Chapter 25: The Weak Link
The two consecutive attacks were defended by the Chinese team, which had a more or less certain impact on the Serbian team.
Although their organization is still relaxed, they are still a little flustered in attack.
When the 2.22-meter-tall center Marjanovic faced Yao Ming, he made a direct mistake in the offense with the ball, and the basketball bounced out directly on the top of his foot, and Leylin reached out to get the basketball.
"Attack!"
After shouting, he directly threw the ball and handed the ball to Chen Jianghua, who had already rushed past half the court.
Swish!
Chen Jianghua's quick layup added two more points to the Chinese team.
"Well, did I do what I said?"
When he high-fived Chen Jianghua, Lei Lin thought of what Chen Jianghua said to himself in the last game, and simply said it jokingly.
"Yes, I've been waiting for this assist for ten days and half a month."
After smiling, Chen Jianghua pressed directly towards the opponent's defender.
Clang.
Under the tight defense of the Chinese team, the Serbian team's shot smashed directly on the basket.
Under the basket, Leylin jumped forward, grabbed his long arms, and firmly controlled the rebound.
"Beautiful rebounds, and Rayling is getting more and more active under the basket."
The Chinese team that controlled the ball attacked again, as a defender Chen Jianghua's speed was undoubted, but because of Yao Ming and Lei Lin, the Chinese team's offensive speed had to slow down, and when it was halftime, the Serbian team's defensive system had been formed, so the Chinese team had to fall into a positional battle.
After handing the ball to Sun Yue, Chen Jianghua fell directly into the bottom corner, while Lei Lin and Yao Ming pulled directly to the high post to cover, forming an inverted V offensive formation.
Sun Yue, who held the ball at the top of the arc, made a shake in the face of the defender, and began to dribble the ball horizontally, after widening the distance between him and Yao Ming. A high ball was passed directly to Yao Ming.
At this time, Yao Ming, who got the ball near the free throw line, faced the defense of the opponent's center Marjanovic, made a shooting feint, and directly held the ball to the basket, and then turned around and made a layup.
36-18, the Chinese team instantly widened the difference to 18 points.
Serbia coach Slobodan had to call a timeout to make adjustments.
"Well done, guys, all we need now is to step up our attack while they're in disarray, so Leylin. Yao Ming, take a break! ”
Yao Ming, who has just come back, must not be on the court for a long time, as for Lei Lin, although his data in the NBA is much better than Yi Jianlian's No. 6 show, but I have to admit that Lei Lin's scoring methods on the offensive end are really not as good as Yi Jianlian, and Younas's choice is understandable.
However, the effect of Younas's adjustment is not good.
Serbia, which had been adjusted, scored five points in a row after returning to the court, 36-23. Narrowed the score to 13 points.
"With the lack of Yao Ming's containment under the basket, the offensive efficiency of the Serbian team has improved a lot, and it seems that the deterrence of the UAE under the basket still needs to be improved! The point is that now the Chinese team needs to score. ”
The Serbian team has played twice in a row, which has a certain impact on the mood of the players.
Even a veteran like Liu Wei. When attacking, he also showed impatience.
After the outside line shook continuously, Liu Wei directly took a step back and threw the ball.
Clang!
As you can imagine, the basketball smashed on top of the basket. bounced it back directly, and after Wang Zhizhi in the high position grabbed the rebound, he immediately shouted loudly.
"Steady. Hold ...... steady"
Although I don't know what the effect is, Wang Zhizhi did remind the players on the field that they are still leading now.
After passing the ball to Liu Wei on the outside, the Chinese team organized an attack again.
Swish!
Sun Yue, who received the ball on the flank, shook sharply and dodged the gap, and then went directly to the basket.
At 38-23, the Chinese team finally scored.
Although the Chinese team stabilized the situation, the Serbian team also regained confidence, and the score of the two sides continued to climb, and by the end of the first half, the Chinese team was only 51-39, leading the opponent by 12 points.
Younas's adjustment strategy didn't work out too well.
After the break, Younas made minor adjustments on the outside line, and Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi were still in charge of the inside line.
The two sides did not start the second half particularly smoothly, and it seemed that the fifteen-minute break in the middle made them feel a little rusty.
It wasn't until two minutes later that Zhu Fangyu hit a three-pointer from the baseline to break the deadlock.
But Serbia turned around with their big center Marjanovic scoring on the inside, 54-41.
Beep!
The sharp whistle sounded again, the Chinese team missed the attack, and Yi Jianlian grabbed the board and fouled. In the second quarter, while Yi Jianlian contributed four points, he also carried two fouls, and this foul was already the third foul.
If you are sent off the court with a foul by your opponent in a warm-up game, then the fun will be great. So in order to protect Yi Jianlian, Younas had to replace Yi Jianlian with Lei Lin.
Leylin, who is sitting on the inside, proved his worth with a defense after he got on the court.
In the face of the impact of the Serbian defender, Raelin directly hit a big hat and fanned the ball out of the bottom line.
"Beautiful, Leylin's block once again prevented the opponent's goal!"
The Serbian team, which reorganized the attack, ended up with a 24-second violation because of lack of time.
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Back to the Chinese team's attack, after Lei Lin was in position, Chen Jianghua beckoned directly.
After seeing Chen Jianghua's movements, Lei Lin raised it to the high position, made a cover for Chen Jianghua, and after helping Chen Jianghua get rid of the opposing defender, Lei Lin followed Chen Jianghua and went straight to the basket.
Although Chen Jianghua is also one of the Guangdong Gang players, his relationship with Lei Lin is far less tense than that between Zhu Fangyu and Lei Lin, so after breaking through to the basket to attract the defense, he turned over and threw the ball directly to the back of his head.
Lei Lin, who went straight into the basket, watched the basketball being thrown high, and without hesitation, he kicked his legs directly, grabbed the basketball flying in the air with his right hand, and smashed it towards the basket.
BOOM!
"Beautiful open dunk! Haha, in the international arena, it is rare to see the Chinese team have such cooperation, Chen Jianghua, Lei Lin, and there are wonderful sparks between the two peers. ”
"It's beautiful!"
Lei Lin, who jumped off the basket, directly gave Chen Jianghua a high-five.
In the national team game, aerial relay dunk is indeed not a common way to score, the main reason is because of the lack of a good point guard. The appearance of Chen Jianghua once made many people think that the weakest link of the Chinese team would be solved, but in Lei Lin's view, Chen Jianghua is more like a scoring guard than an organizational guard.
But the ball was a beautiful pass, and the timing was good.
"I can get it as long as you want!"
Chen Jianghua looked at Lei Lin and said proudly.
Born on the street, although he can't pass the ball as weird as Kidd and Nash, he still has the ability to confidently point where to pass.
Hearing this, Leylin shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
After Serbia's attack was successful, Zhu Fangyu turned back and returned to the opponent with a three-point shot.
Serbia immediately switched to defending after failing to attack and losing rebounds.
"Joint defense! Serbia has changed to a 3-2 joint defense, in fact, the Serbian team's defensive style is not much of a threat to the Chinese team on the field now, we not only have Chen Jianghua with excellent breakthrough ability on the outside, but also have a center with excellent back-to-back single ability like Lei Lin on the inside, as well as excellent high-level organization and strategy ability. They are all key points to break the joint defense, as long as they can play normally, the threat of the Serbian joint defense team China team should not be very big. ”
As the commentator said, Chen Jianghua and Lei Lin are all sharp weapons to break the joint defense, not to mention that there are three-point shooters like Zhu Fangyu on the outside now?
So Younas, after seeing Serbia's defensive changes, still sat firmly on the chair.
Breaking the joint defense, in the usual training, there is no less practice, what is missing is the test of high-level opponents.
Syllable!
As one of Younas's most trusted defenders, Chen Jianghua immediately accelerated his offensive rhythm after seeing the opponent's joint defense, and after continuously shaking and changing the rhythm, he flashed directly from the side of the defender.
After entering the inside line, Chen Jianghua, who was surrounded by him, threw the ball in his right hand towards the bottom corner.
As long as the basketball flies into Zhu Fangyu's hands, a three-point shot is indispensable.
But a big hand directly blocked the way of the basketball.
"Oops, it was broken, although Chen Jianghua's ball was very reasonable, but he ignored the opponent's defense, and the ball was not hidden enough, and was directly seen through by the opponent."
Chen Jianghua's series of breakthroughs are very exciting, but the last pass seems a little rough.
After the Serbian team succeeded in attacking, the Chinese team continued to attack.
Chen Jianghua, who was holding the ball, turned past the defender in a series of backs on the outside, attracted the defense, and then sent the ball directly to the inside Lei Lin with a back-hit.
BOOM!
Lei Lin, who received the ball, jumped forward, held the basketball with both hands and pressed it directly into the basket.
"Nice pass! After the mistake, Chen Jianghua did not evade the pass, and after the wonderful breakthrough, he still firmly chose to pass, but unlike the last time, this time the pass was quite exciting and very successful! Perhaps, as the New York Times said six years ago, Chen Jianghua was the one who passed the ball to Yao Ming, and what seemed to be the weakest link did not seem to be so weak now! (To be continued......)