At the National Stadium in Riga, Latvia, the U19 World Youth Championship kicked off.

In the opening match that just ended, the Latvian youth team in Group B easily defeated the Taipei youth team in the same group by 19 points.

Latvia's youth team's Janis Tima recorded a game-high 23 points and a double-double of 14 rebounds, while this year's NBA No. 42 rookie Davis Bertans also recorded a good stat of 13 points and seven rebounds.

Taipei's youth team's 18 points and Chen Yingjun's 11 points are its only highlights.

Latvia led the game with rebounds 57-17, while Taipei's three-point shooting was dismal 1-of-14, so the game was not a suspenseful loss.

The number of spectators in this upcoming game was no less than the opening match with the participation of the home team, and the main reason was because of the appearance of the American youth team.

Standing on the international stage, American basketball can only accept the championship, and in the basketball world they are enemies of the world.

Therefore, in addition to the live audience, many teams that hope to play well in this World Youth Championship have sent special people to watch the game.

The U.S. junior team is undoubtedly the top favourites in this tournament.

So even though there were so many fans, media and scouts, the focus was on one - the U.S. national youth team.

However, no one mentioned the opponent of the US national youth team in this game, the Chinese national youth team, and perhaps in their minds, China is at best just a basketball depression -- a "strong team" in Asia.

"Okay, okay, let's play, don't have any pressure, based on defense," Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the national youth team, encouraged the players after arranging the tactics

The Chinese national youth team starts: point guard Guo Allen, scoring guard Gao Dazhuang, small forward Xing Zhiqiang, power forward Zhai Xiaochuan, center Wang Zhelin.

At this time, the U.S. national youth team also played, and through the collection of pre-game information, Gao Dazhuang also met many of them.

U.S. youth team starters: point guard Tim Hardaway, shooting guard Jermie Lamb, small forward Doug McDermott, power forward Kaye Marshall, center Meyers Leonard.

In fact, the U19 U.S. national team is not their strongest team, and their backcourt duo Austin Rivers and Kyrie Irving both finished in the top 10 in this year's NBA draft, especially Irving, who was selected by the Cavaliers as the top pick.

After entering the NBA, the backcourt duo did not sign up for the game, but the United States, as the kingdom of basketball, still has enough players willing to step up to fill the void after the departure of Austin Rivers and Kyrie Irving, and they quickly formed a new trident.

"Okay, come on," the players of the Chinese national youth team shouted loudly in a circle, and the game began.

In the "pop" jump ball, the U.S. national youth team won the ball first.

The tall man hurriedly clinged to the opposing quarterback Jeremy Lamb.

For Jeremy Lamb's opponent, Gao Dazhuang studied for a night last night, and Coach Wang Huaiyu also helped Gao Dazhuang analyze the opponent's special skills.

Lamb was already a star when he was a student at Norcross High School, and as the captain of the basketball team, he averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds per game, led the team to the regional finals, won a 27-3 record in the national high school league, and led the team to the quarterfinals.

Because of his high school performances, Lamb eventually accepted an offer from the University of Connecticut, where the school's head coach, Jim Calhoun, thought Lamb's style of play reminded him of former UConn star Richard Hamilton.

After entering college, Lamb quickly became a pillar of UConn, averaging 11.1 points per game in his freshman season, second only to Kemba Walker, the team's second-leading scorer.

UConn was a standout this year, leading the team to the finals in the NCAA League, hitting 11 of 15 three-point attempts in the entire NCAA tournament, the highest three-point shooting percentage of any player in NCAA history to reach the Final Four.

In the NCAA Finals against Butler University, Lamb scored 12 points and 7 rebounds to lead UConn to the 2011 NCAA Finals championship, and was selected for the U.S. U19 men's basketball team to compete in the Latvian U19 World Championships.

Jeremy Lamb is a typical lanky swingman, with a good athletic physique, good technique and good running ability, his height of 1.96m is qualified, but his arm span is 6'11", which will make him like a fish in water in the second position.

In terms of physical fitness, Lamb's bounce ability is very good, and the bounce speed is very fast, the jump speed is good, and the explosiveness is also very good, and the death dunk that was played in the NCAA is quite fast.

Overall, Lamb's agility is also very good, and he can move away from the ball with and without the ball very easily.

Because of his speed and long arms, Rambo is very good at defending opponents' three-point shots, and he is also a guard with excellent rebounding awareness and a high basketball IQ.

Despite this, Coach Wang Huaiyu of the Chinese national youth team is still very confident in Gao Dazhuang, who is not inferior to the opponent in speed and bounce, and is even better in strength.

Coach Wang Huaiyu even believes that the key to whether the national youth can win in this game lies in whether the point of being tall and strong can break out.

At this time, the tall and strong also tried his best to defend Lamb.

The U.S. offense was fast-paced, with its point guard Hardaway holding the ball at the top of the arc.

The ball shuttles between Hardaway's legs continuously and slightly at different speeds, and the sound of "popping" makes people confused about Hardaway's rhythm of ball control, and he has a natural sense of confidence in holding the ball, never looking at the ball, and continuously dribbling the ball with his fingers ultra-low crotch.

Guo Allen, who defended positively, was stable and did not make hasty shots.

At this time, Hardaway took the initiative to attack, dunked the ball, and took a big step towards the left side of Guo Allen with his right foot, wanting to use his super fast speed to flash Guo Allen.

Guo Allen subconsciously stepped away with his left foot and stretched out his hands to block the other party.

However, Hardaway suddenly made a surprising move: he slammed the ball to the ground, and the ball passed directly under Allen Guo's crotch.

The ball is divided!

In the blink of an eye, Hardaway broke through Allen Guo's defense.

After the breakthrough, Hardaway instantly rushed to the basket, ignoring the defense of Wang Zhelin and Zhai Xiaochuan sitting under the basket, and chose to go directly to the basket.

"Drink" Wang Zhelin yelled, and jumped up with Zhai Xiaochuan to seal it.

At this time, Hardaway protected the ball with both hands, spun in the air, and after relying on Wang Zhelin, he reached out and shook the ball, passing the ball to Leonard, the center under the basket.

"Bang Dang" Leonard didn't stop at all after receiving the ball, but it was a heavy dunk, which also kicked off the attack of the American youth team.

There was a burst of loud applause in the stadium, and it was clear from the size of the applause and the shouts of the fans that even in Latvia there were a large number of American fans.

"It's so fast," Guo Allen said to Gao Dazhuang with a depressed face.

"Yes, they are all NCAA elites" Gao Dazhuang patted Guo Allen on the shoulder and said, "But I like such a strong opponent."

"Hehe, I prefer your mentality, go, give them back" Guo Allen said with a smile.

The Chinese team attacked.

Guo Allen holds the ball, it is impossible to say that he has just been pierced by Hardaway without a little temper, but Guo Allen is not hot-headed, he knows the strength of the opponent.

After Guo Allen glanced at the tall and strong, he suddenly started and broke through directly from Hardaway's flank without making any feints.

Hardaway immediately opened his hands to prevent Guo Allen from breaking through, but Guo Allen did not stop after his body clinged to Hardaway, but forcibly wiped the inside line, and crossed the ball with his left and right hands, leaned against Hardaway, and forcibly squeezed the inside.

"It's now" When he just cut into the free throw line, Guo Allen caught a glimpse of someone coming over to help defend the opponent, and threw the ball violently, and the ball was thrown directly outside the three-point line on the other side.

And the tall and strong appeared right in that position.

The "good ball" is tall and strong, and after receiving the ball, he raises his hand and wants to shoot.

"Drink" At this time, Lamb of the American youth team also rushed over to block.

At this time, the tall and strong man who had been raised suddenly sank, pulled the ball with his right hand, and after a false shot, he flashed sideways past Lamb, who pounced on him, and instantly cut into the opponent's inner line.

The tall man who went inside made a layup with a high throw before the opposing power forward Marshall defended, and the ball was shot.

"Brush", the ball hits the net accurately.

2：2

The tall man after the "defensive" goal called on his teammates to run quickly back to the half.