The whole place was silent. Everyone seemed to be frozen in a time machine, just looking at the court and Lu Yu in a daze.
The first person to react was the referee. He blew the whistle to indicate that the two points were valid. The sharp whistle woke everyone up. Everyone looked at the scoreboard: 82 to 74. The two points were added. Does that mean the dunk just now?
it is true?
They weren't dreaming?
It was crazy, there was thunderous applause in the arena, and all the fans were excited to see such a performance. This was not just a dunk, but also a display of a player's unwillingness to admit defeat and his desire to win.
"The admirable Lu Yu, the admirable Chinese men's basketball team!" Some reporter sighed with emotion, and then he suddenly shouted: "It's over! I was only paying attention to Lu Yu's dunk and forgot to press the shutter!"
This immediately spread to a large area, and many people were shouting: "I remembered it when you said that, but I didn't press the button."
"Have you taken the photo? Share it with me."
"No……"
"Do you think I looked like I was taking a photo?"
Anyway, even if you take it at this time, you won’t tell others that you took it. This kind of precious photo will definitely become the cover of the headlines.
In the last minute of the game, the Argentina men's basketball team was still 7 points behind. With Wang Zhizhi's successful "three-pointer", it was announced that the result of this game was finalized.
91 to 80, the Chinese men's basketball team won this game.
Everyone was happy for the Chinese team's victory, and some fans saw Lu Yu sitting on the bench at the end of the game, almost paralyzed from exhaustion. Yao Ming patted him on the shoulder, and Wang Zhizhi stepped forward and put Lu Yu on the bench.
On their shoulders, they walked slowly towards the locker room.
"The Chinese men's basketball team really went crazy this time!" - "Sports Weekly"
Sports Weekly made a guest comment on the match between the Chinese men’s basketball team and Argentina’s men’s basketball team. Under normal circumstances, the Chinese media adheres to the moderation mentality and will not brag about their own people too much. Just like this time, Sports Weekly not only detailed
Described the course of the game, and even wrote down the areas where the Chinese team was inadequately prepared.
First, the control of Yao Ming's fouls. Yao Ming and Lu Yu are the two core players of the Chinese team. Yao Ming's fouls caused the Chinese team to struggle in the subsequent games.
Second, there is still a clear gap between the strength of the substitutes and the Argentinian men's basketball team. To put it bluntly, the Chinese men's basketball team is so strong that it currently relies on the leadership of two super players, Lu Yu and Yao Ming. The overall level is still lagging behind.
Strong European and American teams.
Third, the implementation of techniques and tactics, which is in line with the second point, is still a matter of player strength. Only when the strength is achieved, techniques and tactics can be mastered. The biggest reliance of the current Chinese team is still the personal abilities of Lu Yu and Yao Ming.
And the double high pick-and-roll tactics at critical moments.
"Sports Weekly" also posted a picture of Lu Yu dunking at the end of the article, and attached a line of small words: "Do not imitate difficult moves!"
The key is who imitated it...
"Although the Chinese team won the game, after Yao Ming left the game, the Chinese men's basketball team was chased by their opponents by many points. Fortunately, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Lu Yu has been suppressing their opponents. They told the world with a spirit of not giving up.
Although the current Chinese men's basketball team is still lagging behind in all aspects of physical fitness, technique and tactics, our never-give-up spirit on the court makes us the strongest team in the world!"
Su Qun, editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, wrote.
"The existence of Lu Yu has refreshed the spirit of the Chinese men's basketball team. This is a catalyst for the culture of Chinese basketball. We have always talked about basketball culture, basketball culture, but what exactly is basketball culture? I think Lu Yu today
What we do on the court belongs to our Chinese basketball culture, and it will become the essence of Chinese basketball."
"Especially Lu Yu's dunk. I even thought I was dreaming at the time. Can a Chinese guard also dunk like this?"
Su Qun, like many reporters, described seeing Lu Yu dunking as if he was dreaming...
If it wasn't for the pain when I pinched it, I would have thought it was a dream.
But after writing this paragraph, Su Qun suddenly remembered, how could Lu Yu be a defender? He was obviously an insider, okay?
That's not right, Lu Yu plays guard in the Chinese men's basketball team.
Lu Yu also saw Su Qun's comments from the press team. Apart from being satisfied with the photo, he really had nothing to talk about the game, because whether he scored 28 points or 8 points, he scored
The level of performance, the quality of performance, are meaningless.
He just needs to help the team win the game.
What we have to consider now is the next game, Italy and Serbia and Montenegro.
China has won all three games and is first in the group with 3 points. Spain has two wins and one loss and is second in the group with 2 points. Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro, Italy and New Zealand all have one win and two losses, each with 1 point.
point.
China has defeated Spain, Argentina and New Zealand, and its only remaining two opponents are Serbia and Montenegro and Italy. In fact, the Chinese men's basketball team, which has three points, is basically certain to qualify from the group.
Many domestic media have even launched the slogan that China's men's basketball team is ranked among the top eight in the world.
Even if the Chinese men's basketball team lost the last two games, when it comes to victory and defeat, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Spain, Argentina and New Zealand, which was enough for the Chinese men's basketball team to advance.
Lu Yu was lying on the bed, listening to Zhu Fangyu's loud snoring, and thinking to himself, how on earth will he play in tomorrow's game against the Italian team?
In the evening, Lu Yu saw Harris, but to his surprise, he was scolded by Harris.
"I put you on the court at the last moment because there was little chance of being overtaken by the opponent due to the point difference, but your last dunk was completely unnecessary. The referee will not give you an extra point just because you dunked well.
"
In the dim office, Harris frowned and said: "The basketball game is not gymnastics and diving. The referee will give you points based on the difficulty of your movements. The simplest and most effective scoring method is much more useful than your dangerous dunk. You have played in the NBA."
, you should understand these principles better than me. The reason why there are so many dunks in the NBA is because of the physical fitness of the players... Of course, your physical fitness is also very good, but at that time, this dunk cannot achieve any two points.
functions other than that.”
This is what Lu Yu has heard Harris say the most since he joined the national team. In the past, this stubborn old man would always be concise and to the point when setting out tactics, without any unnecessary nonsense.
Harris will not look at Lu Yu differently just because he is a top superstar in the NBA. To him, Lu Yu is just a player of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Harris glanced at Lu Yu, sighed and said, "How is it? Are you recovering? I hope it won't have any other adverse effects on you..."
Everyone saw that Lu Yu was still chasing points like a stubborn donkey at the last moment of the game, but no one noticed that he secretly covered his wrist after the game.
When I dunked, my wrist was slightly strained.
"The team doctor has checked it out, and it's fine. Maybe I'm lacking calcium. I haven't been eating well lately." Lu Yu avoided the topic lightly: "I came to you to talk about the Italian team, our opponent in the next game...
"
Lu Yu didn't dare to be careless about his body, so after the game, he went to see a doctor to check his wrist. It was finally confirmed that it was just a slight strain and he could just rest for a day.
The reason why he chose to dunk was because he felt that that was the best time to demoralize his opponent.
Harris talks about tactics and strategy, but he doesn't know that there is an old saying in China, which is that once the enemy is weak, it will be exhausted again. Morale is the most important thing in a confrontation between two armies.
"Italy?" Harris was stunned: "What do you want to talk about?"
"I was thinking that maybe we could win Italy and advance directly. You know the reason we played Argentina was because we didn't prepare our opponents to manipulate Dayao, which made us very passive throughout the game. Against Italy
, I think as long as Dayao Dazhi and I are on the court at the same time and take precautions, they have no chance to beat us."
Harris hesitated.
Because before this expedition, the team's goal was to advance to the quarterfinals. Although some media claimed to win medals, the task given by the General Administration of Sports was only the quarterfinals.
Spain now has two wins and one loss, and its opponents in the next two games are Serbia and Montenegro and New Zealand. New Zealand has almost no suspense, that is, Spain will definitely qualify.
Argentina also had two wins and one loss, and its opponents in the next two games were Italy and New Zealand. Like Spain, Argentina also qualified steadily.
The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Spain and Argentina, and it is even more stable in qualifying.
Then winning or losing the remaining two games becomes irrelevant.
There are only two final places left to qualify for the group.
New Zealand is definitely out.
The remaining eliminated opponents must be one of Serbia and Montenegro or Italy.
There is absolutely no need for the Chinese men's basketball team to waste energy on the two eliminated teams. In other words, the Chinese men's basketball team has achieved its goal for this Olympics, and the remaining energy is mainly focused on other opponents. The goal at that time,
Definitely not the top eight, but to see if we can make it to the top four, or even win a medal!
The Olympic quarter-finals seem to have a high probability of selecting four out of six, but in fact it is still difficult to enter. That is, the Chinese men's basketball team can win three games in a row...
Now the Chinese men's basketball team has become the favorite team to win medals.
Everyone is staring at us.
Harris can only strategically abandon these two games to allow the players to reserve enough energy to play in the next quarterfinals instead of wasting time in such games.
But Lu Yu said he wanted to win against Italy?
"Italy is not easy to play. Although they do not have NBA players, their strength cannot be underestimated." Harris said in a deep voice: "Although they lost to Serbia and Montenegro and Spain, the points difference between the two losses was not the same.
They are big, and their outside shooting ability is very strong. The Spanish team was frightened by their shots."
"What worries me the most is the physical strength of the players..." Harris continued.
This is the case in the Olympic Games. Any team will choose a strategy to give up one or two games, as long as it guarantees qualifying. There are few teams like the Chinese team that have played three games without giving up.
Now that the Chinese men's basketball team has won three games in a row, there is really no need to waste energy on the next two teams.
"Lu, I have to be responsible for the Chinese team. When I'm not sure, I can only choose the best plan." Harris said.
Lu Yu nodded: "I understand what you mean, but... what if you are sure?"
"As long as you understand, you...what did you say? Are you sure?" Harris stopped mid-sentence and asked quickly. He even thought he heard wrong.
Although Italy lost to Spain and Serbia and Montenegro, its strength as a strong European team is still there. In fact, Italy and Serbia and Montenegro are not easy to play. However, due to political reasons, Serbia and Montenegro did not win the World Championships this time with more players.
That team is missing many of its main players, but Harris has no intention of playing against them.
Because one team among them must be eliminated.
Most likely it's Italy.
Because Serbia and Montenegro defeated Italy, but that was only because Italy had no touch in that game. If Italy were allowed to score even one more goal, Serbia and Montenegro would probably get out early.
Italy is very strong, this is Harris' point of view.
A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Yu's mouth: "Actually, this kind of team with excellent three-point ability is really good at defending..."
"My idea is that a team between Italy and Serbia and Montenegro will probably advance to the quarterfinals with us, which means they will probably become our opponents again."
"Instead of giving up strategically, it is better for me and Dayao or Da Zhi to lead a group of young players to train if they are really not good enough. You must know that if we want to go further, these young players need enough training."
Harris didn't know that Lu Yu's eyes were definitely not just on the two games in front of him.
What he is looking at is Chinese basketball in the next five, ten, or even twenty years.
Maybe Harris is a good coach, but he will only consider his results within a few terms in office. What about Lu Yu?
As a reborn person, he knows better the shortcomings of Chinese basketball.
I also know better how the Chinese men’s basketball team can go further.
As for why he must play, it is mainly because his recent breathing methods have been stuck at 90%, and he really can't find a way to exercise.
He also wants to break through!
As for the strategy of defending the Italian team.
Many coaches today will still follow the same old defensive strategy when facing a team with excellent three-point ability.
The most effective way to defend against a pitching team is to defend closely and not give him any space to shoot, and the defender must follow him closely, causing trouble for every shot he makes and destroying his shooting rhythm. If it is a pick-and-roll, two people can
In zone defense, the switching speed must be fast, without giving him time to adjust. If the defensive players have a tacit understanding, there should be no problem in defending.
But this is just a defensive strategy and has nothing to do with tactics.
If it were another person, he might not know how to defend such a three-point team, but Lu Yu knew.
