Chapter 133: Progress
On July 31, a few days before the start of the Rio Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball team played the first warm-up game with the host Brazilian men's basketball team. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Before the warm-up game, the outside world paid great attention to Ye Minghao, who had an outstanding performance in the previous match with the American men's basketball team.
Considering that the opponent has never appeared on the professional court so far, he can play a wonderful performance in front of NBA superstars, which shows that he has good talent.
After two warm-up games, he was highly praised by the outside world.
Some foreign media asserted that he will become the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future, and it is not impossible to even enter the NBA. It's up to him to show something more.
The next warm-up matches, as well as the future Olympic Games, are the best stages for Ye Minghao to show his talent and attract attention.
There's no better stage to prove yourself and play against and learn from the world's best basketball players.
Although this Brazilian national team is not a strong team, it is far from being comparable to them in football. But compared with the Chinese team, the strength still has an advantage.
If the Chinese team wants to win, the chances are not great.
After the warm-up, the two starters are about to make their debuts.
On the Chinese team's side, the starting lineup is: Wang Zhelin, Zhou Qi, Ye Minghao, Zhou Peng, Zhao Jiwei. Yi Jianlian played as a substitute this time.
The starting lineup of the Brazilian men's basketball team has two NBA players, namely Hurtas of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Barbossa, who played for the Golden State Warriors and is now gone.
The famous actor Vallejo did not participate in the Rio Olympics because of a back injury.
And Split, if these two are there, then Brazil's strength will be even better.
However, even without these two people, the strength is still ahead of the Chinese team.
Judging from the starting lineups of both sides, the Chinese team still has the idea of honing newcomers, so Ye Minghao once again got the time to start.
Next, the Chinese team won the jump ball and got the offensive ball after the opening.
Zhao Jiwei passed directly to Ye Minghao after getting the ball, although he was nominally a point guard, but in fact, Gong Luming actually arranged for Ye Minghao to organize the ball.
Ye Minghao passed to Wang Zhelin, who was in the important position of the inner line, Wang Zhelin still has three axes in the low position, after all, he belongs to the traditional inner line, which is completely different from the style of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi. It's just that the finishing ability needs to be improved.
After a few strokes under the basket, he couldn't carry the opponent's center, and the opponent who came by the pinch knocked the ball out of his hand.
After all, he was slow to react, too deep to get the ball out before the pinch arrived.
Hurtas dribbles, despite his place in the Big Five, is a qualified playmaker who passes the ball well and is often able to make great second passes.
It's just that because of his age and average physical talent, he didn't do well enough on the defensive end. However, as a point guard, he is very experienced, and he usually plays as a substitute and is still very useful for daily guidance of newcomers.
He dribbled and advanced neither fast nor slowly, his face was calm, and his eyes calmly looked at the form on the court.
Then he burst into the basket by cover, and after Zhou Qi pressed it, he quickly passed to the center of Xia Shun in the gap, and after the latter received the ball, he barely made too many adjustments, and got up directly after taking the ball!
It was clear from this goal how good Hurtas was passing, both in terms of timing and position. The receiver can score directly when they catch the ball, without having to make adjustments and miss the best time to shoot.
Moreover, he is 191cm tall, which is still a big height advantage compared to Zhao Jiwei, who is 185cm, and he can easily observe the situation on the field. And then make countermeasures.
In the starting lineup of the Chinese national team, only Ye Minghao can have a stable means of scoring, and in addition, the rest of the people are inconsistent in their scores.
Moreover, due to the average ability to protect the ball on the inside, if you don't shoot at the first time, if you hesitate a little, it is easy to lose the ball under the opponent's rapid pinch.
Not to mention the ball on the front line, only Ye Minghao can make Gong Luming feel at ease.
So when Ye Minghao dribbled forward, Gong Luming on the sidelines instructed him to come first, because he knew that even if Ye Minghao passed the ball beautifully, the national players with quick finishing ability would easily waste an opportunity. Wang Zhelin's goal is the best proof.
Only when Ye Minghao, who is relatively stable, throws himself and changes the opponent's defensive strategy, then the members of the national team will have a better chance to shoot.
The rest of the people also saw Gong Luming's gesture, and they pulled away one after another, giving Ye Minghao enough space to play alone.
Defending Ye Minghao is Barbossa, a veteran in his thirties, who is no longer young, but he is still very threatening to break through, and has a good three-point hand.
At his peak, he won the best sixth man in the Suns, and his strength was not weak.
However, now that he is old after all, Ye Minghao can hardly feel the defensive pressure in him, after all, his offensive ability has been sublimated in the two warm-up games of the American superstar.
Facing a much weaker defender, Ye Minghao did not have the feeling of doing his best before.
Breakthroughs, emergency stops, and jump shots are very simple continuous actions, but Barbossa can't keep up with his speed, and Ye Minghao's shooting point is very high, and Barbossa, who is in his early nines, can't reach Ye Minghao, who is close to two meters tall.
The ball slid over his head and landed in the frame.
Ye Minghao scored the opening two points for the Chinese team.
"He's different." Li Nan looked at Ye Minghao, who was returning to defense on the field, compared with the first warm-up match with the American team, Ye Minghao's expression on the field changed a little bit.
The first time he faced American superstars, he was extremely nervous. His panicked eyes could be seen on the sidelines.
Now, after two training sessions with the U.S. team, he no longer has that kind of panic, he has become calm and calm, and has begun to show a kind of leadership temperament.
"Like the two warm-up games of the U.S. team, he has made great progress...... Gong Luming sighed.
"That's right, compared to him, the progress of the rest of the team is simply standing still......" All these changes are seen in the eyes of assistant coach Li Nan, so his intuitive feeling is also the strongest.
"Different talents have different potentials. The rate of growth is similarly different. There's nothing surprising about that. Gong Lu said.
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The match between China and Brazil attracted a lot of Brazilian spectators, and when the Brazilian team scored again, the scene resounded with thunderous shouts.
And when Ye Minghao advanced with the ball, they broke out into a huge uproar, after all, it was the away team. It's not surprising that there is such treatment. And Ye Minghao has been very hot in the basketball world recently, and there are still many Brazilian basketball fans who know him.
In the face of wave-like boos, Ye Minghao was unmoved, he sublimated not only his technique, but also his mentality and will.
He knew that in the face of this overwhelming commotion, the sound of pouring colors, and slapping them in the face was the best way to fight back.
Facing younger defensive players, Ye Minghao looked at his unfamiliar defensive steps, and his eyes were full of flaws. If it had been in the past, he would have directly chosen to accelerate past his opponent. However, he did not rush to break through, but deceived his opponent through his eyes and some subtle movements on his body, making them think that he would choose to pass.
And when the other party's eyes revealed that he firmly believed that he could pass the ball, Ye Minghao suddenly accelerated.
Stick to your opponent's side and pass your opponent. He didn't use the Breakthrough Elite skill, but only started to break through the Elite after the opponent faced the interior players who came to help the defense.
The speed suddenly went even further, and he suddenly accelerated again, allowing him to easily tear through the opponent's defense and then score an easy layup.
If he had used Breakthrough Elite in the first place, then there would not have been such a sudden effect as it is now. And it's easy to be blocked in the penalty area, and by that time, the penalty area is full of people, and it's easy to lose the ball and make mistakes.
After the U.S. team played, he not only sublimated his offensive skills, but also had his own understanding of the use of skills, and the timing of his use was more appropriate. This is also his progress. (To be continued.) )