Chapter 192: Fighting Argentina Again (Part II)
While the men's Olympic team was making its final warm-up at the OAKA Olympic Indoor Stadium in Athens, North America was still shaking over the defeat of the U.S. team to the Chinese men's basketball team the day before. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the U.S. team successfully defeated the Lithuanian team and won the bronze medal in the three or four games that had ended before, this result was already the second worst result of the U.S. men's basketball team in the world basketball since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and what was even more unacceptable to Americans was that they still lost to the Chinese men's basketball team without dispute, which made it even more difficult for Americans to accept.
Although because of the success of Liu Han and the rise of Yao Min, Americans began to re-face Chinese and even Asian people, but under the "unspoken rules" of society in North America, Asians are generally not related to sports, and most Americans even think that Asian people should open restaurants or engage in scientific research, they actually look down on Asians who are not in good shape from their bones.
If the U.S. team loses to a European team or even an American team, it will not cause such a big repercussion, but the loss to the Chinese men's basketball team is indeed very difficult for them to accept, although four years ago in the Sydney Olympics, the powerful Dream Four team actually defeated the Chinese men's basketball team to advance to the final.
Now all the players and coaches of this year's "Dream Team" have become the target of ridicule and attacks in the North American media.
However, in Dallas, there are many basketball fans who are paying attention to the basketball finals of this Olympic Games, as Liu Han's base camp in the United States, Dallas can be said to have a lot of loyal Liu Han fans, although Liu Han ruthlessly swept the American team out of the finals a day ago.
Back in Athens, the final warm-up for the men's basketball final has ended, and the players and referees from both sides have begun to walk to the center circle, and the final is about to start.
The lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team has not changed much, Yao Min and Liu Han's starters are undoubted, Wang Zhizhi, who has more experience in the fourth position, got the start, Yi Jianlian, who performed well at the last moment of the last game, and Xue Yuyang, who had a good performance before, are sitting on the bench, and the players of the Argentine team are generally floor streams, and Yi Jianlian and Xue Yuyang, who are physically strong but inexperienced, are not suitable for starting.
The No. 2 and No. 3 positions of the Chinese men's basketball team are pure shooters, and Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu are the most stable shooters in the men's basketball team except for Liu Han.
The lineup of the Argentine team has changed a lot, the inside line is still blue-collar Obodo, and the fourth position is Luis? Scola is a pure floor flow player, with extremely solid feet on the inside and a very good set of back play.
Ginobili is the Spurs' super sixth man, and he can average the Spurs' second-highest points per game as a substitute, which is enough to show that his offensive firepower is strong, although the Spurs have never focused on offensive tactics.
In addition to Ginobili, Argentina also have great strikers such as Delfino and Nocioni, who was drafted by the Pistons in last season's draft and played in this year's Finals, while Nocioni has previously played for European teams, playing for Spanish club Uslamica. He averaged 13.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in the Europa League last season, making him a rare role player, and he reached an agreement with the Chicago Bulls during the Olympics to play for the Chicago Bulls next season.
The Argentine team's lineup is actually aimed at the Chinese team's interior attack, Ginobili's purpose of playing point guard is also to defend Liu Han, although everyone knows that Ginobili is difficult to defend Liu Han, but at least this will not cause a direct dislocation attack, if the Argentine team has other point guards, then the Chinese team will easily find misplaced opportunities in both offensive and defensive teams.
As the referee tossed the ball high in the center circle, the final of men's basketball at the 2004 Athens Olympics officially began.
Yao Min won the pick with Obodo, Yao Min didn't jump high, Obodo is not a guy with strong physical fitness, he mainly relies on his tonnage.
Yao Min dialed the ball to the back of his body, Liu Han easily stuck Ginobili's position, not letting the opponent move, he took the ball off leisurely, talking about body strength, Ginobili is definitely not Liu Han's opponent.
Liu Han did not rush to accelerate after getting the ball, but smoothly brought it to the front, the Argentine team settled down and defended quickly, which is the consistent joint defense tactics, but in Liu Han's position, Ginobili is still very close, the Argentine team is not completely defensive joint defense, at least at this point in Liu Han They dare not defend the joint defense, people who have watched Liu Han's game know that it is impossible to use joint defense to limit Liu Han, Liu Han will directly kill the team guarding the joint defense.
The Argentine team's current defensive position is a combination of joint defense and marking, and although Ginobili's position has vacated an area on the inside, Liu Han will not use the opportunity to shoot directly easily.
At the beginning of the game, although the Argentine team looked like a normal defense, in fact, all their attention was on the inside attack of the Chinese team, after all, the Chinese team from the group stage to the semi-finals just opened to play the inside line led by Yao Min.
However, what the Argentines didn't expect was that Liu Han was very direct and strong after he just advanced to the frontcourt.
Ginobili was directly passed by Liu Han in defense, and the Argentine team's defense suddenly contracted, as if to completely wrap the "bag".
However, Liu Han suddenly stopped the jump shot after passing Ginobili, and the Argentine team's players retracted too defensively, and it was too late to get close to Liu Han, a stop jump shot, and the Chinese team scored first.
The Chinese team made such a big change in the first attack, and the Argentines were obviously a little unprepared, and they somewhat ignored Liu Han's deterrent power in the breakthrough.
The game continued, and Ginobili took the ball to the front court after Argentina's baseline serve.
Compared with the ball control of his own defenders, Ginobili actually played well in ball control, but after encountering Liu Han's close defense, Ginobili's ball control was not so calm.
The Chinese team uncharacteristically guarded the mark today, and the Argentine team's first offensive rotation was not smooth, and their players did not run aggressively at the beginning.
In desperation, Ginobili and his teammates played cover, and Ginobili ended his team's first attack with a three-point miss from the basket.
"Run, don't stop, pay attention to the ball."
After the Chinese team regained serve, Liu Han reminded his teammates that he did not want to miss this rare opportunity to win the championship.