Chapter 162: Falling Behind While Fighting
In the second half, the U.S. team made personnel changes, and Prince was sent on, along with Kidd on the court, and Shashewski was clearly hoping that Kidd would pass a few good balls to Prince so that he could reach his goal. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Chinese team also replaced Zhang Guan, and opposite him was the captain of the American team, Kidd.
In the first attack of the second half, Zhang Guan directly held the ball over the half, and as soon as Kidd caught up, Zhang Guan accelerated violently, taking advantage of Kidd's unstable foothold, and rushed directly into the basket of the United States team and scored a layup.
"Zhang Guan's speed is so fast!" Bosh, who was resting on the bench, looked at Paul next to him and asked, "Who do you think is faster, you or Zhang Guan?" ”
"But in terms of the speed of this ball, it can be very fast, but it is not an extreme speed, and I can do this kind of speed." Paul thought about it carefully, and then said: "But if you fight for the limit speed, then it is not necessarily, maybe Zhang Guan is faster, maybe I am faster, there is no better who knows!" ”
"But Zhang Guan's speed of activation, maybe no one in the NBA can do it." Wade interjected from the side.
"Startup speed? Not even you? Bosh asked his friend.
Wade shook his head, and Bosh asked, "What if it was two years ago?" ”
Wade won the NBA championship two years ago, and he hadn't suffered a major injury at that time, so his explosiveness was much stronger than now. However, Wade thought carefully and shook his head again.
"Oh? Zhang Guan is so powerful! Are you ashamed of yourself? Bosh asked in surprise.
"That's just the speed of start-up." Wade immediately explained: "Don't forget that he is a track sprinter, and the fastest in the world. Sprinters have the shortest reaction time for start-up, so it's normal for me to be less than good at start-up. ”
"I always feel that Jason (Kidd) seems to be a little hanging in the face of Zhang Guan! If he were ten years younger, no, even five years younger, I wouldn't worry about him, but now he ......," Paul said with some concern.
Kidd is arguably the most well-rounded point guard in the NBA, and certainly includes his defense. Between 1999 and 2007, Kidd was either on the NBA All-Defensive First Team or All-Defensive Second Team, and he didn't miss a single round. His defense was once called a "nightmare" by James in his rookie season, and in terms of defensive ability alone, Kidd at his peak must have completely blown up his juniors. If Kidd is the strongest of the top point guards, perhaps not too many people will question it.
It's just that Kidd is now thirty-five years old, and his body is not as strong as when he was young, the key is that he can't keep up with his feet, for an outside defensive player, he loses his speed, and his feet can't keep up, as long as he doesn't face a fast opponent, he can also deal with it, but when he faces a fast opponent, there is often no way. So now Kidd has frequently become Paul's "ATM", and in the future, he will also become the ATM of Rose, Westbrook and others.
And the fastest person in the world is Zhang Guan, with Kidd's current speed, Zhang Guan is completely fundamental, even if Kidd's defensive experience is incomparably rich, even if Kidd's defensive methods are very smart, but in the face of absolute speed, he still looks so pale and powerless.
In normal times, the opposing players are blown up, and someone on the inside line will definitely go to make up for the defense, but today's American team really doesn't defend, so Zhang Guan only needs to pass Kidd to get to the basket and complete the score.
A breakaway for two points, the U.S. team clearly didn't care about that, they were still obsessed with playing the ball to Prince and allowing him to score.
Pass, pass, pass, ball went around in a circle, and it was in Kidd's hand again, Kidd looked at James on one side, but his arm was swung in the other direction, a one-handed toss, sending the ball to Prince's reverse.
It was a pass that didn't look at people, and the pass was very sudden, and the direction of the pass was so hidden that no one would have thought that Kidd's ball was passed to Prince.
"A nice pass!" Kidd said secretly in his heart, but at the same time, he found that Zhang Guan, who was supposed to be watching him, disappeared in front of him.
"Where's Zhang Guan?" Kidd was slightly stunned, but heard a deafening cheer erupting from the scene.
Zhang Guan judged the direction of Kidd's pass, and he quickly moved to Prince's side, snatching the ball away the moment Prince received the ball.
"What? Snatched? How did he know I was going to pass to Prince! Kidd was shocked, this time the pass, he had done very hidden, he didn't look at Prince, who received the ball, but used a "blind pass", it is said that Zhang Guan's attention should be attracted to the other side by him, but Zhang Guan saw through his passing intentions.
"Why? Is it blind? Or does he really have such a good consciousness? Kidd thought to himself.
Of course, Zhang Guan didn't have such a good consciousness, and he was not blind, but the "God's perspective" helped him.
This time the pass, although Kidd did not go to see Prince, Prince was in an excellent position to attack, and after Prince reached out to ask for the ball, Kidd immediately waved his arm to pass, so Zhang Guan immediately judged that the target of Kidd's pass was Prince.
In one-on-one defense, the player's attention is often focused on the opposing player, and as for the position of the other opponent, it is often handed over to his teammates to mark. But Zhang Guan has a god's perspective, he can observe the position and movement of each player on the court.
The ball went to Zhang Guan's hands, and then it was another one-dragon breakthrough, and the American team symbolically ran a few steps to the backcourt, which was considered to be a return defense, and then the five people watched Zhang Guan score the ball up.
Next, the U.S. team continued their mission, which was to help Prince score.
However, this process is not very smooth, Kidd is completely at a disadvantage in terms of confrontation with Zhang Guan, which is not only reflected in the defense will be easily passed by Zhang Guan, but also in the offensive aspect will be closely targeted by Zhang Guan, losing a lot of passing opportunities.
And Prince is best at defense rather than offense, if it were James, the ball could be passed to him and he could score in a different way, but Prince didn't have that many offensive means. He can break through and shoot, but he doesn't have a high shooting percentage when someone is marked; He has solid low-post offensive skills and is naturally long-armed, but his height of 2.06 meters plays low-post offense on the inside of the Chinese team and has little chance of success. So sometimes, when the ball gets to Prince, he doesn't necessarily get to score.
With three minutes left in the third quarter, Prince picked up the ball and shook off his defender before taking advantage of the time difference to score a layup for his first two points in the Olympic finals.
"Whew!" The players of the U.S. team gave him a round of applause and a sigh of relief. Prince finally scored, and so did the entire U.S. team.
"It's finally time to play." James let out a sigh of relief, and then he looked at the score, but his eyes widened in surprise.
"What's going on? I read that right! The lagging side turned out to be us, the United States? We are lagging behind! ”
"What's going on? How to fight, we are falling behind! What the hell just happened? ”
On the big screen in the stadium, the score of the two sides was clearly displayed at this time, 60-65, and the American team was 5 points behind!
ps: The third chapter was delivered, and it was written until the early hours of the morning, asking for support for the next monthly pass. (To be continued.) )