Pick Westbrook

Chapter 370

Game start.

Midfield jump ball.

In the jump ball between Yao Ming and Ronnie Turiaf, he jumped to get the ball without any pressure.

Ronnie Turiaf is 208cm tall and weighs 112kg. He is a standard short and stocky center forward, but his wingspan is very good. On the offensive end, he mostly relies on his flexible feet to pick and roll. Aggressively.

"The French team is a flexible team. They didn't send a big center player to participate in the London Olympics. Of course, their big center player named Rudy Gobert is too young to adapt. International competition at this level."

Su Qun analyzed.

Judging from several games in the London Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team is not too afraid of such a flexible team, so Su Qun is still full of confidence in tonight's game.

The Chinese team attacked.

Liu Wei pushed forward with the ball, pressing his hand again and again to signal his teammates to go deeper and play positional warfare.

Wang Shipeng cut into the penalty area from the right and moved to the left. Yao named Wang Shipeng an off-ball screen and immediately sat in the paint and raised his hand for the ball.

Keel Gallebera, who was defending Wang Shipeng, was blocked by Yao Ming, and quickly ran towards the direction Wang Shipeng was moving.

The coach of the French team.

Head coach Michelle Gomez has sharp eyes, and he watched the offensive cooperation of the Chinese men's basketball team in this round with great fear.

Yao Ming was in the same position as Wang Shipeng on the inside, and the latter immediately moved out of the three-point line in the bottom corner. At the same time, Zhu Fangyu was holding back Wang Shipeng's 45° angle on the same side.

In this way, Batum in that position would not dare to lose Zhu Fangyu to help defend Wang Shipeng, so Keel-Galbela must quickly return to the defensive position.

But with such an excellent offensive coordination, no matter how hard the opponent tries to return to defense, Wang Shipeng will definitely get at least one breath of defensive space.

Michelle Gomez would like to say that if the Chinese team's offense in this round is just that, then he would not praise the opposing coach so much.

The reason appeared on Yao Ming, who finished the pick-and-roll on the other side. The latter had already started to post up on the weak side, and he was eating deep into the penalty area.

Because Wang Shipeng moved to the strong side, Yao Ming was completely cleared on the weak side at the moment, and the French team could not send players from the strong side to double-team.

Coupled with the fact that Yi Jianlian at the power forward position has already pulled one step beyond the three-point line at this time, it is even more impossible for the French team to have an inside player to double-team Yao Ming.

So Yao Ming will get a very comfortable singles position at this time.

"Two offensive options in one offensive round, and each option has a very advantageous offensive timing."

"No matter what the French team does on the defensive end, the Chinese men's basketball team will definitely get at least one comfortable offensive option on the court."

"This is the tactical arrangement of the Chinese men's basketball coaching staff on the offensive end."

Before the start of the game, Michelle Gomez really underestimated the Chinese men's basketball team, and believed that they were just lucky to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games.

But now it seems that the Chinese men's basketball team does have strengths that cannot be underestimated, especially the offensive tactics, which can really be described as thought-provoking.

call!
Liu Wei lobs the ball to Yao Ming, and at the same time pulls away to the other side.

Yao Ming caught the ball with his back, and Ronnie Turiaf tried his best to resist Yao Ming and continued to enter the inside line.

boom!
The Mobile Great Wall moved sideways forcefully, turning from the back to the front, and scored with an extremely morale-boosting dunk with both hands.

Yao Ming, who scored the goal, pointed at his teammates with fierce eyes.

"This is Shaquille O'Neal's turn-around dunk."

"Dayao is giving his teammates great confidence."

Guo Shiqiang saw through and said.

Originally, Yao Ming had too many offensive options to score this ball, but he actually chose the offensive method that he usually uses the least, and it is the favorite offensive method of Shaquille O'Neal.

This is very unlike Yao Ming.

Li Nan always knew that Dayao wanted to help the Chinese men's basketball team make history in his career stage. This is his dream, and it is also the dream of his mentor Li Qiuping and those older players who have helped Yao Ming.

Faye Wong, Gong Luming, Liu Yudong
For this dream, Yao Ming has never given up on the women's team, no matter how dense the NBA's schedule is, how intense the playoffs are, or even his own injuries.

Many people used to say that Yao Ming was stupid in this matter, because most of the other players from the Yaojia team could directly reject the game from the Yaojia team without hesitation.

Yao Ming responded with a smile and said: If everyone is smart in this matter, then no one is willing to play for the women's team, because who would fight for the women's team with injuries for a little money?Family honor and national dream cannot be measured by monetary interests.

on the field.

Yi Jianlian patted Dayao's ass, he knew what his big brother wanted to express at this moment.

In fact, Yao Ming once told Yi Jianlian in private that if he failed to lead the Chinese men's basketball team to make history when he was a player, he would definitely help the Chinese men's basketball team create miracles in another way after retiring from the player position .

"Dayao said: The rise and fall of the Chinese men's basketball team is my responsibility!"

Yao Ming didn't look back at this time, he directly encouraged his teammates and said.

"The honor is right in front of us now, fight for it! Go for it!"

Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, and Zhu Fangyu on the court all heard Yao Ming's quiet but powerful words.

Switch offense.

Tony Parker advanced with the ball from the outside and raised his hand to signal the pick-and-roll.

Ronnie Turiaf is a flexible center, and he does not only eat the opponent's size, and he cannot eat Yao Ming alone, so in this game he will have a lot of outside high-position pick-and-roll tactics.

Tony Parker took advantage of the pick-and-roll and didn't give the Chinese team time to react, so he rushed directly to the inside and forced Yao Ming.

Swish!
Parker went to the basket, and after a false raise of his hand deceived Yao Ming's defensive focus, he turned around and scored a layup.

"Parker's layup is very sharp, especially the fake layup inside and the turn around the basket, which are extremely confusing."

Guo Shiqiang said with some worry.

He has found that the French team's flexible lineup is very different from the flexible lineup teams that the Chinese men's basketball team has encountered before.

Tony Parker's personal ability is too strong, and it is not comparable to those teams at all. Do they have players of this level.

Du Feng, who has been in the NBA for a long time, has a great say in this area.

He said: "Don't look at Parker's short stature, he is only 188cm tall, but his finishing efficiency at the basket is terrifying."

"From the time Parker entered the NBA in 01 to the present, he has had a total of four seasons in his career where he has shot more than 60% at the basket. The highest season was the 05-06 season, when he hit 65.5%."

"At this point, not even Kobe Bryant has done it among all the guards in the NBA."

"Only Dwyane Wade has surpassed Tony Parker in finishing efficiency at the rim, and Wade has shot over 60 percent at the rim in nine seasons so far in his career."

"One of the best seasons was 06 percent shooting at the rim in 07-64.8."

Of course, Wade's finishing efficiency at the basket can't even catch up with those historical guards in the NBA. He has shot more than 60% at the basket every year since his career.

It can also be regarded as the only one of the past.

That's why so many commentators and guest commentators believe that Wade is the second shooting guard in the NBA today, and he can even beat Kobe at the best time.

Hearing Du Feng's evaluation, Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan became more and more afraid of Tony Parker's ability.

Wade is very likely to become at least the top ten shooting guards in NBA history after retiring. Tony Parker can be put together with the opponent in a certain ability, which is enough to see that the opponent's FMVP trophy is not in vain.

next round.

Yao Ming made a fadeaway shot from the free throw line and hit Ronnie Turiaf. Under Li Lai's offensive system, Yao Ming played more freely on the court.

It is difficult for the French team to limit his performance.

Faced with this situation, the French team completely broke the can and put all their focus on their own offense.

Tony Parker quickly pushed and switched, and consecutively scored layups against the help defenses of Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu and others.

He cut all the defense lines of the Chinese men's basketball team by himself, and then began to pass the ball to assist Mike El-Galebela, Nicolas Batum and others to complete the offense.

In the first half of the game, the Chinese team trailed the French team by 14 points at 17:3.

At this time, Li Lai made an urgent substitution adjustment, replacing Liu Wei with Guo Ailun, replacing Zhu Fangyu at the same time, and promoting Sun Yue to the small forward position.

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia and Su Qun, who were watching the battle at the moment, were already very nervous.

Yu Jia said: "I believe that the audience friends in front of the TV are the same as me and Director Su. They are very anxious about the next game of the Chinese men's basketball team, and even feel the same as the Chinese players who go to the battlefield in person."

"We can do our best to applaud and cheer for the Chinese men's basketball team. I believe they will definitely feel our encouragement ahead."

"Team China! Come on!"

Su Qun analyzed and said: "At this time, Coach Li Lai's intention to replace Guo Ailun is very clear."

"Guo Ailun has made significant progress in this London Olympics, and he successfully locked down Brazil's Leandro Barbosa in the previous group stage."

"Now, his task is to also lock Tony Parker!"

Although Su Qun very much agrees with the Chinese men's basketball team's substitution decision at this time, he does not believe that Guo Ailun can really lock Tony Parker.

After all, the three carriages of the Spurs are notoriously low-key.

So even though Tony Parker is not considered a superstar in the NBA, his strength is really outstanding, and his game characteristics in the international arena are even more distinctive and useful.

The main purpose of Sun Yue's playing is to increase the Chinese team's ability to return to the outside line. In terms of outside line defense, Sun Yue has always been the strongest one in the Chinese team.

Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian also formed the core of the Chinese men's basketball team's internal and external defense.

Li Lai thought that the French team's offense played really well driven by Tony Parker, and he had to restrict it defensively.

The game continues.

After Sun Yue came on the field, he completed the task of returning to the defense quickly, and successfully limited the French team's several counterattacks and fast breaks.

The first quarter is over.

The Chinese team trailed the French team by 27 points at 29:2.

The second game.

Both Li Lai and the head coach of the French team, Michelle Gomez, valued this moment very much.

Whether it is the rotation of the Chinese team or the rotation of the French team, as long as they play an advantage at this time, it is very likely to win the game in one fell swoop.

The Chinese team rotation lineup: Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Yi Li, Zhou Peng and Wang Zhizhi.

France's rotation: Point guard Yannick Poclo, shooting guard Fabien Kossel, small forward Charles Kahoudi, power forward Florent Pietrus and center Kevin Serra Fern.

The French team still came up with a very flexible lineup.

And the Chinese team came up with a team of one major and four juniors with Wang Zhizhi as the core.

Game start.

Florent Pietrus relied on his strong body to force Zhou Peng to succeed.

"Florent Pietrus is a forward player with excellent jumping ability, strong body, and extremely aggressive play. Therefore, in the international arena or NBA arena, he plays a pivotal role on both offense and defense."

Du Feng reminded.

With Zhou Peng's slightly limited and thin body, it is indeed difficult to defend against the impact of Florent Pietrus.

And Wang Zhizhi is not an excellent help defense player, so it is difficult for the Chinese team to expect him to participate in help defense like Yi Jianlian.

Switch offense.

Wang Zhizhi played against Kevin Seraphim inside singles. Under the opponent's defensive choice of not jumping and blocking Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi decisively tried a mid-range shot.

Duang!

The basketball hit the top edge of the hoop and slowly bounced into the hoop.

Good luck with this ball!
Li Lai frowned more and more. Wang Zhizhi's offensive efficiency was not stable enough. At least in such a critical second quarter, it was unrealistic to rely on him alone to destroy the French team.

Coupled with the fact that Florent Pietrus has too much impact on the inside, neither Zhou Peng's single defense nor other auxiliary defenses or double-teams will have a good effect.

Li Lai felt the difficulty of the French team for the second time in this game.

"Replace Zhou Peng and take Yi Jianlian!"

Guo Shiqiang, who heard Li Lai's substitution order, reminded with some concern: "UA played 9 minutes in the first quarter, but has only had a 3-minute rest so far."

"Now that the game is so tight, the following games will depend on the performance of him and Dayao. Now that the Arab League is won ahead of schedule, it may have some impact on the next half of the game."

Li Nan and Du Feng on the side also have the same worries.

After all, the ability of the Chinese men's basketball team to reach its current position still relies heavily on the performance of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

Li Lai turned his head and looked at the three seriously and said, "If we give the French team an advantage in the second quarter, it will be difficult for us to chase points with their flexible lineup."

A flexible lineup is faster, easier to score, easy to chase points and easy to play high offensive slots.

The speed of the twin-tower lineup is slow, and the score needs to be sharpened. Although there is no strong scoring explosive power, the victory is stable.

Li Lai is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of these two lineups, so at this time he made up his mind to switch to Alian in advance.

Otherwise, in the second half of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team lags behind the French team by a large margin. It will be difficult to rely on the twin tower lineup to chase points. Then change the small lineup?
Li Lai couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, playing against this French team with a small lineup, the Chinese men's basketball team would only lose faster.

The game continues.

Immediately after Yi Jianlian came on the field, he suppressed the momentum of the French team with a super long three-pointer.

The game form gradually stabilized.

With Yi Jianlian playing, opening up space and passing the ball, the Chinese team's offense played better, and Wang Zhizhi also used more abundant offensive space.

But the French team quickly replaced Dior in advance to limit the play style of Yi Jianlian and the Chinese team at this time.

Li Lai is too aware of Dior's strength, like a weakened version of Yi Jianlian, but his movement speed is faster than Yi Jianlian.

So at this time, he plays as the team's second organizer, and the French team's offense will become more flexible and difficult to defend.

The second quarter is over.

The Chinese team trailed the French team 48:54.

The third quarter of the game.

Tony Parker and Batum teamed up to set off a wave of counterattacks. The French team scored three consecutive three-pointers and hit a wave of 11:2 shock waves, extending their lead to 10 points in one fell swoop.

Li Lai was forced to call a timeout again.

In the score on the field, the Chinese men's basketball team fell behind 60:70.

(End of this chapter)