Chapter 754 Just attack!
Chapter 754 Chapter 754. Attack!
Liu Xiu took advantage of the inside line tonight and made a shot when the outside line should be shot.
Slovenia’s inside players have the best overall ability that the Chinese team has encountered in the group stage.
Support master Carlos, Spurs starting center Nesterovic, and Bobcats starting center Brezek who came off the bench also have their own characteristics. Persia Jan Naheba is a very good shooting striker swingman.
These people gave Yao Ming a headache on the defensive end, but in Yao Ming’s opinion, the defense of these people was not as good as the large-tonnage muscular men of the Senegal and Angola teams. Yao Ming grabbed 4 offensive rebounds in the first quarter! With 6 rebounds in a single quarter, he broke his personal rebounding record in a single quarter in the World Championships or Olympics!
With Liu Xiu scoring 10 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal on 3 of 7 shots, and Yao Ming with 8 points and 6 rebounds, the Chinese team scored 27 to 25 against Slovenia in the first quarter, leading by two points!
Entering the inter-section break, Yao Ming, who played the first quarter, was quite tired. After taking a few sips of energy drinks, he said to Liu Xiu: “They are different from our previous opponents.”
Liu Xiuying said: “Yes, their style of play is closer to NBA teams, but they are very familiar with the rules of FIBA, which is very special…Maybe our style of play is also very special in the eyes of other teams.”
Yao Ming thinks about it too. After he took a break, he sat on the bench. Silver Fox just called his name, and he was not assigned in the second quarter.
But Yao Ming who sat down was very relieved. He thought of the 2002 World Championships. At that time, Wang Zhizhi did not return. Hu Weidong, Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin and other core members of the older generation were old and injured. He didn’t have any contemporaries around him to rely on. At that time, he didn’t know what to do in the national team. He didn’t dare to rest in every game. He averaged 21 points per game and ranked third in the scoring list of that session of the World Championships. .
In that World Championships, the only game the Chinese team won was when Yao Ming scored 38 points, 13 rebounds and 8 blocks.
But now, he can fight without any scruples when he is on the court, and he can rest steadily when he is replaced, because he has a warden!
Soon, the second quarter began.
Liu Xiu stole the ball from the second-generation Sani Besinovic as soon as he came on the field. Besinovic reacted quickly and used a tactical foul to stop Liu Xiu’s fast break.
Sani Besinovic is the son of Slovenia’s defensive coach Memi Besinovic, but he didn’t come to work through the back door. Instead, he is currently the Slovenian team’s back line with the strongest comprehensive ability star.
In the first quarter, the central defense formed by Besinovic and Nesterovic created a lot of trouble for Liu Xiu. Yi Jianlian’s pick-and-roll basic skills were too poor, Wang Zhizhi’s pick-and-roll speed was too slow, and Besinovic defended Liu Xiu’s outside line After the pick-and-roll shot, the interference was excellent; Liu Xiu wanted to break through after the pick-and-roll, but Nesterovic stood still under the basket, and it was quite uncomfortable for Liu Xiu to rush in.
But now Nesterovic is replaced and rested like Yao Ming…
When it came time for the Chinese team to attack, Liu Xiu forced Besinovic from the top arc, and when he got to the inside line, he smashed the ball into the basket through Brezek!
218 cm tall and 114 kg in weight, Brezek looks like a big bamboo pole. His statistics are not bad. Last season, he averaged 12.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, but his blocking efficiency was not as high as Liu Xiu, a guard.
In the next two rounds, Liu Xiu did not hesitate to attack the inside line, once wiped the board for a layup, and made a European step throw.
Afterwards, Liu Xiu scored another three-pointer and beat the opponent 9 to 5 alone, stopping the Slovenian team, 36 to 30, and the Chinese team extended their lead to 6 points!
After returning from the timeout, Dragic, who came off the bench, hit a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll. Liu Xiu wanted to retaliate with a… Unfortunately, this time the step-back three-pointer was too floating, and even ‘Kobe time’ couldn’t save it. Kind of wave…but Yi Jianlian pushed the ball into the basket through Brezek’s dunk!
Brezek is 218 cm tall and is the starter of the NBA team. Originally, he was quite a deterrent to the players of the Chinese team, but Liu Xiu succeeded in attacking the frame three times in a row at the beginning of the second quarter. The players of the Chinese team found that This big tall man is a paper tiger, and Yi Jianlian decisively began to attack the inside line.
The Chinese team began to control the initiative of the game. After Yao Ming played in the second half of the second quarter, the Chinese team further opened up the point difference. At the end of the half, the Chinese team led the Slovenian team by 10 points 56 to 46, and successfully opened up the point difference. to double digits!
In the third quarter, the Slovenian team launched a counterattack. The Slovenian team found that Dragic was a better solution for their point guard position. Goran Jurak, who is 203 centimeters high, sent the twin towers of Sloka and Nesterovic inside to fill up the offense.
The Slovenian team’s counterattack was very fierce. In the third quarter, the Chinese team was at a disadvantage. With 5.2 seconds left in the third quarter, the Slovenian team chased the score to 75 by relying on Besinovic’s corner three-pointer. 76, scored 29 to 20 in a single quarter!
However, after Besinovic scored a three-pointer, the Chinese team did not stop to lament self-pity and ran towards the frontcourt. Li Nan quickly sent the ball to Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi sent a long pass and Liu Xiuzai rushed across the halfway line After receiving the ball.
The players of the Slovenian team reacted quickly, retreated in time, and blocked Liu Xiu when Liu Xiu was about to reach the top arc, and Liu Xiu passed!
Wang Shipeng, who followed up on the left, received the ball, took two steps to the left at a 45-degree angle, took off, chased and shot a three-pointer…
Just as the ball left Wang Shipeng’s hand, the whistle sounded at the end of the third quarter. The ball flew in the air for a second and then fell into the frame!
The referee confirmed that after the final whistle sounded and the ball left Wang Shipeng’s hand, Wang Shipeng’s take-off position was the first to play at the three-pointer, and the goal was valid!
79 to 75, the Chinese team ended the third quarter with a 4-point lead!
Wang Shipeng’s goal ignited the morale of the Chinese team suppressed by the Slovenian team in the third quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Liu Xiu made a three-pointer on the right sideline of Yao Ming’s goal. Immediately afterwards, Yi Jianlian succeeded in interfering with Dragic’s breakthrough throw. When the Chinese team attacked, Yao Ming responded from a high position. , Liu Xiu cut in the middle to receive a hand-off pass from Yao Ming and went straight to the basket, and scored a layup against Nesterovic.
Liu Xiu and Yao Ming teamed up to play a wave of 5-0, widening the point difference to 9 points, leading 84 to 75!
The point difference is about to be stretched to double digits again. The Slovenian team started to play a deadly counterattack again. With the experience of successfully narrowing the point difference from 10 points to 1 point in the third quarter, the Slovenian players are very confident.
But the Chinese team also has the experience of coping, no longer consider defense, just attack!
(end of this chapter)