Chapter 295: The Strongest Outside Line VS The Strongest Inside Line
After shooting three points, Paul continued to exert his power, and then he stole Zhang Qingpeng's breakthrough, holding the ball to lead the fast attack, Chamberlain chased frantically, Paul jumped but came to a wonderful back pass, Anthony followed from behind, received the ball and jumped far away from the hoop, and scored with one hand.
As a result, the score became 48-42, and Chamberlain's previous advantage with the Dragons was being reduced.
However, the Dragon team was not willing to be humiliated, Yao Ming directly yelled at Zhang Qingpeng, 'You bring the ball to the three-point line for me', which is almost insulting to the point guard, but the guards didn't dare to say anything, who made them perform so badly? In fact, if they can safely get the ball into the hands of Chamberlain and Yao Ming, it is already a success, but the problem is that it is also difficult to do this in the face of the unprecedented full-court pressure of Paul and Kobe.
Zhang Qingpeng was arrogant, he broke through several cross-cuts in a row, laboriously brought the ball to the frontcourt, and handed it to Yao Ming.
Yao Ming got the ball and beat Howard under the basket, Boozer and Anthony went directly to the three-man bag, Yao Ming couldn't even grasp the ball steadily, so he could only pass to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain's attack range was in the penalty area, he took the ball and killed inside, the narrow penalty area became more crowded, and five big men gathered inside, even if God came, it was difficult to score.
Chamberlain's strong attack was just an illusion, he put away the ball and looked outside, Kobe Bryant rushed to the vacant Zhu Fangyu for the first time, it seems that he has studied the characteristics of this opponent.
Zhu Fangyu was watched, Chamberlain passed to Wang Shipeng, and Kobe Bryant returned to defense, giving full play to the power of the top outside defense expert. Wang Shipeng passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu, who ran to the weak side, or simply flicked his wrist and sent the ball into the hoop.
48-45, the fans rejoiced, they never thought that their own team could play like this with the Dream Team, which has never happened in history, and no team can do this in front of a serious Dream Team.
The Dream Team is not invincible, as evidenced by the 2002 World Championships in Indianapolis and the 2004 Athens Olympics.
In the 2002 World Championships, the Dream Five team led by head coach George Carr only finished sixth, which was the first time that the American men's basketball team, which is dominated by NBA players, has left the championship behind in an international competition.
But at the time, no one dared to say that the Dream Team had fallen, because that year, many NBA A-list stars refused to play for their country, which led to this embarrassing scene.
Then, at this insult, the NBA stars were outraged, and the following year's America's Cup, the 2004 Summer Olympics Americas qualifiers, the NBA superstars teamed up. They comfortably finished first and qualified for the following summer in Athens, Greece, with O'Neal, Kobe, Duncan, O'Neal Jr., Kidd, Carter, Allen, Iverson, McGrady, Malone, Garnett and Bibby.
From this, it can be seen that when the dream team gets serious, they are still invincible in the world.
However, the roster that revived the U.S. men's basketball team at the 2003 Copa America soon fell apart. For security reasons, multiple terrorist groups announced that they were going to attack the U.S. Olympic team, and 10 of the 12 players chose not to race in Athens.
The U.S. Basketball Association had to find a replacement, and in the end, the patched Dream Six roster was very different from the original, with only two MVP-caliber superstars Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson unchanged.
The head coach of the "Dream Six" is Larry Brown, although this team is also known as the "Dream Team" because of the NBA players, but after seeing their performance, the media directly changed their name and called them "Nightmare Team".
Before the Olympics, the Dream Six team was beaten by Italy by 17 points in Cologne, Germany; Two days later, in Cologne, the Dream Six relied on an oversized three-pointer from Allen Iverson to send the game against Germany into overtime. For the first time, the World Realm discovered that the Dream Team was so vulnerable.
The Americans' prowess was tested in Athens on August 15, 2004, when Puerto Rico defeated the Dream Six 92-73 in the opening game of the Athens Olympics. It was the third time in Olympic history that the U.S. men's basketball team has lost, and for the Dream Team, it was the first time. The prevailing view at the time was that the offensive frenzy unleashed by Puerto Rican star Carlos Arroyo showed that international basketball had caught up with American basketball.
After narrowly beating Greece and Australia, the U.S. men's basketball team lost to Lithuania. At this point they are 2-2 in the Olympics. Salunas Jaskovicius, who missed a three-pointer opportunity four years ago to win the game, scored 28 points for Lithuania.
With an 89-53 win over Angola, the Dream Six finished fourth in their group, the lowest seeded team in the group. In the quarter-finals, the Americans showed the advantage on the field against Spain, who had previously won all the games. With Stephen Marbury's 31 points, the Dream Six outscored the Spaniards 102-94 and ruled them out of contention for a medal.
However, there were some indications in the game that the Dream Six could lose later. Sure enough, they were eliminated by Argentina 89-81 in the semi-finals, completely ending their hopes of competing for the gold medal. The Dream Six then ended their Olympic journey with a 104-96 victory over Lithuania in the bronze medal match.
This is the third time in the history of the U.S. men's basketball team that the U.S. men's basketball team has not won a gold medal, and it is the first time against the Dream Team. Before 2004, the U.S. men's basketball team had only lost two games in the Olympics, and this time they lost three games in one game!
The Greek Olympics seem to be a sign that the Dream Team will live up to their strength, but it depends on the lineup, what kind of team basketball can Iverson and Marbury play in the backcourt? And that year, except for Iverson and Duncan, including Marbury, they were not any first-class stars.
So, this is today's Dream Eight team, Dream Eight came to Beijing, is to take revenge, the lineup he leads, may not be the biggest card in the active service, but it is definitely the most reasonable, Kobe and Kidd two veterans as captains, LeBron, Wade, Howard, Bosh, Anthony, Paul, Delong These young and strong giants are the skeleton, and equipped with Prince, a defensive genius and Reed, an offensive machine, in addition to the fierce Boozer to help, this lineup is elite enough.
As a result, at halftime, the Dream Team only led by six points at 52-46, thanks to two consecutive shots from Anthony and Kobe Bryant at the last minute, and Howard also blocked a layup by Wang Shipeng, otherwise they might have fallen behind.
In the Wukesong Stadium and in front of the TV, countless Chinese fans were boiling, and many fans in the suburbs and rural areas of the city began to set off firecrackers after watching the game, even if it was only half a game, and the revival of the Chinese men's basketball team has never been so close.
On the contrary, the fans of other countries in the stadium, especially Spain, were silent, and the Chinese team was not taken seriously by them before, but now the situation may be different.
In the first half, Chamberlain hit 4 of 6 shots to score 9 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks, and the defensive performance made fans addicted. Yao Ming scored a game-high 22 points, and he teamed up with Chamberlain to score most of the team's points.
Facing an opponent who is more than ten centimeters shorter than himself, Yao Ming's advantage is very clear, but his physical strength problem has always been difficult to solve. After Chamberlain arrived, he was much more relaxed, he only needed to participate in the attack, and when he defended, he just got Howard, who would only stay in the box, and the latter would lose his threat when he left the box, and he would only stay in the box and not stay long, otherwise he would have to eat a three-second violation.
The three-second defensive rule was seen as a confinement of the center, and after the rule was introduced, many traditional fans lamented that the era of the center was over.
But Oxlade-Chamberlain's appearance changed that, his speed was too fast, his flexibility was fantastic, he shuttled back and forth in and out of the penalty area, even if he was not in the penalty area, someone killed in the penalty area, he could follow up in time to make up for the defense, the three-second penalty area didn't help him, anyway, if there was no one in the box, he wouldn't be in it - his teammates needed him to help defend and make up for it. And if there are people in the restricted area, then there is no three-second rule.
In the third quarter, Lao K did not make substitutions, and still used this lineup to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team, while Yao Ming was a little tired, although Chamberlain shared most of the pressure on him on the defensive end, but it was also very laborious to score, Howard's defense was very strong, and every time he scored, Yao Ming had to do his best.
Without Chamberlain, the game would have been an absolute one-sided slaughter, so both Chamberlain and Yao Ming did their best to withstand the opponent's onslaught with the inside.
Wang Zhizhi replaced Yao Ming's shortcomings, at this moment Nelson Jr. does not trust Yi Jianlian, who just likes to float on the outside, Wang Zhizhi was brought into the NBA by him back then, and he has deep trust in this player with solid ball style, good attitude and excellent skills.
Wang Zhizhi couldn't replace Yao Ming's role, especially on the defensive end, Chamberlain had to retreat into the penalty area to deal with Howard, because after the opening, after Paul broke through and gave the ball to Howard, the latter directly made a violent dunk on Wang Zhizhi's head!
The difference in strength between the two is too big.
Yao Ming got off the court, the Chinese team is Chamberlain as the single core, he reached out in the penalty area to ask for the ball, Boozer went around, Howard was behind him, Chamberlain was caught in the bag and passed the ball to Wang Zhizhi, Anthony changed the defense in time, Wang Zhizhi passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu, Kobe Bryant rotated again, all in all, there was no chance of vacancy.
Chamberlain stretched out his hand, and in the middle of the two of them, he squeezed hard under the basket, shook a shot, and then turned sideways and jumped to hook his hand, but Howard, who was waiting on the side, jumped up directly, and slapped the ball to make him eat a big hat.
Howard's block is straight up and down, Chamberlain grabbed the ball after landing and jumped up again, this time Howard and Boozer were helpless, the speed of the two of them and the speed of the second jump were much worse than Chamberlain, the latter pushed Chamberlain, but he was still dunked successfully, and he added a free throw.
In this way, Chamberlain finally scored, and it was a difficult score.
In contrast, the Dream Team's score was much more freehand, Kobe Bryant singled Wang Shipeng, pushed his back to the top of the penalty area, turned around and hit a jumper.
The Dragon team attacked again, Chamberlain was caught again, he helplessly passed the ball out to Wang Zhizhi, the Dream Team's rotation defense was very fast, Wang Zhizhi could only pass the ball to Zhang Qingpeng, who missed three points, and Howard grabbed the rebound.
Paul asked for the ball to launch a fast-break counterattack, Chamberlain followed alone, but couldn't keep up, Paul passed the ball to Kobe, and Kobe Bryant passed to Anthony who scored in the middle, and Anthony held the ball and launched a strong attack on the hoop.
Originally, Chamberlain had already jumped with Paul, but Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Anthony again, giving him a chance to counterattack, turned around and jumped up and slapped again, and the ball in Anthony's hand was directly capped out by him.
Kobe Bryant picked up the ball first and followed Anthony's footsteps for a layup, and Chamberlain was landing at this time, watching Kobe score.
Chamberlain knew that it would not work like this, he gave Wang Zhizhi a look, and after getting the ball again, he passed it first, and then he immediately withdrew from the penalty area, and Wang Zhizhi used his good low single to kill the inside, Howard and Boozer subconsciously unfolded the bag again.
At this time, Chamberlain, who left the penalty area, turned around and rushed in, and Wang Zhizhi, who was caught in the bag, passed, Chamberlain received the ball and shouted angrily, and came to a violent dunk!
The two sides are still, and the killing is inseparable!