God of NBA point guards

Chapter 553: What the hell is this fight about?

After the first quarter, Zhang Lili said excitedly: "If the Dream Team didn't have two top point guards in Gary Payton and Kidd, I think we would have played better."

Sun Zhenping nodded and said: "Yes, Zhou Quan's role on the defensive end has been reduced since the US team adopted dual point guards. The US team used the dual point guard tactic to successfully circumvent Zhou Quan's defense."

Xu Jicheng said excitedly: "But our offense was really good, and the U.S. team didn't defend it. Especially Dayao's performance was eye-catching. He had more opportunities than Dayao in the first quarter."

Xu Jicheng said: "Dayao's height is more advantageous than Da Zhi at the basket, his shooting is no worse than Da Zhi, and his skills are not bad now."

Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "Da Zhi is also good, scoring 3 points on 2 of 4 shots. The two insiders scored 16 points. Zhou Quan used his breakthrough to create a lot of opportunities for Dayao, Yao and Da Zhi, which gave us the advantage of the inside line. .”

Zhang Lili said seriously at this time: "But the American team played well later. We were mainly in the lead for a period of time. So we can't be careless. This group of Dream Team [-] stars are also very strong."

Xu Jicheng said: "The American team is still in singles mode. After the point guard passes the ball out, he usually cannot take it back."

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "They are all the core players of their own team, and the tactical system revolves around them, so they have developed the habit of solving problems by themselves with the ball."

Sun Zhenping asked: "Coach Zhang, Teacher Xu, do you think the US team will double-team Zhou Quan or Dayao next? Dayao scores the most points, and he is now a great threat to the US team."

Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "Maybe they will double-team Zhou Quan, but it should be impossible to double-team Dayao. If they dare to double-team Dayao, Zhou Quan's passing and direct assist abilities will make them regret it. Tomjanovich He is very familiar with Zhou Quan and he doesn’t dare to double-team Dayao.”

When Xu Jicheng heard this, he suddenly said excitedly: "If we wait until Yao Yao becomes more mature, and after a few years of experience in the NBA, we will be really strong in the next Olympics."

On the bench of the US team, Tomjanovich is arranging tactics for the second quarter.

"The second quarter is a good opportunity for us to catch up. Our substitute lineup is no worse than the main lineup, but it is impossible for the Chinese team."

"In the second quarter, our perimeter has to bear the main offensive tasks because we don't have many available center players."

Having said this, he was a little regretful that no one was available for the center position. In the past ten years, it was an era when four super centers were rampant.

On the Chinese team side, Jiang Xinquan asked Zhou Quan first: "Zhou Quan, do you think we should fight for this game?"

Zhou Quan originally followed the team's idea of ​​testing the strength of the American team in the group stage and not going all out with them.

But the result of the first quarter made him feel that the Dream Team was really nothing more than that.

It wasn't that he underestimated the Dream Team Four, but Dayao's strength was beyond his expectation.

The main center in the team is still Da Zhi, and the best center in the country is still Da Zhi, but Dayao's performance really made him feel bright.

However, in the first quarter, Dayao mainly pulled out to do pick-and-rolls in the high post, and attacked more in the low post. Next, he wanted to see Dayao's low post offensive ability.

If Dayao is good in the low post, then with his height, he is expected to have an advantage at the basket.

Of course, Dayao also made several attacks under the basket in the first quarter, and Garnett couldn't prevent it and could only respond with foul tactics. Therefore, Dayao's low-post offensive ability should be acceptable, but he still wants to see more.

"Coach Jiang, the US team is just like that. They are not as good as the Dream Team [-]. We have a chance to win." He said.

Jiang Xinquan glanced at Liu Yumin next to him. Liu Yumin nodded, and he immediately said: "Okay, let's give it a try."

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhou Quan came on the court.

"Does the Chinese team want to beat us?"

Seeing Zhou Quan play, Tomjanovich knew what his opponent was planning.

Although he fell behind in the first quarter, he still didn't believe that the Dream Team [-] would lose to the Chinese team. After all, the Dream Team [-] did not distinguish between main players and substitutes, and it was impossible for the Chinese team.

He sent Garnett, Vin Baker, Raheem, Tim Hardaway, and Gary Payton as two point guards. Garnett played 9 minutes in the first quarter, Payton played 8 minutes in the first quarter, and played first in the second quarter. Replace people after a while.

In terms of holding the ball, he believed that the Iron Fist King would definitely choose to defend Payton, so he asked Tim Hardaway to organize the offense with the ball.

As for the Chinese national team, in addition to Zhou Quan, there are also Bart, Liu Yudong, Li Nan, and Guo Siqiang.

The American team attacks first.

Garnett made 5 of 3 shots in the first quarter, 2 of 1 free throws, and scored 7 points. He was the American team's top scorer in the first quarter. He was full of confidence and was very active from the beginning, trying to squeeze towards the basket.

But he ran into the bus, and the bus was too powerful for him to squeeze through. After squeezing twice, he couldn't get in. By the time he used his fast pace to move around the bus and enter the penalty area, Tim Hardaway, who was holding the ball, had already finished. attack.

As expected, Zhou Quan followed Payton, and little Tim Hardaway broke through with the ball from the top of the key.

His breakthrough with the ball is a masterpiece. Although he is a bit old and his speed is not as fast as before, his skills are still there. Guo Siqiang failed to keep up with the rhythm and was caught. Xiaochong went to the basket from the left end of the free throw line for a layup. The speed of the bus was moving sideways. Too slow, the layup was successful.

Zhou Quan attacked with the ball, Liu Yudong and Daba pulled out, he came to the top of the arc and launched an attack exactly like Xiao Chong just now.

Needless to say, Wen Baker was as fat as a ball and couldn't even talk about returning to defense.

Even if Garnett is very fast, compared to other insiders, his return speed is a little slower in the face of Zhou Quan's breakthrough speed with the ball.

"boom!"

After Zhou Quan took a big step past the free throw line, he flew and dunked, blasting the US team's basket.

In the second quarter, Dayao and Da Zhi were not on the court, and the substitute lineup was not as good as the main lineup, so Zhou Quan changed his style from the first quarter and went all out to attack.

In the first 3 minutes, he all scored on fast breaks and breakthrough layups. The gloves could not prevent his breakthroughs and fast breaks. Garnett and Vin Baker could not prevent his breakthrough layups. A total of 4 of 3 shots and 2 free throws. 2 hits, scoring 8 points.

The American team not only failed to narrow the point difference, but also widened it to 10 points. Tomjanovich quickly replaced Mourning and asked him and Garnett to join forces to block the penalty area.

Jiang Xinquan also replaced Da Zhi and asked him to partner with Bart.

Zhou Quan started to play high-post pick-and-roll tactics with Da Zhi. Within 3 minutes, he assisted Da Zhi and Guo Siqiang. He also got into the basket and caused two fouls on Mourning. He made 1 of 1 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. 5 points.

At this time, the point difference widened to 13 points, and the US team called a timeout.

Barkley said unhappily: "What the hell is this fight? The score difference is getting bigger and bigger."

Kenny Smith said: "It's normal, because the current No. 1 player in the NBA is on the opposite side. Which of our stars is not his defeat? And our insides don't take advantage. Their two tall insides are good. "

Barkley said with a dark face: "We should send O'Neal to play in the Olympics, and Tim Duncan, so that we can crush them in the low post."

Kenny Smith smiled bitterly and said: "Yeah, it's a pity that the Dream Team [-] only has one center."

After the timeout, the U.S. team deployed a double point guard of Payton and Kidd, Garnett and Mourning on the inside, and Ray Allen at small forward. All five positions were top-notch or near-top-notch defenders.

For the Chinese team, Dayao replaced Bart again, Liu Yudong came off, Li Nan played the third position, and Hu Weidong played the second position.

"Da Yao, Da Zhi, you can play more at the basket, or you can follow the pick-and-roll." Zhou Quan said to Dayao.

"Okay." The two said hurriedly.

"brush!"

Payton singled out Hu Weidong, made a feint break, then took a pull-up jumper and hit a mid-range shot.

Zhou Quan held the ball and after crossing the center line, he found that the US team's defensive formation was somewhat shrinking. "Are you trying to double-team me?"

He stepped up his guard because the defense of these five players on the American team was very strong, even stronger than that of the Bulls.

Sure enough, when he was near the top of the key, Ray Allen on the left wing pounced over.

He immediately passed the ball to Li Nan, but Garnett in the low post had already pounced on him. Li Nan caught the ball and made a jump shot. Garnett flew up from two meters away.

"Snapped!"

With a volleyball-style iron-blooded block, Li Nangang's ball was slapped directly into the audience.

"Fuck!"

Zhou Quan cursed a word.

"what!"

After succeeding, Garnett was extremely excited and roared at Li Nan, looking extremely ferocious.

"Oh hoo!"

The stadium also burst into cheers because of this big hat.

"This should be the strongest defensive lineup of the Dream Fourth Team. We have to be careful!" Xu Jicheng said.

"Garnett can make up for the three-point line, but you must be careful on the outside." Zhang Lili said.

Xu Jicheng said: "Not only Garnett, but also Mourning have the speed to make up for it. The defense of these five people is really strong. The worst Ray Allen is also a top-notch, or even top-notch defense."

It was the U.S. team's turn to attack. Garnett caught the ball in the low post on the left wing and hit Yao Min with his back.

He played the longest time on the US team. He didn't get much rest. After a couple of kicks, he could no longer push Yao Min like he did in the first quarter.

There was no other way, so he swayed left and right, then turned around and made a big jumper.

"boom!"

This time he failed to hit the shot due to Dayao's block.

However, the Chinese team's defensive rebound was not enough to block Mourning, allowing him to rush to the basket and grab the offensive rebound.

"Oh, you must protect the rebounds in the backcourt!" Zhang Lili sighed.

"Da Zhi's confrontation ability is still not good enough to withstand Moning." Xu Jicheng said.

"Snapped!"

At this moment, Mourning took action, but was blocked by a big slap.

"Beautiful!" Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

Dayao turned around and grabbed the backcourt rebound, and Zhou Quan took over the attack. When he reached the frontcourt, he saw Hu Weidong running out of the open space, and he immediately passed it over.

"boom!"

The gloves caught up with Hu Weidong in time. Hu Weidong faked a real shot, missed the three-point jumper, and Garnett got the rebound.

When the offense and defense transitioned, the American team played a counterattack fast break.

Hu Weidong retreated continuously, and Payton also changed direction continuously, very fast. In the end, Hu Weidong bumped into Ray Allen, and Payton took the opportunity to break through and enter the penalty area.

"careful!"

Just as Payton was making a layup, Kidd's shouts came from behind.

"what?"

As soon as Payton heard this, before he could react, a big hand slapped away the basketball he had just shot from behind.

"Zhou Quan? Okay, Zhou Quan rushed in and blocked Gary Payton's layup." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

When the offense and defense transitioned, Yao Min strode back to defense, and his speed was not slow. Just a few steps behind Payton, when Zhou Quan blocked Payton, he had already reached the top of the key.

Now switching offense and defense again, he immediately turned around and ran, with Garnett and Mourning on his left and right.

When he rushed into the penalty area, he turned around and looked back, and saw that Zhou Quan in the middle line had passed the ball. He quickly took two small steps back towards the basket, and then jumped to catch the ball.

Garnett and Mourning also jumped at the same time, trying to steal the pass.

But Zhou Quan's pass was so accurate that it directly guided Dayao's head and was caught by him.

"boom!"

"Di!"

After Dayao caught the ball, he turned around and successfully dunked with both hands. At the same time, he also caused a foul on the thugs of Garnett and Mourning.

"Beautiful! Yao Min hit high, giving full play to his height advantage." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

Although Yao Min's shot was very good, the US team still used this most defensive configuration to achieve very good defensive results in the following time.

At the end of the second quarter, 45:50, the Chinese team still led by 5 points.

In the third quarter, the American team continued to maintain this lineup, but at the end of the quarter, 70:75, the Chinese team still led by 5 points.

Zhou Quan and Dayao played very well together in this quarter. Dayao made 7 of 5 shots and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 14 points in a single quarter and 30 points in three quarters. He is the Chinese team's top scorer. .

"Although the defense of the US team's lineup is strong, Dayao's height advantage is really strong. Coupled with Zhou Quan's passing and ability to attract double teams, Dayao got quite a lot of opportunities at the basket. Mourning and Mourning Garnett couldn't guard him even if he double-teamed him, and it was useless for the other two insiders to go up and they couldn't guard him either," Zhang Liang said.

Sun Zhenping said: "It can be said that Dayao has defeated the inside of the Dream Fourth Team."

"Should Zhou Quan attack with all his strength in the last quarter? He only scored 22 points in the first three quarters. He didn't score much in the third quarter, only two points." Xu Jicheng said.

"He played 28 minutes in three quarters and only rested for 2 minutes. There should be no problem with his physical fitness, right?" Sun Zhenping asked.

"It should be possible. He is also a physical monster. He has not suffered any injuries since he entered the league in 91. Jordan is so durable. He even broke his calf in his second season. He is more durable than Jordan." Zhang Liang said.

Sun Zhenping smiled and said: "He retired for two seasons before, which means he only played a few boxing games, and his body was taken care of for two years."

Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Yes, this is very important. It will definitely allow him to play longer. With his current state, he should be able to remain at his peak after the age of 30."

Xu Jicheng said: "Anyway, he will be 32 years old in the next Olympics, and he will definitely still be in his prime. If our bid for the Olympics is successful, he will be 08 years old in 36. I hope he can still be at his peak at that age like Jordan. .”

(End of this chapter)