The Godfather of Basketball

"Ding! Release the system task, get the Olympic medal, reward: 1 honor point."

When Tang Tian was beating himself up a little bit, the system's notification sound suddenly came from his mind.

The mission came again.

However, there is only 1 honor point.

This system is still as good as ever.

Beijing time on August 24th, the last competition day of the Olympic Games.

At 12:00 noon, the 3/4 finals between the Chinese team and the Spanish team kicked off at the Wukesong Stadium.

Although it was noon, the audience seats in the arena were full. The hot weather did not deter the fans, on the contrary, it ignited the fire of enthusiasm in their hearts.

"China team, medals!", "History is today", "Beat Spain, again!"...

KT boards like this can be seen everywhere.

When the Chinese team came out of the player tunnel, there was deafening cheers instantly.

After reaching the Final Four, this team is already the pride of all of them.

Looking at the players of the Spanish team at this time, they no longer had the look of frustration they had before. After all, they are all professional athletes, and what Tang Tian can do, an old coach like Aito can also do well.

This is bound to be an uphill battle.

After the pre-match warm-up, the starting players of the two teams appeared one after another.

The starting lineup of the Chinese team has not changed, the outside line is still Liu Wei and Sun Yue's dual-control combination, the striker is Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian, and the center is Yao Ming.

The starting lineup of the Spanish team has changed a lot from the group stage. Calderon and Navarro have become the team's starting backcourt, Fernandez has swung to the 3rd position, and the Gasol brothers are inside. All together.

This is to put the team's strongest lineup directly in the starting lineup. The meaning is obvious, and it will never give you the opportunity for the Chinese team to take advantage of the opening.

The jump ball on both sides, the more interesting point is that the two teams have changed individuals, the Spanish team is Gasol Jr., and the Chinese team is replaced by Yi Jianlian.

It can be seen that both teams attach great importance to the opening.

"beep!"

As the referee blew the whistle, Yi Jianlian took the lead and swung the ball back to the Chinese team's half before Gasol's long arm touched the ball.

Immediately there was warm cheers at the scene.

In the key battle, every ball must be contested.

Sun Yue controlled the ball and pushed forward, directly passing the ball to the high post Yao Ming.

From training to actual combat, and now to the last match of the Olympic Games, this team is already very familiar with Tang Tian's tactical system.

The Spanish team made adjustments on defense.

In the group stage, Garbajosa defended Yao Ming most of the time. Although Gasol was replaced this time, Gasol was used to defend.

Yao Ming responded at the free throw line, and the players of the Chinese team quickly started to move. Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian crossed and cut to the basket, while Zhu Fangyu and Liu Wei used their pick-and-roll to go outside.

Although the player's ability has weakened, Tang Tian's system is still running successfully.

Yao Ming threw his hand to Yi Jianlian, Yi Jianlian made a quick stop jump shot that decelerated, and the basketball drew a high parabola.

Gasol Jr. has a long wingspan, but after all, he is the tonnage of a center forward, and his speed is half a beat slower.

"Shua!"

Yi Jianlian's mid-range hit, his touch today looks very good.

Tang Tian also nodded in satisfaction at this time.

Because of the lack of honor points, he only exchanged Yi Jianlian's basketball IQ. After catching the ball just now, he could go straight to the layup or make an emergency stop to shoot. But Yi Jianlian saw that Gasol was moving slowly. Choosing the latter is the embodiment of this aspect.

But this is the only thing that can be improved. Yi Jianlian's shooting is unstable, so it depends on the sky.

The good news is that, in his shooting barometer, today is a sunny day.

In the Spanish team's offense, Gasol stood high and Gasol Jr. fell low.

With Navarro and Fernandez's running and containment on the outside, Gasol stretched out his long arms and lobbed the ball to Gasol Jr. inside.

After receiving the ball, Gasol carried Yi Jianlian, a close-range hook.

Yi Jianlian was at a great disadvantage in confrontation. Although he tried his best, he still couldn't reach it.

"boom!"

The ball rolls into the hoop after hitting the board.

There was a sigh of relief.

This little Gasol was fat enough to be a ball in the Spanish League before, and he played under Tang Tian for a season in the Rockets, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds.

Tang Tian cultivated talents for his opponent!

Tang Tian also stood up at this time and signaled to switch defenses. Yi Jianlian's current size is too small to deal with Gasol.

The Chinese team's offense, Yao Ming sent a pass to Zhu Fangyu, but Zhu Fangyu's shot was a bit long, and the ball hit the edge of the basket and bounced high.

Gasol turned around to receive the defensive rebound, but at this moment, Yi Jianlian suddenly jumped up from the side, reached out and took the ball into his arms.

Although the confrontation is not as good as that of Gasol, his jumping is very good.

Gasol didn't seem to expect that Yi Jianlian would come out, and his action was half a beat slow. When Yi Jianlian made a quick shot, his block became a thug.

Yi Jianlian went to the free throw line and made both free throws.

The scene cheered loudly.

In these sunny days, Yi Jianlian's state is as good as his touch.

In the Spanish team's offense, Pau Gasol fell to a high position, but when he looked back, he found that the person defending him had become Yi Jianlian.

There is no defense for three seconds in international basketball games, so Yao Ming is going to the basket.

It is obviously meaningless to hang Gasol again. Gasol circled and gestured to Navarro with his eyes, and Navarro ran over.

The two cooperated tacitly. The moment Navarro received the ball, Gasol made a solid pick-and-roll for him.

Navarro catches the ball and shoots.

"Shua!"

The shot was solid.

Although Navarro's performance in the NBA is not outstanding, but as the king of Europe, his strength in the international arena is the top category.

"Switch the defense faster." Tang Tian continued to shout at Yi Jianlian from the sidelines at this moment.

The game was very tense from the very beginning, he has been standing on the sidelines, and he has no intention of resting.

The trend of the game also fulfilled this point.

Zhu Fangyu scored a three-pointer here, and Fernandez immediately returned one over there.

Navarro broke one here, and Sun Yue immediately returned a big hat over there.

Here, Yao Ming grabbed the frontcourt and made a foul and hit 2 free throws. Over there, Gasol also immediately responded with a high jumper.

With the back and forth of the two sides, the emotions of the fans on the scene also rose and fell.

After more than half a quarter of the game, the two sides tied for 13.

The game neither had an absolute advantage as Aito expected, nor did the Chinese team take the lead at the beginning as the fans imagined.

The two sides fought a close match.

At the end of the first quarter, both sides began to rotate players.

The Spanish team only left Fernandez as a starter.

The Chinese team also made substitutions one after another, but unlike the previous games, Tang Tian replaced Sun Yue and Yao Ming, but still left Yi Jianlian on the field.