Yunas on the sidelines had a deep face. Coach K was worthy of being a famous coach in the United States, and his reaction was simply incredible.

However, Yao Ming's advantage in the inside line cannot be eliminated. When the Chinese team's offense hit Yao Ming again in this round, Yao Ming turned over and made a jump shot again against Anthony after the switch.

Looking back, the US team still wanted to use misaligned attacks to hit Liu Wei, but the Chinese team suddenly launched a joint defense.

Yao Ming stood in the penalty area to protect the basket, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue defended the corners of the two baselines, and Li Rong and Liu Wei stood at the top of the free throw line.

"The Chinese team used 2-3 joint defense," said Zhang Weiping, "Look at how they attacked this joint defense."

James held the ball at the top of the arc, facing Li Rong's defense and Anthony, who was lifting up to cover, played a pick-and-roll.

The Chinese team's defensive formation is also changing drastically. Liu Wei quickly took a step back. Sun Yue, who was at the bottom line, stepped forward to lose money and prepared to block James' breakthrough.

Seeing this, James did not go to the side with cover, but used his speed to break through to the penalty area in two steps.

However, he was facing Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's guard at the basket, and Sun Yue was chasing him behind him. After suddenly coming here, there was no room for attack.

James immediately passed the ball with Prince in the right corner, and Li Rong's defense had already rotated first.

Prince made a fake shot action, and Li Rong was unmoved at all.

Prince had no choice but to force his attack.

This ball was so crooked that it was captured by Yi Jianlian.

"The United States team is not good at attacking in this joint defense," said Zhang Weiping. "Because his staffing does not have high-level support and no cooperation at high and low posts, he can only rely on strong breakthroughs. After a strong breakthrough, he does not have the patience to transfer the ball and make hastily attacks. The ball did not score. In fact, you have to be patient in the offense and joint defense. You have to pass the ball a few more times before the opportunity can be produced. This kind of attack is not possible."

The Chinese team suddenly used joint defense to disrupt the offensive deployment of the United States. Although Li Rong later missed a three-pointer from Yao Ming to attract double-team from the inside, the United States' subsequent offense also failed to hit.

Because of Yao Ming's existence, the Chinese team's efficiency in using joint defense is very high. The defense coverage area of ​​Yao Ming and Li Rong can be used as three people. Therefore, although the outside line will still be easily broken by the US team, their subsequent offenses have no clear idea.

Due to the increase in defensive intensity and physical strength, the efficiency of both teams in the third quarter was very average. At the end of this quarter, the Chinese team still led the opponent by 2 points 56 to 54.

The screen switched back to CCTV's studio again.

"The shooting rates of both sides in this quarter were very low," Yu Jia said. "How do the two teachers evaluate the performance of both sides in the third quarter?"

"I think both sides still have some reservations in this quarter," said Yang Yi. "Through technical statistics, we can see that except Yao Ming, the Chinese team has not made many attacks, including Li Rong, who only made three moves in this quarter. How many shots did he make in the first two quarters? 15 times! There were only three moves in this quarter, which was less than half of the average shots in the first two quarters. Moreover, the Chinese team used joint defense many times in this quarter. Joint defense can save some physical strength than man-to-man. Of course, the risk is also very high. If the opponent finds his external touch and throws two three-pointers into the "bangbang", then the Chinese team will have to fall behind in the fourth quarter."

Yu Jia listened and agreed: "Indeed, Team USA has had several open opportunities in this quarter, but fortunately he didn't make it."

"I still have to emphasize this physical strength problem," Yang Yi continued, "Li Rong only took a rest for more than one minute in this quarter, and Yao Ming was not much stronger, and only had one more minute rest than Li Rong. In fact, I think that Coach K, the head coach of the United States, has already known in my heart that it is impossible to defeat the Chinese team easily in this game, so he withdrew the main force in the half of the quarter, and he can't be called the main force, because the US team's lineup is too balanced and he will not have a great impact on his offense, but the Chinese team dare not, because only Yao Ming and Li Rong are present, the Chinese team can compete with the opponent. Lao K just wants to save my physical strength in the third quarter, and then the main force will compete with you in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter is a test for the Chinese team."

"I still want to praise Li Rong," said Su Qun. "You see that he didn't score well in this quarter, but his defensive performance is too good. We are used to calling the team's point guard the commander. In fact, Li Rong is not only the commander of the Chinese team on the offensive end, but also the defensive end. I have watched Li Rong specifically for many defensive rounds just now, constantly commanding his teammates to take the place and assist in defense. He is as important as Yao Ming for the Chinese team's defense. I hope that other players will perform better in the fourth quarter and help the two share some pressure."

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the United States sent out all their starting lineups, and the final battle seemed to be staged in advance.

"The five starters of the US team were present," said Zhang Weiping. "Kidd, Kobe, James, Anthony, Howard, the main players of the Chinese team are only Albert. The US team is fighting."

As soon as the US team came back, Howard caused Yi Jianlian's defensive foul at the basket and went to the free throw line.

"Look at whether the Chinese team will change the main players," Zhang Weiping's eyes kept staring at the Chinese team's bench. "Li Rong and Sun Yue both stood up, Yao Ming is still doing it. It seems that he will have to wait for a while before going on."

Howard made two free throws steadily at the free throw line, but Kidd grabbed the rebound, and then assisted Kobe, who scored a three-pointer.

"Oh!" Sun Zhengping sighed anxiously when he saw this, "The United States surpassed the score less than a minute after the start of the game."

After scoring the goal, Kobe was obviously very excited and made a celebration with his hands crossed his chest.

"Rebound!" Zhang Weiping emphasized, "If Yao Ming is not present, he must protect the backcourt rebounds. He should not let the opponent rush in if he is not present."

Liu Wei shook his head and raised his hand to indicate that it was his own pot.

Yao Ming was not present, and the offensive pressure of the Chinese team was almost entirely concentrated on Li Rong alone.

James was very hard at defending him, so Li Rong quickly called Yi Jianlian to help him block people.

The moment the pick-and-roll was formed, the three American teams were blocked from the outside.

Li Rong passed the ball across a large scale to Liu Wei, who had an open chance on the weak side, and Liu Wei took the ball and took a jump shot.

Anthony's assisted defense speed was a little slow, and when he arrived, Liu Wei's three-pointer had already flew in mid-air.

The moment the ball fell into the basket, Liu Wei waved his fist hard, and the ball was considered to have made up for it.
Chapter completed!