At halftime, Li Chunjiang encouraged the players on the field in the locker room, hoping that the players would continue to maintain this hard work and play with momentum in the second half!

The Chinese team trailed by two points in the first half, and the two teams were evenly matched overall.

But when Zhang Yu is not there, the team's operation will drop by one level. Once there is no backbone, players will hesitate to take the ball and dare not shoot. Li Chunjiang hopes that in the second half, the players can play more resolutely, and at the same time strengthen the defensive intensity of the interior. In the first half, Serbia tonguò their tall Bambo and captain Makwan scored quite a few points on the inside.

"Zhang Yu, you have to increase the number of shots in the second half, and the opponent should not cover you again in the second half. You have too few shots in the first half, but you feel good in the second half, and you have unlimited fire! Li Chunjiang encouraged Zhang Yu and instructed Zhang Yu to increase the number of shots.

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "No problem, I'll shoot when I have the chance!" ”

"Coach, what about me? It's a big hemp stick that defends me, and it can't defend me at all. ”

Xu Yong raised his head and said that he scored a team-high 18 points in the first half, and his self-confidence swelled at the moment.

Without waiting for Li Chunjiang to speak, Zhang Yu had already put down the water glass, looked down at Xu Yong and said:

"Don't worry, as soon as you get out of position, I'll get the ball in your hands, like in the first half."

Xu Yong wanted to say something when he heard this, hesitated for a moment but didn't speak, pouted and sat aside, Li Chunjiang saw this and continued to arrange tactics.

As soon as the Chinese team entered the second half, it was immediately booed by the home audience!

Zhang Yu bore the brunt of the attack, as the best player of the Chinese team in the first half, the size of the boos from the crowd often represents their fear of you.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Chinese team served first.

Zhang Yu dribbled past half court and found that Serbia's defensive strategy had been adjusted, from 1 to 1 in the first half, to a joint defense. The two interior lines are stuck in the paint area, and international basketball doesn't defend for three seconds anyway, so you can stay in it as long as you like. The Chinese team shot 2 of 9 three-pointers in the first half, and the shooting rate was not high.

The team's low three-point shooting does not mean that Zhang Yu's three-point shooting rate is also low, facing Stefan, who is one meter away from him, Zhang Yu raised his hand to make a three-point shot

The sound of basketball "brushing"! Fall into the Nets and hit steadily.

Zhang Yu usually practices three points according to the NBA's three-point line distance, and the three-point line in international games is equivalent to his mid-range shot.

Stefan, who defended Zhang Yu, had the speed, but the height difference was 5 centimeters. If you count the gap between arm span and bounce, in the face of Zhang Yu's shot, you can only symbolically wave your hand. He didn't dare to get too close, otherwise Zhang Yu could break through directly. If he is wrapped up with his teammates, Zhang Yu can choose to pass the ball.

The Serbian coach sat on the sidelines and scratched his head unconsciously

How to deal with Zhang Yu?

Come to think of it, with these players under him, there is really no good way. Unless the defense against Zhang Yu was arranged a few days ago, and the players practiced in advance, it was possible to restrict the opponent.

But now, the only way to do this is to let him shoot, prevent him from breaking through more dangerously, shrink the defensive line, and concentrate on defending the other four Chinese players, so that he has no passing route.

If Zhang Yu is extremely accurate from beginning to end, Serbia will admit bad luck.

In Serbia, the coach thinks that a 17-year-old little guy, even if he has a good shooting ability, it is impossible to maintain this kind of stability throughout the game, I think you can be sure for how long!?

When it comes to the defense of the Chinese team, I have to say that Serbia's transmission of the ball is very reasonable and very smooth. The strength of their starting five is not bad, several substitutes are also quite good, the whole team has no obvious shortcomings, and the tactical accomplishment is relatively higher than that of Chinese players.

Judging from their running, the cover and coordination between each other are obviously much better than those of the Chinese team, and the only difference is that there is no star-level figure.

In the Chinese team, only Zhang Yu's defensive ability is outstanding, and others like Li Xiaoxu, Xu Yong, Zhang Bo, Ba Zhichao and Gu Oak are all players who are strong in attack and weak in defense. Especially Li Xiaoxu, the big colander on the inside, is always the target of Serbia's attack. If you count Yang Qin on the outside, the two colanders inside and outside the Chinese team are really difficult for Zhang Yu to go in and out to fill their positions.

The boss of the team is all on the defensive with his eyes, and occasionally throws a pot at his teammates, only Zhang Yu attacks and grabs it, and the defense has to fill the hole for his teammates!

Compared with Serbia's ease of scoring points, the Chinese team relied more on Zhang Yu's breakthrough and ball. Xu Yong was defended by Makwan in the second half, this is a targeted arrangement made by the opposing coach, there is no way to temporarily defend Zhang Yu, and it is no problem to defend against Xu Yong.

The Serbian captain has a fierce defense, excellent physique, and has always kept a distance from Xu Yong, which is just the opposite of the countermeasures against Zhang Yu, preventing breakthroughs and shooting.

Xu Yong is not like Zhang Yu, who can suddenly throw, and is comprehensive. As long as he can't break through the penalty area, his offensive ability will be greatly reduced, and after two consecutive mid-range shots are missed, Zhang Yu will gradually reduce the pass to him.

In the third quarter of 6 minutes and 30 seconds, Li Chunjiang replaced Xu Yong and replaced him with Ba Zhichao.

Ba Zhichao is 202cm tall and weighs only 180 pounds, very thin, but his shooting is more accurate than Xu Yong's, and Li Chunjiang sent him up to let him shoot three points.

It's a pity that Ba Zhichao was just restrained by Nemania, the two are close in size, Nemanja can't prevent a strong and fast player like Xu Yong, but he is not afraid of a slender player like Ba Zhichao.

Nemanja is 208cm tall, don't look so tall, but the speed is not slow, using the characteristics of his height and arm length, it is difficult to prevent Ba Zhichao to connect the ball.

Zhang Yu on the inside and outside line has no passing point, so he simply comes by himself.

At this time, the score was 45:50, and Serbia maintained a five- or six-point lead.

At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team trailed by 58 points at 58:63, and the two teams were tied in the second half of the third quarter. This was in exchange for Zhang Yu playing the third quarter, and in the second half of the third quarter, it was completely dependent on Zhang Yu's sudden outside shots, and the score difference was not opened.

On the contrary, the Serbian team, several main players should be rotated, changed to the field, and got plenty of rest.

When Zhang Yu left the game, his chest was heaving heavily, and his body was already a little insufficient, after all, he was only 17 years old, and his body had not fully grown.

"Audience friends, you are watching the 2007 World Youth Basketball Championship in Serbia, where the host country Serbia played against China. This is the first game in this group, the first three quarters have ended, and Zhang Yu, the best player in the Chinese team, has scored a staggering number of 22 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. In the third quarter, Zhang Yu played well, scoring 11 points in a single quarter, helping the Chinese team to bite Serbia tightly. Coach Zhang, what are your thoughts on the first three quarters of the game? ”

Zhang Weiping sighed and said: "The Chinese team played very difficult in this game, in terms of strength of the two teams, although the Chinese team has two strong points, Zhang Yu and Xu Yong, but the comprehensive strength is still Serbia's lead. Coupled with the fact that they are the hosts, the referees will take more or less care of them, and the Chinese team can only work harder if they want to win the game. Zhang Yu played the third quarter before, which was a test for a 17-year-old. Fortunately, Xu Yong got a rest, and the beginning of the Chinese team in the fourth quarter was the key, and whether Xu Yong could lead the Chinese team to bite the score in the first five minutes was crucial. Zhang Yu will not be able to play for at least the last five minutes, and if he can bite the score in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, the Chinese team can finally fight. Otherwise, with Serbia's steady dìng Cheng dù, once the lead reaches more than 10 points, the Chinese team will not be able to chase. ”

Sun Zhengping nodded and asked: "Coach Zhang, what do you think of the new star Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu showed us his comprehensiveness in this game, and the offensive and defensive organization is everything, do you think he can enter the NBA in the future and become an NBA star?" ”

Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "It's hard to say, I can only say that Zhang Yu's talent is very good, his body is excellent, I carefully observed him in this game, and found that his speed is very fast, even the Serbian point guard Stefan, who is 5 cm shorter than him, is not as fast as him." In terms of speed, Xu Yong is much worse than Zhang Yu. Speaking of bounce, Zhang Yu had a quick break after a steal in the second quarter, and I found that he actually jumped very high, no worse than Xu Yong. But instead of a dunk, he stepped to the free-throw line for a layup. So far in this game, there have been several opportunities, Zhang Yu can dunk completely, but he has collected his strength and chose to make a layup, it can be seen that although he can jump, he is not much interested in performing dunks, and he is very calm on the court. ”

"Yes, I don't know if Director Zhang found it, Zhang Yu's dribble breakthrough, the first step is very big, the center of gravity of the body is very low, and he often breaks through the opponent in one step, which is somewhat similar to Maddie, the star of the Rockets."

Zhang Reasonable nodded: "This is also the reason why I said that he has good talent, Zhang Yu's calves are very explosive, the disguise is very sudden, and the cadence is very large, which is the characteristic of his breakthrough." And he is very flexible, he can continue to make shaking after breaking through in one step, even if the defender can barely keep up with the first step, it is difficult to keep up with Zhang Yu again. In this World Youth Championships, Zhang Yu should be one of the best in terms of breakthrough ability. On the other hand, Xu Yong's breakthrough relies more on strength and speed, lack of skills, and his speed is not an absolute advantage compared to Zhang Yu, and his control of rhythm is poor, which is easy to be limited by players with strong strength, such as Serbia's captain Milan Macwan. When dealing with Xu Yong, Makwan often predicts Xu Yong's breakthrough route in advance and stands in a good position in advance, so that Xu Yong's breakthrough cannot work. ”