Chapter 30: The Downturn
The offense was blocked, Zhang Yu decided to find some confidence on the defensive end first, so he said hello to Xu Yong, and this time the French team's attack was replaced by him to defend Batum.
This kind of request Xu Yong is naturally very cooperative, but unfortunately Batum does not have the psychology of competing with Zhang Yu at all, received a pass from his teammates, dribbled twice, and found that Zhang Yu's defense was airtight, so he passed the ball to his teammates without care, and ran without the ball, giving his teammates a chance to open up space.
So in this round, Zhang Yu followed Batum to run from left to right, but the ball was finally hit by other players of the French team, and the Chinese team was 2-12, ten points behind.
"It's better for you to come!"
Zhang Yu said to Xu Yong expressionlessly, and scolded Batum in his heart, this little bastard had a paralyzed face, without any expression, how to look at it and hate it!
On the offensive side, Zhang Yu still started to carry the ball from the backcourt, Batum did not follow the defense from the backcourt, which was specially instructed by the coach of the French team in advance, Zhang Yu's speed is very fast, the French team is worried that once Batum's defense is passed by Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu can come to a dragon and directly break up the formation of the French team.
When Zhang Yu dribbled to a step outside the three-point line and entered the shooting range, Batum forced up to put pressure on Zhang Yu's defense.
Zhang Yu holds the ball sideways and raises the ball above his head with his left hand. Batum was like a great enemy, staring at Zhang Yu's movements.
Zhang Yu's calf made a fierce force, and the dribble broke through from the left side. Batum stuck the inside line and followed Zhang Yu until near the paint area of the bottom line, and Seraphim stayed in the paint area and waited for Zhang Yu to throw himself into the net. Zhang Yu jumped up, and a fake throw passed the ball to Su Wei. Su Wei received the ball and threw it in the three-second zone, the opportunity was not very good, and the opposing defender made an effective defense when shooting, but the ball bumped and still went in.
Su Wei's goal made the Chinese team breathe a sigh of relief, the score was changed to 4-1, 2 There were 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the first quarter, and the Chinese team was finally not 2.
In the subsequent game, Zhang Yu still couldn't find a way to completely get rid of Batum. He tried a few mid-range jumpers, but when he couldn't get rid of Batum completely, the opponent's height and long arms took a big toll on his shots, and both long-range jumpers missed the basket. The breakthrough was also under the timely defense of the opponent's inner line, and he could only rush to the vicinity of the paint area and was attacked by the inside and outside lines, and had to choose to pass. ć
"! Pass it on, and the assists are also counted, Lao Tzu brushed the assists today, and you bite me with a paralyzed face."
Zhang Yu didn't feel good, and his breakthrough was also blocked, so he enlightened himself on the field. Only by maintaining a good mentality, he can gradually adjust his state, and in terms of mental maturity, Zhang Yu is indeed a big cut above players of the same age!
Zhang Yu's performance today was average, but Xu Yong broke out in the small universe. Today, France sent Batum, who has the best defense on the outside, to guard Zhang Yu, which greatly reduced the pressure on his defense. In addition, Zhang Yu attracted the opponent's inside bag, and he basically scored a few balls passed to him, and at the end of the first quarter of the game, Xu Yong got 6 points and 2 rebounds, Zhang Yu only got 3 assists, and he got a point by relying on free throws.
11-19, the Chinese team only scored 11 points in the first quarter, 9 points behind France.
Zhang Li took advantage of the timeout and commented on the first quarter of the game: "Zhang Yu was in trouble in the first quarter, and the French team made targeted arrangements for his breakthrough and shooting. First of all, they used Batum, who is two years older than Zhang Yu, to dislocate Zhang Yu to defend Zhang Yu. We can see that Batum is tall and has long arms, fast speed, good flexibility, and can keep up with Zhang Yu's movements. When Zhang Yu shot, Batum could use these to affect Zhang Yu, so Zhang Yu shot 0 of 4 in the first quarter. As for Zhang Yu's breakthrough, if we look closely, in fact, Batum can't keep up. The French team's strategy to deal with Zhang Yu's breakthrough is actually their quick filling of the position inside. Especially Seraphim, who seems to be clumsy despite his large size, he is actually very flexible. Every time Zhang Yu breaks through to the vicinity of the 45-degree paint area, he will face a frontal interception by Seraphim, at this time Zhang Yu has to choose to pass, otherwise there is Batum behind him, and if the ball is slow, he will fall into the bag between the two and cause mistakes. ā
Zhang Yu was also thinking about this problem off the court, he played very awkwardly today, and there was a feeling of being calculated.
"Lao Tzu is the No. 1 in the double list, the best player in this World Youth Championship, he is restricted so easily, why should he go to the NBA in the future? When did you see Kobe Bryant and James being restricted? The only one who can limit them is himself, waiting for him to be paralyzed, Lao Tzu drink some Gatorade, I have to explode you today! ā
In the first half of the second quarter, Zhang Yu rested off the court, thinking about how to deal with the French team's defense. Li Chunjiang did not explain to him how to deal with the French team's defense, in Li Chunjiang's opinion, although the French team arranged targeted defense to deal with Zhang Yu and successfully limited his scoring, but they did not limit Zhang Yu's passing. Zhang Yu had three assists in the first quarter when he couldn't score, and targeting Zhang Yu too much gave the rest of the Chinese team more chances, so that the targeted arrangement of the French team could not be considered a success.
However, Li Chunjiang didn't think about it, once the Chinese team lost Zhang Yu's average of 30 points per game, would the other players get enough points to fill the gap?
With 6 minutes and 30 seconds left in the second quarter, the substitute lineup of the Chinese team and the substitute lineup of the French team were evenly matched, which was much more than Zhang Yu expected. Originally, he didn't play well, in case he really lost, after the game, he planned to come to 'I've done my best, it's really my teammate CBA' to fool the past, this Nima played so well on the bench today, didn't he slap Lao Tzu in the face?
The score was 15-23, the Chinese team was still 7 points behind, and the Chinese team caught up with two points during this bench time, Li Chunjiang replaced Zhang Yu and continued to let Zhang Yu play point guard.
When the French team saw Zhang Yu on the field, they also replaced Batum. The meaning of the French team is obvious, as long as Zhang Yu is off, Batum will be off, Zhang Yu will be on the field, Batum will be on the field
Without the help of the coach, Zhang Yu could only figure out his own way. His idea is simple, since he will be pinched if he rushes in, he simply doesn't go inside and solves it with a mid-range jumper.
As soon as Zhang Yu came on the court, he decided to test his idea and singled Batum again.
This time, he didn't let Su Wei pull out to block him, because he knew that Seraphim would definitely change his defense, and if Su Wei took the opportunity to insert the inside line, Batum would block Zhang Yu's inward passing route, making him unable to dismantle the ball to Su Wei.
In the first few games, Zhang Yu and the inside line have been thoroughly studied by the French team at the moment.
Although Batum has been successful in defending Zhang Yu so far, he still puts himself in a weak position and has a high concentration in defense.
In the face of Zhang Yu's singles, Batum kept in mind the coach's instructions, no matter how realistic Zhang Yu's feints were, he couldn't lose his position, keep a distance, and prevent Zhang Yu's shot. If Zhang Yu breaks through, it doesn't matter if he can't stop it, then follow Zhang Yu and the inside line of the defense together.
Zhang Yu faced Batum, who didn't shake anything, and directly forced a dry shot, in order to avoid Batum's block, the arc of the ball was slightly higher than before, and the result was naturally a bang, and another iron was hit!
A minute later, Zhang Yu singled Batum again, this time he switched to his left hand, hoping that his left hand could be as explosive as when he played the United States team that day, but his left hand obviously didn't have enough character today, and his character was exhausted, and he didn't even touch the basket when he threw the basketball, and directly hit the rebound and bounced into the hands of the opposing player, which caused a burst of ridicule from the French fans at the scene.
"Just laugh, Lao Tzu praises the character first, and I will kill you later!"
Zhang Yu was facing the ridicule of the enemy fans, and he could only give full play to the spirit of Ah Q
After this shot was missed, Zhang Yu's shot had become 0 of 6 shots. With 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the second quarter, the Chinese team was 19-29 and 10 points behind. Zhang Yu still didn't score a point, and his table was sluggish.
The Chinese team asked for a timeout again, and Li Chunjiang Jian yƬ Zhang Yu had a bad hand and could pass the ball as much as in the first quarter.
Zhang Yu still hasn't scored a point, and his mentality is a little unbearable, he doesn't know what he is thinking in his head, and he hasn't heard the coach's words at all.
At this time, Xu Yong, who was sitting next to Zhang Yu, suddenly said, "Why don't you break through from the middle road?" ā
Xu Yong's words were like a bolt of lightning striking Zhang Yu's mind, and he suddenly thought:
"That's right, in the first few games, due to his height and arm length, the breakthrough was from 45 degrees inward, and most of the breakthroughs were European steps and slow change of direction breakthroughs, because this breakthrough method has been good in the previous games, and it saves the body, so he rarely uses explosiveness and speed to break through like the first game."
But now that the other party is clearly not shaking, then only faster speed is the most threatening.
"Yes, how did I forget it, the distance in the middle is the shortest, which is more beneficial to fast players, if I am fast enough, it will be difficult for the opponent to form a close door, why didn't I think of such a simple reason before?"