"Team USA is really tough today!" Since the start of the game, Jiang Quan, who has been standing on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, has gradually calmed down with some apprehension as the game continues to advance, because of his targeted arrangement before the game, it seems that it has all worked, not only that, from the perspective of the situation on the court, the players of the American men's basketball team on the court feel very average, as long as it continues like this, the Huaguo men's basketball team is really likely to defeat the American team today.

"Coach Jiang, it looks like our tactics have succeeded." The assistant coach standing next to Jiang Quan pulled his tie with a little excitement, and then said a word to Jiang Quan.

The U.S. men's basketball team has exposed a lot of problems in the first four games, first of all, due to the difference in basketball rules, the U.S. men's basketball team's offensive ability under the basket has been greatly weakened, although Tim Duncan is very strong, but he can't do it under the basket like O'Neal, hanging two or three people to dunk, under the basket that is as long as a forest, Tim Duncan is also a little helpless, plus Tim Duncan is not the tactical core of the U.S. men's basketball team, so he is like being shackled, and he can't be on the offensive end, Play to your full potential.

In addition to the inability to open the inside, the U.S. men's basketball team also has a very fatal weakness, that is, the lack of three-point shooters, the three-point line in the international arena is much shorter than the NBA, under the rules of international basketball, an excellent three-point shooter is far more threatening than a breakthrough player, and the American team that Larry Brown brought to Athens is a large group of break-through outside lines, and these outside players who are accustomed to NBA rules are in front of a large group of "standing" interior lines who don't have to think about defending for three seconds and reasonable collisions. There is simply no opportunity to play.

Due to the two huge flaws exposed by the U.S. men's basketball team in front, so in today's game, Jiang Quan sent a three-inside lineup, playing 2-3 joint defense on the defensive end, and firmly shrinking the basket, while the U.S. men's basketball team, which lacks three-point ability, can only play the basket hard, by Allen Iverson and Steve Marbury two people took turns to break through, but they couldn't get to the basket when they broke in, and they couldn't shoot outside, so in the first quarter, the basket of the Chinese men's basketball team was smashed by the U.S. men's basketball team.

Under the rules of international basketball, as long as Tim Duncan stands under the basket on the defensive end, it is a matter of time, no need to think about defending for three seconds, and no need to consider reasonable collisions, none of the three interior lines of the Chinese men's basketball team on the court is Duncan's opponent, and Meng Xu, who is the offensive core of the Chinese men's basketball team, is also very self-aware, and has never broken through to the basket once from beginning to end, and has always made a fuss in the middle and long distance.

It's just that compared with the U.S. men's basketball team, the three-point shooting ability of the Chinese men's basketball team is better than two grades, Meng Xu's three-point shooting ability is known to everyone on the earth, so from the beginning of the game, Meng Xu is the focus of the U.S. men's basketball team, as long as Meng Xu holds the ball, it is the double bag of Steve Marbury and Richard Jefferson, but even so, Meng Xu still shot two three-pointers in the first quarter, although the shooting rate of 5 shots and 2 shots can only be barely qualified for Meng Xu, But compared to the three-point shooting rate of the U.S. men's basketball team in the first quarter of 4 shots and 0, it is simply a cloud of difference, and in addition to Meng Xu, Li Nan, the scoring guard of the Huaguo men's basketball team, also shot two three-pointers in the first quarter of the game and hit 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, which made the Huaguo men's basketball team not dominate the scene, but at the end of the first quarter of the game, it led the U.S. men's basketball team by 3 points 24-21.

"Coach Jiang, let me continue to play in the second quarter!" After the end of the first quarter of the game, Meng Xu, who had just left the game, told Jiang Quan, the head coach of the Huaguo men's basketball team, that he did not need to rest and could continue to play in the second quarter of the game.

Although the Chinese men's basketball team is now leading in the score, everyone knows where the advantage of the American men's basketball team is, that is, there is a very small gap with the strength of the main team, or even a comparable substitute lineup, and except for the American men's basketball team, all the other teams have no way to achieve the same strength as the substitute and the main team, and there are many teams that can fight with the main lineup of the American men's basketball team, but there is no team that can block the substitute lineup of the American men's basketball team, so although the Chinese men's basketball team is now 3 points ahead of the American men's basketball team, But when the two teams changed to the rotation lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, it was estimated that within a few minutes, the American team would be able to equalize or even overtake the score, so in order to win today's game, Meng Xu decided to give up rest, continue to play in the second quarter, and even play the whole game.

"You're all right?" As a veteran coach, Jiang Quan is naturally aware of the gap between the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States men's basketball team's bench lineup, if Meng Xu can play with the substitute lineup of the American men's basketball team, it will definitely be able to make up for the strength gap between the two sides to a large extent, but Jiang Quan is also a little worried about Meng Xu's physical problems, although the international game is not as long as the NBA, but a game is also 40 minutes, if the whole game does not rest, it will definitely affect the knockout round two days later.

"I'm in perfect shape, even if I play 50 minutes." Meng Xu has Chamberlain's endurance skills, not to mention playing 40 minutes in a game, even if he plays 40+ minutes back-to-back, Meng Xu's physical strength will not have any problems.

"Alright then, you'll lead the bench in the second quarter." After confirming that Meng Xu had no problem, Jiang Quan nodded to Meng Xu, and then began to arrange the lineup for the second quarter of the game.

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"LeBron, Carmelo, this is not the NBA, you have to stick tight." After the game restarted, after seeing Meng Xu continue to play, Larry Brown instructed the substitutes LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, the two "Meng Xu successors", to wrap and defend Meng Xu, but these two little guys, maybe they were given a shadow by Meng Xu in the game with the Pacers, and they were always very cautious when defending Meng Xu, whether it was James or Anthony, they kept a certain distance from Meng Xu to prevent Meng Xu from speeding up and passing them, this level of bagging, Although it can limit Meng Xu's breakthrough, it can't put pressure on Meng Xu's ball-holding advancement.

"Don't try to fool me." After hearing Meng Xu's words, James and Anthony's heads almost at the same time came up with such an idea, this guy must be fooling me again, in the regular season last season, James and Anthony played against Meng Xu's Pacers several times, as an "old-timer" Meng Xu, taught James and Anthony in the game, personally instructed the two of them how to defend themselves, and how to get rid of their own defense, but James and Anthony sadly found that as long as they defended Meng Xu according to the strategy guided by Meng XuAfter being deceived again and again, James and Anthony no longer believe in Meng Xu, the "big liar", so when Meng Xu just said that he wanted to stick to it when defending, James and Anthony subconsciously thought at the same time, whether Meng Xu had any conspiracy again.

"If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you!" After seeing that James and Anthony were unmoved, Meng Xu shook his head a little helplessly, then moved two steps laterally, and pulled out his hand more than a meter outside the three-point line.

"LeBron, hold on!" Seeing Meng Xu under the bag of James and Anthony, calmly shooting, Larry Brown on the sidelines immediately became anxious, and yelled at James in the court, Meng Xu is the offensive core of the Huaguo men's basketball team, and he is also the most threatening player in the Huaguo men's basketball team, so Larry Brown would rather let go of the No. 2 position of the Huaguo men's basketball team, but also to defend Meng Xu, and at the same time, before the game started, Larry Brown constantly emphasized the oppression of defense against several players who were likely to be opposite Meng Xu, and did not give Meng Xu room to shoot easily, but James and Anthony's bag of Meng Xu just now was obviously different from their own arrangement.

"Tell you to stick closer, stick closer, but you will not listen." After the shot was hit, Meng Xu looked at James and Anthony in front of him helplessly.