Chapter 140: Forward, Forward
"Come on, run up, run," Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the Chinese national youth team, yelled at the players as they came on the pitch and patted the players on the pitch on the waist one by one.
However, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Canadian youth team took the lead.
Canadian youth point guard Kevin Pagos was a nimble runner who used his teammates' cross-screens to cut to the baseline and score for an easy layup.
"When", then Wang Zhelin of the Chinese national youth team missed the basket and was hit by the Canadian youth team to chase back and counterattack, and Pagos used his speed to forcibly "overtake" Guo Allen and made a layup again.
23:23
After two consecutive layups by the core player of the Canadian youth team, the Canadian youth team unwittingly equalized the score.
"Don't worry, be steady," just as Coach Wang Huaiyu hesitated to ask for a timeout, the tall and strong said to the other players on the court while dribbling.
The tall and strong dribbled to the front court, and gradually approached the defender Kabongo, at this time, the center of gravity of the tall and strong person dropped quite low, and his eyes kept observing the situation on the court.
The tall and strong continuously dribbled the ball with his fingers at a super low crotch, the rhythm of the ball was constantly changing, and the line and landing point were completely unpredictable.
Suddenly, the tall and strong shoulders were heavy, two consecutive false shakes, and a change of direction acceleration suddenly started, and the strong explosive force made the tall and strong roar past Kabongo in an instant.
However, the defensive focus of the Canadian youth team is on the tall and strong, and the players are also watching the tall and strong every move, at this time, the Canadian youth team's small forward Fam Timi immediately came to make up for the defense, and Kabongo also chased from the side, and soon formed a flank against the tall and strong.
At this time, Gao Dazhuang did not blindly force the inside line, but suddenly made a sharp stop, followed by a step back, instantly jumped out of the battle circle, opened the distance from the opponent's defenders, and jumped out decisively.
With a "brush", the basketball accurately fell into the net, and after copying Kyrie Irving's skills, the pull-up jump shot gradually became a tall and strong "conventional weapon".
The tall man overtook the score again with a one-shot jumper.
After the mutual testing of the first quarter of the game, not only Coach Wang Huaiyu asked the players of the Chinese national youth team to speed up, but also accelerated the offensive rhythm while strengthening the defensive intensity, and the transfer of the ball and the running of the players were more active.
The referee's whistle blew, and Pargos, the core player of the Canadian youth team, made a defensive foul on Allen Guo when he broke through to the basket.
Pagos made 2 of 2 free throws from the free throw line to level the score again.
Next, the Chinese national youth team and the Canadian youth team failed to attack several times in a row.
Tall and strong is even more targeted by the Canadian youth team, except for Carbongo, who is always trailing, other players can make up for the defense at any time, and sometimes even face a three-man attack.
And Gao Dazhuang's way to break this tactic is perimeter projection, but Gao Dazhuang has missed two consecutive shots, but obviously these have not affected Gao Dazhuang's confidence.
"Bang" tall and strong in order to get rid of the opponent's marking, suddenly retreated to the three-point line outside the ball and forced the shot again.
Tall and strong against Kabongo's block, he jumped decisively, bending his wrist forward and plucking the ball with his fingers, and gently threw the ball from the tip of his index and middle fingers.
With a "brush", it was only three times, and Gao Dazhuang broke the deadlock again with a three-point shot.
28―25
A minute later, the national youth team counterattacked and forced a breakthrough layup, and also won the opponent's defensive foul and hit a free throw.
After a small climax of 6:0, the Chinese national youth team re-established its advantage.
However, at the end of the half, the Chinese national youth team was only 3 points ahead of the Canadian youth team at 45:42.
Throughout the first half, the Chinese team couldn't say that they didn't play well, they were basically playing according to the pre-game arrangement, and Gao Dazhuang also scored a game-high 25 points in the first half.
But the score between the two sides did not pull away, and the reason is simple.
Because Canada also has a "musketeer" who has a lot of firepower, and that is their core player Kevin Pagos.
Throughout the first half, Kevin Pagos was on fire, shooting 7-of-9 from the half, including 2-of-3 from 3-pointers and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, and also scored 22 points in the first half.
"Da Zhuang, you play the No. 1 position in the second half, and you are responsible for marking the opponent's core point guard Pagos" Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the Chinese national youth team, suddenly made an adjustment to his position on the court at halftime.
"The captain?" Gao Dazhuang looked at Guo Allen with some doubts.
"Allen changed to a quarterback, you can control the rhythm on the court" Coach Wang Huaiyu has no plans to change people, and at this critical moment, he still trusts the starters more.
"Okay," the tall man nodded.
"The offensive and defensive pressure is on you like this," Coach Wang Huaiyu looked at the tall and strong expectantly.
"I'm fine" After the first few exercises, the confidence of the tall and strong at this time is even stronger
The second half of the game begins.
The Canadian youth team took the lead in attacking, and Pargos dribbled to the front court, and suddenly found that the No. 14 of the Chinese team was standing in front of him.
"Huh?" At half-time, the Canadian youth team also laid out a detailed defense against the number 14, but Pargos still did not expect to be directly facing the tall and strong.
But Pagos has been the core of the team since he started playing basketball, and his self-esteem and self-confidence have no reason to step back.
When the ball is on the left side of the right driving foot, he picks up his right hand and hits the ball to the ground behind the left side of the tall and strong left, and the person accelerates violently to break through from the tall and strong flank with explosive speed.
However, Gao Dazhuang is obviously stronger than the previous defender Guo Allen in terms of physical fitness, and I saw Gao Dazhuang follow closely and instantly stick to Pagos.
"Peng" and his body collided slightly, but it was this slight touch that interfered with the rhythm of Pagos' dribbling.
Pargos, who had no rhythm or speed, was obviously unable to get rid of the tall and strong defense, but he still did not give up, and suddenly forced a shot after a step.
"Drink" tall and strong immediately took a step and jumped up the cover.
The tall and strong bounce and explosiveness made it appear in front of Pages instantly, and in order to avoid the tall and strong block, Pages immediately raised the projection angle.
The ball still couldn't be thrown smoothly, but with a "dang" sound, the ball deflected out of the basket.
"Bang" is tall and strong and jumps up a one-handed "moon", and in front of the opponent and his own center, he grabbed this defensive rebound.
After landing on the ground, the tall and strong smashed the ball to the floor, and the whole person began to dribble and rush to the opponent's basket at full speed.
Pagos moved sideways to try to block the advance of the tall and strong, but the tall and strong did not have any feints, changed direction, and forced to squeeze past Pagos, and the huge force made Pagos stumble.
The tall and strong who rushed quickly rushed into the opponent's basket, and after attracting two defenders of the Canadian youth team, a blind pass from his back hand passed the ball to Zhai Xiaochuan, who was inserted in time behind him.
"Beautiful" Zhai Xiaochuan easily scored a layup after receiving the ball.
Kyrie Irving has always been a point guard, and after copying Kyrie Irving's ability, the tall and strong overall view has been qualitatively improved, and the entire passing, vision and other aspects of the ability have been greatly improved.
Canada's youth team's Pagos was obviously not convinced, and took the initiative to provoke the tall and strong in the next attack.
Pargos changed his direction backwards in a row, a sprint, a stop, a pullback, and a hand raised to shoot.
However, after the tall and strong jumped for the block, Pargos took the ball away and dodged the tall and strong block with a beautiful feint.
As soon as Pagos flew tall and strong, he immediately jumped and made a decisive move.
With a loud "pop", the tall and strong suddenly struck from behind Pargos and knocked the ball away with one palm. Pargos clearly misjudged the tall and strong second jump.
The Chinese national youth team immediately launched a counterattack.
Gao Dazhuang used his height and weight to force a single single against Pagos on the baseline, and when the Canadian youth team center Philip Martin just moved to help defense, Gao Dazhuang made a strong pass and passed the ball to Wang Zhelin who was in the empty space under the basket.
"Drink" Wang Zhelin yelled, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.
After "snapping" the goal, Wang Zhelin turned around and slapped his palm excitedly, and pointed to the bench with his finger.
"Good ball" Coach Wang Huaiyu also responded with a smile and applause, and the momentum of the Chinese national youth team played again.
In the next game, the shooting rate of Pagos, who was defended by the tall and strong, dropped rapidly, and under the tall and strong "threading the needle", the Chinese youth team blossomed more, and the scores of the two sides were gradually pulled apart.
66:53
The Chinese national youth team entered the final quarter with a 13-point advantage.
In the final quarter, the Canadian youth team was replaced by high school student Anthony Bennett.
Although Bennett is full of impact, the height of the Chinese national youth team's interior greatly limits his play, and the tall and strong seize the opportunity to impact the interior and make Bennett three fouls in a row.
"Brush" with the tall and strong Bennett overhead the ball into the basket.
78:59
With four minutes remaining, the score was stretched to 19 points, and the game went into garbage time, with both sides making extensive personnel changes at the same time.
At the end of the game, the Chinese national youth team defeated the Canadian youth team 87-75 and won three consecutive victories in the World Youth Championships.
In this game, Gao Dazhuang scored 38 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the "quasi-triple-double" data.