Chapter 43: Half Time Ends

Beasley's downfall suffocated the offensive firepower of the U.S. team, and the Chinese team, under the leadership of Zhang Yu, took this opportunity to stabilize its position.

With 6 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game, the two teams successively replaced the main team of the team, and the score was 25-24, and the Chinese team was still one point ahead. So far, Zhang Yu has scored 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and even grabbed three rebounds, which shows that he has worked hard. In normal times, he wouldn't wrestle with a group of inside muscles, especially the black and thick group of the American team!

"Look at what that number 14 did on the pitch, look at Michael, he's still in the dressing room, maybe he's going to have a month off, maybe three months, do you want to be carried down as well? He's only 185 pounds, and you can't even grab a rebound! ”

The coach of the U.S. team, who is already furious because of Beasley's injury. It's even because of that damn yellow-skinned monkey that even provoked himself. Every time he scored, he would spread his hands in the direction where he was to make a helpless gesture, and once he was even more arrogant, deliberately running to a place less than one meter away from him, and seemed to say to himself: "You can't do anything about me!" "I've never seen such an arrogant young player, it's unreasonable

"No, we don't want to!" The American players saw their coach's anger and shouted in amusement.

"Don't want to? Then give me a counterattack, you can't be like a, you have to fight back, you have to let that No. 14 know that every American has a brave heart, we are not afraid of any challenge, even if the other party uses despicable and dirty means, we will win the final victory! ”

Americans always think of themselves as heroes and represent justice. Zhang Yu doesn't care if he is a hero or not, he just needs to be a winner. If being a devil can be a winner, then he doesn't care about being a devil. Americans like to be heroes, so kill this hero!

After Beasley went off the court, Zhang Yu switched to defending Curry.

At this time, the strongest offensive ability of the American team is this 19-year-old guy with the face of a junior high school student.

Dribbling and shooting is Curry's most relied on and best way to attack. But at this time, Curry is just a 19-year-old freshman, and his unique small steps to change direction and his own shooting rhythm in the future are still just a prototype at the moment, far less difficult to defend than later.

"You're not shooting fast enough, I'm going to teach you what a real unsolvable shot is!"

Zhang Yu and his teammates went through a series of running combinations, which made the U.S. team's defense misaligned, and the defense of him changed from Badinger to Curry.

Curry turned a deaf ear to Zhang's words and stared intently at the basketball in his hand.

Zhang Yu habitually put on a three-threat pose, finished the trash talk, and directly pulled up a jumper outside the three-point line.

"Bang!"

The body is stretched, the posture is gorgeous, and the hand shape is perfect, except for the sound of the final iron, this shot is perfect.

"Is this the real shot? Got it."

Curry nodded and said with a serious expression.

"Damn, it's better to pretend to talk less in the future, it's too easy to hurt yourself!"

What does it mean to be beaten if you can't pretend to be forced? Zhang Yu has a deep understanding at this moment, and he can't wait to slap himself. As for Curry's taunts, he was automatically blocked by him. If you want to be a good trash talk expert, you are born with this automatic filtering function, and to put it bluntly, you have to be thick-skinned enough

Curry turned around and slammed a cold shot from beyond the three-point line to make a quick three-pointer.

"This little bastard looks harmless, and it's not a good thing, this is obviously a slap in the face!"

Curry did a good job this time, but Zhang Yu was cunning like a fox, how could he be humiliated so lightly. With his own life, he was prepared for this ball, and he blocked Curry's shot in a timely manner, and his fingers almost touched the basketball thrown by the opponent.

Under Zhang Yuyan's interference, Curry had to temporarily adjust the arc, and the result was also "bang" - striking iron!

Curry's careful thinking didn't succeed, and he shook his head regretfully. Zhang Yu touched the sweat on his forehead, Curry's fast three-point shooting is too dangerous, in case he feels better, he can't withstand a few hits with China's HP, and then he must keep an eye on him, and he can't be given room to shoot!

In the second half of the second quarter, both teams had a bad hand and did not set off an attack, and by the end of the half, the difference was not much, and the Chinese team was 35-38, 3 points behind the United States. The U.S. team is missing Beasley, and its strength is already above the Chinese team.

After Zhang Yu left Beasley, his score became lower again, and he began to control the team's rhythm, focusing more on controlling the overall situation, and his own breakthroughs and offenses were greatly reduced. Li Chunjiang could see from the sidelines that Zhang Yu was saving his body and preparing to take over the game at any time at a critical time in the second half. He is the only lethal weapon of the Chinese team, but the durability of this weapon is limited

At the end of the first half, even if Zhang Yu intended to stay, he still scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, proving that his strength has far surpassed that of players of the same age, even American players.

When American fans saw Zhang Yu leaving, they still waved to the camera, and when they saw that smug look, they were all so angry that they were itching, and suddenly there was another burst of scolding at Zhang Yu. The fans of the Chinese team immediately defended the host, not to be outdone, and fought back with various national scoldings, and the fans on both sides took advantage of the half-time pause and pinched up, and the stadium security personnel were like a big enemy

In the U.S. locker room, their coach wrote a big "14" number on the tactical board and said in a categorical tone: "In the second half, they will definitely focus on No. 14, as long as he has the ball, we will wrap it up and force him to pass." After using the bag clip, I want you to use the fastest rotation to make up for the holes in the number of defenders! ”

"Coach, I can play in the second half, let me continue to defend him!"

Beasley's voice sounded behind everyone, and the coach of the American team looked at the team doctor on the side, who nodded and said: "Beasley can continue to play after simple treatment, but there may be some pain after playing and affect his performance." The coach of the American team shook his head: "Michael, you don't need to defend him, use your energy in more important places, on offense." In the second half, we played small ball tactics, and I want you to tear them apart with speed! ”

Twenty minutes passed quickly, and the pitch was surprisingly quiet. After greeting each other for 20 minutes, the Chinese and American fans finally got tired of scolding each other and began to stop accumulating strength, save the remaining saliva, and prepare to fight again in the second half.

Michael Beasley returned to the court in the third quarter, drawing cheers from many American fans at the scene, which was quite a bit of a king's return.

In the second half, the U.S. team adjusted the lineup, and Li Chunjiang had a bad premonition after seeing the five players on the other side. The U.S. team has five players on the court, the point guard is still Curry, the scoring guard has become the faster, but still rough Jordan Crawford, small forward Michael Beasley, the big forward replaced the better defensive Patterson with the more athletic Elk Lacker, and the center is still Aldridge.

Clarke, as a player in the No. 3 position, replaced Patterson, and the U.S. team's interior defense ability has declined, but the athleticism has gone up to a new level. Similarly, Jordan Crawford replaced Badinger, it seems that it is also to improve the speed, what does the American team want to do with such a lineup?