Pick Westbrook

Chapter 360

Just when the Russian team was in a crisis of offensive and defensive tactics, AK47 Kirilenko suddenly took the initiative to play Zhu Fangyu singles with the ball on the outside.

Break through with the ball, hit back in the penalty area, and layup with low hands.

Swish!
Go in!

Zhu Fangyu's defense is already very good, but he is not at the same level in front of Kirilenko.

Guo Shiqiang explained to Zhu Fangyu at this time: "Kirilenko was selected as an NBA All-Star in 04, became the NBA's block leader in 05, and entered the NBA's defensive first team in 06."

"He's a very strong player, especially on the defensive end."

"Of course, if you only think that Kirilenko can only defend, you will underestimate him."

Li Lai nodded, still remembering the first time he met Kirilenko when they played against the Jazz.

Kirilenko combines the stability of European players and the toughness of American players. Although his figure looks a bit fragile, his tough style inside often brings unexpected help to the team.

Kirilenko's offense is mainly based on mid-range shooting and inside attack. It is true that outside shooting is not stable, but fortunately, he is excellent in defense. Because of his good jumping, long arms, and good shot-blocking awareness, he was once the most terrifying player in the league. A defensive player and a shot blocker.

In the middle of the first quarter, Li Lai still made five-up and five-down substitutions.

He cut the playing time of the players into pieces. In addition to achieving the purpose of training so that all players can play actual combat, there are also physical considerations.

The physical strength of Chinese male basketball players has never been particularly good, and Yao Ming consumes a lot of physical strength on the court, so Li Lai made a starting lineup with 6-7 minutes of playing time.

Of course, during this period of time, Li Lai asked every player on the court to run and defend with all his might, sparing no effort in physical strength. Only in this way can he ensure that both offensive and defensive ends are always in the best condition.

Rotation lineup: Guo Ailun, Sun Yue, Yi Li, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming.

The Russian team did not make substitutions at this time. They wanted to use the full starting lineup against the full bench lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team to move back the score.

Yao Ming, who was playing, glanced at the scoreboard.

At 14:11, the Chinese team only led by 3 points.

Su Qun was a little surprised and said, "It's no problem to take Yao at this time, but why is Da Zhi also on the court?"

"It's not a good idea for the two to form a twin-tower partnership. After all, Dazhi doesn't have as good a shooting ability as Ah Lian."

Yu Jia agreed: "The former head coaches of the Chinese men's basketball team often used Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming separately because of this concern."

"In order to achieve the maximum benefit of the two people using the space on the court."

"But Coach Li Lai did the opposite and put the two on the court at the same time. There is no rule of three seconds of defense in the international league. At this time, there may be a table in the penalty area."

Zhang Weiping smiled proudly and said, "Other coaches might not dare to come up with a combination with Dayao, because they can't solve the space problem in the penalty area."

"But coach Li Lai is the head coach who created the small ball era. His offensive level is even stronger than his defense!"

"So let us look forward to the next performance of the Chinese men's basketball team."

The game continues.

Yao Ming took the initiative to hold the ball inside, and the big white bear Mozgov defended alone.

Yao Ming raised his hand and shot a fake action to attract the opponent's defensive attention, and then immediately pushed through the basket and turned around.

Ground hook!

Swish!
The basketball made a high arc in the air and hit the basket steadily.

"This is Dayao's famous stunt, the small hook under the basket. It is also called the heaven and earth double hook together with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."

"This offensive method is not to mention the 216cm Mozgov, even if he is 10cm taller, it will be difficult to defend."

Yu Jia said with great confidence.

Su Qun discovered the extremely detailed places on the court, he said.

"Mozgov's defensive ability shouldn't be so weak. Even if it is difficult for him to defend Dayao's small hook around the basket, the opponent has done so well in defending against Yao's key defense of forcing the opponent away from the basket. Did not do well."

"This is too inappropriate."

Zhang Weiping nodded in agreement. Yao Ming did reach the basket with a light push. This is not the performance that the head coach of the Russian team, David Blatt, and the NBA-level center Mozgov should show.

After all, everyone knows that if you want to defend Yao Ming, keeping the opponent away from the basket is the best solution.

Otherwise, who can defend this guy who is tied with Warcraft Howard as the league's number one center at the basket?
The title of the No. [-] center in the NBA has been debated by the outside world for a long time. The people who quarreled on both sides refused to accept the other. In the end, they came up with the No. [-] offensive league and the No. [-] defensive league.

But now, facing the NBA's No. [-] offensive center, the Russian team actually chose such a low-level defense, which is really a big mistake.

They are putting themselves on the line!

The coach of the Russian team.

David Blatt spread his hands and looked at Mozgov on the court with the same expressionless expression.

Before the start of the game, David Blatt had arranged a special defense against Yao Ming in the team meeting. He knew too well who was the strongest player in the Chinese team.

But not only did Mozgov on the court fail to respond to David Blatt's expectations, but his performance on the court was extremely stretched, which made David Blatt very dissatisfied.

on the field.

Mozgov looked at his head coach helplessly.

He also wants to name Yao.

But in the first 7 minutes, Mozgov has been led by Yi Jianlian to run the whole court, and the latter has been playing on the outside. Mozgov consumes a lot of energy on the defensive end.

Like Yao Ming, he is a clumsy center forward.

So Mozgov didn't have the energy to defend Yao Ming at this time, he was almost exhausted on the court.

David Blatt signaled the inside double-team defensive tactic very timely, and Victor Kayapa at the power forward position became the first choice for double-teaming Yao Ming.

But in this way, Wang Zhizhi frequently got open opportunities. He first completed a stand-up shot near the free throw line, and then made a fake shot to the basket and made a pass in the penalty area with Yao Ming.

boom!
Yao List hits the buckle!

"It smells like the Twin Towers!"

"One stood at the free throw line and the other guarded the penalty area. Coach Li Lai restored the most classic twin-tower lineup for us."

Yu Jia couldn't help but roared at this moment.

He wanted to say: What is a profession? This is called a fucking profession.

Any tactics and style of play can be used, and they are very suitable, and can bring out the characteristics of each player.

Yu Jia felt the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team for the first time, which is obviously very different from the false strength that almost always wins the opponent by a narrow margin.

Su Qun said with great satisfaction: "Coach Li Lai has indeed integrated the Chinese men's basketball team into a whole. In the past, although we were all Chinese players in the team, we didn't often play together with each other."

"So when it comes to the international arena, it is inevitable that there will be some rustiness and incoordination."

"However, in just one month, Coach Li Lai has played out the characteristics of each player in the team, and the playing style is extremely diverse. We really have a lot to do in this year's London Olympics."

Zhang Weiping couldn't help the moisture in his eyes at this moment.

Before in the United States, he discussed with Wang Fei and Gong Luming many times whether Li Lai was really suitable for the Chinese men's basketball team, and the answers they got were almost the same.

Even leaving aside the factor of Yi Lianlian, Li Lai's coaching ability and tactical principles of all people in the NBA are what the Chinese men's basketball team urgently needs.

In addition, Yi Jianlian is still Li Lai's disciple, and he is probably the only one in the world who is best at using Ah Lian.

This is the key reason why Gong Luming finally decided to make Li Lai the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team.

"But now it seems that Li Lai is really suitable for us."

Halftime is over.

The Chinese team led with 57:46.

Second half of the game.

Kirilenko blocked consecutive shots, Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng led the team to launch a counterattack.

Li Lai also noticed some bad habits in the team's defensive counterattack at this time.

There is obviously a lot of slowness in retreat awareness and defensive concentration, perhaps because of the lead on the court or the long-term playing habits of the court.

Li Lai was very dissatisfied with such a retreat screen.

Du Feng noticed the emotion on Li Lai's face, and he said: "In the CBA, it is very difficult for us to meet an opponent with such a crazy fast break, which is why Bob Deng Huade played so well when he coached the Shanghai men's basketball team in 09. "

"Before him, there has never been a team in the CBA who played such crazy fast break tactics."

Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan nodded in agreement, and in fact it was exactly what Du Feng said.

Even if there are occasional teams in the CBA that try to play fast, their fast break ability and fast break speed are completely incomparable with those teams in the NBA and the world.

Li Lai frowned and said: "The development trend of basketball in the future is to play faster and faster, and the old-fashioned position-grinding offense in the past will become less and less."

"If the Chinese men's basketball team wants to stand on the top of Asia in the next few years, and even become a world-class basketball powerhouse, then playing fast and defending fast is something that must be learned."

"From now on, defensive counterattack will become our regular tactical practice, and we will improve this technical shortcoming as soon as possible before the London Olympics."

The third quarter is over.

The Russian team tied the score in one fell swoop, 80:80.

David Blatter deserves to be a legendary coach in Europe, and the Russian team is worthy of being a traditional strong team in Europe.

Their sudden quick play and defensive counterattack caught the Chinese men's basketball team by surprise.

The critical moment of the fourth quarter game.

Li Lai took Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian at the same time, and once again played the two towers tactics of the two, one inside and one outside.

Yi Jianlian did not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer from a high position. His goal immediately gave the other players of the Chinese men's basketball team great confidence.

Yao Ming made two hard defenses on the inside and scored hard.

At the critical moment, Liu Wei became the X factor of the Chinese men's basketball team. First, he hit a three-pointer and forced the Russian team to call a timeout, and then a breakthrough layup under the cover of Yao's name completely stabilized the game.

Finally the game is over.

The Chinese men's basketball team narrowly beat the Russian team 105:101.

On the court, Yi Jianlian and his teammates applauded each other, and all the Chinese men's basketball teams were very excited when they got together.

Su Qun said excitedly: "The Russian team is a strong men's basketball team in the world. This time we defeated them, which will undoubtedly increase the confidence of the players in the Chinese men's basketball team."

Zhang Weiping also said very excitedly: "Next we will meet the last and strongest opponent in the first round of the Sri Lanka Cup, the Australian team."

"At present, the opponent is also winning all 2 games, that is to say, no matter whether the Chinese men's basketball team wins the game or not, we will stand with the Australian team in the second round of the finals because of the reason of the match."

"Let's look forward to the game the day after tomorrow!"

on the field.

Li Lai and David Blatt shook hands, both of them expressed their high respect to each other at this time.

The Russian team almost turned the tables and won the game. Li Lai was amazed by David Blatt's ability to adjust.

And Li Lai had convinced David Blatt as early as the first quarter of the game. He patted Li Lai on the shoulder friendly and said, "I really hope I don't meet you in advance at the Olympics."

"Otherwise the Chinese men's basketball team will bring us great trouble."

(End of this chapter)