The King of the NBA

The Spanish team has a very strong lineup. As the hosts, they are bound to win this game, because they have great ambitions, not just to enter the semi-finals, but to enter the finals and compete with the US team.

However, the strength of the Huaxia men's basketball team should not be underestimated, especially Ning Yi. I am afraid that except for the US team, no other team would dare to ignore his existence.

So for the sake of insurance, the Spanish team directly sacrificed the twin towers. The starting lineup included Paul Gasol and Marc Gasol, the small forward was Felipe Reyes, and the shooting guard Rudy Fernandez, The point guard is Ricky Rubio.

Paul Gasol is 213 cm tall, and Marc Gasol is 216 cm tall. The twin towers of the Gasol brothers can be described as full of deterrence on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol are the top two points scored by the Spanish team in this Men's Basketball World Cup, which shows their strength.

Since the opponent's twin towers were too intimidating, Gong Luming also changed the starting lineup, sending Li Muhao, Yi Jianlian, Ning Yi, Sun Yue, and Guo Ailun.

The Huaxia men's basketball lineup cannot compare with Spain in terms of height, so they can only win by speed, so Gong Luming sent Li Muhao instead of Wang Zelin.

"Snapped!"

With the jump ball, Li Muhao lost without a surprise, Gasol patted the ball to the backcourt, and Rubio controlled the ball.

Since the Spanish team has sacrificed a twin-tower lineup, it must be a positional battle, so Rubio is not in a hurry, and advances to the front court without haste, and can't help but glance at Ning Yi.

Sensing Rubio looking over, Ning Yi also looked at Rubio and grinned at Rubio.

"This guy, the improvement is really too fast. It's only been a few months, and the improvement in strength is scary." Rubio secretly sighed in his heart. He and Ning Yi were teammates of the Timberwolves, but now they are opponents.

Rubio walked to the right, passed by Reyes, passed the ball to Reyes, and reminded Reyes by the way: "Be careful with Ning Yi."

"Well." Reyes responded, glanced at Ning Yi, hesitated for a moment, still did not choose singles, but gave the ball to Gasol in the low post.

Gasol averaged 20.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in this Men's Basketball World Cup. At the age of 34, he is still strong. After getting the ball, he played back singles. He took two steps back and then turned around a half , raised the ball high with both hands, and I didn't see how he jumped, so he just tossed it.

Swish!

The goal is scored, the score is 2:0.

Li Muhao raised his hands, but he was helpless. Pau Gasol is used to holding high and hitting high. Where is his height, his wrist skills are not weak, and his grasp of timing and use of skills are better than Li Muhao's. In one-on-one situations, Li Muhao couldn't defend himself at all.

This is also expected, but it's nothing. The Huaxia men's basketball team quickly launched a counterattack.

The Huaxia men's basketball team wants speed, so naturally they can't follow the rhythm of the Spanish team. Gong Luming also adjusted the tactical strategy. Ning Yi directly took the ball in the backcourt and pushed forward. After reaching the frontcourt, Ning Yi took a look at the field In the current situation, he made a gesture to break through, and then dribbled the ball behind his back, making Reyes think that Ning Yi was going to take a step back and shoot, subconsciously raised his center of gravity, and threw his body forward.

The next moment, Reyes' heart skipped a beat: "I've been fooled."

Ning Yi was just a fake move. After dribbling the ball behind his back, he immediately lowered his center of gravity, and his speed exploded. He passed by Reyes like a whirlwind and rushed to the Spanish inside.

At this time, the size of Gasol shrinks instantly, forming a wall of people in front of Ning Yi, but what Ning Yi wants is this effect, and the size of Gasol shrinks together, which means that the entire defense line of the Spanish team will change. There must be a defensive loophole, Ning Yi keenly grasped this point, flicked his wrist, and passed it to the outside line.

Outside the three-point line, Guo Ailun received the ball and made a three-pointer.

boom!

With a muffled sound, Gasol jumped up and took the ball into his arms.

Ning Yi couldn't help frowning, the big and small Gasol towers protect the rebounds very well, if they are there, as long as he doesn't make a move on his side, he basically won't get a second rebound.

This is a hassle.

In fact, the trouble is not only that.

In the first few minutes of the first quarter, Ning Yi was organizing the offense, but the Huaxia men's basketball team was obviously not in good shape, and some obviously open balls were not able to make shots.

Moreover, on the defensive end, the defense of the Huaxia men's basketball team is also very problematic, especially the interior defense. Against the Gasol brothers, even Yi Jianlian can't take advantage of it.

This is not the most serious, the most serious is morale and fighting spirit.

Just as Gong Luming was worried, after entering the top eight, the players' hearts were loosened.

Under such circumstances, it would be fine if they played smoothly at the beginning, but now facing the Spanish Twin Towers, the Huaxia men's basketball team did not go well at the beginning. Under such circumstances, the players' fighting spirit became more and more lax.

"beep"

Gong Luming asked for a timeout.

When the players came down, Gong Luming turned black and directly replaced them: "Li Muhao, Sun Yue, you two get off. As I said, if anyone has a bad attitude, he should sit on the bench for me. You guys should reflect on it. Bar."

Li Muhao and Sun Yue were startled, they opened their mouths, but they didn't dare to refute.

Gong Luming was right. There was indeed a problem with their mentality. They were not active defensively and offensively.

Seeing that Gong Luming was serious, the others couldn't help being awe-inspiring, and quickly corrected their attitude, not daring to be careless anymore, they didn't want to sit on the bench like Li Muhao and Sun Yue.

"Let me talk about it." Gong Luming didn't even look at Li Muhao and Sun Yue, spread out the tactics board, and began to arrange tactics.

Soon, the pause is over.

The two sides returned to the field. Li Muhao and Sun Yue of the Huaxia men's basketball team went down and replaced Wang Zhelin and Ding Yuhang.

The Spanish team also changed on one side, Gasol was replaced by Ibaka.

Before the timeout, the Spanish team had already led by 7 points. After the timeout, although the Spanish team did not have the twin towers, the combination of Ibaka and Gasol Jr. is not weak, and the offensive and defensive threats are still great.

On Huaxia's side, Ning Yi started more personal attacks.

Facts have proved that there is a problem with the mentality of his teammates. Ning Yi is not sure whether they have adjusted now. He only knows that the point difference should not be too large, and it must be controlled within ten points.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Ning Yi shot and hit the iron.

Yi Jianlian flew up, got the second rebound, made a fake move, and jumped up Ibaka, and then he jumped up, leaned on Ibaka, scored the ball, and caused Ibaka Baka fouled.

Ning Yi stepped forward, clapped hands with Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian grabbed Ning Yi and said, "Don't worry, you won't fight alone, at least I will accompany you."

"Well." Ning Yi felt warm in his heart, but he also knew that today is destined to be a tough battle!