Chapter 22

At 8 p.m. on the 22nd, the China-Argentina battle officially kicked off at the Wukesong Basketball Arena.

As the champions and runners-up of the last Athens Olympic Games, on the surface, everyone was smiling during the pre-game handshake...

But behind the scenes, take Ginobili's constant elbowing of Su Feng's kidneys during rebounding position battles and Zhu Fangyu's sneaky elbow to Scola as examples...

On this night, whether it was the players of the Chinese men's basketball team or the Argentinian men's basketball team, they probably wished the other side could "die" right in front of them.

Argentinian fans: It's you who stole the gold medal that originally belonged to us in the last Olympic Games!

Chinese fans: So you're also Korean? You have your names engraved on the gold medal?

On the court, after the warm-up of the two teams' players, the big screen immediately showed the starting lineups for tonight:

Argentina Men's Basketball Team: Oberto, Scola, Nocioni, Ginobili, Delfino.

China Men's Basketball Team: Yao Ming, Su Feng, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Liu Wei.

Many celebrities and big shots came to the scene tonight.

And among them, the most energetic one was definitely Maradona, who had Che Guevara tattooed on his shoulder.

Whether in his past or present life, it was difficult for the Chinese to understand what Maradona meant to Argentinians.

Especially in the center of the court, when Oberto was preparing to jump ball against Yao Ming...

Originally a little nervous, he suddenly seemed like a different person after glancing at Maradona in the stands.

"Old Yao, if you lose the jump ball to this guy, then Da Ben will be the number one center in NBA history in my mind from now on."

On the court, patting Yao's back, Su Feng, who faintly felt the killing intent of these Argentinian players, looked up and said to him.

Yao Ming: "..."

Feng...

Brother Feng, here we go again?

No, Brother Feng, we are obviously a collective, but why do you only put pressure on me alone before the start of every game?

Wukesong Basketball Arena, after letting out a long sigh, silently enduring the "love" Su Feng gave him, Yao Ming successfully jumped the opening tip-off for the Chinese men's basketball team.

And at the same time...

Other Chinese players also felt the biggest difference between this semi-final and the previous games.

If the Chinese men's basketball team had won game after game along the way...

Then this game.

It was obviously a war.

Whether it was the scheming in the rebounding position battles or the small actions to test the referee's judgment scale back and forth...

Under the high press of the Argentinian players, every player on the Chinese men's basketball team was undergoing different tests.

And in the restricted area, just as Little Yao, who was made very uncomfortable by Oberto's fronting defense, was preparing to increase his strength to push him away so that he could get the best receiving position, in the arc, Su Feng suddenly called Little Yao out of the restricted area with a stern shout.

In Su Feng's original timeline, fans who had watched Little Yao's games should know that Little Yao had always been a true temperament player.

Therefore, Little Yao, who was never afraid of his opponents confronting him head-on...

Was most afraid of inside players like Oberto who played tricks on him.

In Su Feng's previous life, on November 17, 2007, in a game between the Spurs and the Rockets, although Oberto only grabbed 4 rebounds in the whole game.

But in this game, Oberto was definitely the number one contributor to the Spurs' victory.

Because throughout the game, he had been doing one thing:

Trying his best to prevent Yao Ming from staying calm.

Fronting.

Pulling the jersey.

Fouling.

Flopping.

Anyway, he would defend Yao Ming in whatever way that made him uncomfortable.

As a result...

Although Yao Ming still got a lot of points for the Rockets, in this game, Little Yao had as many as 6 turnovers in the first three quarters alone.

And this game was also an epitome of Little Yao facing Oberto this season.

Scoring, you can get it.

Matchup data, you can explode.

But there is absolutely no way you can easily score on the court.

Su Feng knew it very well.

After the lessons of four years ago, the Argentinian men's basketball team would definitely make a fuss about Little Yao in this game.

In addition, in a basketball game, it doesn't mean that I have to have the strength to defend you in order to restrict you.

No matter how strong the theoretical dominance of the "Su-Yao Combination" is...

For the well-prepared Argentinian men's basketball team tonight, they were confident that they could dismantle this unsolvable combination of the Chinese men's basketball team in this game.

At the high post, after giving Oberto a knowing look after watching Yao Ming being called out by Su Feng, Scola quietly followed.

Moreover, unlike ordinary inside players who would retreat and open up space to buy time for subsequent help defense when encountering the opponent's pick-and-roll, in this defense, Scola not only took the initiative to stick to the blind spot behind Little Yao, but also kept patiently observing the position between Yao Ming and Su Feng.

It has to be said that after playing so many iron-headed players who always liked to confront him head-on these years...

Tonight, just with this attack, Su Feng felt what it was like to lick blood on the tip of a knife.

Unlike the malicious fouls that were simply meant to anger you.

If the Puerto Rico that the Chinese men's basketball team had encountered before was just trying to disgust you for the sake of disgusting you...

Then this group of old foxes from the Argentinian men's basketball team...

They were simply masters in the art of Xie Bin.

"Put away your damn pick-and-roll! Didn't you see that I'm one-on-one with Andres (Nocioni)?"

On the court, watching Yao Ming, who was jogging towards him, about to reach the designated position, Su Feng suddenly roared at him.

And now, on the court, besides Yao Ming being stunned in place for no reason because he was yelled at by Su Feng, because Su Feng said this sentence in English, Scola was also stunned in place.

Little Yao felt wronged.

And Scola was shocked.

At the top of the arc, without any preparation.

After using his iron elbow to open Nocioni's left hand that was reaching towards his kidney, Su Feng suddenly leaned over, accelerated, and rushed into the restricted area of the Argentinian men's basketball team.

Oberto, who was left in the Argentinian three-second zone, hurriedly took a step towards the middle after seeing Su Feng's posture after accelerating, and prepared to fall backward at any time after making physical contact with Su Feng.

However, just when Oberto's face full of stubble could already feel the light breeze brought up by Su Feng's breakthrough...

Before Oberto could take the initiative to lean towards him...

Su Feng disappeared magically in front of Oberto and sent the basketball into the basket.

"What a fast 'Chinese Step'.

In private, I have asked Su many times about the 'Chinese Step'.

But to be honest, only he can accelerate while using the 'Chinese Step' without slowing down."

On the commentary booth, because he had been praising Su Feng recently, Kobe had obviously forgotten his original intention of accepting Su Feng's invitation to be a commentary guest at CCTV.

And in front of the TV, after Zhang guided translated Kobe's words...

The Kobe fans, who were annoyed by other fans saying that Kobe played like Jordan, finally found evidence to justify Kobe's name!

"It's obvious that your master plays like Jordan, I don't know why you always have to bring our Kobe in!"

"That's right! Kobe himself said that he learned to play from Su Feng!"

"From now on, those who say Kobe plays like Jordan will be regarded as fake fans!

It's okay if these people don't understand basketball, but why do they have to humiliate our Kobe with Jordan all day long?"

Uh...

To be reasonable.

If Kobe gets angry in the future because he sees these comments that he learned to play from Su Feng...

Then Su Feng won't take the blame.

And on the court, while retreating, looking at Little Yao's aggrieved face, after smiling, Su Feng explained to him: "Scola was already ambushing behind you just now, you shouldn't have noticed him, right?"

Little Yao shook his head in slight surprise, "He's been following me?"

Su Feng nodded and said, "Yes, so if you were still giving me a pick-and-roll like usual just now, then the moment you finished the pick-and-roll, that guy would most likely use a flop to trick you into fouling.

In addition, you have to be more careful when fighting for position with Oberto.

You know, the referee has been staring at you just now."

Little Yao: "..."

Don't look at Little Yao who is also an experienced player now...

But facing this kind of deliberate targeting from his opponents...

No matter how experienced he is, there is a great possibility that Little Yao will be planted on his character.

"Brother Feng, how did you manage to see through their conspiracy at a glance?" After letting out a sigh of relief, Little Yao asked curiously.

And hearing this, Su Feng thought seriously for a while and said: "Do you know why Michael Jordan is not even as good as Scottie Pippen in the eyes of these young people now?"

Wake up!

Just the little tricks that the Argentinian players were playing in their hearts and the routines they used on Little Yao...

Back then, Danzi was set up like this by Su Feng on the court a lot.

You must know that just the extremely stupid offensive fouls committed on Su Feng were enough for Jordan to go to Las Vegas afterward and lose Pippen's wages for several years to vent his anger.

On the court, it was the Argentinian men's basketball team's turn to attack.

Although the Argentinian team has many small routines on the defensive end, offense is the fundamental reason why this Argentinian golden generation can stand at the top of the world basketball world.

Tonight, Su Feng didn't want to waste his energy to match up against Ginobili.

Because in the international arena, let alone whether he can restrain this妖刀 (yao dao - demon blade, referring to Ginobili), even if he does restrain him in the end, the price would outweigh the benefits.

On the court, under the Argentinian men's basketball team's passing and cutting that seemed like it could be lost every time, Nocioni cut to the basket and received Ginobili's bounce pass to score.

This kind of extremely limited passing and cutting coordination...

At this time in 2008, only two teams in the international arena could do it.

One was Spain, who would challenge the American men's basketball team after the China-Argentina battle ended.

And the other was the Argentinian men's basketball team that the Chinese men's basketball team had to overcome tonight.

On the basketball court, in general, when facing this kind of team that is good at passing and cutting, you either choose to narrow the defensive zone to limit the activity area of the opponent's off-ball runners.

However, in this way, the opponent's outside line will definitely get more opportunities.

Or, you can be as crazy as the American men's basketball team and maintain a full-court press for the entire game through five-in-five-out substitutions.

Su Feng knew that even if this Chinese men's basketball team was no longer what it used to be, they could not do the kind of defense that the American men's basketball team could do.

So on the court, after single-handedly scoring against Nocioni on the wing, Su Feng immediately arranged for his teammates to play zone defense when he came back.

Seeing this, Sergio Hernandez, the coach of the Argentinian men's basketball team, couldn't help but frown.

Because in his opinion, the fact that the Chinese men's basketball team dared to put out a zone defense in front of this Argentinian men's basketball team with its superb outside shooting...

There must be some conspiracy hidden behind it!

However, much to Hernandez's disappointment...

Although the players on the Chinese men's basketball team were standing very close together and maintaining good defensive positions with each other...

But no matter how you look at it, this was just an ordinary zone defense.

Swish!

Outside, after Scola stood at the free throw line to break the Chinese men's basketball team's zone defense, Nocioni hit a three-pointer for the Argentinian men's basketball team on the right wing.

At this time, Zhang guided, also said with some worry on CCTV: "In this Argentinian team, many shooters have a three-point shooting percentage of more than 40% in this Olympic Games...

If they make one or two more three-pointers next, then the Chinese men's basketball team must consider adjusting their defense."

Without a doubt.

Zhang guided's judgment was correct.

However, this was based on the premise that the Argentinian men's basketball team could be accurate tonight.

On the court, after switching Delfino to his front through a pick-and-roll with Liu Wei, Su Feng directly started the post-up mode on the three-point line.

Since the start of this Olympic Games...

This was definitely Su Feng's most murderous game.

On the court, elbowing and switching to hip, hip bumping followed by elbowing.

At this moment, bearing Su Feng's unreasonable hard pounding...

Delfino, who had no love for life, had to call his teammates to help him with help defense.

However, just as Nocioni came to help, thinking that Su Feng would choose to pass the ball, he reached out to cut off Su Feng's passing lane, but was shown off by Su Feng's sudden "tornado turn".

From the perspective of a competitive team.

In the international arena, the Argentinian men's basketball team at this time was indeed a great team.

But in Su Feng's view, this team had two very fatal flaws.

One was that Ginobili's stamina was limited on the offensive end.

The second was that, limited by the players' own talents, it was difficult for them to block this kind of absolute crushing of hard power on the defensive end.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the original 2008 Olympic semi-final, the Argentinian men's basketball team was precisely defeated by the American men's basketball team by 20 points due to these two major reasons. (Note 1)

Because Ginobili's stamina made it impossible for his offense to cover the entire game, therefore, instead of how to control him, the Chinese men's basketball team only needed to control the other players of the Argentinian men's basketball team through defense.

In addition, in the situation where no one could match up against him, Su Feng knew...

In this game, it was time for him to let the Argentinian men's basketball team feel what it meant to defeat ten skills with one force.

In the first quarter, with Little Yao becoming a tool man, Su Feng took 15 shots for the Chinese men's basketball team in a single quarter, and made 9 of them, scoring a total of 23 points including free throws and three-pointers.

And you must know...

In the entire first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team's total score combined was only 28 points.

On the commentary booth, it was unknown whether Kobe was happy or not at this time.

Anyway, at Wukesong Arena...

The Argentinian fans had collectively gone blank.

Because on this night, that man dominated both ends of the court like a god.

At this time, Zhang guided, who was still worried that the Argentinian team would keep scoring through outside shooting, also discovered...

Due to the impact brought about by the defense, the Argentinian men's basketball team, who took 8 shots on the outside line in this quarter, only made 2 three-pointers.

Moreover, under Su Feng's personal defense, Scola, who was still a rookie in the entertainment circle of basketball at this time, also understood what it meant to be an old actor!

"Brother Feng, I'm not tired from playing in the first quarter, how about I go up and help you out in the second quarter?" During the intermission of the first quarter, looking down at Su Feng, Little Yao asked with concern.

However, in the situation where he played so crazy in the first quarter...

To be honest...

Su Feng was really not tired at all tonight.

Because...

The Argentinian men's basketball team's defense in FIBA is based on their team's tacit understanding and various small routines.

But facing a monster like Su Feng...

How can you let Nocioni, Delfino, Ginobili, Scola, etc., who are not good at defending in the NBA on a regular basis, defend?

Since this game was a war from the beginning.

Then who told the Argentinian fans that the Chinese team would not use nuclear weapons in this game?

In Su Feng's previous life, if the American team crushed this Argentinian men's basketball team with talent...

Then on this night, the Chinese men's basketball team did the same.

Before the game, when Hernandez, the coach of the Argentinian men's basketball team, was confidently preparing to dismantle the unsolvable combination of Su Feng and Yao Ming...

He forgot one very important thing.

That was, under the premise of having to be distracted to control Little Yao, the Argentinian men's basketball team was already deeply trapped in the beating of this unsolvable combination.

The reason why an unsolvable combination is unsolvable.

It is often not that the two of them must play with so much tacit understanding on the court.

For example, the "OK" in Su Feng's memory.

As long as these two people appear on the court at the same time, then their existence will be constantly restraining your defense.

Maybe, sometimes another person in this combination plays better.

However, this does not mean that you have successfully cracked this combination.

On the sideline, after patting Little Yao's back, Su Feng smiled and said, "In the second quarter, you can play at the beginning.

But tonight, I won't pass the ball to you."

Yao Ming: "..."

Damn it, Brother Feng!

Are you now so confident when choosing to block the pass button?

"Because, I need you to recharge your energy to help me in the final." Before the start of the second quarter, looking at Yao Ming, Su Feng said.

And hearing this, after taking a deep breath, Little Yao finally understood why Su Feng had been wearing a "strangers should not approach me" expression since last night...

On the court, in the second quarter, the Argentinian substitutes were taken off the court by Hernandez after only staying on the court for two minutes.

Because by this time, Hernandez discovered...

The Chinese men's basketball team had not considered using conventional weapons to compete with Argentina tonight at all.

In the world of basketball, the greatest respect for an opponent who can threaten you is to keep playing to the end in the way you are best at.

Pull-up jumpers.

Fadeaways.

Strong drives.

Wukesong Arena.

Under Su Feng's round after round of bombardment...

Watching Maradona, who was silent with the Argentinian fans...

The nearly 20,000 Chinese fans at the scene finally reacted at this time...

What does having Su Feng mean to Chinese basketball?

In the second half, although Ginobili also borrowed his jersey from God...

However, Davis, the coach of the American men's basketball team who was about to appear on stage after this game in the player tunnel, gave this Argentinian men's basketball team an advance "death sentence"...

"If you want to defeat the team that Su is on, without a player who can match up against him, you can't do it at all."

And after turning his head and patting James and Wade on the shoulders, Davis continued: "But fortunately, we not only have them, but we also have two of them."

James: "..."

Wade: "..."

Are... Are you serious, Master Zen?

On the sideline, watching Su Feng, who kept repeating that beautiful performance on this night, James and Wade almost simultaneously reached a consensus in their hearts at this moment.

And on the court, as the score of this game was finally set at 94 to 83, the Chinese men's basketball team also successfully advanced to the final of this Olympic men's basketball competition.

According to the schedule, they will face the winner between Spain and the United States on the afternoon of the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games for the final showdown.

"Alas... I'm just too strong!"

On the court...

After shaking hands with the Argentinian men's basketball team players, Su Feng turned around and looked at Little Yao with a helpless expression.

"Can launch attacks from every angle;

And also has an almost perfect body of muscles;

Even if the opponent racks his brains, he can only watch him put the ball in;

In the world of basketball, does such a perfect player really exist?

Of course, it exists.

Because that person is me!"

On the Chinese men's basketball team's bench, watching the new Olympic men's basketball single-game scoring record of 69 points that he created on this night on the big screen at the scene, Su Feng looked at his teammates with a "humble" expression, with his hands on his hips and said...

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