Chapter 146 Dislocation Advantage
"CCTV, CCTV," the commentary of this game was Sun Zhengping. "Welcome to the final of the men's basketball game of the 29th Olympic Games broadcast by us. Today we are against both sides of the Chinese team and the American Dream Team. Today we are very happy to invite the familiar Zhang Weiping and Zhang to serve as the commentary and commentary of this game."
"The game is about to begin," said Zhang Weiping. "Today we can see that the Chinese team continues the set used in the semi-finals. The inside line is Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, the defenders are Liu Wei and Sun Yue, and the small forward Li Rong."
"It should be said that the performance of the Chinese team at this Olympics is very satisfactory. First, they are not afraid of any opponent in morale, and they have passed the hurdles before they reach today's finals; the second is that our performances both inside and outside are excellent. Whether it is Yao Ming, the inside or Li Rong, the outside, they have performed very well in the face of these strong enemies along the way."
"Yes," Director Zhang agreed. "Especially, Li Rong's performance has made the Chinese team a team with more balanced internal and external lines. It turns out that we are called top-heavy, and there is only one Yao Ming in the stable score point in the inside. However, Li Rong's addition made up for our weaknesses on the outside, making us a team without weaknesses... It can't be said that there are no weaknesses, it should be called a more comprehensive team."
"That's right," said Sun Zhengping. "It can be seen in these games that no matter what style of teams we face, including those with strong defenses like Greece or American-style teams like Spain, they all perform with ease, which is a very commendable point."
"The American team is still the same set, Kidd, Kobe, Anthony, James, Howard," said Coach Zhang. "In fact, what he really killed is not this lineup, but the rotation lineup after Wade and Paul came on the bench. Kidd only played for 5 minutes in the last game against Spain. His role is still based on stable rhythm and controlling the team's playing style. His personal attack power is far less than Wade or Paul."
"We saw both sides preparing to jump the ball in the midfield. Today, the Chinese team was wearing a red national team jersey and the US team was wearing a white jersey."
The referee stood in the center of the game and threw the ball high into the air. Howard and Yi Jianlian took off almost the same time, but Howard's bounce was better than Yi Jianlian and took the lead in fighting for the American team's chance to attack.
Kidd steadily took the ball through the half, then handed it to James, and ran to the right corner.
After James got the ball at the top of the arc, he played a pick-and-roll with Anthony, forcing the Chinese team to make an outside switch.
"This lineup shows that the Chinese team has made some changes on the defensive end," said Zhang Weiping. "This time the person who defended James became Li Rong, but after the pick-and-roll, it became Yi Jianlian defender James. Let's see how the UAE defender defender is?"
James held the ball from the outside, faced Yi Jianlian's defense, and once again made a pick-and-roll with Howard.
At this time, Li Rong had already run to the bottom corner with Anthony. When he saw the offensive formation of the US team, he immediately shouted to Sun Yue: "Look at Kobe!"
Sun Yue wanted to reclaim the inside to protect the basket, but when he heard Li Rong's defensive command, he immediately stopped and his attention was still on Kobe.
The old coach K in the scene shook his head when he saw this. Li Rong was really a headache and he could see through the tactics of Team USA at a glance.
James' pick-and-roll breakthrough this time was originally intended to create an outside opportunity for Kobe, but his intention was ruthlessly exposed by Li Rong, so he had to choose to fight himself.
Yao Ming's defense is not too hard, Howard's pick-and-roll cut is not threatening, and James' shooting is not very reliable. If these two men want to shoot from the outside, they are welcome at any time, but if they want to enter the inside, they have to estimate Yao's height of 2.29 meters.
In desperation, James made a big two-pointer with a quick stop at the free throw line.
Only Liu Wei pounced up appropriately, and the others all shrank the inside to protect the rebound.
The basketball was hitting the basket's neck and bounced high. Yao Ming and Li Rong both desperately blocked the defender behind him, and the rebound was taken away by Yi Jianlian.
"The Chinese team's starting strategy is very clear and very targeted," Zhang Weiping commented. "For Howard and James, players who are not very accurate on the outside, they use the method of shooting from outside. For those who are accurate on the shooting like Kobe and Anthony, Sun Yue and Li Rong focus on the defense, and the subsequent rebound protection is also very orderly. Those who should block people, and those who should grab the board should grab the board."
Li Rong's ball-holding propulsion was entangled by James near the midfield. He glanced at the American team's retreat with his eyes, and did not show a good pass opportunity, so he handed the ball to Sun Yue, who was receiving the ball.
Sun Yue got the ball but was not transported, but returned the ball to Li Rong, who had escaped James with the help of Yi Jianlian's cover. The Chinese team's half-time reception was very orderly.
Li Rong dribbled the ball to the 45-degree angle on the left side of his favorite, and played a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming.
Yao Ming's cover quality of this ball was very high, and he kept James in front of him and did not let him move forward.
Seeing this, Howard had to go forward to replace Li Rong, and he didn't dare to let Li Rong shoot from the outside.
Seeing that it had already changed defense, Li Rong immediately moved horizontally, further attracting Howard one step further, not giving them a chance to change back.
Yao Ming took this opportunity to run to the inside to get the position. James had no choice but to follow him to the inside and let him defend Yao Ming.
Li Rong's pass came later. Yao Ming received the ball and faced James' defense. He was not even lucky and turned over and jumped.
James was unable to stop him when facing an opponent who was more than 20 centimeters taller than him.
The ball flew into the basket smoothly and the Chinese team got a good start.
"Good ball!" Teacher Sun Zhengping shouted, "Yao Ming took the lead in scoring the first goal for the Chinese team!"
"The Chinese team started the offense very well!" said Director Zhang, "Li Rong and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll forced the American team to switch defenses. After the switch, Yao Ming directly faced James. No matter how powerful James' defense is, he would never be able to defend against Yao Ming. His height, weight and strength are not at the same level. It seems that the main focus of the Chinese team today is the misaligned attack after the pick-and-roll."
Lao K on the sidelines felt that he was a little uncomfortable when he saw the Chinese team's starting tactics.
Since ancient times, those who win the inside have won the world. The biggest tactical advantage of the Chinese team lies in Yao Ming. Yao Ming's height and weight are almost misplaced against any inside, which is also an important reason why he can become the most threatening center at the basket after O'Neal.
At any time, height is always the number one advantage on the basketball court.
The most amazing thing about the Chinese team is that they did not directly let Yao Ming play Howard. After all, Howard is still an inside player with excellent height and weight jumps, and he can still limit Yao Ming.
Chapter completed!