On August 23, 2004, the highlight of the Olympic men's basketball competition, the U.S. team versus Serbia and Montenegro, officially started.
Team USA main lineup:
Point Guard: Stephon Marbury Shooting Guard: Allen Iverson Small Forward: Richard Jefferson Power Forward: Carlos Boozer Center: Amar'e Stoudemire
Serbia and Montenegro main lineup:
Point guard: Tomasevic Shooting guard: Vjanic Small forward: Bodilloga Power forward: Radmanovic Center: Milicic
There are some surprises in the main lineup of the Dream Sixth Team. The other four starters except Iverson are also a little surprising. With the personalities of Iverson and Marbury, they really shouldn’t be put in the same lineup, but this
All kinds of unreasonableness are also reasonable to a certain extent. Just one starting lineup has already made the tactics arranged by Serbian and Montenegrin coach Pesic in vain. Originally, the Serbian and Montenegrin team started to take advantage of the shortcomings of the American team.
Devastated, now that coach Larry Brown of the U.S. team is not making moves according to common sense, the Serbian and Montenegrin teams can only play according to the established team tactics in the past. During the game, I saw what moves the Dream Six team made and then changed on the spot. This time
Directly changed from active to passive.
The game officially started, Milicic and Stoudemire jumped the ball. Although Milicic had the advantage in height and wingspan, Stoudemire's jumping and speed were really not comparable to that of white players. Milicic
Before jumping to the highest point, Stoudemire had already taken the lead. At that moment, he was about half a hand higher than Milicic. The ball was pushed back to his own half. Iverson threw the ball towards
He rushed over in the opposite direction and firmly controlled the ball. The American team won the first offensive possession after the opening.
Some confusion was inevitable after the ball scramble. The players of the US team and Serbia and Montenegro were not in good position. What a great Iverson, who quickly dribbled the ball around the crowd. Vujanic, who was standing at the back, reacted.
When Iverson came over, Iverson had already dribbled to a position one step beyond the three-point line. Vujanic knew that he had no teammates behind him, so facing Iverson's advancement, he chose to foul Iverson severely and hit Iverson with his hand.
After Iverson's arm, Iverson still didn't stop moving forward. He rushed up and made a small throw. The ball scored and there was an extra penalty!
This is MVP-level strength. He almost single-handedly led the 76ers to the Finals, and even stole a victory from the Lakers. When Iverson made a free throw, Vjanic still had some
Before I realized it, I had hardly made any mistakes. This little man who seemed to be able to be slapped to death could actually rise up against a vicious foul and hit the ball in the air. What a strong waist and abdomen it requires.
Ability and control of his fingers and wrists. Iverson gave the Serbian and Montenegrin teams a head start when he came up.
It was Serbia and Montenegro's turn to attack. Tomasevich just raised his head while dribbling the ball and looked at the movement of his teammates. Here, Iverson had already made a move and rushed out. He flicked the ball with his finger and the ball changed its trajectory slightly.
Fortunately, Tomasevich was not a new player on the court, so he quickly put the ball in his arms. Fortunately, Vujanic came to respond and handed the ball over.
Power forward Radmanovic was pulled to the three-point line. His three-point shooting ability is very good, so he must not be allowed to shoot freely. Boozer was pulled to the outside, and there was enough space inside.
After the ball was handed over to Radmanovic, Radmanovic immediately passed it to Milicic inside. The only one defending Milicic was Stoudemire, who received the ball on the right.
Behind the ball, his left foot, which serves as the pivot foot, is nailed to the ground. His body relies on the support of his right foot to keep swaying from side to side. Stoudemire's low post defense is not very good, and for such a talented player
The biggest characteristic is that he likes to jump up and give people a big hat. It looks beautiful but is too risky. This time Stoudemire was a little adventurous. Milicic shook it twice and Stoudemire jumped up.
, Milicic dribbled to the basket and dunked the ball hard.
Stoudemire angrily said to Milicic: "You stand over there and let me tell you what a real dunk is. What you just did was not good enough."
Milicic smiled and ignored Stoudemire's provocation. Stoudemire passed the ball to Iverson. After receiving the ball, Iverson ignored the big man in his team and quickly changed his mind.
He was half a body ahead of Vujanic, but when Vujanic turned around again, there was already at least three body positions difference between the two. Vuyanic was good at defense.
, his turning speed is not slow, it can only be said that Iverson's speed is too fast.
The sharpness of Iverson's breakthrough lies in that whether it is the first three steps to forcefully cut the opponent, the acceleration to get rid of the opponent, or the speed of dribbling to change direction, he is too fast, and his appearance is like a scalding hand.
It was like a knife, but the Serbian and Montenegrin team was more like butter. There was no resistance wherever the knife went, and it cut down smoothly. It avoided Radmanovic's block in the air and hit the basket with a pick.
Milicic and Stoudemire, who had not yet passed the half-court, directly saved the time of turning back and waited for Serbia and Montenegro to advance the ball under the basket. Milicic said to Stoudemire: "Brother,
Didn’t you say you wanted to perform a dunk for me? How come it’s nothing to do with you after you throw the ball? Also, does what you just did count as an assist?”
Stoudemire was so angry that he almost jumped up and shouted to Iverson: "Brother Allen, the next offense must be for me, I want to teach this little white bitch a lesson!"
Iverson did not look back, but coolly stretched out his arm and made an OK gesture to show Stoudemire. Stoudemire muttered: "I think I am great because I am handsome!"
For Serbia and Montenegro, Tomasevic faced Iverson's defense and protected the ball very well. Seeing that there was no chance, Iverson switched back to defense. Marbury marked Tomasevich, and Iverson went
Guard Vujanic.
Tomasevic passed the ball to Bodilloga. Bodilloga faced Jefferson's defense outside the three-point line and made a shooting motion. Jefferson immediately jumped up. Bodilloga watched.
He hit Jefferson right at this gap, and he didn't forget to make a shooting motion in his hand. Jefferson jumped up and wanted to block the shot, but regretted it as soon as his feet left the ground. Bodiloga's movements seemed to be slower than others.
The shot was the same, but it was difficult to control the time difference when making half-beat movements. Bodilloga faced Jefferson with a three-point shot. When the whistle sounded, the thug fouled, and Bodilloga made three free throws. It might have been
His muscles were a little stiff at the beginning, but Bodiroga made two of three free throws.
This time the American team played a positional battle. Seeing that there was no chance, Marbury handed the ball to Iverson. Iverson shouted to Stoudemire inside: "Amar! Give me a pick-and-roll!"
Stoudemire pulled out to block Vujanic behind him. Milicic switched to defend Iverson. Stoudemire was empty over there. If he passed the ball now, I'm afraid the little bully would be violent if he made a single move.
It was dunked, but Iverson didn't pass the ball. Facing Milicic's block, he pulled the ball up in the air.
Stoudemire shouted: "Why don't you give me the ball?"
Iverson opened his eyes wide and said mischievously: "Because I will definitely score this goal, there is no need to pass it again."
As soon as these words came out, Stoudemire and Milicic looked at Iverson with resentment, but they had no choice, this guy is a natural scoring machine.
Coach Pesic of Serbia and Montenegro also felt that Iverson needed to be contained in time and quickly called a timeout.
