Krzyzewski looked at the time. At this time, there was less than five minutes left for the American team.
"How could this game end like this!" Krzyzewski took a deep breath. Everything in front of him felt extremely unreal.
Krzyzewski is very confident in this American team, or it can be said that he is very confident in his coaching ability. He feels that even if he faces Spain, Argentina, Lithuania, Greece, etc. in the world, Even the top teams should enter garbage time in the second half of the fourth quarter. How could it be like now, only leading by 1 point!
Moreover, the opponent is the Chinese team, which in Krzyzewski's opinion is not a first-class opponent. Facing the Chinese team, he doesn't even bother to lay out any tactical strategies. He feels that the players' on-the-spot performance is enough to win. victory.
However, things were completely different from what he imagined. In the second half of the fourth quarter, a one-point difference seemed to be a merciless slap on Krzyzewski's face.
"Is this still the same Chinese team? Is this still the same Chinese team we met in the first game of the group stage?" Krzyzewski couldn't help asking himself, compared with the defenseless team in the group stage. Compared with the Chinese team, it is like a completely different team in front of them now.
In the next attack, Zhang Guan made another exquisite pass. After receiving the ball, veteran Li Nan completed the attack with a pull-up jumper. The Chinese team actually went ahead by 1 point.
"It's this kind of pass again! This kind of pass looks like a blind coincidence. When the ball flew to that position, the Chinese team's No. 10 also appeared at that position. If it had been half a second later, the ball would have been missed. It flew over, but if it had been half a second earlier, the ball wouldn't have been caught. What's more important is that Zhang Guan's back was facing that position. He didn't even look. How did he pass the ball just right? Passing the ball?" Krzyzewski was confused.
Not only Krzyzewski, but Paul, who was responsible for defending Zhang Guan, and Kobe, who was responsible for defending Li Nan, were also full of depression.
Paul is the person closest to Zhang Guan. Of course he knows that since Zhang Guan got the ball, he has been staring ahead without even turning his eyes to the side, but he knows that there will be teammates behind him. This is It seemed impossible to Paul.
"How did he know that No. 10 would be in that position? Maybe there is a very secret code among the Chinese team players?" Paul thought silently.
On the other side, Kobe seemed a little annoyed because it was the player he was defending who scored, so of course Kobe would be blamed for this.
When Zhang Guan started to move just now, not only was his back facing this direction, but Li Nan had not moved to this position yet. Even Kobe could not have expected Zhang Guan to throw the ball to an unmanned position.
"It's this kind of pass again, the person comes and the ball comes. It's just watching the pass. He throws the ball over without even looking at the person. Isn't he afraid of losing the ball? Does the Chinese team really have a tacit understanding of this kind of passing? To what extent?" Kobe thought to himself.
"Zhang Guan, does he have eyes in his back?" Li Nan, who had just finished scoring, also looked at Zhang Guan in surprise. Although Zhang Guan had made the same pass several times before, the receiver was not Li Nan. He He didn't have a deeper understanding, but just when Li Nan was running towards the open space, the ball appeared in front of him without any warning, making Li Nan also startled. Fortunately, the nickname "Xiao Li Feidao" is not for nothing. As an experienced veteran, he will certainly not miss such a good opportunity.
On the sidelines, coach Yunus and the Chinese team's coaching staff were already confused.
This national team has been formed for several months. It has experienced in-team training, outing training, various warm-up matches, and even several games in the Olympic Games. What is the strength of the men's basketball team? How many pounds is it? , the coaching staff already knew it very well, but the performance of the players on the field at this time completely exceeded their expectations.
I have never seen this type of play! I can’t understand this tactic! The players seemed to be running around aimlessly for a while, and then the ball was passed to a neutral position inexplicably. This situation was incredible to everyone.
Now the coaching staffs of China and the United States have the same feeling. Neither Krzyzewski nor Yunus know how to continue to deploy tactics. Krzyzewski did not figure out a way to break the Chinese team's blind running, but Yunus knew that this was not a tactic arranged by him at all, let alone how to "arrange" it.
Finally, Krzyzewski was the first to react, because the American team must not lose this game.
The Chinese team and the American team can play like this, even if they lose, it is an honor to lose; and even if the American team wins, it seems to be a very difficult win, not to mention that the current American team may not be able to win.
Krzyzewski still can't see through the movements of the Chinese team players at all. Everyone is running blindly. It would be weird if Krzyzewski could understand! However, Krzyzewski already has a way to deal with it in his mind. Since he can't see the movement of other players, he will stop Zhang Guan's pass.
So far, Paul's defense against Zhang Guan is not actually successful. Paul is faster. Although he will not be passed by Zhang Guan like Kidd, he can't stop Zhang Guan's pass. .
In a 1-on-1 defense, Paul is capable of guarding any point guard in the NBA, but the level of defenders in the international arena is far inferior to that of the NBA, so Paul is still capable of guarding any point guard who appears in the Olympics. What? "The No. 1 point guard outside the NBA" and "King of Europe" are not problems in front of Paul. Perhaps only France's Parker can compete with Paul in the international arena.
But something unexpected happened today. In the one-on-one confrontation with Zhang Guan, Paul's proud physical fitness was completely at a disadvantage.
The concepts of American basketball and European basketball are different. European basketball focuses on assisting and zone defense, while American basketball's defense mainly relies on personal ability. In this kind of defense that relies on personal ability, speed and body have become two very important factors. link. Many guards in the NBA are praised as not being good at defending, either because they are not fast enough or not strong enough. In particular, American players like to have physical collisions with their opponents. On the contrary, some European or South American players will show their true qualities as movie stars in defense, such as "falling down with one touch" and "sticking to the clothes". "Fall" is what international players do.
Paul has speed and body. His physical fitness is considered top-notch among all guards in the NBA. Of course, he is also relatively tough defensively, but the body of a basketball player is still incomparable to that of a sprinter. Zhang Guan's body is obviously He is stronger than Paul, so Paul's defense against Zhang Guan seems to be a bit difficult.
The American team did not defend any zone defense, but always defended 1 on 1. A group of the strongest muscular guys in the world got together, and the word "zone defense" was not in their dictionary.
"Paul's defense against Zhang Guan was not very good." Krzyzewski looked at the bench and saw that sending Kidd on would definitely not work. This old guy couldn't withstand Zhang Guan for a few rounds. As for Deron Williams' words, Krzyzewski secretly shook his head. Although Deron's body is strong enough, he is not fast either. Moreover, this guy's defensive awareness and defensive skills are relatively average. More importantly, this guy has no What a desire to defend, this has already been seen from the US team's first game.
The three point guards he brought were all unreliable, so Krzyzewski had to turn his attention to his own shooting guards.
"Kobe, you have to rely on Kobe at critical times! Now we have to let Kobe guard him!" Krzyzewski took a deep breath. He knew that at this point, Kobe was obviously the player he could trust the most.
Krzyzewski called a short timeout, then replaced Paul and replaced him with Wade, and also made a new arrangement.
"Kobe, you will play point guard in the next game. I think you must understand what I mean!" Krzyzewski paused, then said: "The task of containing Zhang Guan will be left to you. !"
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