The Bayi men's basketball team missed the final by three points, only to lose
The first three sections are behind the two digit difference, and the last section is crazy to 'fill the pit' & hellip& hellip; On the evening of October 25, the men's basketball team of the military games played Lithuania in the semi-final, and the Chinese men's basketball team finally lost 67-70.
When the final whistle sounded, the players silently walked back to the bench with lonely faces. Until the post game press conference, Raymond also stood up and took responsibility, 'as captain, I have responsibility.'
But Wang Zhizhi, the coach who led the team to the military games for the first time, encouraged the team members, 'the military games is a baptism for them. The military games are not as simple as everyone imagined, and there will be pressure to fight & hellip& hellip;'
Wang Zhelin 16 + 8, 'everyone did their best'
With a record of four full wins in the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the semi-finals with Lithuania. This is the first European team encountered by the Chinese men's basketball team in the current military games.
But in the end, the Chinese men's basketball team still failed to get one step closer to the championship.
With four and a half points left in the first quarter, the Chinese team was pulled to double digits by Lithuania. In the starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team, no one could stand up except Tian Yuxiang and Xu Zhonghao.
Head coach Wang Zhizhi rotates the lineup, and Wang Zhelin and Guo Haowen go into battle. In the first round of the game, Guo Haowen broke through and scored an inside layup, and Wang Zhelin also strengthened his offensive firepower. They led the Chinese men's basketball team to a small climax of 6-0 counterattack.
However, the team worked hard to attack the city and pull out the stronghold at the offensive end, but the defensive end repeatedly leaked people and easily gave the opponent empty space opportunities. Throughout the first half, the Chinese men's basketball team was more 'digging a hole'.
When the opponent's three-point and multi-point air contact blossomed, the Chinese men's basketball team only got 8 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, which can only be supported by Wang Zhelin's continuous back playing, making fouls and going to the free throw line.
The change took place in the second half.
In the second half, role players such as Tian Yuxiang and Fu Hao began to take more responsibility: hit medium and long-range shots, rely on the defender to turn and complete the high board. At the same time, Captain Raymond also scored three points, and the difference was reduced to single digits.
The balance of victory seems to be tilting towards the Chinese men's basketball team. Especially in the fourth quarter, Wang Zhelin fought for offensive rebounds under the bag of two or three people on the other side's inside line again and again, clenched the score by relying on the second attack, and constantly communicated with the referee about the penalty of out of bounds. It can be seen how much he and the Chinese team want to win the game.
However, with the last three-point shot of Alston, the Chinese team regretted that they lost the game with a disadvantage of three points. They had shown enough desire for victory, but they finally failed to 'fill the pit'.
In the whole game, Wang Zhelin scored 16 points and 8 rebounds, and offered a three-point attack he was not good at. Fu Hao, Raymond and Tian Yuxiang also scored double. Captain Raymond frankly said, 'everyone did their best'.
Wang Zhizhi: the military games are not simple, but there will also be pressure
He didn't give up until the last second of the game. Even if the difference was opened, he always worked hard. The Chinese men's basketball team has shown the quality and style of Chinese soldiers.
The captain of the Lithuanian team frankly said, 'the Chinese team is the strongest opponent we have met so far.' Coach Marius also praised the Chinese team, 'they are very tenacious, played very good basketball, and their technical and tactical level is very high, which is equal to our strength.'
Before the game against Lithuania, the Chinese men's basketball team had a big victory against the United States, Qatar, Mongolia and other teams, and could win 24.5 points per game. However, the Chinese men's basketball team was still better than its opponents in terms of three-point shooting rate, steals and other data.
"The main reason is that the first half was not handled well and the mood was quite impatient." Wang Zhizhi analyzed, "this impatient mood comes from the desire to win and always wants to & lsquo; Kill & rsquo;, If you can't make progress in several rounds, you will have impatience, which will spread again & hellip& hellip;'
"We want to speed up the defense first, then rebound and counterattack, including three points from Alston, Guo Haowen's breakthrough and Wang Zhelin's basket."
In the second half, according to such a strategy, the Chinese men's basketball team gradually gained the upper hand on the scene and almost reversed.
The Chinese team regretted losing the chance to compete for the gold medal. A whole summer of preparation, Bayi men's basketball team missed the CBA pre-season just for training, but they still couldn't go further.
But Wang Zhizhi also stressed that "the military games are not as simple and easy as the outside world says. Reality is reality. If they really play games, they still have a lot of pressure."
In any case, the military games is a valuable training opportunity for these young men. As Wang Zhizhi said, "the military games is also a baptism for them. It has taught our team members and coaches a good lesson. If we deal with some things badly, the balance of victory will fall to each other."
The game against Lithuania is a thing of the past. On the afternoon of the 26th, the Chinese men's basketball team will compete for the bronze medal with Brazil. For this, Raymond said, "the game is not over, start and finish well, adjust your mentality and play the last game."