Chapter 16: The Left Hand

With a score of 52-39, the U.S. team was significantly superior, and once they got into the groove, the difference was quickly widened to 13 points.

Zhang Yu felt that his breakthrough was becoming more and more difficult, close to the game time of the second quarter, his large number of breakthroughs, so that the opponent already had the experience to deal with it, the speed of filling the position became faster, and the timing of the defense was also better, forcing him to choose more mid-range shots or passes, and it was difficult to enter the basket to cause damage.

Zhang Yu threw two more mid-range jumpers, but his hand fluctuated and he missed one after another.

At this time, it is good to pay attention to the passing, as Zhang Yu's hand deteriorates, and after passing the ball out more, his teammates begin to get more basketballs.

It's a pity for my teammate CUBA......

In the face of the oppressive defense of the American team, Zhang Yu's teammates were even more helpless, and the efficiency of his performance was not as good as his own singles.

Xu Yong was seen dead by Beasley and did nothing. It is also difficult for the Chinese team to find opportunities when they encounter opponents who are stronger and not slow to move. The U.S. team interfered with Zhang Yu's passing route immediately after he increased his passing, making the threat of his pass greatly reduced.

In the past, Zhang Yu's assists were more often used to attract the opponent after the breakthrough, and then distribute them to the vacant players. If he is allowed to coordinate the overall situation and run the whole team, then he really doesn't have much experience, and there is no good way. After all, he is not a regular control position, if it weren't for the fact that there is no good control position in this U19, he would not have let him play the No. 1 position in a cameo.

The coach of the American team burst into tears at this time and shouted in his heart:

"We want to find a good position, but we can't find it, and we can look at the young players who are all two-way guards, can we change them?"

The topic turned back, the situation on the field is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Chinese team at the moment, the Chinese team has not scored, but the score of the American team has been rising, and if it continues like this, there will be no need to play in the second half.

Zhang Yu put his heart sideways, and simply broke through to make a foul!

Zhang Yu suddenly smashed into the basket, used himself as a bomb, caught the American team off guard, and fought for a foul on Patterson.

The U.S. team immediately saw his plan and knew that Zhang Yu's breakthrough was very powerful, and the formation was even more shrinking when defending, leaving no room for Zhang Yu to break through.

Anyway, you don't feel good, we're not afraid of you shooting, the coach of the American team looks clever and unfathomable, and sits firmly on the Diaoyutai off the court.

In the next round, Zhang Yu was furious when he saw that Curry was defending at a distance of one step away from him, and had no intention of preventing him from shooting!

Little brat, just a defeated general, and dare to look down on Lao Tzu! You think I can't vote, so I'll just vote for you......

"Bang...... Bang ......"

For two consecutive rounds, Zhang Yu played two irons in a row and reduced his shooting percentage to a figure of 7 of 13 shots.

As if someone had poured a bucket of cold water, Zhang Yu immediately regained his composure, especially when he saw Li Chunjiang's angry look on the sidelines, he didn't dare to mess around anymore.

Attacking again, Zhang Yu couldn't think of any good way during this time, he had an idea, shamelessly passed the ball to Xu Yong, and thought unkindly: "Don't you want to be the boss, I'll give you a chance now, our team hasn't scored for a long time, isn't this the time for you to show your own value?" ”

The passive skill "Lose the Pot" is activated, and the target of the pot is connected - Xu Yong!

At this moment, the Chinese team is 43-61, unknowingly 18 points behind, and there is 1 minute left in the second quarter of the game.

In the 10-minute quarter, the level was still U19, and the United States team scored 60 points in less than two quarters.

The Chinese fans in the court have not made a sound for a long time, and when the Chinese team attacks, they can only hear the ** of the basket

"My day, my brother hasn't thought of a way to break through this bastard (Beasley) and pass your sister's ball!"

Xu Yong dribbled twice after receiving the ball, and felt that with his skills, he couldn't break through Beasley's defense. What's more, even if he barely broke through Beasley, there were still Bai Ade and Patterson waiting on the inside, and he didn't have Zhang Yu's ability to play three.

Although Xu Yong didn't know Zhang Yu's black belly, he passed the ball back to Zhang Yu.

"Ya, you're not stupid!"

Zhang Yu received Xu Yong's return pass, and reluctantly transferred the basketball into the penalty area, with eight seconds left in the offensive time.

Inside, Su Wei received the ball and wanted to learn from Xu Yong and pass it back, but Zhang Yu moved outside the three-point line, as if he was running to find an opportunity. Su Wei's passing accuracy is not very good, and if he wants to accurately pass the ball to Zhang Yu, who is moving, it will be a mistake.

Su Wei thought about it back and forth, the game time was barely a few seconds, and he barely hooked his hand to shoot, but he shot three without sticking, and the basketball fell directly out of bounds.

Li Chunjiang couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly called a pause.

"Xiao Yu, at this time, you can't be too complicated to handle the ball, let alone hesitate, you can shoot when you have the opportunity, it's one thing to shoot or not, and it's 100% responsibility not to shoot when you have the opportunity."

What kind of person is Li Chunjiang, he watches more balls than Zhang Yu eats, where can I not see Zhang Yu's careful thoughts, these words are said to Zhang Yu alone, which can be regarded as taking care of his face, and it will stop at the point.

reminded Zhang Yu, and he was not so polite to others. Li Chunjiang glanced sharply and shouted loudly at the players: "After you get on the court, as long as you have the opportunity, no matter who you are, as long as you are within your range, you must shoot, and no one dares to shoot; Whoever is afraid of taking responsibility, I will immediately replace whoever comes down, understand? ”

The coach was angry, and the players stood on their feet, how dare they say half a word, and they should all be loud and ......

The two teams returned to the court, the United States team still contracted its defense, and Zhang Yu easily got an outside shooting opportunity.

This time he didn't dare to have any other thoughts, and immediately shot the basket, but unfortunately the feeling was still cold, and the basketball smashed out of the basket, shooting 7 of 13, and hitting another iron!

This is the last shot of Zhang Yu in the first half, the Chinese team before the end of the half, Li Xiaoxu received the basketball, found that there was not enough time, and forced a long-range three-point shot against Patterson's block, but even he didn't expect that the basketball would be hollow hit.

Relying on this dribble, the Chinese team fell behind by 20 points at halftime.

64-45, the Chinese team trailed the American team by 19 points at halftime, and it was no different from being 20 points behind.

At halftime, Li Chunjiang continued to encourage his players, hoping that the players would show courage and continue to fight with the American team in the second half.

Losing is not terrible, no one in China really believes that the Chinese team can defeat the American team, and it is even acceptable not to lose more than 20 points, what psychological pressure do we have?

Throw away the psychological baggage and let go of your hands and feet.

In the second half, Zhang Yu was changed back to the position of scoring guard, and Li Chunjiang wanted to release his scoring ability, as for the tandem of the whole team, to hell with it......

The U.S. team put Curry back in the control position, and Porter, who had an excellent appearance in the first half of the second quarter, did not play. This small point guard, in the second half of the second quarter, after Zhang Yu began to defend him, the threat was greatly reduced. Although Zhang Yu did not contribute much on offense in the second half of the second quarter, his deterrent power on defense still did not wane.

Chase Badinger returned to the court as a shooting guard, Zhang Yu wanted to continue to use his weakness of lateral movement clumsiness to break through him, but Badinger also let go of the three-point line and retracted inside, apparently thinking that Zhang Yu's hand was still cold.

Zhang Yu decisively threw three points at the top of the arc, but still didn't score, and hit another iron, shooting 7 of 14.

The Chinese team defended, and this time Curry's three-point shot was also out of the basket.

In the next third quarter, in the process of striking iron between the two sides, the players of the two teams couldn't help but burst into tears, because the stadium was full of clanging sounds, which not only did the Chinese fans stop moving, but the American fans also began to hurt

"Young players, after all, have not gone through long-term professional training, and the shooting stability is still much worse, which is very reasonable." Zhang Li listened to the sound of striking iron in the audience and couldn't help but sigh.

"Haven't you practiced your left hand? I remember that your left hand is very accurate, try to see if your left hand feels it. ”

In the third quarter of 3 minutes and 50 seconds of the game, Li Xiaoxu took advantage of Beasley's free throw and said to Zhang Yu.

At this moment, the score has reached 50-70, and the Chinese team only scored 5 points in 6 minutes, although the American team is not very good, but the difference is still 20 points.

Li Chunjiang off the field even began to think about whether to replace the main force in the last quarter, after all, even if he lost two in a row, as long as he defeated the small African country of Mali in three days, he would be able to qualify.

"Okay, I'll try."

Zhang Yu was noncommittal when he heard this, it didn't hurt to try anyway, he had already shot 7 of 17 now, and he didn't think about maintaining his shooting rate at all.

Beasley hit two free throws to score his 20th point of the game and was the top scorer for the U.S. team, but still short of Zhang's 25 points. Don't look at Zhang Yu's more than one section of iron, but before that, the shots were almost all hit.

Zhang Yu held the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, faced Badinger, dribbled under two hips in a row, quickly connected one and turned back, and broke through the opponent with a streetball-like action.

The U.S. team was crowded inside, and there was no room to continue to break through, and after Zhang Yu broke through Badinger, he directly shot a dry pull-out jumper in the high post on the right side.

"Left-handed dry pulling!" After all, Zhang Lili is from a professional background, and he immediately noticed Zhang Yu's shooting, using not his right hand, but his left hand.

Zhang Yu lightly stretched his ape arm in the air, and only threw the blue ball when he was facing the basket at the highest point, and the basketball crossed a graceful arc in the air and landed accurately into the basket.

After most of the dreary day, the Chinese fans at the scene could finally cheer for the home team again.