Chapter 132: The Outbreak of the Dark Horse

"Pap, pop" After two rapid dribbling sounds, this time the opposing offense and defense once again had results: the basketball once again flew into the inside line from Liming's side, and the Russian inside forward received the ball and leaned on Zhou Jie's singles, and turned around under the basket to hook his hands, "Bang, smack!" "Hit the board and go to the basket. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Damn!" Dawn's face was full of annoyance.

"Flute!" The referee's whistle sounded, and the Huaxia youth team made substitutions.

Sitting on the bench with his head drooping back to the sidelines, Dawn seemed to have returned from a fiasco. God knows how good he is in the eyes of others. The TV commentator's commentary at this time was: "Head coach Liu replaced Liming, who has been performing well, at this time, in order to save physical strength." After all, our trump card has not yet played the full physical strength. ”

The game on the pitch continues. After the Huaxia youth team was replaced by Liming, Lin Lei organized the attack, and King interspersed the inside and outside lines. With the team's fast off-ball movement and quick passing, the Chinese youth team played a fast and fluid offense for the rest of the first quarter after Dawn went off.

It's just that the Chinese youth team still hasn't made much improvement in defense. Ni Lan, who came on as a substitute for Dawn, didn't have a better way to defend Bazahei.

At the end of the first quarter, at 30:32, the Chinese youth team was two points behind from a four-point lead to now.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Dawn started again. After sitting on the bench for so long, it was clear that he had calmed down.

Basketball in Dawn's hand. After sitting on the court for so long, he had the same thought as Coach Liu after he returned to the court: since there is no more way to defend, then counterattack with a stronger attack.

Stronger attacks to counter-offensive past!

"Pap, pap" changed direction twice and turned sharply, stopped sharply, stepped back, raised his hand to shoot the basket, and turned the basketball diagonally with his empty wrist to cut a straight line through the Russian defense and passed to Zhou Jie's hand under the basket.

Basket one-on-one!

Turning with his heel, Zhou Jie easily sent the ball into the basket with one hand.

"Beautiful, the ball is passed beautifully, and Zhou Jie's strong attack under the basket is also beautiful!" The narrator applauded.

It was the turn of the Chinese youth team to defend. Defensively, there is no more to do. Dawn is still trying very hard to defend Bazahe.

Dawn 185cm, Bazaar Black 201cm, 15cm height difference between the two people is not a grade at all. How could the Russians not notice such a clear height superiority. So far, eighty percent of the Russian offensive has been passed to Bazahei, and this time is no exception.

Splitting the ball after breaking through is Bazahei's forte. His speed is not very fast, but the sudden start in a short period of time is extremely fast. Although Dawn's acceleration is not inferior to him, when he is in a defensive position, he has not been overtaken by the reaction time.

The only chance is to prejudge the direction of his breakthrough.

Left? Or on the right? Once again, Dawn was faced with such a choice. Even the smartest players always have some gaps to check when they break through. But the dawn has not been found so far.

After receiving the ball, Baza Black suddenly started to speed up, Dawn followed, made an emergency stop, swung back under the crotch of the basketball, accelerated on the left, and Dawn, who had just adjusted his center of gravity, had already been close to him again.

Baza Black stopped again, stepped back, and raised his hand to shoot the basket! Dawn jumped up to stop it, but the basketball flew past her fingers.

Still half a step away!

With both feet on the ground, Dawn desperately turned around and looked back, "Huh! "Crisp sound, the ball is in!

Simply Liluo, this Russian attack is not inferior to the one that Liming and Zhou Jie completed just now.

32:35!

Offense and defense are transposed again.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, and now that the second quarter has been played, Dawn's threading has been evident. The Russian team against his defense officially began after a gesture from the head coach on the sidelines.

Dawn catches the ball, and the figure in front flashes, and two people block the front at the same time!

A double bag clip?

In the second quarter of the game, Russia finally put their strongest defensive position on the table!

Unlike the Chinese youth team, which is weak in attack and defense, Russia's defense is as good as their attack, and they have kept their opponents' hits below 40% every game. Maintain a two-man defense against the ball carriers, and the strong side covers the weak side of the joint defense, and their defense is a typical three-two mixed defense. In the past, the Japanese team put out it was simply scum, and it was easy to break through, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

It was only at this moment that the Chinese youth team really saw the power of this kind of defense.

Although Russia's defense is strong, how can the attack of the Chinese youth team be idle? Coach Liu had already seen their defense from the video but had not made special preparations, could it be that he really overslept?

No, Coach Liu doesn't believe that kind of defense can contain the attack of the Chinese youth team at all.

The performance of the Chinese youth team on the court once again confirmed Coach Liu's prediction. Liming, who was trapped, changed hands under his crotch, turned around and passed the ball behind his back, Lin Lei received the ball, King rushed into the inside, Zhou Jie and Lin Lei pulled left and right, and the entire Huaxia Youth Team on the court was moving rapidly.

Lin Lei did not control the ball for too long after receiving the ball, and the ball was passed out quickly and he moved quickly.

The basketball was handed over to the king, the outside Lin Lei, and Liming were dismantled as covers, and the gap appeared, and King's pass followed.

Dawn catches the ball and shoots the basket with his hands raised!

"Huh!" Ball in!

Limit the passing path of the player with a double bag, and then use the team's combined defense to suppress the opponent's attack in a tight area. Russia's entire defensive tactics are not unsophisticated, but their opponent today is the Chinese youth team. The tactics of cracking the three-two mixed defense are nothing more than three-point shooting from a distance to pull away the opponent's defense; A good point guard can pass the ball to the weak side in the bag; Moving the ball quickly doesn't give the opponent a chance to wrap up. Now this Chinese youth team can be said to have all three conditions at the same time, and when the Russian team uses their tried and tested defense to deal with the Chinese youth team, it will be difficult to deal with other teams with the same effect.

This is the reciprocity of tactics---- the attack of the Chinese youth team just restrained the Russian defense.

That's why Coach Liu dared to set the tactical idea of deciding the outcome of the attack with the opponent.

What Coach Liu can see, the Russian coach can also see this, but he still sacrifices such a defense, which naturally has his reasons, or his bitterness. Just like the national team's regional defense, the three-two mixed defense is also the best defensive tactic for the Russians. The defenders move quickly, defend aggressively, and press closely, which is what the Russians are best at. As for the fast-paced offense of the Chinese youth team, Russia adjusted its tactics several times in the first quarter of the past and did not find an effective way to contain it, but disrupted its offensive rhythm several times. Moreover, the 32 mixed joint defense team and the Chinese youth team are not completely ineffective. The defensive team's aggressive packing and pressing is a headache for any attacking team, and fast passing will inevitably increase mistakes, and the tactical core of the Chinese youth team is only ten years old, and the Russians simply don't believe that a teenager can maintain such a high level of form throughout the game. And the three-point shot, which is the most unstable means of scoring, is not an outside team, so there is no need to worry too much.

And, like Coach Liu, the Russians also believe in their attacking prowess.

After weighing all the pros and cons, Russia still adopted its best three-two mixed defense.

The game once again evolved according to Coach Liu's script, and after offsetting the gap in defense, the strength of the two sides was pulled in again. All that's left is the play of the players on both sides on the pitch. Naturally, there was a bit of luck. After an unprecedented bad luck in the last game, Coach Liu didn't believe that God was embarrassed to go against him this time.

It can be said that when Russia changed its defensive tactics, Coach Liu saw the hope of victory for the first time.

When two teams with strong attacking strength collide and both sides give up defending to a certain extent, the game is naturally exciting.

On the side of the Chinese youth team, Liming once again sent the ball out of the two sews, the basketball was handed over to the king, and the inside line of the Russian team that saved the outside line was relatively empty, the king threw the ball to the rebound, and Chen Haonan jumped up to catch the ball and dunk the ball directly into the basket.

Open relay dunk!

There was a burst of cheers inside and outside the stadium, and the whole side of the Chinese youth team suddenly rose.

The Russian team is gone, and we have to get back: we also have to dunk, and we have to do an empty relay!

On the outside, Baza Black and his teammates broke off the cover and slipped from the baseline into the inside line. Chen Haonan under the basket hurriedly assisted in the defense. Baza Hei faced Chen Haonan's basketball and jumped high in his hand, with a posture of forcibly shooting. Chen Haonan followed up with a shot that jumped up to block Baza Black.

Neutral appeared!

The bazaar black hand basketball arced high past Chen Haonan's block, and also flew over the basket to the other side of the basket. The Russian power forward, who was ambushed outside the penalty area, suddenly rushed to the basket, grabbed the empty basket and smashed the ball into the basket.

Interfere with the ball, the goal is invalid!

The Russian coach on the bench on the sidelines fell on his back, got up and yelled at the players. The content translation achievement of his roar was: "Idiots, give me one more time, this time for Keelung (aerial relay dunk)!" ”

After Coach Liu of the Huaxia Youth Team understood the content of his roar, he sat unsteadily and fell out with a feint.

What a coach with a lot of character!

Both!

Coach Liu, who got up from the ground, smiled and said, "Yes, (Russian coach) has a lot of character, I like it!" ”

When the game went into a stalemate, the power of the Russian team's rebounding was shown.

Although the Chinese youth team has taken a regional joint defense with heavy troops on the inside, the Russian players' fast movement and wide range of passes still mobilize the Chinese youth players to keep running. Once the joint defense is opened, it will leave two strong interior players in Russia's interior line a chance.

The Russian team does not have a center in the true sense of the word, and the two interior players are both big forwards within 210cm in height, but they do not suffer when they compete for rebounds with Zhou Jie and Chen Haonan of the Chinese youth team. A great rebounder's height is not the most important thing, and there are very few rebounding kings in NBA history who are above 210cm. In the competition of explosiveness at the time of jumping, basketball landing point judgment, and the ability to get stuck under the basket, Zhou Jie and Chen Haonan seem to be inferior. Moreover, in addition to these two inside players, the other players of the Russian team are also more than two meters tall, so the Chinese youth team is also inferior in the height competition---- the Chinese youth team is only 185cm on the side.

Rebounding is the guarantee of offense, and one more rebound is one more offensive opportunity. Especially for these two teams with very high offensive efficiency on the court, rebounding can almost make the difference between winning and losing the game.

Seeing that the opponent's advantage in rebounding was getting bigger and bigger, Coach Liu hurriedly asked for a timeout to adjust his tactics. But on the court, Zhou Jie and Chen Haonan are already the two best rebounders of all the Huaxia youth players, and they may hold back a sentence if they ask them again: It's not that we are incompetent, it's that **** is too cunning.

There are no substitutions to change, and adding rebounders will affect the offense. There was no way, Coach Liu had to viciously order King and Lin Lei: "Don't be idle, you two should grab the ball for me." ”

"Smack!" Russia's shot landed on the basket and bounced high, and four Russian players on the ground rushed over to grab the rebound. It is estimated that if it were not for the quick counterattack of Dawn, Baza Black would have rushed into the basket.

The chaos on the inside, the basketball was poked to the outside. How can you not look at the ball sent by the idle dawn outside the three-point line? Smiling, he reached out to pick it up. But when his eyes followed the scene behind the basketball, "Oh my god! Exclaim and quickly dodge.

"Bump!" The floor shook violently, and Dawn closed her eyes with an expression she couldn't bear to witness. On the ground, two strong men fell to the ground solidly, and the two of them were still fighting for the basketball with their four hands. "Flute!" The referee hurriedly blew the whistle, and the two people who fell to the ground let go.

Falling to the ground were King and Russian small forward Porter Black Silk.

Dawn quickly pulled King up, and at the same time secretly rejoiced: fortunately, he was not tall enough, and the old man couldn't ask himself to compete for rebounds.

Scramble, King's brilliant bounce made another contribution, and the basketball hit the dawn hand.

In her own way, Dawn paid tribute to King for his desperate efforts to steal the ball. After receiving the ball, he quickly broke through with the ball, rushed into the opponent's interior line and picked up the basket to send the ball to the opponent's basket.

Although King desperately grabbed a rebound, it was only the Chinese youth team's own defensive rebound. It's so hard to defend rebounds, and it's even harder to grab a couple of offensive rebounds. Therefore, the rebounding situation of the Chinese youth team is still worrying.

There is no victory without rebounding, and at this time in the game, everyone in the Chinese youth team knows it.

If this is a league game, Coach Liu would have adjusted his tactics to make the opponent's interior player foul and invite the opponent's rebounder to play.

There is one big difference between national teams and professional club teams, and that is bench depth.

In professional competitions, no matter how strong a team is, it is impossible for every player to be an elite and a star. There is generally a clear gap in strength between the main force and the substitutes. However, the national team is different, gathering outstanding players from all over the country, both the main players and the substitute players are outstanding masters. In terms of rebounding, the Russian team has at least five rebounders sitting on the bench, and each of them is ready to come off the bench.

Using foul tactics against such a team, Coach Liu felt that he did not reach the point of stupidity.

Depressed, Coach Liu, who was frowning and worried on the sidelines, greeted God in his heart and said: Bastard God, you gave me a dawn, why don't you give me a Rodman again! Even if you don't give it to me, you shouldn't let every one of Russia be Rodman's second, right?

At this time, Liming on the court was also flashing in his heart: "Damn, how can these people rob one by one as if they have taken stimulants?" ”

He may not really care if the other party has taken stimulants, but King's slightly unnatural steps make him very concerned. The blow may not have hurt you, but the pain was certain. Deep down, Dawn absolutely doesn't want to see King come again, and he will fall the same hard again.

"Offensive rebounds are counted as two points, and defensive rebounds are only counted as one point (the conversion standard of Coach Liu's point agreement), it is still more cost-effective to grab offensive rebounds." Dawn muttered under his breath.

The king next to him didn't hear what Dawn was saying clearly, and gave him a strange look.

Offensive rebounds!

Lin Lei, who was on the outside, received the ball in the empty space, raised his hand to shoot the basket, and the basketball drew an arc and flew to the basket.

At the same time, the dawn on the three-point line suddenly moved.

"Smack!" The basketball landed on the basket and bounced high, and the top of the basket player's head flew out as if outside the box. Sora suddenly a hand popped out, "Smack!" "Grab the ball with one hand, and hold the basketball tightly in your arms.

"Bump!" The basketball fell to the ground in his arms.

"Dawn!" The TV commentator exclaimed after seeing the figure.

It is indeed dawn!

The two-footed handball was sent out at the same time, "Smack!" The basketball bounced off the ground through the human seam and fell to Lin Lei's hand outside the three-point line.

Raise your hands and shoot again!

"Huh!" This time, basketball is in the frame.

At the end of the first half, the score was 60:62, and the Chinese youth team was two points behind.

Both teams scored more than 10 points in the first half of the game, which is unique in this World Youth Championship, and even in the NBA. The attacking power displayed by both sides in this game shocked all basketball insiders who followed the game. And the wonderful offensive scene made the American audience outside the stadium fascinated. Accustomed to American basketball's slam dunk, they really saw two other offensive basketballs in the world that were not inferior to their American basketball at home.

And Coach Liu's attacking power of the Chinese youth team was truly recognized by the world peers after the first half of the 24 minutes. Being able to tie with the Russian team, which is known as the No. 1 attack and invincible defense, and dare to say that the dark horse miracle of the Chinese youth team is luck and luck.

In China, fans are not particularly surprised by the performance of Coach Liu's Huaxia Youth Team, which has created miracles again and again, but they are also very surprised, and reporters have already begun to prepare press releases. Regardless of the final outcome of the game, the 24 minutes of the first half were enough for them to praise everything.

The victory is gratifying, and the defeat is also gratifying, and the fans and media of the country do not know when they suddenly have such a lofty realm.

Fans and media don't care about the outcome anymore, but the Chinese youth team has not slackened at all. So far, both the coach and the players have only the idea of winning. There may have been a little bit of fear before the game, but the first half of the game against the opponent gave them enough confidence: it turns out that Russia is nothing more than that!

The players were happily preparing for the second half of the game, but Coach Liu was secretly frowning at this time. Through the pre-game arrangement, the adjustment of game tactics and the efforts of the players, Coach Liu almost perfectly offset the gap in strength between the two sides. It can be said that 80% of the first half of the game was expected by him, and the final score difference between the two sides was completely within the range of his calculations. If you just look at the result of the first half, it can be said that it is a near-perfect game. But as the commander in control of the game, Coach Liu deeply knew that the situation of the game was gradually beyond his control.

This unintended variable is Russia's rebounding advantage. Coach Liu had a good understanding of Russia's rebounding advantage before the game, but when he actually played the game, he found that the opponent's advantage was more powerful than he imagined...........

The difference in rebounds alone is not enough to decide the game, and what Coach Liu is really worried about is the knock-on effect of the difference in rebounding. The impressive results of the Chinese youth team in this World Youth Championship have undoubtedly become the biggest dark horse in this World Youth Championships. But there is still a difference between a dark horse and a real strong team, just like the difference between the nouveau riche and the aristocracy. The Chinese youth team does not really have the background of a strong team. The confidence of the players comes from the excellent results of this World Youth Championships, not enough understanding of their own strength. The Chinese youth team lacks the experience of winning in difficult situations, and once the opponent uses the advantage of rebounding to widen the score gap against a strong team like Russia, Coach Liu can't imagine whether the players of the Chinese youth team can still be as imposing as in the first half. Nervousness, discouragement, and impatience are almost predictable. And what a bad impact this change of mood will have, even Coach Liu can't control it.

Coach Liu's heart knows very well that the situation in the second half is really walking on thin ice for the Chinese youth team, and a little carelessness will completely lose this game.

"We're a strong team!" It's not that it will become a reality, whether it can transform from a dark horse to a real strong team is undoubtedly a huge test. (To be continued.) )