Vol 3 Chapter 616: There is never a miracle

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When this semi-final was over, all Wukesong fans stood up and gave applause and cheers for the Argentine men's basketball team. At the same time, the scene of the live director showed Ginobili and Kobe who were watching the game on the sidelines. The two stood up to applaud the group of old men in the Argentine men's basketball team. This scene was really moving.
Compared with the French's eagerness to qualify for the World Cup finals, the Argentine's mentality is also surprisingly good. When the reporter asked Argentine coach Hernandez before the early game what he thought of the match against the French men’s basketball team, he said:
As long as the game enters our rhythm, we can win. If it doesn’t work, then we have to Go home."
Facts have proved that the Argentines found the rhythm of the game faster than the French men's basketball team, and they maintained this situation to the end. Compared with the Chinese men’s basketball team defeating the Australian men’s basketball team, the Argentine men’s basketball team showed much stronger combat effectiveness. After all, they firmly grasped the initiative of the game, while the Chinese men’s basketball team relied on Anluo’s last moments. It was only after a three-pointer narrowly defeated the Australian men's basketball team that they advanced to the final.
Judging from the results, what Hernandez said to reporters was actually humility on the surface. He is like a magician. He always likes to draw people's thinking away from the truth. When the answer is revealed, it will surprise people. In this regard, what the Argentine men's basketball players expressed before the game is even more real.
When Argentina defeated Serbia, Scola said: "Although we are not favored, we have always believed in ourselves and our goal is to be a world champion."
Before the start of this semi-final, Scola still emphasized this point. When the reporter mentioned their miraculous defeat of the Serbian men’s basketball team last time, Scola firmly said:
What bothers me is that people have been talking about miracles and surprises, and no one believes in Argentina. I tell you. , 22 people have believed that we will be here in the past two months."
It sounds embarrassing. In Scola's view, only the players, coaching staff and staff of the Argentine men's basketball team in the world are full of confidence in them, and only these 22 people believe that they beat the Serbian men's basketball team because of their strength.
In addition to Scola, Campazzo, another core player of the Argentine men's basketball team, has the same belief. This defender, who is only 1.79 meters tall, played well in front of Serbian players with an average height of 2.06 meters. He scored 18 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds.
When they finally defeated the Serbian men’s basketball team, this player, known as Ginobili’s successor, was not satisfied with defeating Serbia: "We have done everything, and we will continue to strive for more victories. Satisfy."
Of course, who can laugh at the end depends on the performance of the players in the game. But there is no doubt that the Argentine men's basketball team is more fully prepared, and the state it has shown is even better.
Throughout the entire game, the Argentine men's basketball team was very clear about what they should do to win the game. Their most successful point is to use Delia's pick-and-roll to take Gobert out of the penalty area, allowing the insider superstar to stand in a position where he is uncomfortable. The end result was that Gobert had nowhere to do it, and only scored 3 points in the entire game. The French men's basketball players seemed a little confused after they played. Perhaps they were so excited that they defeated the U.S. Men’s Basketball Team, so that they forgot their physical advantage, forgot Gobert’s powerful lethality in the penalty area, and forgot their tactical system to defeat the U.S. Men’s Basketball Team, all the starting players. They all play by instinct.
After the game started, Gobert helped the French team get the right to take the lead in attacking the ball. After Fournier received the ball, he went straight to the basket. His speed is very fast, but the Argentine's retreat is not inferior, everyone appeared in their defensive position in the shortest time. In the end, Fournier changed hands under the defense and failed to get the ball into the basket. Subsequently, the Argentine also responded with a goal. After Scola received Campazzo's pass, he did not hit the inside line, which was considered courtesy.
However, after that, the Argentines began to exert their strength. Scola stood up and made a good start for the Argentine men's basketball team. He first scored two plus one at the basket, then grabbed the French men's basketball team and made a fast break layup and scored 5 points in a row. Later, Fournier missed a shot from the three-point line, and Scola grabbed a rebound, a long-range pass, and an assist for Campazzo to hit a three-pointer.
Next, the two sides played back and forth. At the end of the first quarter, the Argentine men's basketball team led the French men's basketball team by 3 points 21:18.
Back in the second quarter, Verdoza got rid of the defender from the right and hit a layup, starting a 6-minute tug of war. However, the French men's basketball team has never played a very smooth team offense. Fournier's attack on the outside helped the French team to bite the score, but the situation is not good for them. Sure enough, in the second half of the second quarter, the Argentine played a wave of 7:0, widening the score gap. During this period of time, Scola caused two consecutive fouls on the inside, and made two of four free throws. Campazzo also hit a three-pointer.
At halftime, Argentina led 39:32.
In the third quarter of the game, Verdoza made a three-point foul and made three free throws. The score came to 10 points. Albizi made a strong three-pointer. Verdoza responded with a three-pointer. Batum also had a three-pointer. Pulled a three-pointer again, Gobert made a deduction from the inside, Verdoza made a foul, and made two free throws. Fournier made a basket and Dyke made another three-pointer. Decolo made a foul and made two free throws. Pulling inside made a foul, made two free throws, Nilikina hit a three-pointer, Campazzo responded with a three-pointer, after three quarters, Argentina led 60-48.
In the last quarter of the game, Mbaye hit a three-pointer, Campazzo also had a three-pointer, and Nilikina made a difficult shot. Campazzo had no three-pointers this time. Gobert received a pass from Nilikina and dunked with both hands. Campazzo shot from the free throw line, three non-touches, Scola made an air cut layup, and the score of both sides remained at about 10 points. With Scola's three-pointer, the game also lost suspense. In the end, Argentina defeated France 80-66 to advance to the final, and France will participate in the qualifying match for 3-4.
There has never been a miracle in the World Cup. It is no miracle that the Argentine men's basketball team demonstrated the vigorous momentum of the tsunamis and their struggle with the French players in this game. As Scola said after the game: "This is not a miracle, we are an excellent basketball team, we should be here."