Chapter 937 Defeat Croatia and Reach the Semi-Finals!
"NICE! NICE! Let's fight like this!" Ji Feng and Wang Shipeng bumped their chests to celebrate, and then walked back to the bench arm in arm.
Croatia called a timeout again. This was their last timeout, but there was no way. It wasn't needed at this time, and it probably wouldn't be necessary to use it in another minute.
Lipisa's suit was now in disarray, the tactical board in his hand was almost broken, and there was still a strand of hair on his left hand that he had just pulled off after watching Ji Feng lay up.
Looking at the few hairs on Lipisa's head, you can understand how much stimulation this ball gave him.
Lipisa can now finally understand the feelings of those teams that were destroyed by Ji Feng. The threat of such a player who can shoot and defend suddenly is too exaggerated. How he hopes his team now has A superstar like Ji Feng would have a player he could rely on at such a moment.
But no, so Lipisa can only do his last part. After all, the ball is played by the players, and no coach can do it at this moment.
The Chinese team is ready!
And the commentators are praising Ji Feng like crazy. He has scored a huge double-double with 44 points and 10 assists in 33 minutes of playing. In the last quarter, he scored the most critical 7 points, and his shooting percentage is still above 60%. Such a heroic performance brought countless people to their knees.
Barkley was worshiping on the live broadcast stage, with an incredible expression on his face, and TNT had a large influx of viewers because they discovered that Barkley now has the potential to be a prophet.
The atmosphere in the ESPN commentary box next door was a bit awkward. Pippen had not spoken for a long time because he didn't know what to say. Ji Feng completely slapped him in the face with his actual actions in the second half, scoring 44 points and 10 assists. These statistics were really good for him. I don’t know how to hack it.
And from adversity to overtake, Ji Feng's every attack was very critical. In addition, the 4 steals and 2 blocks he contributed on the defensive end were also at the most critical times, which led to Pippen actually appreciating Ji Feng.
After all, he is also a player, so he naturally likes tough guys like Ji Feng. He needs to have this kind of temperament on the court, the temperament of going all out regardless of winning or losing. Many stars are just too cowardly, which is why they cannot become super giants in this life.
He is very glad now that he did not say what he said in his heart, otherwise the question he should be thinking about now is how to make the table in front of him more delicious...
It’s really, really uncomfortable!
At the critical moment, Ji Feng showed no mercy and continued to play his role as a super key player, dominating the court on both offense and defense, scoring 4 points in a row. Now, the Chinese team has taken the absolute initiative, with just over 2 minutes left on the clock. At that time, although the advantage of a four-point lead seemed small, at this time, 4 points was definitely a huge gap.
Especially in the entire fourth quarter, Croatia has been suppressed across the board. So far, they have only scored 9 points, and their offensive efficiency has reached the lowest value. You can clearly read their mood from the face of Popovich, who has just been blood capped: confused!
"Oh, the game is over, guys, the Chinese team has made history." In the hotel where the American team stayed, Howard turned his head and shouted to a group of big guys.
They did not choose to stay in the stadium to continue watching the game. After all, they had just reached the semi-finals, and the next two games had nothing to do with their semi-final opponents, so they went back to the hotel to rest. After all, the Olympic schedule was still very intensive.
"I know big man, I've said it a long time ago. With Ji Feng here, Croatia is no match." Kobe said calmly.
"Although I really want to kill that guy, I have to say that I mean the same thing. You all understand that guy Ji Feng." Chris Paul shrugged and agreed.
"Let's go, guys, I hope to meet them in the finals and entertain him well then." James stood up and left with mixed feelings in his heart, 44 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks and 0 turnovers, 20 points A big reversal, you don't need to think about it to understand how big a sensation Ji Feng can cause.
And Bogut turned off the TV angrily. His team was eliminated, and the Chinese team was expected to advance. It was such a slap in the face that he should hurry back to Australia!
On the court, the Chinese team, which was favored by almost all media, did not give Croatia another chance in the last two minutes. Although Thomas hit a magical three-pointer against Ji Feng's defense, narrowing the point difference to only one point, which really made the fans take risks. Break into a cold sweat.
But 20 seconds later, Ji Feng responded with a three-pointer from almost the same position, bringing the point difference back to 4 points and allowing himself to score an astonishing 47 points. How many years has it been since the Olympic knockout games were so fierce? The player finally appears again!
Afterwards, as Croatia's shots hit the ground running, Dayao collected the rebound, and Croatia's chance finally disappeared!
Time flies by minute by minute!
"Didi!"
When the timer completely returned to zero, the score was fixed at 99-95. The Chinese team defeated Croatia by 4 points and entered the Olympic semi-finals!
The moment the whistle blew, the entire Wukesong seemed to erupt like a volcano, and the fans' roars made the commentators have to raise their voices!
"The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, 99-94! The Chinese team won! The Chinese team won! They created new history in the Olympic Games! On our own land, we reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games for the first time in history. !" Sun Zhengping could no longer suppress his emotions. The Olympic semi-finals, this is the dream of many generations of basketball people. From the first time they reached the quarter-finals in 1996 to now, 12 years have passed, and they finally did it!
This gave him an unreal feeling, so he pinched his thigh hard where no one else could see it to confirm whether it was real!
"Amazing boys! They have finally realized the dream of Chinese basketball players. I am so excited. Friends, I have a part in this!" Director Zhang was already choked up. His dream has finally come true. day.
In the venue, the Chinese team players also hugged each other crazily. Dayao directly picked up Ji Feng and started spinning him in circles, shouting: "We did it, we did it, brothers, awesome! We are The coolest!"
"Yes man, we did it! We are the top four! Let's keep going and get that damn medal!" Ji Feng was also very excited, almost as happy as if he had reached the finals.
"Well done! Ji Feng!" Ji Feng, who was separated from Dayao, was immediately hugged. The veteran was already in tears at this moment. He never dreamed that he would have the opportunity to create history at the end of his career. The semi-finals, his career is already worth it!
"Congratulations to the Chinese team, they have achieved an incredible reversal. I have to say that Ji Feng is an absolute superstar." Pippen finally gave in. Ji Feng was really too strong.