overlooking the pitch

Chapter 521

The second round of the group stage was finally won, and this time, China still played first in the group, and they will soon face Taiwan, which is second in another group.

Taiwan's basketball league in the region is not strong.It should be said that they are very weak. Their investment in the club is very small. Many good players choose to go to the CBA to seek gold. Fewer players are willing to stay in Taiwan to play, and this creates a cycle. There are fewer and fewer players. Willing to stay in Taiwan, the income decreases, the scale of investment is getting smaller and smaller, and even some Taiwanese clubs face the youth teams of the CBA.

But all this does not prevent Taiwan from becoming a top Asian team, because they have planned players, and almost all of their main players have received due training in the CBA. Above all are very familiar opponents, Lin Zhijie, Zeng Wending, all have good names in the CBA.It's just that the Chinese team, which has recovered its form now, seems to be able to win steadily.

And before the game, the Chinese fans also firmly believed that this game must not be lost, absolutely, if they lose to the Chinese Taipei team, then this group of players will really have to come back on their own, I am afraid that even the Basketball Association is like this Think, it's a dead command.

However, at the beginning of the game, there seems to be a very sad hurdle for the Chinese Taipei team. The Chinese Taipei team does not have an outstanding inside line. Maybe many of their players will learn how to play inside when they are 1 meters. Related, but it has to be said that all of their internal lines are miniature.This point is very similar to a team in the NBA, the Heat, they can only succeed by learning the tactics of unlimited switching, double-teaming, and counterattacks.

The Chinese team does have an inside advantage. No one can refute this point. The Taiwan team is also very clear about this point. They are infinitely double-teamed on the defensive end. This effect is what the Chinese team wants to play.

Inside singles, split the ball, and then play out the effect. At the beginning, at least in the first quarter and a half of the game, the Chinese team did have an advantage at the beginning with its excellent inside line, but this advantage was not great, especially It is a huge consumption of internal lines, which is very obvious.

Soon, the Chinese Taipei team showed their characteristics, and the precise three-pointer became their weapon. The two tall insiders of the Chinese team were indeed a very good defensive barrier for the penalty area, but for the three-pointer That being said, the defense has obviously become very difficult.

Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi have already endured too much pressure on the offensive end, and now they are still the weakness of this team on the defensive end. The Chinese Taipei team began to constantly look for opportunities on the outside, and the two inside The performance on the offensive end is not enough to completely cover up the embarrassment they cannot release on the defensive end.

After the start of the second quarter, Chinese Taipei's three-pointers also began to become more accurate, hitting three-pointers in a row, but for the Chinese team, this was very uncomfortable. It's not like they haven't thought about fighting against this Chinese Taipei team for three-pointers .But tonight, the Chinese team's three-pointer regained the original feeling, yes, it was the feeling of the first game against the South Korean team.

Wang Shipeng once again missed the target under the opponent's key defense, and his miss was a devastating blow to the Chinese team's outside offense. Sun Yue's three-pointer was not his strong point, and Zhu Fangyu spent more energy On the defensive end.

At the end of the half, Chinese Taipei also completed the overtake and took a 5-point lead. The advantage is not big, but it is already very dangerous for this kind of knockout game where the winner is determined by one game.

"I'm really completely disappointed with these guys. Fortunately, I still look forward to our breakthrough in the first World Cup. Now it seems that I can be satisfied if I can reach the quarter-finals!"

"I can't keep up with the inside defense, and the outside defense is ineffective. This is the true portrayal of the second quarter. I suddenly felt that the invincible defense we showed during the Olympics was completely an illusion caused by An Sheng alone. .”

"Brother, that's not an illusion. It's the defensive performance of An Sheng as the main player and Yi Jianlian as the assistant. As a result, An Sheng is gone. How can the defense be better?"

This time in the locker room, it was not Yinhu who was talking, but the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team. He clearly explained one thing, that is, this game must be won, and the outcome of the two teams is not easy. Just because of the competitive sports factor, although An Sheng doesn't like sports with political participation, but one thing that must be admitted is that sports can never be independent of this.

An Sheng touched his ankle. He knew that he could not lose to the Chinese Taipei team. This was the same as his immediate reaction when he knew his opponent. Chinese Taipei team?Can't lose, so he said to the coach: "Let me play in the second half!"

This sentence surprised the team leader. He wanted to refuse this request, but he couldn't say it. The outcome of this game is very important, and it is also very important to the fans, but he is not unreasonable. Knowing An Sheng's injury, such an injury, An Sheng has just returned to normal training. Logically speaking, the next game two days later should be the time for An Sheng to come back.

"No! You must take a good rest!" At this time, Yi Jianlian showed the demeanor of a big brother and directly rejected An Sheng's request, "I don't want to lose, but compared to your career, the loss of this game It’s nothing! What’s more, they haven’t won this game yet!”

"Don't worry! It's only half a game!"

"Not even at halftime! Let's do this! I promise you, we will tie the score in the third quarter!"

In the locker room, Yi Jianlian showed the temperament of the Chinese big brother for the first time. For the taciturn No.1 Chinese team in the post-Yao Ming era, this scene is rarely seen!
At the same time, another big brother Wang Zhizhi also spoke up: "Don't worry! An Sheng, we are not old yet. For me, I have to wait until the end of the Asian Championships. Now the I am still the same Wang Zhizhi." At this time, Wang Zhizhi, who had almost exhausted his physical strength in the first half, was full of confidence, and he seemed to have returned to his youth and was ready to return to the game Give a lesson to Chinese Taipei on the opposite side.

(End of this chapter)