Chapter 90: A quick counterattack from one man
Although the Greek team fell behind 6-0 at the beginning, the coach of the Greek team, Giannakis, obviously had no intention of calling a timeout. Although the two sides have already played the third round, because each time it is Zhang Guan's single-handedly attack, the speed is very fast, so it is only a minute into the game. If the game is stopped by the opponent just one minute after the first minute, it will obviously have a big impact on the morale of the Greek team.
So Giannakis chose to trust his players, Papalukas is the strongest playmaker in Europe, so Giannakis believes that Papalukas can figure out how to deal with it.
And Papalukas is really thinking about a countermeasure.
"The first six points of the Chinese team were all scored by Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan is completely different from the Chinese players I have met before, he is fast enough and his physical fitness is even better than that of European players. We all underestimated Zhang Guan, so we were caught off guard by Zhang Guan at the beginning of the game, and the reason was that we didn't know Zhang Guan. Maybe I shouldn't think of Zhang Guan as an Asian player, but as a black American player. Papalukas thought silently.
"If you think Zhang Guan is that kind of strong black player, then what should I do? I can't fight for the body, if I fight for the body, I will lose, I should compete with him for skills, awareness, ball quotient, and experience! My skills are top notch in the world, I'm the best point guard in Europe, my awareness and ball intelligence are also world-class, and I've played for so many years and have a lot of experience, these are my strengths, so I have to play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses! Papalukas nodded silently at this point, already having a plan in mind.
I saw Papalukas receiving the ball and preparing to advance, but Papalukas had just dribbled a step before he was glued to Zhang Guan.
Papalukas was stunned in his heart, the full-court man-to-man marking against the point guard was the method used by other teams to deal with the Chinese team in the past, but he didn't expect it to be used by the Chinese team today.
"You're underestimating me!" Papalukas snorted coldly, and directly changed direction under his crotch, wanting to break through from Zhang Guan's side, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Guan only took half a step back slightly, blocking Papalukas's forward path, and at the same time, Zhang Guan also stretched out his right hand, looking like he was about to intercept.
Papalukas was taken aback, he lost his first move when he failed to break through, and was almost fired by Zhang Guan, so he immediately took a step back, and the half-step that was originally advanced was not only sent back, but also backwards.
In the next few seconds, it turned into a battle between Papalukas and Zhang Guan, who adhered to Papalukas like a piece of chewing gum, so that Papalukas could not advance comfortably at all.
Fortunately, Spanoulis ran over to catch it and pushed the ball to the backcourt of the Chinese team, and the Greek team began to organize this wave of attacks again.
Zhang Guan still followed Papalukas closely, and the tight defense even made Papalukas a little breathless.
The ball was passed to Spanoulis, who chose to break through, but with the protection of Da Yao under the basket, Spanollis could not make a layup and could only share the ball with Fortesis. Although Fortesis is a big forward, his footsteps are very flexible, and he also chose to break through, but he suffered a loss in the physical confrontation with the United Arab Emirates, and Fortesis had to share the ball again.
The ball was in the hands of Vashlopoulos, who opted for a breakaway, and when the ball got to Spanoulis again, there was not much time left for 24 seconds to attack.
Spanolus' three-point shot was too poor, so he still chose to break through the point, and at this time, Papalukas suddenly changed direction and ran back.
At the moment when Papalukas changed direction, Zhang Guan realized that the ball might be passed to Papalukas, and Zhang Guan also played a trick, he did not block Spanoluris's pass offline, but deliberately flashed a space for Paparukas.
Just then, Spanollis made a pass.
It was at this time that Zhang Guan moved.
Zhang Guan suddenly exerted his strength, stepped forward in one step, and reached out to copy the ball directly in his hand.
"Snatched!" Papalukas's heart tightened, the reason why this ball was tackled was obviously because Zhang Guan saw through the tactical intentions of the Greek team in advance, and he knew that his run this time was to cooperate with Spanoulis, so he prepared in advance.
"Zhang Guan actually saw through our tactical intentions!" Papalukas suddenly felt a little bad in his heart, the point guard is the organizer of a team, and in the point guard matchup, the biggest worry is to be guessed by the opponent to guess his intentions, once the tactics are leaked, the team's offense will fall into great passivity.
Immediately afterward, Papalukas remembered Zhang Guan's astonishing speed.
"Hurry back to defense!" Papalukas shouted, but they were still a step slower, and Zhang Guan was already starting.
The situation became Zhang Guan's rapid dashing to the basket with the ball, and several other Greek players were chasing after Zhang Guan, while the other four of the Chinese team watched in the backcourt.
"Don't foul!" Papalukas reminded. It was this reminder that made Spanolis's defensive movements much smaller, and he did not interfere with Zhang Guan, allowing Zhang Guan to score a layup.
The score became 8-0.
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Inside the stadium, two European spectators were talking.
"What's going on, the Chinese team led the Greek team 6-0 at the beginning. And the Chinese team only had Zhang Guan alone, and he blew up the Greek team. Is this still the Greek team we are familiar with? ”
"Speaking of which, Zhang Guan's speed is really fast enough, this quick counterattack, ran from the back to the front in a few seconds."
"Yes, who would have thought that the Chinese team would play a quick counterattack!"
"I also think it's a little ridiculous, a team with Da Yao can actually play a quick counterattack? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. ”
In these attacks, the Greek team's retreat was half a beat slower every time, not because the Greek team would not defend fast counterattacks, but because the Greek team did not have the awareness to defend fast counterattacks at all.
With Da Yao on the field, the Chinese team can't play a fast attack at all, let alone a quick counterattack. Da Yao is the most stable scoring point for the Chinese team, and for the Chinese team, an honest positional attack is the most cost-effective. Therefore, when any team faces the Chinese team, it does not need to think about defending the rapid counterattack of the Chinese team.
The Greek team also fell into this kind of thinking, they also believed that it was impossible for the Chinese team to play a quick counterattack, and the players did not have any preparation for this, so in the face of Zhang Guan's rapid counterattack, the Greek team was still in the stage of relaxation mentally, and the speed of retreat was naturally half a beat slower.
After conceding four goals in a row, the players of the Greek team finally realized that the Chinese team can also play a quick counterattack! (To be continued.) )
PS: The first chapter is delivered, there is something white today, I was busy all day, and I came back in the evening, so it was even later, and I asked for a guaranteed monthly pass.