Chapter 836 [One-on-one, he just has no solution]
The style of the Chinese team has a good fight against the Spanish team, and both sides are mainly positional battles.
As Guo Xu said at the press conference, the Chinese team played well in the second game, leading by 14 points into the final quarter. It's a pity that the Chinese team still lost, they lost due to lack of physical strength and weak substitute strength.
Liu Wei played the best performance of his national team career, exploding Calderon and Rubio opposite at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and had no choice but to substitute in the fourth quarter. Rubio and Xiaoka hit only one of 10 shots, scoring a total of 3 points, and Liu Wei alone had 19 points and 5 assists.
Substitute point guard Chen Jianghua's continuous mistakes in the short term are an important turning point in the loss, and those who can't average 10 points per game and can't play 3 assists in the CBA can control the ball at critical moments?
Dazhi broke out in the last quarter, but after all, it couldn't withstand Spain's desperate fight, and Liu Wei's mistake at the last moment led to a 72-tie between the two sides and entering overtime.
In overtime, Yao Ming left the court with 6 fouls, and the Chinese men's basketball team ran out of the last ammunition, and was finally reversed 75-85 due to physical exhaustion. The Chinese team relied heavily on Yao Ming's play, and he was inseparable from both offensive and defensive ends.
If the Chinese team wins against Spain, they will be able to compete with Argentina for a place in the top four after two more wins, and even if they lose, they will participate in the 5th and 6th place rankings, which will make history and go down in history no matter what.
Unfortunately, they were a breath away, or a good backup point guard, and many fans on the Internet after the game lamented that it would be good if Guo Xu was Chinese, and he and Yao Ming might be able to compete for the championship with the Chinese team.
The opponent of the second game of the Dream Eight team was Angola, and Guo Xu's performance was the same as the previous game.
In the first battle, he only shot 10 times, and he didn't break through much, so he was active on the periphery. In this Kobe Bryant substitute, Reed started, and Guo Xu made more shots.
Angola's starting point guard is a small player with a height of 180cm, who is very fast, and he can't shoot against and interfere with shots. Guo Xu dribbled the ball under his crotch and then stepped back to shoot a jumper, and when he counterattacked, he also grabbed three points, and the opponent did not wrap him and did not pass the ball, and he scored 12 points in a short time, shooting 4 of 5 three-pointers.
After the opponent is trapped, Guo Xu starts to pass the ball, running to catch the ball and shoot under the cover of the inside player's off-ball cover, or attract the switch defense to pass to the inside teammate who is cutting in the air.
Guo Xu and James's cooperation is also very tacit. James can break through with the ball on his own, and he can also attract the ball to his teammates, and the Cavaliers guard plays by covering the ball and shooting, and he is familiar with this routine.
Guo Xu scored 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, scored 24 points and 2 assists, and in the second quarter, he only played 5 minutes and scored 9 points, and 33 points in the half, and the opponent had no power to fight back.
Lao K continued to let Guo Xu play in the second half, he couldn't do without him, and the audience outside the stadium would keep calling his name, which was very neat. The coach asked Guo Xu to sit on the bench because he couldn't get along with the fans, and his playing time must be the most in the team.
Paul is very unhappy in his heart, and the Chinese fans can't wait for him to not play for a minute.
Guo Xu played 29 minutes, shooting 17 of 25, 11 of 18 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and slashed 51 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.
His scoring efficiency is really terrifying, and the Dream Eight team is almost the whole game under his leadership, running and bombing in 7 seconds, fast but not chaotic. Angola couldn't slow down if they wanted to stabilize the rhythm, and the U.S. team used a tight defense in the front court for a long time.
This is a tactic that requires physical strength, and a team with ordinary squad depth would never dare to play like this, but Lao K arranged it like this because there were too many stars in the team, too little playing time, too much physical strength, and nowhere to vent his energy.
Guo Xu's playing time is less than 30 minutes, and players in other positions share their playing time, and the playing time is even shorter, even if Lao K doesn't arrange this tactic, they all want to force it.
If you want to break the frontcourt press, the best way is to speed up and rush up to fight with the opponent, so that the opponent can't prevent it for a few rounds and it is easy to become scrambling.
The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken, but how can Angola be faster than the Dream Eight team, they can all be abused by the Chinese team by 17 points.
At 117-67 in the final game, the Dream Eight team won by 50 points.
Guo Xu set a single-game scoring record for the U.S. men's basketball team, a single-game personal three-point record for the Olympic Games, and a single-game three-point record for the entire Olympic team.
Guo Xu only took 25 shots to almost break the men's basketball team's individual single-game scoring record in Olympic history. The previous record was set in 1988 by Brazilian player Oscar Schumit, who scored 55 points against Spain.
Guo Xu is also the only player since 1990 to score more than 40 points at the Olympics. Yao Ming is also in the top 10 on the Olympic individual scoring charts, having scored 39 points against New Zealand in 2004, the second-highest score since 1990.
There is also a funny tidbit in this game, two players of the Angolan team hurriedly took pens and prepared Sun No. 1 jerseys to Guo Xu for autographs after the game, for fear that he would return to the locker room.
They are hardcore pots, including point guards who were blown up by Guo Xu. In the eyes of most Angolan players, it is not a shame to lose 50 points, and competing with Guo Xu is a memory that can be blown for a lifetime.
Guo Xu attended the press conference and had a very unusual impression. "I actually feel quite sorry for the Angolan team, I have to shoot to find my feelings, warm up for the next game against Greece, and accidentally score a lot of points."
The reporter asked in surprise: "You mean you haven't used all your strength?" ”
"Playing the whole game is called using all your strength, and I hope to play all the games in the next game, and I talked to the coach about this." Guo Xu smiled: "Have you seen the game where I scored 101 points?" That's the way I play with all my might, I haven't done that in a long time, and it's a bit itchy. ”
Journalists are speculating that the next game will be very exciting, and the Greek team will be in bad luck. It's normal to be targeted by Guo Xu, who let them eliminate the Dream Seven team in the 2006 World Championships, and their attitude was very arrogant after the game?
After being drawn into the "Group of Death" this time, Greek coach Giannakis also said in a hurry: "We just want to play against the best team, we don't care who the opponent in the same group is, and there is no difference between the game against the United States team and the game against other teams." ”
Guo Xu even thought about the lines of the press conference in Greece after playing. "Now do you see the difference between playing against Team USA and playing against other teams?"
As soon as Guo Xu's words came out, the tickets for the third game of the United States were quickly sold out, and NBA commissioner David Stern also silently praised Guo Xu. Guo Xu did this to give the NBA league a good advertisement, as long as a big victory, the 2002-2006 national team lost so many times The popularity can be recovered.
Online fans are discussing what statistics Guo Xu will play, and no one thinks that the outcome of the game is suspenseful.
"I bet he will definitely break the Olympic scoring record when he goes down, as long as other players cooperate to let him shoot more, it will be easy for him to score more than 60 points, and I am afraid that someone will not be able to steal the ball for a long time."
"I feel like he's more likely to get a big double-double, he's spoken, can the Greek team not arrange tactics to contain him?"
"I'm betting on winning Greece tomorrow by more than 50 points, no less than Angola."
"Americans have often said in the past that we didn't send the best players. Now that the best players have come, are the Greeks scared? ”
Reading the comments on the Internet, Coach K felt a little depressed because they lost to Greece in 2006.
Guo Xu was not there in the World Championships that year, and they lost to such a team that was beaten by Spain in the finals. Now that a Guo Xu has been added to the team, everyone thinks that winning Greece by 40 points is less, and it must be more than 50 points.
The pressure on the Greek team increased greatly, and they carefully practiced their tactics before the game.
They know that their opponents will fight to the death, and they will not leave their hands behind......