Chapter 127: Quarterfinals India
New York, China Youth Team vs India Youth Team. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Chinese youth team entered.
King stood in the middle of the pitch and looked up at the pitch and exclaimed, "This pitch is so big!" ”
"Stupid!" Dawn pressed down on his head and whispered, "Stupid, it's live TV now, how many viewers are watching in front of the TV." Don't embarrass us, okay? ”
"Is it really big?" King said aggrievedly.
The game was held at the New York City Coliseum. Although it is not the largest arena in New York, for King, who has only participated in high-level domestic competitions, such a stadium and such a stage are indeed a little bigger. The entire arena is centered on the basketball court and radiates out on all sides. The auditorium on the upper and lower floors is large enough to accommodate 20,000 spectators. Compared to the stadium in China, which can only accommodate a few thousand spectators, this stadium is too big.
The basketball leagues at all levels of the G13 host country have not yet started a new season. Watching G13 has also become the only choice for Chinese people who like basketball. And because this game is a match of the host Indian team, the attendance rate is surprisingly high. The stadium, which can accommodate 20,000 spectators, is already full at the moment. The audience seats of the basketball stadium are always close to the court, and the audience is two meters away from the court. With the blackened spectators, tens of thousands of eyes on them, and the noise in the hall, anyone who is on such a stage for the first time will be nervous.
King was nervous right now, looking restless and stiff.
Even Liming and Chen Haonan, who have already played in foreign leagues, are not so relaxed and calm at the moment when they set foot on such a court for the first time!
In addition to them, the other members of the youth team have all had a G13 experience, so naturally they are not as nervous as them.
There was a sudden burst of cheers in the stadium, and most of the spectators in the audience stood up and applauded the Indian team.
A group of tall men dressed in the jerseys of the Indian youth team appeared inside the stadium. Wearing headsets, chewing gum, and waving their hands above their heads to greet the audience in the stadium, this is the Chinese Youth Team!
King is full of excitement at the moment, and has seen their predecessors on TV many times in the World Championships and the Olympic Games, and these players are so similar to them. By the way, they are also an Indian team, although not every one of them is a world-class superstar like their predecessors, but at the G13 level, they are the dream team.
Play against the Dream Team! Whether it was the wish of his childhood or his elders, King couldn't tell the difference. However, the tension just now was replaced by excitement and excitement in an instant. What an exciting thing to challenge the Indian team and challenge the national basketball!
Liming next to him looked at King's sudden excitement, and sighed helplessly, this is not the first time he has encountered this kind of scene, in the face of a strong opponent, this kid has never known to be afraid, and even more excited. It's a strange guy, a person who usually looks quite gentle, but when he comes to basketball on the court, he seems to be a different person. But today's game, hehe, I'm afraid this guy won't be able to do it.
Before the game, the two teams warmed up.
Just as Liming thought, on the court, King's body, which was still stiff when he touched the basketball, suddenly returned to its usual flexibility, and even surpassed it. Outside the three-point line, "Boom Boom ......" fired long-range shots again and again, and the basketball fell into the basket steadily!
A hundred steps through Yang is not in vain!
"Oh ......" The stadium suddenly erupted into bursts of enthusiastic cheers, which shocked the Chinese youth team on this side of the court to stop one by one, and looked back to see that the players of the Indian youth team on the other side of the court were performing their slam dunk skills one by one.
"Boom, boom......, boom" The basket groaned, and the players of the Indian team smashed the ball into the basket with various juggling movements, dunking with both hands, a one-armed windmill, and turning around to dunk at 300 degrees...... The crowd's applause rose wave after wave, and each time they completed a dunk, the dunk player turned around with his hands raised in front of the surrounding audience, looking like the stars participating in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest were complacent when they completed the action.
"What the hell are these guys doing?" On the side of the court, King asked Liming and Chen Haonan on the left and right, "Do they know what a warm-up is?" ”
"Stupid!" Dawn said with a gloomy face, "People don't take us seriously at all. ”
"Is that so?"
Chen Haonan's basketball smashed heavily on the ground and bounced, and the urn said: "That's not it!" ”
Long Tianfang grabbed Zhou Jie and smashed out the basketball that was bouncing on the ground, his face was as calm as ever, and he said lightly: "Ah San is like this, don't care, I'll give them a look at the color later!" ”
The tone of his voice was not sluggish, but listening to the ears of King, Liming, and Chen Haonan, it aroused the anger in their hearts more and more. "Damn!" The three of them clenched their fists tightly.
The ten members of the youth team, all of whom were participating in the World Series for the first time, were completely enraged by the arrogance of their opponents. A look of resoluteness flashed across their faces at the same time, and the initial crampedness was now completely gone.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and King is the most disapproving of these loving guys in front of him, and beckons to the dragon knife holding the ball: "Pass the ball!" ”
"Smack!" The dragon knife shook his wrist, and the basketball was accurately stuffed into his hand.
The dribble started, but the direction of King was the Indian team, and the quick-eyed Dawn grabbed him and scolded: "What are you going to do? ”
"Go over and say hi to them!"
"Stupid!" Dawn hit him on the head with a violent shudder, "Do you want to make an accident?" This is for domestic televising! ”
King kicked his foot hard and glared hard at the other side of the court.
The slight commotion on the side of the youth team has attracted the attention of many audiences, and there are already many strange eyes of the audience gathered here.
"Smack!" The basketball crotch walked by, turned around, accelerated, and flew off the free throw line, "Boom! The basketball slammed into the basket, and a small figure hung on the basket and swayed.
The spectators in the arena who were watching this side were stunned, and then there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers.
Jumping off the free throw line to dunk, although the Americans have seen it many times, but with King's height, it is the first time that the audience here remembers it so smoothly and briskly.
Putting down his hand, King dropped gently. Turning around, looking at the other side, "You're not the only ones who can dunk, bunch of!" The words were spoken in English, and his voice was very low, but he still captured it for Coach Liu on the side of the court. Coach Liu was stunned and then smiled dumbly.
On the Indian team's side, the only point guard who is 185 cm tall is Savadika, who is similar to King, and the Indian team's players suddenly focused their eyes on them, shrugged their shoulders, and spread their hands to show that they couldn't do it. In fact, he couldn't even do a slam dunk.
The stadium's cameras faithfully recorded what had just happened in the stadium and transmitted it back to the other side of the world in an instant through radio waves. The fans waiting in front of the TV all lit up: what a good little ghost, maybe Coach Liu did have a reason to recruit him into the youth team.
Seeing the figure of king on TV, the dark Shan Qin Yurong smiled faintly.
They are all looking forward to seeing the same great performance from King in the upcoming official matches.
Who knows, this slam dunk just now was King's only performance in this game.
The warm-up is over, and the game is about to officially begin.
Coach Liu announced the list of players on the field.
"The players on the court are center Zhou Jie, big forward Chen Haonan, small forward Liming, point guard Long Dao, and scoring guard Lin Lei."
There was no king in the starting lineup.
The players couldn't help but be a little stunned, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that King was the main force in these days' training. Coach: What does this mean?
There is nothing special about the king of the parties, and it is natural that all the coaches on the game have the final say. And he never considered himself a regular player.
India's starting lineup: Point guard: Savadicka, scoring guard Garcia, small forward Ken Young, inside Smith, Al.
The race is about to begin.
On the side of the court, outside the camera's attention, Coach Liu beckoned King to sit down next to him.
On the court, players from both sides stand in positions and are ready to start. At this time, King realized that his teammate, who usually looked tall and burly, was standing with his opponent, and his figure actually looked a little thin.
"Flute!" The referee blows the whistle and jumps the ball!
The players who jumped the ball on both sides were Zhou Jie and Al.
In the air, the two of them touched the basketball at the same time, the basketball was squeezed out, and Dawn grabbed the ball.
The attack of the Chinese youth team, the Indian team returned to defense quickly and had no chance to attack quickly. The dragon knife calmly controlled the ball, the Chinese youth team quickly ran to respond, the basketball quickly passed out from the dragon knife hand and then passed the ball quickly, the players actively dismantled and covered each other, and the youth team actively looked for offensive opportunities.
The Indian team adopted a man-to-man defence, constantly pressing the young players with the ball, trying to press the ball keepers to the sideline or near the baseline.
The game was fierce, and the Chinese youth team on the field, King and other substitutes on the field soon saw the difference between the opponents in front of them and the opponents they had encountered in the past. The opponent's defense is very urgent, and the help and cover of each other are very fast. The dragon knife, who is the best at breaking through in the Chinese youth team, has failed to achieve any results several times because of the players who quickly assisted in the defense.
Although the opponent's defense is tight, the Chinese youth team is not incompetent, basketball is not football, and no matter how good the defense is, it cannot completely contain the opponent's offense. Passing, dismantling...... The offensive routines that the Chinese youth team has practiced many times have played vividly at this moment. The basketball passed to Dawn's hand, and he raised his hand to shoot the basket, "Whew! "Answering the call to the net. Liming's hands were so hot today that he died a few times.
The offense and defense were transposed, and it was the turn of the Indian team to attack. The king on the sidelines stared closely at the game on the field.
The regional joint defense adopted by the Chinese youth team. When the Indian team attacked, the five players kept moving fast, actively and quickly cutting, directing, blocking, and covering, and getting shooting opportunities again and again. The five players on the court of the Indian team seem to be excellent scorers, ......and they send the basketball into the basket of the youth team again and again.
The Huaxia youth team fought bravely under the leadership of Zhou Jie, Liming and Long Dao, and at the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 23:25. During this period, Coach Liu's several substitutions and pauses challenged tactics, all of which had immediate results. The Chinese audience in the stadium and the Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV also got a preliminary glimpse of the profound art of Coach Liu, the head coach's on-the-spot command.
It's just that many people wonder that King didn't play at all in the entire first quarter.
The second quarter begins.
The Chinese youth team took the lead in speeding up the pace of the game after receiving the instructions of Coach Liu, the dragon knife broke through quickly, and Liming frequently made balls for his teammates, and Zhou Jie was the strongest player of the Chinese youth team, with a height of two meters and one five, and a weight of one hundred and thirty kilograms like another Olajuwon in the world. He is also the only player in the Chinese youth team who outperforms his opponent in terms of physique, of course, this is when Dawn has not opened any state, and Dawn when there is no seriousness, no one can say. According to Coach Liu's tactical arrangement in advance, as long as there is a gap, the pass of the dragon knife will be passed to his hand as soon as possible.
There has never been a shortage of outstanding big men in the Chinese youth team, and Zhou Jie, who made his debut on the international football scene, once again let the audience witness this sentence. "Boom, boom, boom ......" again and again, powerful slam dunks raged unscrupulously in the basket. Compared with his predecessors in the Chinese youth team, Zhou Jie's physique is stronger, his style is more tough, and under the tutelage of Coach Liu, he seems to have made a further breakthrough in how to use his talent. The Chinese fans in front of the TV were so addicted to it, and even when he hit people twice and fouled the opponent far away, there was still no shortage of Chinese fans cheering in front of the TV.
Almost all of this year's players are not the previous teams, and they were all admitted by Coach Liu.
Zhou Jie is also a player recruited by Coach Liu, and he has never had the opportunity to show his face in the youth team in the previous era when the Twin Towers dominated the youth team. At the club, due to the strong interior players in the team, he did not get many opportunities to play due to his lack of qualifications. When Coach Liu gave up the sluggish "Twin Towers" and called him to join the team, the media's comment was: This is another manifestation of Coach Liu's dizziness.
At this moment, Zhou Jie's performance undoubtedly hit back at the media's suspicion of him at the beginning. Although his technique is a little rough, he already has the rudiments of an excellent striker. And with his physicality, he clearly has a lot of potential to tap into. The eyes of the veteran fans of the TV are also happy that there will be another excellent center forward player in Huaxia. The scouts of the various teams who watched the game also secretly wrote down Zhou Jie's name.
With his back to the basket to receive the ball, Zhou Jie decisively turned around and shot, "Huh! "Basketball is in the hoop again!
"Flute!" The Indian team called a timeout. The tactics of the Chinese youth team on the field are already very obvious, with Zhou Jie on the inside as the tactical core and strong on the inside. Although the center forward of the Indian team on the field is not bad, he is obviously inferior in strength, and has been singled by Zhou Jie several times. At this time, it is natural to adjust the tactics.
After the timeout, the game resumed. The Indian team adjusted their tactics and replaced a tall interior player with a defender, which was obviously aimed at Zhou Jie. For the Indian team, who are superior in attack, such a substitution will not affect their attacking power. Some of them are scorers.
The Indian team's defense obviously worked, and when Zhou Jie got the ball, the bag of the opponent's two players on the inside gave him no chance. The double bag also effectively blocked Zhou Jie's passing route.
"Smack!" The ball was still passed out, and the ball was received in time to run to respond to Chen Haonan, and the position of receiving the ball was the half-volley area near the penalty area, which was the empty space of no one to defend, Chen Haonan raised his hand to shoot, "Huh! "Basketball goes to the basket.
Chen Haonan is a very good power forward, and shooting in this position is what he is best at.
The so-called power forward is generally a player who is close to the rebound and takes the strong attack and the rebound as the main task. It has a similar connotation to a power forward, but compared to a big forward in the general sense, a power forward is usually a scorer. Liu Yudong, the god of war of the CBA Bayi team, and Gong Xiaobin of the Shandong team are the most outstanding representatives of this position.
The Chinese youth team has always attached great importance to power forwards, and how can Coach Liu's youth team be an exception?
The Indian team adjusted its tactics, and the Chinese youth team immediately went-for-tat, and Coach Liu's on-the-spot command amazed the Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV. But there are still some people who are dissatisfied with him, those who are expecting King to play. Until now, Coach Liu has no intention of letting King play.
At the scene of the game, King, who was watching the game on the sidelines, looked calm, maybe a little eager, clenched his fists to shout for his teammates on the field, and handed towels to his teammates who were replaced on the field. On the playing field, the coach represents this absolute authority, and this recognition has been deeply imprinted in his heart by his seniors.
On the field, after the Indian team adjusted its tactics, Zhou Jie's scoring opportunities suddenly decreased a lot, but the attack of the Chinese youth team was still sharp. Zhou Jie relied on his huge body to stand in the position on the inside, and after receiving the ball, he could divide the ball from all sides. The other four players on the pitch were absolutely good goalscorers. Dawn is especially a major scorer who can score from any position. The Chinese youth team players have an absolutely solid foundation for shooting baskets one by one. When the opportunity comes out, it won't be difficult for them to get the basketball into the hoop.
Long Dao's offensive passing organization, Zhou Jie's inside ball, dismantling, Liming, Chen Haonan, can always comfortably send the basketball to the basket.
Throughout the second quarter, the Chinese youth team continued to maintain this equal situation with the opponent.
The most excited is undoubtedly the fans of Huaxia, who have never seen Huaxia enter the quarterfinals and break out of the quarterfinals in their lifetimes, and today is very likely to witness a miracle day.
Coach Liu's Chinese youth team has a clear difference from any previous national team: the offensive means are varied, and the five players on the court truly form an organic whole, no longer relying on one or two excellent interior players to fight to the death with the opponent. Moreover, the style of this Chinese youth team is more tenacious, and in the face of a strong opponent like India, no player has shown cowardice. The eyes of the fans are bright, and they are satisfied that the Chinese youth team can have such a performance; The fans are always the most impartial.
Now only one last question remains, when exactly will King play, and what kind of performance will he perform?
But so far, Coach Liu has no intention of letting him play.
Relying on the excellent performance of Long Dao and Zhou Jie, the Chinese youth team and the opponent once again tied the game, 51-53, without much point difference, and the first half ended.
Fifty points were scored at halftime, which was the first time in the history of the Chinese youth team and the world's strongest teams.
The second half began.
At the beginning of the second half, the players of the Indian team seemed to wake up, and the stormy attack swept the half of the Chinese youth team at the beginning of the second half. Breaking through the ball, breaking off the screen, and clever coordination, the Indian players showed others that they are not just playing with their individual skills.
Point guard Savadika was the master of the entire Indian team's offense, and as soon as he returned to the court in the second half, he immediately showed his unrivaled quality as a point guard in this position. The Indian team has never lacked players with outstanding individual strength, and in fact, the strength of every player present will not be inferior to the Chinese youth team players in their respective positions. And once you put the strength of these players together, it is absolutely terrifying for all opponents. Savadika has undoubtedly done just that. He was fast and agile. Defending his dragon sword simply couldn't stop his breakthrough. Break through and disrupt the defense of the Chinese youth team; Once a teammate has an open space, his pass is never late; He can shoot from beyond the three-point line himself, and he performs impeccable qualities necessary for a good point guard.
After the dragon knife was broken by him several times on the court, Dawn consciously assisted the dragon knife to wrap him, but Savadika was always able to pass the basketball out of the two-person bag. The other four guys on the Indian team aren't stupid, four against three, four scoring masters are not an easy thing to do to put the basketball in the basket?
And the Indian team was led by him, and the pace of this attack suddenly accelerated. The five players on the field all have very strong attacking strength, and the fast-paced game makes it difficult for the Chinese youth team to find the center of gravity in defense.
It wasn't just the pace of their attack that India had changed, their defence was also a 2-3 mixed defence. The 2-3 combination is a defensive system that combines zone defense and man-to-man defense, and is a tactic that combines the best of both defences. When the Dragons were holding the ball, Savadika and another defender of the Indian team wrapped him up and blocked the route of the Dragons to pass the ball to Zhou Jie inside. (To be continued.) )