NBA villain

Chapter 524 Fighting Lithuania
Saitama is an inland county in Japan, and the south of the county is Tokyo, Japan.

It is one of the most important transportation centers in eastern Japan and one of the most important industrial areas in Tokyo.Known as "Little Edo" in ancient times, the Kawagoe area still maintains the urban layout of the 19th century. The remaining warehouse buildings and the Koryo Shrine are part of the historical monuments here.

Saitama City is the most densely populated area in Saitama Prefecture. As an auxiliary transportation hub in the north of Tokyo, the Tohoku and Joetsu Five-day Shinkansen, JR regional lines, and private railway lines can all pass through here.

Many story backgrounds in anime are chosen to take place in Saitama, such as "Shakuyan Shana", "Crayon Shin-chan", "The Odd Records of the Headless Horseman" and so on.

The final venue of the Men's Basketball World Championships was placed here, attracting many fans from Tokyo, and at the same time providing convenient transportation for fans to go to Tokyo for consumption and shopping.

In the first game of the quarter-finals, Argentina will face New Zealand.

China and Lithuania are the second game of the day.

Time is running out, and the players have no time to appreciate this new city that has not been established for a long time.

Argentina defeated New Zealand, 79 to 62. There is still a clear gap between the two teams. Before that, Argentina had a record of 5 victories in Group A, and their goal was to win the championship.

The best performer of the Argentine team was Manu Ginobili, who scored a game-high 28 points. In New Zealand, Dicole scored 14 points, and Penny, who had been teammates with the Heat and Yang Di, scored 11 points .

At 12 o'clock, the Chinese team and the Lithuanian team entered the stadium.

The quarter-finals continued. Both sides had solemn expressions, ready to fight.

The Chinese team ranked second in Group D with 4 wins and 1 loss, and Lithuania ranked third in Group C with 3 wins and 2 losses.

Yang Di’s impression of the Lithuanian team is that the names of the players in the Lithuanian team are all very long, like Lavrinovic, Ilgauskas, of course, the most famous one is Sabonis, Yao Ming himself A recognized basketball icon, one of the best centers in the world in the 80s and 90s.

This year's Lithuanian national men's basketball team, Ilgauskas did not come, and the rest of the players looked strong, and they were indeed typical Eastern European men.
After the national anthem was played, the starting players of both sides stayed on the court.

For the Chinese team, Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Yang Di, and Yao Ming.

Lithuania: Maljoskas, 1 meters tall, Canidis, 92 meters tall, Zukaskas, 1 meters tall Dalias Sangueira, 95 meters tall, Lavrino Vicki is 2 meters tall.

Although Lithuania suffers a little in terms of height, the players are really strong, big men among a group of white people.

Most of their jumping is mediocre, unlike black athletes, after they are over 2 meters tall, they are still not much different from those of 1 meters or 9 meters. They can run and jump.

Yao Ming won with an easy jump ball, Liu Wei dribbled the ball past halftime, and the Chinese team took the first wave of offense.

After Yang Di fell to the low post, Yao Ming left the penalty area and ran to the other side of the baseline to ambush. Since he didn't defend for three seconds, Lavrinovic waited in the penalty area and would not evacuate even a step.

Yang Di turned his back and observed the players' positions.

Sangueira's official height in international competitions is 2 meters, but in the NBA, his height is 04 meters. In 2, Sangueira was selected by the Celtics with the 06th overall pick, and then by the Celtics. The Walters were sent to the Kings. This summer, he signed a five-year $02 million contract with the Wizards. He is a tough, rebounding, and comprehensive inside player.

To defend Yang Di, Lithuania can only let Sangueira go to match.

Yang Di pouted, leaned back, and felt Sangueira's defensive pressure.

When backing up, the Lithuanian team didn't want to double-team Yang Di so early. Yang Di probably knew Lithuania's defensive strategy against him.

Single defense is the main strategy, supplemented by cooperative defense.

He couldn't help showing an inexplicable smile, "Single defense?"

Holding his breath, Yang Di suddenly tensed the muscles on his back with his left foot as the axis, and his whole body, like a brown bear, slammed into Sangaila's body.

"boom!"

Sangaila snorted, only felt a monstrous mountain-like force coming from his arm, and then there was a burst of numbness, his whole body couldn't bear the effort, in order to maintain his balance, Xiaotiao moved back a step.

With his left foot as the axis, Yang Di drew a super large circle on the ground with his right foot, and turned around suddenly to the bottom line.

With his right foot stepping on the ground, he twisted his waist and abdomen, turned his body lightly, and leaned back to shoot.

"Low post turnaround jumper."

Yunus frowned. Yang Di's one-on-one goal was not a tactic he arranged at all. Why did he start messing around again?

Sangaila tried her best to reach out her hand, but she was powerless, and the tips of her fingers couldn't even touch Yang Di's elbow.

Yang Di in the air has an elegant posture, with his feet raised high, maintaining his balance one after the other.

"Shh!"

Basketball hollow into the net.

The head coach of Lithuania shook his head, how to defend the low turnaround jumper?Such a tall man moves like a defender.

The Lithuanian team quickly served.Maljoskas dribbles the ball past half-time.

Players from Eastern European countries are not particularly good at basic skills, dribbling straight up and down, opening and closing, but even so, Chinese players dare not take the risk of stepping forward to steal the ball.

After the Lithuanian team guided the ball, Canidis at the top of the arc received the ball.

Then center Lavrinovich ran out to cover Canidis in a pick-and-roll. Yao Ming retreated and hid behind to defend against a breakthrough. The moment Wang Shipeng was blocked, Canidis stepped on the three-point line and shot a jumper.

According to the experience of the game against the Chinese team that year, Yao Ming did not dare to make a pounce at this time, because he had to go back to the basket to grab rebounds.

But at this time, the Chinese team had Yang Di on the inside, and Yao Ming threw himself out with confidence, with his right arm raised high to interfere with Canidis's shot. As for not being able to grab rebounds, what does it matter to Yao Ming?He just wants better international results, not statistics.

"clang!"

Canidis was disturbed by Yao Ming, and the strength of his shot was obviously much stronger.

The basketball bounced to the right under the basket, and Yang Di jumped up immediately, intercepted the ball in the air, and grabbed the rebound.

"Can this be predicted?" The head coach of the Lithuanian national team was stunned, feeling that Yang Di was about to move to the right to grab a rebound when he saw Canidis shoot.

Yang Di grabbed the rebound and Sangaila pressed on the spot. Yang Di immediately dribbled the ball under his crotch, blocked Sangueira with his side, and protected the ball with his left hand.

Then against Sangueila, dribble forward until the second Lithuanian comes and double-teams him.

Only then did he jump up and pass the ball to Liu Wei in the middle.

At this time, there is also a lack of opportunities for fast breaks. Liu Wei has rich experience and is not in a hurry to attack after halftime. He waits for Yang Di and Yao Ming to come together, and then slowly organizes.

(End of this chapter)