Chapter 760 Overtime Loss
Updated: 2013-05-10
The game is about to end, and both sides can still maintain a draw, which makes many people who are paying attention to this game have to admire that the current Chinese team is indeed different from the past, no longer like before, and can only pick up soft persimmons. Even when facing a super strong team like the United States, they can still play this role.
In the first half, the Chinese team started to lead, and then the US team began to slowly equalize. In the second half, the two teams exchanged roles and became the US team leader, and then the Chinese team slowly equalized. In this process, Stephen's personal data rose all the way, and he had already achieved 37 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, three steals and one block, and there were three mistakes.
When I came to the national team, I thought that this was the first time Stephen had obtained such luxurious data. Moreover, the entire game process made people seem to be that Stephen was not always taking action, and quietly, he only took action once every once in a while, but in the end he realized that his score was so high without realizing it.
According to Stephen's average performance last season, 37 points are not very high for Stephen, and he is not as high as his average score. However, you should know that the rules of the FIBA are very different from those of the league. It would be clear that the US team only has Carmelo Anthony averaging more than 20 per game.
First of all, the difference in game time is that the league's game is twelve minutes per quarter, while the FIBA's game only has ten minutes per quarter, and the time difference is eight minutes after four quarters, which basically takes half a quarter.
Another point is that the time difference for each round, the offensive time limit for each round of the league is twenty-four seconds, while the FIBA has thirty seconds. The rhythm and offensive time have slowed down, the game time has been shortened, and the invisible gap has emerged.
In the past, Stephen's 37 points in the FIBA are basically equal to his 50s in the league. Although 50s are nothing to Stephen, they are not always possible, and his rebounds and assists are also excellent.
You should know that this is only Stephen's first Olympic Games. Although this score is not the highest individual score in the history of the Olympic Games, it is the first time to participate in the Olympic Games. The competition did not end there. Stephen may still break the 39-point record set by Yao Ming at the last Athens Olympics, the highest individual score record of the Chinese team.
After calling a timeout, Yunas began to set up a winning tactic. Now it is obvious that the Chinese team still has a chance to win the United States, but the United States has no chance anymore and just passively defends. However, this does not mean that the Chinese team can easily win, but ultimately depends on the result of the winning.
It is not surprising that Yunas chose Wang Shipeng as the first striker. On the one hand, Wang Shipeng has such a successful example, and on the other hand, his reasons are very sufficient. As the number one threat target, the other party will inevitably use heavy troops to defend Stephen, and in this way, other people will naturally have more opportunities.
Stephen didn't say anything about this. No matter who it is, any shot is a lucky attempt. Even he doesn't dare to be more confident than others. And according to the game strategy and rationality, he should indeed attract attention and replace others with the move, so Stephen said nothing, just nodded and admitted.
Since there were only five seconds, Yunas asked Wang Shipeng to determine whether he could take action as soon as possible. If not, he had to transfer the ball to the second person. Wang Zhizhi, who was responsible for the serve task, also had the first serve choice, Wang Shipeng, the second was Yao Ming, and the third was Stephen.
Since it is a draw now, for the Chinese team, as long as they can score one goal, they can win either two or three-pointers, so Yao Ming is still on the court.
The Chinese team's lineup is Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Stephen, Wang Shipeng and Liu Wei. At this time, Yunas believes in the veterans more. Except for Stephen and Wang Shipeng, who have the experience of winning, the other three are veteran players with rich game experience.
Correspondingly, the United States also sent its strongest defensive lineup, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Tyane Shaprils, Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd.
For the American team, they still have hope of winning when they defend this attack and then play overtime, because they are better than the Chinese team, whether it is the physical strength or the depth of the substitute lineup. Any one of their teams is all at the star level, and the Chinese team is not so luxurious.
When both sides returned to the court, Prince and LeBron and James were still taking care of Stephen. Dwight Howard surrounded the front to defend Yao Ming, and Kobe Bryant followed Wang Shipeng easily. As for Liu Wei, under Jason Kidd's defense, he was not even able to run smoothly.
Wang Zhizhi tried it and wanted to send the ball directly to Wang Shipeng, but Kobe Bryant defended Wang Shipeng very closely. In addition, Wang Shipeng's ability to get rid of defense was not strong, so he couldn't get the chance for a long time.
Seeing that Wang Shipeng had no chance, Wang Zhizhi immediately changed his goal and prepared to throw the ball to Stephen, but Stephen's chance was also not very good. Wang Zhizhi looked at Yao Ming again, but it was still not ideal. Yunas next to him could not send the ball out any more, so he immediately called a timeout, because otherwise, it would be a violation of the order.
Seeing that under such a defense, the Chinese team could hardly even send it out, Shashevsky nodded with a smile. This is a good phenomenon. The Chinese team has used their last timeout, and the next time will not be so easy.
After Yunas made the re-arrangement, the team returned to the court. Stephen expanded his running range and had more counter-runs and changes in the running. He wanted to open the opponent's defense and create opportunities for his teammates, but it was not that easy. The defense of the US team is still as unbreakable as before.
But it would be too late to serve at this time, and there was no timeout available. Wang Zhizhi threw the ball into the open space behind Stephen when he was helpless. He believed that in this case, only Stephen had the ability to get the ball.
When Stephen saw the ball coming, he turned around and grabbed the ball in front of Taian Shaprils. However, at this time, LeBron James was already blocking himself. It was not so easy to kill him to the basket. With Taian Shaprils interfering, Stephen did not have the chance to take action.
Stephen glanced at Yao Ming's figure from the corner of his eyes. After all, his figure was the most eye-catching, and Stephen believed in Yao Ming's ability. At least one Dwight Howard could not be limited.
Time moved forward one second at a time, and Stephen had to make a decision in an instant, so he threw the ball high towards the basket like the goal just now. Although the ball's flight time also took up a long time, Yao Ming should still have a chance to take action.
It took only more than one second to start from Stephen's receiving the ball and Stephen throwing the ball. Because the ball flew with a high arc, it took a little longer in the air, and it took more than one second to finish. When the ball came to Yao Ming's hand, there were only less than two seconds left.
Yao Ming jumped up with his greatest strength. His jumping was not very good, and he became even lower after adding weight, but he still grabbed the ball on Dwight Howard's head. While getting the ball, Yao Ming pushed the ball with both hands and pushed it into the basket.
But at this time, Dwight Howard jumped again unwillingly. His amazing arm span and Superman's bounce finally played their due role. His fingertips pointed a ball on the ball. The ball that was originally flying straight towards the basket was forced to change direction and flew to the other side. At this time, the ringtone that ended the game rang.
Since both sides did not decide the winner, there was still an overtime game. The players seized the time to rest, and the head coach squatted on the ground to arrange tactics for them.
The Chinese team replaced Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Liu Wei, and Sun Yue, because neither of these two people have very good physical strength.
The United States replaced Taian Shaprilins, Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, and Chris Paul.
I have to say that their lineup is too deep, and there are Deron Williams, Michael Reed and others sitting on the bench. Almost no one is available to the Chinese team, and they still think there are too many people and there is no chance to play.
As soon as the overtime starts, Stephen scored a three-pointer first, so his personal score has reached 40, surpassing Yao Ming's 39-point record, becoming the highest scorer in the Olympics in Chinese history.
But Kobe Bryant immediately regained his color. After Stephen came, he assisted Yao Ming to score a layup, adding another point to his assist data. However, after Dwyane Wade came, he immediately broke through and scored a layup and tied the score again.
They even played in overtime with the Chinese team, and there were no big-name players in the opponent's team except Stephen and Yao Ming, which made all the American team lose face. After the overtime starts, their offense is very fast, but the effect is very good.
When Stephen reached the free throw line, he suddenly passed the ball to Wang Shipeng in the bottom corner. Unfortunately, Wang Shipeng's shot went out of the basket and wasted a assist. However, in the process of fighting for the rebound, Yao Ming saw that it was not easy to grab the rebound under Dwight Howard's defense, so he pointed the rebound out and was easily picked by Stephen.
After getting the rebound, Stephen took the action directly, and the ball hit the ring and bounced to the side. However, Yao Ming bravely squeezed Dwight Howard to the side, reached out to cover the ball into the basket again, but this could only be considered as Yao Ming's rebound and two points, and had nothing to do with Stephen.
The Chinese team failed to score in the next two consecutive attacks, while the US team was scored by Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant. Although Stephen then returned to the basket and scored a layup, LeBron and James responded to him with a three-pointer.
Seeing that the game time was getting less and less, Stephen finally assisted Yi Jianlian and made a three-pointer, narrowing the score gap to two points, while also increasing his assists to double digits and getting a triple-double.
But no one in the Chinese team was able to score again. After being led by the United States, the game ended. Although Stephen gained a triple-double of 42 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, he lost the game.
Chapter completed!