Chapter 410: Broken Halberd

The scene was already full, but the audience did not give the Chinese team friendly applause, especially when Zhang Guan appeared on the stage, there was a noisy boo in the audience. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The Chinese team eliminated Turkey, which was naturally not popular with the home fans. And Zhang Guan became the culprit who killed the Turkish team in the minds of the home fans.

In this case, the home fans must have been overwhelmingly supportive of the U.S. team, and the situation faced by the national team is a flip from the Olympics two years ago.

The starting lineup of the U.S. team remains unchanged, with Odom playing at center, Durant and Iguodala at front, and Rose and Billups at guard. The starting lineup of the Chinese team is also the same as the previous game, except for Yao Yi, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and Zhang Guan.

Durant has scored more than 30 points in two consecutive games, and in the last semifinal against Lithuania, he scored 38 points, so at the beginning of the game, Durant undoubtedly became the main offensive point of the American team.

After the opening, Durant felt quite good, scoring 8 points on 4-of-5 shooting, and this was still in the case of the UAE defense. In the face of the United Arab Emirates, Durant still chose to shoot, and did not break through, if he was a shorter, weaker defender, it is estimated that Durant would have burst the opponent into a sieve.

The UAE is very depressed, this is not the first time he has faced Durant, and today he has been working defense, but he has been unable to prevent Durant from scoring on his head.

As players who entered the NBA in the same year, they are relatively familiar with each other. After three years, Durant is already the NBA scoring champion, but the UAE is still tepid and has not become what people expect. So when facing Durant, the UAE is very desperate to perform. It's a pity that today's Durant is still in the state of God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, and the UAE's efforts to defend have not achieved any effect.

More depressed than the United Arab Emirates is Odom, Odom who appears in the center position needs to defend the opponent is Da Yao, this is the existence that Odom can't prevent no matter how hard he tries, the height gap has made Odom at a loss, Da Yao's diverse offensive means and even more so that Odom can not see the slightest hope.

Odom seems to have returned to the first round of the playoffs last year, when Lakers head coach Phil Jackson once asked Odom to defend Da Yao, but Odom was beaten in disgrace, because he was bullied by Da Yao too badly, and since then, Odom has even resisted a little to appear in the center position.

Da Yao also scored 8 points alone, but he made four shots and four hits, with a 100 percent shooting rate.

Today, Da Yao's desire to attack is very strong, and he is also decisive and resolute, it can be seen that in the face of the American team, Da Yao is eager to get a victory.

The score came to 8-8, and neither side took advantage, at this time Shashewski took the lead in making a substitution, replacing Odom with Chandler, apparently preparing to strengthen the defense of Da Yao.

Chandler is a genuine center, although he still can't defend against Da Yao, but he is much stronger than Odom's defense, at least he can put some pressure on Da Yao.

Zhang Guan decisively took over the banner of attack.

Facing Billups, Zhang Guan chose to break through directly in the first attack.

Billups has twice entered the NBA's second defensive team, and his Detroit Pistons team was a defense-centric team, so Billups is still very confident in his defensive level.

However, Zhang Guan taught Billups a lesson. Pretending to break through, stop suddenly, suddenly break through again, change direction, and accelerate, after a set of actions, Billups could only watch Zhang Guan rush past him.

Billups has an urge to scold, Zhang Guan's set of actions is not difficult, any defender can complete it, but the same action, to Zhang Guan, the speed is extreme, Billups even feels that his brain can keep up, but his body is a little too late to react.

This kind of breakthrough is not the same as the kind of hard rush with a strong body, Zhang Guan's breakthrough still belongs to the category of technical breakthroughs, but in Billups's eyes, this kind of physical show of technology is the most depressing. This style of play seems to tell the defender that my physical fitness is better than yours, my skills are better than yours, and if some defenders who are psychologically fragile or inexperienced, they may quickly be destroyed by Zhang Guan's confidence.

Billups is certainly not an inexperienced young man, and he is not so easy to lose confidence, but this goal also made Billups realize that he may not be able to defend himself alone, and he needs the help of his teammates.

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The U.S. team has a lot of money, they don't have a main lineup like other teams, and the U.S. team is full of top players on the bench. Durant is one of the players who plays more minutes in the U.S. team, but he only averages 23 minutes per game, in fact, no player in the U.S. team plays more than 25 minutes on average, while the main players of other teams average about 30 minutes per game. So just halfway through the first half, Durant was substituted and Granger took Durant's place.

Without Durant, other players have to take on more of the offensive load, and Rose has more balls.

Last season, Rose averaged more than 20 points per game, and next season, he will average more than 25 points per game. Although his three-point shooting percentage is a bit miserable, less than 30%, his overall shooting percentage is close to 50%, and overall Rose's scoring efficiency is still very high.

After the U.S. team switched defenses in a pick-and-roll, Rose faced Zhang Guan. Rose didn't hesitate to break through, which is what he does best.

Changing direction, continuous change of direction, cross-dribbling breakthroughs, Rose deserves the title of "barefoot finisher". Now that Rose is young and hasn't suffered any major injuries, he can always shake his opponent off the beaten path, at least among the current NBA players, Rose's ability to change direction is the strongest.

In the face of Zhang Guan, Rose did not dare to relax in the slightest, he gave full play to his ability, but Zhang Guan always stood in front of him, no matter how Rose crossed the dribble, how to change direction continuously, still unable to break through Zhang Guan's defense.

"You can stop me!" A competitive spirit rose in Rose's heart. As the champion pick in 2008, he was given high hopes on the first day he entered the NBA, and he was selected by the Chicago Bulls, which made him wear a halo of "Jordan's heir", and Rose has always believed that one day, he can become a superstar in the league, and he wants to build his own "Bulls dynasty" like Jordan.

And today, the more he can't break through Zhang Guan's defense, the more Rose hopes to break through, as if he has forgotten that there are other teammates who can support him, and he only has one-on-one and Zhang Guan heads-up in his mind.

If Rose was a few years later, he might not do this, sticking to the ball and ignoring his teammates, which is not what a good team leader should do. But now Rose has only played in the NBA for two years, whether it is experience or mental immaturity, when he was in the Bulls, whether it was a coach or a teammate, he also let Rose's temperament, at the moment he insisted on defeating Zhang Guan.

"Ross is too sticky!" Šašewski's brows furrowed, and at this time, the rest of the American team on the court was not running, everyone stood there, watching Rose and Zhang Guan's heads-up.

Eight people watching two people go heads-up, which is common in the NBA, and the core players go head-to-head, which can even be considered a kind of American basketball culture, but this is the last thing Shashewski wants. If it's the Dream Eight team, Shashewski is willing to let the players go head-to-head, Kobe, James, Anthony, Wade, Paul...... Almost everyone in the Dream Eight team is a good one-on-one player. However, the Dream Nine team is different, these future superstars are still too young, even Durant, Shashewski will not let him go too much to one-on-one with opponents.

Sure enough, under Zhang Guan's defense, Rose ran out of time to attack, and when the countdown was about to end, he reluctantly chose the jump shot, which was his most unreliable way to attack. However, Zhang Guan didn't even give him this unreliable offensive opportunity, and directly jumped and slapped the ball down.

Shashewski looked embarrassed, and the next time the "dead ball" came, he replaced Rose off the field and replaced him with Westbrook.

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"Whoosh!"

Zhang Guan's figure flickered, Billups didn't stand firmly, and was almost shaken to the ground, he involuntarily used his hand to the ground, but Zhang Guan already had an empty shot action.

I saw Zhang Guan raise his hand to shoot, and at this time, Wei Shao had already rushed forward with the fastest speed, jumping high and preparing to block Zhang Guan.

Westbrook is arguably the most physical of the active point guards, and now he has just played two seasons in the NBA, and his skills are far less pure than in the future, and he relies more on his body to play. For example, this supplemental defense, replaced by other defenders, may not be able to pounce in such a timely manner, but Westbrook's strong body can do this.

"Eat me!" Wei Shao's face was hideous.

However, Zhang Guan's hand stopped in mid-air, and the basketball continued to be grasped in Zhang Guan's hand.

"Oops, feints!" Westbrook realized this, and it was too late to stop it.

Zhang Guan jumped up at Westbrook, and he was ready to cheat a three-plus-one on Wei Shao.

Wei Shao also realized this, if he was really touched by Zhang Guan, even if he didn't score, it would be three free throws, and if he scored, it was more likely to be three plus one, and Wei Shao had to carry a foul.

The next moment, Wei Shao's body twisted in the air, and he forcibly avoided Zhang Guan's "touching porcelain".

"He dodged it, worthy of Westbrook, the body is in the air, and he has completely lost the support point, but he can still dodge, and if it were another player, he would definitely be beaten by me as a three-plus-one." Zhang Guan somewhat admired Wei Shao's personal ability. But admiration is admiration, the points that deserve are still to be scored, I saw Zhang Guan's three-point shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net.

"Bang!" There was a commotion from the bench next to him, which was caused by Wei Shao. Although Wei Shao's action in the air just now forcibly avoided Zhang Guan, his body also lost his balance and fell directly on the chair on the bench next to him, causing a group of people to flip on their backs.

Wei Shao didn't hesitate, one turned over and stood up, ready to return to the field, but the referee stepped forward to stop him, and the team doctor of the American team also came over with a medicine box.

"What's wrong?" Wei Shao is a little unclear.

"You're hurt!" The team doctor pointed to Wei Shao's head.

Wei Shao touched it with his hand and found that his head was wet, he looked at his hand, but found that his hand was already covered with blood, which was just fallen on the bench and accidentally broke his head.

According to the rules, once a player sees red on his body, he must go off the field for treatment, so Wei Shao must stop the bleeding off the field before he can start anew.

The U.S. team had to make another substitution, and it was an unplanned substitution for Shashewski, who played less than two minutes before being forced off, which was a bit too cost-effective for Shashewski.

Shashewski set his sights on the bench, and Curry immediately showed a look of eagerness to make the move, clearly eager to play.

However, Shashewski denied Curry for the first time, and now Curry, the offense is not better than other bench players, but the defense is a big hole, unless Zhang Guan is not on the court, otherwise Shashewski will never dare to say that Curry is on the court.

"Erik, you're on!" Shhashevsky ignored Curry's disappointed look and simply called Eric Gordon off the bench.

Although Gordon is shorter, he is better than being physically strong, although his defense is not very good, but he is very hardworking, and he dares to fight hand-to-hand with his opponent.

At this time, Love has also replaced Iguodala, and the other four starters in the US team's lineup, except for Billups, have gone down to rest. This is enough to show that Shashefsky has faith in Billups.

As for the Chinese team, Da Yao, UAE and Zhang Guan, the three main forces are still on the field, this is not that Coach Deng Huade does not want to change, but he does not dare to change at all, when the three main forces of the Chinese team are present, the scores of the two sides can still hold on, if the three people are replaced, the Chinese team may soon collapse.

It wasn't until there were two minutes left in the first quarter that Deng Huade began to make substitutions, and the U.S. team also used the last two minutes to quickly pull away the score, and finally led by 6 points at 25-19.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Wei Shao's breakthrough hit a two-and-one, and Guy hit a jumper, and the U.S. team scored five points in practice, instantly widening the difference to double digits.

The gap between the substitutes and starters of the Mengjiu team is not big, but the substitutes of the Chinese team are much worse than the starters, and Deng Huade had no choice but to replace Da Yao and Zhang Guan. After the two came on the court, they immediately led the Chinese team to play a wave of 9-3 small climax, narrowing the score to 5 points.

However, Deng Huade's face did not show any joy, he was very worried that Da Yao's physical strength and foot injury would not be able to withstand such a high-intensity game.

In the World Championships, the break between the first and second quarters was 120 seconds, so Da Yao had just over five minutes of rest, which was too little for a man who had not fully recovered from a leg injury. What's more, this time Da Yao faced Chandler and Lefou, who are NBA starter-level centers, both in terms of the intensity of physical confrontation and the consumption of physical strength, which is much greater.

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"Drink!" Da Yao faced Lefu and slammed his hands violently, which also caused Lefu's foul.

"Brother Yao looks very excited today, he rarely yells when he plays." Wang Shipeng, who was on the bench, spoke.

"Yes, it's only halfway through the second quarter, and he has already scored 17 points, the highest in the game, and Brother Yao will definitely be able to score 30 points today. Maybe there's a chance to get 40 points! ”

However, on the court, Da Yao gasped for breath. Although on the scene, he comprehensively suppressed Lefu, but his physical strength was also consumed a lot, and the serious injury on his foot also hurt faintly.

If it was in any other match, maybe he would have asked for a break, but today was different, today was the final of the World Championships, and he was most eager to win.

"Whoosh!" added free throws, and Da Yao's score also came to 18 points.

He then raced back to the back, ready to defend, and as soon as he was in position, Odom broke through to him with the ball.

Da Yao stretched out his arms like a mountain in front of Odom, Odom couldn't even see the position of the basket at all, he had to stop the ball, and at the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Iguodala.

With a flick of his wrist, Odom passed the ball to Iguodala, who did not hesitate after receiving the ball and chose to shoot directly.

Iguodala had a beautiful shot, but unfortunately it didn't go in.

"Rebound!" Iguodala shouted, and Lefu had already rushed forward at the first time.

Lefou's rebounding efficiency is very good, although some people question him as a data brush, but many times he has won a double-double of 30+20 such a super large size, which is enough to prove his strength in rebounding.

Facing Da Yao, Lefu did not flinch, he greeted him, ready to fight for this offensive rebound.

Both of them rushed towards the basketball at the same time. Lefu has no height advantage, but he jumps very high. And although Da Yao's height has an absolute advantage, he can't jump. In this ball, the two of them touched the ball almost at the same time.

"Ahh Da Yao shouted, grabbed the rebound with all his might, and then threw the ball to Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan did not hesitate to sprint with the ball, and Wei Shao and Billups, who were holding gauze on their heads, returned to the defense at the same time.

"Two to one!" The narrator shouted.

The faster Wei Shao was already closing in on Zhang Guan, and he was even ready to block it.

"Zhang Guan is too fast, don't foul!" Billups' voice rang out,

Wei Shao hesitated for a moment, he realized that if he fouled, it would probably cause two plus one, so Wei Shao withdrew at the last moment.

Unstoppned, Zhang Guan scored two points.

"38 flat! We're finally catching up! There was a cheer from the bench of the Chinese team. With more than three minutes left in the second quarter, tie the score now would at least ensure that the first half would not fall too far behind.

Under the rebound in the backcourt, Da Yao looked at the score with a relieved smile.

"Looks like I'm going to have to go all this way with you! Zhang Guan, I'm going to leave it to you next. ”

The next moment, he sat on the ground in pain, covering his feet.

Da Yao's old injury recurred!

The Chinese team folded in front of the formation...... (To be continued.) )