Chapter 507: A Fiasco Not Seen in 40 Years (1)
"Hey, after the start of the second quarter of the game, Meng Xu still stayed on the court, doesn't he need to rest?" As the bench lineups of both sides appeared one after another before the start of the second quarter of the game, Sun Zhengping found that on the side of the Huaguo men's basketball team, four of the five main players went off the court, and Meng Xu, who was the core of the Huaguo men's basketball team, still continued to appear, with several substitute players such as Battle, Jiao Jian, Sun Jun and Liu Wei. On the Korean team's side, Ha Seung-jin, who played only 1 minute in the first quarter, also returned to the court.
"That's the biggest difference between the NBA and international basketball, the FIBA game is only 40 minutes, while the NBA game is 48 minutes, for those players who are familiar with the rhythm of the NBA, 40 minutes of the game, even if they play the whole game, there is basically no physical exhaustion. Taking Meng Xu as an example, he played all 82 games in the regular season last season, with an average of 37.5 minutes per game. On the other hand, in our league, the number of games is less than half of that of the NBA, and the player who plays the most minutes is only in his 30s, which is the difference! When Zhang Lili was chatting with Sun Zhengping, he didn't forget to complain about the basketball league in China, and many commentators of CCAV will avoid mentioning these sensitive topics in the process of commenting the game, but only Zhang Lili, the big man in the Chinese basketball world, and the director of the basketball management center must be honored as Zhang Lili, who is the director of the basketball management center, so he dares to say it casually without holding back.
"What Director Zhang said is very reasonable, our professional league still has a long way to go!"
In Zhang Reasonable and Sun Zhengping's complaints, the second quarter of the game officially began, the South Korean team's substitute guard Shin Ki-sung, while dribbling the basketball to the frontcourt, while making gestures to his teammates, Shin Ki-sung is also a very strong player, in last year's Asian Games, Shin Ki-sung was still the main point guard of the South Korean team, but this year due to injury, Kim Seung-hyun robbed the main position, and now the almost recovered Shin Ki-sung, After all, Shin Ki-sung is only 28 years old this year and is at the peak of his career, and he doesn't want to be a substitute for the young Kim Seung-hyun.
After Shin Ki-sung arrived at the front court with the ball, he commanded his teammates to pull away while slapping the basketball on the spot, and the two major interior lines of the Chinese men's basketball team have now all gone to rest, so now is also a very good opportunity for the South Korean team, after all, shooting three points on the perimeter is too dependent on the feel, and scoring close to the basket is the king. After trying to break through unsuccessfully, Shen Kicheng handed over the basketball to small forward Lin Jae-hyun, and the Chinese men's basketball team uses a lot of blocking and dismantling, the South Korean team rarely has blocking and dismantling cooperation, mainly relying on continuous passing and breaking through to tear apart the opponent's defense.
Because there is an obvious gap between these substitute players and the main players, and the cooperation between them is not as tacit as the main lineup, so after the South Korean team passed the ball several times in a row, the defense of the Chinese men's basketball team gradually began to appear loopholes, especially Jiao Jian, due to the lack of game experience and defensive awareness, it was difficult for him to keep up with the opposite Kim Zhoucheng in the game.
"Oh no!" When Jiao Jian found that the distance between him and Jin Zhoucheng was constantly widening, he immediately noticed that something was wrong, and after Jin Zhoucheng successfully opened the distance between him and Jiao Jian, he quickly ran to the position he was best at, ready to catch the ball and shoot there. Kim Joo-sung is now a well-deserved superstar in the KBL league, having been voted the best rookie in his first year in the league, and after only three seasons in the league, he was ranked in the top three in both the best player and best defensive player in the KBL league. Kim Joo-sung, who can play two positions of center and big forward on the court, has a wide range of offense, although Kim Joo-sung's height has reached 2.07 meters, but his movement speed is not slow at all, and like South Korea's traditional inside, Kim Joo-sung's 3-point shooting rate is also very good.
"Pass, Shin!" Kim Joo-sung, who had already run out of the vacant seat, immediately stretched out his hand to Shin Ki-sung to ask for the ball.
And Shin Ki-sung, who had just received a pass from Liang Gengmin, also saw Kim Joo-sung in the vacant seat, so Shin Ki-sung on the left side of the court was directly a long pass, wanting to hand over the basketball to Shin Ki-sung on the other side of the court, as the main point guard of the South Korean team for many years and a star player in the KBL league, Shin Ki-sung was very confident in his pass, and for the young player Liu Wei who followed him, Shin Ki-sung didn't care at all.
But what made Shin Ki-sung a little frightened was that just when his pass was about to reach Kim Joo-sung's hands, the basketball that was passed by himself changed direction and flew towards the half court of the Korean team.
When Meng Wook stole Shin Ki-sung's pass, he rushed directly towards the South Korean team's half, and when Meng Wook completed a fast-break dunk, the retreating Shin Ki-sung had just reached the free throw line.
"The next time you make a long pass, be careful!" After sneering at Shin Ki-sung, who stopped near the free throw line, Meng Xu ran towards the vicinity of the center circle and high-fived his teammates who had already rushed over in celebration.
"Hmph, it looks like I'm going to use all my strength." For Meng Xu's steal, after Shen Jicheng carefully recalled all the details in his mind, he felt that he was a little careless in the pass just now, and the long-distance pass itself is very dangerous, but because Liu Wei, who was opposite him, was obviously a little immature, so Shen Jicheng didn't pay too much attention to it, who thought that he was directly stealed by this annoying guy, it seems that he should be careful, and he can't have any reservations.
But in the next offense, when Shin Ki-sung, who passed through the half-court, wanted to pass the basketball to small forward Lim Jae-hyun, and was stealed by Meng Xu again, Shin Ki-sung could no longer be calm. Although after the last attack was stolen by Meng Xu, Shen Jicheng was much more cautious in both dribbling and the choice of passing timing, but Meng Xu's movement speed and prediction of Shen Jicheng's pass were obviously beyond Shen Jicheng's imagination.
Just 30 seconds after the start of the second quarter, the margin was widened to 10 points, but the head coach of the South Korean team had no more instructions except for yelling at the players on the court to not be too careless, after all, the game had only passed 30 seconds, and even if a timeout was called, it was useless, and all the main players could not be replaced now.
After two consecutive attacks were tackled, and after the head coach roared at him on the sidelines, Shin Ki-sung became more and more cautious, and the rest of the Korean team also worked harder to run and tear up space. This time, Shin Ki-sung no longer passed the ball to Lin Jae-hyun, who was opposite Meng Xu, nor did he directly look for Kim Joo-sung in the long pass, but first passed the basketball to Liang Gengmin, who was closer to Kim Joo-sung, and wanted Liang Gengmin to pass the ball to Kim Joo-sung again, but after this seemingly cautious but somewhat redundant pass, Kim Joo-sung's chance was gone, because Jiao Jian had caught up with Kim Joo-sung.
"Kim, catch the ball!" Jin Zhoucheng, who was entangled by Jiao Jian outside the three-point line, could only start to run again, originally Jin Zhoucheng wanted to run to the other side of the court, but when Jin Zhoucheng was close to the paint area, Liang Gengmin passed the basketball towards Jin Zhoucheng.
After hearing Liang Gengmin's shout, Jin Zhoucheng immediately half-turned around and received the basketball from Liang Gengmin, just when Jin Zhoucheng wanted to turn around and send the basketball into the basket, he found that behind him, someone had already come to make up for the defense, and Jiao Jian, who was supposed to defend himself, was obviously still opposite him, so Jin Zhoucheng turned his head and looked at it, wanting to know who was making up for him, but what surprised Jin Zhoucheng was a little. Behind Kim Joo-sung turned out to be the No. 5 of the Hua Guo team.
"Haha, it's really a painstaking person!" After seeing the defenders behind him, Jin Zhoucheng suddenly became excited, Jin Zhoucheng, who has a high vision, is not the same as those dirt buns in the South Korean team, he clearly knows how strong Meng Xu is as the first person in the NBA, so after learning that Meng Xu will participate in this Asian Championships, Jin Zhoucheng's biggest wish is to be able to make two moves with Meng Xu. And now, just one minute after he played, he ushered in the opportunity to play against Meng Xu.
Although Jin Zhoucheng's height and size surpassed Meng Xu, but for the sake of safety, Jin Zhoucheng chose to beat Meng Xu with his back alone, but after Jin Zhoucheng pushed Meng Xu several times in a row, he found that Meng Xu behind him not only did not move, but also at the moment when he was ready to exert his strength, he countered himself, and almost made a mistake. simply jumped up on the spot and prepared to hook the shot.
But just as Jin Zhoucheng gently threw the basketball in his hand, Meng Xu, who was defending Jin Zhoucheng, jumped up with a rub, and directly slapped Jin Zhoucheng's hook hand away.
"Beautiful, nice cap!" Far away in the studio hall in Beijing, after seeing the picture of Meng Xu defending Jin Zhoucheng just now, Zhang Reasonable almost stood up in excitement, Zhang Reasonable is really a little regretful now, and he couldn't go to Harbin to watch the game.
"The South Korean team has been blocked again, and Meng Xu has blocked Shin Ki-sung again!" Just when Zhang Li was still excitedly praising Meng Xu's block, the basketball that was covered by Meng Xu on the TV was picked up by Shen Jicheng, and after picking up the basketball, Shen Jicheng rushed towards the basket without the slightest hesitation, but at the moment when Shen Jicheng went to the basket, Meng Xu was shot out of the bottom line with the ball.
"It seems that even if Da Yao and Da Zhi are not on the court, the inside line of our men's basketball team does not have to worry at all, with Meng Xu's physical quality, even if he plays center, there is no problem!" The two consecutive blocks made the atmosphere of Tianrun Gymnasium burst instantly, and Zhang Lili in the CCAV studio hall was now flushed with excitement, in this defense just now, Meng Xu's performance was really terrifying.
"The ball is broken, Meng Xu is broken again! Meng Xu's defensive judgment is really good, and every time the defense is just right, the Chinese men's basketball team looks full of holes, and with Meng Xu's excellent defense, it is difficult for the South Korean team to even score! After the start of the second game, every attack of the South Korean team was finally ended by Meng Xu, obviously the two guards of the South Korean team were very cautious when passing, but Meng Xu was still able to seize the opportunity and contribute to the steals again and again, and the only few successful cooperations were not scored in the end, and Meng Xu won 5 steals and 3 blocks in less than 3 minutes at the beginning of the second quarter, and a wave of 10-0 offensive frenzy widened the difference between the two sides all the way to 16 points.
"Coach Zhang, the South Korean team hasn't scored for 4 minutes, right?" Although the South Korean team changed to the main lineup after the pause, it still couldn't get rid of the embarrassing situation, Meng Xu's strong deterrent on the defensive end made these Korean players on the court a little confused, and the Huaguo men's basketball team was driven by Meng Xu, not only the momentum was high, but even the efficiency of the defensive end was much higher, with the passage of time, the Huaguo men's basketball team has been 39-18, leading the South Korean team by as many as 21 points.
"In today's game, I'm afraid I'm going to play a very big point difference!" As the old opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team, although the strength of the South Korean team has always been inferior to the Chinese men's basketball team, but the gap between the two sides is not large, several duels in recent years, the difference between the two sides is within 10 points, and last year's Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team even lost to the South Korean team, but today's game, from the beginning of the game, the South Korean team was at a disadvantage, almost was hung up by the Chinese men's basketball team, and after entering the second quarter, the Korean team even had difficulty scoring.
"South Korea still can't find a way to score!" With the passage of time, the difference between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, the head coach of the South Korean team has called three timeouts in the second quarter, but each timeout has no effect, 7 minutes have passed in the second quarter of the game, the South Korean team still has not scored a point, the frenzied defense of the Chinese men's basketball team on the court, Sun Zhengping who watched shook his head, especially Meng Xu, the cover of all kinds of elusive steals, made the main guard of the Korean team Kim Shengxuan cry, when the broadcast camera cut back to the bench, the crying Jin Shengxuan, Let Sun Zhengping, who commented on this game, feel a little unbearable.
If it is said that Shin Ki-sung, who replaced Kim Seung-hyun at the beginning of the second quarter, was forced to rob by Meng Xu miserably, and made Kim Seung-hyun a little gloating, then when Kim Sung-hyun played more than 3 points in the second quarter, after replacing Shin Ki-sung, Kim Sung-hyun was able to understand what Shin Ki-sung just felt, 4 minutes into the game, Kim Sung-hyun was robbed by Meng Xu 4 times, and was forced by Meng Xu to violate the 8-second rule in the backcourt twice, and now Kim Sung-hyun finally knows why Shin Sung-sung had a relaxed expression when he left the game just now.
"Even if it's the U.S. team, it's impossible for a team to go without a single point in a single quarter, right?" When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the halftime, Zhang Cheng said with palpitations, today's South Korean team is indeed worthy of sympathy, the South Korean team, which has been sitting firmly in Asia for many years, did not score 1 point in the entire second quarter in today's game, not to mention the huge point difference between the two sides 45 to 18, just looking at the referee after blowing the whistle at the end of the second quarter of the game, the Korean players on the field, with a relieved expression, knew that the game was over.
"Yes, even the U.S. team, known as the Dream Team, has never had a record of 0 opponents in a single quarter, and now, we have done it!"