Will the Dream Team be afraid of a one-on-one challenge?

Of course not.

The problem is that in this way, the many advantages of the Dream Team stars cannot be used. There is only one basketball on the court. No matter how powerful Kobe and James are, they can only be done with one person in each round.

This style of play in the Chinese team has maximized the advantages of Dream Team. Through the two strong points of Li Rong and Yao Ming, the Dream Team has forced the Dream Team to embark on the road of single-handed challenge.

If you want to double-team, you must be prepared to be shot through the defense line by the fixed-point shooter on the outside.

Other Chinese players do not have the ability to compete, but if they are allowed to shoot those unprevented fixed-point three-pointers at the three-point line, coach K will definitely not dare.

After all, these people are professional players. If you can't make three-pointers in big open space, that would be a bit nonsense.

In fact, even Yi Jianlian has an undefensive three-point shooting percentage in the NBA with more than 50%.

This is not the way to seek death.

After more than 4 minutes of the second quarter, the Chinese team sent all the main players back again.

Although Li Rong did not establish a lead for the Chinese team in these more than three minutes while taking the substitute, he was not widened by the opponent, which was enough.

33 to 32, the United States temporarily led China by 1 point.

After Yao Ming came on the court, he found another opportunity to play Wade in a misplaced single, helping the Chinese team overtake the score.

The second half of the second quarter almost became a replay in the first half of the first quarter. Faced with the Chinese team's misplaced offensive methods, the US team was unable to stop it.

At the end of the half, the Chinese team led the United States by 4 points 44 to 40.

Yao Ming showed his strength in this quarter. After playing, he made 3 of 4 shots and 2 of 3 free throws and scored 8 points. Li Rong also scored 7 points in this quarter.

The starting lineup of the US team was once again suppressed by the Chinese team's starting lineup.

After the game turned into a one-on-one challenge, Anthony and Kobe, who were the strongest in the starting lineup, almost two-thirds of the score.

On the contrary, outside players like James who have strong breakthrough ability do not make much contribution on the offensive end because of Yao Ming's existence.

During the break in the midfield, CCTV Studio once again commented on the halftime.

"What do the two teachers think of the first half game between China and the United States?" Yu Jia asked.

"I want to change my view before the game," said Yang Yi. "The Chinese team has a very good chance of winning this game. I think the probability is now infinitely close to the 55th. I mentioned Li Rong's point before the game is currently very good. His cooperation with Yao Ming, his personal offense, his defense and rebounding performance are impeccable. At the same time, the game has also exposed the biggest weakness of the US team."

"Can Teacher Yang tell me what the weakness of Team USA is?"

"Just cooperate," said Yang Yi, "We all know that this Dream Team has gathered big names, James, Kobe, Howard... These people are so powerful, but there is no clear way of playing on the court. As we said, it's a bit like a leaderless person. In the past, they won those strong teams, Spain, Australia, and China in the group stage, what do they rely on? Half of them rely on the pressing of the whole game, but the pressing of the whole game is not easy to work? They also have to rely on their personal abilities to solve the problem, just like playing in Spain and Spain.

How difficult is the US team playing in that game! Kobe's 31 in overtime to narrowly defeat Spain. This shows that when the opponent is not afraid of your full-game press, you can only rely on your superstar to play personal abilities. In the end, Spain does not have such a star, so they lose. But the Chinese team has Yao Ming and Li Rong. The strong playing abilities of these two people are not comparable to Gasol and Fernandez. So, I think if you really fight to the end, the Chinese team will have a chance to defeat their opponents."

"I think the biggest difficulty for the Chinese team now is physical strength," Su Qun continued, "Yao Ming is a little better. He took a break of about 6 minutes in the first half. This time is not too long, but Li Rong took a 1 point off. To be honest, I feel a little sad. I hope Li Rong can have a good rest in the midfield."

"Yes!" Yu Jia nodded, "But there is no way. The Chinese team can be without Yao Ming on the court now, but Li Rong cannot be missing for a minute."

"That's what..." Yang Yi smiled, "Of course, I know what you mean. Li Rong's importance to the Chinese team is not only about how many points he can score, but it's all on the surface. In fact, when he was on the court, both offensive and defensive, it was the team's brain. Remember what Popovich said after playing the Spurs at that time? Li Rong is too smart and can see through the tactics used by the Spurs at a glance. This is the most troublesome thing for the old man. This is equivalent to two people playing cards. I wear a pair of perspective glasses and can see through the cards in your hand at a glance. How else do you play?"

"Li Rong studied mathematics in college," Su Qun said with a smile. "People who study mathematics are very clear about numbers, formulas, and basketball tactics. NBA teams have so many tactics and such thick tactical manuals. I heard that Li Rong can basically remember everything, but many coaches can't remember it. After retirement, they can be a coach."

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As soon as he came back in the second half, Zhang Weiping found that the US team had changed its starting lineup: "The US team's lineup has changed. Kobe, James, Anthony, and Howard have not changed. Prince was put into the starting lineup. This lineup is interesting. There is no point guard, let's see how they play."

Yi Jianlian made a bottom-line ball, and the Chinese team's offensive launch was still initiated by Li Rong and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll.

Yao Ming failed to make a mid-range shot against Anthony after the opponent switched defense.

"It's interesting," said Zhang Weiping. "The US team's defensive pick-and-roll is more determined than the first half. It's always necessary to change every cover. The Chinese team's offense still allows Yao Ming to switch defensemen in the inside. What's the benefit of this lineup? It weakens Li Rong's misaligned advantage. In the first two quarters, Li Rong participated in the misaligned attack. Many times he played against the point guards on the opposite side after covering others. However, the US lineup has no point guards, and the shortest one is Kobe. Kobe's external defense should be the most powerful in the US team. It's not easy to hit him. It's equivalent to Yao Ming being the only strong point after the Chinese team's misalignment."

The US team's back attack was initiated by Kobe, who also played a pick-and-roll cooperation with Anthony on the outside.

Liu Wei, who was defending Kobe, had to be forced to switch to Anthony. Anthony received a pass from Kobe and forced Liu Wei to take advantage of him at a low post.

"Yo," Director Zhang was a little surprised, "The second half was reversed, and the US team began to take advantage of the misalignment opportunity to eat the Chinese team's small ones alone, which is a bit unpleasant."

Old Coach K on the sidelines saw Anthony and Kobe clapping their high fives, and smiled with his hands in his chest.

In the first half, the US team suffered enough of China's misplaced attack. Now, when we look back, the US team began to use the same tactics to attack the Chinese team.
Chapter completed!