"Marbury feinted to shoot, but Lu Yu stayed close and didn't give him a chance to shoot. He chose to break through and cut in from a 45-degree angle on the right side. The inside was too crowded, so Marbury chose to hit the middle
The shot was from a distance, but unfortunately Lu Yu behind him arrived in time and interfered with the ball."
Sun Yiping's eyes lit up. After adapting after the opening, the Chinese men's basketball team was obviously able to keep up with the rhythm of the American team. "The Chinese team has now kept up with the rhythm of the American men's basketball team, and the number of times it drags the game into positional battles has increased significantly.
After falling into position, the U.S. men's basketball team seemed to have encountered obstacles on offense. I have to admire Coach Harris's tactical arrangements. The nickname Silver Fox is indeed well-deserved..."
Taking advantage of Larry Brown's timeout, the director cut out several slow-motion replays of the U.S. team's offense.
"As you can see, Iverson's shooting space is completely covered by Zhu Fangyu. Iverson has two options at this time, one is to pass the ball out, and the other is to break through, but it is obvious that he knows that passing the ball to the inside is not enough.
Not a good choice.”
"We have Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming on the inside. If the US team wants to compete on the inside, we are not afraid. Let's fight. Duncan is the only stable player on the US team. The other players are really not afraid of the combination of Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, not to mention Yi Jianlian on the flank.
Standby."
Sun Yiping laughed and said.
"The American team cannot defeat the Chinese team on the inside, so Larry Brown's tactical arrangements must start from the outside."
"So Iverson chose to break through. You can take a look at the movement of the Chinese team's defensive players in the penalty area at the moment Iverson started. They were already moving in the direction of Iverson. This shows that Harris has already done it in advance.
"Deployment." Sun Yiping lamented: "When other teams played against the US team before, they would also choose to take advantage of the difference in FIBA and NBA rules, but no team used this difference to deploy tactics throughout the entire game.
The core defensive tactics, I don’t know whether Coach Harris is bold or confident because of his skill level?”
Marbury has Lu Yu watching from the outside. Marbury will definitely not be able to beat Lu Yu, but Lu Yu can easily beat Marbury. The only thing that worries Harris is the shooting guard and small forward positions on the wings.
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The idea given by Lu Yu: Don't let them shoot, use your height to cover them, force them to break through, let them use what they were once best at, but have become the worst at the international arena, and let them use it.
They use it frequently.
This is a psychological war.
The U.S. team has never encountered such an extreme team until now. The defense of players from other teams is more constantly adjusted based on changes in the opponent's shooting percentage. If the opponent has a good touch, I will stick closer, and if the opponent has a bad touch, I will stick closer.
Just put it further away. It's not like the Chinese team. I don't care if you feel good or not, I just won't let you shoot.
Lu Yu's idea was: "I don't care whether your touch is good or not. Anyway, these two positions on the wings are right in between shooting and breakthrough. I will pinch both ends, and things will become much simpler."
Do these words sound simple?
Simple!
Many things sound so simple, but it is not an easy task to go from complex to simple. If it is straightened out, it is called simplicity. If it is not straightened out, it will always be a mess.
Besides, even if it is straightened out, how many people would dare to do this?
While blocking the US team's shots, while utilizing FIBA rules to the extreme, this is the defensive strategy of this game. The Chinese team is trying to find the possibility of breaking the deadlock in such an ebb and flow of rounds.
"Lu Yu has scored eight points in a row. This may be the game in which Lu Yu has scored the most since I have watched so many Chinese team Olympic games." Sun Yiping said excitedly: "Double high pick-and-roll, again.
Double high pick-and-roll, this tactic twisted the three best players of the Chinese team into a rope. This offensive tactic, known as the most difficult to defend in this Olympics, once again put the Chinese team's offense on the right track... Zhu Fangyu III
The shot was taken, the ball was scored, and the Chinese team equalized the score at 22:22. The first quarter is over. Let’s take a short break. We will continue to watch the second quarter later..."
The disadvantage of the Chinese team is its ability to fight alone. It has no way to defend against the opponent's singles. In terms of defending one against one, the American team stared at the flanks of the Chinese team and kept playing, and it was really able to defeat the Chinese team.
Harris's tense heart finally relaxed. Only then did he realize that his palms were covered in sweat. One quarter had proved that Lu Yu's defensive tactics were really effective.
The defensive tactics worked, but they still couldn't win.
What is the most critical issue if you want to win? The most critical issue is to score more points than your opponent!
This is what Lu Yu said, starting from destroying the American team's back line.
The reason why Puerto Rico and Lithuania were able to beat the US team was because their defenders played well and defeated the US team's two defenders, Iverson and Marbury.
So in this game, Lu Yu's performance is crucial.
On the offensive end, the Chinese team adopted a double high screen style of play. This style of play has been implemented from the first goal of the game. Lu Yu will also temporarily adjust some simple tactics according to the opponent's defense.
"Lu, how are you? Can you still hold on?" Harris frowned slightly and asked quickly while looking at Lu Yu who was drinking a lot of water.
Lu Yu nodded and said: "You should still care about Dayao Dazhi. Don't look at how good they are now. You must know that it is only the first quarter, and we still have some support!"
On the court, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi have a heavier task. Whether on the offensive or defensive end, they are the key to this game.
Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi sat aside, "I'm fine." "I'm fine, too."
Harris glanced at the American team not far away, rubbed his aching temples, and then took the tactical board, "In the second quarter, Guo Shiqiang was replaced on the wing. Lu, you have to pay attention. Guo's three-pointer is not
Accurately, try to distribute the ball when he is cutting through the air rather than when he is standing outside the three-point line."
Harris kept drawing tactical diagrams on the tactical board, including offense and defense. He wanted to try to arrange everything as well as possible during the rest time of this game.
If the offense is solved and the defense is solved, can the game be won?
Lu Yu shook his head. How can it be so easy? The opponent is the American men's basketball team. You just talk about it and use FIBA rules to beat the United States?
Could it be that if Lu Yu wants to take advantage of the rules, other teams can't?
The U.S. team has been playing in international competitions for so long and has lost so many games. How can it not be clear about its disadvantages?
"Actually, I'm a little worried about something." Lu Yu interrupted Harris' arrangement and looked at Harris apologetically.
"Lie to Kangxi"
"What's the matter?" Harris is used to it. As long as he doesn't grab the tactical board, it's a trivial matter.
Lu Yu thought for a while and said seriously: "What I'm worried about is, what will their tactics be?"
On the other side, Larry Brown was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first quarter.
"This is a really bad game." Larry Brown said as he took the tactical board from the staff: "Allen, take a rest, Dwyane, come on, remember, use your speed.
Attack the opponent's defense and try to cause fouls on their center inside. If there is no chance, remember to pass the ball to the player who has the chance. FIBA only has five fouls, so they will be troubled by fouls in advance!"
"You are not the only ones who can take advantage of the rules, I can also..."
Harris was obviously startled when he heard Lu Yu's words. His mind suddenly recalled the previous game he lost to Argentina.
What if the U.S. team imitates Argentina and knocks out Yao Ming?
"You mean?" Harris asked.
Lu Yu nodded: "We have suffered a loss in this matter once, and we must not suffer a second time. What's more, this game is more difficult than the last game against Argentina. If any of Dayao or Da Zhi
If we are troubled by fouls, we will deal with it here in this game."
"We have to guard against this..." Harris hesitated for a moment, and then said to Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming: "We must pay attention to the opponent's offense, be sure to pay attention to your own movements, focus on interference, and reduce the opponent's shooting rate is what we want
What you are doing...Lu, is there anything else you should pay attention to?"
Lu Yu thought for a while and said, "Keep your strength up!"
"Yes!" Harris said quickly: "Keep your strength. You three won't have much rest time in this game. The opponent will not give us a chance to rotate..."
After solving the offensive and defensive problems, this is the third and most troublesome problem for Lu Yu, rotation!
The wings are the weak point of China's starting lineup, and rotation is an almost devastating flaw for the Chinese men's basketball team...
Lu, Yu, Wang Zhi, and Yao Ming could barely hold on to the game if they were on the court at the same time. The three of them went down, not to mention young players like Yi Jianlian, even if it was Battle who went up, it would be useless. It would be strange if they were not beaten into pieces.
what to do?
I have no choice but to bite the bullet and hold on. Fortunately, Larry Brown doesn't like to use young players. Generally, the team only rotates eight players, but Larry Brown did not expect that the Chinese team would rotate even fewer players.
The tough Lu Yu, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are all smooth wing players.
Until now, the Chinese team has only replaced players at the shooting guard and small forward positions. As long as there is no threat of fouls, the three of them are ready to play a whole game.
Even if I am tired, I am tired only once.
"The second quarter of the game started, and the Chinese team made adjustments in the shooting guard position." Sun Yiping said: "But what surprised me was that the three main players, Yao Ming, Lu Yu, Wang Zhizhi, were still on the court. In previous games, the second quarter was
In the fourth quarter, we will only keep one or two of the three of them, so that in the fourth quarter, they will have enough physical strength to ensure the hit rate. This is the first time that the three of them did not come off the court to rest during the regular rotation time.
, I wonder how Coach Harris arranged it?"
Harris was also helpless. Can the three of them go down?
If the three of them go down, other positions will become loopholes, and the score difference is likely to be widened within a few minutes.
Our substitutes are substitutes, and their substitutes are real NBA stars.
Lu Yu stared at Wade, who kept crossing his hands between his legs to dribble. Although Wade admired Lu Yu, he also wanted to defeat Lu Yu on the playing field.
Guo Shiqiang was replaced to guard Marbury. Lu Yu knew that Guo Shiqiang could not guard Wade, and Zhu Fangyu, who had been adjusted back to the small forward position, could not guard James either.
This period of rotation is not long, James and Wade will probably only have short playing time, and Carmelo Anthony will not even have a chance to play.
But this is the hardest time!
Wade was not uncomfortable being stared at by Lu Yu. He grinned and changed his body in an attempt to break through from Lu Yu's left side. Lu Yu quickly took a step back, and his body collided with Wade's.
Stay close to him and defend.
Zhu Fangyu took a small step back, and Lu Yu had no time to remind him. Wade's wrist flicked, and the basketball passed through the gap between Lu Yu and Zhu Fangyu.
LeBron James made a layup. Yao Ming took a step forward, stood up straight and raised his hands. LeBron leaned on Yao Ming's body and turned around to the basket and hit a backhand shot.
Before hitting the ball, he deliberately waited until he was sure that Yao Ming had not blocked the shot, then reluctantly put the ball into the basket.
He was just waiting for Yao Ming to come up and make Yao Ming a foul!
It's a pity that Yao Ming knew that he couldn't guard the ball when he saw him turning to the basket. If he pounced on it, he might get a foul in vain. In fact, it was because of Lu Yu's reminder. If it hadn't been for Lu Yu's reminder, he might have got the first shot.
The heat pounces on you, especially at this moment when every second counts.
"I have to say that the US team's cooperation on this goal was wonderful! Wade's breakthrough attracted the defense of two players, Lu Yu and Zhu Fangyu, and then James made an air cut. Wade passed the ball through the gap. James used his personal ability to
Scored two points in the paint." Sun Yiping said: "This is one of the few passing and cutting cooperations by the American team in this game..."
This is not one of the few passing and cutting cooperations by the US team in this game. In fact, this is the first passing and cutting cooperation by the US team in this game.
The American team's scoring in the first quarter relied entirely on individual breakthroughs and inside singles, and they were forced to fall into the Chinese team's defensive trap. This allowed the Chinese team to drag the game into the second quarter with a draw.
But at the beginning of the second quarter, the cooperation between Wade and James broke the deadlock.
"Don't panic, play our offense well and seize the score!" Lu Yu shouted loudly as he dribbled the ball across half court: "Guo Shiqiang, don't stand, run. Zhu Fangyu will cover, and then cut outside after the screen..."
There are no good defensive tactics at this time, so we can only rely on offense to seize the score.
Zhu Fangyu still failed to get rid of James' defense when covering the outside cut. Lu Yu looked for opportunities several times but failed to find their opening. Fortunately, Wang Zhizhi was familiar with Lu Yu's style and quickly stepped up in the high post to block Wade. Only then did Lu Yu have a chance to cut in.
Only then did Harris swallow the pause on his lips.
Harris was obviously able to rush so hard that his hands holding the tactical board were covered in sweat.
"We must break in..."
Lu Yu quickly dribbled the ball into the elbow area. The penalty area was crowded for the American defender, and it was also crowded for Lu Yu. He suddenly stopped suddenly, and the soles of his shoes made a harsh friction sound with the floor, and then he saw him flying into the air.
He stood up, leaned back slightly, his wrist flicked, and the basketball flew past Stoudemire's block and flew towards the basket.
The bet is high!
Lu Yu knew the arc of the ball was too high the moment he shot it. In order to avoid Stoudemire's block, he had no choice but to increase the arc.
The basketball hit the center of the backboard, bounced twice between the backboard and the basket, and actually fell into the basket.
The Chinese fans who were holding their breath once again burst into enthusiastic cheers.
At 24:24, the two sides were tied again.
Two minutes later, Larry Brown saw that his plan to cause a foul failed, so he replaced James and Wade at the same time and replaced them with Jefferson and Odom.
Lu Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Larry Brown doesn't like to use young players, otherwise he could really pack up and go home in this game.
Lu Yu himself was fine, but if he really lost, the first person to be reviled by the fans would be Coach Harris, who insisted on winning against Serbia and Montenegro, right?
