Chapter 139: Canadian Youth Team

The Canadian national basketball team is not a strong team in the traditional sense, and although it is close to the United States and has a number of players who play in the NBA, the lack of overall strength of the team and the lack of height of the interior players will allow the Canadian team to make a difference in the Americas.

The representative of the Canadian national basketball team is Steve Nash, NBA legend, the best point guard in the world, who has played for the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers, won five NBA assist titles, two regular season MVPs, six NBA All-Star selections, and won the 2005 and 2010 All-Star Skill Tournament championships.

Nash is a good leader with a great basketball IQ and a great big-picture vision with great court insight. With a wide field of vision, elusive passing, excellent shooting and the ability to attack from any area of the court, he captained the Canadian men's basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics before retiring from the national team in 2004, but despite this, Nash is undoubtedly the most legendary figure in Canadian basketball history.

In addition, Canada also has Joel Anthony who plays for the Miami Heat, Tristan Thompson who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Corey Joseph who plays for the San Antonio Spurs.

However, in the American basketball arena where the United States, Argentina, Brazil and other strong teams are numerous, the Canadian national team is still difficult to break out, and in 2008, the team tried its best but failed to enter the Beijing Olympics and was eliminated in the qualifiers.

Almost all of Canada's outstanding basketball team has been achieved by its youth team, which won a bronze medal at the U18 Championship last year.

Canada's youth team is strong, with several young players playing in the NCAA, with the following being particularly prominent:

Kevin Pagos, a point guard who currently plays for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs in the West Coast League, has earned him a reputation as "Nash's second" due to his superior skill and team leadership skills, and many coaches consider him the best point guard since Nash.

Kyle Wilcher, power forward, currently at the University of Kentucky, is a former top 20 high school student in the United States, averaging 10.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in the NCAA this season, shooting 36.7 percent from three-point range, and winning the NCAA National Championship with Kentucky as a rotation substitute in his freshman season.

Mike Cabongo, a shooting guard who plays for the University of Texas, was named to the Jordan All-American high school basketball team this year.

In addition, the Canadian youth team also has a player from Maple Leaf High School - Anthony Bennett, Bennett is only 2.01 meters tall in shoes, which is indeed a bit low for a power forward, but his 2.08 meters arm span, 239 pounds of strong physique and excellent athleticism can make up for the lack of height, as well as strong and explosive jumping, excellent agility and body control.

The Canadian youth team also performed well at the World Junior Championships, beating Croatia and South Korea by five points in the group stage.

A month ago, Coach Wang Huaiyu absolutely put the Chinese national youth team in the position of weakness when facing this Canadian youth team.

But after the baptism of the group stage, the players of the Chinese national youth team are becoming more and more confident and playing better and better, especially the strong performance of the tall and strong has become a strong contender for the MVP of this World Youth Championship.

However, for the sake of safety, the starting point guard of the Chinese national youth team is still point guard Guo Allen, scoring guard is tall and strong, small forward Xing Zhiqiang, big forward Zhai Xiaochuan, and center Wang Zhelin.

The Canadian youth team started with point guard Kevin Pagos, shooting guard Mike Kabongo, small forward Olu Famtimi, power forward Kyle Vercher, and center Philip Martin.

"Come on, come on" Guo Allen, the captain of the Chinese national youth team, clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates loudly.

"Okay, come on" All the players of the national youth team, whether they are starters or substitutes, everyone formed a circle and yelled loudly at the same time.

"Take control of the game, you can do it" Just as Gao Dazhuang just stepped into the court, Coach Wang Huaiyu walked up to Gao Dazhuang and patted him on the shoulder and whispered.

"En" Gao Dazhuang nodded, and smiled at Coach Wang Huaiyu.

At the beginning of the game, Wang Zhelin jumped the ball successfully, and the Chinese national youth team took the lead in winning the ball.

The opposing player, Mike Kabongo, stuck to Gao Dazhuang as soon as he started, and it was obvious that the Canadian youth team had also done their homework, knowing that Gao Dazhuang was the attacking core of the Chinese national youth team.

The tall man suddenly started to sprint forward without the ball, and the moment Kabongo's center of gravity moved, he suddenly stopped and retreated outside the three-point line.

The "snap" ball was passed to the tall and strong hand in time, and what surprised Kabongo even more was that the tall and strong did not hesitate at all, and took the ball and threw it.

Tall and strong jump vertically, pause slightly at the highest point, and shoot the ball out in a standard shooting position.

"When" is just a tall and strong thrower, but the ball slammed into the basket and bounced out.

Under the "snap" basket, Wang Zhelin and the opposing center, Philip Martin, competed for the rebound at the same time, neither of them controlled the basketball, and the ball was touched again.

At this time, Gao Dazhuang and the opponent Cabongo rushed to the flying basketball at the same time.

"Bang" jumped tall and strong, with the advantage of forcing Kabongo's head, a "one-handed moon", and grabbed the ball in his arms.

The tall and strong man after the "pop, pop" landed on the ground, and retreated outside the three-point line with a step back, and forced the shot again.

Although Kabongo had already pounced, the tall and strong attack was resolute and his shot was fast.

The ball flew to the basket with a slight spin, and with a "brush" sound, the tall and strong three-point shot.

Four games in a row!

The first point of the Chinese national youth team's four consecutive games in this World Championship was scored by Gao Dazhuang, which also indirectly proves Gao Dazhuang's unshakable status in the team.

Soon, however, Canada's core guard Kevin Pagos also returned the favor with a pull-up jumper.

It's not that it's a head-to-head rivalry, and this game is tall and strong and really has a soft spot for jump shots.

With a "brush", Gao Dazhuang jumped directly one meter from the three-point line, shot decisively, and hit again.

There are still many local Latvian fans who know the No. 14 of the Chinese national youth team, and the scene immediately resounded with warm applause and shouts, and the Chinese at the scene waved the five-star red flag in their hands.

Kevin Pagos of the Canadian youth team singled Guo Allen on the baseline again, a back-to-back jumper, and a "brush" sound, obviously Pagos felt good today.

The Chinese national youth team attacked.

Guo Allen controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and the third attack of the Chinese national youth team was obviously ready to find Gao Dazhuang.

Canada's youth team's Carbongo stuck to the tall and strong, and then the tall and strong suddenly ran back and cut directly into the inside line.

"Slap" Guo Allen's ground-hitting pass was just right.

As soon as the tall man picked up the ball and raised his head slightly, the "drink" defender Kabongo yelled and jumped high to block.

"Hmph" The tall and strong suddenly put the ball away, and after shaking the cabongo, he cut directly to the basket.

The referee's whistle sounded, and the tall man who rushed to the basket and jumped high was slapped on the arm by the opposing center, Philip Martin, who split his head and covered the face.

However, the tall and strong body that was out of balance still protected the basketball very well, and relied on his own hand to push the ball out with one hand in the process of falling.

"Brush" the ball to wipe the board and bounce into the basket.

The goal is valid, and the penalty is added.

"YEAH" is tall and strong, after copying the natural skills of HotSauce, the tall and strong dribbling and breakthrough ability have been greatly improved, but after copying the natural skills of KyrieAndrew Irving, the most profound feeling of tall and strong is the improvement of finishing ability.

Not only after hitting the basket, Tall and Strong has a variety of means to score, and on the outside, Tall and Strong can choose more offensive routines.

"Good Ball" When Gao Dazhuang walked to the free throw line, the other four teammates of the national youth team all ran over and high-fived Gao Dazhuang.

"Brush" is tall and strong and steadily throws the ball in.

9:5

Gao Dazhuang scored 9 points in a row after the opening.

After the opening, the Canadian youth team seemed to struggle to keep up with the rhythm of the Chinese youth team.

In the next game, Guo Allen also hit a 3-point shot from the outside, Zhai Xiaochuan also received a pass from the tall and strong, and directly broke through the middle to make a layup, and Wang Zhelin also made a basket.

18:9

When the situation on the court gradually moved closer to the Chinese national youth team, Canadian youth team power forward Kyle Wircher seized the opportunity to find a good opportunity to dunk under the basket, and dunked with both hands, which greatly boosted the morale of the Canadian youth team.

Soon, its core guard Kevin Pagos took advantage of his speed and also made consecutive pull-up jumpers to beat Allen Guo.

18:15

Just when the Canadian youth team gradually approached the score, Gao Dazhuang quickly hit the third 3-point mark of the quarter and continued to maintain the lead of the Chinese national youth team.

In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese youth team temporarily led the Canadian team by 4 points at 23:19, and Gao Dazhuang scored a game-high 14 points in the first quarter.