Chapter 359 Who will shoot the corner three?
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In the third quarter, the two brothers used the shifting and shifting** to make the American team lose the inside line. NBA stars such as Mengba are very familiar with the twin brothers and are also clear about the technical characteristics of the two of them. So the brother suddenly used his brother's playing style, and the younger brother suddenly used his brother's skills. The American team took half a quarter of the game to adapt again.
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 72:66. The US team was 6 points behind after the third quarter, which shocked the experts' glasses.
The Wukesong Arena was filled with cheers from Chinese fans. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife stood up and followed the Canadian fans around them to applaud the outstanding domestic players. But just a few dozen meters away, Bush and his family were not in a good mood. Before the game, Bush thought that Mengba was the strongest dream team in the 21st century, and even set up a flag in public, praising "Mengba may be the most powerful dream team."
It can be foreseen that if Meng Ba loses in this game, it will definitely be Bush who is trying to kill himself, and the random flag will basically not end well.
In the fourth quarter, the US team lineup: Deron Williams, Michael Reed, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer.
What coach K regrets the most at the moment is that he did not summon the young bully Stoudemire and Duncan, the outstanding inside stars, to join the team. He thought that relying on the two younger generations, Howard and Bosh, plus the veteran Boozer, would be enough. As a result, these three insiders were at a disadvantage when facing Spain in the semi-finals, and now facing Canada, they are even less of an opponent.
At the end of the third quarter, Ji Guochou scored 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks. Ji Guomomiya scored 16 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks. Nash scored 13 points, 4 assists.
On the US team, Kobe Bryant scored 11 points and 2 rebounds, James scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Anthony scored 8 points and 3 rebounds, Wade scored 12 points, Paul scored 6 points and 2 assists, Boozer scored 6 points and 4 rebounds, Michael Reed scored 6 points, Deron Williams scored 4 points and 1 rebound, and Howard scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 blocks.
In the fourth quarter, the US team replaced the Bucks' boss, the marginal man in the US team, and Yi Jianlian's teammate Michael Reed.
Coach K believes that at this time, Reed can play a more deadly threat than other stars in Mengba.
The Canadian team has too strong inside protection. Several outside giants of the US team have worked hard for three quarters, but they still cannot hit the penalty area. It is difficult to get points except for giving block data to the twin brothers.
In the first half, the US team felt excellent, but the hidden dangers were not visible. After the feeling of the third quarter, there were not many ways for Kobe, Wade, James and Anthony. These people were all top blacksmiths who were sure to have no friends and could even smash the basket. They were all Kirin arms.
Michael Reed's three-pointer is limited in strength than these four players, but he is more suitable for this game rhythm. He is a shooter, and the time he can't play in the inside is his time on the outside. Old K coach recruited Reed to join the team in order to allow him to replace Lei Allen, who refused to join Meng Ba.
The United States continued to rely on three-pointers in the fourth quarter. After Reed scored two consecutive goals, Canada immediately called a timeout.
Canada reacted quickly and immediately adjusted its defensive arrangements for Reed. However, after the game restarted, Deron Williams also made a shot from outside the three-point line. Then the fat guy forced Nash to make a foul and got two free throws.
Seeing this, Triano replaced Nash and took a break for a while, but in fact, whether Nash is or is not there has nothing to do with the Canadian defensive strength. There is more than Nash in the Canadian outside, the one with the defensive black hole, and the two of their defenders were blown up by the US team today. The culprit of Mengba's good shooting from the outside was the Canadian outside CBA level defensive ability.
The twin brothers successfully blocked the inside. If Canada's outside line was replaced by the Clippers' outside team last season, the United States might have been kneeling a long time ago!
Master Reliable sighed: "The Clippers can win the championship. At this moment, it seems that their outstanding outside defense ability has made a lot of contributions. Artest and Percy's forward partner, even facing Pierce and Ray Allen in the NBA arena, and the twins beat Garnett together, and the Clippers' point guard has been ravaging their opponents, so it's not surprising that the victory is."
Canada had some problems with both offense and defense in the fourth quarter. The US team implemented a half-time press on the defensive end. Ji Guomo was not allowed to hit a goal from the wing's strong shot at 7:05 in the fourth quarter. Of course, in the eyes of others, he is Ji Guofu now.
The score was 74:74, the two teams drew again, and the US team unknowingly tied the 6-point difference.
Bosh then scored a goal from the middle distance. The two brothers had no choice but to defend the penalty area and the position close to the penalty area. Once they both expand, the US team will be good at breaking through the outside. Those two big butts must be killed by them, and in the end they will not be able to defend inside and outside.
One minute later, Nash, who had just rested for two minutes, returned to the game. The US team made consecutive hits from the outside during this period. Triano now knew that Canada would definitely not be able to defend, so he could only look forward to attacking with attack, biting the opponent to form a stalemate, and waiting for the US team to feel less.
Moreover, once Canada is not present, the US team can be assured to attack the twin brothers in the inside, which will lead to a chain reaction. The three Canadian giants must be present at the same time to exert their power on the offensive end.
As soon as Nash came on the court, he immediately played pick-and-roll cooperation with Ji Guocho. The fake panda received the basketball and scored two points against the fat guy who changed defense.
The US team is still so deceptive when defending the pick-and-roll. Canada used the pick-and-roll cooperation throughout the game, but the US team still couldn't defend it in the last quarter.
Coach K looked at Howard, who had already committed four fouls. In fact, Warcraft's ability to defend against pick-and-roll is the top level among inside players. O'Neal and Yao Ming's control of pick-and-roll will make the coach unable to help scratching his hair, but Howard is not afraid at all, because his mobility is barely a swaying person, which is a little worse than the two brothers, but most of the pick-and-roll cooperation in the defense is enough.
It’s a pity that Howard was troubled by a foul crisis on the court today. He has only played for ten minutes of the game and is full of anger. It also makes the US team have no choice to face the pick-and-roll in Canada.
Coach K also had a sudden idea in the third quarter, using Chris Paul, Bosh, Deron Williams and Boozer, who met a partner who was good at playing pick-and-roll in reality, trying to cure the person with his own way.
The twin brothers' ability to defend pick-and-roll was fully reflected in the series against the Jazz last season. Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer died under their brothers last season. Now the battleground has arrived at the Olympic arena that is more beneficial to them. The US team's pick-and-roll cooperation has added two block data to the two, which is of no use.
After the Clippers won the championship last season, some voices kept mocking the twins for not being top-notch and not having enough lower body strength. They were far inferior to the four centers and Hall of Fame power forwards such as Malone and Mooning.
The most common argument for these people is that the two brothers' low-post offense is difficult to get into the hall of elegance, they can only float outside and shoot mid-range and three-pointers, and they can't even rank in the 1990s. Nowadays, fans say that these two people have dominance, because the center is weak and "no tigers in the mountains."
In fact, this statement made a logical mistake, which is to equate the offensive and defensive dominance with the ability to dominate the penalty area on the offensive end. Who said that there is no dominance when playing? As for their criticism of the two brothers' shortcomings such as insufficient lower strength, they don't know that it is this V-shaped body that has created the best pair of inside defensive combinations in ten years.
After Nash came on the court, the Canadian team once again formed a stalemate with the United States on the offensive end, and the two teams were in a stalemate. In the last quarter, an offensive battle started.
Coach K called a timeout in the last six minutes of the fourth quarter. He found that the two brothers' positions could cover the entire penalty area and the area near the free throw line. In other words, there were basically no blind spots. But there was no perfect thing in this world. Coach K carefully observed and finally found that the only thing that could not be taken into account in this formation was the two bottom corners - the Canadian cover was on the two bottom corner three-point line.
It is easy to find weaknesses. If the basketball can pass to two corners and get an open shot, they will have the opportunity to crack the Canadian team's defense and send the Canadian team back to the west.
After this timeout, the US team changed the team again, and replaced Kobe and James. In fact, Michael Reed is more suitable for the tactics of coach K, but he can't put Kobe and James off the court in the final stage, right?
The coach of the Dream Eighth Team is so helpless. Even if the old coach K has a reputation as a loud enough, he must follow the rules. He is not the coach who will be the decision to join the United States Team, but most of them follow the meaning of Nike, the biggest sponsor of the Dream Eighth Team. No matter how good your skills are, as long as you are not a Nike signing player, you don’t want to join the Dream Eighth Team. Even if you enter, you can only play like Michael Reed. The real identity of the Warcraft starting lineup is blue-collar, and even a strong Wade has to play as a substitute, because Kobe, James, Anthony, Bosh, Paul... These core forces are members of all Nike, while Howard and Wade are under Adidas.
Speaking of which, the shame of dreams of dreams of 5 dreams, six dreams and seven dreams are not unrelated to the competition between these sports giants. From 2000 to 2006, after the Sydney Olympics, the sponsor of Dream Team became Reebok, so the core of Dream Team is naturally the stars under Reebok.
But the problem is that the superstars at that time, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Carter, McGrady, Kobe and others were all important forces of Nike and Adidas. If they entered the Dream Team, they would have to fight Iverson. Adidas and Nike naturally were unwilling to do this, so they only sent a few young rookies to do it perfunctorily.
Therefore, as Reebok's number one star, Iverson entered the Dream Team and assumed the position of captain and core at the Athens Olympics.
But at the same time, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Carter, McGrady, Kobe and others refused to play for the country.
Next in the 2002 World Championships, Byron Davis was also a Reebok star. O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Carter, McGrady, Kobe and others did not play.
The Dream Team's starlight during this period was the least, and this situation did not change until after 2006. The Dream Team changed to a sponsorship contract with Nike in 2006, and then the power of the Dream Team changed drastically.
First of all, Reebok’s stars don’t think about coming in again, Adidas stars have to take action. Especially since 2006, Kobe, who has never participated in the Dream Team, volunteered to play for the country. Why did the Pan, who needed exposure most when he was young, always turned aside the Basketball Association? At this moment, nearly 30 people have reached their peak, but they have to be so proactive? The reason is of course worthy of fun. Except for Nike’s fuel behind the fire, there is no second explanation.
It is worth mentioning that the Duke Blue Devils' jersey sponsor has always been Nike, while Lao K is one of the few coaches with personal sponsorship contracts. The sponsorship brand behind him is naturally Nike.
So it is conceivable how old coach K could press the stars Nike supported on the bench.
The US team replaced all the main lineups in the last half of the quarter. Of course, Kidd was replaced by Chris Paul. The old demon completed the task in this Olympic Games in just a few minutes after the first half and the second half.
Coach K was right, the Canadian team was really afraid of three-pointers in the bottom corner.
But the problem is that after the US team started the game again, they did not throw the damn open three-pointer into the basket. Only the sound of "bang bang" iron shots on the basket kept ringing. The bottom corner three-pointer is simply the patent of role players. These stars in the Dream Eighth team either launched attacks on the top of the arc or on both wings. Only in these two positions can they dribble and break through and exert their power. Which of the stars made breakthroughs at the bottom corner?
So it's natural... Kobe Bryant lost one first; then the melon almost came under the cover of the fake fox; in the end the gorilla was very proud of his face, and he really shot one, but the basketball almost hit the Panda brother's head through the basket. The five-course Song Stadium was filled with laughter from Chinese and Canadian fans.
In the fourth quarter, 4 minutes and 40 seconds, the score was 83:79. The US team missed three consecutive attacks, and the Canadian team immediately regained the lead. Today, the shooting percentages of both teams were quite high, which led to the fact that as long as one side made consecutive shots, the score would immediately fall behind.
Chapter completed!