Chapter 60: Warm-up Match (Part 2)
It's just that unlike the rest of his teammates, Shi Lei only participates in the team's joint training and trains alone, but it is carried out according to the training group he brought. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
During this period, Shi Lei also received three endorsements, one for a certain dairy, one for an insurance, and one for a mobile phone. This is the biggest reason why Schwartz came to China.
In fact, there can be more endorsements, but they were all rejected by Schwartz, and the most important sneaker endorsements, beverage endorsements, and car endorsements for athletes have not been accepted. Schwartz has a long-term plan for Shi Lei's gold absorption, and he is not in a hurry. You can sign a few inconsequential contracts, but you can't overflow, and don't sign any big contracts, leaving them for later to maximize benefits.
As a successful broker, Schwartz knows what trade-offs to make and when.
The outside has always been a weak link for the Chinese team, from point guard to small forward, and no matter who they are, they seem a little erratic in these three positions, especially when facing the opponent's all-round pressing. In a series of warm-up games in 2007, their stealth at critical moments made the lack of support inside, empty and strong, but always failed to catch the ball in the final stage, watching the team's score be eaten away little by little.
Four Nations Invitational Tournament; Lost twice to Italy at 69:74 and 79:87 and Australia twice at 66:87:71:83, well, not at the bottom, they won Croatia twice.
Stankovic Cup; Lost to Venezuela, Angola, Slovenia, won to New Zealand and NBDL ambassadors, what team is this?
Then there was the European Pull without a win, the fewest net loss in the game against Germany, which lost by five points, and the game against Serbia and Latvia, which lost by 22 points in one game and 23 points in the other......
This is a warm-up game, and the score may not mean anything, but in the game, except for Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian, the team can't find another stable scoring point. Yao Ming's average score is 23.6 points, Yi Jianlian's average score is 16.4 points, and Wang Zhizhi's average score is 14.8 points, which is already a very telling thing, you must know that the average score of the Chinese team is less than 70 points in total, and most of Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi's playing time will be staggered.
The Chinese team urgently needs an outside arrow figure, and in this half-month team training, Shi Lei was given this important task by Younas.
Thanks to his years at the Spurs, in this disciplined and tactically rigorous team, Shi Lei learned how to understand tactics, which is a precious thing for a wild player.
On September 21, in the match against the Brisbane bullets that came from afar, Shi Lei got the start. However, in this game, the Chinese team did not have Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi was injured, but Yao Ming was welcomed.
There were no problems in the first half, when Yao Ming was full of energy, he almost dominated the penalty area, 43:33, and the Chinese team took the lead.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team played a wave of 7:2 attacks and took a big lead. Yao Ming went to rest, and Yi Jianlian acted alone on the inside, but was fouled twice by the opponent in two rounds. The Chinese team called a timeout, and firefighter Yao Ming was immediately replaced on the field.
Brusban's bullets began to press the defense all over the court.
Shi Lei knew that the time to test himself had come.
Shi Lei took the basketball, flashed the defender with a stride, and instantly raised his speed and quickly advanced to the basket.
Full-court pressing is a good way to deal with the Chinese team, before Shi Lei came, the Chinese team's way to crack this tactic is to pick up near Yao Ming's midfield, yes, you read that right, this is the meaning of Yao Ming for the Chinese team, he is not only responsible for offense and defense, but also scores some tasks to assist in ball control......
Brusban's change of defense was still very timely, but before their supplementary defenders could stand firm, Shi Lei had already cut into the inside line with a gust of wind.
The best way to crack the full-court press is actually to use the player's individual ability to break forward, and Brusban does not have the person who makes Shi Lei unable to move forward.
Seeing Shi Lei put the basketball into the basket, Younas's attention was unprecedentedly concentrated, and Younas decided to take another look.
On the inside, Yao Ming's height is a very oppressive barrier, but this also makes his physical consumption greater than others. In the opponent's offense, although Shi Lei defended their main scorer very well, Yao Ming, who was not physically strong, let the opponent's center make a layup on the inside.
The Chinese team served from the bottom line, Shi Lei took it over, and Brusban still adopted the strategy of pressing the whole court.
Shi Lei's ball control is not good, but this is relative, matching White, so that Shi Lei is actually the best ball handler in the Chinese team. Shi Lei dribbled the ball forward unhurriedly, he was waiting for the inside line to settle down, and the defenders did not cause him much obstruction. The advantage in strength makes Shi Lei not so easy to shake.
Younas's eyes widened.
The pre-game preparation of the Bullets seemed to be in place, and after halftime, the defenders gave up their entanglement with Shi Lei, and watched his every move closely from a step away from him, obviously preventing breakouts or shooting.
This made Shi Lei a little entangled, but who told him that he couldn't shoot well in the long range, Shi Lei had to hand the ball back to Liu Wei to organize the attack.
Seeing this, Younas was a little disappointed, if Shi Lei had the ability to shoot from a distance, the Chinese team's tactics would be more abundant. But that's how he is satisfied, at least the whole court is pressing, and it will not become the biggest weapon to contain the Chinese team.
The Chinese team has a world-class inner line, but only the world's third-rate outside line, which seriously restricts the Chinese team's record. Now that the man who changed all that was coming, Younas knew that if he was trained well, he could not take this team further.
After several defensive failures, the Bullets reluctantly gave up struggling, and finally the Chinese team won the game without danger.
In the second game between the two sides, the bullets team had no room to change hands, they were suppressed by the Chinese team throughout the game, 82:65, the Chinese team easily defeated the opponent, and the third game was the same, 82:62, the Chinese team defeated the opponent by 20 points.
On September 28, after defeating the Sydney Kings 75-66, the Chinese team flew overnight to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, to prepare for the so-called China-Europe match.
Pretty fucked up, this dense game, even more than the NBA's so-called back-to-back.
On September 30, Beijing time, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the Italian powerhouse Benetton.
In this game, Wang Zhizhi returned from injury, and the two sides fought for four quarters, and finally the Chinese team narrowly won by three points.
However, in the second half of the game, the Chinese team had a bad performance with CSKA Moscow, and in the second half, the players had physical problems one after another, and the opponent played a wave of scoring climaxes, and the Chinese team who had no intention of fighting replaced the main force and gave up the game.
In the end, the match against the Sydney Kings was tied at 79:79, and in the end, after negotiation, there was no overtime and a draw was drawn.
At this point, Shi Lei's warm-up matches in the national team were all over, and he returned to the United States on the same day. As for the subsequent U.S. Summer League, Yao Ming and Shi Lei will not participate again.
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