After playing for more than three minutes in the second quarter, the Chinese team is still leading and has expanded its lead!
32 to 28, although the point difference is only changed from 2 points to 4 points, but the meaning is different.
The United States team's most confident substitute transition, the Chinese team not only survived, but also had an advantage!
This is completely different at the psychological level.
After the return of the main force, the morale of the Chinese team also surged.
With two minutes to go until the end of the second quarter, the score on the court was 38 to 36, and the Chinese team led.
Durant broke the basket and scored two points on the layup to help the US team tie the score.
But looking back, Tang Tian also scored two points for his quick layup after breaking through the doubles.
These two points helped him to improve his personal half-time data to 15 points, and also helped the Chinese team to lead again!
Although Durant is in excellent form, Tang Tian has also begun to exert his strength.
And because the number of fouls in this quarter has come, the defensive end dare not easily start.
Durant scored two points for Leonard, and the US team tied the score again.
Li Chunjiang called a pause at this time, and there was still less than a minute left at halftime.
After the suspension came back, the Chinese team made an unexpected substitution. Kolambaek, who had not appeared before, was replaced.
No one understood, including Popovich.
He even turned his head in doubt and glanced at the abominable Chinese coach next door. He didn't know what the coach was doing.
The game continued on the court, Tang Tian suddenly scored Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian flew to buckle, this time Drummond reached out to cover and did not cover, and was fouled.
Yi Jianlian went directly to the free throw line.
He shook his arm, and after the adjustment he had both free throws.
The Chinese team overtakes the score again!
The game was extremely fierce.
The stalemate situation can no longer be changed. At this time, whoever can lead the end of the half-time will have the psychological advantage.
Durant served from the bottom line, the Chinese team was pressing against the United States at this time, Curry and Leonard were both doubled, and Thompson was stared to death.
At this time, only Drummond was unguarded, and he quickly returned to the half to receive the ball.
Durant also successfully delivered the ball to his hand.
However, before Drummond passed the ball to the others, Lanbeck rushed ahead and fouled him directly.
The referee sounded a whistle, signaled a foul by the Chinese team, and Drummond got two free throws.
Until then, everyone understood.
At this time, Li Chunjiang needs to engage in shark tactics!
And it's quite professional!
Fiba's game rules are different from the NBA in many ways. One of them is the regulation of fouls against players without a ball.
In the NBA rules, before the new rules, as long as the number of fouls in a single quarter is reached, whoever fouls will be sent to the free throw line.
This is the famous shark-cutting tactic, invented by Mavericks' former coach Nelson, and developed by Popovich.
After that, the NBA introduced new rules that stipulate that the sharks cannot be cut in the last two minutes, otherwise technical fouls will be blown.
In other words, in the NBA you have to cut sharks, only in the first ten minutes of each quarter.
But there is no such rule in fiba competition, and it can even be said that there is no clear rule.
The referee's criteria for punishment are based on the following: According to the spirit of FIBA's rules, as the defensive side, you must actively steal the ball, the purpose is to compete for the ball, or to defend the team member's breakthrough. To prevent him from catching the ball, or to steal when the ball is about to reach him.
But if the ball does not reach him at all, he is in the off-ball area, and in order to stop time and let him go to the free throw, according to the spirit of FIBA rules, although you may be slight, you must directly punish the offense. .
In layman's terms, fiba does not allow fouls on players who are not team members, otherwise they will be penalized.
So Li Chunjiang's professionalism came out.
He forced the US team to pass the ball to Drummond before fouling.
This time is a foul against the ball player, and will not be blown.
In fact, when Drummond missed three consecutive free throws in the first quarter, he already had an idea.
Then, until the score was deadlocked in this quarter, after careful consideration, he finally put his ideas into practice.
It's just that Popovich's expression was a little exciting at this time.
He was the one who carried forward the shark-cutting tactics. At the beginning, he performed the shark-cutting tactics on O'Neal in 5 seconds to celebrate the other party's birthday, and was cheered by the fans.
Now Li Chunjiang has applied this tactic to him!
He really has three words in his heart now: Ru Hexiu?
Fiba's rule is to encourage confrontation. This method of catching loopholes may be amended in the future, but at least this time Li Chunjiang was successful.
Drummond went to the free-throw line and hissed at the scene.
Drummond made two free throws and missed!
So far in his NBA career, he has only shot a poor 44% from the free throw line, not to mention that fiba games are more fierce, and physical fitness consumes more games.
Yi Jianlian protected the defensive rebounds, and the Chinese team's shark-cutting tactics were perfectly successful.
Popovich's expression is rare and exciting. In the NBA before, he only cut other people's shares, but he did not expect that Fiba was cut.
Feng Shui takes turns, and sooner or later I have to pay back.
However, instead of replacing Drummond, he gestured to the side to send the ball to other people.
The US team also relies on Drummond's defense.
The weakest part of the US team is the inside, or the US team is now withering inside, most of the All-Stars are international players.
Davis was injured, and Jordan's ability dropped significantly. Now only Drummond and Turner can be used, and only Drummond can really work.
The Chinese team's position attack, Tang Tian showed his personal ability, turned around and scored in the double.
44 to 40, the Chinese team opened the difference to 4 points!
In the backcourt of the American team, this time the person serving became Curry.
Durant and Leonard have off the ball on the court.
Obviously, the sideline tactics of the US team have been practiced.
However, the ball could not be delivered to others.
Quite simply, the Chinese team doesn't care about serving Curry and Drummond, and it's 5 out of 3 on the field.
Durant, no matter how strong they are, can hardly catch the ball against two people.
And even if he could catch it, Curry wouldn't dare to risk it.
At this time, there is not much time left until the end of the halftime ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Popovich did not call for a timeout.
As a result, Curry has been forced to serve the ball to Drummond.
Then Kolambaek, a little clever ghost, was so fast that it was a foul to rush straight up.
The referee also gave ordinary fouls as before.
Drummond, get to the free throw line again!
This time, the whistle and cheers of the scene exploded.
Li Chunjiang succeeded in two shark-cutting tactics!
On Popovich's team!
This time they really wanted to say something to Li Chunjiang, the same thing the last administrator in "Captain of China" said to Zhang Hanyu:
How can you be so great!