All-round Athlete

Chapter 526 The Second Reception Point

"We were tricked!" Coach Slelica said with a depressed face.

The atmosphere in the dressing room of the Lithuanian team is also very weird. Every member of the Lithuanian team has the same feeling as coach Slelica, that is, "we have been tricked".

Before the game, the Lithuanian team agreed that Zhang Guan was a pure breakthrough player, but during the game, when the Lithuanian team was about to widen the gap, Zhang Guan started to distribute the ball. Although this is only the most common breakthrough point, Zhang Guan's speed and Dayao's shooting stability have become a big killer. Zhang Guan's speed is fast enough that the Lithuanian team cannot stop Zhang Guan's breakthrough, and Dayao's shooting is also stable enough. With a height of 2.26 meters, it is really difficult to stop him from shooting.

It is not that the Lithuanian team has no one to help defend Dayao, but when the Lithuanian team's inside players block Zhang Guan's breakthrough, the only Lithuanian defenders who can help defend Dayao are small forwards who are at most two meters old, small To defend Dayao who has already got the ball is tantamount to a misplaced attack. The difference of 20 to 30 centimeters is equivalent to Yao raising his hand. Regardless of whether he wants to shoot or not, the defensive player has to jump up quickly. Defense is tantamount to gambling luck.

As a result, from the middle of the second quarter to the end of the first half, Dayao made 7 of 9 shots, including two three-pointers and a two-plus-one penalty. The "little man" in the chest shot, and in just seven or eight minutes, Dayao scored 21 points alone, and with the scoring in the first quarter, Dayao scored 26 points in the first half.

In the first half of the game, the Chinese team led the Lithuanian team by 2 points 45 to 43.

The Lithuanian team's misjudgment of Zhang Guan caused the Chinese team to play smoothly in the first half of the attack, but the Chinese team could not stop the Lithuanian team's attack. After all, the Lithuanian team is the top team in Europe. Under the leadership of the European king Jaskovicius, Siskauskas and Kleiza continued their outstanding performance. The players of the Jin team are indeed much better than the strikers of the Chinese team, and he is strong enough, and his outstanding personal ability has put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team.

In general, the two sides played back and forth in the first half of the game, but this kind of back and forth is obviously unacceptable to the Lithuanian team. The goal of the Lithuanian team is to enter the final. They even hope to beat the dream team of the US team in the final, but now the Lithuanian team is 2 points behind the Chinese team at halftime. What can they do to beat the dream team?

"We were tricked by the Chinese team, but I don't feel angry, I'm even a little relieved. Do you know why?" Coach Slelica paused, and then said: "Because the opponent's coach is Yona Adams is my teacher. Jonas is the one who understands us best, if he doesn't keep one or two hole cards, I would find it incredible."

Slelica looked very calm, and his composure and calmness also gave the Lithuanian team members a reassurance.

I saw coach Slelica continue to say: "Zhang Guan actually knows how to break through and score the ball, and the cooperation between him and Dayao is also very skilled. This is indeed beyond my expectation, so in the second half, we not only have to limit Zhang Guan's ability To break through, Yao must be restricted. We need more big men on the court, and more flexible big men."

As Slelica said, he looked at the two young men who looked exactly the same, and said, "Darius, Krsistov, in the second half of the game, I need your vitality! I want you to bring your vitality into our defense."

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The players of the US team have also arrived at the Wukesong Stadium at this time, and they will play against the Spanish men's basketball team in the next game.

"Hey, I just got the news that in the first half, the Chinese team led the Lithuanian team by 2 points!" Howard said with a big mouth.

"Oh? The Chinese team actually led the Lithuanian team at halftime. It's unbelievable! I thought the Chinese team would lose the game without resistance!" Wade said with a smile.

"It is said that Dayao broke out. He scored 26 points in the first half." Howard said, taking a deep breath, and then said childishly: "Dayao's state is really hot. If we face the Chinese team in the final, I might be blown up!"

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter, we still have Carlos!" Deron pointed to Boozer next to him, and then said, "Carlos has the most experience in dealing with Dayao!"

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The Lithuanian team led by 2 points at halftime, which was obviously not expected by the audience, so the intermission time became the time for the audience to celebrate and revel. Something that absolutely never happened in the game.

The morale of the players of the national team is also high. Originally, everyone did not have much confidence in winning, but the current score allows the players to see the hope of victory. Originally, the players wanted to play as well as possible so as not to disappoint the fans at home, but now they found that the Lithuanian team was not as strong as imagined, and it turned out that the Chinese team might win.

A mentality shift is important. Many times some unknown players break out suddenly and become a star in one fell swoop, not because of his sudden improvement in strength, but because of a change in his mentality. When a player has a strong heart, he will naturally become a star. A strong person, this situation often happens in other sports.

And now the national team players have just such a change, they have a heart to win.

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In the second half of the game, when Zhang Guan stepped onto the field, he found that the Lithuanian team had sent two players who looked exactly the same.

"This should be Brother Lavrinovich!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

The Lithuanian team has a pair of twin brothers, the elder brother is Darius Lavrinovic and the younger is Christov Lavrinovic. The looks of the two are exactly the same. Among them, the elder brother Darius is 2.12 meters tall and wears the No. 7 jersey. He is a center forward and can also play a power forward. The younger brother Christopher is 2.09 meters tall and wears a No. 12 jersey. He is a power forward and can also play a center.

On the basketball court, twin brothers playing at the same time can easily confuse opponents. Each player has different technical characteristics, as well as different strengths and weaknesses. It is impossible for everyone to be as comprehensive as James or Kobe. Therefore, in the offense and defense of professional basketball, it is necessary to target the opponent's weaknesses. If it is the wrong person, no matter whether it is offensive or defensive, they will fall into a relatively passive situation if they cannot be targeted.

Basketball is different from football. The football field is large enough. The identity of the player can be confirmed through the position. In football, it is impossible for a striker to run to the position of the defender. However, misplaced defense is very common in basketball, so the identity of the player can be confirmed through appearance. main way.

The appearance of two identical players on the court is also a tactic to confuse opponents, and if a pair of twin brothers can complement each other technically, it will be even more difficult, such as the Lopez brothers in the NBA. One is good at offense and the other is good at defense, so they are very famous in college. Their data is even better than some top ten rookies. They were even considered as the top three candidates in the draft. But once the two are separated, their data is not as good as in college. So bright.

However, the Lithuanian twin brother Lavrinovic's technical style of play seems to be carved out of the same mold. Both of them can shoot three-pointers, and the COSCO shots are quite good. Although the defensive strength of the two is average, they both have good moving speed and jumping ability. Although this brother is not considered a dominant insider in Europe, he is also a very good traditional center.

The twin brothers on the Lithuanian team are aimed at Zhang Guan's breakthrough goal. Although the twin brothers' confrontation ability is not as good as Jav Tokas, their mobility is stronger. In the European defense system, mobility It is more important than physical confrontation.

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Zhang Guan took a sneak peek at Dayao, and saw that Dayao had already stood on his best shooting spot. Next, Zhang Guan began to break through.

Sure enough, Lithuania once again resorted to zone defense, and Zhang Guan once again passed the ball to Dayao.

At this moment, the twin brother suddenly moved. His speed was very fast, at least by the standard of a center forward, his speed was very fast. The ball was passed to Dayao, and just as Dayao was about to raise his hand to shoot, the twin brother had already run in front of Dayao. Dayao's shooting was interfered, but instead of passing the ball, he simply chose to play with his back.

In the end, the goal was still scored, but it was scored by Dayao's personal ability. Lavrinovic's physical confrontation ability is insufficient, and he is a traditional center. In a one-on-one situation, he is certainly not Dayao's opponent.

However, this result is something that the Chinese team does not want to see. This is tantamount to returning to the original point, passing the ball to Dayao, and then letting him play inside alone. And this style of play is okay against ordinary teams, but against a team like Lithuania, it is definitely not a long-term strategy. Using this style of play, when Dayao's physical strength declines, that is, when China's offense is hindered .

Coach Yunus looked at Slelica on the coaching bench next to him, and nodded slightly. He was very satisfied with his disciple's response.

"Slelica still has more cards than me! But I haven't finished playing the cards yet, and the outcome is still unknown." Coach Jonas thought of this, looked back at the general situation on the bench, and said Said: "Go warm up your lower body, it's your turn to play! We need to let our opponents know that the Chinese team has more than one Yao!"

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"The Chinese team requests a substitution!" Following the voice of the DJ on the scene, he roughly walked onto the court, and what he replaced was not Ah Lian, but small forward Zhu Fangyu.

"Oh..." The fans at the scene let out a burst of exclamation. They did not expect that Jonas would make such a substitution, and the three inside pillars entered the field at the same time, which had never been seen in previous games.

This lineup is bound to be slow, the key is the lack of flexibility, three big centers are on the field at the same time, it would be strange if they are very flexible!

"What is Yonas doing? Going to the three major inside lanes at the same time, how can the space in the inside lane accommodate the six big men from both sides?"

"This lineup requires speed without speed, and flexibility without flexibility. This is equivalent to going up to three big wooden stakes and standing there. What's the use?"

"The three tallest players are all on the court. Is this for rebounding? Or is it going to fight for offensive rebounds?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand why Yunus changed people like this!"

The commentator was confused, the fans were confused, and even the head coach of the Lithuanian team, Slelica, was also confused. In anyone's opinion, two big men are enough, and a third is completely redundant.

However, on the bench of the Chinese team, everyone looked at the court expectantly.

In this lineup, the Chinese team completely gave up flexibility. What they want is the stand-up shooting of three inside players. All three of them have good shooting ability. For open shots, there is no one with a low hit rate.

Some people may think that the UAE’s shooting is not very accurate, but in 2008, shooting was the main offensive method of the UAE. Last season, he also had a 42% shooting percentage in the Milwaukee Bucks. Open shots are still possible. trust.

After the substitution, the game restarted. In the defense, the Chinese team was quickly disrupted by the Lithuanian team's continuous breakthrough and scoring. Kleiza easily scored with a small throw.

"There are indeed problems with this lineup. The defensive flexibility is not enough. The Lithuanian team can score easily. I hope the three insiders can surprise us in the offense. As long as we are scoring, we are not afraid of the Lithuanian team scoring." Guest commentator A very disappointed tone.

On the bench, Jonas still had a calm expression.

When he joined this lineup, he basically gave up defense, because Jonas knew that with the teamwork and player strength of the Lithuanian team, no matter which lineup the Chinese team played, they could not defend the Lithuanian team. This has nothing to do with tactical deployment. , is completely a gap in strength. So Jonas simply bet that the Lithuanian team would not make a shot, and then grabbed a rebound.

Preventing the Lithuanian team from scoring is something that the Chinese team cannot do. Jonas’s thinking is that you score and I score. We play the whole game and try our luck. Maybe you are unlucky and miss a shot in the end, and I will win. up. This is like a lot of weak teams in a football match. If I don’t score, you don’t want to score. Let’s compare penalty kicks when overtime is over. Of course, it is impossible for basketball to not score the entire game like football, so giving up defense and scoring has become a way for the weak to gamble on luck.

And then it's the Chinese team's turn to launch an offense. This is also the time to test the offensive capabilities of this lineup.

Zhang Guan pushed the ball across the half, but the position of the Chinese team on the court made coach Slelica frown.

"The Chinese team played three big men, but they all stood on the outside? What does this mean?" Slelica was a little confused, but at the next moment when Zhang Guan chose to break through the general pick-and-roll, he immediately guessed Yuna His intentions.

"Not good!" Slelica immediately shouted at the players on the field: "Keep an eye on No. 14!"

However, it was too late, Zhang Guan swung his wrist in the breakthrough, and the ball had already reached roughly in front of him. At this time, the twin brother who is in charge of defending roughly has been attracted to defend Zhang Guan.

On the other side, Kleiza of the Lithuanian team immediately ran over to defend, but facing a shooter ten centimeters taller than him, if he directly marked him, he still had hope of being able to defend against him, but the supplementary defense was almost useless.

Basically, this opportunity was not wasted, and he shot a three-pointer and entered the frame hollowly.

Coach Slelica's face suddenly turned livid. This is a three-pointer, which is more deadly than Dayao's two-pointer.

Jaskovicius looked at Dayao, then at the outline of the goal just now, a trace of worry could not help but appear on his face.

"Both big men can shoot the ball. In this way, Zhang Guan's breakthrough point has an extra point, which is not good."

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