Chapter Forty-Eight: Chasing Three Points
With Zhang Yu scoring this wonderful goal, in order to interrupt the momentum of the Chinese team, which was about to rise, the American team called a timeout at the right time.
"Damn, are you all sleepwalking, it's the last three minutes of the final, not the time to sleep!"
The roar of the coach of the American team echoed in the rest area, and the players did not dare to speak out when they saw his flushed face. It is difficult to say whether this timeout interrupted the momentum of the Chinese team, but the morale of the American team has unconsciously dropped a lot. Not everyone can be like Popovich, people's roar can instantly increase the team's combat effectiveness and improve the enthusiasm of the players. But the U.S. team clearly doesn't fall into this category, and in the eyes of the improvised patchwork player, his prestige is not as high as he thinks.
When the U.S. team came back from a timeout, Curry ran out of space, his high jumper missed, and Su Wei grabbed the rebound. The U.S. team's big four small, height is their strict flaw, and they lack control over rebounds at critical moments. The coach of the U.S. team frowned off the court, hesitating whether to switch back to the regular lineup and raise the height.
He shouldn't hesitate, Zhang Yu broke through the ball in the next round, and Xu Yong's mid-shot was also off, but Li Xiaoxu relied on his height advantage, and was stunned to reach out behind Clark's back and flick the basketball out, Zhang Yu jumped up at the free throw line and got this crucial frontcourt rebound.
Zhang Yu grabbed the rebound, immediately took a big step to the basket, faced the defense, and threw the ball into the basket with a direct throw with his right hand, the score was 68-77, and the Chinese team chased the difference back to single digits in a blink of an eye.
The U.S. immediately called another timeout and then replaced Crawford, who moved to small forward and replaced him with starting power forward Patterson.
"Look at the dead number 14! We've already stumbled on him once, do you want a second time? ”
Poor American coach, he shouldn't have brought it up at all, and he shouldn't have called this timeout. The players were already nervous at this time, and Zhang Yu's 50 points were exactly the question that the players of the United States team wanted to avoid the most. Moreover, calling two timeouts in a short period of time can interfere with the player's rhythm and make the player become unconfident.
With 2:44 left in the game, the U.S. team slowed down the tempo of the offense, and Curry delayed the dribble for 14 seconds before the offense officially began. Clark suddenly ran back from the bottom line, Xu Yong was caught off guard and took a step slower. The latter took advantage of his 208cm height advantage and scored a low jumper.
Zhang Yu received the serve and ran wildly to dribble the ball to the court. Two players of the U.S. team began to wrap up immediately after Zhang Yu dribbled the ball over the half court, Zhang Yu had expected this, using the distance of his half to increase the speed, and did not slow down in the face of the bag, a large dribble changed direction, flashed the defender head-on and went straight into the opponent's penalty area, and threw at the free throw line.
Zhang Yu unexpectedly chased a dragon this time, and it took less than 5 seconds before and after, which caught the American team off guard, and a wonderful lightning sneak attack.
"Stick to him...... Starting from the back, can't let him get up the pace! ”
The U.S. team's poor performance on the field caused their coach to sit and stand off the court, shouting loudly into the field from time to time.
Compared with the restless coach of the United States, Li Chunjiang, the head coach of the Chinese team, seems to be much calmer, although the team is behind, he is still unflustered, calmly sitting on the sidelines, cosplaying the Zen master.
With 2 minutes and 20 seconds left, the Chinese team 70-79 regained the difference to single digits again.
The U.S. team continued to drag on the offensive end, dragging on until the last ten seconds, Curry suddenly started this time, used his feet to shake off Zhang Yu, rushed into the interior to flash Su Wei's block, and scored the ball from his armpit, and the difference was turned back to 11 points.
After the U.S. team succeeded in attacking, they began to press all over the court, except for the inside defense, the other three players stayed in the backcourt of the Chinese team, delaying the Chinese team's serve. The Chinese team was very uncomfortable with the sudden pressing, Su Wei almost missed the ball for five seconds, and Li Chunjiang could only call a timeout to avoid a mistake.
"Be careful not to foul when you're defending, now you're running out of time, try to shoot threes. Others pay attention to Zhang Yu's ball, get the ball on the outside, shoot when you have the chance, don't hesitate! ”
The Chinese team has nothing to talk about, and the tactics are nothing more than three kinds - Zhang Yu breakthrough, Zhang Yu shooting, and Zhang Yu dividing the ball...... There are also hidden tactics - Zhang Yu sprays trash talk, Zhang Yu makes small moves!
The two teams played again, with 2 minutes 01 seconds left, and the Chinese team was still 11 points behind. Zhang Yu knew that if he continued to chase point by point, even if he hit every shot, it would be impossible to catch up, because the American team was also scoring. You must destroy the opponent's self-confidence and demoralize the opponent as quickly as possible! There are only two ways to do this, a dunk and a three-pointer.
As for which one to choose, Zhang Yu held his left hand, didn't need to think about it at all, and said silently in his heart: "Left hand, left hand, help me again today, I will definitely spoil you more in the future!" ”
As soon as the U.S. team came up, they continued to interfere with the Chinese team's serve, Zhang Yu jumped up at the three-point line at the top of the arc to catch the pass, and did not adjust at all after landing, his waist and legs exerted force at the same time, his arms were straight, his body leaned back slightly in the air, and his calves also swung forward sharply, and he made a three-point jump shot on the spot!
Badinger originally wanted to pounce on the block, but Zhang Yu's calf kick was too ecstatic, and he went to the root of his life, so frightened that Badinger hurriedly changed the action of reaching out to block to covering his crotch in an instant, and the action of rushing forward was also a lag.
"Bang Bang ......"
The players of the U.S. team are very familiar with this 'clang' sound, and in the group stage, it was this sound like striking iron that knocked their hearts apart!
"Brush ......"
After the sound of iron, the crisp sound of the basketball net became more beautiful, and the convergence of two different styles of sound seemed to constitute the most beautiful duet in the world......
Of course, the players of the U.S. team certainly don't think so in their hearts, and they don't think the sound is good, and it's almost the same.
"Mr. Referee, don't you think his 'leg kick' is too large?"
After Beasley went off the court, Curry was the core of the court and took the initiative to put pressure on the referee.
"That's a normal action!"
The referee pointed to his eyes, indicating that he could see clearly.
With 1 minute and 58 seconds left and the score was 73-81, Zhang Yu took three seconds to complete the attack, using his left hand to recover three points for his team.
Chinese fans began to boil and cheer for the players!
The U.S. team's offense was another delaying tactic of nearly 24 seconds, Curry's final layup missed, and the Chinese team got the rebound and quickly handed it to Zhang Yu.
Curry came up for the first time to delay Zhang Yu's advancement, Zhang Yu slapped lightly with his left hand, transferred the ball from behind to his right hand, and then accelerated, easily flashed Curry, dribbled and strode forward to the court.
Zhang Yu advanced extremely fast, the American team players did not have time to settle down, Zhang Yu chased and grabbed a step outside the three-point line, and before the opposing defender pounced, he pulled up and shot, and the basketball smashed straight to the basket......
'Bang'! The basketball smashed into the net again, and the U.S. team immediately called a final timeout.
There was 1 minute and 33 seconds left, the score was 76-81, and in the blink of an eye, there were only 5 points left, and the Chinese fans in the audience sang the national anthem excitedly
From the little girl's expulsion to this timeout, in less than three minutes in total, Zhang Yu frantically scored 14 points, turning his number into 39 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
In the hearts of American fans, there was suddenly a bad feeling again...... Look at this urine, a proper rhythm of turnover...... What's worse is that seeing the victory of the hand is not only likely to be overturned, but it may also make the opponent get another 50+!
"Are you guys playing basketball? See what you've done on the field? Three minutes ago we were 15 points ahead, but now? You let that guy, one person score 14 points in three minutes, are you acting? Comedy or tragedy? Is the title of the film "The Big Comeback"? ”
The poor performance of the players finally made the coach of the American team unbearable and pointed at the players and scolded them