Chapter 204 World Championships(2/2)
Pierce was not fast at all. When He Li was defending her close body, as long as she failed to shake He Li’s center of gravity, she could only try to make a strong shot in front of He Li.
However, He Li's height is here, and just by reaching out to cover it, Pierce's hit rate will drop greatly.
Not to mention that He Li's other hand was still clamped on Pierce's waist. Pierce's double-action shot did not use too much core strength. He could not make this three-pointer just by relying on the strength of his upper limbs.
The result was a very outrageous three-no-touch shot, and the ball had already fallen half a step away from the basket.
Fortunately, Da Ben and O'Neal had never played in the International League, and failed to get the position in the league, so they were stuck outside by Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.
By chance, Da Ben received Pierce's assist and jumped for a layup.
Yao Ming noticed Daben's layup, but the bounce speed was a little short, and the block after reacting failed to cover the ball.
However, Daben's layup skills were poor enough. The ball did not fall directly into the basket, but instead bumped and bounced out twice.
Later, O'Neal Jr. took off and made a tip-in, and then he put the racket into the basket.
In this way, the score difference between the two teams reached a 5-point gap.
He Li knew that other teammates were counting on him to score, but now it was a warm-up match, and He Li played alone, practicing Yao Ming in the first three quarters would not have much effect on training.
He Li is still a little looking forward to seeing the coaches and teammates around him, what changes will happen after losing to Mengwu Team in the warm-up match.
It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish.
He Li still has time and patience now.
So the ball fell into Hu Weidong's hands, but it was soon defended by Reggie Miller.
Fortunately, Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound, and without waiting for Da Ben to take any action, he immediately used a small hook at the basket to hit the ball.
He Li is happy to see this scene and looks forward to others standing up.
However, few people can meet He Li's expectations. Even Bartel, who replaced Yao Ming in the second half of the fourth quarter, performed poorly.
Bartel's offense is more physically consuming, and when he meets a blue-collar center like Daben, who is not afraid of power, he will be helpless at all.
Yao Ming was not physically strong enough, so he let Bartle take the lead. As a result, no one was available to the men's basketball team and no one could score at the basket. With 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score difference was reduced to more than 10 points.
He Li tried to shoot a three-pointer from the far-range Tiangou with three points to stop the bleeding with the remaining three minutes.
But the rest of the men's basketball team kept passing the ball to He Li. Because the intention to pass the ball was too obvious, the two goals were cut off in a row, and the situation was even more serious, which was really worse.
In this way, He Li took the initiative to leave the court with less than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, allowing Wang Fei to send Li Nan to the field to see the effect.
In addition, considering that there are two warm-up matches and one tomorrow, tomorrow's arrangement is for Zhu Fangyu to serve as a substitute for He Li.
Having said that, the comprehensive strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is not as good as that of the Mengwu Team. In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming and He Li both ended one after another, so the game naturally cannot be recovered.
The first warm-up match between the two teams ended, 81 to 97, Mengwu team defeated the Chinese men's basketball team by 16 points.
He Li felt a little uncomfortable with such a result, but he was not unacceptable.
As for the Dream Team 5, many people gave up: "They lost, but He Li did not lose!"
"In the next game, we will truly defeat He Li!"
"It's a pity that Paul almost broke into each other with He Li!"
It is worth mentioning that Pierce scored 18 points, almost 20. As for He Li, he scored 39 points, almost 40.
Pierce's shots were only 16 times, and He Li made 27 times. If some mistakes were counted, He Li made nearly 30 times.
Judging from the scoring efficiency, the two can be regarded as mutual explosion.
However, there is only He Li who defends Pierce, and at least two of them defends He Li!
Of course, everyone doesn't care about this.
Today, He Li used the Tian hook to shoot a three-pointer, and it is understandable that He Li can't defend against the double-team.
What everyone cares about now is tomorrow's warm-up match.
He Li didn't do his best today, and everyone saw it.
If He Li can't force out all his strength tomorrow, then everyone should use their brains more.
"George, I think we can try to have a few more warm-up games with the Chinese men's basketball team!" Pierce suggested to George Carl in this way.
George Carl actually wants to play more with the Chinese men's basketball team, mainly to observe He Li's current strength so as to prepare for next season.
Speaking of which, during the NBA offseason, coaches and players basically have no contact.
That is, there is such an opportunity to play in international events such as the World Championships and the Olympics.
Now He Li's contract with the Bucks is still early. He Li wants to join the giant team, but the team in the big football market does not have this intention yet, so George Carl is not in a hurry to leave the Bucks.
What George Carl cares more about is how many championships he can win in the next few years.
If the Lakers can win consecutive championships, they will naturally have this condition and possibility.
And these conditions and possibilities mainly lie with He Li.
"Then I'll find someone to contact the Chinese men's basketball team, for fear that they will not agree."
George Carl is worried that because the two teams are in the same group at the World Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team will not agree to extend the time and number of warm-up matches.
In addition, I am afraid that the Chinese men's basketball team has already had a training plan.
However, the facts proved that I was overthinking. After warming up with the Dream Team, the Chinese men's basketball team thought that there was still one week left to know whether to eat and drink Milwaukee first.
He Li didn't expect that because of the request made by the Dream Team 5, he saved tens of thousands of dollars in expenses.
Next from August 23 to August 27, the Chinese men's basketball team stayed in San Francisco to play a warm-up match with Dream Team 5.
Including the previous game, there were six games in total, and the Chinese men's basketball team did not lose all of them, but there was only one game. Because the Mengwu team performed poorly, they luckily won by a 3-point advantage.
In this warm-up match that won, He Li played 48 minutes in a complete warm-up match. According to Wang Fei, the donkeys in the production team dared not work so hard.
Afterwards, Wang Fei revealed to someone that he was afraid that he would be anxious at that time, but he was afraid that He Li would be injured and could not play in the World Championships, which would delay major events.
In the last two minutes of the fourth quarter of that game, Wang Fei advised He Li to rest, but He Li insisted on playing.
It was also because of He Li's persistence that the Chinese men's basketball team finally won a game back.
It was also after winning that warm-up game that the Chinese men's basketball team seemed to have undergone significant changes. Except for the main players such as He Li and Yao Ming, everyone else seemed to dare to play and shoot.
But judging from the game data that averaged more than ten points per game, nothing seemed to have happened.
Chapter completed!