Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 443 Making History

In the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, they have participated in the Olympic Games since 1984, and this year is the eighth time they have entered the Olympic stage.Prior to this, China had broken into the top eight of the Olympic men's basketball team three times, namely the Atlanta Olympics in 8, the Athens Olympics in 1996 and the BJ Olympics in 2004, but unfortunately, they were all directly eliminated after entering the quarterfinals. Ranked eighth, that is to say, if Ye Feng and the others can beat France, they will create a new history.

But is France that easy to deal with?Although Michael Pietrus failed to participate in the Olympics, there are still five active NBA players in the French team, including Parker, Diaw, Seraphim, Turiaf and Ye Feng's old teammate Batum, others like Deco Luo is also a young and excellent player with great strength. It can be said that France can completely arrange a set of starters that are all NBA players. This is a very headache for Deng Huade.

Therefore, Deng Huade specially held a team meeting in which everyone participated, and hoped that everyone would brainstorm and see if they could find a way to beat France.At the meeting, everyone raised a lot of opinions, but they were all rejected. Suddenly, Deng Huade turned his attention to Ye Feng who was sitting in the corner. From the beginning of the meeting until now, this guy has not said a word, looking like he is wandering away. The way he looks makes people feel a little annoyed.Deng Huade simply called the names directly, wanting to see what Ye Feng thought.

Ye Feng pondered for a while, and said: "As far as I know, Parker has just had eye surgery, so it still has some influence on him, and the speed of the players inside is not fast, I think we can play fast. The transition offense, while allowing the faster point guard to limit Parker."

Deng Huade's eyes lit up, but he didn't think about this aspect. After thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the case. Among the several NBA-level inside players in France, Dior has become a flexible and fat man. Turiaf and Serra Fern is also not known for his movement speed, and he can indeed send a small lineup to rush.This is also Deng Huade's advantage. He is not a traditional Chinese coach. He has an incomprehensible fascination with big centers. He is not at all against small lineups.

So the starting lineup for the quarter-finals was logical, point guard Chen Jianghua, shooting guard Wang Shipeng, small forward Zhu Fangyu, power forward Ye Feng, and center Yi Jianlian.In fact, for them, the sense of position is very vague. Except for Yi Jianlian who is the only insider, everyone else can change positions in various ways, which is very suitable for small ball tactics.Putting the team's fastest Chen Jianghua at the point guard position is indeed a brilliant move by Deng Huade. Using a speed point guard to deal with Parker couldn't be better.

When the game officially started, Chen Jianghua really achieved the expected goal. Apart from fast break layups and open three-pointers, he did not use any means to score, but instead put all his energy on the defensive end.His speed really made Parker feel very speechless. He had just had eye surgery, and his field vision was affected to a certain extent. In the first quarter, Chen Jianghua made three turnovers under the close press. Very rare.

Ye Feng also used his speed to blow up Batum, his chief substitute in the Trail Blazers. Now the Chinese team's lineup has become a complete one. Riafe felt helpless.Especially from the very beginning, the Chinese team played a very high offensive efficiency. Turiaf, who was guarding the basket, couldn't even grab many rebounds.

Several commentators in China also started to get excited. You must know that the Chinese men's basketball team has basically formed the so-called "tradition" of being keen on big centers since Wang Zhizhi and Battelle. , Fast, smart, active interspersed running and precise shooting are the capital of the Chinese team to gain a foothold in the world basketball world. Now they seem to have seen the Chinese men's basketball team with fast and decisive offense back then.

This game also made many Chinese fans stay up late watching the game, cheering for the Chinese men's basketball team in front of the computer and TV.In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team unexpectedly defeated France 72 to 67, making it to the Olympic semi-finals for the first time in history, while their opponent was Russia, which eliminated Lithuania.

This is already an old friend of the Chinese team. Compared with Lithuania, which is not very familiar, Russia, who is in the same group in the group stage, is a better opponent and more familiar.Russia's cards are already in the clear, and their coach can't make any tricks.

But Deng Huade was also very cautious, and organized a very formal training session before the semifinals officially started, making full preparations for Russia.But in fact, Deng Huade is still a little relaxed. After all, Kirilenko, Russia's strongest point, can't get any benefits in front of Ye Feng. The only thing to worry about is Sheved. As Russia's second star, if he suddenly explodes In terms of Xiaoyu, the Chinese team may not be able to beat Russia.

In fact, Kirilenko was also very aggrieved. He thought that this time the Olympics would lead Russia to a breakthrough, but first he was powerless to fight back against China in the group stage, and he still couldn't escape in the semi-finals.This time he was ready to do his best, if he still couldn't defeat Ye Feng, he had nothing to say.

Sure enough, in this match, Ye Feng encountered unprecedented troubles. Compared with the sluggishness of the group stage, Kirilenko seemed to have changed. Without a point and only sent 2 assists, China also trailed by 18 points 30-12.

However, Ye Feng quickly changed his strategy and called Yi Jianlian to pull up to the high post to play the pick-and-roll. No matter whether he was rolling down or popping up to shoot, Russia's starting center Cowen had no choice because he was a traditional standing center.In this way, Ye Feng and Yi Jianlian can at least attract the defense of three Russian players. At this time, when the ball is passed, the Chinese team's offense will be opened.

At the end of the halftime, the Chinese team had narrowed the point difference to 4 points.At the beginning of the second half, Zhu Fangyu threw two unguarded three-pointers in a row, leading the score in one fell swoop.However, Russia still played very resilient, even so did not give up, the two sides have been entangled until the fourth quarter.At this time, Ye Feng finally got used to Kirilenko's defense. He shot from inside and outside and scored 1 points in 24 minute and 12 seconds. He helped China open the score in an instant and maintained the advantage until the end of the game.It seems that the red Chinese whirlwind is not over yet...

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