In the first quarter, the Chinese team led by 4 points.

The U.S. team was in chaos in the offense, with no three points on the outside, and Cousins on the inside being beaten down, without the ability to attack independently.

The U.S. team's scoring mainly came from the singles of Durant, Anthony, Irving and others.

Their offense was shredded by the Chinese team's tough defense and turned into units.

Although the U.S. team is very strong one-on-one, even if it doesn't use tactics, it can win China in such one-on-one singles.

But playing like this, the American team is too tired and the risk is too high.

After the start of the second quarter, Coach K made timely adjustments.

Green came on, and he was the third interior player after Jordan Jr. and Cousins, although it wasn't orthodox.

Green's role is to defend and change the team's style of play on offense.

He began to play high posts and cover to create better opportunities for outside players.

At the same time, the forward line was replaced by Paul George and Jimmy Barrett, and the defensive ability was unusually strong.

Old K gave a death order during the interval, and he must fight back quickly!

An American team without a quick counterattack is an American team without a soul.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Greenzer responded with a pass to Butler, who was open for the ball.

Butler catches the ball and makes a layup - Li Liang is still on the court at this time.

He only took a break in the last minute of the first quarter and immediately returned to the court in the second quarter.

Gong Luming hoped that Li Liang would rest for a while, but Li Liang said that if Lao Tzu rested for a while, it was estimated that he would not have to rest directly.

Li Liang was caught by Butler and George, and the ball was given to Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi held the ball on the outside, but made a mistake under DeRozan's close defense.

The ball was broken, Paul George went down quickly, dodged Li Liang's defense after receiving the ball, and easily made a left-handed layup.

"Can't hold the ball? If you can't hold it, you can pass it on! ”

was beaten into a fast attack by the American team, and Li Liang was quite angry.

This is a very bad sign.

Sure enough, the U.S. team's perimeter defensive intensity has further increased.

Li Liang still holds a lot of balls, but the problem is that the ball can't always be in his hands, he must pass it to his teammates for over-the-top and run tactics.

But as soon as the ball is in someone else's hands, the chances of losing the ball become very high.

The defensive intensity of the United States is extremely high, and it is difficult for the Chinese players to adapt.

The intensity of the main race and the warm-up match are completely two levels.

Green has a lot of outside expansion, packing, and blocking on the defensive end.

The Chinese team Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi were on the field, but they did not play a high advantage.

As Yi Jianlian was blown for three seconds in the offense, looking up at the score, it had come to 32:26, and the American team was ahead by 6 points.

The only score for the Chinese team came from a pull-up jump shot by three people after Li Liang broke through.

On the side of the American team, Green's strategy was very successful, facing the Chinese team's iron bucket formation, the United States repeatedly interspersed, run, and mobilized the Chinese team's defense to get the opportunity to impact the basket.

When it comes to cracking zone defenses, Coach K is definitely top-notch.

There was a period of time in the past when the U.S. team continued to suffer in the international arena, and an important reason was that everyone from the coach to the players did not adapt to the rules of FIBA.

The offense had no way to defend for three seconds and zone defense, and the defense lacked discipline and tacit understanding, which led to being beaten by the European powerhouse.

After a coach like Lao K who coached in the NCAA moved in, it was a long-term plan from selection to training.

Therefore, the current U.S. team is quite combative, and it adapts to FIBA's rules very well.

Gong Lu called a timeout, and the situation faintly felt like it was about to collapse.

"Let me play point guard, people will reduce passing and hesitation, and they will attack themselves when they receive the ball. Also, Gong Gui, let's have one less inside line, two more, it's useless. ”

Li Liang directly asked Gong Luming to replace him on the bench.

left Yi Jianlian an inside line on the field, and replaced Zhou Peng, Xiaoding, and Zhai Xiaochuan at the same time.

In this way, the Chinese team sent a big and four not small lineup.

All of them are more than two meters tall, no defenders, no centers.

This is the ultimate one-shot four-grab tactic designed by Gong Luming and Li Liang after discussion.

This set of tactics basically gave up all kinds of cooperation on the outside, that is, grabbing.

It was a lethal tactic that was supposed to be reserved for the final stages of the game.

It's only the second quarter now, and the Chinese team has to start this style of play.

Because if you don't have to, maybe the final stage will be the first half.

……

After the timeout ended, the two sides reappeared, and the big lineup of the Chinese team surprised the American team.

As soon as the sideline ball was served, Li Liang held the ball, almost four steps away from the three-point line, and shot directly!

The ball smashed in the front of the basket and popped up, but Zhai Xiaochuan grabbed the rebound in the front court, made a basket throw, hit it, and scored two points.

Li Liang: This can be regarded as an assist.

Immediately, Butler made a high toss pass to DeRozan on the inside, and the air relay!

Zhou Peng rushed forward and intercepted the ball in the air!

Being tall still has an advantage.

The Chinese team had a chance to fight back.

Li Liang got the ball and made a long pass to Zhai Xiaochuan, who was about to go.

As a result, Zhai Xiaochuan's fast-break layup was stabbed out from behind by Butler.

The ball went out of bounds, and it was still the ball of the Chinese team.

The fast break is still quite difficult for the Chinese team.

The ball is unstable, and how can it be fast-attacked.

However, the situation of the Chinese team is stable.

In the face of the U.S. team, which is superior in all aspects, the Chinese team used a seemingly stupid style of play to resolutely resist the U.S. team.

In the attack, Li Liang almost no longer passes the ball to his teammates.

That is, Yi Jianlian has a chance in the low post and will pass the ball to Yi Jianlian singles.

Or if there is a big vacancy, he will pass.

He has a lot of balls, and other people keep covering him.

As long as there is a gap, Li Liang will not hesitate to make a move.

In the second quarter, Li Liang made 4 of 7 three-pointers, with an extremely high shooting rate.

The U.S. team's offense is getting smoother and smoother, and their three-pointers from the outside are also finding a feeling.

Paul George and Butler both hit back-to-back three-pointers.

But the score difference did not widen, and the Chinese team bit it!

In the middle of the second quarter, the U.S. team changed players, Durant and Anthony reappeared, and began to hit the Chinese team with accurate half-volleys on the bottom line on both sides.

And the weapon of the Chinese team's resistance is Li Liang's endless three-point and desperate scramble for rebounds in the frontcourt.

Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Peng, Xiao Ding, Yi Jianlian, rebounding and grabbing one is more fierce than the other.

And Li Liang became the fastest retreating player.

His deterrence in the three-second zone is really not small - [Bill Russell's three-second zone fear], this skill has been upgraded to two levels.

He disrupted the U.S. team's fast-break counterattack several times, leaving the U.S. team's offense in trouble.

Coach K Sr. began to pace on the sidelines.

The U.S. team still leads, but they can't pull away from it.

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the half-time game, Li Liang looked up at the scoreboard.

Li Liang played the whole second quarter, and at the end of the half, the Chinese team and the United States team played 55:50, and the Chinese team was only 5 points behind the American team!

Li Liang scored 31 points in the half, shooting 6 of 10 from three-point range, with a super shooting rate of 60 percent, and 7 of 7 free throws, with a 100 percent shooting rate.

The Chinese team grabbed 8 frontcourt rebounds in the half, and it can be said that the whole people grabbed rebounds.

Moreover, Li Liang still had a few skills in his hand that he didn't put away, and he had to wait until the second half when he needed it most.

The cheers of the audience almost deafened people's ears.

Brazilians really don't have a lot of passion for basketball.

And the morale of the Chinese team is even higher.

After returning to the locker room, Li Liang said directly to his teammates: "I declare that with our performance, we have won this game!" ”