Basketball Dragon

Chapter 188

Chapter 188

Before the match against Senegal on August 8, Li Hai was interviewed by reporters.

"I have no problem at all, but coach Jonas hopes to be safer. The knockout is the key. Believe me, there is no problem for the Chinese team to qualify."

"The farther you can go, the better. The goal now is to qualify for the group stage with the best record possible, and then enter the quarter-finals, and then try to create history..."

Against Senegal, Li Hai still did not appear in the starting list.

However, in the face of Senegal, which is a head lower than the Chinese team and has relatively rough skills, the Chinese team finally showed its strength. Wang Zhizhi also showed a rare state. Together with Yao Ming, he dominated the inside line and won the group stage for the Chinese team. Second win.

Now in Group D, the US team has won all four games and has already qualified. Senegal has lost all four games and was eliminated. The other four teams, Italy, China, Puerto Rico and Slovenia, have two wins and two losses. 2 to 5 teams will be ranked, and one team will be eliminated.

In this case, more attention was paid to Li Hai.

It was only the last day of the group stage. Although Li Hai participated in the simple pre-match warm-up as before, he was not in the starting lineup.

Although Slovenia is a new team for the World Championships, they almost have an all-NBA lineup. Although Nakba, Nesterovic, Udry, Brezek and others are not as famous as Li Hai and Yao Ming in the league, they are also Not easy to deal with.

This game is related to whether the two sides can enter the top [-], and the fight was very fierce from the beginning.

The inside is still dominated by the Chinese team, and the opponent's two NBA-level insiders can't guard against Yao Ming, but the Chinese team suffers from the outside.

After the first quarter, the team fell behind by 17 points at 22:5.

If you lose this game, it is very likely that you will have to count points against another team, and your fate will not be in your own hands. Therefore, after seeing Slovenia hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside in the second quarter, they extended their lead to After double digits, Jonas couldn't sit still.

After he asked Li Hai, he asked him to replace Wang Shipeng who had not scored a point.

Although Wang Shipeng succeeded in the last moment in another time and space, but under the current situation, Li Hai is not sure whether the same thing will happen.

After Li Hai took the field, he was highly regarded by the Slovenian players. As a shadow player, with Li Hai's current reputation, as long as he plays, the opponents will absolutely guard him with all his strength.

Li Hai's main defense was Yao Ming's former teammate Nakba. Although this hard-working guy is taller than Li Hai, he also has the common problem of European shooters, and his movement speed is not fast enough.

As if there was no problem with his ankle, Li Hai squeezed past the opponent with one step. After the help defense came up, he scored the ball beyond the three-point line on the other side. Liu Wei hit a three-pointer, and the Chinese team chased the score gap to single digits.

After Li Hai came, not only did the Chinese team gain an extra scoring point from outside, but also disrupted the opponent's defense. Slovenia is still afraid of players like Li Hai.

After Li Hai came up for the second time, he participated in the team's offense for the second time, and it was Yi Jianlian who passed the wonderful pass to complete the score.

In the past, it was very difficult for the Chinese team to pass this kind of ball. Generally, it was necessary to continue to play hard when passing to the inside, but that was not what Yi Jianlian was good at. Li Hai's pass was directly stuffed into the gap behind Yao Ming. Scoring is very easy.

Just when the opponent thought that Li Hai could only pass the ball due to his injury and planned to cut off his contact with other players, Li Hai rushed into the inside line and dunked directly before the opposing defense player had time to come over.

Now the Slovenian players didn't dare to guess the impact of the injury on Li Hai, and began to focus on marking honestly. With Li Hai's containment, the Chinese team gradually opened up on the offensive end.

By the end of the first half, the team had already chased back the points that fell behind, and the two sides fought to a 45:45 tie.

After Li Hai came back, he just organized an attack, and the advantage of the Chinese team became obvious.

At half-time, the atmosphere in the dressing room became more lively and the players became more confident.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Yao Ming succeeded in attacking from the inside again, while Slovenia became hesitant to attack from outside because of the change of mentality.

After Yao Ming caused fouls on the opponent's inside line twice and the opponent was forced to replace the inside line in advance, Li Hai took the opportunity to hit a three-pointer outside, and Slovenia was forced to timeout.

After the timeout, Slovenia still did not make much progress, but the Chinese team played better and better.

At the end of the third quarter, the team had a 68-point lead at 58:10.

Li Hai thought to himself, with the team's current posture, there will definitely not be a lore moment in another time and space.

When he rested, the state of the Chinese team did not deteriorate. Yao Ming played 2+1 consecutively, leaving the Slovenian inside players helpless.

Seeing that the score was getting wider and wider, the Slovenian players gritted their teeth and made a final counterattack. They scored consecutive pick-and-rolls and scored inside, narrowing the score gap to single digits again.

The Chinese team quickly paused to replace Li Hai, and Li Hai went to send another assist to Zhu Fangyu.

As long as he is on the court now, people feel at ease, and there is a taste of Dinghaishenzhen.

Slovenia saw that the game was reopened, and its fighting spirit was immediately affected. In the last few minutes, it looked like it was fighting fiercely, but in fact it had lost its desire to win. The Chinese team won the game without any danger.

In this game, Li Hai only scored 7 points and 7 assists, which did not help the team at all.

The opponents also lamented helplessly that Li Hai's ability to play put too much pressure on them.

The Chinese team with 3 victories is also determined to qualify. The key battle between Italy and Puerto Rico in Group D was Italy’s accidental miss. Because of the relationship between victory and defeat, the Chinese team ranked third in Group D behind Puerto Rico, which also had three victories. , Slovenia was eliminated.

Because of the existence of Li Hai, the situation in this time and space has changed, and the opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout round has also become Turkey, which is second in Group C.

Only by winning Turkey can the Chinese team complete the minimum goal of this expedition and enter the quarterfinals.

As for Li Hai's injury, even though he had already played in the match against Slovenia, the outside world is still confusing.

Facing the reporter's interview, Li Hai still played it lightly.

The real situation, I am afraid, can only be seen in the game. Whether playing with injuries can still kill the Quartet has also become the focus of many people's attention.

The Turkish players also said in an interview that they don't care whether Li Hai's injury is still intact, they just want to win the game.

After moving to Saitama, the knockout stage of the World Championships started, and Li Hai started again.

(End of this chapter)