Vol 5 Chapter 410: Halberd

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The scene was already full of seats, but the audience did not give the Chinese team friendly applause, especially when Zhang Guan debuted, there was a loud booing in the audience.
The Chinese team eliminated Turkey, which is naturally not welcomed by home fans. Zhang Guan became the culprit of killing the Turkish team in the eyes of home fans.
In this case, the home fans must be one-sided support for the US team, the situation faced by the national team, compared to the Olympics two years ago just turned over.
The starting lineup of the US team remains unchanged, Odom appears in the center position, Durant and Iguodala play forward, Ross and Billups are the defenders. The starting lineup of the Chinese team is the same as the previous one, except for Yao Yi, Sun Yue, Wang Shipeng and Zhang Guan.
Durant has scored more than 30 points in two consecutive games. In the last semi-final against Lithuania, he scored 38 points, so at the beginning of the game, Durant has undoubtedly become the main point of attack for the US team. .
After the opening, Durant felt quite good. One of four five-pointers scored 8 points alone, which was still in the case of the United defense. In the face of the United League, Durant still chose to shoot, but did not make a breakthrough. If it is a shorter and weaker defender, it is estimated that Durant has already turned his opponent into a sieve.
The United League is very depressed. This is not the first time he has faced Durant, and today he has been working defense, but he can no longer prevent Durant from scoring on his own head.
As players who entered the NBA in the same year, they are relatively familiar. After three years, Durant is already the scoring leader of the NBA. So in the face of Durant, the United Arab Emirates is very eager to perform. It is a pity that Durant today is still in the state where the gods block the gods and the Buddha blocks the Buddhas. The United defensive efforts have not achieved much effect.
Odom is even more depressed than the United Arab Emirates. Odom, who appears in the center position, needs to defend his opponent is Yao. This is the existence that Odom can't resist even if he tries hard. The gap in height has already let Odom was at a loss as to what to do. Dayao's diverse offensive methods and even Odom could not see the slightest hope.
Odom seems to have returned to the first round of last year's playoffs. At that time, Lakers coach Phil Jackson once sent Odom to defend Dayao. As a result, Odom was beaten because he was bullied by Dayao. Since then, Odom has even resisted appearing in the center position.
Dayao also scored 8 points by himself, but made 4 of 4 shots with a 100% shooting rate.
Today Yao's desire to attack is very strong, and he plays decisively and firmly. It can be seen that facing the US team, Yao is eager to win a victory.
The score came to 8-8, and neither side took advantage of it. At this time, Shashevsky took the lead in substitutions and replaced Odom with Chandler, obviously preparing to strengthen the defense against Dayao.
Chandler is a true center anyway. Although he still can't prevent Dayao, it is much stronger than Odom's defense, at least it can cause some pressure on Dayao.
Zhang Guan then decisively accepted the offensive banner.
In contrast to Lupus, Zhang Guan chose to make a direct breakthrough on the first attack.
Billups has twice entered the NBA's second defensive lineup. At that time, the Detroit Pistons was a team with defense as the core, so Billups is still very confident in his defensive level.
However, Zhang Guan gave Billups a lesson. Pretending to break through, emergency stop, sudden force and then break through, change direction, accelerate, Billups can only watch Zhang Guan pass by beside him.
Billups has an impulsive urge to curse people. Zhang Guan’s set of moves is not difficult. Any defender can complete it, but the same action. When Zhang Guan is here, the speed has reached the extreme. Billups I even felt that my brain could keep up, but the body was too late to react.
This kind of breakthrough is different from that of relying on a strong body. Zhang Guan's breakthrough is still a technical breakthrough. However, in Billups' eyes, this kind of body-based technology is the most impressive. depressed. This style of play seems to be telling defenders that my physical fitness is stronger than you, and my skill is also stronger than you. If some defenders are fragile or inexperienced, they may soon be destroyed by Zhang Guan.
Billups is certainly not an inexperienced young man, and he is not so easy to lose confidence, but this ball also made Billups realize that he may really be unable to resist the crown, he needs Teammates' defense.
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The United States team is rich in money. They don't have only one main lineup like other teams. The United States team sits on the bench with top-notch players. Durant is a player with more playing time in the US team, but he only averages 23 minutes of playing time. In fact, no player in the US team has an average playing time of more than 25 minutes. The main players are averaging about 30 minutes per game. So just halfway through the first half, Durant was replaced and Granger replaced Durant.
Without Durant, other players have to shoulder more offensive tasks, and Rose has also gained more possession.
Ross averaged more than 20 points per game last season, and next season he will average more than 25 points per game. Although his three-point shooting rate is a bit terrible, less than 30%, but his total shooting rate is close to 50%, in general, Ross's scoring efficiency is still very high.
After a pick-and-roll change for the US team, Rose faced Zhang Guan. Rose did not hesitate to choose a breakthrough, this is his best offensive method.
Change of direction, continuous change of direction, cross dribble breakthrough, Rose is worthy of the title of "footed terminator". Now Ross is young and has not suffered any major injuries. He can always shake his opponents through the breakthrough. At least among the current NBA players, Ross has the strongest ability to change direction.
In the face of Zhang Guan, Ross did not dare to relax at all. He exerted his abilities to the extreme. However, Zhang Guan always stood in front of him. No matter how Ross crosses the dribble or how he changes direction continuously, Still unable to break through Zhang Guan's defense.
"It can stop me!" Rose's heart rose to his heart. As the 2008 No. 1 pick, he was given high hopes when he entered the NBA on the first day, and he was selected by the Chicago Bulls. One day, he can become a superstar in the league. He wants to establish his own "bull dynasty" like Jordan.
Today, the more unable to break through Zhang Guan's defense, the more Ross hopes to break through. He seems to have forgotten that there are other teammates who can support himself. He only has one-on-one with Zhang Guan in his mind.
If Rose is a few years later, he may not do it. He sticks the ball and ignores his teammates, but it is not a qualified team leader to do. But now Rose has only played in the NBA for two years. Both the experience and the mentality are immature. When the Bulls, both the coach and teammates, let Ross's temperament. At this moment, he insists on defeating Zhang. crown.
"Ross is too sticky!" Shashevsky frowned, and at this time, the other players in the United States were not running, everyone stood there, watching Ross and Zhang Guan singled out.
Eight people watched two people heads-up. This kind of situation is very common in the NBA. The core players heads-up. It can even be regarded as an American basketball culture. However, this is the situation that Shashevsky least wants to see. If it is the Dream Eight team, Shashevsky is willing to let the players go heads-up, Kobe, James, Anthony, Wade, Paul... Almost everyone in the Dream Eight team is a heads-up player. However, the Dream Nine team is different. These future superstars are still too young. Even Durant, Shashevsky will not let him go too much with his opponents one-on-one.
Sure enough, under Zhang Guan's defense, Ross exhausted his offensive time. When the countdown was about to end, he reluctantly chose a jumper, which was his least reliable offensive method. However, Zhang Guan didn't even give him this unreliable offensive opportunity, and took a slap directly to fan the ball.
Shashevsky's face was embarrassed. The next time he "dead the ball", he replaced Rose and replaced Westbrook.
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"Swoosh!"
Zhang Guan's figure shook, Billups didn't stand in one step, almost fell to the ground, he could not help but a hand on the ground, but Zhang Guan already had an open shot.
I saw Zhang Guan started shooting, and at this time, Wei Shao had already rushed forward with the fastest speed, jumping high to prepare to cover Zhang Guan.
Westbrook is arguably the strongest physical guard among active point guards. Today, he has just played in the NBA for two seasons. His technology is far less pure than in the future, and he relies more on his body to play. For example, this supplementary defense, changing to another defender, may not be able to rush over in such a timely manner, but Westbrook's strong body can do this.
"Eat me, take it!" Wei Shao's face was hideous.
However, Zhang Guan's hand stopped in mid-air, and basketball continued to catch Zhang Guan's hand.
"Oops, fake!" Westbrook realized this and was too late to close it.
Zhang Guan jumped up against Westbrook, he was going to cheat a three plus one on Wei Shao.
Wei Shao also realized this. If Zhang Guan was really touched, even if he didn't score, it would be a three-time free throw. If he scored a goal, it would be more likely to be three plus one. .
At the next moment, Wei Shao's body twisted in the air, and he forcibly avoided Zhang Guan's "touch porcelain".
"Hidden by him, it is worthy of Westbrook. His body is in the air, he has completely lost his support point, but he can still dodge. If it is replaced by other players, I will definitely be beaten by a three plus one." Zhang The crown admires Wei Shao's personal ability. But admire the admiration, deserve the points, still see Zhang Guan shot three-pointers, basketball hollow into the net.
"Boom!" There was a noise from the bench next to it, which was caused by Wei Shao. Although Wei Shao's movements in the air just forcibly avoided Zhang Guan, his body also lost his balance and fell directly on the bench next to the bench, causing a group of people to turn back.
Without any hesitation, Wei Shao stood up and prepared to return to the game, but the referee stopped him and the American team doctor came with the medicine box.
"What's wrong?" Wei Shao was a little confused.
"You're injured!" The team doctor pointed at Shaowei's head.
Wei Shao touched his hand and found that his head was wet. When he looked at his hand, he found that his hand was covered with blood stains. This was just on the bench and he accidentally broke his head.
According to the rules, once a player sees red, he must go off the field to receive treatment, so Wei Shao must stop the blood off the field before he can play again.
The U.S. team can only make substitutions again. For Shashevsky, this was an unplanned substitution. Wei Shao played only less than two minutes and was forced to end. This was for Shashevsky. It's too uneconomical to say.
Shashevsky turned his attention to the bench, and Curry immediately showed a look of eagerness, apparently hoping to play.
However, Shashevsky denied Curry for the first time. Now Curry, the offense is not stronger than other bench players, but the defense is a big loophole. Unless Zhang Guan is not on the court, otherwise Shashevs Kee definitely didn't dare to talk about Curry changing.
"Eric, you play!" Shashevsky ignored Curry's disappointed expression and called Eric Gordon directly from the bench.
Although Gordon is shorter, he wins with a strong body. Although the defense is not very good, he is very hard-working, and he dares to fight against his opponent. In the eyes of Shashevsky, Curry and Gordon choose one, It is equivalent to pulling a general out of the lame, only to choose one that is not so bad.
At this point, Love has also replaced Iguodala. In the lineup of the US team, except for Billups, the other four starters have all gone down to rest. From this point, it is enough to see that Shashevsky's trust in Billups.
On the Chinese team, the three main players of Dayao, Arab League and Zhang Guan are still on the field. This is not that Coach Deng Huad does not want to replace, but he dares not to replace him at all. When the three main players of the Chinese team are present, the two sides The score can still hold on, if the three people are replaced, the Chinese team may soon collapse.
It wasn't until the last two minutes of the first quarter that Deng Huad began to make substitutions, and the US team also used the last two minutes to quickly pull the score, and finally led by 6 points with 25 to 19.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wei Shao's breakthrough hit a two plus one, talking Guy hit a jumper, the United States team scored five points, instantly widening the point difference to double digits.
The gap between the substitute players of the Mengjiu team and the starting players is not big, but the substitutes of the Chinese team are much worse than the starting players. Deng Huade had no choice but to replace him with Yao and Zhang Guan. The two immediately led the Chinese team to a 9-9 climax, reducing the score to 5 points.
However, Deng Huade's face did not show any joy. He was worried that Dayao's physical strength and foot injury could not support such a high-intensity game.
In the World Championships, the rest period between the first and second quarters is 120 seconds, so the full play is counted. Dayao just took a little more than five minutes of rest. This rest period comes to a person who has not fully recovered from a leg injury. Say, it is too little. What's more, this time, Yao faced Chandler and Love, the center of the NBA starting level, whether it is the intensity of physical confrontation or the consumption of physical strength, it is much greater.
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"Drink!" Dayao greeted Carrefour with a dunk in his hands, which also caused Carrefour's foul.
"Brother Yao looks excited today. He usually yells when he plays." Wang Shipeng on the bench said.
"Yeah, only half of the second quarter, he has already scored 17 points, the highest in the game, today Brother Yao will definitely be able to score 30. Maybe there is still a chance to get 40!"
However, on the court, Dayao panted heavily. Although on the scene, he completely suppressed Love, but his physical strength also consumed a lot, and the serious injury on his foot was also painful.
If it was in other games, maybe he had already asked for the next break, but today is different. Today is the final of the World Championships, and he is most eager to win.
"Shoot!" The penalty was hit and Dayao scored 18 points.
Immediately after, he quickly ran back to the backcourt, ready to defend, and he had just stood in position, Odom broke the ball to his near front.
Dayao stretched out his arms as if a high mountain was blocking Odom. Odom even couldn't even see the position of the basket. He had to stop the ball. At the same time, the afterglow of his eyes saw Iguodala.
Odom shook his wrist and passed the ball to Iguodala. After receiving the ball, Iguodala did not hesitate to choose the shot directly.
Iguodala's shooting position is very beautiful, but unfortunately this goal was not scored.
"Rebound!" Iguodala shouted, and Love had already rushed up in the first time.
Love's rebounding efficiency is very good, although some people questioned him as a data brush, but many times to get such a large double-double of 30+20, is enough to prove his strength on the rebound.
In the face of Dayao, Love did not flinch, he greeted him, ready to grab this offensive rebound.
The two rushed towards the basketball at the same time. Carrefour has no advantage in height, but jumps very high. Although Dayao's height has an absolute advantage, he can't jump. This ball, the two are half a catty, almost hit the ball at the same time.
"Ah!" Dayao shouted loudly, struggling to grab the rebound, and then threw the ball to Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan sprinted the ball without hesitation. Wei Shao and Billups, both with gauze on their heads, returned to defense at the same time.
"Two hits and one!" the commentator shouted loudly.
The faster Wei Shao has approached Zhang Guan, and he is even ready to block.
"Zhang Guan is too fast, don't foul!" Billups' voice sounded.
Wei Shao hesitated suddenly, realizing that if he fouled, it would probably cause two plus one, so Wei Shao withdrew at the last minute.
Unblocked, Zhang Guan scored two points.
"38 draw! We finally tied!" The Chinese team cheered from the bench. With more than three minutes left in the second quarter, the score is now tied, at least to ensure that the first half will not fall too far.
With a rebound in the backcourt, Dayao looked at the score and smiled comfortably.
"It looks like I can only walk here with you! Zhang Guan, I'll leave it to you next."
The next moment, he sat on the ground in pain, covering his feet.
Dayao's old injury relapsed!
The Chinese team collapsed before the line... (to be continued.)