"Ding!"

As the referee's whistle sounded, the first quarter-finals officially started.

Yao Ming put all his efforts into the top spot today and grabbed the jump ball for the Chinese team.

By the way, I would like to talk about the lineups of both sides today. The Chinese team still has not changed.

However, in Puerto Rico, No. 4 player Jose Ottz was promoted to the starter.

It is obvious that joining such a player who is good at defense into the starting lineup is naturally to limit Chen Mo.

The team first attacked, first observed Puerto Rico's defense. As expected, it was a 3-2 joint defense.

As the team's main offensive points, Arroyo and Ayuso, both of the double-backs, are small defenders.

He is not tall and very thin. Such a player has an advantage in speed, but his strength is not good.

To prevent being targeted, Puerto Rico often takes joint defense to protect the two defenders.

Moreover, joint defense can effectively protect the inside line, which is also of great help to defend Yao Ming.

The Chinese team was ready, but when Chen Mo waved his hand, Yao Ming immediately came out to pick-and-roll.

In the joint defense, when facing pick-and-roll, they often choose to substitution, and Puerto Rico is no exception.

At this time, Chen Mo, who was breaking through, gently hit the ball and passed it to Yao Ming, who was cutting inward.

Ottz is a standard wing player, both tall and strong, but facing Yao Ming, he is still a primary school student.

With a push of Otz, Yao Ming easily made a basket and scored two points for the Chinese team.

2:0

"Beautiful, Yao Ming and Chen Mo are really skilled in pick-and-roll, and the tacit understanding between the two is getting higher and higher."

CCTV and CCTV host Sun Zhengping was very happy to see the Chinese team taking the lead in opening up the situation.

The person who partnered with him was the famous basketball commentator Zhang Weiping.

"Yes, pick-and-roll, Pick        roll, these are two words, one block, and the other break up.

In the past we saw that sometimes there was a pick-and-roll, but the core of these two words was not found.

Today, Yao Ming and Chen Mo did a very good job. In fact, it is no problem for players at their level to cooperate."

Well, Weiping Bryant will become an English again and start showing off his English again.

Every time I explain it at a critical moment, I always like to take out the English words and explain it for a while. Those who don’t know think it’s a crash course in English!

Puerto Rico's attack, Chen Mo did not defend Arroyo, mainly because he could not defend.

Arroyo is only 183cm tall. Well, after visual inspection, Chen Mo was very suspicious.

Chen Mo and him were nearly 20cm apart. Facing such a small defender, Chen Mo really couldn't defend himself.

In fact, Liu Wei is 190cm, which is about 10cm away from Arro, and the speed difference is also very big.

However, Guo Shiqiang on the bench is taller than Liu Wei, 193cm.

This is the old problem of the Chinese team in the past few years, and they all like high ones.

Why do you think you have so many tall spaces? You can't play singles inside.

When defending, it is really hard to play against this clever little point guard.

Such a small point guard is not only fast but also quite flexible, but is simply Tianke compared to the bulky lineup of the Chinese team.

Arroyo broke through Liu Wei in one step and entered the inside of the Chinese team. Yao Ming and Moko were already ready to assist in defense.

Who knew that Arroyo drilled straight into the crack and went straight to the middle distance on the other side.

Zhu Fangyu wanted to make up for the defense again, but it was too late. Arroyo hit the middle distance steadily.

Let’s see, it would be so happy if there was a small defender at this time.

The Chinese team attacked, Chen Mo attracted defense at the top of the arc, and when his teammates did not run, he gave the ball to Yao Ming again.

This time, Yao Ming did not give Puerto Rico a chance to double-team, and hit a single with his back-to-door single.

Back in the defense, Arroyo broke through and disrupted the Chinese team's defense, made mistakes in his busy schedule, and missed people.

The power forward Rolando of the No. 4 position got the opportunity, and he forced Moko to foul and made one of two free throws.

4:3

In this way, Puerto Rico could not defend against the pick-and-roll of Chen Mo and Yao Ming, and the Chinese team could not defend against the breakthrough of Puerto Rico.

Chen Mo had thought of taking action personally and killing Arroyo on his horse.

As a result, as soon as he consciously made up for defense, Ayuso was missed and a three-pointer shot was fatal.

Of course, Chen Mo returned the attack in the next round, and he was a three-pointer.

Through breakthroughs, Arroyo kept tearing the defense of the Chinese team and also created a lot of opportunities for his teammates.

Chen Mo is not bad either. By attracting opponents to double-team, he can constantly distinguish opportunities.

Liu Wei and Zhu Fangyu both scored points and fought evenly with Puerto Rico in the offensive.

After the first quarter, the two sides fought to 21:21.

It is obvious that both sides have their own strengths, Puerto Rico's advantage lies in the outside, and the Chinese team's advantage lies in the inside.

None of the two sides can resist losing, it depends on who can grab more rebounds and minimize mistakes as much as possible.

In the eyes of other teams, this scene has a bit of a pecking at each other.

After Yao Ming and Arroy made a break, the Chinese team finally had a good opportunity.

Chen Mo first helped Feiyi Jianlian complete an air relay, and then he made a mid-range shot by himself.

Puerto Rico all contracted, and the tactic of defending the inside line was very effective. This is how the US team was killed.

Duncan cannot play in the inside, and basically he will encounter double-teams once he gets the ball.

There are also Iverson and Marbury, who basically make a living by breaking through, but where can the inside line have room for them to break through?

So, you can often see that Iverson and Marbury easily break through the perimeter defense.

However, when they were about to enter the inside, they found that there were many people inside and there was no space.

In this case, they can only choose long-distance throwing near the three-second zone.

Unfortunately, the effect is not particularly good.

Chen Mo chose a slightly further mid-range jump shot, which made Puerto Rico particularly uncomfortable.

They neither dared to let Yao Ming go, nor did they dare to ignore the Chinese team's shooting team.

Li Nan made another three-pointer, and the Chinese team finally widened the score a little.

26:21

After Arroyo's departure, Puerto Rico's attack actually stopped.

Although Ayuso can score, he is more of a player who catches the ball and takes a pitcher.

He does not have Arroyo's independent offensive ability, nor does he have the ability to connect to the organization.

In the past, he could still find opportunities to take action by suddenly shooting cold arrows and small-scale cooperation.

But this period is the critical time for the Chinese team to open the score, and Chen Mo's defense is quite tight.

When the head coach of Puerto Rico saw that this was not good, he could only exchange Arroyo back on the court in advance.

Although this prevented the score from being further widened, it was also a great test for Arroyo's physical fitness.

On the contrary, Chen Mo can rest safely after Yao Ming returns to the court.
Chapter completed!