Chapter 967: Internal Weakness Is the Original Sin

Bosh, because of his physique, is very difficult to defend against centers and power forwards, so he can't even hold up the hammer for half a second.

But he is very flexible, can defend small forwards well, and is particularly good at guarding pick-and-rolls.

This time he moved ahead of schedule and stood in front of Li Ba when he broke through from behind Ah Lian.

But Li Ba "saw" Bosh's position clearly, and suddenly changed direction, passed Bosh, and entered the paint area.

At this time, Ah Lian did not follow the pick-and-roll, but turned around and moved to the left three-point line.

James hesitated for half a second, dropped Ah Lian, and chose to double-team Li Ba.

Anthony's defensive attitude was not active. He moved on the left wing and watched Li Ba pass Bosh into the paint. He just watched there without returning to defend the basket.

After two steps into the paint, Li Ba flew up, blocked the outside with his right hand, and dunked with the ball in his left hand. With a bang, he hit the US team's basket.

Team USA attacks.

It was still a crowd tactic in the penalty area. This time James beat the Arab League hard and missed the shot. Li Ba was squeezed under the basket and the rebound was taken away by Bosh, turning it into a second offense.

Yunus called a timeout and made a substitution.

After the timeout, the Chinese team consists of Dayao, Li Ba, Ah Lian, Zhu Fangyu and Sun Le.

Yunus followed the example of the American team and improved his height on the court.

These five people can also defend, have the ability to handle the ball independently, and can also pass the ball. Except for Li Ba, four of them have the ability to attack from the outside. Except for Dayao's speed, everyone else can have the speed. , The transition between offense and defense is not bad either. The only difference is that the overall offensive ability is weaker than that of the American team.

The Chinese team attacked and Li Ba advanced to the top of the arc with the ball.

Dayao is under the basket, which makes it impossible for the players on the US team to guard him. Even if Howard goes up, he cannot guard Dayao alone.

Dayao can defeat World of Warcraft in the NBA, let alone an international arena where there is no three-second defense?

In the end, Bosh and Anthony double-teamed, leaving the Arab League open.

Arab League was on the left wing, only one step away from the paint area. He received a pass from Li Ba and Bosh came over to cover the defense. He threw the ball directly to the basket.

Dayao caught the ball with Anthony, turned around and dunked with both hands, which made Anthony look pale and made no defensive moves at all.

51:56, China leads by 5 points.

The American team attacked and Bosh served from behind the baseline.

Dayao guarded the basket 24 hours a day, which liberated Li Ba. He started to confront James directly from the backcourt. He did not hesitate to use his physical strength to press James alone for the entire court.

Anyway, James also played the whole game, and his physical energy consumption was also huge. With his 99% physical strength, he didn't believe that James was stronger than him.

Under Li Ba's pressure, James couldn't catch the ball.

In the end, Kobe ran back, threw away Sun Le, and quickly advanced forward after catching the ball.

Kobe arrived in the frontcourt, but the American team still all poured into the penalty area.

Kobe shook Sun Le away, shot a three-pointer, and the basketball hit the basket and bounced up.

There were so many people crowded under the basket that no one could jump up, but there was Yao's absolute height under the basket. The ball just bounced towards him and was caught by him.

The U.S. team defends and the Chinese team attacks.

Similarly, Dayao returned to the basket, and the U.S. team had to double-team. At this time, the United Arab Emirates stayed outside the paint area, waiting for an open shot.

James wanted to guard against Li Ba's pass, but Li Ba's mobility was better than his, his arms were longer, and his nerve reaction speed was faster than his. He couldn't guard it.

As soon as Li Ba passed the ball, James immediately turned around to help defend the basket.

After Li Ba passed the ball, he followed James into the paint area.

Ah Lian caught the ball and attracted Anthony's return defense. When he saw Bosh going forward to guard against Yao, he directly followed up.

Dayao received the ball and was double-teamed by Bosh and James, but he had enough height to see Li Ba behind James and threw the ball directly over James' head.

Li Ba burst out instantly, caught the ball in the air, flicked his wrist, and threw the ball toward the basket.

Bang, the basketball hit the basket.

51:58, the Chinese team leads by 7 points.

The American team attacked, and this time Kobe took action again and hit a three-pointer, rewriting the score to 59:63, 4 points behind.

Looking back, after Dayao attracted a double-team under the basket, Ah Lian received a pass from Li Ba on the wing and made a mid-range shot.

Next, the Chinese team took advantage of Dayao's strong ability to attract double-teams under the basket, plus Li Ba and Arab League. The three of them teamed up to launch attacks in the penalty area and edge areas. They succeeded repeatedly, with a success rate higher than that of the American team. high.

In terms of offensive rebounds, there is Yao Yao under the basket. The US team has no height under the basket, plus Li Ba, China has an advantage in this aspect.

Then on the defensive end, with Yao's absolute height under the basket, and Li Ba, he did not suffer from defensive rebounds, and even had a slight advantage.

As for the American team, there is no one inside, and they are defended by Dayao and Li Ba. The offense is all carried out on the outside, and the shooting rate cannot be as high as that of the Chinese team.

Although the crowd tactic in the penalty area successfully restricted Li Ba, it was unable to limit Dayao's height. In addition, the Chinese team's height was not low. They still suffered a little loss in offensive rebounds, but not as much as before.

As for defensive rebounds, because there is no center, the disadvantage is even greater.

Overall, in terms of rebounding, the US team was at a disadvantage, with 4 fewer rebounds than the Chinese team in the third quarter.

Even though there are only 4, ten minutes is already a lot. It represents 4 more offensive opportunities for the Chinese team.

The shooting percentage is not as high as that of the Chinese team, and the rebounding is at a disadvantage. Therefore, in summary, the US team's strong offensive ability has not taken advantage of it.

At the end of the third quarter, 62:70, the Chinese team still led by 8 points.

Zhang He understood and said: "The American team is really strong. Even though we are so strong inside, we are only 8 points behind."

Yu Jia said with a smile: "The weakness of the inside is the original sin."

"Dayao and Iron Hammer have consumed a lot of physical energy in this section," Xu Jicheng said.

Yu Jiadao: "Mainly the Hammer. He scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 extrapolations and 1 block in the third quarter. In the third quarter, he scored 28 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 steals, 7 blocks, 1 turnover and 1 foul. He had 5*5 data. , the performance is still very strong.”

Xu Jicheng said: "Without Hammer as the point guard, it will be difficult for us to pass the half. His role for the Chinese team cannot be reflected by the data."

Zhang Lianda said: "The U.S. team's tactics in the third quarter were somewhat in line with Pat Riley's positionless basketball. But we had too much advantage inside and they couldn't attack, which affected their success rate. Look. This tactic is not as good as Pat Riley said."

Yu Jia smiled and said: "If they had a hammer, this tactic would be perfect."

Oops, Zhang Lili shouted: "Yu Jia, you really said what you said. They have a hammer, so no one can beat them."