916 A general, the dragon team
Before going to the battle, the Dream Nine Team was not favored by everyone, but since the group stage, they have been through the hurdles and finally reached the finals.
They may have shortcomings about this team, but some of the achievements they have created are enough to be recorded in history.
Among them, the free throw shooting percentage and average points loss per game are the best in the history of the Dream Team. On B-1, the United States narrowly defeated their opponents with 706B in the whole game, but they set a record of lowest score in a single game. In addition, they also had B assists throughout the game, which is also the lowest in history.
In addition, after many big names absent from the Dream Team, the Dream Team is now paying more attention to basic skills, which can be seen from free throws.
Free throws were the easiest way to score, but they were not done well in the past. The free throw percentage of Dream Nine teams in this World Championships was 73.0, which is the highest among all Dream teams.
There is a saying in the NHA that defense wins the championship. In the past, the Dream Team had strong attack power, which led to a slack on the defensive end. However, this phenomenon was not seen in the Dream Team. They paid attention to the defensive quality of each round, and averaged only 6.2 points per game, which is also the best among all Dream Teams.
The Dream Nine team has excellent defense, which is also reflected in their defensive rebounding data. They were originally low in lineup, but they averaged 2.7 backcourt rebounds per game. In the history of the Dream Team, they were second only to Meng Ba in 26 years. You should know that in that class, they had Howard.
Since the Dream Nine team has always advocated defense and lacked inside players, he did not do ideally in offensive rebounds, averaging only 13, setting a new low in the history of the Dream Team's World Championships. The lowest before was 13.9 in the two-year World Championships.
When talking about defense, we have to talk about offense.
The Mengjiu team's offense is not gorgeous, but due to their excellent defense, they also seem to be considerable in terms of net winning points, with an average of 6 points per game. This score is the second best among the Dream Team's four World Championships, second only to the Dream II team in 1994.
On the offensive end, the US team is good at shooting three-pointers just because the three-point line in the NHA is longer, but interestingly, in the Olympics, they have made very few three-pointers.
Many fans do not understand the reason. You should know that the height of the rim of the PIBE BAR spoon is different, and the latter is slightly higher. But for professional players, if the height of the rim changes a little, their hits will drop a lot.
As the saying goes, a slight mistake can make you a thousand miles away. This is the reason. Therefore, for NHAI players, the closer they are to the ring, the easier it is to score, because being close to the ring can more reasonably adjust the posture and strength of the attack.
In this World Championship, they averaged 9 shots outside the three-point line, which seemed to be quite a lot, but it was the lowest record in the history of the Dream Team's World Championship.
Finally, from the offensive end, the Dream Nine team has the lowest average assists in history. Due to the low scores in this World Championships, most of them rely on Durant's personal singles to get, the cooperation appears to be relatively few, with only 6 times.
What does this mean together?
The Dream Team relies on the overall rebounding, so they do not protect their frontcourt rebounds; the Dream Team relies more on player breakthroughs and close mid-range shots; the Dream Team lacks the inside player who can score independently and then provide support to their outside teammates.
Fighting against other teams, the problems of Dream Team are nothing, but when encountering the Dragon Team in the finals, their characteristics become weaknesses.
Yao Ming is very good at grabbing rebounds, and Chamberlain is the super rebounding champion. With the latter, their rebounds will be sharply reduced. The close mid-range shots and breakthroughs are even more deadly. Chamberlain and Yao Ming's block is the strongest combination in the World Championships.
Nelson Jr. analyzed these early, and this was also the last reliance he used to play the finals. Yes, his ace is Chamberlain.
Everyone knows that the Dragon Team ace is Chamberlain, but no one knows how Nelson Jr. uses him.
Nelson Jr. did not deliberately arrange tactics for Chamberlain in the first half because he was afraid that his ace would be noticed by Old K in advance. In the second half, Nelson Jr. began to arrange tactics for Chamberlain.
At this time, it doesn't matter if Lao K finds it wrong again. Without the buffer of the intermission, even if he has a super computer to help, it is impossible for him to find a solution so quickly.
Chamberlain is a BH, what is a loophole that BH can solve at will? It is not called BH
After the first half, Chamberlain had already scored 15 shots and scored 2 points. In the eyes of the coaching staff of the Dream Team, Chamberlain had already performed exceptionally.
However, as the second half was about to begin, Old Nelson suddenly found Old K and said seriously: "Mike, do you remember what I said? Even though I took Chamberlain for three years, I still don't know where his potential and limits lie."
Old K asked a little puzzled, "What does it mean?"
Old Nelson frowned, he looked at the murderous Chamberlain and said slowly: "In the first half, that may be just in normal state rather than 8pE."
Old K's assistant coach at Duke Blue Devils sneered: "Old Tang, we all know that he is very powerful, but he is alone after all, right? He is not a god, so I think you may have done a little bit of a big deal."
Old Nelson smiled, not sticking to his own opinions.
Old K was silent for a moment, waved his hand to Chandler, patted his shoulder and said, "You go on stage, just keep an eye on it."
Oden sat on the bench in a depressed mood. He wanted to ask for a fight several times, but knew that he had a low chance of playing, so he simply refused to speak.
The reason why Lao K has been slow to use him is not only because he is not suitable for the fast attack system, but also because when Lao K recruited Oden to play the World Championships, the Suns' uniform team went to find him, almost breaking his face and preventing Lao K from taking him away.
Finally, although the two sides shook hands and made peace under Colangelo's mediation, the Suns' uniform team still asked Lao K not to overuse Oden. After all, the Great Emperor's attendance in the previous few seasons was really amazing.
In this way, Lao K is not a saint after all, and he is also angry. Since your Suns are posing as if I can't win the championship if I don't use Oden ruthlessly, then I really don't need Oden. I will prove to you that without Oden, we will have no problem winning the championship.
At the beginning of the second half, the development of the situation made Lao's judgment shake.
At the beginning, Durant's long shot was hit by Sun Yue and Yu, and Chamberlain knocked away Chandler, took off a rebound and threw it to Yi Jianlian, and then rushed through the half.
After arriving at the frontcourt, Yao Ming entered the penalty area, and Chandler returned to the position at the top of the penalty area, where he could attack and retreat or defend.
At this time, Chamberlain was about to get the ball outside the three-point line. He took a tentative step forward, then immediately took a step back, jumped up quickly, and hit a three-pointer.
Westbrook organized the offense. West was very active after coming on the court. After running to the frontcourt, he suddenly accelerated and rushed into the inside. Seeing this, Westbrook threw the ball into the penalty area.
West was also the kind of fierce man who could fly and buckle. Chamberlain was so familiar with him that he could guess what he was going to pull at wherever he was tilted.
In this way, West pulled his feet and ran into the penalty area, and Chamberlain jumped from the wings. Westbrook's exciting assist turned into a mistake, and he was directly caught by Chamberlain.
Originally, West tore through the outside defense and rushed into the inside, and with Westbrook's pass, the American team fans were ready to cheer. There was no doubt that this was a wonderful aerial relay.
As a result, West didn't touch the ball, but he jumped in the air, and subconsciously pulled the ring hard and made a dunk sound. Some fans who were far away still cheered, but the players looked embarrassed.
Chamberlain took the ball off and threw it to Liu Wei on the outside, and ran forward with him.
This time, Liu Wei finally rushed to the frontcourt smoothly. After entering the three-point line, he did not waste time and passed the ball directly to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain received the ball, like a wolf or a tiger, and then slashed hard on the ground, then pulled his feet and jumped, like a bomber taking off, stuffing the ball into the ring fiercely.
Old K shook his head solemnly off the court, couldn't help but get up and shouted: "Chandler, follow Chamberlain."
But it was not so easy. Durant stepped forward and suddenly turned around and jumped. Chamberlain blocked but took off too late, and the ball still fell into the ring.
Looking back, Chamberlain stuck Chandler at the basket and asked for the ball, while Yao Ming covered Liu Wei at a high position. After getting the ball, he passed it to Chamberlain.
After receiving the ball, Chamberlain quickly turned to the wing and broke through. Chandler subconsciously retreated, but Chamberlain also retreated. In this way, the distance between the two sides suddenly opened. Chamberlain jumped up quickly and threw the ball into the ring.
This time, the move was very urgent, because Chandler blocked West and Westbrook from behind to double-team. After Chamberlain sent the ball, he immediately followed up. The ball hit the ball on the ring and bounced out.
At this moment, Chamberlain took off into the air, waved his arms and caught the rebound, and smashed his arm down, and another two dunk.
Old K grabbed his hair in pain, and Chamberlain roared to the sky with a high spirit. Their emotions formed a sharp contrast at this moment.
Durant waved his hand to signal his teammates to respond to Chamberlain with a counterattack. This time he planned the attack himself, and Chamberlain was indeed led out of the penalty area. As a result, Westbrook rushed into the basket and took a shot, but was almost blocked by Yao Ming, and the ball bounced out again.
Chandler took the rebound and jumped up quickly to make up the dunk. As a result, after he raised his arms, he passed a strong force to the ball and directly snapped the ball.
Chamberlain back to defend
After blocking, Chamberlain personally pushed the ball, and Liu Wei and others were blocked. He simply dribbled the ball through the half.
Lao K stood up and directed his players to go up and block them.
Chamberlain smiled, he passed the ball to Yao Ming at the middle distance, and he inserted it from the wing.
The American team came out to encircle and suppress it. Chamberlain suddenly turned around and ran back, and Yao Ming cut across and helped him cover it. In this way, the middle lane was blank. Chamberlain came straight to Huanglong, Yao Ming threw the ball to the inside line. Chamberlain got the ball and threw it to Chandler, and sent it into the ring.
102
Chamberlain overtook the score with a 102 climax. Now Old K couldn't hold on anymore and hurriedly called for a timeout.
The cheers were thunderous, and Chamberlain walked out proudly, panting, and a group of players stood on both sides and scrambled to high-fives with him.
The old choice is not good. He looked at Chandler with a bitter face and had to admit that he underestimated the energy of the monster Chamberlain under the PIB dam.
No wonder old Nelson said that the sky is not his limit
Now Old K can only pray that it is not too late to realize it. His eyes swept over the players and had to compromise with reality. He said to Oden: "Greg, I will hand it over to you."
Oden really wants to scold me. Is it a mom chamber pot? You only remember me when you reach the pee point? Everyone can see that Chamberlain has a feeling now. As Chamberlain’s lifelong enemy, can he not understand whoever blocks Chamberlain will have to be crushed?
Sure enough, after the timeout, the Dream Team gave up the fast break due to Oden, Yao Ming locked Oden in the inside, and Chamberlain moved out. The Dream Team made a long shot and missed the iron. Yao Ming took the rebound and handed it over to Liu Wei.
Chapter completed!