Chapter 100: Australia

After defeating Lithuania, Wu Qinglong praised everyone in the locker room, and saw the players with a pair of eyes full of fighting spirit, and he also had some confidence in tomorrow's game. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the road to the top four, there is one final hurdle - the Australian team.

The Chinese team didn't care about celebrating, and when they returned to the hotel, they seized the time to rest, and they had to train tomorrow morning and have games in the afternoon.

The coaching staff had to work overtime to analyse the tactics of the Australian team.

Australia are undoubtedly a strong team, having lost just one of their previous games, against Lithuania.

Like the Chinese team, they have four players averaging double-doubles per game.

And their leader is their talented interior player, the future NBA champion - Andrew-Bogut.

Bogut was born in November 1984, just graduated from high school, and his height is only 207cm, and he has not grown to 213cm, and now he is still playing in the forward position.

But he is already very good, height plus arm span, as well as good strength and jumping, very well-rounded, very proficient, rebounding, blocks, assists can do everything, and even shoot three-pointers.

In the first five games, the most eye-catching on the outside is Lu Xiaofeng of the Chinese team, with 30+10 data that is proud of all outside players, and the most eye-catching on the inside is Bogut.

He averaged a staggering 17 rebounds per game and scored 25 points while also having more than two assists, steals and blocks.

Undoubtedly, Australia's offensive and defensive tactics are all around Bogut, if he performs well, Australia wins, and if he performs poorly, Australia loses.

In the last game, the reason why Australia lost to Lithuania was that in addition to Lithuania's three-point performance, the most important thing was that their two inside lines limited Bogut.

Bogut also has weaknesses, and although he has excellent skills and good health, he is still afraid of taller opponents.

In the previous games, he played a discount against the tall interior line of Puerto Rico and Lithuania.

The coaching staff analyzed the opponent, but they were not presumptuous, compared to Bogut, Yi Jianlian's performance was not much inferior, he also averaged 20+10 per game, and his average rebounds per game only ranked second behind Bogut.

Compared with Bogut, Yi Jianlian may be a little worse in strength, and his interior skills are not comparable, but his height, bounce, speed and mid-range shooting are all advantageous.

The key is that Yi Jianlian has Lu Xiaofeng by his side!

Australia has no No. 2 man, except for Bogut, the two main guards are about 1.9 meters tall, both can score 12 or 3 points, three or four assists, and a striker has also scored doubles.

The game is still that stadium, it is still that time, Australia did not dare to let their two-meter-two center forward start, he is too thin, against the strong Tang Zhengdong, I am afraid that he will be blown up.

Australia's center forward is a No.11 who is a little shorter than Tang Zhengdong, and the opening jump ball was played between Bogut and Yi Jianlian.

The duel between the two most dazzling big forwards in this World Youth Championship began with a jump ball.

In the first round, Yi Jianlian had the upper hand, and Lu Xiaofeng got the basketball.

In view of the poor performance in the previous game, Zhang Qingpeng did not start.

And Wang Lei's outstanding performance won him the opportunity to start, facing the opponent's No. 10 striker of 2.04 meters.

Lu Xiaofeng's opponent is the No. 9 defender, who is a little shorter than him.

Australia's defensive tactics, no matter what level of play they are in, are always "mad dog" tactics.

Of course, this is the name Lu Xiaofeng gave them.

Defensively, Australia's players are completely relentless and not afraid of fouls, just pressing frantically and squeezing the space of attackers with their bodies.

And never give the opponent a chance to score easily, the foul action is very rough, and the opponent will be injured if he is not careful.

The first time they faced them, the general players were not adaptable, because they were afraid of injury, they would subconsciously dodge, and then they fell into the trap of Australia.

Why aren't they afraid of foul play?

Because they are cunning, they press and squeeze, and they make a lot of small movements, but they rarely reach directly to grab the ball.

Often the referee blew them for a blocking foul or twice, and found that the court was all defensive like that, and it was not easy to blow.

After all, the game is for the audience to watch, and there are whistles all over the stadium, how can you watch the game? How else does it go smoothly?

The referee can only apply the same scale to both sides, and Australia's physical collision with suspected fouls slowly becomes a legitimate defense.

Therefore, for the Chinese team that doesn't like confrontation, when it meets the Australian team, it always fights with anger.

Lu Xiaofeng controlled the ball, and No. 9 used that set on him, constantly pushing and squeezing on his side, not with his hands, but with his chest.

However, he has found the wrong person, and Lu Xiaofeng, who knows a lot about their routines, is not afraid of this set.

When he reached the three-point line, Lu Xiaofeng accelerated, squeezed hard, and left No. 9 behind.

Lu Xiaofeng did not go straight to the inside to challenge Bogut as he thought, but suddenly made an emergency stop and fell together, which was particularly abrupt.

filled up the gas and chased No. 9, who wanted to drive Lu Xiaofeng to the basket, but he was caught off guard and hit Lu Xiaofeng, Lu Xiaofeng jumped up and shot a basket, and threw himself forward exaggeratedly.

In fact, he aimed at the basket with his hand, only to see the basketball "bang" into the small black frame on the rebound, bounce into the net, and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

"Beep!"

The goal is valid and a penalty is added.

Lu Xiaofeng smiled at the annoyed No. 9, hit the free throw, and the Chinese team took the lead, 3:0.

Australia is also very big on the offensive end, and when he dribbles the ball, his other hand is fiercely propped up, and if he is not careful, he will suffer.

Zhao Hongxiang ate the dark elbow of the No. 7 guard, and was rushed in, Yi Jianlian made up the defense, and Bogut received the ball and dunked, 3:2.

However, Lu Xiaofeng also immediately returned it strongly, and once again forcibly broke through the defense of No. 9, faked a real pass, attracted Bogut's defense, and Yi Jianlian scored a violent dunk in the air, 5:2.

After eating a trench and growing wise, Zhao Hongxiang did not cling to No. 7 anymore and let him pass the ball to Bogut singles.

Sure enough, in the face of an opponent who was taller than himself, Bogut didn't dare to shoot directly, and after a feint, he was about to dribble and break through, but the basketball was slapped off by Lu Xiaofeng, who was quick-eyed.

Zhao Hongxiang grabbed the basketball, and on the 7th, he frantically pounced to grab it, and Zhao Hongxiang didn't dare to luck it after a while, so he hurriedly passed it to Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng took the ball and turned around, and was about to accelerate past No. 9, but No. 9 reached out and pulled his arm without thinking about it, and fouled in advance.

The Chinese team's fast break was disrupted, which is also a legitimate use of the rules.

But No. 9 fouled, only to realize that he had committed two fouls, and it was less than two minutes before the start of the game.

On the sideline ball of the Chinese team, Lu Xiaofeng ran with No. 9, but suddenly ran back, followed by his No. 9 too close, and his arm wrapped around Lu Xiaofeng's hand.

"Beep!"

The tragic No. 9 was whistled for a third foul, but this was the attack of the Chinese team, and there was no chance of substitution.

No. 9 didn't dare to defend it, Lu Xiaofeng easily got rid of him, took Yi Jianlian's response ball, and hit a three-point shot, 8:2.

The opposing coach had to call a timeout, had to replace No. 9, and had to rearrange his tactics.

"Australia's defense is fierce!"

"There are no vacancies in the Chinese team!"

"Pass the ball quickly, it's going to be five seconds soon!"

"Yay? The whistle blew, 5 seconds? ”

"No, the referee blew for a foul!"

"Hah! It's the 9th again! In less than two minutes, Lu Xiaofeng made him three fouls! ”

"Lu Xiaofeng is good! You are fierce, I am more fierce than you, you are positive, I am more positive than you! ”

"No. 9 obviously doesn't dare to guard against it! Lu Xiaofeng had a chance, three points, there were! ”

"The other party was stopped."

"No. 9 is 84 years old, Lu Xiaofeng is 86 years old, but in front of Lu Xiaofeng, No. 9 seems to be 94 years old. Ha ha! Lu Xiaofeng is too cunning! ”