Chapter 346 Quality and Quantity
Marc Gasol, the starting center, was in a foul crisis. Spain was not too panic. Coach Garcia moved Gasol to the center position and replaced the front Raptors inside Yog. Gabayosa played the No. 4 position.
Gabayosa is 208cm tall and weighs 245 pounds. He joined the Toronto Raptors in 2006 and has always been the main player in the team's interior. In order to be selected for the Beijing Olympics this summer, Yog Gabayosa announced in mid-June 2008 that it had terminated its last year's contract with the Raptors in mid-June 2008, and will return to his parent team Malaga to continue his basketball career next season, thus catching up with the Beijing Olympics.
In the 2006 World Championships, Gabayosa scored 20 points with 6 of 11 three-pointers, making her the chief hero of the winning team in the final.
Compared to the young Gasol, the 30-year-old Gabayosa is much harder to deal with. The veteran's experience is there, and he is not talented enough. Hard work and experience are the only way to make up for it. It is difficult for the two brothers to shake their backs to deceive this Spanish veteran. However, they naturally have the right prescription to deal with the old guy, which is to bully their opponents by relying on their athletic ability.
After Gasol Jr. left the court, Joel Anthony still followed Gasol G.C. The current inside positioning of the Canadian team is very vague and there is no accurate position division. The three insiders each have their own tasks. Just focus on their opponents and timely prevent the opponent's outside breakthroughs.
Ji Guomeng relied on his height to shoot from outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer on Fernandez, who is only 198cm tall. This Spanish star who can match the physical fitness of a black player will be a member of the Portland Trail Blazers next year. The Fox brother gave him Kobe-like treatment today.
Fernandez felt the feeling of Kobe facing Ji Guohu in the playoffs last season. However, at that time, the Black Mamba could score 50 points on the Fox's head, but Fernandez did not have Kobe's strong attack ability at this moment.
What's worse is that Spain cannot limit Nash. Calderon, the point guard, is good at everything, has superb shooting skills, excellent pass control, and rarely makes mistakes, but he is powerless to face speed opponents. Nash has the top speed in the league and perfectly integrates with his pass control technology. I often don't need teammates to pick and roll, and a simple shoulder shake can get rid of any defender. Today, it's even easier to face Calderon, who has weak speed.
The score of the first quarter was 24:14, and the Spanish team's scoring was limited to less than 15 points by Canada. The Bullfighters had been preparing for the strategy of dealing with the three Canadian giants for several days, but they couldn't defend themselves in the game, which made the Spanish team very embarrassed!
Ji Guochou scored 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Ji Guomo 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, Nash 6 points and 2 assists, Joel Anthony 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 block, Bonner 3 points, and Jamill Anderson 2 points.
Paul Gasol scored 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Juan Navarro scored 4 points, Yogga Gabayosa scored 3 points, and Philip Reyes scored 2 points.
In the second quarter, Canada was crazy about putting Joel Anthony, who had already committed two blunders, on the court again. His partner was Matt Bonner, and Triano set up a three-pointer team, trying to survive for two or three minutes by hitting the lucky three-pointer to give the Big Three a break.
Spanish players now have a headache when they see the three-pointer formation. They can't help but think of the last game against the Chinese team. They were almost shot to death by the Chinese team's three-pointer!
Three-pointers are the magic weapon for weak teams to defeat strong teams. Sometimes they shoot accurately and are shot to death by someone blindly. That way of death cannot be more aggrieved.
There is nothing outstanding in Canada's second and third positions, only three-pointers are their only good at. Even the Canadian team went from No. 1 to No. 5, except for Joel Anthony, a rough guy, these Canadian players who are slim and weak in their bodies are all shooting masters. They have no extraordinary physical fitness and height, so the shooting ability is the only skill that can be practiced the day after tomorrow.
Triano's three-point lineup did not achieve the expected results. After Spain was almost thrown to death by the Chinese team, it has increased its attention to the enemy's three-pointers on the outside. Fortunately, Spain has not performed well on the offensive end in the past few minutes. The substitutes of the two teams transitioned smoothly and ended in a harmonious end.
At 7 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, Triano replaced Joel Anthony first and replaced the twin brothers. The Canadian team's lineup became: Jamil Anderson, Andy Laudins, Ji Guomeng, Matt Bonner, and Ji Guoqiu.
The Spanish team also replaced the Gasol brothers again, and Big and Big Gas appeared on the same stage again.
What interested the fans watching this game was that Spain's Golden Boss Rubio also appeared on the court after the timeout. Generally speaking, Garcia would let Rubio play half a quarter in the first and second half, and he would replace it on time regardless of his performance. Spain's use of Rubio in this way made Golden Boss more mysterious, and also made NBA teams that were paying attention to Golden Boss in North America feel itchy. They want to grab it and take off their own research. Is it really that magical?
"This guy's behind the scenes seems to be better than ours. This publicity method is really clever. Many teams are confused by his ten-minute performance in each game. Everyone subconsciously thinks about his wonderful performance and mistakes, and raises his strength out of thin air to the point where he can compete for the No. 1 pick. But in fact, this Rubio may not be as good as Calderon in other aspects except for his physical fitness than Calderon." Ji Guomo looked at Rubio's first comment. He knew that Jin Tong's background was indeed talented, but he could not reach the level of the No. 1 pick.
"Be careful, although Rubio was blown too high, he still has strength. He is indeed a genius in terms of ball sense. I just don't know that he has an excellent ball sense. Why is shooting so shit? According to the principle, he has such a good ball sense, coupled with the usual accurate shooting characteristics of Spanish players, he should not fall into the title of "Lu Yizhong".
Ji Guomomi licked his face and smiled: "I think his problem is that he is not working hard enough. Don't think I like to be lazy, but I will still complete 800 three-pointers every day on time. I will practice more every few days, and I also work hard."
Ji Guochou turned dark and cursed: "I'm going to invest 1,000 this summer. You only invest 800. And it's not just investing. He's so embarrassed to say it."
"Can you compare this? I'm better talent than him. Of course he needs to practice more to catch up with me. And I feel that we not only have telepathy, but also have the training effect. I think that if you practice mid-range shots casually, the effect will be very good. Is your training effect also felt by me? In this case, try to practice three-point training. Maybe my three-point training effect can also be sensed. If it is really possible, I will practice three-point in the future. If you practice mid-range, everyone will get what you need."
Ji Guochou's eyes lit up when he heard this. He didn't expect that he could give it a try if he had time.
The game started again and Spain attacked.
Rubio's talent is the kind that is most easily seen. People who often watch the ball just by looking at his dribbling progress, they will know that this child's sense of ball is far beyond ordinary people. Players like Nash, Paul, and Cassel always look full of spiritual energy on the court. They are at ease.
However, there are also players who are talented but cannot play in the NBA. The white chocolate currently being tried in the Clippers is a typical example. Who can say that his talent is not as talented as Rubio, but until he retired, he was just talented. He did not play a score that suits his talent. It seems that the Clippers coaching staff is not very satisfied with his trial and does not plan to sign the veteran.
After Rubio came on the court, he quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and two consecutive changes from outside the three-point line made Jamil Anderson go wild.
With the big add to cover, Rubio followed the situation and rushed into the inside line. Under Ji Guomeng's delay, he passed the basketball lightly to Navarro outside the far three-point line.
The Canadian team had to quickly move the defense line to the other side. Navarro broke through and then split. The Canadian defense line finally showed an empty space. Fernandez took a mid-range shot...
"Bang!"
Ji Guomei didn't know where to fight, so he stretched out his long arm and rubbed the basketball with his fingertips. Fernandez shot a three-no-touch shot, and Ji Guochou jumped up to get the basketball.
The Chinese fans in Wukesong Arena cheered loudly. Although Ji Guomeng just pushed the basketball with his fingertips this time, it was still a successful block. The little fox stretched out his index finger and shook it above Uncle Mu, which made the cheers of the fans at the scene even more intense.
Before the game, several state-owned enterprises endorsed by the two brothers helped their relatives and friends get a valuable private room as a gift. However, Taylor Swift and Kristen did not sit in the private room to watch the game today, and the two women still chose to sit in the audience. Most of them sat with the Future Guo (Xi) mother in the audience. Bush also sat in the stands with his family while watching the American team game. Of course, they could not be too pretentious.
Taylor Swift saw Ji Guomomoto being ruthless again, and he looked proud, but he pretended to be like: "Fox is always so arrogant, look at how mature Panda is."
Christine smiled softly and said to herself, "Bitch is just pretentious."
Many domestic fans were proudly thinking: "You Spain have a golden boy, but they are just little geniuses with better talent. They have not yet proved whether they deserve their reputation. We two geniuses have even won the championship. These are real geniuses!"
The biggest problem that Spain encountered in this game was that they could not think of a way to break through the perverted defense range of the Canadian team. The opponent's inside line could defend beyond the three-point line, and both and a half inside line could do this. In addition, these two guys looked exactly the same, which gave Spanish players a feeling that twins were everywhere and could see them everywhere, just like ghosts.
Canada's defense forces Spanish players to take quick action. Once their shooting rhythm is not maintained well, their shooting rate will naturally not be much better, and the result is that they are always lagging behind.
In the second quarter, Canada also encountered some trouble in the offense. Spain's overall defense was also not bad. Although it was not as perverted as the twins, thanks to the more tacit cooperation of the five players, the Canadian team's score in the second quarter also began to drop.
Usually at this time, the gap between the All-Star and the ordinary player will gradually become apparent...
The three Canadian giants are all real All-Stars, and three of them are future Hall of Fame players.
In contrast, Spain, except for Gasol, their NBA-level players are indeed more important than Canada, but which one is of quality or quantity?
At present, the three All-Stars are temporarily better than one All-Star + 4 NBA ordinary players.
The moment a star player’s inspiration appears, it is often a wonderful score.
When ordinary players see their opponent's incredible goals, they don't think about counterattacking. It's good to not be hit by their opponents. Spain's performance at critical moments is obviously not as reliable as Canada. The latter three stars cooperated several wonderful times at the end of the second quarter, allowing the Canadian team to end the first half with a double-digit score difference.
At the end of the midfield, the score was 44:32, and Canada led by 12 points into the second half.
Spain scored 4 more points in the second quarter than in the first quarter. Rubio came up to show that his passing and control skills did have the potential to be top-notch, but apart from that, he didn't see any performance on the offensive end. In the past five minutes, he was not allowed to pass a few good balls to his teammates, but he didn't get a point, an assist, and a rebound. He only made a three-pointer and even hit the iron.
Ji Guochou scored 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in the first half, Ji Guomo had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks, Nash had 11 points and 4 assists, Matt Bonner had 5 points, and Joel Anthony had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block.
Paul Gasol scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Marc Gasol scored 2 points and 2 rebounds, Juan Navarro scored 6 points, Yog Gabayosa scored 6 points, Philip Reyes scored 4 points, and Fernandez scored 2 points.
During the halftime break, Master Reli said: "We all know the three Canadian giants very well. Today, the substitute center Joel Anthony's performance was extremely impressive. But if you think about it carefully, we Chinese players can't learn Joel's style of play, and we don't have that big muscle and confrontation ability. But Canadian substitute forward Matt Bonner is actually worth learning from young Chinese players such as UAE."
Chapter completed!