The King of the NBA

In the last few minutes, Croatia launched a final counterattack.

Several Croatian players were running quickly, picking and rolling, and covering, forming a dislocation opportunity. Saric got the ball, leaned back, pushed Ning Yi away, and hit the board.

The difference is 9 points!

The Huaxia men's basketball team has the ball on the court, Li Muhao, Yi Jianlian, Ning Yi, Ding Yuhang, and Guo Ailun. Guo Ailun quickly advances to the frontcourt, but just after passing the center line, the opponent's people pounced on them very fiercely, squeezing with their bodies. Press Guo Ailun's space, interfere with him, while waving his hands, trying to steal.

Guo Ailun's heart was awe-inspiring, she tried her best to protect the ball and wrestled with the opponent.

"Split the ball."

"not good."

"Watch out behind."

When the exclamation came, Guo Ailun's heart skipped a beat. She felt her palms were empty, and her expression changed—the ball was conceded to her!

Guo Ailun is too sticky!

Ning Yi sighed in his heart, he didn't think much about it, and immediately launched a chase, but the ball still couldn't be defended, Ning Yi didn't dare to shoot casually, if a bad one would give the opponent a 2+1, it would not be worthwhile.

The score is 7 points!

Guo Ailun's face was ugly, and he raised his hand, signaling to his teammates: "It's my fault."

"It's okay, wait for the ball to be scored earlier, the opponent is going to make a final counterattack." Ning Yi stepped forward and patted Guo Ailun. Guo Ailun nodded subconsciously. They are the same age, but how they speak is the same as when they are older than me, really."

However, Guo Ailun also had to admit that what Ning Yi said was right, he was too sticky to the ball. In the situation just now, he should distribute the ball as soon as possible instead of trying to find a breakthrough by himself.

On the sidelines, Coach Gong Luming frowned and stood up. He hesitated, but he didn't call a timeout in the end.

This year's Huaxia men's basketball team has improved a lot, but Gong Luming is very clear that this is not enough. Their warm-up match is against Australia's second team and the Philippines team. They haven't tempered the team enough. They still need a stronger team. Opponents, more severe tempering, so that they can be further improved.

"To enter the top eight, or even the top four, our current strength is not enough. We must train our troops in battle, and then improve further in the competition." Gong Luming took a deep breath and sat down again, "This is In the group stage, with our strength, it should not be a big problem to get out of the group stage. Now is the time to hone them, so let them do it.”

With a difference of 7 points, the Huaxia men's basketball team attacked.

This time Guo Ailun didn't stick the ball, and Ning Yi stepped forward to catch the ball after crossing the center line. However, Croatia was consciously cutting off Ning Yi's connection with his teammates and restricting him from receiving the ball. Guo Ailun had no choice but to pass it to Ding Yuhang.

Ding Yuhang took the ball and slowed down outside the three-point line.

Ning Yi and others started to run, but they couldn't find any opportunities. Croatia is the last wave of counterattack. If they can't succeed this time, they will lose.

Therefore, they have already fought hard, the defense is extremely fierce, and they follow very closely. A few people turn around like a revolving lantern, exhausting the offensive time of the Huaxia men's basketball team.

Ning Yi frowned, tapped his toes on the floor a few times, turned his body around, and took a strange step, which shocked Bogdanovic. When he reacted, he had already been thrown away by Ning Yi.

"Give me the ball." Ning Yi shouted.

Teammates quickly passed the ball.

Ning Yi took the ball and gestured to the crowd. They pulled away, and Ning Yi immediately started, a change to the left, his body suddenly pulled up, with a little back, and a jumper shot.

"Shua!"

Go in.

On the sidelines, Jameson Repesa's heart skipped a beat, and he yelled at the field: "Defend against Ning Yi, tell you to guard against Ning Yi." What he was worried about was Ning Yi. Ning Yi scored the ball, and the point difference became 9 points.

Here, Gong Luming showed a smile, and said with a chuckle: "What is the core of the team? This is the core of the team. When the team needs to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army, this is the core."

Ning Yi's ball came in a timely manner and stabilized the situation.

Afterwards, the Huaxia men's basketball team also adapted to the opponent's crazy counterattack. The two sides played back and forth. Although the point difference was changing rapidly, the Huaxia men's basketball team always maintained the lead, which made the Croatian players feel very helpless. , obviously seeing that the point difference is not much, but just can't catch up.

In the end, the Croatian team's counterattack was no longer a threat.

In fact, at this time, they don't have the energy to counterattack anymore, because time is running out, but the score is still there. Even if they want to, there is not enough time.

"This game is won." Duan Xiaoran waved his small fist excitedly, staring at Ning Yi, his eyes glowing, "Hehe, Ning Yi is still the most handsome."

"I don't think so." On the side, a photographer colleague from "Basketball Weekly" pouted.

Duan Xiaoran became angry and raised his fist: "Are you looking for a beating?"

In the auditorium, the Chinese fans were very happy. There were only a few tens of seconds left in the game, and there were still 8 points left in the game. Croatia was over, and the overall situation of the game was set.

"It's really cool, I've been playing against Croatia."

"Happy, I just watched the warm-up match of the men's basketball team before. The opponent's strength is not strong, and they haven't worried about it. But now it's not necessary, haha."

As the fans said, the overall situation of the game has been decided.

In the last tens of seconds, there was no surprise. The Huaxia men's basketball team defeated Croatia 89:80 and won the first victory in the group stage.

In this game, Ning Yi scored 26 points, 12 assists, plus 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block. He is still comprehensive and deserves to be the core of the team.

In addition, Yi Jianlian scored 19 points and 9 rebounds; Guo Ailun scored 16 points, 3 assists, and 3 rebounds; Ding Yuhang scored 10 points and 2 rebounds. double.

The game is over, and the players from both sides embrace each other.

Ning Yi hugged Saric and Bogdanovic. Bogdanovic looked at Ning Yi's back, shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect Huaxia players to be so strong. His physical confrontation, speed, explosive power, These are no worse than me, even better than me, and the technology is much better than me."

"Yeah." Saric nodded, "Ning Yi is an amazing person. I really can't believe that he lost the election last year. Compared with him, the lottery area is nothing at all."

"So, the draft pick doesn't determine anything, at most it's just a start." Bogdanovic looked at Saric and suddenly smiled: "Although you are the 12th pick in the first round, I am the 28th pick. position, but I may not be worse than you in the future."

"That's the best." Saric also smiled, and secretly said in his heart: "My opponent is not you, my goal is a player like Ning Yi."