Chapter 166: Let Kobe Bryant defend him
Shashewski looked at the clock, and there were less than five minutes left for the U.S. team. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"How could this game be played like this!" Shashewski took a deep breath, and what he saw seemed incredibly unreal.
Shashewski is very confident in this American team, or he can be said to be very confident in his coaching ability, he feels that even against Spain, Argentina, Lithuania, Greece and other world-class teams, in the second half of the fourth quarter, it should be garbage time. How is it possible to be like this, only 1 point ahead!
And the opponent is still the Chinese team, which is not a first-class team opponent in Shashewski's opinion, in the face of the Chinese team, he doesn't even bother to arrange any tactical strategy, he feels that just relying on the player's on-the-spot performance, it is enough to win.
However, things were completely different from what he imagined, and in the second half of the fourth quarter, the one-point difference seemed to be a merciless slap in the face of Shashewski.
"Is this still the same Chinese team? Is this the same Chinese team we faced in the first game of the group stage? Shashewski couldn't help but ask himself, compared with the Chinese team that had no resistance in the group stage, it was like a completely different team in front of him now.
In the next attack, Zhang Guan made another exquisite pass, and the veteran Li Nan directly completed the attack with a pull-out jumper after receiving the ball, and the Chinese team actually overtook by 1 point.
"It's this kind of passing again! This kind of pass looks like a blind coincidence, when the ball flew to that position, the Chinese team's No. 10 also appeared in that position, if it was half a second late, the ball flew over, and half a second earlier before the person arrived, so naturally he could not receive the ball. What's more critical is that Zhang Guan turned his back to that position, he didn't even look at it, how did he pass the ball with just the right amount? Shashewski was confused.
Not only Shashewski, but also Paul, who is responsible for defending Zhang Guan, and Kobe, who is responsible for defending Li Nan, are also full of depression.
Paul is the closest person to Zhang Guan, of course he knows that since Zhang Guan got the ball, he has been staring ahead, and he hasn't even turned his eyes to the side, but he knows that there will be teammates in the position behind him, which is simply impossible in Paul's opinion.
"How did he know that the number 10 was going to be in that position? Maybe there is a very secret code between the players of the Chinese team? Paul thought silently.
On the other hand, Kobe Bryant looked a little annoyed, because it was the player he was opposing the defense who scored, so of course this black pot would be counted on Kobe.
When Zhang Guan started to move just now, not only was his back to this direction, but Li Nan had not moved to this position, even Kobe Bryant could not have imagined that Zhang Guan would throw the ball to a position where there was no one.
"It's this kind of passing again, man to ball. If you just watch people pass, he throws the ball over without even looking at people, isn't he afraid of losing the ball? Could it be that the Chinese team really has a tacit understanding to this extent? Kobe Bryant thought to himself.
"Zhang Guan, this kid has eyes behind his back!" Li Nan, who had just finished scoring, also looked at Zhang Guan in surprise, although Zhang Guan had the same pass several times before, but the receiver was not Li Nan, and he did not have a deeper understanding, but just now when Li Nan was running towards the vacant position, the ball appeared in front of him without warning, which made Li Nan also startled. Fortunately, the nickname of "Xiao Li Flying Knife" is not called in vain, and as an experienced veteran, he certainly will not miss this good opportunity.
On the sidelines, Coach Younas and the coaching staff of the Chinese team were already confused.
This national team has been formed for several months, and has experienced training in the team, training outside, various warm-up games, and even several games of the Olympic Games.
I've never seen this kind of play! This tactic, I don't understand! The players seemed to run blindly without purpose, and then the ball was inexplicably passed to the open position, which was unbelievable to anyone.
Now the coaching staff in both China and the United States have a feeling that neither Shashewski nor Younas know how to continue to lay out their tactics. Shashewski didn't come up with a way to crack the Chinese team's blind running, but Younas knew that this was not a tactic arranged by himself at all, let alone how to "arrange".
In the end, it was Shashewski who reacted first, because the American team must not lose this game.
The Chinese team and the American team can play like this, even if they lose, they are still glorious even if they lose; And even if the U.S. team wins, it seems that it will be very difficult to win, not to mention that the current U.S. team may not be able to win.
Shashewski still can't see through the running position of the Chinese team players at all, everyone is running blindly, if Shashewski can understand it, it's strange! However, Shashewski already had a way in his mind to deal with it, and since he couldn't see through the movement of other players, he stopped Zhang Guan's pass.
So far, Paul's defense against Zhang Guan has not actually been successful, Paul is faster, although he will not be like Kidd, Zhang Guan will be accelerated and passed, but he cannot stop Zhang Guan's pass.
In the case of 1 defense and 1, Paul has the ability to prevent any point guard in the NBA, and the level of guards in the international arena is far inferior to the NBA, so Paul still has the ability to prevent any point guard who appears in the Olympic Games, what "the first point guard outside the NBA", what "King of Europe", it is not a problem in front of Paul, maybe only France's Parker can compete with Paul on the international stage.
But there seems to be a little surprise today, in the 1-on-1 confrontation with Zhang Guan, Paul's proud physical fitness is completely at a disadvantage.
The concept of American basketball and European basketball is different, European basketball pays attention to joint defense, while the defense of American basketball mainly relies on individual ability, and in this kind of defense that relies on individual ability, speed and body have become two very important links. Many defenders in the NBA are known as not good enough defensively, either because they are not fast enough or physically not strong enough. In particular, American players like to collide with their opponents in muscles, but some European or South American players will show the true colors of the actor in the defense.
Paul has speed and body, his physical fitness is the top among all the guards in the NBA, and of course he is relatively tough in defense, but the body of a basketball player and the body of a sprinter are still incomparable, and Zhang Guan's body is obviously stronger than Paul, so Paul's defense of Zhang Guan looks a little difficult.
The U.S. team didn't defend much either, but kept defending 1-on-1. A group of the world's strongest muscular sticks are put together, and they don't have the word "joint defense" in their dictionary in the first place.
"Paul's defense against Zhang Guan is not very good." Shashewski looked at the bench, Pai Kid definitely can't do it, this old guy can't hold Zhang Guan for a few rounds. And Delon Williams's words, Shashewski shook his head secretly, although Delon is strong enough, but the speed is also not fast, and this guy's defensive awareness and defensive skills are relatively average, and more importantly, this guy has no desire to defend, which has been seen from the previous game of the United States team.
The three point guards brought in were unreliable, and Shashewski had to set his sights on several of his own point guards.
"Kobe, it's still Kobe Bryant at a critical time! Now it's only for Kobe Bryant to defend him! Šašewski, taking a deep breath, knew that at this point, Kobe Bryant was clearly the player he could trust the most.
Šałekszewski called a short timeout, then replaced Paul with Wade, while also resetting the setup.
"Kobe, for the next game, you play point guard. I think you know what I mean! Shashewski paused in his voice, and then said: "The task of containing Zhang Guan is entrusted to you!" (To be continued.) )