Chapter 166 A huge victory!

CCTV's commentary booth was on the scene, and the commentators were Sun Zhenping and Xu Jicheng.

Sun Zhenping said: "We still have to be careful. Except for Ha Seung-jin, all other players on the South Korean team can shoot three-pointers."

Xu Jicheng said: "So we need to pay attention to the defense on the perimeter today, and also pay attention to filling in the gaps in the middle autumn."

Sun Zhenping said: "We also need to be careful of their full-court pressing. The South Korean team is very good at this."

At 7:30, the final officially began.

In the jump ball, He Zhongqiu took the lead and stood opposite the Korean version of the little giant He Shengzhen.

The Korean version of the little giant is 224 cm tall and weighs 140 kg, with a similar build to Yao Ming. He doesn't look very strong, but he is a size bigger than He Zhongqiu.

"Di!"

The referee blew the whistle and tossed the ball up.

"Snapped!"

He Zhongqiu's palm was more than a foot beyond He Shengzhen, and there was a pause in the air, then he steadily pushed the ball to his teammates, and the Chinese team attacked.

Liu Wei held the ball and prepared to advance, but Li Xiangmin immediately pressed forward to slow down the Chinese team's offensive rhythm and buy time for his teammates to get into position.

"Be careful!" Sun Zhenping warned loudly.

Fortunately, Liu Wei’s passing and control ability is still good. At least he is the best point guard in the country now. The half court passed quickly.

The South Korean team has taken the opportunity to get into position, with a double-three zone defense, three people on the lower line and two people on the upper line, mainly defending the basket and the low post, which is good for controlling rebounds, but the outside line is weak, especially the 45-degree position on both wings.

Ha Seung guards the basket, with 205-cm power forward Kim Joo-sung in the left low post and 190-cm forward Moon Kyung-geun in the right low post.

In fact, Kim Joo-sung also played center in South Korea, and according to the Korean team's tactical style, it was also a double tower tactic.

When Yao Ming fell on the free throw line, He Shengzhen under the basket immediately took two steps forward to hold Yao Ming back. At this time, Liu Chuan's ball was also passed over immediately.

He Zhongqiu was in the low post on the left wing. When he saw Dayao receive the ball, he squeezed in directly.

Kim Joo-sung weighs only 98 kilograms, the weight of a small forward, while He Zhongqiu's weight has recently increased to 117 kilograms.

The 19-kilogram tonnage difference, coupled with his terrifying strength, made Jin Zhoucheng's defense like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and it collapsed at the first touch.

After two big steps, he squeezed into the basket (FIBA does not have a legal collision zone yet), and Yao Ming passed the ball down.

At this time, Moon Kyung-geun in the low post on the right wing and Ha Seung-jin above him rushed to the basket together.

But He Zhongqiu didn't give them any chance to double-team him. After receiving the ball with his back to Jin Zhoucheng, he didn't even pause for 0.1 seconds and instantly jumped sideways.

"boom!"

"Di!"

During the one-handed slam dunk, he also caused a defensive foul on Kim Joo-sung.

"Oh ho!"

Cheers suddenly broke out in Tianrun Gymnasium.

"Beautiful! Two plus one, Zhongqiu scored the first goal. No one on the Korean team could defend him under the basket." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

Sun Zhenping smiled and said, "Let's put it this way. Zhongqiu + Yao Ming, if placed in the NBA, would also be a first-class inside twin towers, even not inferior to the Spurs twin towers."

"Let me play the next ball. Damn it, you can't be the only one to take the limelight." Yao Ming said while high-fiving He Zhongqiu.

"Okay, come on." He Zhongqiu said with a chuckle.

Next, he made the free throw with the most impressive posture in the world, 0:3, China took the lead.

South Korea attacks.

Lee Sang-min advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Ha Seung-jin on the left side of the basket.

He Shengzhen tried to push Yao Ming but failed to move him, then he carried Yao Ming and made a hook shot.

"Snapped!"

Yao Ming was not polite and blocked the shot directly. He Zhongqiu came over and grabbed the basketball.

Liu Wei came over and took the basketball, and then the Korean team began their full-court press.

This is a defensive tactic that gives the Chinese team a headache. The 98 Asian Championships and the 02 Asian Games both caused great trouble to the Chinese team.

He Zhongqiu was not in a hurry to cross the center line. According to Thibodeau's arrangement, he used his height to receive the ball in the backcourt. The South Korean team's full-court press did not work, and the ball was pushed to the frontcourt.

This time Yao Ming entered the basket and faced He Shengzhen under the basket.

Liu Wei passed the ball directly to the basket. Yao Ming received the ball and turned around to dunk. With a bang and the referee's whistle, he dunked over his opponent and caused a foul by He Shengzhen.

"Beautiful! This is the second foul by the South Korean team. These kids are still too young!" Sun Zhenping said happily.

"Will there be any substitutions? Oh, no, coach Tian Changzhen did not make any substitutions. Is he going to use Yao Ming and Zhong Qiu to train Ha Shengzhen?" Xu Jicheng said.

Yao Ming made the free throw, 0:6, the South Korean team attacked.

"brush!"

This time, Li Xiangmin took the shot himself, faking a breakthrough and hitting a three-pointer from the top of the arc in front of Liu Wei.

"Be careful of their three-pointers!" Sun Zhenping reminded again.

3:6, the Chinese team attacks.

"Di!"

"boom!"

Yao Ming once again attacked He Shengzhen under the basket and dunked the ball, causing He Shengzhen to commit a foul.

"It's so beautiful! He Shengzhen is the second offender. He will definitely go down this time." Xu Jicheng laughed.

"Compared to Yao Ming, he is still too young." Sun Zhenping said with a smile.

At this time, the South Korean team made a substitution, replacing the 197-centimeter center Lee Chang-soo, and Ha Seung-jin was substituted.

Dayao made another free throw and scored two plus one, 3:9, and the Chinese team led by 6 points.

The South Korean team attacked. When Lee Sang-min advanced to the top of the arc, he made consecutive outside passes, and finally small forward Moon Kyung-geun made a shot from outside the three-point line on the right wing.

"Bang!"

The ball missed, He Zhongqiu grabbed the rebound and the Chinese team went on the attack.

The South Korean team continued to press throughout the court, but the Chinese team handled it carefully and pushed the ball to the front court.

Because Ha Seung-jin left the court, the Korean team's inside line completely lost its only height, one is 205 cm and the other is 197 cm, so they can only adopt a front-circuit defensive approach.

In this way, Yao Ming and He Zhongqiu can easily enter the basket at the same time.

Given the height of the two inside players of the South Korean team, defending from the front is useless.

"boom!"

Liu Wei lobbed the ball, He Zhongqiu jumped high, caught the ball in the air, and then slammed it down.

"Oh ho!"

The entire Tianrun Gymnasium was in a frenzy, with five-star red flags fluttering everywhere.

"Mid-Autumn Festival. Beautiful! Aerial relay, so easy!" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"After Ha Seung-jin went down, the South Korean team had no way to defend Yao Ming and Jung-au, it was like beating a child," Sun Zhenping said with a smile.

On the sidelines, South Korea's head coach Jeon Chang-jin wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know how to improve the disadvantage in the low post, so he could only rely on the advantage of the outside line and defense to fight the game.

Next, the game entered the offensive rhythm of the Chinese team.

He Zhongqiu and Dayao took turns attacking in the interior and were unstoppable. At the same time, Li Nan and Liu Wei also made consecutive three-pointers from the outside, and the score continued to widen.

Although the South Korean team caused some trouble to the Chinese team with their full-court pressing defense, it did not have much impact on the overall situation.

By the eighth minute of the first quarter, 9:24, the Chinese team was already leading by 15 points.

The South Korean team called the second timeout of this quarter.

Del Harris took the opportunity to make substitutions, with Yao Ming taking the place of the substitute and Da Zhi taking the place of the substitute to partner with He Zhongqiu in the interior.

After the timeout, the South Korean team attacked. Lee Sang-min faked a breakthrough and shot at the top of the arc, but He Zhongqiu rushed out from the penalty area and blocked his shot directly.

The South Korean team didn't have much inside offense, and this was his first block.

"Oh ho!"

The whole audience cheered.

"Beautiful! Zhongqiu is worthy of being the king of blocked shots in the NBA." Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

The Chinese team made a fast break, and the Korean team retreated very quickly.

Near the center line, Li Xiangmin suddenly pressed Guo Shiqiang who was dribbling the ball across the center line, causing Guo Shiqiang to lose control.

"Ouch, the ball was stolen! Get back to defense!" Sun Zhenping exclaimed.

He Zhongqiu, who was nearby, immediately turned around to defend and chased after Li Xiangmin with Guo Shiqiang.

Li Xiangmin rushed to the basket and when he was about to make a layup, He Zhongqiu rushed over and grabbed him from behind.

"Take it!"

His five fingers were like hooks, instantly pressing the basketball onto the backboard.

"Oh ho!"

The whole audience at Tianrun Gymnasium was boiling with excitement.

"A block on the board! The block king He Zhongqiu blocked Lee Sangmin for the second time in a row." Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

The Chinese team attacked again.

He Zhongqiu passed the ball to Fan Bin, and Fan Bin passed it to Guo Shiqiang. At this time, the Korean team's pressing began again.

He Zhongqiu was still in the backcourt. He took the ball, transferred it, and then passed it to Zhu Fangyu who had already run to the frontcourt.

He felt deeply that the point guard of the men's basketball team was not up to standard and had problems pushing the ball through the front court.

Now his dribbling basic skills have reached level 72. With his athletic qualities, he can continue to improve as long as he has time. After reaching level 90, he may not be able to play as a point guard, but he can play as an offensive point guard in the national team.

Fan Bin took the ball across the front court. At this time, He Zhongqiu ran past him and raised his hand when he entered the left elbow area.

However, he did not understand and still passed the ball to Dazhi in the high position.

It was pretty good. After catching the ball, he swung it and the ball flew towards He Zhongqiu.

After receiving the ball, He Zhongqiu rushed into the penalty area in one step, took another step, and then took off.

Ha Seung-jin was under the basket for the South Korean team. Looking at He Zhongqiu flying in the air, he made an eager defensive posture.

It’s a pity that one flies too high and the other jumps too low.

"Oh!"

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu swooped down and knocked He Shengzhen over with a groan. With a powerful tomahawk slam dunk, the Korean team's basket was blown up.

boom!
The entire Tianrun Stadium exploded. As all the Chinese fans raised their arms and cheered, the huge shouts swept up like a tsunami.

Domestic fans have never seen such a dunk live. This kind of dunk is extremely violent and brutal like a beast, and the dunker is a Chinese player. This makes them feel excited and satisfied like never before.

"The Korean little giant Ha Seung-jin was knocked over by He Zhongqiu, that's awesome! Zhongqiu performed the most violent and aesthetic beast-style dunk." Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

"It is 9:26 now. The Chinese team is already leading by 17 points, leading the South Korean team by a large margin." Sun Zhenping said with a smile.

Under the basket, He Shengzhen couldn't get up. When he was knocked over by He Zhongqiu, he fell to the ground and sprained his left ankle.

In the next game, He Zhongqiu made another steal.

Soon after, the first quarter ended at 12:32, and the Huaxia team led by as many as 20 points.

打满全节的贺中秋4投4中，1罚1中，轰下9分。

打了八分钟的大姚4投4中，2罚2中，轰下了10分。

Li Nan, the "Flying Dagger", played well, making 5 of 3 shots from the outside, hitting two three-pointers and scoring 8 points.

In addition, Liu Wei made a three-pointer and Fan Bin made a two-pointer, and five players on the team scored in the first quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, Dayao came on the court and paired with Dazhi, while He Zhongqiu rested.

"Great! The Korean team was blocked for a 30-second violation. Now our defense is much stronger." Sun Zhenping said excitedly. Then, without He Zhongqiu, the Chinese team played a - attack wave, leading by as many as points, forcing the Korean team to call a timeout.

After the timeout, He Zhongqiu came on the court and replaced Dazhi, and Daba also replaced Dayao.

The South Korean team continued to use a full-court pressing tactic, forcing the Chinese team to make consecutive mistakes in the backcourt. They took the opportunity to launch a 25- attack wave, narrowing the gap to points.

At this time He Zhongqiu stood up.

He first made a dunk, which resulted in a two-plus-one, and after making the free throw, he widened the gap to 28 points again.

Then he delivered his third block of the day on the defensive end, returned to the offensive end, and completed another dunk, scoring 5 points in a row, bringing the score difference to 30 points again.

However, the Chinese team still suffered in the backcourt. Several outside players made frequent mistakes under the pressure of the South Korean team, allowing the opponent to launch several fast breaks.

In addition, Liu Wei did too much to Li Xiangmin and lost the ball several times. In the 7th minute of the second quarter, he was replaced with four fouls.

However, He Zhongqiu had a huge advantage under the basket and was invincible. Even though the Chinese team lost a lot of ball possession, the score difference still remained at 28 points.

In the 8th minute, the South Korean team started to play dirty tricks.

Li Xiangmin tripped and Fan Bin, who was breaking through with the ball, was thrown out. The referee called a normal defensive foul and the Huaxia team had the ball.

Twenty seconds later, Wen Jinggen attacked Zhu Fangyu who was shooting a jump shot by tripping his foot. Zhu Fangyu tripped when he landed and fell to the floor.

This time, the Iranian referee did not blow the whistle, and Zhu Fangyu missed the three-pointer.

"Shh!"

The Tianrun Gymnasium was filled with huge boos from Chinese fans, and the referee felt tremendous pressure.

"Nima's!"

He Zhongqiu was not in a good mood. He couldn't help it. He rushed over in two steps and grabbed Wen Jinggen's neck with his big hands.

With a clench of five fingers, Wen Jinggen couldn't breathe and had no power to resist. Then he was lifted up by one hand with his feet off the ground.

"Di Di!"

The referee blew the whistle in a hurry.

"Siba!"

Center forward Kim Joo-sung cursed and rushed forward.

"Snapped!"

He Zhongqiu slapped Jin Zhoucheng to the ground with his left hand, making him dizzy and rolling his eyes. It was obvious that he had fallen into a semi-comatose state.

When the other three Korean players saw this, they immediately didn't dare to go up.

Especially Li Xiangmin, who had just attacked Fan Bin, only dared to yell outside and ask He Zhongqiu to let go.

"Jin Zhoucheng, what's wrong with you?"

"Zhou Cheng, get up quickly."

The remaining two players took the opportunity to help Jin Zhoucheng, and Wen Jinggen, who was caught by He Zhongqiu, was ignored by them.

"Xiba, someone is being beaten. The Chinese team is beating someone."

"Punish him, send Wolverine off."

There were some Korean reporters and dozens of international students on the bench, who immediately started to make a fuss and shouted loudly.

However, their protest seemed very weak amid the boos and scolding from the Chinese fans.

In fact, they didn't need to shout. He Zhongqiu didn't want to kill anyone. He just raised Wen Jinggen's hand and then let go. Wen Jinggen squatted on the floor, gasping for breath and coughing loudly.

"Sir, he just tripped someone's foot, which is a flagrant foul." He Zhongqiu stared at the referee and said coldly in English.

He pointed at Kim Joo-sung on the floor and said, "He tried to attack me, which is also a flagrant foul. By the way, it should be called a personal foul."

"You?"

The referee was stared at by an oppressive, knife-like sharp gaze. His scalp was tingling and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was afraid that this impulsive Wolverine would hit him.

"But sir, I didn't break the rules. I just touched his neck and didn't hit him." He Zhongqiu argued again.

"you?"

The referee was speechless. You did only touch his neck, but who doesn’t know that you can tear a wardrobe apart with your bare hands?

In the end, he gave He Zhongqiu and Wen Jinggen a personal foul each, and smoothed things over so that no one was sent off.

From then on, the South Korean team didn't dare to do anything dirty.

After the second quarter, the score was 34:59 and the Huaxia team was still leading by 25 points.

“贺中秋半场17分钟，次节7分钟轰下17分，总共轰下了26分8篮板4盖帽1抢断，大姚14分钟轰下14分5篮板2盖帽。”孙真平笑道。

"These are our China's two real super centers." Xu Jicheng said happily.

The atmosphere on the Hua Xia bench was very good at this time, except that He Zhongqiu did not look very happy.

Zhang Heli, who served as the translator, asked curiously, "Zhongqiu, what's wrong with you?"

He Zhongqiu said in a dissatisfied tone: "34 points, we let them score so many points, and we only led by 25 points. This does not meet my expectations of coming back to play in the Asian Championships."

Everyone was speechless. You are not satisfied with 25 points. How much more lead do you want to have?

At this time, He Zhongqiu said: "At least lead by 50 points, and it is better not to let their score exceed 50 points, so that I will be satisfied."

Everyone was speechless again. The South Korean team is very strong, okay? Otherwise, wouldn’t we have been defeated by them in the Asian Games last year?
"We should also play pressure defense." He Zhongqiu looked at Thibodeau and said in Mandarin.

Zhang Heli quickly translated, and Thibodeau thought about it and said to Harris, "Dell, how about a half-court press?"

Harris thought about it and nodded, "Then we will play half-court press in the third quarter."

At this point, he changed the subject and said, "But we can only play half a quarter. The veterans' physical fitness can't keep up."

He then said to He Zhongqiu: "Wolverine, you have to expand the defensive area to the three-point line, otherwise our pressure will not be enough."

"it is good."

He Zhongqiu nodded happily.

Soon, the third quarter began and the South Korean team attacked.

He Zhongqiu came on the court and was paired with Dayao.

Forward Choo Seung-yun used a pick-and-roll on the right wing and cut to the three-point line, where he found an open space. Lee Sang-min then passed the ball to him.

Just as Li Xiangmin passed the ball, He Zhongqiu, who was guarding the right waist position, strode towards Qiu Shengyun.

After Qiu Shengyun received the ball, he jumped up and shot. He Zhongqiu pounced to a distance of three meters, pounced up like a tiger, flew over a two-meter space in an instant, and grabbed the basketball with his big hands.

"Take it!"

The index and second fingers touched the bottom of the basketball and it jumped up.

"what?"

Qiu Shengyun was shocked.

"Mid-Autumn Festival. Block!" Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.

"Snapped!"

He Zhongqiu jumped up again and grabbed the basketball.

"here!"

Sun Jun rushed past and he quickly passed the ball.

However, Li Xiangmin returned to defense very quickly, getting back first and blocking Sun Jun within the left wing three-point line.

But at this time He Zhongqiu had already arrived, quickly entered the penalty area from the top of the left arc, and after receiving the pass from Sun Jun, he made a flying slam dunk.

"boom!"

"Oh ho!"

As the sound of the basket burst, Tianrun Gymnasium immediately became lively.

In the following time, He Zhongqiu devoted all his energy on the defensive end, and the offensive positional battle was basically handed over to Yao Ming, who mainly participated in fast breaks.

He played the entire third quarter again, making 3 of 3 shots, scoring 6 points, grabbing 4 rebounds, and making 3 blocks and 1 steal.

All of his three blocks were from the outside, and two were from the three-point line. This made the Korean team panic and seriously affected their offense. Even from the three-point line, they were very cautious about his blocks when shooting.

大姚打了8分钟，6投6中，3罚3中，单节轰下了15分。

Thanks to their outstanding performance, at the end of the third quarter, the score was 44:88, and the Chinese team led by 44 points, allowing the Korean team to score only 10 points in the quarter.

In the last quarter, He Zhongqiu continued his efforts. Just like in the third quarter, he was responsible for defense and Dayao was responsible for offense.

He delivered 4 crazy blocks in the final quarter and had 11 blocks and 3 steals in the whole game. His defensive performance made the Korean team suffer a fate worse than death. Together with Yao Ming, he directly defeated the Korean team.

The South Korean team only scored 6 points in the final quarter and their morale completely collapsed. The players did not dare to enter the three-point line at all. They even regarded He Zhongqiu as a tiger and did not even dare to get close to the three-point line. They threw a lot of long three-pointers blindly.

At the end of the game, the score was 50:116, with the Chinese team winning by 66 points, which was more than the score of the South Korean team.

"Damn it, we actually let them score 50 points. Our performance is still not good enough."

When the game ended, He Zhongqiu looked at the score on the scoreboard and said with dissatisfaction.

"Come on, you don't want to let me live, right?" Yao Ming laughed so hard that his back teeth were exposed.

"Yes, I just don't want them to live, otherwise why would they come back to play in the Asian Championships?" He Zhongqiu nodded honestly.

He looked at the faces of the South Korean team and some South Korean reporters, which looked as ugly as if their father had died. Well, it was okay.

"Congratulations to the Chinese team for winning the Asian Championships. We can directly enter the Olympics next year." Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

Xu Jicheng read out the statistics sheet and said, "Zhongqiu played for 37 minutes, the entire second half, and only rested for three minutes in the second quarter.

一共17投17中，6罚5中，轰下39分15篮板2助攻11盖帽3抢断1失误3犯规的超级三双数据。

大姚打了31分钟，16投13中，6罚6中，轰下32分10篮板4助攻5盖帽2失误2犯规的数据。”

Sun Zhenping smiled and shook his head, praising: "This hit rate, the two of them combined to make 33 of 30 shots, the advantage in the interior is too great, it's like an adult beating a child!"

Xu Jicheng said: "Yao still had some close two-point shots, two mid-range shots, and a very good touch, and only missed three shots.

As for Chunqiu, he only dunked and attacked the basket violently, and he didn't miss a single dunk. The Korean team's defense at the basket was not a threat to him at all."

Next, the flag-raising and awarding ceremony began.

He Zhongqiu stood on the podium with his teammates. When the South Korean team came over to shake hands, he folded his arms and acted as if he didn't want to do anything, too lazy to shake hands with the South Korean players.

The Korean players in front walked away embarrassed and angry.

"Siba!"

"Wolverine is taking it too far!"

"Wolverine is so arrogant!"

Some Korean reporters and fans were very angry, with fire in their eyes.

"Shaking hands has a bad influence."

Dayao next to him nudged He Zhongqiu with his elbow.

"Hold your ass!"

He Zhongqiu doesn't want to be a saint. He doesn't care about the impact, let alone the feelings of Koreans.

He only cares about his own feelings. If the Korean media disgusts him, he has to disgust Korea. Besides, these Korean players are not good people.

Next he received flowers, a gold medal, and the trophy for the best player of the Asian Championships.

This is his first championship, even though it is the Asian Championships, but now that he has got it, it actually feels pretty good.

"stand up."

As the five-star red flag rose and the March of the Volunteers sounded, a huge chorus rang out throughout the Tianrun Gymnasium.

In this powerful atmosphere, He Zhongqiu was also very excited, his face flushed as he sang the national anthem together.

He was familiar with the national anthem, having sung it every day in the juvenile detention center.

On October 10, the men's basketball team returned to Yanjing, arranged a celebration, and then disbanded.

(End of this chapter)