As for the Tianchao team, the lineup is the same as in the past few games, with Zhou Qi on the inside, Yi Jianlian and Zhai Xiaochuan on the strikers, Ding Yanyuhang in the backcourt and Wang Zelin, the highest-altitude PG in history.
Gong Luming, the coach of the Tianchao team, saw the dialectical intention of the dream team at a glance, frowned, and soon relaxed.
DeAndre Jordan and Cousins, one is good at defense and the other is good at offense. Promoting DeAndre Jordan to the center position may be able to strengthen the Dream Team's defense, assist defense and supplementary defense capabilities, but he still doesn't care too much.
To this day, he has completely firmed up a concept: before Wang Zelin, all living beings are equal!
Whether it is Cousins before or DeAndre Jordan now, there is actually not much difference in the role they can play under Wang Zelin's unstoppable offensive. It should be impossible to guard against, but it is still impossible to guard against.
In the past two days, not only Lao K has been studying the Chinese team repeatedly, but Gong Luming and his two assistant coaches have also been reviewing the American team's games in the hotel.
The continuous hard work and late nights allowed them to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of this American men's basketball team.
The advantage is that after losing their pants at the beginning of the century, in recent Olympic games, the American men's basketball team has won back the glory of the Dream Team with both capital and profits.
After experiencing the pain caused by FIBA's permission for zone defense, American basketball itself is also evolving. Take the current Dream Team 12 as an example. The team has many shooters who are completely unreasonable once they are accurate.
It can help them gain huge offensive space on the court.
The basketball game has developed to this day and has entered the modern basketball stage. It has become very space-conscious. As long as the space is widened, everything will be easy.
The current Dream Team 12 may not be the strongest Dream Team in history, but in Wang Zelin’s opinion, it may be the Dream Team that can best adapt to FIBA rules.
However, this dream team also has shortcomings.
That is...their inside men are not tall enough and are accustomed to NBA star whistles. When they met the European powerhouses and the Kangaroos national team that emphasized physical confrontation, they were not used to playing on the court and did not use their three-dimensional skills as they should.
The ability to distribute firepower is fully demonstrated.
The most important point is that the old coach K is overrated in all aspects.
Take the past few games as an example. The winner often has to be played until the last ball. Even if we occasionally have an advantage in the game, the lead is not as big as imagined.
Including the semi-final against the Spanish men's basketball team, coach K was undoubtedly blown away in terms of tactical coordination and rotation.
In the semifinals, Spain made it clear that it would stick to the zone defense, but what did he do?
It was so easy to let the players play freely on the field, and at critical moments, they deployed a large number of tactics to attack the Spanish penalty area...
Emmm, is Spain's insider manipulating the Gasol brothers?
If it weren't for Spain's lack of outside firepower and its inability to perfectly complement the Gasol brothers, the American team might not join the Chinese team in the finals.
Therefore, in Wang Zelin's view, Old K cannot play the dream team's good cards well.
To be precise, Old K is more suitable to coach the big boys who are still in the stage of chasing their dreams, rather than the adults who are already mature in all aspects.
In fact, in Wang Zelin's opinion, if Sima Weiwei was given the opportunity to coach this dream team, the thrilling passes in the previous games would most likely never happen.
In terms of his ability to train players, Sima Wei is indeed top-notch, you have to admit it!
As for Old K, to put it mildly, he respects the players in his coaching style and likes to let the stars play freely; to put it harshly, this little old man cannot compete with the Europeans who pay attention to team basketball in terms of team control and tactics.
His tricks can also deceive the big boys in the NCAA who have not yet grown up. In the adult world, his tricks will not work at all.
Fortunately, it is not Sima Wei who is coaching the Dream Team 12, otherwise Wang Zelin himself would not have much confidence in winning the gold medal.
To sum up, this American men's basketball team is very strong, and they are actually very good at playing FIBA games, but... they are very unlucky and have met a head coach who can't unite them to maximize their advantages.
To use an old saying from the Chinese dynasty: if one general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted!
The Athens Olympics 12 years ago is a living example. There were certainly other factors involved in the loss of the Dream Team to Argentina.
For example, many players of that generation tended to attack the frame and were not good at shooting; for another example, the Argentine men's basketball team of that generation was the strongest golden generation in history, but... the head coach of the American men's basketball team that year, La
Lee Brown definitely bears the main responsibility.
Coach K will become the biggest weakness of this American men's basketball team!
Therefore, even if the current overall strength of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team is one level weaker than that of the Dream Team 12, Wang Zelin still feels that they have a chance to compete in this final.
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Beep~~~
Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, Wang Zelin dismissed the ball to the opposite half of the court, officially kicking off the Olympic men's basketball finals.
As for the Chaoting Station, due to the good response from the four-man commentary team of Yu Jia, Zhang Lili, Hu Weidong and Yao Ming in the previous game, the four-man commentary method will still be used in the finals.
"Your Majesty succeeded in jumping the ball. In this regard, Your Majesty will never let us down!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly immediately.
"Xiao Ding received the ball, passed half court, and handed the ball to Zelin. Others started running to open up the space..."
Returning the camera to the Carioca Stadium, on the court, after Wang Zelin caught the ball at the top of the arc, he first took a test step. Durant, who was mainly defending himself, was completely unmoved and said deliciously:
"KD, aren't you going to say something to me?"
Durant shook his head... I have to say that Du Xiaoshuai's personality is naturally introverted, and harsh words during games have never suited him well.
He would only rant in anger unless he was provoked.
But tonight Durant is guarding Wang Zelin, and he doesn't dare to let go for a moment...
"Fake Squid!"
On the court, Wang Zelin saw that Durant actually let go of half of his body, so he decisively picked up the ball and shot a three-pointer.
This scene was beyond everyone's expectations. Durant's reaction was a beat too slow, and when he tried to reach out to cover the defense, it was in vain. He had to quickly turn around and yell: "Backboard... eh?!"
Whoosh!
The three-pointer hit the net with a perfect splash.
Wang Zelin shot Durant in the face at the beginning, and used Durant's best offensive method.
3:0, Tianchao team opened the scoring.
"Beautiful! This is called treating the other person with their own medicine. In the past, Durant always relied on his height and wingspan advantages in the third position to bully players in the same position. Now it is his turn to be bullied.
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"Hahaha, seeing Durant's confused look makes me so happy!"
"Heaven forbid, this time it's Durant's turn to be dumbfounded."
"I never expected that Durant, who scores like a chopping of melons and vegetables, would meet a scorer who is even more perverted than him."
A heated discussion immediately broke out at the scene. Hearing these voices, Durant's face turned cold, exuding a terrifying aura of the future god of death.