Chapter 1383 Host
Rui Hachimura couldn't attack, and the Japanese team's offensive focus shifted to Fazekas and Yuta Watanabe. After the two picked and rolled, Yuta Watanabe made a breakthrough.
Lin Yi raised a pillar with both hands under the basket to interfere, and Yuta Watanabe failed to score a layup.
Although he is not good at defense, Lin Yi knows how to use his own advantages.
The Japanese team fell into a scoring drought.
And they can't help it.
It was Lin Yi again, who only ate Fazekas under the basket, causing the latter's thug foul.
As far as flexibility is concerned, Lin Yi has completely blown up the white planning player of the Japanese team.
Lin Yi made two free throws, and the score on the field became 38 to 25. The point difference has reached 13 points before he knew it.
Yuta Watanabe made a breakthrough in the frontcourt, and Fazekas caught the ball and made a layup, which also caused a defensive foul for Lin Yi.
But when he got to the free throw line, there was a lot of noise.
The worst thing is that the host has given a real hammer!
Amidst the interference, Fazekas missed two free throws!
The Japanese team still failed to score!
The head coach of the Japanese team, Lamas, rubbed his forehead with his hand, feeling a little desperate.
Originally, the situation was pretty good for more than a quarter of the time, but no one expected that after Li Chunjiang set up a strange formation, the situation would suddenly take a turn for the worse.
It can only be said that Tang Tian is too perverted. He used to play from position one to position three, but now he can play position four!
However, Lamas has little knowledge. You must know that Tang Tian's NCAA player is a power forward in UConn!
Tang Tian still didn't play offensively, and Ding Yanyuhang forced Bachang Xiongda to score.
The point difference has been widened to 15 points!
Lamas called a timeout.
If we continue to play at this pace, the Japanese team will lose more than 20 points in this quarter.
"I should have listened to you sooner."
When the Chinese team left the field, Li Chunjiang said to Tang Tian with a smile.
He has a straight temper and says what he has.
"It's not too late now."
Tang Tian didn't care, anyway, he would win no matter what he played against the Japanese team.
"It's just that it may be difficult to fight later."
But when he looked at the technical stage, the following sentence made Li Chunjiang's eyes look puzzled.
When Li Chunjiang followed Tang Tian's gaze and saw the Japanese team leader protesting at the technical stage, he also had a premonition.
Although there are many Chinese fans sitting now, this is the home court of the Japanese team after all.
Back from the timeout, the Japanese team changed their style of play. Rui Hachimura changed from with the ball to without the ball. He used Fazekas' pick-and-roll to come out and catch the ball.
"Shua!"
The basketball was sent to the basket, and the Japanese team finally broke the scoring drought.
Looking back at the Chinese team's attack, Ding Yanyuhang broke through the field, knocked down the latter's shot and scored after the confrontation.
The bottom line referee whistles.
Ding Yanyuhang waved his fist excitedly.
The whistle of the ball is 2+1.
But the next second he jumped up.
Because the bottom line referee gave the whistle for an offensive foul.
Li Chunjiang also rushed to the technical stage excitedly, exhaling at the referee.
But the referee didn't change his face, and after signaling Li Chunjiang to back off, he let the Japanese team serve in the backcourt.
In the frontcourt of the Japanese team, Tang Tian began to stick close to Rui Hachimura, and did not give him a chance without the ball. Yuki Togashi missed a three-pointer from the outside, and Tang Tian scored a rebound.
The Chinese team pushed for a fast break, and Tang Tian sent a long pass from the backcourt across the court to Ding Yanyuhang who was going down fast.
Ding Yanyuhang took a deep breath, rushed to the frontcourt and hit a heavy dunk with both hands.
After the dunk, he swung around the rim before landing, and roared towards the sidelines after landing.
This dunk completely vented the unhappiness of the previous ball.
The bench of the Chinese team also shouted excitedly.
Looking back at the Japanese team's offensive, Abdul Saramu was called for a pushing foul when he passed the screen, and then Ding Yanyuhang was also called for an off-ball foul.
Two fouls were called in one round, and the Chinese team fouled four times in a single quarter.
Li Chunjiang started laughing on the bench.
Although I was mentally prepared when I watched the video before, the whistle blowing almost caught up with the NBA in the Silver era.
When the number of fouls came up, the defensive strength of the Chinese team naturally weakened. Yuta Watanabe seized the opportunity to score two points to help the Japanese team continue to increase their points.
This is the way of penalty, not every ball has to call a free throw, but it can let you shoot the mouse.
Abdul Saramu scored a layup with an empty cut, and Yuta Watanabe missed a three-pointer.
But in the next round, Lin Yi was immediately blown a moving pick and roll.
The next few minutes of this section became the referee's performance time.
After halftime, the Japanese team trailed the Chinese team 39 to 50.
The difference of 11 points is not too much. Relying on the advantages of the home court, they were in a stalemate with the Chinese team at halftime.
Rui Hachimura scored 20 points in the half, which was an eye-catching performance. Yuta Watanabe also scored 8 points.
Ding Yanyuhang scored the most points on the Chinese team with 14 points, Lin Yi scored 12 points and 6 rebounds, and Tang Tian scored 10 points.
After halftime, Japanese social media has cheered.
"We played a great halftime game, and I even think that if we continue to play like this, we have a chance to make history again!"
"Rui Hachimura's performance is too good, he is definitely a world-class star, I believe he has the opportunity to surpass Tang in the future!"
"Tang also played in the London Olympics after finishing his freshman year. His performance was much worse than that of Hachimura. Compared with his rookie season, this is not impossible!"
"Tang is really tired. He hasn't played professionally for a year. His physical fitness is the biggest problem. He fought so hard in the group stage, and now he can't do it anymore!"
"Yes, his main energy in the first half was to defend Hachimura. Coach Lamas' strategy was very successful, and we have a great chance!"
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Back from the intermission, the Japanese fans at the scene were in high spirits.
Modern information is quite developed, everyone has a mobile phone and the information is instant.
Many of the remarks on social media were made by them.
They are now full of expectations for the performance of the Japanese men's basketball team in the second half.
At this time, they noticed that the starting lineup of the Chinese team in the second half had been adjusted, and Yi Jianlian did not appear in the starting lineup!
Guo Ailun, Ding Yan Yuhang, Abdul Saramu, Tang Tian, Lin Yi!
This is the lineup used in the second half of the second quarter!
When they saw this lineup, the excitement on their faces grew stronger.
Because this lineup is the lineup that the Japanese team has an advantage in the second half of the second quarter!
And they also guessed a piece of information, Yi Jianlian may be injured!
Yi Jianlian has been injured before and played a lot of time in the group stage. Now not only did he not play after the second quarter, he did not start in the second half.
Yes, he must be hurt!
Convinced of this, the excitement on their faces could no longer be hidden.
"Come on! Japan!"
In the second half, the Japanese team came back to attack first, without the DJ belt, they had already cheered for the Japanese team in unison.
They are now really convinced that the Japanese team will continue to create new Olympic history at home!