Chapter 784 783. This Is Hope!

Iverson and Duncan are the leaders of this American team, and the temperament of the two determines the temperament of the American team.

Duncan... Regarding temperament, it is mainly responsible for being ignored. The main temperament of the US team this year is Iverson's temperament.

Just like now, no one from the US team came to say hello to the Chinese team, and the Chinese team didn't come over either.

While being proud and trying to kill each other, Liu Mang and Boozer just looked at each other and nodded, each preparing for the game.

Hearing the sound of cheering from the audience, Liu Mang felt weird. Even fans wearing Spanish national team jerseys and Greek national team fans came to cheer him on. Knowing Liu Mang and Yao Ming, the shouts of the two English names or nicknames of "Big-YAO" and "ICE" resounded throughout the arena.

The U.S. team doesn’t care about it at all, except that it was in the United States in 1996, and the Dream Team was born in 1992 and swept everything. Except for these two World Series, after 1992, except for the NBA lockout in 1998, there is no NBA player. In the other basketball world series except the World Championships, the American team was booed everywhere. They are the public enemy of the world. Besides, they lost so much that American fans booed them.

Liu Mang feels a bit like a "son of destiny" now...

The referee signaled to the players of the two teams that the game was about to start, let the starters go on the field, and the substitutes went back to the bench.

The US team sent a starting combination of Allen Iverson, Stephen Marbury, Richard Jefferson, Lamar Odom and Tim Duncan.

What's so good about this lineup...is that theoretically these guys are the strongest lineup on Team USA at every position, and Larry Brown's lineup will always be that way.

For the Chinese team, the change from the previous game continued. Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Mo Ke, and Yao Ming continued to start.

Liu Mang took a deep breath and stepped onto the court. He had already made all the preparations, let's do it!

After Liu Mang came on the court, he saw that Yao Ming did not go for the jump ball, but Moko went. He was a little bit surprised. The two also learned to be flexible, but Moko and Duncan stood in the middle circle to jump the ball... and they couldn't jump. Win, Team USA goes first.

Iverson received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing Liu Mang staying inside the three-point line, he rushed to the three-point line and immediately stopped and shot a jumper!

Liu Mang was also prepared to defend against Iverson's breakthrough, but Iverson made an emergency stop and made a three-pointer! It was too late by the time I pounced on it, and it was still in!

Damn it... Wait, it seems that the distance from the FIBA ​​three-point line happens to be Iverson's mid-range shooting area!

In the first five games, he used this to beat his opponents. Liu Mang forgot that the US team also played in the same way.

Iverson scored a three-pointer against Liu Mang at the beginning, which was really unexpected.

Liu Mang was a little flustered for a while, but after he figured it out, he stabilized his position. After receiving the serve, he advanced to the frontcourt. The defender was... Marbury.

There is a problem with Yao Ming and Duncan's position in the interior. Duncan is very good at defending the basket. It's just the interior of other European and South American teams. Duncan defends whoever pulls out and shoots. The title of "the world's number one center" went to play a wave of Duncan, and found that it was not so easy to push.

Seeing this scene, Liu Mang immediately waved for a pick-and-roll.

Calling the pick and roll is just a pretense! Seeing Liu Mang's gesture for a pick-and-roll, Marbury subconsciously glanced behind him. His defensive awareness was really bad enough. Liu Mang broke through from the left of Marbury before Yao Ming came out!

It was the first time for Marbury to meet Liu Mang breaking through on the left side. As soon as he turned his head to the left and turned back, he saw Liu Mang rushing past him from the right side!

Marbury won't care if he defends against others, but he can't defend against Liu Mang! He quickly turned around and chased after Liu Mang.

Just as Marbury turned around to chase Liu Mang, he was blocked by Yao Ming!

"Ding... the pick-and-roll master triggers at level 5, the host's speed +10, power +8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's speed skyrocketed just after reaching the free throw line! It was too late for Odom to rush over to make up the defense. When he saw Liu Mang, he rushed directly to the basket just like Iverson!

Duncan is ready to fight, and he is now a little bit used to not defending for three seconds, standing still under the basket, as long as Liu Mang makes a layup, he will block! He is very confident! Pretty confident in his defense around the rim...

"F..."

Before Duncan could finish a single word, Liu Mang smashed the ball into the basket!

Duncan saw that Liu Mang had already rushed in front of him, but he never thought that Liu Mang would jump and dunk directly in front of him, because there was no space! Moreover, Liu Mang bounced like a jet was installed under his feet, and he buckled it when he pulled it up!

Relying on Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang triggered the pick-and-roll master, and also had the opportunity to trigger the strongest first step! When taking off from the basket, if there is space to take off on the spot, the physical interference of the opponent will be greatly reduced, and the strength will be +5!

Duncan was too confident in his defense around the basket. He tried to defend Liu Mang and Moko, who had a chance to make an air cut because of Lamar Odom's defense, so he defended the basket and was directly dunked by Liu Mang!

Speaking of which, it's Marbury's fault. It's a good thing Marbury didn't chase after him. Duncan got shot after this chase...

"Ah..." Yao Ming raised his head to the sky and screamed at the three-point line, cheering for Liu Mang while returning to defense. Those who didn't know thought he dunked Duncan.

Duncan still had no expression on his face, and went to pick up the ball silently, getting used to it...

This dunk was too domineering, and it offset the pressure brought by Iverson's three-pointer at the beginning, and it also boosted the morale of the Chinese team!

Liu Mang didn't show any embarrassment this time, he returned to the defense with a blank face, forcing himself to act aggressively!

Playing in the Olympic Games, what Liu Mang feels most comfortable is that he can shout tactics directly. He is not afraid of being heard by the opponent, and the opponent will not understand when he hears it. When he returned to defense, he shouted to his teammates: "Brother Nan, double-team Iverson with me , Don't worry about Marbury, Bajie, don't worry about Jefferson, take two steps back to defend, pinch the inside line, Duncan goes to the middle distance and helps Yao defend, don't come out of Yao's basket, save your strength to defend the basket, Moko, Keep an eye on Odom, he's the best one."

"Boss, I told you not to call me Bajie!"

"Okay Bajie."

"..."

When the U.S. team attacked, Iverson advanced to the frontcourt. Before he reached the three-point line, he saw Liu Mang and a Chinese player who didn’t know who was attacking him. Iverson immediately passed the ball to Ma. Bree, the current him, the biggest improvement, starting to train well is one, and the other is willing to pass the ball.

When Marbury received the ball, he originally thought that Iverson would take the defense away. He received the ball, attracted the defense back, and then passed it to Iverson. However, he never expected that there was no one beside him!

Marbury is furious! How contemptuous of people!

breakthrough?

Marbury didn't. The guy on the opposite side with "I want to fight" on his face was in the middle distance. He only defended against air cuts and breakthroughs. Yao Ming was under the basket.

Pass?

Neither did Marbury, he was pissed off! In the group stage, if he hadn’t played against the Greek team in the second half, the U.S. team might not have passed the group stage. It was because of him that they defeated Greece 77-71 and entered the group stage. He thinks he is better than Iverson , but the opponent double-teamed Iverson, just because Iverson made a three-pointer...

Wait, three points!

If Iverson can vote, so can I!

Thinking of this, Marbury made a direct shot from outside the three-point line! He's a little bit accurate when it comes to open shots.

But there was a sound of "哐...", Marbury probably forgot that he only made two three-pointers in the first five games, and he decisively hit the iron on three-pointers...

but!

Odom is fast and flexible, and judged the position of the rebound! Marbury's ball hit the back edge of the basket and bounced towards the free throw line. Odom rarely actively grabbed an offensive rebound!

Just as Odom was about to make an aggressive mid-range shot, Fangyu Zhu and Mo Ke attacked him.

When you get double-teamed, pass the ball! And pass it on handsomely! Just as Odom turned around and encountered two double-teams, he passed the ball without looking at anyone, and threw it towards the position where Marbury shot just now...

"beep"

The referee whistles, out of bounds! The Chinese team throws the ball.

The first time he took the shot, Marbury felt something was wrong. He immediately remembered that the three-point line here is shorter, but he threw it according to the three-point feeling during NBA training, so he immediately returned to defense. Who knows Odom grabs the offensive rebound and makes the pass...

After going back and forth, the US team felt a little discouraged, how unlucky it is! How could this Olympics be so unlucky! The saddest thing is Odom, his glass heart, he never wants to pass the ball to Marbury again.

It’s time for the Chinese team to attack again. Liu Mang receives a sideline ball and advances across the half court. This time Iverson comes to defend Liu Mang. Marbury’s defense of Iverson is enough. consciousness.

Facing Iverson, Liu Mang turned his body sideways, not giving Iverson a chance to steal. Iverson failed to complete the sudden steal at the first time, and did not continue to press, and retreated to three points against Liu Mang. inside the line.

"Brother, it's been a long time. By the way, I won the championship, and you didn't come to see how we abused the Lakers. It's too much." Liu Mang babbled in English.

Iverson raised his head and gave Liu Mang a blank look, but ignored him.

"Cut, my psychological endurance has improved a lot!" Liu Mang didn't choose to make a strong shot. It would be uncomfortable to be forced to the inside by Iverson and covered by Duncan and Odom. Forced shots are not reliable... Just continue to pick and roll!

Iverson's defensive awareness is much stronger than Marbury's. When he was young, Iverson, whose speed and explosive power has not yet dropped, has been in the top ten of the best defensive players all the year round. It is not comparable to Marbury. Focus on After Liu Mang and Yao Ming blocked him, Iverson dodged Yao Ming's arm and went around to chase Liu Mang.

After Liu Mang bypassed Yao Ming, he saw Iverson circling the pick-and-roll, and Duncan was jumping out. Liu Mang took a step back, one meter away from the three-point line, and took a step back to throw a sniper shot!

When Iverson and Duncan rushed forward, Liu Mang had already made a three-pointer!

Scored two goals in a row!

Liu Mang scored 5 points in a row, leading the score 5-3!

The first two rounds of exploration allowed the Chinese team to clarify their defensive goals. They defended the basket and blocked Marbury's attack. Richard Jefferson, neither of them adapted to Fiba's three-point line, and the more he shot, the less confident he was.

During these two days of preparation, apart from training, the Chinese team watched five games of the U.S. team. Except for Angola, who really made up the numbers, they couldn’t put any pressure on the U.S. team. Liu Wei and others found that the U.S. team played well in the other four games. It sucks. We only won by 6 points against Greece, and we only won by 10 points against Australia. Andrew Bogut, a freshman at the University of Utah in Australia, became famous in the first battle. He scored 19 points and 12 rebounds against Duncan and gave the US team 5 blocks. It's a pick-and-roll cut.

Yao Ming is undoubtedly an enhanced version of Bogut, and he also has a mid-range shot. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Liu Mang and Yao Ming caused huge trouble for the US team, forcing the US team to move their defense to the upper line. Many opportunities.

And the U.S. team really can’t make shots from the outside. They can only rely on Duncan to play two or Iverson, Marbury to make a strong breakthrough, and Odom’s fancy singles. As for Richard Jefferson, he can’t get the ball. , did not pass the ball, and once again fell into the singles vicious circle.

When Larry Brown's little offensive tactics were stifled or even failed to play, the US team began to play one by one.

It’s not that it’s not good for singles. If it’s Kobe, Carter, Tracy McGrady, or Wade two or three years later, even if it’s Anthony now, the effect may be very good, but the key is that these are the players who play singles. too low!

Besides, except for Duncan and Richard Jefferson, the members of the US team cannot form an effective defense, including Iverson. He is fast and can catch up with Liu Mang in a pick-and-roll, but he gives Liu Mang room to take off. , It's useless to catch up!

After playing for more than four minutes, the Chinese team scored a high score of 13 points! 13 to 7, leading the US team by 6 points!

The US team called a timeout! Start changing.

The Chinese team mainly launched offensive cooperation at the position of the three-point line, which avoided the problem of not defending for three seconds.

Although Larry Brown can't coach offense, he can arrange defense!

James, Wade, Sean Marion, Duncan, Okafor, all who can defend were sent up.

The Chinese team has also started to change players. For the Chinese players, the biggest problem is actually physical fitness. Therefore, Harris on the defensive end kept Yao Ming from guarding the basket. Players need to figure out their own ways to score, defend, and fight against stronger players, especially point guards. Only Liu Wei can advance halfway through the defense of the US team.

But now that there is Liu Mang, the pressure on the offensive end of the Chinese team's outside line has dropped sharply. Since it is difficult for anyone other than Liu Mang to keep accurate in the face of the opponent's defensive three-pointer, then he will defend to the death.

Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu were actively defending just now, but now they are replaced by Liu Wei and Zhang Jinsong, and continue to fight hard. Du Feng is replaced at the basket, and Yao Ming also continues to play. Yao Ming, who plays in the NBA, is the Chinese team except Liu Wei and Zhang Jinsong. Except for Wang Zhizhi, the best thing is that he was able to defeat the German team in 2008 when he was so heavy. Now the defensive method is clear, the offensive end can be played more easily, and Yao Ming's physical fitness has been maintained well.

After playing in this Olympic Games, Yao Ming really felt that it is good to have a good defender! Not the kind that counts as many assists, but a good guard who can cooperate with the inside.

Yao Ming wanted to do more and more about what Liu Mang said about asking the boss for help.

...

Pause back.

Liu Wei saw the lineup of the US team. These five guys, James is in good health, Wade was almost selected for the second defense in his rookie year, only more than 20 points less than Prince, Marion is the only one the Suns can defend, Duncan is Needless to say, although Okafor is a rookie, he almost averaged 5 blocks per game in the NCAA and is quite a mature defensive center.

"Do you want to score!"

Liu Mang's head was getting big, and finally caught the US team's poor defense in the starting lineup, leading by 6 points, and the opponent actually sent such a lineup!

That guy Larry Brown wasn't prepared to play offense at all. He didn't understand offense, so he sent out such a lineup.

Liu Mang looked at James who was advancing in pain, and slandered in his heart: What a great star!

Liu Mang retreated decisively, stepped on the free throw line and waited for James to advance.

The same goes for the rest of the Chinese team, all shrinking collectively.

The defensive requirement for the Chinese players is to watch the defense.

The current Chinese team is completely different from the previous Chinese team, mainly because of the spirit. In the two group matches, there are 12 teams, and the Chinese team's record and goal difference are combined to rank third! This kind of feeling is completely different, fighting spirit is strong, playing against the US team has Liu Mang's flicker... and I have been studying hard for two days, and I am very purposeful when defending.

The defensive goal given by the coaching staff is that when encountering different opponents, the defensive strategy will be different. Except for Anthony, Odom, Duncan, and Iverson, they will all shrink when facing other players!

What else can James and Wade do? There is a pot of porridge on the inside, no shooters on the outside, and they missed their first three-pointer. They have only finished their rookie season and they are not yet all-round scorers in the future. Shooting is the worst item. James made a hundred three-pointers in the Olympics Twelve percent, Wade is better, sixteen percent...

Both Duncan and Okafor are good rebounders, but they can't stand up to the other four! Liu Wei, Yao Ming, and Du Feng blocked Duncan, and Liu Mang grabbed a defensive rebound.

But the U.S. team couldn't score, and when the Chinese team attacked, Liu Mang's head would explode.

too strong!

Just looking at those five people, they are too strong!

After Liu Mang pushed forward, he couldn't shoot a three-pointer against James, so he could only continue to attack with Yao Ming's pick-and-roll.

This time Okafor and Duncan had already prepared themselves. Both were insiders with excellent defensive awareness. Duncan came up to resist Liu Mang and blocked Liu Mang's first step.

One person tops, one person blocks, the Pistons' twin-tower defensive tactics! Replacing Duncan and Okafor is the defensive trick of the US team in this Olympic Games!

But Liu Mang also reacted quickly and had a strong sense of attack. When Duncan blocked him, he grabbed the ball and took a step to the left. After stepping into the free throw line, he jumped directly, and it was a step throw with his left hand!

Okafor rushed forward and bumped into Liu Mang. Although he was fouled, he gave Liu Mang a ruthless blow, and even slapped Liu Mang's throw.

Still destroyed! Liu Mang fell to the ground and pulled Yao Ming's hand to get up.

These two guys are really good defensively. If Okafor is one step faster, he might not even be able to draw a foul.

However, if Okafor had that mobility, Howard would not have won the No. 1 pick in the draft. His only weakness is his physical fitness, which is far behind Duncan. He is called the next Duncan, but his physical fitness is not At the first level, it is 100% impossible for him to block Duncan just now.

Therefore, Liu Mang focused on making use of this point. This point was the way he watched the US team's five group matches and how Ginobili dealt with the US team in his impression!

Liu Mang stepped up to the free throw line and made one of two free throws. He was hit badly, mainly because of the pain.

Next, the two sides started a very targeted defense. The Chinese team blocked the inside line, and the US team relied on strong defensive players in every position of the team to defend.

The Chinese team's offense was basically aimed at Liu Mang. Yao Ming was a threat in the high position, so that Duncan only dared to block, not to chase. Liu Mang scored by making kills.

The US team's offense, James and Wade tried to shoot a three-pointer, but they dared not shoot. In fact, this is the worst point of the US team's outside line. Except for Iverson, the others hit the iron twice more, and the outside line is not good. Dare to throw it away!

James and Wade also started to attack the inside like a dynamite bag, but because there were too many people inside, the offensive efficiency of the two was not good. Wade had no chance to get close to the basket and directly force it. James couldn't get in the basket. , Duncan pulled away and used a small forward to defend, whether he liked to shoot or not.

From the second half of the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams plummeted. By the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led the US team by 5 points with 18 to 13!

After the second quarter, the defensive battle intensified. Larry Brown is no different from coaching the NBA. The more difficult the US team's offense is, the more he must send a defensive lineup. James, Wade, Richard Jefferson, Marion , Duncan, Okafor, Larry Brown caught these players to death!

Boozer, Anthony, and Odom are all FIBA ​​killers that have been abandoned. These people either have poor defense or are not focused on defense. The way Larry Brown employs people has given the Chinese team the ability to rely on Liu Mang's sporadic scoring and the team's shrinking chance to maintain a weak lead!

At the end of halftime, the Chinese team entered the intermission with a 34-31 lead over the US team by three points!

...

Liu Mang scored 24 points in the halftime, and he was about to explode! Scoring 24 points, only 9 successful shots, hit 4 goals, two three-pointers, a dunk at the beginning and a counter dunk. The other 14 points were all free throws. Later, in order to avoid too many fouls by Duncan and Okafor , Marion and others all came to attack, Liu Mang was too fast and explosive after the pick-and-roll, they fouled directly, and did not give Liu Mang a chance to attack the basket.

Liu Mang played depressed. He made 14 of 18 free throws and only led by 3 points. This was more uncomfortable than playing against Italy and Argentina. If there are no points in several attacks, the opponent will probably counterattack and overtake the score!

So Liu Mang has been under high pressure!

Liu Mang didn't know how surprised his teammates were by his performance! Playing like that, you can still score 24 points in the half! Except for Yao Ming who scored 6 points with his mid-range shot, Li Nan scored a three-pointer. Moko entered the basket and caused Stoudemire, who was rotating defensively, to make two free throws and get one point. Stoudemire, who had a ridiculously poor defensive awareness, was replaced immediately after he fouled Liu Mang twice before, and Duncan came up to play with fatigue, which gave Liu Mang a better chance to score .

Moreover, Liu Mang has played like this, and he has been alive and well. Before halftime, he even destroyed the air cut of the rotation Richard Jefferson, which prevented the US team from narrowing the point difference to 100% before halftime. one cent.

Liu Mang's performance like this, he himself didn't know how much he touched his teammates! He himself didn't know how much confidence he brought to his teammates!

Leading the U.S. team at halftime, even though the Chinese team players had prepared well before, and were fooled by Liu Mang into fighting spirit, in fact, they never had such expectations in their hearts! But now, relying on Liu Mang rushing inside like a dynamite bag, causing fouls again and again, trying to maintain a weak lead, let his teammates see hope and have more fighting spirit!

Didn't bother Liu Mang who kept drinking the Jianlibao that sponsored the Chinese team. No one laughed at Liu Mang, who looked like he drank something free of money and drank it to death. People's mood is even more surging, they must help Liu Mang win this game... No, it is to help him win this game!

Liu Mang drank several bottles of Jianlibao. He didn't know how much electrolyte water he drank today. He still felt that it was not enough and he was too tired!

I have never been so tired, even in the finals, I have never been so tired.

The opponent is indeed not as strong as the Lakers. Even the Nets are better than this American team. The cooperation and player structure of NBA teams are not comparable to this American team. It can be said that the tacit understanding and player structure of the American team , is the worst among the 12 countries participating in the Olympics, but they have strong personal ability and good defense, so they can all reach the finals.

In fact, in the second quarter, the defense of the Chinese team was a little bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, for the US team, Larry Brown used those six players. The rest of the team only needed to make mistakes on the defensive end, such as allowing Li Nan to make a shot. Iverson, who was immediately replaced after a three-pointer, and Stoudemire, who was immediately replaced after Liu Mang made two fouls and Moko made one foul, was replaced as long as the defense made a mistake, which gave the Chinese team a chance leading.

Liu Mang opened the system panel. In the second half, something will change.

I didn't plan to use it at first, but in order to get the buff of "Light of the Chinese", the strongest superstar point guard of the era, in the third quarter, it must be used!