Chapter 129: Sino-US Warm-up Match
On the eve of the Olympics, the warm-up match between China and the United States is about to begin, and the two teams are in the same group in the men's basketball competition. It stands to reason that the warm-up match before www.biquge.info the main game is conducive to understanding the opponent between the two sides, but the gap between the Chinese team and the opponent is too big, and there is not much meaning in understanding this kind of game.
It's more about the mentality of learning, of course, learning is only for the Chinese team.
On the side of the American team, the lineup is naturally gorgeous, consisting of the leading stars of the NBA teams and all-stars. The strength is naturally incomparably strong and unrivaled in the world.
After back-to-back losses in 04 Athens and 06 Japan, the USA returned to the top of the world in '08 and dominated the basketball tournament again.
In fact, the gap between world basketball and the United States has always been quite large. Even if the Athens Olympics in '04 was lost, it was more due to themselves than a regression in strength.
At the time, the U.S. had already prepared their squad for the Olympics and beat them by 30 points in the Copa America. However, before the start of the Olympics, due to the threat of a terrorist attack, and it was the US officials themselves who broke the news.
This caused concern among the big-name stars, who cancelled their trips and quit the national team.
The U.S. team had to find someone on the improvise and cobble together an extremely unreasonable team to participate in the game. Of course, judging from the lineup alone, it is still very star-studded.
However, the training time was too short, the lack of cooperation between the players, the majority of the stars worked alone, and the lack of outside firepower finally made them swallow the bitter fruit of strength.
However, the defeat in '04 didn't wake up the arrogant Americans, and it wasn't until another defeat in '06 that they understood that the Olympics and the World Championships were no longer the formalities of sending a few stars to perform a few times and then waiting for the gold medal to be awarded.
European teams have been able to threaten their dominance in basketball. After that, the U.S. team learned from the pain, set a series of rules, and formulated tactics, which led to the later return to the top of the world.
Now, the U.S. team will conduct a month-long training camp before the start of the Olympics, with the aim of cultivating the team's chemistry and familiarizing themselves with tactics.
And now this American team may not be as good as the previous one in terms of star flavor, but in terms of overall strength, it is still the best!
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The pre-game warm-up is over, and the official competition is about to begin.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team is the same as in the previous warm-up game. Ye Minghao is still playing the small forward position, which also means that he will face the world's top small forward Kevin Durant.
When Ye Minghao stepped on the court and stood next to Durant, although he was hunched over, he was still much taller than Ye Minghao.
Tall and long, especially the terrifying reach, jumping up and shooting is like a trebuchet, and it is very difficult to cover it head-on.
However, Ye Minghao will do his best to try to defend every goal of the opponent.
The starting lineup for the U.S. team is: DeMarcus Cousins (c), Cameron Brown. Anthony (P.F.), Kevin. Durant (SF), Klay. Thompson, SG, Carey. Owen (pg).
The first to start jumping the ball, the Chinese team took the lead in getting the offensive ball.
Zhao Jiwei dribbled forward, and the American team quickly pressed him, which is a characteristic of the American team, due to the existence of the NBA, the cooperation between the players of the American team is actually not as tacit as that of other national teams.
And the prominence of the forward line and the back line does not hide the fact that they are relatively weak inside, so they often force them to make mistakes through frenzied pressure on the ball carriers, and then play counter-attacks.
With the athleticism of the U.S. team, once it is beaten fast, it is basically equivalent to giving away points.
In the face of the strong pressing of the American team, Zhao Jiwei quickly passed the ball out for fear of mistakes, but underestimated the defensive area of the American team.
Yes, it's the defensive area, every player in every position is tall and long, and the range that can be affected by the connection is too wide.
If you don't pay attention, you will be easily stolen by them.
Zhao Jiwei's pass was broken by Durant's long arm, and then he dribbled wildly, directly performing a dragon counterattack and splitting dunk.
The American fans at the scene immediately screamed excitedly.
made a mistake at the beginning, and Zhao Jiwei was a little frustrated. However, he quickly adjusted and continued to possess the ball.
Naturally, the U.S. team continued to press the upline ball carriers, which was their style of play, using strong physicality to threaten the ball carriers on the defensive end and then counter-attack.
At this time, if there is a guard with excellent passing and control, who can calmly face their pressure and then successfully pass to an open teammate, then it is enough to pose a threat to the defensive style of the American team, which often gambles on steals.
It's still not enough to beat them, but at least it won't allow them to be pinched and pressed by such unscrupulous ball-carriers.
Faced with another oppression, Zhao Jiwei passed to Ye Minghao on one side.
Kevin Durant quickly stepped forward, his long arms spread out like spider legs, enveloping Ye Minghao.
His cold eyes were staring at Ye Minghao.
Although the U.S. team is strong because of its strength, it is inevitable that there will always be some carelessness against the enemy. However, it is the opening stage and the first warm-up game, so they naturally have to be a little more positive.
So it's extra defense. After Ye Minghao held the ball, he very calmly and quickly observed the situation on the field.
He saw Yi Jianlian, who was in an important position on the inside, and was about to pass the ball with his open hand.
As a result, he once again made the same mistake as Zhao Jiwei, underestimating Durant's 225cm arm span, and he jumped lightly and intercepted Ye Minghao's pass in the air with both hands.
Immediately afterwards, he moved with long legs, marching like the wind, Ye Minghao started to break through the elite, accelerated desperately, and followed behind, but the other party had already jumped high, and he pounced from behind, but he couldn't interfere with the other party's long arm at all.
"Bang!"
Durant once again performed the tomahawk split, and also made Ye Minghao's foul!
"Beep-"
The referee blew the whistle and Durant walked to the free throw line.
Ye Minghao was very annoyed, Durant walked up to him and smiled, although he didn't say anything, there was still a trace of mockery in his calm eyes, in his opinion, Ye Minghao's attempt to block was just a joke.
"Forget about him."
Yi Jianlian comforted his teammates and told Ye Minghao not to care. Ye Minghao put his hands on his knees, and his mind was full of pictures of his previous mistakes.
In this emotion, the tension in his heart gradually let go. And the fighting spirit gradually swelled up in his heart.
The U.S. team is strong, but he's never faced it in person in the past. No matter how strong it is, it's just a knowledge on paper.
Only if you have dealt with them in person will you feel concretely.
"Brush!"
Durant also hit a free throw, and in less than a minute of the opening game, he scored 5 points alone, and also made 2 steals, creating two turnovers for the Chinese team.
Individual strength is on display.
The stars of the American team are bright, and naturally Durant will not be the only one who will be in the limelight, and then the superstars in other positions will begin to show their might.
All kinds of forcing ball carriers to make mistakes, play counterattacks, and fast offense. The Chinese team collapsed in the first quarter.
In the opening stage, the Chinese team only relied on Yi Jianlian to score two points, while the American team has already scored 14 points.
The American fans at the scene had a surprised look on their faces, and in their opinion, this score was very normal and deserved.
Since being stealed by Durant, Ye Minghao has never touched the ball again, and has been running back and forth. After a while, sweat was already oozing from his face.
After a long time, Ye Minghao finally got the ball again, he stared at Durant, thinking that he must hit you this time, and he was revenge for being stealed and fouled by you before.
He struck a triple threat pose, and after a series of tentative steps, he took a step in the opposite direction and launched an elite dribble shot to hit the opponent with a pull-up jump shot.
However, Durant's long arms covered the sky and the sun, and a slap fanned Ye Minghao's shot off the court.
“k~~d~~~”
The DJ at the scene shouted Durant's name loudly, causing a cheer from the American fans at the scene.
"That yellow man doesn't have a good brain, and he actually wants to shoot in front of KD."
"This Nima is definitely the funniest thing I've ever seen."
"He's 210+ tall, and that little guy looks a little shorter."
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Ye Minghao was once again taught to be a man, but Durant, who walked to the sideline to interfere with the serve, looked at the immature Chinese in front of him with a strange light in his eyes.
It was a persistent light, at the beginning, he was still a rookie, and he also had this kind of look when facing his idol Maddie.
At the beginning, he was also taught to be a man, but now, he has surpassed his idols too much in personal honor.
At first, he was ridiculed as the Iron God, and the entire supersonic team accompanied him to fight iron, and he finally practiced and grew into a super scorer who made the whole league fearful. "Death is coming" is often staged.
Now, he saw in this Chinese that he had the same stubborn eyes as his past self.
It is a kind of unwillingness, not yielding, and determined to break out of a piece of his own world.
"This guy...... The future is going to be dangerous...... Now it's time to do everything you can to defeat him! From the spirit to the reality! ”
Ye Minghao served on the sideline, he didn't know that his inner thoughts had been detected by Durant, and he was determined to give him an unforgettable blow in this game.
Next, the U.S. team came on as a substitute, and the lineup was DeAndrew. Jordan (c), Paul. George (P.F.), Jimmy Butler (S.F.), DeMar. DeRozan (SG), Kyle. Lowry (Pg).
Compared with the main lineup, the firepower of the substitutes is not as fierce as the main team, but it is still very strong compared to the Chinese team. At least in terms of pressing the ball carriers, it does a better job than the starters.
After all, the substitutes Jordan Jr., Paul George, and Butler are all the inside and outside defensive gates of their respective teams. It can be said that defensively, the bench is undoubtedly better.
However, in terms of offense, only Paul George has enough threatening projection ability, and the rest, such as Lowry and DeRozan, who are known as the "North Border Double" in this year's NBA playoffs, are even more deserved.
Although the offense is not good, the defense is on a higher level, which makes the Chinese team miserable, and the score is all piecemeal, and finally the first quarter is over, and the Chinese team is behind the opponent with a score of 10:25. (To be continued.) )