most". , I played so comfortably, I was able to hit 7 of 12 shots against Italy, and against Milicic... it took off!

The most important thing is that Li Nan scored in double figures for the first time in this Olympic Games, scoring 13 points, and scored 3 3-pointers and an empty layup in a single game. The veteran played his role in this crucial battle!

As a surprise player, Moko scored a three-pointer and an air-cut layup. Wang Zhizhi scored 10 points in his normal performance, and there were other sporadic three-pointers. The role players scored 34 points!

Of course, not only Li Nan, Wang Zhizhi, and Mo Ke, the defense of others is also the key. The biggest characteristic of the Chinese team is that before a certain player joins the national team, no one will dominate the ball and not let go, and not many people care about statistics. , This is the tradition of the Chinese team. Everyone sees that there is hope to win, so they desperately complete their tasks. Like the Italians, they obviously suffered losses in the confrontation or fought desperately to the end. It is a pity that they lost 7 points That's all.

But not this time, this time, the Chinese team defended Serbia and Montenegro with only 67 points!

And relying on Liu Mang and Yao Ming scoring 55 points, the others scored 34 points, beating Serbia and Montenegro by 22 points! Advance to the quarterfinals with your head held high!

After the game was won, Liu Mang's eyes were a little moist when he saw his teammates cheering together so excitedly after winning the game, as well as thousands of Chinese fans cheering on the sidelines.

Just get 3 victories at once, so excited?

Yes, Liu Mang was also a little excited, but he didn't go up to celebrate with his teammates, because he was the backbone, even when he lost to Argentina and Italy, he still had to remain proud, he had to maintain that kind of losing It's not because he's just a bad stance from his teammates, he has to have that confidence, it's not very nice, but it has to be.

Only this kind of arrogant attitude can make the teammates feel that Liu Mang, the NBA's double MVP, is behind him, just like now.

"Ace, don't you want to celebrate together?" Li Nan ran over to find Liu Mang.

"Cut," Liu Mang turned around, not letting Li Nan see his eyes, he felt his eyes moisten, "Isn't it just entering the knockout round, what's the big deal."

"Haha, Ace, for you, the most glorious moment is probably getting the double MVP of the NBA, but for us, being able to enter the finals as the top two in the group is the most glorious moment! "Li Nan laughed.

"You've watched too many cartoons, really, I can't tell you're still watching cartoons at such an age... Wait, Brother Nan, what are you talking about?" Liu Mang suddenly realized something was wrong, and turned his head and asked in horror road.

"What's wrong? I said we feel very honored now?" Li Nan was frightened by Liu Mang's frightened expression.

"No, the previous sentence!" Liu Mang asked anxiously, grabbing Li Nan's shoulder.

Li Nan was a little puzzled: "The first sentence? Wait, I said that our group entered the finals second."

"The group is second? Aren't we third?" Liu Mang felt like he was going crazy!

"Spain lost to Argentina. We have the same record as Spain. We averaged 17 points per game, leading all teams and beating Spain. We must be second! Look at the big screen, Ace."

Liu Mang followed Li Nan's words and looked at the big screen above the stadium.

Just half an hour before the start of the Chinese team's game, Spain was playing against Argentina. Liu Mang never thought that Spain would lose to Argentina, but unexpectedly, he really lost!

Now in Group A, Argentina ranks first with 4 wins and 1 loss, and the Chinese team has 3 wins and 2 losses. Spain, Italy, and China have defeated each other and all have 3 wins and 2 losses. Group A ranked first with an average net difference of 17 points, climbing to second place in the group!

Spain third and Italy fourth.

In Group B, Lithuania ranked first with 4 wins and 1 loss. Puerto Rico ranked second with 3 wins and 2 losses against the United States and Greece. The United States ranked third with 3 wins and 2 losses against Greece. Ranked fourth with wins and 2 losses.

"Fuck! Something's going to happen!"

Liu Mang remembered that the United States should be the bottom one in Group B finals! I didn't expect the Greek team to be so weak, so I went to the technical station to ask. It turned out that the Greek team fell from second to fourth because they lost to Australia!

The first match of the finals will start on August 25th. The match between the first in Group A and the fourth in Group B, as well as the second in Group B and the third in Group A will start on this day, and the two semi-finals will be determined. On the 26th, the first place in Group B and the fourth place in Group A, as well as the second place in Group A and the third place in Group B will determine the remaining two semi-finals on this day.

The 27th is the semi-finals. Both games will be played on the 27th. Before the finals on the 28th, the two losing teams of the semi-finals will decide the bronze medal before the finals. After that, there will be a gold medal battle. The 2004 Olympic men's basketball champion, that is, the world's first.

Liu Mang looked at the schedule on the big screen. It was an arrangement that had been decided long ago. It only needed 12 participating teams to complete the competition, determine the ranking, and take their seats.

Seeing the English name and national flag of my country, I am playing against USA... August 26th...

Quarterfinals! Hit America! Liu Mang feels cold!

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Update at 2pm on the 30th