After stealing the ball, Lu Yu quickly rushed to the other half.
The Argentinian players chased after him. Ginobili, who was sitting in the stands, was stunned for a moment. How could Lu Yu be so fast?
You must know that Lu Yu is more than two meters tall.
He felt that even if he was not injured, he might not be able to catch up.
Fortunately, the two defenders left by Argentina near the three-point line returned to defense in time, leaving Lu Yu no chance of a fast break.
Lu Yu was not in a hurry. He played a pick-and-roll with Zhu Fangyu in the middle and then went to the left.
He then calmly passed the ball to the low post on the left side of Yao Ming, forming a triangle with Zhu Fangyu, and Wang Zhizhi and Liu Wei moved to the weak side. This is a standard triangle offensive tactic.
After Lu Yu passed the ball, he attracted the defense at a 45-degree angle. Zhu Fangyu stood still in the bottom corner. If he wanted to double-team Yao Ming, only the defensive players in the bottom corner would do it. But Yao Ming could pass the ball, so Zhu Fangyu could easily take the shot.
Chance.
The opponent did not flank, so Yao Ming hit him twice with his back, then turned to the middle and hooked the ball to score 5-0.
This ball cannot be counted as Lu Yu's assist. According to FIBA rules, Yao Ming did not take a shot after receiving the ball, but the score after dribbling is not counted as the passer's assist data.
The Argentine team attacked, and after several rounds of transmission, the basketball was once again handed to Scola. This time Scola paid attention to whether the Chinese team was flanking him. When he found that there was no flank, he quickly chose to attack the basket, but he was more experienced in the face of it.
Wang Zhizhi's shot still missed the basket, and Yao Ming grabbed the defensive rebound.
Lu Yu retreated to catch the ball and quickly dribbled the ball across the half court.
Sharp-eyed fans suddenly discovered that Lu Yu was clearly playing point guard instead of shooting guard.
Liu Wei became a decoration on the court.
Wang Fei asked Lu Yu to master the rhythm. He was worried about Liu Wei. Lu Yu could better ensure the success rate of the position. In this aspect, the Argentine team without an offensive core could not match the Chinese men's basketball team.
The Argentine center knew that he could not withstand Yao Ming, so the five players chose to shrink and help defend. Yao Ming dribbled the ball and distributed the ball to Zhu Fangyu in the middle. The latter caught the ball and hit a jumper, 7-0.
Xu Jicheng said: "Argentina wants to guard against Yao Ming, but they will miss our perimeter. It will be too late to make up for it, unless they are Michael Johnson."
In the history of the Olympic Games, only one person has won two gold medals in the men's 200-meter and 400-meter races in one Olympic Games. He is the American athlete Michael Johnson, who is known as "Forrest Gump".
The veritable king of sprints.
Obviously, Argentina's players will not be Michael Johnson, nor will they have the speed and reflexes to make quick rotations.
Zhang Weiping said: "The Chinese team's offense has the shadow of the Bulls. It is obvious that this is brought by Lu Yu. Judging from the start, Argentina cannot guard us at all."
The Argentine team began to give up Scola's strong play, and instead switched to a pick-and-roll screen. After the defender broke in, he chose to pass to Scola who was already standing on the outside. Scola raised his hand to shoot and hit a three-pointer.
7 to 3
This is not Wang Zhizhi being lazy, but Wang Fei's tactical arrangement before the game. The center and power forward tried their best to shrink the penalty area, protect the rebounds, and defend the outside to prevent Argentina from taking random shots from outside.
There is only one option left for Argentina, which is to pull inside and shoot outside the three-point line. If they make the shot, they will admit it. The Chinese team has studied all Argentina's inside players, including Scola, and their three-point shooting percentages are not good.
High, even if they knew the Chinese team's tactics before the game and collectively practiced three-pointers, how accurate would it be if they just improvised?
After Lu Yu brought the ball to the frontcourt, he made a gesture with Yao Ming, then passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu on the right, and started running at full speed. At this time, Liu Wei cut to the basket.
Zhu Fangyu can choose to pass to Liu Wei, who is cutting in the air, or he can choose to pass to Yao Ming, who is already stuck in his position. Even the Argentinian's attention is attracted by the two of them.
But to everyone's surprise, Zhu Fangyu passed the ball directly to the right corner.
The Argentinian defender was blocked by Yao Ming, it was Lu Yu!
Lu Yu appeared in the right corner, caught the ball and shot a three-pointer. The rhythm was perfect, and the basketball went hollow into the net.
10 to 3, Lu Yu scored his sixth point of the game!
Ginobili sighed on the sidelines. He knew that Argentina was finished. Argentina's defensive system was not afraid of opponents breaking through. It was afraid of meeting such a team with accurate shots. It would be difficult for them to shrink when encountering a team with accurate shots. But if they don't shrink, it would be impossible.
Can't guard against the Chinese team's tall inside line.
That guy named Yao Ming is really too tall!
The Argentina team attacked and continued to play pick-and-roll. Lu Yu and Yao Ming directly chose to double-team the defender. The defender staggered and passed the ball out. The quality was not very high. When Scola received the ball, Wang Zhizhi had already pounced on it.
Shake, shoot, miss the basket.
Scola glanced at his right hand speechlessly, feeling that he was in trouble today.
The Chinese team's defense against him is not just a double attack on him personally. Sometimes it is a single defense, sometimes a double attack, and sometimes it chooses to double attack the defender who is passing the ball, resulting in poor quality of the ball the defender gives him. Anyway, the ultimate goal is
To limit him.
If the Chinese team had not restricted Scola, maybe he would have had a chance to break out.
When the Chinese team attacked, Liu Wei finally got the opportunity to lob Yao Ming. Lu Yu cut through the air and received Yao Ming's pass and forced a layup, causing Scola to foul.
Fouling him is also part of targeting him.
Ginobili's absence has a big impact on Argentina, both on the offensive and defensive ends. On the offensive end, they don't have the most reliable scoring points and organizers. On the defensive end, although Ginobili's defense is average, he is there.
, other players at least know how to rotate, and whether the defensive system will be messed up has a lot to do with whether there is an excellent commander on the field.
Lu Yu made two free throws, 12-3
I personally scored 7 points in the first quarter.
The Argentina team passed the ball, and Scola found an opportunity to get rid of Wang Zhizhi and prepared to shoot, but Yao Ming pounced on him. Yao Ming was too tall and covered a large area, but Scola still shot.
Under FIBA rules, whoever wins the center wins the world.
There is no defensive three-second rule in FIBA. Among all basketball leagues, only the NBA has created a unique defensive three-second rule. The reason is that there have been too many outstanding inside players in the NBA. If the three-second defensive rule is not restricted, then
It will lead to an imbalance on the court and a situation where excellent inside players are almost invincible.
The FIBA Basketball Federation did not introduce the three-second defense rule, so in theory, big centers can always stand in the paint. Therefore, many unknown centers in the NBA have become giants under FIBA rules.
If Yao Ming can become an outstanding star center for the Warriors in the future, then he is definitely an inside monster under FIBA rules now.
Although defending under the basket is relatively unskilled, this method of defense is really useful, especially when the opponent does not have the ability to attack from the outside.
Zhu Fangyu grabbed the rebound and passed it to Lu Yu, who passed directly to Yao Ming who was in position.
There was no double-teaming by the Argentinian players. Yao Ming squeezed twice and then turned towards the baseline. He took a strong step and dunked the ball in with one hand!
14 to 3
When the Argentine team attacked, it was obvious that their players were anxious.
In the first three and a half minutes, the Chinese team hit all their shots. The only time Lu Yu failed to score was because it caused a foul by Scola. Coach Wang Fei did not call a timeout. With Lu Yu directing on the court, he saved a lot of things.
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Argentina strikes again.
Yao Ming grabbed the rebound.
The Chinese team attacked. Lu Yu passed the ball to Zhu Fangyu and opened the outside line. Zhu Fangyu obviously gained confidence and raised his hand to hit a chasing three-pointer.
Whoosh!
17 to 3.
The Argentine coach quickly called a timeout, and the game was like this in the first four minutes. If he hadn't called a timeout, he would have probably packed up and gone home at halftime.
After the previous games, especially after winning against the US team, the Chinese men's basketball players have gained confidence. Not only Lu Yu and other NBA players, but also role players like Zhu Fangyu also believe that they can beat Argentina.
On the offensive end, with Lu Yu as the pivot, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi both have good passing skills, and the basketball transmission is very smooth.
Looking at the Argentina team, they are also passing the ball, but it seems more like passing the blame. No one can score anyway. They pass it around and finally give it to Scola.
The Argentina team without Ginobili seems to have lost its soul.
Zhang Weiping said: "The Chinese team played very reasonably. There is no pressure on the players. As long as they maintain this state, winning this game is not a problem."
Xu Jicheng nodded: "Yes, the Chinese team with Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle and Lu Yu may be the strongest generation of players in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team. The world's number one is right in front of us, so we must seize it!"
In Lu Yu's previous life, although the Chinese men's basketball team also had three NBA-level insiders in Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Battelle, due to the weakness of the outside line, sometimes the center was in position and the ball had not passed half the court.
The weakness on the outside is not only reflected on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.
Many times, the Chinese team's collapse starts from the outside.
At that time, many people scolded Liu Wei, but many years later, everyone lined up to apologize to Liu Wei, because it was not until Liu Wei retired that everyone suddenly discovered that it was a luxury hope for the Chinese men's basketball team to have another Liu Wei.
Whether it is Liu Wei or Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng on the front line, it is difficult to have them again.
Today's Chinese men's basketball team, after having Lu Yu, the entire outside line has undergone a qualitative change. Lu Yu can not only become the core of the offensive end, but also become the iron gate to detect and fill vacancies on the defensive end.
With his teammates' limited defensive capabilities, Lu Yu dared to seize the right opportunity to attack from a flank as long as his opponent dared to break through.
Not to mention facing the pressure of his defense, once the opponent breaks through in front of him, it is very likely to cause a mistake, followed by a loss of points.
The Argentine team showed no improvement after the timeout.
Wang Fei, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, did not make any substitutions or tactical adjustments. He praised the players a few words and asked them to continue playing like this.
Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and passed it to Lu Yu. Lu Yu steadily dribbled the ball past half-court. He played a pick-and-roll with Wang Zhizhi in the middle and broke through from the left.
Scola knew that Lu Yu was fast and switched defense to keep up with him from the side, but he was a step too slow after all and could not keep Lu Yu outside the three-point line. Lu Yu rushed in with the ball and observed Si from the corner of his eye.
Cora's position, and then with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball was passed from Scola's crotch.
Wang Zhizhi, who was passing down the field, just caught the ball and dunked it in with one hand!
19 to 3, Lu Yu’s first assist!
Zhang Weiping smiled and said: "Beautiful! Lu Yu's pass was very freehand. He passed the ball from his crotch and used the ball to lead Wang Zhizhi to the basket."
Xu Jicheng said: "Wang Zhizhi caught the ball so comfortably."
The first quarter was spent just watching the game. The two talked about Lu Yu's future and the development of Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi in the NBA. Battelle heard that he was going to the Spurs this year, but he didn't know that Ginobili was also going to join the Spurs.
, speaking of which, the two of them will actually be teammates in the future.
While we were chatting, we stopped explaining the game.
Because there is really nothing to talk about in the game. If the Chinese team and Argentina meet for the first time in the group stage, the Argentine men's basketball team with Ginobili can still launch a counterattack.
Then this Argentina team, which lacks Ginobili, doesn't even have a chance to counterattack.
When the game reached the sixth minute of the second quarter, Wang Zhizhi, who had rested for a while, faced Scola again, who had never rested. He attacked in the low post. Scola was good at footwork, and Wang Zhizhi was also good at it. The result was Wang Zhizhihuang's
Scola couldn't find the north.
Poor Scola didn't expect to be stunned by his best skill. He watched Wang Zhizhi score easily. Then Wang Zhizhi went out to cover. Lu Yu attracted Scola to switch defense and then distributed the ball. Wang Zhizhi knocked away the opponent's defender and dunked with both hands.
Argentina's defender couldn't hold Wang Zhizhi back, and the referee didn't call it a whistle even if he made any moves on his hands.
Zhang Weiping explained with a smile: "The Chinese team is too strong. The referee probably thinks it doesn't matter whether to call or not. The current score is 45 to 24, and Argentina is already 21 points behind."
Xu Jicheng said with emotion: "I didn't expect that the final of the World Championships would be such a one-sided situation. The disparity in strength between the two sides is too big."
Although they were badly beaten by the Chinese team, the Argentine team did not give up, especially Scola, who did not rest for a second during the game. He still gritted his teeth and persisted.
The Chinese men's basketball team entered the second half with a 27-point lead.
In the third quarter, the Argentine team's playing style did not seem to have adjusted. Perhaps it is said that a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. Without anyone to use it, it is inevitable that the playing style will be monotonous.
As a result, in this quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team won by another 4 points. This was even when Wang Fei asked the main players to rotate and rest. If all the main players were on the court, the point difference at this time would probably be 40 points.
But with a score difference of 73 to 42 and a score of 31 points, the fourth quarter completely entered garbage time.
Originally worried that the opponent would counterattack in the final quarter, head coach Wang Fei allowed the main players to rotate and rest, but it seems that the main players are no longer needed.
Wang Fei sent Guo Shiqiang, Li Nan, Hu Weidong, Yi Jianlian and Battelle.
This is not because Wang Fei arranged his troops randomly, but because this lineup is defensive. With such a big point difference, as long as he can defend it, there is basically no possibility of losing.
With Argentina's scoring firepower, there is no way they could score 31 points in one quarter.
The main attackers were Hu Weidong and Yi Jianlian, while Li Nan was waiting on the outside ready to respond.
Hu Weidong and Yi Jianlian are responsible for breaking through the opponent's defense and choosing the mid-range or the basket to cause damage.
Scola played for a few more minutes, and his shooting rate of 1 of 4 was really touching. Although Scola played very hard in this game, the Argentine team coach still replaced him. With such a big point difference, the Argentine team
The overall shooting rate is poor. Even if the Chinese team doesn't score, they can't catch up.
After the substitutes fought against each other, the final score was fixed at 97 to 68. The Chinese team beat Argentina by 29 points!
When the referee blows the whistle to end the game.
