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Howard defends very hard, but whether he works hard or not is not completely related to whether he can defend.

After some difficulties, Dayao successfully received the pass inside and scored the first goal for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Dayao, who successfully scored, looked very excited and clenched his fist tightly and shouted to cheer himself on.

After all, now it is the Olympic finals, and everyone wants to take one more step and win the Olympic gold medal.

Especially Dayao, this is likely to be the last Olympic Games he will participate in. Dayao, who is already 28 years old, will turn 32 in four years at the London 2012 Olympics.

For most of the best NBA players, 32 years old is still the end of the peak of their career, and they will still be in good competitive shape.

But as an Asian, Dayao was born with a weaker physique. The most important thing is that he is 2.26 meters tall and weighs 140 kilograms. The older he gets, the greater the physical load, coupled with the constant accumulation of injuries. It is uncertain whether he will be able to play until 2012.

Even if everything goes in the right direction, if Dayao can still play on the court four years later, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain his current competitive state and he will not be able to support the inside of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Therefore, Dayao has played these Olympic Games as his last Olympic Games. Naturally, he doesn't want to have any regrets and has no reservations on the court.

Dayao's judgment is, of course, correct. In fact, after Dayao finished the 2008-09 season, his competitive status drastically declined due to injuries. He disappeared from the NBA horizon at the speed of light and decided to officially announce his retirement in 2011.

Although Wang Chong's time travel has brought many butterfly effects and changes to this era, he feels that Dayao's career trajectory is probably not going to change much. The injury itself is an accident, but as long as he plays under the high-intensity confrontation in the NBA, Dayao's injury probability overlaps infinitely.

Oden is the best example of this. As the number one pick in 2007, Oden did not play a single game during the 2007-08 season. Although he was far from the Portland Trail Blazers veterans due to Wang Chong, he was still in the Memphis Grays. Oden of the Bears still suffered frequent injuries, and even the injuries were slightly different from those of the Trail Blazers.

Some things can be changed, and others are destined.

Back to the game.

Dayao dominated both offense and defense in the first quarter of the game. He scored 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 blocks in a single quarter. Not only did he beat Howard face-to-face, but he also blocked players like Wade and other advances in the penalty area.

While Dayao was firing on all cylinders, Wang Chong was not idle either. He also scored 9 points and made 2 out of 3 three-point shots, with a surprisingly high shooting percentage.

With the combined efforts of Wang Chong and Dayao, the Chinese men's basketball team led the American Dream Team 27-25 in the first quarter.

This pace was exactly the same as in the group stage, but unlike the group stage, where the Dream Team could vent and underestimate the enemy, this time the opponent did not let their guard down at all, and they were very serious.

This is the final, no one will hold back anything, but the Dream Team really has nothing to do with Wang Chong and Dayao. The defensive wings are doing their best to defend in vain, and the offensive wings can only try to target other positions of the Chinese men's basketball team's players to attack.

Kobe didn't feel well at the beginning of the game. Although he was only facing Zhu Fangyu of the Chinese men's basketball team, he had many opportunities to make offensive shots on the court, but due to his poor touch, Kobe missed 4 out of 5 shots in the first quarter.

In fact, in the original 2008 Olympic final, Kobe faced a similar situation against Rudy Fernández of the Spanish men's basketball team. Not only did he feel unwell, but he also allowed the opponent to score consecutive offensive shots.

The latter scored 22 points on 7 of 13 shots under Kobe's defense throughout the game. He was the top scorer for the Spanish men's basketball team.

However, Kobe, who had a poor performance in the first half, still managed to redeem himself in the second half, especially in the last quarter. His continuous offensive scores helped the Dream Team win. His super high shooting percentage also increased his shooting percentage for the entire game to 50%. In the end, he scored 20 points, and his performance in the final was only surpassed by Wade's 27 points.

Wang Chong didn't know whether Kobe Bryant, who played against the Chinese men's basketball team, would start exerting his strength in the second half as he did against Spain, but since he wasn't feeling well now, he naturally planned to take advantage of his illness to kill him.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Chong continued to launch a fierce attack. Unlike the group stage, Dayao rested for the entire second quarter. This time, Dayao only took a brief break for a few minutes and then immediately came back in. Even if he couldn't play all 40 minutes like Wang Chong, he still planned to fight in this final!

The main point of attack for the Chinese men's basketball team shifted from Dayao to Wang Chong, and the offensive firepower became sharper. Dayao's offense was mainly distributed in the penalty area, but Wang Chong's firepower covered the entire field and he could easily score from any position on the court, especially in the six hot zones illuminated by the hot zone hunters, which felt even hotter.

For a time, under Wang Chong's fierce attack, the Dream Team couldn't hold on anymore and was hit back and forth.

On the bench of the American men's basketball team, Coach K frowned.

Although he was prepared, the situation of the battle exceeded his expectations.

What surprised him the most was that putting Wade in the starting lineup had no effect.

Old K was very clear about the technical characteristics and advantages of this Dream Team.

Strong mobility, offense, and defense are the soul of the Dream Team, especially the defense.

Why is Wade so unstoppable in these Olympics? It's because he has great defensive attacking ability, total impact, and lightning speed.

During the Olympics, the image of Wade dunking after a steal has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

All the teams that have played against the Dream Team have suffered from him.

However, in the first quarter of the game, Wade's advantage was not fully utilized because the Chinese men's basketball team didn't let the defender control the ball at all.

Throughout the game, Wang Chong was always responsible for holding the ball for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Wang Chong never did this in the group stage. Don't underestimate the job of dribbling through half court in a game with almost a hundred rounds, even if the pace is slow and the whole game lasts only 40 minutes in the Olympics. There are still seven or eight rounds, and each round must dribble from the defensive zone to the attacking zone, and before you know it, a lot of physical strength will be consumed.

Wang Chong's scoring ability is so strong that even spending a bit of energy on those things is a big crime.

Old K believes that if he were the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, he wouldn't let Wang Chong hold the ball for too long, even if he had to risk being intercepted by his opponent and turning into a fast break. The trade-off must be weighed against the profit.

Unexpectedly, Yunus allowed Wang Chong to control the ball for the entire quarter.

"This kid, aren't you afraid of getting tired?"

In the group stage, Wang Chong played for 40 minutes and was so exhausted that it seemed like half of his life was gone. This game will be another 40-minute game. Can Wang Chong's physical strength hold up?

Of course, this is not a problem Old K should worry about. He expects that after the third quarter, Wang Chong will have to rest due to exhaustion.

However, because Wang Chong was holding the ball, he couldn't take advantage of the defensive steals, and because Dayao was protecting the basket, his efficiency with the ball wasn't good. As a result, Wade, who should have shone in the final and scored 27 points, is currently mediocre and it's hard for him to replicate his personal scoring performance of 27 points.

Old K quickly decided to adjust the lineup, replacing Wade with players who had mid- to long-range shooting abilities like Chris Paul and Bosh.

The defensive system of the Chinese men's basketball team is also a European zone defense system. When Dayao protects the basket, it is very effective in defending against ball advances, but the downside is that his defensive ability against medium and long-range shots is poor.

He planned to compete with the Chinese men's basketball team to see who had more offensive firepower.

We have many of the league's top scorers here, so I don't think we're going to lose to our opponent in terms of offense.

However, Old K immediately regretted his decision because he really couldn't fight back.

Wang Chong, who had been suppressing himself in the first quarter to coordinate Dayao's offense, ignited all the fire in the second quarter, once again recreating the scene of challenging the entire Dream Team from the group stage, and the results were surprisingly similar.

Wang Chong's offensive method is simple, and the most commonly used one is a simple mid-range jump shot after the pick

-and-roll. However, it is no longer a regular mid-range shot like most players in the NBA use. Instead, he combined his dribbling ability and the speed to quickly adjust his form. In just 2 minutes, Wang Chong scored 12 points in a row, directly taking down the entire opponent.

At this time, the Chinese men's basketball team's total score reached 51-39, and the 12-point gap caused the Dream Team to be completely restless.

In the next two minutes, even if the Dream Team desperately tried to turn the tide, Wang Chong continued to hit consecutive shots, even showing his magical ability.

End of this chapter

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