277. Advance to the finals
Sergio. Standing with his arms crossed on the court, Hernandez was the head coach of the Argentine team, the godfather of the country's basketball scene, and he has been the coach of the Argentine men's basketball team since it appeared in the world.
For Argentine fans, Hernandez has done everything he was supposed to do, and he helped basketball take its place in a complete football kingdom. Among them, one of his greatest achievements was in the 2002 World Basketball Championships, commanding the Argentine team to defeat the American "Dream Five" 87-80, although the final defeat to the Yugoslav team in the finals, but the silver medal in the World Championships, and the honor of the "Dream Five" terminator, made him out of the limelight.
But in Hernandez's view, it's nothing, and he has to do better, for example, because he wants to win gold at the Olympics this year.
After two years of painstaking research, Hernandez has created a variety of tactics against the American Dream Team, he believes that this team is not the kind of invincible invincible division that the outside world advertises, as early as the 02 World Championships he successfully broke the Dream Team's unbroken gold body, this summer, after his construction, the more mature Argentine men's basketball team appeared. In his eyes, the Dream Team is still the scattered star team, and such a team has no threat.
From the start of the group stage, Hernandez has focused on building the team's cohesion, experimenting with his tactics, and even if he loses two games, he has no regrets. Because he believes in the strength of this team, in his opinion, the only opponent is the United States. With the exception of the United States, all teams played as a team, and Argentina had reached its peak.
Finally, in the semifinals, he met the Dream Six team.
Unfortunately, when the game started, he found that he still had some things to think about, basketball is indeed a five-person sport, and it is impossible for a superstar to beat a team. But what if these are five superstars? It is true that the strength of five fingers is not comparable to that of a fist, but what if, the five fingers of a strong man and the fist of a child are involved in the comparison? Who's stronger?
The answer is self-explanatory.
What Hernandez didn't expect was the sudden emergence of a superstar on the U.S. team who was unmatched on both ends of the floor.
Brown didn't substitute Wajben for a minute, because as long as he was standing in the box, the Argentine didn't want to shoot inside, no matter how delicate. Faced with a center that moves faster than a defender, how does an interior player shoot?
In the first half, the two sides were actually inseparable, the score alternately increased, and no team could lead by more than five points. In their opinion, if they can't get the lead in the early stage, it will be difficult for the Dream Team to resist the Argentine men's basketball team in the late stage, because the other party is constantly cooperating, and the more they play, the more tacit they play. Because of the large number of stars, the dream team needs to be constantly rotated, and every time a new player comes on the court, it takes time and opportunity to run in.
Brown didn't care, as long as Wajburn and Billups were on the floor, his defensive tactics would be activated, and he didn't believe the opponent could break down his well-organized defense.
In fact, the Argentine men's basketball team really has no way to deal with it.
Huaben is a mobile barrier on the inside, and can defend from the penalty area all the way to the high post. There is no tacit understanding in the joint practice, and the Dream Six team can't play joint defense, but the pressing is very suitable for these people, as for the leakage after the pressing, the world's best defense masters and assistant defense geniuses are standing beside them.
Scola, who began to make his mark in the World Series, had a miserable day, he had met a lot of defensive masters, but he had never met an opponent like Wajben who moved faster, was stronger than him, had better technique than him, and had better awareness than him.
With a score of 43:40, the two teams returned, and the Dream Six team only led by one three-pointer.
After a rotation of the lineup in the second quarter, Hernandez once again changed the main force, and the center was replaced by Oberto.
At the beginning, Scola was about to come to one, and when he got the ball, he leaned on Huaben, his flowing hair flew with the shaking of his head, and sweat and hair were thrown on Huaben's face. After the alignment, Waben understood the purpose of Scola's long hair, this kid likes to make fake moves, and a flick of his hair either blinds the other party's eyes or makes the other party sweat, which is simply a big killer.
This time Scola turned his head, and Wafburn felt as if he was being dragged by a broom dipped in water, and he bet the bastard must have poured water into his hair at halftime.
Scola's footsteps fluttered from side to side, his right hand slapping the ball 'bang bang' and shaking his body very rhythmically, he did not push his back - mainly not to push, but to play foot, using his feet to find an open space.
After a patient trial, he finally sensed the laxity of Huaben's defense, turned and cut into the box, and raised his hand to shoot.
Waben was thrown off by him, and Scola hurried to make a shot, but before the ball could fly to the highest point, a huge figure caught up from behind and jumped up, and his big hand pressed on the ball without question, and slapped it down.
When this happened, Scola couldn't hide his frustration, it seemed that he couldn't fight this opponent by any means, and he has been on the court for a full 20 minutes since the opening, but only scored 5 points, and he only took advantage of the opponent to make up for the defense.
Billups is very good at stealing the ball, he's practiced it, and whenever he's on the court, he's always on the lookout for Waben, because his teammate's blocking ability is a bit ridiculous.
Picking up the ball, Billups threw it to the frontcourt, and the U.S. men's basketball team's fast-break counterattack is the world's No. 1, whether it is AI, Marbury or Wade, they are all well-known backcourt whirlwinds.
Wade dunked and scored, Argentina could only reorganize the offense, this time Scola did not ask for the ball, he was hit a little disconfident, took the initiative to withdraw from the inside, and opened the gap for his teammates.
Wajben kept two steps away from Scola, which was nothing to him and could be fully pursued at any time. In this way, he can not only watch Scola but also make up for the defense, the supplement of the penalty area. So far, he has sent four blocks and completed the average task.
This is thanks to the Argentine players' habit of teaming up and letting open people into the box to score. And when the vacant players enter the penalty area, they always think that they are safe and shoot more resolutely, of course, Huaben's blocking has always been resolute.
Ginobili took the ball and rushed left and right to finally enter the penalty area, shaking off the substitute Okafor, he put away the ball and was about to shoot, but Mr. Demon Knife has always been cautious, he looked around before shooting, so he saw Huaben two steps behind him and smiled maliciously.
Nima! Ginobili's stupid pass, Oberto got rid of Anthony's entanglement and projected the ball, the posture was a little distorted, and the ball didn't hit.
Several big men rushed into the sky, and Hua Ben ran in and picked the ball off.
Billups and Wade raced down on a fast break, Ginobili and Sanchez buried their heads in the back, Billups slowed down with the ball, jammed Ginobili, and then threw the ball to Wade. Facing Sanchez, who was inferior in size and physique, Wade's eighteen-clothed trick was displayed, sending the ball into the hoop steadily, and defrauding a foul by the way.
Brown raised his hands and applauded with satisfaction, and sent encouraging eyes to North China: "Well done, that's it, don't let them have the opportunity to arm, seize the opportunity to attack quickly, this is our advantage!" All you have to do are two things, protect the rebound and help defend! ”
Wade hit the penalty, quickly returned to the defense, followed Sanchez, and constantly pressed him with his strong body. Ginobili hurried to pick it up, but Billups interfered with him with his arms outstretched, and began to spit trash words out of his mouth: "Do you want to catch the ball?" No, no, brother, it's not your forte, you better stay in my arms honestly, look, we're a perfect match, wouldn't it be nice to stay like this? ”
Sanchez made a half-court pass to Oberto, a bold pass that had the magic effect of a miracle man, and Oberto turned to shake off Duncan and jumped up for a dunk with a roar.
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, Huaben hit Oberto's back and slapped the ball on the rebound with his big hand. At the same time, with the help of Oberto's figure, he stabilized his big hand and fished out the ball with his five fingers.
Wade and Billups had just stepped into the front court when they turned and ran.
Ginobili waved his fist hatefully, scolding and swearing non-stop, angry and angry.
Oberto barely stood up, turned his head to look at the referee and shouted, "This is a foul!" ”
The referee shrugged and said, "I can see it very clearly, shoot the ball first and then hit someone, sorry man, I can't do anything about it." ”
This time, Ginobili was holding Billups from beyond the three-point line to get the ball, and he shook his body and pulled up to make a three-point shot.
The young demon knife is still immature, this ball has a bad chance to shoot, and the three-point shot is almost the most difficult way to score, and the ball hit the hoop heavily and bounced out.
Duncan and Waben each carried one on their shoulders, and the former took the rebound off. However, this time, the Argentine players learned to be obedient, and when they saw that their teammates did not have the possibility of winning rebounds, they turned around and returned to the defense to prevent Billups and Wade from playing fast break again.
The fast break failed, and he turned to a positional battle, Billups pressed his wrist to signal his teammates not to worry, but he suddenly jumped outside the three-point line and hit a three-point shot!
Hernandez sniffled vigorously, with a helpless expression on his face, and only a few minutes after the pause? He can't call a timeout, can he?
The Argentine team has indeed practiced together for a long time and has a tacit understanding, but many problems cannot be encountered in joint training, such as the opponent's suppression and attack, and now the unlucky Argentina has encountered this situation, they have become brainless regardless of offense and defense. In the final analysis, Argentina and the United States men's basketball team are in the same crisis, there is no pure playmaker who can hold down the position, when someone should stand up, but no one stands up, Ginobili can only use his way to counterattack, that is, to take the lead in the attack.
When Ginobili wanted to score, there weren't many people who could block it, especially when he had a bunch of good teammates to cover for.
Breaking through Billups' defense, Ginobili dribbled behind his back to steady his rhythm, and he wanted to pass back to Scola to play the familiar pick-and-roll in practice. But Billups is not Marbury, he is familiar with switching defenses with Waben, Ginobili wants to pass the ball, Billups can't stop Scola with tall arms from receiving the ball, but he can take a step back and be ready to switch back to Waben at any time.
Helpless, Ginobili could only shake his head to take the ball back, Wade and Waben were sandwiched, Duncan looked at Sanchez who was let go, and lifted it up one step.
Ginobili passed the ball, which happened to reach Duncan's hand, and Shi Fo smiled, after all, he still knew this teammate.
(To be continued)