Chapter 969 A Good Start

But at this point in the game, Dayao's physical problems began to appear, and his condition began to decline. After being double-teamed, he couldn't hit the basket.

Dayao, whose physical fitness was declining, was getting further and further away from the basket, and his efficiency also declined. This affected the offense and defense of the Chinese team inside. He missed two consecutive shots, and the rebound was taken away by Howard. The American team took the opportunity to play a fast break, and Kobe Bryant He took a bold shot and scored two points in a row, all three points.

In the 8th minute, the US team launched a 6-0 attack wave in one minute, 84:89, still 5 points behind, and the Chinese team called a timeout.

"Dayao, work hard for two more minutes. If you can survive for two minutes, we will win!" Zhang Liye shouted in an exciting tone.

The timeout ended, the Chinese team attacked, Dayao moved to the basket, and Howard defended alone.

"Dayao's efficiency has declined. The U.S. team actually doesn't double-team Dayao anymore. Without double-teams, we have no space on the outside and it becomes more difficult to attack." Yu Jia shouted.

But Dayao only turned around and came out again, directly reaching the high position.

At this time, Li Ba held the ball to the top of the arc, made a gesture to pull away, and then called for Dayao's pick-and-roll.

Zhang Lili said at this time: "Our tactics have also changed. Dayao has moved from the low position to the high position, so that his physical energy consumption will be reduced. In addition, the US team will no longer double-team him. It should be no problem to hold on for another two minutes."

Seeing Li Ba's gesture, Dayao, who was in the high position, came to the top of the arc, blocked James, and made a pick-and-roll.

Howard moved up with Yao, and experience came into play at this time. He knew that Li Ba didn't have an outside shot, so he retreated directly to the basket without switching defenses with James.

Li Ba "saw" Howard retreating, and he took the ball directly from behind Dayao and rushed towards Howard. His continuous fast-paced steps forced the opponent to lose their footing and had to retreat continuously.

Three steps later, Li Ba stood up and jumped towards Howard.

Howard was unsteady on his feet and barely jumped up to block the shot, but the height was not high enough.

With a bang, Li Ba pressed Howard and smashed the ball into the basket, completing a one-arm dunk.

Howard was hit, flipped over after landing, and fell to the basket.

At this time, the referee's whistle also sounded, indicating that Howard's thug fouled. Five fouls were committed, and Li Ba added a free throw.

"pretty!"

Yu Jia shouted excitedly amidst the cheers of the audience.

"It's good now, the US team has no center forward, we are safe in this game!" Zhang Lili said excitedly.

"Steady, steady! At the critical moment, you have to look at the hammer." Xu Jicheng shouted.

The U.S. team replaced Anthony and turned into a positionless basketball lineup in the third quarter.

But Howard's end symbolized the U.S. team's decline in rebounding control.

Moreover, Dayao is back in the low post again, and without Howard, even if his physical fitness declines, neither Anthony nor Bosh can guard him.

In the last minute or so, the American team made a mistake and failed to double-team Dayao. He once again exerted his strength and made two of three shots, using his low post offense to win the game for the Chinese team.

Li Ba did not have a five-double. In 39 minutes, he scored 31 points, 19 rebounds, 13 assists, 9 steals, 8 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.

At the end, 88:96, the Chinese team won by 8 points and won the first group match.

At the end of the game, the audience cheered.

"Boys, see you in the final! I hope you will perform better in the final and allow me to score a five-double." When he was off the court, Li Ba said goodbye to the American team.

James said angrily: "You didn't win this fight, so why are you bragging?"

Li Ba laughed, walked towards his family, and said to the girl: "Qian Qian, the five pairs were not produced."

"It's good if you win." The girl smiled.

At this time, a large number of reporters came to interview. Li Ba took a look and saw that many of them were media that he was prohibited from interviewing in the NBA. He sneered, waved his hand, and refused.

These reporters did not expect that Li Ba would dare to refuse their interview at the Olympics, and they were very angry.

"This is the Olympics, why do you refuse?" a reporter shouted.

"What if I refuse you? No way? When I retired, you guys danced the most and even attacked my family. Now don't pretend to have amnesia and keep dancing? I will never accept interviews from media like you in this life."

Li Ba said coldly.

"Immortal, we haven't targeted you, what should we do? This is the Olympics, we also have tasks, please cooperate."

said a reporter from a non-banned media outlet.

"You guys go to the locker room later." Li Ba said.

His attitude was so resolute that the reporters had no choice but to retreat and go find other people to interview.

"What should I do if the big hammer has a bad impact?" the girl asked worriedly.

"The whole world knows my character. As long as I am strong enough, the rules will be bypassed for me. What can they do to me?"

Li Ba doesn't care about authenticity.

"As long as you can, what's the benefit of offending those people? I scold you every day. Now that I have Guoguo, I'll take care of my wife and children."

Li Dacheng said angrily.

"Old Li, don't worry about your son's affairs," Zhou Yuehe said.

"Am I worried about him?" Li Dacheng said.

At this time, Yu Jia and three other people came over for an interview, and Li Ba also asked them to go to the locker room later.

Li Ba refused to accept interviews, but this gave Li Yuanwei and other leaders of the Basketball Management Center a headache. Many reporters went there to complain.

Liu Qi and others were also there. In such a grand event, the Chinese team defeated the powerful American team. It was a good opportunity for publicity. Now that something happened on Li Ba's side, they were also very concerned about it and asked Li Yuanwei to handle it well.

Li Yuanwei quickly asked why Li Ba didn't accept the interview. The reporters talked all over the place, saying that Li Ba was wrong anyway.

He had to listen to both sides. Li Yuanwei asked these reporters to wait while he went to find out more about Dayao.

From Dayao, he learned the reason why Li Ba refused to accept the interview, and he couldn't help but feel even more headache.

How to solve this problem? How is it possible to force Li Ba to accept interviews from these media? With Li Ba’s temper, how is it possible?

Finally, he thought of a way and asked Dayao to tell Li Ba that the thirty-six strategies were to leave first and not stay at the scene.

After Dayao came to deliver the message, Li Ba immediately sent his family off and then went to the locker room to accept interviews from some media.

Zhang Lili asked: "Tie Hammer, do you think it will be easy or difficult to win this game?"

Li Ba didn't think much and said: "It's not difficult. This American team is very strong, but its internal weaknesses are too great. I said it at the tactical meeting the day before yesterday. We have at least a 50% chance of beating them. But it's hard to say. Easy, because their perimeter is really strong, and if they hit a three-pointer today, it would be difficult for us."

"If China and the United States both reach the finals, are you confident that you can beat them again?" Xu Jicheng asked.

Li Ba smiled and said: "I will never lack confidence."