NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

In the third quarter against the German team, Yue Yi passed several balls to Yao Ming in succession, two of which could be shot directly without much adjustment.

Yao Ming reciprocated the favor, and when Yue Yi cut in the air, he also passed the ball back to Yue Yi in time.

The internal and external cooperation between the two completely broke out.

Kaman no longer dared to go forward at will. Yue Yi's breakthrough would make it impossible for him to return to the basket in time to stop Yao Ming.

Yao Ming played very smoothly in the third quarter. On the offensive end, he made 4 of 6 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 10 points.

Yi Di had a bit of a hard time in this game. Nowitzki, who was his main defender, played with all his strength from the beginning, completely putting the German team's offense on his own shoulders.

The two teams were inseparable, and their respective role players did not provide fire support to the team on the offensive end. At the end of the third quarter, 46:44, the Chinese team led by two points.

This is a defensive battle.

In the fourth quarter, both sides still did not improve much on the offensive end. Scattered goals made the score rise very slowly. Every goal is precious.

On the offensive end, the Chinese team played a little easier���, The Chinese team has internal and external cooperation, but King Nuo can only rely on himself.

But Nowitzki is worthy of his true nature as a king. Under the tremendous defensive pressure, he carried the team forward on the offensive end alone in this game.

With only 52 seconds left, the Chinese team led by one point. The German team had the ball and they still had great hope of winning.

This time, Nuo Tianwang chose to take a strong shot from outside the three-point line. Yi Di struggled to interfere, and the extremely tired Nuo Tianwang failed to score the ball.

In this game, he faced the turns of marking by Yi Di and Dazhi, and sometimes directly faced Yao Ming on the inside. When holding the ball on the outside, China's outside players would double-team him from time to time.

His physical exertion was huge. At this point in the game, he was relying on willpower to hold on.

Compared with Nowitzki, the Chinese team fought a rich battle. Yao Ming on the inside was very intimidating in the second half, and Yue Yi on the outside could provide fire support while transporting shells inside.

King Nuo Tianwang missed a three-pointer. Yi Di collected the rebound and switched offense. Yue Yi broke through with the ball. King Nuo Tianwang was slow at the moment. The young Yi Di had ample room to shoot one meter away from the free throw line.

Yue Yi passed the ball and Yi Di made a jump shot.

Yi Di, who defended Nowitzki for the whole game and devoted all his energy to the defensive end, used a mid-range shot to push the German team that was on the verge of death one step further.

There are only 16 seconds left.

Germany paused and arranged a three-pointer. After the run, it was King Notre Dame who finished the game.

Another three-point shot was made, but it still missed. Yao Ming collected the rebound, Kaman fouled, and there were only 1.3 seconds left.

Yao Ming made the first free throw and the Chinese team led by 4 points. This free throw was scored and basically sentenced the German team to death.

In the second penalty, Yao Ming deliberately shot the ball around his neck. The basketball bounced high. When time ran out, the score was fixed at 61:58, and the game was over.

King Nuo Tian kept watching the basketball fall to the ground, then he left his unwilling gaze and walked to the locker room with his head lowered.

He has given everything he has in this game. This is his national team and he feels that he is alone.

Playing in the NBA, even if Yao Ming has McGrady next to him, Nowitzki has never envied Yao Ming, because he has many excellent teammates around him who can help him.

Now he found himself envious of Yao Ming.

If the German team also has a defender who can pass the ball to me and score points, his national team should beat Yao Ming's national team, right?

In this low-scoring game, Nowitzki scored 26 points, one more than Yao Ming's 25 points, but no one on his team scored in double figures.

And Yao Ming has a teammate who scores in double figures. He scored 14 points and 8 assists in this game.

It was also this young man named Yue Yi who used a super difficult three-pointer to kill the Suns at the critical moment of the final stage of the NBA regular season last season, helping his team advance, but also defeated the Mavericks. Stuck behind, leading to the Mavericks' final elimination.

After a difficult victory over Germany, the Chinese team accumulated 7 points with three wins and one loss, temporarily ranking second in Group B.

The appearance of the group is no longer a problem. The coaching staff led by Yunus is studying the ranking of the Group A teams.

The best result of the Chinese team in the past years is the quarterfinals.

If we can go further in the knockout rounds, the team will create the best results in history.

Late at night on August 17, the men's basketball Group A group stage officially ended. The qualifying places were Argentina, Lithuania, Australia, and Croatia.

Of these four teams, the Chinese team certainly wants to pick Croatia. After all, this is basketball, not football, and Croatia is the relatively weakest team among them.

However, this Croatia team has been locked in by the American Dream Eight. The Dream Eight have currently won all four games in the group stage, and there is a high probability that they will not lose the next game. Even if they lose, the score advantage will allow them to lock in the first place in the group.

So Croatia is a no-brainer.

Lithuania is second and Australia is third. Of course, the Chinese team hopes to be Australia.

Lithuania did not show its true strength in the friendly match against the Chinese team. They were very strong.

In third place, Australia, the Chinese team has played against them many times, and each has its own victory or defeat. If they meet in the knockout round, the chance of defeating them will definitely be higher than that of Lithuania.

The group stage matches are intended to pave the way for the next knockout rounds. In the end, the results in the knockout rounds will have the final say.

If the Chinese team wants to face Australia, the best thing is for the Spanish team, temporarily ranked third in Group B, to lose to Angola, the scoreless boy.

This is obviously unlikely.

Also, the Chinese team defeated their last opponent, the Greek team, by a huge score, which was also very difficult.

If the Chinese team loses to the Greek team, the three teams will have 8 points with 3 wins and 2 losses.

China defeated Spain, Spain defeated Greece, and Greece defeated China. In the end, it was a matter of points.

The Spanish team currently has a point difference advantage.

There is no way, the teams in Group A are too strong and cannot relax even for a breath.

In this game with the Greek team, the Chinese team will strive to win.

As long as they win, the Chinese team will be firmly in second place and will successfully face Australia, which is third in Group A.

If you lose, you can't lose too much. If you lose too much, you will fall to fourth place due to the point difference, thus facing Argentina, which ranks first in Group A.

This will be another fight to the death.

On the morning of the 18th, Yunus clearly explained the qualifying format to the players at the team meeting. In order for the team to go further, the players put away their relaxed mentality and continued to engage in fighting.

Although they defeated Spain, the team's strength is still not strong enough. The current Chinese team is the opponent they most hope to encounter among all four teams in Group A.