"Whoa!"
In the stands, Ginobili couldn't help raising both fists in celebration for Tang Tian.
Scola shook his head with a smile beside him.
Ginobili was practically a Chinese Fan now.
The five straight points Tang Tian scored stabilized China Team's situation on the court and gradually settled the players' emotions as well.
Although Australia Team fought fiercely for every ball, with Tang Tian on the court, getting past half court was no problem at all.
Their full-court press had gone on for a while without producing results, so they could only give it up.
After all, while that tactic was aggressive, its stamina consumption was multiplied severalfold.
The two teams once again fell into a stalemate, just as they had in the first half, with the margin fluctuating around 20 points.
By the final five minutes, the gap was still as large as 16 points.
Under normal circumstances, in a FIBA game, with that much time left and such a margin, the starters would have been pulled and the game essentially conceded.
But Lemnis was unwilling to accept it and kept his starters on the floor.
If you weren't pulling your starters, neither was I.
Li Chunjiang was very reasonable about it.
The result was that Tang Tian's Gold Skill remained active, and China Team's perimeter attack unleashed another three-point rain.
The lead instantly widened beyond 20 points.
Australia Team had been beaten into complete submission. Landale even committed a Flagrant Foul on defense and was directly ejected by the referees.
As he headed toward the player tunnel, he cursed nonstop while boos rained down from the crowd.
They had lost both the game and their dignity.
In the end, thanks to their outstanding first half and their momentum in the second half, China Team slaughtered Australia Team 87-60