The Chinese team has two ball-handling points, and both are big men who are good at shooting. This is quite bad news for the Lithuanian team.
Basketball continues to develop, especially as the NBA brings its own style to the world. Big men who are good at shooting, especially three-pointers, are becoming increasingly rare and even becoming more alternative. The NBA requires big men to stand inside and engage in physical confrontation. , instead of drifting to the outside to shoot three-pointers. For example, in the future, when the New York Knicks selected Porzingis, they were scolded by the media all the time, such as Melo crying in the toilet, Jackson ruining the Knicks, etc. News poured out, but later it turned out that the Knicks' choice was wrong. How true.
Nowadays, although big men who are good at shooting three-pointers are not as rare as they will be in the future, there are not many players who are over 2.10 meters tall and can shoot three-pointers. Although many big men in Europe have shooting ability, including Novis Key, Gasol, etc., but they also spend more time inside instead of shooting three-pointers from the outside. Because whether it is from a tactical or strategic level, the paint area is where they are needed most.
Any player over 2.10 meters tall is a valuable asset to the team. Even places like Croatia and Lithuania, which are rich in big players, are reluctant to keep a player over 2.10 meters tall outside. Shooting three-pointers and attacking inside will obviously bring greater benefits.
In the next offensive and defensive battle, the Lithuanian team still scored easily, while the Chinese team once again copied the previous play style, roughly hitting a three-pointer without being marked.
After two rounds of competition, the Lithuanian team scored 4 points, while the Chinese team scored 6 points. This result made the Lithuanian team players a little depressed.
Coach Slelica decisively called another timeout and rearranged the defensive tactics.
The Lithuanian team has the world's top zone defense system. Of course, it will not be defeated just because of one or two breakthrough points. Although the two shooting points of the Chinese team have a huge height advantage, the Lithuanian team has used its own The adjustment is still barely manageable.
At this time, the Lithuanian team's zone defense system will be under greater pressure. They need more, more active and decisive runs to make their own zone defense system work, and to successfully mark every player of the Chinese team. one person.
"It's still Zhang Guan, his breakthrough speed is too fast. I remember in the Olympics four years ago, the Americans Iverson and Wade did not have such a fast breakthrough speed. Although we are very good at preventing breakthroughs, when the speed of players When it reaches a certain level, it must involve more of our energy.”
Slelica thought of the four-year Olympics. They had a very successful defense when facing the US team's breakthrough. However, when the US team's coach found that it was difficult to score points through the breakthrough, he decisively changed his tactics.
The Chinese team is different from the U.S. team. The U.S. team is full of superstars, and everyone's personal abilities are top-notch. Even if Iverson is not good or Wade is not good, there are stronger Kobe and stronger James. . Breaking through twice has no effect, so don't break through again. Let's change the offensive method. Anyway, the most lacking thing for the American team is scoring methods.
However, the Chinese team is not as wealthy as the American team, and does not have that many stars. They can compete with the Lithuanian team with only one or two lineups, and there are only a few scoring methods they can use, so even if the Lithuanian team The zone defense system is good at preventing breakthroughs. Zhang Guan still has to hold the ball and rush to the basket fearlessly, because the Chinese team has almost no other scoring methods to break through the Lithuanian team's zone defense.
After returning to the court after the timeout, Zhang Guan attacked with the ball again, still breaking through and scoring.
This time, the Lithuanian team's zone defense was very good. They did not miss Yao, nor did they miss General.
But they missed Ah Lian. Although he was far away from Zhang Guan, Zhang Guan still passed the ball to Ah Lian with a one-handed throw.
The arc of this pass was a bit high, but Ah Lian had the best bounce among the three insiders. He jumped up to catch the ball, and then landed another jump shot.
"Whoosh!" The basketball fell into the frame.
Coach Slelica's expression instantly turned cloudy.
"Why is he another big man who can shoot!"
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In people's perception, the Chinese team is a team that relies heavily on the inside. The core of the team is the inside, the team's offense depends on the inside, and the team's defense relies on the inside. No matter when, there will definitely be at least one left on the field. A big man and words such as "small lineup" have never appeared in the dictionary of the Chinese team.
However, today, the three major insiders of the Chinese team are all outside. Only Zhang Guan, the point guard, breaks through to the basket on his own. No one can imagine this situation.
2.26 meters, 2.14 meters, and 2.13 meters. These are the heights of the three insiders. These three numbers make the Lithuanian team feel desperate. It is difficult for them to find enough manpower to mark these three insiders unless they are willing to go up to four. A big guy.
Zhang Guan's breakthrough is very fast and sharp. If the defender is not tall enough, Zhang Guan can directly layup, so there must be a big man to defend Zhang Guan's breakthrough. In addition, three big men must be sent. To keep an eye on the three major insiders of the Chinese team? This is certainly impossible.
On the court at this time, the three major insiders are like three turrets, but in fact the most critical link in this tactic is Zhang Guan, because this style of play requires one person to connect the three major insiders in series, and one person is needed to man the three turrets. The turret provides ammunition. This person must be strong enough, fast enough, have enough passing consciousness, have enough passing skills, and have rich experience. He must be able to calmly judge the situation on the court and determine who to pass the ball to. The best choice, and if players meet the above conditions, they will definitely become basketball superstars long ago.
But as a basketball superstar, he will inevitably have more offensive methods, will inevitably become the core of the team's offense, and will not do the work of connecting turrets to deliver ammunition. If a player of Kobe James' caliber is placed on any team, others will cooperate with them to play. Therefore, this kind of situation on the court is simply impossible to happen in other teams, because no superstar is willing to be a green leaf, or turn into a candle to burn himself and illuminate others.
Only Zhang Guan has a strong body, top speed, and has learned a Kobi experience book, but he is a rookie in basketball, so he has become the person who connects the three turrets in series.
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The Lithuanian team's zone defense system can't help the Chinese team's three fixed-point turrets. They will always miss one of them, and Zhang Guan will always find the person missed by the Lithuanian team.
Similarly, the Chinese team could not guard against the Lithuanian team. When the game reached the second half of the fourth quarter, Kleiza and Sisikauskas had already scored 20 points, and Jaskovicius had also scored two goals. Double data.
The scores of both sides increased alternately, and finally reached a level of 92. At this time, there was still half a minute before the end of the game. According to the current situation, both teams had an opportunity to attack.
The moment of decisive battle has finally arrived.
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