69. Speak with strength
The Chinese fans were of course very satisfied with such a result in the first half, and the Chinese team was also very satisfied. From players to coaches, they were extremely satisfied with such a result of entering the halftime break with a 4-point lead.
Even before this game started, they never thought of it. For this game, the Chinese team was prepared to face the most difficult situation from top to bottom. They never thought it would be an easy game, but after the game started tonight, the process was not as difficult as the Chinese team had imagined before the game.
At least when Wu Dawei was on the basketball court, the Chinese men's basketball team played not only with conciseness, but also became more and more smooth!
Wu Dawei's performance in the first half also made head coach Deng Huade more and more hope of winning this game tonight.
Such a shocking performance laid the foundation for the Chinese men's basketball team to win tonight. As long as the Chinese men's basketball team can still play in the second half like in the first half, it will be basically certain that they will become the winning side of the game.
This idea is a bit too beautiful. Deng Huade hardly dared to imagine it during the halftime break, but he couldn't help but imagine such a beautiful scene. Because this moment will undoubtedly become a moment of success and fame!
Although most people will pay their credit to Wu Dawei, the fact is indeed the case. However, as the head coach of such a Chinese men's basketball team, Deng Huade will definitely be praised!
After all, all this was done under his command and dispatch. No matter how outstanding Wu Dawei was, he was still a player under his command. Such a bright future made Deng Huade increasingly eager to win this game tonight.
The one who is becoming increasingly eager to win this game tonight is the Chinese team players who have taken the lead in the first half. Before the game started, they didn't even expect that they could get the lead during the halftime break. Now, when everything actually happens, people will naturally have more ideas and thoughts.
Even Wu Dawei, who performed best in the first half of this game, also had a new idea, that is, there is only one goal left in this game, which is to win it!
When the game entered the halftime break, the leading at the end of the first half greatly improved the confidence of the entire Chinese men's basketball national team. The belief in whether he could win this game was extremely firm, especially Wu Dawei's performance in the first half could be said to have driven the entire team.
Although the French no longer implemented the double-team strategy in the second half of the second quarter, it made it difficult for Wu Dawei to attract the exposed gap after the breakthrough and then send a wonderful message; however, it made Wu Dawei faced much less defensive pressure.
When Wu Dawei faced Nicholas Batum, who was much thinner than him on the offensive end, Wu Dawei had countless ways to crush him and complete the score.
The huge difference in body shape between the two is an important reason why Wu Dawei scored 20 points in 9 shots in the first half. Although Batum has excellent personal talent, he has never gained the upper hand in the confrontation with Wu Dawei...
There is no doubt that when the second half game comes, this will still become a problem that the French cannot solve. Because according to their helplessness in the first half game, it is difficult for people to believe that they can come up with new ways to limit Wu Dawei's performance in just fifteen minutes.
The atmosphere of the Chinese team during the halftime break was of course very happy. They achieved the lead and the prospects were very good in this game, and there was no reason for them to be as scared as before.
The person who should be frightened now should be the French team, because they are now behind due to disadvantages. Although the 4-point gap is quite large, it is undoubtedly a signal. A signal that is completely unfavorable to them.
This signal tells them how bad it is to get a bottom in the first half, especially in terms of Wu Dawei's defense, they did a mess. As the head coach of the French team, Fan Shang Kolai knew this very well, but he was also helpless about it.
Sometimes, the gap in strength is not easily made up for by any tactic or something else. Wu Dawei's unstoppable state in the group stage is not a matter of one day or two, so naturally it is impossible to be just an accident.
Both the Brazilians and the Russians are helpless about Wu Dawei, and now maybe the French are added...
Of course this is not something the French team is willing to see. But in the face of Wu Dawei's strong performance, they are indeed helpless. Wu Dawei performed an extraordinary performance, and such performance is no longer something that Batum can defend.
So at this time, Fan Shang Kole had no intention of blaming Batum. Moreover, the team still needed to rely on Batum to closely follow Wu Dawei in the second half, so Fan Shang Kole would not blame him at this time.
During the fifteen minutes of his halftime break, Fan Shang Kole knew that his biggest thing was to study how to stop Wu Dawei's performance in the second half of the game. At least he could not let him break through to the French inside penalty area like in the first half of the game and then complete the score as if no one was around.
Although the French team's inside strength is not very strong, it has not yet fallen to the point of allowing others to humiliate and bully him. In any case, the team's internal strength is above the average level.
So in the second half of the game, the most important thing is to protect your own paint area and not to continue to let Wu Dawei break through to the hinterland without restraint to complete the score in the second half of the game.
As long as there is a change in this aspect, Fan Shang Cole thinks that the team should still win this game as expected! Although the current situation is a bit bad for the French team, the French still has not lost their confidence in this game.
Even when they entered the halftime break, they seemed quite frustrated, but this would not affect their belief in winning the game in the second half. This is a knockout match, and there is only one chance game, so they naturally cannot give up such an opportunity like this!
The battle last second is not only the Chinese team's idea, but also the French's belief! Both sides are eager to win the game, and no one will be willing to give in just this.
So even the head coach of the Chinese team, Deng Huade, who had the advantage in the first half, understood that the second half would still be an extremely difficult game.
Everyone understands this very well, and Deng Huade knows it, so he knows that the team cannot take it lightly for the second half.
So when he walked back to the locker room and looked at the joyful atmosphere in the locker room, Deng Huade couldn't help but shout to all the players: "Guys, we have another great first half game! We were 4 points ahead of the Frenchman, which was a very good start! But we can't take it lightly. We must continue to maintain our advantages and maintain our aggressiveness in the next second half game! I want you to unite, because the record-setting moment is already extremely close to us! If you also want to be the creators of history like me, then I have only one requirement. Guys, continue to do their best in the second half game!"
Deng Huade said: "We don't have the capital to be proud! Although we are now 4 points ahead of the French, I think you all know how people evaluate this game before the game. There are not many people who think we will win this game! So, we want to surprise them!"
The Chinese team was in high morale during the break. After all, no matter how the outside world viewed it, they are now the leading side. This wave of high chaos produced by relying on Wu Dawei's leadership in the second quarter set the tone of the team's leading position.
And now, just as the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Deng Huade, said. In the second half of the game, the Chinese team's task is to maintain such a leading advantage. And they cannot feel complacent just because they play the leading advantage in the first half.
After all, the 4-point lead in the second half is definitely not a huge gap compared to the 24-minute game time. So they still have to be careful in the second half, because the Frenchman who was unexpectedly behind will definitely launch a crazy counterattack in the second half.
They would never be willing to qualify for the second place in the group stage, and were knocked down by the Chinese men's basketball team in the first round of knockout matches.
This is indeed what the Frenchman thinks in the locker room at this moment. French coach Fan Shang Cole decided to continue to adjust his tactical strategy. After all, the result of the first half has proved that his command in the first half was a failure. No matter what the reason for the failure was, as the team's head coach, he certainly had to take responsibility, so naturally he had to make adjustments.
The fifteen minutes of the halftime break looked quite long, but in fact it disappeared in the blink of an eye. The second half of the game quickly began again, and the players from both sides also walked back to the basketball court one after another.
When Chinese players reappeared in the sight of the crowd, of course, there was a hysterical cheer in the arena. Chinese fans were extremely satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, especially for Wu Dawei, who was walking among the Chinese players at this time. Everyone knew that if Wu Dawei had not performed well in the first half, it would be a dream for the Chinese team to establish a leading advantage in the first half!
Wu Dawei is becoming more and more popular among domestic fans, and at the same time, the French fans sitting on the sidelines must be increasingly disliked by Wu Dawei. If Wu Dawei had not made 9 of 9 shots in the first half, then it would be easy for the French team to win this game.
From the second quarter, when Wu Dawei left the court, the French team immediately went from two points behind to seven points ahead, which could be easily seen. Without Wu Dawei, the Chinese men's basketball team was simply too weak!
Also looking at Wu Dawei, there were Spanish people on the sidelines, especially those Spanish journalists who shouted before the game that the Chinese team would not do what they did in this game. Wu Dawei's performance in the first half was undoubtedly the biggest slap in the face.
The wonderful scores again and again were undoubtedly slapped hard on the face of Espanyol, mercilessly slapped them. So far, Espanyol has been a little shaken about what kind of results will be in the knockout match between the Chinese and French teams.
They no longer believed as firmly as before the game that the French team could easily win the game, and they also knew that the Chinese team with Wu Dawei was not as weak as they imagined.
Moreover, Wu Dawei's performance in the first half game was undoubtedly shocked by the group of Espanyols who underestimated the Chinese team and Wu Dawei. They even questioned whether the Chinese men's basketball team had done their best in the group stage with the Spanish team.
If that Chinese team is their real strength, then how could they play like this with the French team at this time? The Spaniards still know a little about the strength of the French team. After all, the strength of this team with Tony Parker and others as the core cannot be underestimated!
So after such a first half game, Espanyol's contempt would definitely disappear little by little, and replaced by a faint worry. Wu Dawei's performance in the first half of this game was really shocking, so naturally Espanyol could not help but think about whether they could curb Wu Dawei's performance if the Spanish team was playing against the Chinese team at this time...
The answer is obviously not very optimistic... (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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