Chapter 132: Defeat

"Tut" as the referee's whistle sounds, and the second quarter of the game begins.

With the sound of "Peng", the tall and strong man moved sideways to block the forward route of the opposing point guard Hardaway who was defending Guo Allen, and directly knocked Hardaway into a stumble.

Guo Allen took advantage of this to get rid of the opponent's defense and rushed to the basket, and after creating chaos, he passed the ball to Wang Zhelin, who was waiting in the empty space under the basket, Wang Zhelin turned around and shot with a small hook after receiving the ball.

"Pass beautifully" Wang Zhelin roared, and in the second quarter of the game, the Chinese national youth team took the lead in scoring.

However, the U.S. youth team immediately returned the color, and its small forward Doug McDermott made a defensive foul on Zhai Xiaochuan in the offense.

Then he hit two free throws to continue to consolidate the advantage of the U.S. youth team.

"Bang" The tall and strong man turned to face the defending Lamb directly after receiving the ball, and when he was about to make a strong breakthrough, he suddenly heard Wang Zhelin's voice sound.

"Here" tall and strong looked up, Wang Zhelin stuck under the basket and the opponent's center Leonard was asking for the ball.

Gao Dazhuang did not hesitate, and after a false shake, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Wang Zhelin on the inside.

"Good" Wang Zhelin yelled, dribbled after receiving the ball and forcibly squeezed the inside line, and followed by a back turn hook, and the ball was shot.

"When" but the force of the ball is a little small, and the ball bounces out of the basket.

"Drink" At this time, Zhai Xiaochuan, the big forward of the national youth team, jumped high, used the impact to jump, and then pressed the opponent's big forward Marshall with his hand.

With a "brush", the ball smoothly slid into the net.

"Play well" Coach Wang Huaiyu on the sidelines couldn't help but wave his arms excitedly, and at this time, the attack of the Chinese national youth team also received applause from some fans now, obviously the performance of the Chinese team at this time was beyond their expectations, so far, the two sides still can't hold on, not that the United States team played badly, but that the Chinese team played very well.

In the next game, the U.S. team continued to play its ability to fight alone, using excellent individual ability to score points.

The Chinese team played high, Wang Zhelin and Zhai Xiaochuan played well on the inside, "turning over the river and the sea" under the basket, while Gao Dazhuang "made up the knife" on the periphery, and the two sides attacked and defended each other for a while.

"Brush" Wang Zhelin pulled to the outside line to make a blocking and dismantling cooperation for Gao Dazhuang, and then raised his hand to shoot Gao Dazhuang's return pass, and the ball hit the Nets accurately again.

"Ha" Wang Zhelin laughed excitedly, due to the shortcomings of the American team's internal line, the Chinese youth team has actually done detailed research and analysis of Meyers Leonard, a white center.

Leonard is very versatile, his feet are fast, his explosiveness allows him to bully slow-moving low post players in the transition between offense and defense, his help awareness is excellent, and he has an excellent touch near the free throw line, he is a dangerous man to be ignored from 12-18 feet, and he has a wide field of vision when it comes to passing, delivering shells to teammates both in the box and on the perimeter.

But his biggest flaw is the lack of confrontation, many times the play is inconsistent, used to floating on the outside, not good at entering hand-to-hand combat on the inside, once he does not play well, there will always be a tendency to be frustrated, which also leads to his lack of confidence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game.

"Toot" At this time, the U.S. youth team suddenly asked for a substitution.

The U.S. junior team's two starting interior lineups, Marshall and Leonard, were replaced by interior linemen Patrick Young from the University of Florida and Tony Mitchell from the University of North Texas.

Standing at 2.06 meters tall, Patrick Young has NBA-level physicality, toughness and athleticism, and is regarded as the best defensive high school student in the country.

And Tony Mitchell is not tall, only 2.03 meters, but he also has super athleticism, can defend players in multiple positions, rebounds well, and Mitchell is a natural scorer, whether it is an inside strong attack or a fixed-point jumper, the three-point shot is quite good.

After the substitutions of the U.S. youth team, although the average height on the field has decreased, the speed of the ball has become better.

Sure enough, the substitution of the American youth immediately paid off, and after a quick pass, the new Mitchell received the ball under the basket and scored an easy goal with a back-to-back jumper.

With Patrick Young and Tony Mitchell on the court, the U.S. youth team also increased their defensive intensity.

With a "snap", Patrick Young took a sideways leap and directly passed Guo Allen to the ball steal of the inside line Wang Zhelin.

When the United States counterattacked faster, Hardaway and Lamb fired at the same time, and a two-on-one situation was formed in an instant.

After Hardaway's successive changes of direction attracted the tall and strong defense, Lamb, who was half a body behind, jumped high and smashed the ball directly into the basket after receiving the ball.

"Oh" The fans at the scene also let out a burst of exclamation at the same time, and the thunderous applause was close to it.

After the goal, Lamb gave him a defiant look at the tall man, then rushed to his teammates and began to celebrate in a unique way among black players.

Lamb's dunk greatly boosted the morale of the American youth team, while the Chinese youth team's offense suddenly went out.

Wang Zhelin beat Patrick Young under the basket, but Yang's strength made up for his height deficiency and firmly occupied the defensive position.

Seeing that the offensive time was about to end, Wang Zhelin hurriedly passed the ball to the outside, and Guo Allen immediately forced a shot after receiving the ball.

"When" the ball bounced off the basket, Patrick Young grabbed the rebound.

The U.S. youth team counterattacked again, and it was still Hardaway who controlled the ball, only to see Hardaway fully demonstrate the explosiveness and speed of the black players, and instantly got rid of Guo Allen's follow-up, and passed the ball to Tony Mitchell who followed quickly.

That's when Tony Mitchell made a move that surprised everyone in the audience and suddenly shot from beyond the three-point line.

Chase three points!

He actually gave up the basket attack with a higher shooting percentage and chose to shoot a cold arrow.

"Brush" the basketball quickly skimmed through the air and accurately passed through the net.

After the "wow" goal, Tony Mitchell jumped up and waved his fists in excitement.

"Coach, the offense of the U.S. youth team is too crazy during this time," Zhang Yunsong, the assistant coach of the youth team, walked up to Coach Wang Huaiyu and whispered.

Wang Huaiyu frowned, one of the most important reasons for the strength of the U.S. youth team is the overall prominence, although this Tony Mitchell is just a substitute player, but he created a lot of damage to the national youth team after he played, and the coach of the U.S. youth team can also send various lineups to meet according to the state of the players, which is the strength of the U.S. team.

The Chinese team had not scored for several minutes, and the score was quickly pulled away.

Guo Allen controlled the ball at the top of the arc and looked at the situation on the field, tall and strong was stuck to the opposing player, and the others couldn't open the situation.

After a brief thought, Guo Allen chose to play singles, only to see him suddenly sway, quickly cut into the inside line with Hardaway, and when he stepped into the paint area, he suddenly lowered his shoulders to top Hardaway, and directly leaned back with the help of inertia to shoot a jumper.

But just when Guo Allen was about to make a move, a hand suddenly stretched out in front of him to block, and Guo Allen had to hurriedly adjust the projection angle.

Hardaway, who was pushed away, once again showed his explosiveness, and after being knocked back, he immediately adjusted, and quickly jumped forward to block, although he failed to prevent Allen Guo from making a move, but it also interfered with his projection.

"When", the ball bounces out of the basket.

At this time, Patrick Young, the center of the American youth team who was guarding the basket, jumped up to pocket the rebound.

Just as Patrick Young was about to catch the basketball, a figure suddenly flashed next to him with a "Peng", and slammed into it in the air, and Patrick Young, who was not prepared, was hit by the impact and lost his balance.

"Snap" a pair of big hands tightly clasped the basketball and took a leap forward.

There was a loud bang, and the tall and strong hands hung on the basket and dunked successfully.

Just when Guo Allen was shooting, Gao Dazhuang instinctively predicted the landing point of the rebound according to the arc and strength of Guo Allen's shot, and used his impact speed to grab the rebound above Patrick Young's head, and returned a violent dunk to the opponent.

The tall and strong dunk of the "good ball" regained a little vitality to the national youth team that had been silent for a long time.

"Come on" is tall and strong, encouraging his teammates around him.

However, it is obvious that the whole team cannot be saved by relying on the tall and strong individual performance, and in the next game, the American youth team will play more and more fiercely, and the offensive will be like a tide, while the national youth will only be tall and strong to put a few goals in the opponent's fierce defense.

Before the end of the half, coach Wang Huaiyu protectively replaced Gao Dazhuang, who was targeted by the opponent, and replaced Wang Zhelin, trying to affect the attack of the American team by changing the formation.

49:32

At halftime, the national youth team was already 17 points behind the American youth team.