NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

In the 2006 World Basketball Championship, the"Dream Seven" of the United States national basketball team, which represented the highest level of world basketball, was defeated by Greece in the semifinals and only won the bronze medal.

This can be said to be a shame for the American team, because they represent the highest level of world basketball but failed to win the championship. This is a huge blow to the competitive Americans.

So they planned to make a comeback at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and sent out the feared"Dream Team 8".

This Dream Team has an extremely strong all-star lineup.

The players selected for the Dream Eight Team include Kobe Bryant in his prime, LeBron James, Melo Anthony, Flash Wade, Howard, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, Prince, Reed, De Ron Williams, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh.

These players are the big names in the NBA in 2008, and they each have their own characteristics.

A good lineup requires good combinations and strategies. The main lineup combination adopted by the Mengba Team is the famous"22233" formation.

That is, two centers-Howard and Bosh.

2 power forwards-Anthony, Boozer.

Two small forwards—James and Prince.

3 shooting guards - Kobe, Wade, Reid.

3 point guards-Kidd, Paul, Deron Williams.

This combination can attack and defend, and is more suitable for team combat than a random team of superstars.

The NBA has an extraordinary status in the hearts of Chinese fans. The Mengba team composed of NBA superstars is also the most star-dazzling team in the entire Olympic Games.

It is not difficult to see from the players' entrance ceremony that the cheers given by the fans at Wukesong Arena to the Dream Team were no less than those of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team competing locally.

The starting lineups of both sides.

Huaguo team: center Yao Ming, power forward Yi Di, small forward Zhu Ba, shooting guard Yue Yi, point guard Liu Wei.

This lineup was introduced in the friendly match. The starting players do not mean they are better than the substitute players, but they are definitely the most suitable for the team's lineup configuration.

The same is true for Dream Team 8.

Their bench has accumulated too many top players, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it is no weaker than the starting lineup.

Mengba team is also the team with the strongest substitutes.

Their starters are center Howard, power forward Anthony, small forward James, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Kidd.

If you have to find a relative weakness in the dream team, then the inside is their weak link.

The Dream Team back then was filled with players inside, including Gorilla Ewing and Admiral Robinson at the center position, and Barkley and Malone at the power forward position.

As for this Dream Eight, the only ones who really play inside positions are Warcraft Howard, Dragon King Bosh and Boozer, and only Howard is at the center position.

Regardless of their star quality or actual combat power, these three people are far behind Meng Yi's seniors.

But their"weakness" is compared to the Dream Team.

Players from both sides were practicing with the ball in their own half, and the battle was about to break out.

Many Chinese players were nervous, which is a normal reaction when facing a powerful dream team.

This is the aura exuded by a super team.

The whistle blows, the players come off the field, the coach arranges the tactics, and the starting players come on.

Yue Yi greeted the starting players of the Dream Team, which was a routine etiquette before the start of the game.

Of course, this is not mandatory and you don’t have to do it.

Yue Yi didn't do that, he had no grudges, what's the matter with saying hello.

However, in the process of greeting them, Yue Yi keenly noticed that there was a hint of joking in their eyes when they looked at him.

This reminded him of what Kidd had said to him in front of the elevator.

Damn it, who cares about them, just play how you want to play. Personal strength does not mean everything. Basketball is a sport for five people.

The game started under the spotlight.

It was Yi Di who jumped the ball in the center circle for the Chinese team, and Yao Ming responded from the side.

This is a little tactic of Yunus. Yi Di's bullet speed is faster. When he grabs the landing point, he only needs to move the ball forward, and Yao Ming can get the ball.

Although Howard is far not as tall as Yi Di, his wingspan has certain advantages, and his bounce speed and jumping height are stronger than Yi Di. The Dream Team took the lead in winning the ball.

James got the ball, and he passed it directly to Anthony, who had already passed to the Chinese team's basket.

The first goal of the game fully reflected the core purpose of the American team, which is to play fast.

They sacrificed the inside height, but the team's fast break counterattack speed was increased to the extreme.

The point guard of the Chinese team pounced nearby. When Anthony received the ball, Liu Wei was the closest Chinese player.

Even though there was a huge size difference, Liu Wei still competed with Anthony without hesitation.

The scramble paid off.

Although Anthony received the ball without any suspense in the confrontation with Liu Wei, he failed to catch the ball in a hurry.

At this time, the big center Yao Ming had already made up for it. He raised his arms to cover Anthony's airspace. The front of his body gave Anthony a lot of pressure on the unsteady footing, causing Anthony's unsteady ball to finally slip out. Bottom line.

The first attack of the Dream Team ended in a mistake.

Yue Yi took advantage of the situation to serve, and Mengba pressed the ball as soon as he came up. Kidd blocked the position of the Chinese team's point guard Liu Wei, making him unable to catch the ball.

Yi Di stepped forward to respond, and Yue Yi passed the ball to Yi Di.

After Yi Di caught the ball, he passed it back to Yue Yi who ran from the baseline. Kobe immediately stepped forward to press Yue Yi.

Today, Yue Yi is no longer the running shooter who only catches and shoots.

He rushed forward forcefully from the left hand side and carried the ball smoothly across the half court.

Kobe kept an eye on Yue Yi.

When Kobe was forming the Dream Team, he took the initiative to ask Coach K to take care of the opponent's arrow figures.

Yue Yi felt honored to be stared at by Kobe Bryant.

But the pressure was really great, and Kobe pushed too hard.

The entire Mengba team is very tight in defense. This kind of pressing defense consumes the defender's energy. If they defend like this for a whole game, the defender himself will be exhausted first.

But this is the dream team, with a large number of equally powerful new players sitting on their bench.

Of all the teams participating in the Olympics, only their dream team has the capital and conditions to carry out such a high-intensity full-court press.

Yue Yi couldn't handle the ball well for a while.

Yao Ming ran over in time and gave Yue Yi a cover.

Yue Yi used the screen to break through to the left, and Howard chose to flank Yue Yi with Kobe.

In two months of training, Yao Ming and Yue Yi practiced pick-and-roll cooperation countless times.

Yue Yi saw Howard coming over and threw the ball into the air with his left hand. The ball was smoothly passed to Yao Ming's hands outside the three-point line.

Yao Ming didn't hesitate and shot directly from outside the three-point line.

The hand rose and the knife fell, and the basketball hit the net.

The Chinese team's insiders are all capable of shooting. Howard's decision to let Yao Ming make a three-pointer was a very stupid choice.

He thought that centers were like him and could only pass the ball outside the three-point line.

The Chinese team took the lead with a three-pointer from Yao Ming.