Chapter 9 9 Points!

When the 20-point difference suddenly turned into only 9 points, everyone felt incredible.

Most people didn't even realize that the Chinese team had caught up, because the US team didn't have any problems in the third quarter!

But the score, just like that, was caught up!

From impossible to possible, the Chinese team took 7 minutes!

In the last three minutes of this quarter, the two teams each scored another 6 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the score on the field was fixed at 68 to 59, with the US team maintaining a 9-point lead.

Everyone thought that it was suicide for the Chinese team to play offense against the US team, including the US team itself.

But knowing it couldn't be done, the Chinese team miraculously did it!

Just like those upset games, the weaker side winning before the game is seen as unreasonable and unscientific!

But so-called upsets are beyond the scope of reason and science, and are part of the charm of basketball.

Just like the Dream Six team in Athens in 2004.

Everyone remembers that they lost to Argentina's Golden Generation, but few remember that they lost to Lithuania, or even Puerto Rico.

Lithuania is a strong European team with excellent results in world competitions. It was the second-tier team outside the United States at that time, with similar strength to Argentina.

The US team only lost by 4 points at the time, which was not too much of an upset.

But in that Olympic Games, when the US team played against Puerto Rico, they not only lost, but also lost by a record 19 points!

What did that Puerto Rican team have?

The more famous one was Carlos Arroyo, who averaged 12.6 points and 5 assists in the NBA in the 2003-2004 season!

Compared with the Chinese team's performance in the third quarter, that was even more unscientific and unreasonable!

But, this is an upset, this is the charm of basketball!

Now the men's basketball team has a good chance to become the next Puerto Rico team, an opportunity they created themselves.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Tang Tian still stayed on the court, and he couldn't rest off the court for a minute now.

However, Ding Yanyuhang and Guo Ailun, who performed well in the third quarter, including Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi, were off to rest.

Tang Tian's stamina was not enough because he had been the main attacker, but the stamina of Chinese players has always been a big problem, and those who are not main attackers also lose their stamina quickly.

At the beginning of this quarter, Tang Tian led the team, plus Zhao Jiwei, Zhou Peng, Kelan Baike, and Wang Zhelin.

On the US team's side, Durant led the team, Lowry, Butler, George, Durant, and Cousins.

Cousins ​​scored with a strong attack on Wang Zhelin inside, opening the curtain for the fourth quarter of the game between the two sides.

Tang Tian broke through the double-team of Lowry and Butler, and shot after confronting Cousins, but unfortunately missed.

He didn't rest for a minute after playing three quarters, and his stamina began to be a problem.

The US team launched a counterattack, George's three-pointer after receiving a pass from Lowry missed, but Cousins ​​grabbed the offensive rebound and continued to score while pressing Wang Zhelin.

Tang Tian's emergency stop jumper went in.

Turning back, Cousins ​​continued to score under the basket after receiving the ball.

Wang Zhelin was educated by Cousins!

Zhou Peng's three-pointer after receiving a pass from Tang Tian missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Cousins.

In the US team's frontcourt offense, Cousins ​​passed the ball to George after being double-teamed by Kelan Baike, and the latter's mid-range shot went in.

The original 9-point difference was instantly widened to 15 points!

Just like they didn't feel how the Chinese team was chasing points in the third quarter, in less than three minutes in the fourth quarter, the fans didn't react, and the situation on the field changed again in an instant!

The Chinese team called a timeout.

"It's still a bit short."

On the domestic broadcast, Zhang Weiping said with regret.

He understands basketball.

Ordinary people didn't see how the Chinese team chased points in the third quarter, but he could see it.

It all depends on one breath.

Being hit, diving for steals, desperate layups...

That kind of death-charge scoring method ensures that there are scores in every round.

The US team didn't make a few shots, and the Chinese team took advantage of the situation to successfully narrow the score to single digits.

But one effort falters, then declines, then collapses.

In the last three minutes of the third quarter, the Chinese team failed to continue to close the score, and the momentum of chasing points had weakened.

By the time of the break between the third and fourth quarters, it was completely exhausted.

Now that the momentum is gone, these few minutes in the fourth quarter are the normal performance of the two teams' strength.

Just like he said, it's really a bit short.

But this is also unavoidable, the gap in strength between the two teams is there.

Just then, something strange happened on the court.

Li Nan reappeared with suffocating operations, and he called two timeouts in a row!

This is to buy Tang Tian more rest time!

However, the fans have seen it several times, and Tang Tian has not rested for a minute in this game, so this wave of operations did not cause too much commotion.

After two timeouts, the game continued on the court.

The Chinese team made a large number of substitutions, with Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang, Zhou Qi, and Yi Jianlian all coming on.

The Chinese team took out the death-charge lineup from the third quarter.

The US team's response from Coach K was also very quick, putting on a small lineup of Green, Durant, Butler, Thompson, and Irving.

In the last 7 minutes, with a 15-point difference, the two sides entered the final battle.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were also continuously high at this time.

The game, which was originally one-sided at the end of the first half, was given suspense by the Chinese team's wave of death charges in the third quarter.

Although the point difference was reopened to 15 points in the past three minutes, no one knew whether what happened in the third quarter would happen again.

The Chinese team won everyone's respect with their performance in the third quarter, and also aroused everyone's expectations!

The Chinese team attacks first after the timeout.

Guo Ailun directly held the ball and attacked Irving, forcing him to stop under the basket, and the reluctant shot after the confrontation was not strong enough, and the ball hit the front edge of the basket and popped out.

Irving is a defensive sieve in the NBA, in front of Tang Tian, but in front of others, his confrontation and defensive ability are still first-class.

But at this moment, a figure cut in from the middle and leaped up.

"Bang!"

He directly pressed the ball back into the basket!

Tang Tian!

The cheers at the scene exploded instantly, this dunk was earth-shattering!

Tang Tian was very calm after landing, signaling his teammates to quickly retreat while looking for a chance to steal.

The US team rushed to fast break, and Green's pass was judged by Tang Tian and directly stolen!

Tang Tian's fast break layup after the steal.

All the other players of the US team pressed forward, leaving only Irving and Green in the backcourt. Green wanted to forcibly foul to stop it.

Tang Tian had predicted it, a beautiful deceleration and then acceleration breakthrough, directly passed Green and made a layup.

Irving turned around and pulled, but couldn't hold it. Tang Tian put the ball in, and the baseline referee also blew the whistle.

This is a 2+1!

The cheers at the scene have exploded.

After Tang Tian re-entered the game, he completed two waves of offense in a row within a minute!

With a chance for an additional penalty, Tang Tian steadily made the free throw.

The 15-point difference was only 10 points in the blink of an eye!

Tang Tian's expression was still very calm.

Yi Jianlian, Ding Yanyuhang, Guo Ailun, Zhou Qi...these teammates have already made contributions in the third quarter.

Now, it's his time to stand up.

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