"Pay more attention to helping defense inside, and be quicker when returning to defense. Make bigger foul motions, don't give them easy chances to score!"

With the score tight and the situation unfavorable, Li Chunjiang began to get anxious.

If they lost this game, the Chinese team would stop at the top 16 and would need to play in the ranking matches with Iran to compete for the direct qualification for next year's Olympics.

That was definitely not what fans wanted to see or could accept.

After all, this Chinese team had three NBA players, and even more, Tang Tian, the world's number one basketball player.

Not to mention Li Chunjiang, Yao Ming on the stands was also under a lot of pressure, with his hands on his chin.

Reform needs motivation, and the results of world competitions are crucial.

If the men's basketball team fell here, the resistance he encountered in the reform would also increase visibly.

Tang Tian reached out to touch Li Chunjiang's head at this moment, but in the end, he patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous.

Li Chunjiang saw the calm look in Tang Tian's eyes, and his originally tense expression eased slightly.

"Let's put on the offensive lineup."

He then only said one sentence.

Li Chunjiang nodded.

After more than three quarters of the game, no matter what lineup he used, the inside couldn't defend against Embiid and Siakam.

Since they couldn't defend, they might as well let go and go on the offensive, after all, a three-pointer from the outside is one point more than a two-pointer.

And they needed to win by more than 10 points to advance, so they also needed offense to widen the score at this time.

When the timeout returned, the Chinese team made a large-scale substitution, with Fang Shuo and Ding Yanyuhang on the outside, Tang Tian and Abudushalamu on the front line, and Yi Jianlian as the center.

This was a lineup with one big and four small players.

Tang Tian gathered the players together before taking the court.

"Remember when we played against Canada before? If there's an opportunity on the outside, shoot. It will definitely go in."

The teammates nodded after hearing this.

During the warm-up match, they didn't know what Tang Tian's confidence was based on, and they still didn't know now.

But in the game against Canada, they did score consecutive shots as if they were divinely assisted, and now that Tang Tian mentioned it again, they instantly felt full of confidence.

No matter what the reason was, if they could have that kind of experience again, they would believe it even if Tang Tian told them it was a system cheat.

"This lineup is right at this time, we need to fight for points."

On the commentary stand, Su Qun was nervous and excited when he saw the Chinese team change to this lineup.

This was completely a desperate lineup; if you don't kill them, you will definitely be killed by them.

When the timeout returned, Ding Yanyuhang dribbled the ball to the front court, and Tang Tian took the ball outside the three-point line and made a shooting motion.

"That's how to play. Tang Tian should shoot more three-pointers now..."

Zhang Weiping said on the commentary stand.

However, Tang Tian didn't shoot, but used a fake shot plus three-threat to shake off Mbah a Moute, and then broke through with the ball.

"Breaking through to the inside is also right. Now Embiid and Siakam have three fouls each. If you draw two more fouls, you can get them both off the court."

Zhang Weiping said, catching the ball.

The Cameroon team contracted the defense, Tang Tian did not force the attack, but chose to pass the ball to Abudushalamu in the corner.

"Why did he pass the ball..."

Zhang Weiping made a pitying sound.

He knew that the Chinese team needed to score now, but whether it was a three-pointer or drawing a foul, Tang Tian's choice was better than passing the ball, because Tang Tian's scoring confidence was obviously the greatest at critical moments.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, Abudushalamu's three-pointer went in!

"Good shot!"

Zhang Weiping, who was still regretting it the second before, suddenly changed his tune.

He was really quite experienced in this area of switching tones.

The audience also burst into cheers.

The Chinese team really needed three-pointers now, and Abudushalamu's three-pointer came too timely!

Embiid turned around and forced a shot, causing Yi Jianlian's defensive foul, and made both free throws on the free-throw line.

79 to 78, the Chinese team led by one point.

Tang Tian continued to break through in the frontcourt, and the Cameroon team continued to contract.

This time he passed the ball to Yi Jianlian at the top of the arc. Yi Jianlian took the ball and shot against Christian's help defense.

The ball drew a high arc in the air.

"Swish!"

It went in too!

The audience burst into cheers, and the Chinese team had hit two consecutive three-pointers after the timeout!

The point difference came to 4 points!

However, Siakam broke through to the basket on the frontcourt, and Abudushalamu directly pulled him down in advance.

Siakam had some objections, but this was also Li Chunjiang's request, fouling to prevent the Cameroon team from scoring 2+1.

Siakam had a free throw opportunity. He flicked his hand and made the first free throw, but missed the second.

Yi Jianlian grabbed the defensive rebound.

One out of two free throws, Abudushalamu's foul was worth it!

Tang Tian broke through again in the frontcourt, and Cameroon's contraction began to hesitate.

This was also reasonable. The Chinese team was shooting so accurately from the outside that they couldn't possibly remain indifferent.

But it was this hesitation that allowed Tang Tian to break through to the basket, and his shot after confronting Embiid went in, causing the latter's fourth personal foul!

"Beautiful!"

Zhang Weiping on the commentary stand couldn't help but shout excitedly.

This 2+1, plus the previous two three-pointers, was equivalent to the Chinese team scoring 9 points in three rounds!

This scoring efficiency was simply amazing!

After the timeout, the Chinese team had simply become a different team.

Li Chunjiang's substitution was simply a magical operation!

The live camera gave Li Chunjiang a shot in the first time.

As a result, Li Chunjiang also had an incredible look on his face in the camera.

Obviously, he didn't know what was happening on the court of the Chinese team.

"Defense! Defense!"

However, the fans didn't have time to care about Li Chunjiang's expression at this time, they were cheering for the Chinese team in unison.

In the cheering sound, Yi Jianlian forcibly withstood Embiid's offense and turned around to grab the defensive rebound.

Embiid believed that there was a foul on this ball and turned to argue with the referee.

But the referee did not react. After all, the Chinese team was the host. For fouls that could be called or not, the referee would definitely tend not to call them.

And also when Embiid was complaining, the Chinese team took the opportunity to launch a fast break.

Tang Tian dribbled the ball to the three-point line in the frontcourt. Seeing Ding Yanyuhang fast break to the three-second zone, he directly chose to stop suddenly for a three-pointer.

The Chinese team needed three-pointers to widen the point difference.

And Ding Yanyuhang had already reached the basket, so even if it didn't go in, they could get the offensive rebound.

Seeing Tang Tian's fast break for a three-pointer, the breath of the fans at the scene was raised to their throats.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, their breath instantly turned into cheers.

Tang Tian's three-pointer went in!

88 to 79!

After the timeout, the Chinese team fired all arrows, launching a 12-3 offensive wave and widening the point difference to 9 points at once!

Before the timeout, the stalemate made fans at the scene and in front of the TV feel desperate for a while.

But after the timeout, the Chinese team fired all arrows, hitting 3 three-pointers in a row, plus Tang Tian's 2+1, and broke the situation at once!

Now there were still two minutes before the end of the game, and the Chinese team was only two points away from advancing, just one ball!