All-round Athlete

Chapter 542

In the second half of the game, the U.S. team made personnel adjustments. Prince was sent on the field, and Kidd stayed with him on the court. Krzyzewski obviously hoped that Kidd could pass a few passes to Prince. A good shot, allowing him to achieve the goal of scoring.

The Chinese team also replaced Zhang Guan, and his opponent was Kidd, the captain of the US team.

In the first attack in the second half, Zhang Guan directly held the ball across the half court. As soon as Kidd came up to meet him, Zhang Guan accelerated sharply. Taking advantage of Kidd's unsteady foothold, he rushed directly to the U.S. team's basket and made a layup. Score.

"Zhang Guan's speed is so fast!" Bosh, who was resting on the bench, looked at Paul beside him, and then asked, "Who do you think is faster, you or Zhang Guan?"

"But as far as the speed of this ball is concerned, it can indeed be very fast, but it can't be called extreme speed. I can also do this kind of speed." Paul thought about it carefully, and then said: "But if you fight for the extreme speed, That's not necessarily the case, maybe Zhang Guan is faster, maybe I'm faster, who knows if you haven't surpassed him!"

"But Zhang Guan's starting speed, maybe no one in the NBA can do it." Wade interjected from the side.

"Starting speed? Even you can't do it?" Bosh asked his friend.

Wade shook his head, and Bosh asked, "What if it was two years ago?"

Wade won the NBA championship two years ago. At that time, he had not suffered any major injuries, so his explosive power was much stronger than now. However, Wade thought about it carefully, and shook his head again.

"Oh? Zhang Guan is so powerful! Are you ashamed of yourself?" Bosh asked in surprise.

"That's just the starting speed." Wade immediately explained: "Don't forget that he is a track and field sprinter, and he is the fastest runner in the world. The sprinter's starting reaction time is the shortest, so I can't compare to the start-up and it's normal."

"I always feel that Jason (Kidd) seems to be a bit overwhelmed when facing Zhang Guan! If he was ten years younger, no, even five years younger, I would not worry about him, but now he... "Paul said with some concern.

Kidd is arguably the most complete point guard in the NBA, including his defense, of course. From 1999 to 2007, Kidd was either on the NBA's All-Defensive First Team or on the All-Defensive Second Team, never falling behind. His defense was once called a "nightmare" by James in his rookie season. In terms of defensive ability alone, Kidd at his peak must have blown his juniors. If it is said that Kidd is the strongest defensive one of the top point guards, perhaps not many people will question it.

It's just that Kidd is thirty-five years old now, and his body is not as strong as when he was young. The key is that he can't keep up with his feet. A fast opponent can still be dealt with, but when facing a fast opponent, there is often no way. So now Kidd frequently becomes Paul's "cash machine", and in the future, he will also become a cash machine for Rose, Westbrook and others.

And the fastest person in the world is Zhang Guan. With Kidd's current speed, Zhang Guan is completely fundamental. Even Kidd's defensive experience is extremely rich, even Kidd's defensive method is very smart, but in In the face of absolute speed, he still looked so pale and powerless.

In normal times, if the opponent's player is blown up, someone inside will definitely defend, but today's US team really doesn't defend, so Zhang Guan only needs to pass Kidd to get to the basket and complete the score. .

A breakthrough scored two points. The US team obviously didn't care about this. They were still obsessed with playing the ball for Prince and letting him complete the score.

Pass, pass, pass, the ball went around, and it was in Kidd's hands again. Kidd looked at James on one side, but his arm swung in the other direction. A one-handed throw passed the The ball was sent to Prince's reverse.

This is a pass that does not look at people, and the pass is very sudden, and the direction of the pass is very hidden. No one would have thought that Kidd's pass was passed to Prince.

"A beautiful pass!" Kidd thought to himself, but at the same time he found that Zhang Guan, who was supposed to be marking him, disappeared in front of him.

"Where's Zhang Guan?" Kidd was taken aback for a moment, but he heard deafening cheers erupting from the scene.

Zhang Guan judged the direction of Kidd's pass, he quickly moved to Prince's side, and snatched the ball the moment Prince received the ball.

"What? He was intercepted? How did he know that I was going to pass to Prince!" Kidd was startled. This time, he passed the ball very covertly. He didn't even look at Prince who received the ball. , but used a "blind pass". It is said that Zhang Guan's attention should be attracted to the other side by him, but Zhang Guan saw through his passing intention.

"Why? Is it blind? Or does he really have such a good consciousness?" Kidd thought in his heart.

Of course Zhang Guan did not have such a good sense, and he was not blind, but the "God's perspective" helped him.

This pass, although Kidd did not look at Prince, but Prince was in an excellent offensive position, and after Prince reached out for the ball, Kidd immediately passed the ball with his arms, so Zhang Guan also It was immediately judged that the target of Kidd's pass was Prince.

In one-on-one defense, the players' attention is often focused on the opposing player. As for the positions of other opponents, they are often handed over to their teammates to mark, and whoever misses it will be blamed. But Zhang Guan has the perspective of God, he can observe the position and movement of every athlete on the court.

The ball reached Zhang Guan's hands, and then there was another one-stop breakthrough. The US team took a few steps to the backcourt symbolically, which was regarded as a return to defense, and then five people watched Zhang Guan advance the ball.

Next, the US team continued with its mission, which was to help Prince score.

However, this process was not very smooth. Kidd was completely at a disadvantage in the matchup with Zhang Guan. This was not only reflected in the fact that he would be easily passed by Zhang Guan in terms of defense, but also in terms of offense. Tight, lost a lot of passing opportunities.

And what Prince is best at is defense rather than offense. If it is James, the ball can be passed to him and he can score in various ways, but Prince does not have so many offensive methods. He can break through and shoot, but he doesn't have a high shooting percentage when someone is marking him; he has solid low-post offensive skills and is born with long arms, but his height of 2.06 meters is almost There is no chance of success. So sometimes, when the ball is passed to Prince, he may not be able to convert it into a score.

With three minutes left in the third quarter, Prince shook the defender after receiving the ball, and then took advantage of a time difference to score a layup and scored his first two points in the Olympic finals.

"Huh!" The players of the US team gave him applause, and at the same time they let out a sigh of relief. Prince finally scored, and all the players of the US team finally scored.

"Finally, we can play well." James let out a long breath, and then he looked at the score, but his eyes widened in surprise.

"What's the situation? I'm not mistaken! The one behind is actually us, the United States? We are actually behind!"

"What's going on here? Why are we fighting and fighting, but we are behind! What happened just now?"

On the big screen in the arena, the score of the two sides at this time was clearly displayed, 60 to 65, and the US team fell behind by 5 points!

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