Pick Westbrook

Chapter 367

8 month 4 day.

On-site interview.

Zhang Weiping said excitedly: "Dayao, did you know that the Chinese fans have already exploded."

"As long as the Chinese men's basketball team can win any of the next two games, then we will have a high probability of directly advancing to the quarterfinals of the London Olympics, tying the best result in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team."

"In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team has only reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games three times in the entire history. This will be a very remarkable honor."

Yao Ming lowered his head and put his hands behind his back. He listened to all Zhang Weiping's words with his ears sideways, and then looked up at the entire stadium and said.

"The coach has already said in advance in the locker room that we don't deserve any joy before we are sure to enter the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games."

"The Brazilian team is a strong team, and today's game will definitely be extremely anxious."

"The Japanese team has not won a game so far, and they will definitely have a strong desire to win in the next game."

"So the Chinese men's basketball team will not let down their vigilance, nor can they let down their vigilance."

Zhang Weiping nodded again and again, admiring the current state and consciousness of the Chinese men's basketball team. He said: "The Chinese men's basketball team defeated the host British team in the last game. crisis."

"In the future, if other teams use flexible lineups to restrain the Chinese team's two-tower lineup, won't we use the same tactics?"

"Or, have we found a way to restrain the opponent's flexible lineup?"

Yao Ming frowned and shook his head and said, "I don't know, and it doesn't matter."

"All the players of the Chinese men's basketball team trust Coach Li Lai and the coaching staff he leads."

"If it weren't for their efforts before the game, the Chinese men's basketball team would not have achieved such excellent results."

"So the coaching staff will decide how we should play each game, and we will definitely complete all the tasks assigned by Coach Li Lai."

"Of course, what can be revealed to everyone is that coach Li Lai has been emphasizing that if the Chinese team wants to create a historical record, our defense must be improved."

"That's why all of us are trying to change some habits on the defensive end and play effective and threatening defensive cooperation."

Zhang Weiping patted Dayao very satisfied, motioned him to prepare for the next game, then turned his head and said to the camera.

"Thank you Dayao for accepting our interview. I don't know how the audience friends in front of the TV will feel after hearing Dayao's speech."

"As a basketball fan and a Chinese fan, I am very satisfied with the current state and fighting spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team."

"Let's cheer for them! Create better results for the Chinese men's basketball team!"

on the field.

Guo Shiqiang gave the Brazilian team lineup list that came before the game.

Wizards center/power forward Nene Hilario, Cavaliers center/power forward Anderson Varejao, Pacers guard Leandro Barbosa, and Spurs center Thiago Splitter, plus Brazilian domestic league double MVP and championship player-Saber Raul Neto.

The Brazilian team is almost an all-NBA lineup, and none of them are leftovers from the NBA.

Anderson Varejao has entered the NBA's best defensive team, Leandro Barbosa is the best sixth man in the NBA in the 06-07 season, Thiago Split is the starting center of the Spurs, the inside Ne Hilario almost made Li Lai give up Jordan Jr. in the free market last season, as well as Saber Raul Neto, who won two consecutive domestic league championships.

With such a lineup, it is no wonder that the Brazilian team and the Russian team have become the undefeated team in Group B.

Li Nan suggested: "The Brazilian team has a lot of inside reserves, and all of them are good at defense. I suggest that we focus on outside offense in this game."

Du Feng frowned and had a different opinion.

"Whether China is playing inside or outside on the court, the starting point of offense has always been from the inside. At most, the UAE made an exception to let the outside line attack with the ball, but this is also the offense of inside players."

"Our current two most advantageous points are Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, so no matter what happens, the ball should not be taken away from them."

"Because that means we voluntarily gave up our advantage, and the opponent is happy to see such a scene."

Li Lai nodded in agreement, and was very satisfied with Du Feng's views and explanations. He has also grown into a very remarkable coach this year.

Li Lai reminded at the same time: "The key point of the Brazilian team is Raul Neto. He can play with the ball, without the ball, can break through, can shoot, and has a very outstanding organizational ability."

"Although he has not yet entered the NBA, he is fully capable of playing in the NBA, and he is destined to reach that level of competition in the future."

"Raul Neto and Leandro Barbosa are the ball-holding core of the Brazilian team. If you want to beat Brazil in today's game, defending these two is the key."

"Because whether it's Nene, Varejao, or Split, they don't have the ability to attack independently. No matter how good the defense is, basketball will eventually put the ball in the basket."

"Only Raúl Neto and Leandro Barbosa are guarded, and the Brazilian team cannot be our opponent in offense. The only thing they can compete with us is defense."

Guo Shiqiang nodded again and again, and said with doubts: "But how do we defend and limit Raul Neto and Leandro Barbosa?"

Li Nan and Du Feng looked at Li Lai curiously and had the same questions.

Li Lai smiled and said, "This trip to the London Olympics is the first trip to the Olympics for all the players in the Brazilian team."

"That is to say, the players on the Brazilian team have not played in the Olympics before."

Li Nan hurriedly looked at the information in his hand, and after finding out that it was indeed what Li Lai said, he said in disbelief: "This is still a strange thing."

"However, Brazil's ability to remain undefeated so far without any Olympic experience in the team is considered a very remarkable thing."

Li Lai continued: "I have a good way of defending players like Raul Neto and Leandro Barbosa who have never played in the Olympics."

The game starts soon.

Yu Jia suddenly exclaimed: "The starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team tonight is Guo Ailun, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming."

"Director Su, why has the Chinese men's basketball team changed again?"

It was not the first time for Su Qun to see Li Lai coaching a game. He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Looking at coach Li Lai coaching the team, such changes are no surprise."

"We just have to watch what the Chinese team does next."

Midfield jump ball.

Yi Jianlian successfully jumped off the ball.

After Guo Ailun advanced with the ball, he immediately transferred the ball to Yi Jianlian, who was in a high position.

On the coaching bench of the Chinese men's basketball team, Guo Shiqiang looked at the court very nervously at the moment.

He didn't know if Guo Ailun, who entered the women's team for the first time in his career and played in the Olympics, could be qualified for the first time as a starting point guard.

Before the start of the game, Guo Shiqiang asked Guo Ailun more than once to tell him: Pay attention to the rhythm of the ball, pay attention to the protection of the ball, observe the opponent's defensive position after dribbling, and then instruct the teammates what tactics to play. Coach Li Lai arranged in the starting lineup. There are 3 conventional tactics and 5 variable tactics. Each tactic may have a very big change in the actual game, so remember the tactics, but also remember the offensive focus and the core offensive and defensive style of play.
Thinking of this, Guo Shiqiang became more and more anxious. He wondered if the young Guo Ailun could remember so many things.

At this time, Guo Shiqiang felt a light slap on his right shoulder, and turned around to find that it was the head coach Li Lai.

Li Lai said with a smile: "Everyone has a process of growing up. You have too high demands on Guo Ailun. There is no player who does not make mistakes. Even Liu Wei, who is experienced, has made some mistakes on the court."

Liu Wei, who was not on stage, accidentally heard this sentence and looked at Li Lai with drooping face. He wanted to say: talk about your Guo Ailun, why not mention me.

Guo Shiqiang said with a wry smile: "He is my own nephew after all. Three generations of our family have wanted to play basketball since my father's generation, but they have not achieved great success."

"My father was in the local team, but I went through the Guojia team. Later, my father asked Mr. Jiang Xingquan to accept me as an apprentice, and then he successfully transformed into the head coach."

"Xiao Guo is the most talented among the three generations of our family. I don't expect him to grow into a character like Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian in the future, but if he can grow into the future face of the Chinese men's basketball team, then I can count on it." There is an explanation from the old man."

Li Lai hadn't heard of this incident. He didn't expect that Guo Shiqiang still regarded Guo Ailun very highly, so he was thinking about Guo Ailun's future, worried that he would make mistakes in the international arena and become a stain on the fans and basketball fans.

Li Lai said suddenly: "I heard an interesting story once, what would happen if Jordan was born in China?"

Guo Shiqiang was stunned and said: "If he was born in my family, he will definitely become a very remarkable basketball player, and his achievements in the NBA should not be lower."

"But if it wasn't born in my family."

Guo Shiqiang didn't continue talking, he already knew what Li Lai wanted to say.

Li Lai continued: "There is no need to define Guo Ailun, that will only block his future ahead of time, you and I don't know what kind of player he can grow into."

"Let the chasing boy fly!"

on the field.

After Guo Ailun passed the ball, he quickly cut into the inside line, helping Yao Ming clear the defensive attention on the weak side.

Varejao single-handedly defended against Yao Ming, but he didn't signal his teammates to double-team or help defend.

Varejao, who is also an NBA player, also has his pride. He knows how he should defend Yao Ming.

Yao Ming hits back, Yiku!
Varejao fell down, and at the same time cooperated with extremely exaggerated body movements, and then screamed in pain.

"foul!"

Varejao, who fell to the ground, did not wait for the referee's whistle, and could only watch helplessly as Yao Mingxiao hit the first round of the game with his hook.

Varejao stood up very speechless and was about to argue with the referee, Nene at the side hurried over to pull him away and said.

"Yao Ming just made a backside feint, and you flew away before you hit it. It's no wonder the referee can blow the whistle."

Hearing this, Varejao let out a long sigh and hurried away, saying, "Nene, it seems that defending Yao Ming still needs to be double-teamed."

Nene showed a sad expression, he wanted to say: I said long ago that Yao Ming was going to double-team the defense, but you didn’t, you said you were going to draw him 6 offensive fouls in a row and then leave the field, isn’t it embarrassing now?

Not only that, but the referee on the side gave Varejao a warning look.

"It's not bad if you didn't blow your flop, you still dare to come to me for a foul? You want to eat ass."

Switch offense.

Leandro Barbosa, who was advancing with the ball, encountered Guo Ailun's full pressure and defended like a dog's plaster.

This was far beyond Leandro Barbosa's expectations.

The Chinese men's basketball team did not show a particularly strong defensive ability in the London Olympics, otherwise they would not allow their opponents to score more than 90 points in every game.

This is an international game, a single quarter only lasts 10 minutes, and the offensive rhythm is much slower.

In such a game, the Chinese team still allows the opponent to score more than 90 points every game, which is very telling.

But now, Leandro Barbosa is very uncomfortable with the full-court pressing defense suddenly brought up by Guo Ailun, and Guo Ailun's defense is still very clean, which makes Leandro Barbosa a little troubled.

"Pass the ball!"

Raul Neto in the frontcourt saw that Leandro Barbosa's quick dribble violated the law, and quickly asked for the ball near the center line.

Leandro Barbosa passed the ball immediately, and Raul Neto suddenly turned and dribbled the ball at an extremely fast speed after receiving the ball.

Anyone who has played on the court knows very well that turning around instantly after receiving the ball, as long as the speed can be improved through regular practice, the defensive player has no time to react and defend, and there is a high probability that he can pass the opponent directly.

Although Raul Neto is only a 21-year-old young player, he has extremely experienced court experience and is worthy of the name of the Brazilian Saber. He immediately passed Sun Yue by turning his back after catching the ball.

Raul Neto took the ball straight to the basket, very fast!

Yi Jianlian had to come up to assist in the defense. Raul Neto threw the ball into the sky with one hand at the moment he was facing Yi Jianlian's defense.

boom!
Nei Nei received a dunk successfully!

"It was a good shot."

Li Lai put his hands on his chin, and said highly.

Guo Shiqiang looked at Li Lai with wide eyes in surprise and said, "Coach, the Brazilian team's offense is very good, even though we had expected that the key players of the Brazilian team would be Raul Neto and Raul Neto."

"But still let them play such a fluid offense."

"Especially Raul Neto, his speed and breakthrough skills are really good, unpretentious, like an old gun on the court."

Li Nan was also very nervous and said: "The Brazil team is a very strong team in terms of overall strength. At present, they and the Russian team are the only ones that have not lost in the group stage."

"If we can't find a solution to Raul Neto, it will be difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to win tonight's game."

The corners of Li Lai's mouth lifted and he smiled lightly.

Leandro Barbosa is the brain type of the court, so he will arrange Guo Ailun to consume the opponent in the whole court, forcing Leandro Barbosa to consume more energy in the process of dribbling, and at the same time too much The physical confrontation and Guo Ailun's annoying personal intrusion will also cause confusion in Leandro Barbosa's organizational thinking.

As for the defensive saber Raul Neto, Li Lai never thought that Sun Yue could defend him.

"The honor of the latter's double MVP in the Brazilian league is not for nothing."

Switch offense.

Guo Ailun, who was advancing with the ball, found Yao Ming again and passed the ball, and the Brazilian team's double-team defense immediately appeared.

Yao Ming decisively passed the ball to Sun Yue on the outside. At the same time, he moved to the strong side and took most of the Brazilian team's defensive attention.

"This is a singles tactic that clears one side and the weak side!?"

"Isn't this an offensive tactic that only Kobe, James, and Durant can enjoy in NBA games!"

"Sun Yue?!"

"Coach Li Lai actually arranged such a tactic for Sun Yue?!"

Yu Jiaman was full of doubts, and Sun Yue, who was holding the ball, had already started playing singles.

Keep your center of gravity down, dribble for rhythm, and move to the mid-range step-back to the free-throw line.

shoot! ! !

(End of this chapter)