93. Continue to adjust
This game, which was highly watched before the start of the game, was also full of twists and turns in the process of tonight. The Chinese men's basketball team first relied on Wu Dawei's personal performance at the beginning and made continuous achievements on the offensive end, and took the initiative on the basketball court; but then Espanyol changed their defensive strategy and immediately turned the decline.
But Espanyol has not been proud for much time, and then Bob Deng Huade's adjustment made the problem that plagued the Chinese men's basketball team seem to be solved immediately!
Halfway through the first quarter, the two sides fought 15:15 and became a draw.
As Wang Shipeng received Wu Dawei's pass, he threw the ball into the basket outside the three-point line, while the score was equalized, both sides quickly returned to the same starting line!
However, obviously, the current situation has gradually become clearer than when the game started. For Espanyol, they are still the more proactive side now. Because the previous game has somewhat shown that the Chinese men's basketball team's condition except Wu Dawei is not very good in the game tonight.
This naturally gave Espanyol more confidence in this game. When they regained the ball and came to the offensive end, the Spanish men's basketball team scored again.
Although Wu Dawei, who is known as the best single defense in the Chinese men's basketball team, did not pass by Wu Dawei at all. Victor Cravo even did not even touch the ball during this attack by the Spanish men's basketball team.
After Jose Calderon dribbled the ball through halftime, he cooperated with the team's shooting guard Juan Navarro. Then, after getting the ball, the latter directly made a shot against Wang Shipeng's defense!
Navarro's attack was very fast, and Wang Shipeng could not interfere with him at all. The ball flew towards the basket, and then it entered the basket like the ball thrown by Wang Shipeng before!
Although Wu Dawei and Wang Shipeng's previous cooperation had just helped the Chinese men's basketball team equalize the score, Juan Navarro soon used his personal ability to help the Spanish men's basketball team. Once again, he led the Chinese men's basketball team by as much as 3 points in the score!
Although Navarro has not lived well in his NBA career, in international basketball, Navarro, known as the "bomb", has always been a few of the current Spanish men's basketball team's conventional weapons on the offensive end.
And he also killed a weapon with extremely high utilization rate!
He fully demonstrated his personal abilities in the Spanish men's basketball team, which is why he was able to occupy the second position of the Spanish men's basketball team for many years. Even Fernandez, who is still playing in the NBA league, cannot be compared with Navarro's position in the team!
After this three-pointer, Navarro scored 6 points in this game. At this time, he was tied with Wu Dawei and ranked on the list of the most points in this game.
15:18, the score was falling behind again, which undoubtedly made the pressure return to the Chinese men's basketball team again. This time, Wu Dawei took over his teammate's baseline serve from the backcourt and dribbled through the half.
Again facing Victor Cravo's defense, Wu Dawei's burden was not light. Of course, the pressure on him did not come from Victor Cravo's defense, but the Spanish's defense targeting him.
Although Wang Shipeng's previous goal helped the Chinese men's basketball team temporarily ease the tension on the basketball court, Wu Dawei was not sure whether Espanyol would still resolutely implement a defensive strategy of pincer attack on himself this time.
However, no matter what method Espanyol chooses to deal with him on the basketball court, Wu Dawei is very clear that he has only one way to go. That is, to fight to the end with the opponent, and this game is still in the same situation as in the previous game. For the two teams playing games, if they cannot defeat the opponent, it means that they must be eliminated.
Obviously this is something that both sides are definitely unwilling to see, so they can only do their best and do their best.
Wu Dawei didn't drag it too much, so he launched an offensive again. Facing Victor Cravor's defense, he looked scattered. Wu Dawei still chose the most direct way, directly holding the ball and attacking Victor Cravor's defense!
The huge gap in tonnage between the two people helped Wu Dawei easily break the young forward and then attack the inside of the Spanish men's basketball team. Although Paul Gasol and Sergi Ibaka are the inside barriers of the Spanish men's basketball team, if Wu Dawei tear Victor Cravo's defense and face these two people directly, the Spanish team is still very dangerous.
Due to the principles and concepts of encouraging offense, basketball nowadays will tend to protect the ball-holding attacker, and Wu Dawei himself is a superstar. There is no doubt that if Wu Dawei holds the ball and breaks into the inside, whether facing Sergi Ibaka or the equally famous Paul Gasol, as long as the two sides have physical contact, it is obviously very likely to cause damage to the Spanish team.'
So in order to reduce such danger, the Spanish men's basketball team naturally strives to avoid such a situation. So when Wu Dawei once again gained the upper hand in the confrontation and squeezed out Victor Cravo to form a breakthrough, the Spanish team's attack appeared again!
Since Wang Shipeng has always been on the strong side of the ball, Navarro always has the best opportunity to attack Wu Dawei. According to head coach Scarioro's temporary arrangement before the game, Navarro once again chose to rush forward to help his teammates attack Wu Dawei.
Although Wang Shipeng had already made a goal with such an open space before, as a player on the basketball court, Navarro knew that it would be better to follow the head coach's instructions at this time. Even if he did this wrong, the head coach would bear the final responsibility!
Navarro's attack was still very timely. He appeared on Wu Dawei's road to advance as soon as possible. However, while blocking Wu Dawei's road to advance, he also leaked Wang Shipeng again...
Wu Dawei did not hesitate at all, and he passed the ball out again! He chose to believe his teammate Wang Shipeng because Wang Shipeng had already made a three-pointer before, and maybe he is one of the few players Wu Dawei can believe.
When Wang Shipeng once again received the ball outside the three-point line and was facing an open position, he suddenly became the focus of the whole game again. At this time, Wang Shipeng even felt like he was back to the extremely critical moment in 2006, so when he got the ball and jumped up, Wang Shipeng didn't feel any soft-hearted!
He jumped up and threw the ball into the basket before the next Spanish defender came up!
With an accurate arc, another squeak, the ball drilled into the basket again!
18:18!
This is the third player to score 6 points in this game! Wang Shipeng's shot from outside the three-point line once again allowed Wu Dawei to get his second assist in this game. Although Wang Shipeng's condition has always been ups and downs in this Olympics. His name has never appeared among the Chinese players who impressed people. But tonight, at least for the moment, Wang Shipeng's touch exploded, which solved the urgent need of the Chinese men's basketball team!
His two consecutive shots from outside the three-point line will undoubtedly give Espanyol greater pressure on the defensive end. These pressures may prompt Espanyol not to dare to be as unscrupulous as before for Wu Dawei's attack!
If the Spaniards are shaken when attacking Wu Dawei, then Wu Dawei will easily gain more room for performance! This is also what Chinese fans hope to see. Wu Dawei's performance is the barometer of the Chinese men's basketball team. Of course, everyone hopes that Wu Dawei can perform better and better!
When Wang Shipeng hit this three-pointer again outside the three-point line, the Chinese fans on the side of the court were naturally ecstatic. The expressions of the Spanish fans suddenly became depressed from Navarro's previous three-pointer hit, and the head coach of the Spanish men's basketball team, Scarioro, stood on the sidelines and frowned.
Of course, he would frown, because if Wang Shipeng continued to score a ball outside the three-point line, then there was no doubt that the Spanish team's pincer defense against Wu Dawei would not be the best choice.
Because Wu Dawei is a player who can pass the ball, and more importantly, the pinch does not mean that it will definitely curb Wu Dawei's performance. In the last game, the French team changed countless defensive strategies throughout the game, and it is not that they did not use pinch to deal with Wu Dawei. But at the end, Wu Dawei still scored a terrifying performance of 57 points in a single game!
So this alone is enough to make Scarioro feel that it is debatable.
Although the game has just begun, the situation is not optimistic for the Spanish men's basketball team. Although they are now taking the initiative and the Chinese men's basketball team is catching up, the situation at this moment is completely different from what the Spanish men's basketball team thought before the start of this game!
Fortunately, the game has just begun, and Espanyol still has plenty of time to adjust their strategies in this game tonight. For the Spanish team, of course, this game must be won!
But now, at least in the view of Spanish men's basketball coach Scarioro, their chances of winning are not 100%!
Although Wu Dawei has only scored 6 points at present, his two assists directly helped Wang Shipeng score 6 points outside the three-point line, which is also the reason why the Chinese men's basketball team can tie the score at present.
Wang Shipeng has made two consecutive shots outside the three-point line, which somewhat proves that the goal he scored at this time is not fooled, but that he does feel good. Faced with such a shooting player in the wings of the Chinese men's basketball team, Scarioro is not sure that the team needs to continue to implement a double-team strategy for Wu Dawei.
Just when Scarioro was still thinking about the team's defensive strategy, the Spanish men's basketball team suddenly encountered a greater crisis on their own offensive end! Jose Calderon took the ball through half the game, and he first made a pick-and-roll with Paul Gasol at a high position and did not get any effect, so he tried to reorganize the attack. This time he chose to cooperate with Victor Cravo at a high position, but just when Cravo was playing a high position pick-and-roll for Calderon, Calderon was intercepted by Wu Dawei!
This was an accurate prediction. When Calderon relied on Victor Cravo's pick-and-roll to try to get rid of Liu Wei, he felt caught off guard by Wu Dawei who suddenly came out!
So the ball was cut off from his hand by Wu Dawei. Then Wu Dawei did not stop or give anyone time to react to it. Then he held the ball and started running towards the front court!
Amid the cheers of Chinese fans in the audience, Wu Dawei almost stood out and threw everyone away. The distance exceeded that the Spanish players on the basketball court had no more to chase him. Everyone just watched Wu Dawei rush through the half, then soared into the air in the paint area of the Spanish team, and then a powerful slash!
Wu Dawei won his eighth point in this game, and it was also his first score after being double-teamed by the Spanish team!
The score became 20:18. After a few minutes, the Chinese men's basketball team finally regained the score lead on the basketball court. This was definitely an unexpected surprise. This mistake also put the Spanish team in a backward situation again.
Facing the Chinese men's basketball team that re-emerged its momentum, Scarioro, who was standing on the sidelines, did not hesitate at all this time, so he asked the players to request a timeout. He knew that he needed to continue to change his strategy.
Although this is something he is reluctant to do, this is the trouble he faces today's number one player in basketball. If Wu Dawei cannot even create this little trouble for his opponent, it will be difficult for him to be awarded the title of number one player in basketball.
With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, a timeout occurred on the basketball court. The Spanish men's basketball team requested a timeout, obviously because the situation on the basketball court once again returned to the Chinese men's basketball team.
However, such a gap is small, and it is even possible that it will be reversed again due to a small adjustment at any time. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!