Chapter 603 Asking for the Way in the Morning and Dying in the Evening Is Fine

Old K looked at the sidelines of the Longguo team with interest, and he saw that Coach Jiang had stood up.

It seems that Yao Ming is going to be substituted.

To be honest, with four fouls and eight or nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, it is a correct choice to substitute Yao Ming.

Old K thinks that if he is the coach of Longguo, he will make the same choice.

Even though he knows the role of Yao Ming on the court at this time, even though he knows that as long as Yao Ming goes down, it means that Longguo will no longer have rebounds and no longer have a stable pillar in the interior.

The consequence is that without rebounds, Longguo dare not shoot from the outside, or the hit rate will be greatly reduced, and can only rely on Lin Dong to solve the problem. Then the United States can double-team Lin Dong more unscrupulously, even if it leaves Longguo two or three open outside positions!

When the United States is on the offensive end, it can try to chase points with 3 points from the outside, with Duncan and Garnett guarding the basket, anyway, the rebounds are mine!

Wade's foul came too timely, far more valuable than the 3 points he just made, and will definitely be the deciding factor in the outcome of this game, and will definitely... huh?

"Get in position! Get in position! Xiao Zhu, what are you doing? You are numb to the Gobi, get in position! Run faster!" Coach Jiang, who had just stood up, actually roared at the players on the court with a red face and thick neck, and had no intention of walking to the referee's seat.

No substitutions?

Yao Ming on the court was stunned.

To be honest, he was just frustrated and angry. With four fouls, he was ready to be replaced first.

Although everyone knows that Lin Dong is the captain and the strongest core of this Dragon Country team, Yao Ming is also very clear about his role on the court. He is also the mainstay of the Dragon Country team!

Lin Dong is indeed the god of basketball and the strongest small forward in history.

But himself... After training with Sakuragi Hanamichi, he has evolved rebounding and confrontation, and now he is also the strongest center in history!

As the strongest in history and the pillar of Dragon Country, how can he be absent against the United States?

Against super inside players like Duncan and Garnett, how can he be absent of his rebounding and defense?

That would be taken by the Americans!

If he goes down now, Dragon Country's good situation will be handed over, leaving Lin Dong alone.

But if he doesn't go down, the experienced old K and the super giants on the field will not miss this super loophole. They will keep attacking the inside line, and he will lose sooner or later...

It's a cup of poison whether he goes down or not. Yao Ming was annoyed, but he didn't expect that Coach Jiang not only didn't replace him, but seemed to not care about it at all.

Yao Ming was stunned.

Did he... really have four fouls? Didn't the American team's bench deliberately disturb him?

Wait, let's think about it, one foul in the first quarter, two fouls in the third quarter, and one foul in the fourth quarter... It's four fouls.

But, but... But why does Coach Jiang seem to not care at all?

Yao Ming ran towards the attacking position with a puzzled look on his face, puzzled.

Not only Yao Ming was puzzled, but Old K on the sidelines also looked at Coach Jiang blankly.

What does it mean?

If it were another coach, he would definitely think that there was some special calculation of the Dragon Country Team, and then he would try his best to guess.

But Old K didn't need to guess. After just a moment of staring, he quickly figured out the key and couldn't help laughing.

Among all the foreign coaches in the world who are not Dragon nationals, I'm afraid only he, who has studied Dragon Country for two years, can analyze from the most in-depth perspective why they didn't change players at this time!

This has nothing to do with basketball, nothing to do with tactics, but only with customs and the unique human relations of Dragon Country!

Although the consequences of substituting Yao Ming were immediate, it at least meant that Dragon Country still had some trump cards, and it could also allow Yao Ming, who had committed four fouls, to quickly calm down and readjust his state.

There are nearly nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, so it's better to keep some trump cards than not.

But keeping him on the court now is like drinking poison to quench thirst. As long as they forcefully attack this point, what awaits Longguo will be a complete collapse with Yao Ming fouling out!

Lao K has studied Coach Jiang. He doesn't believe that the other party can't see this, but Lao K has also studied the style of Longguo basketball, and even the style of the Basketball Association behind it.

This is precisely the style that is unique to Longguo.

They believe in superstars and appearances, and more importantly, they are afraid of taking responsibility!

They are too cautious, especially at critical moments involving national honor.

If there are two cups of poisoned wine in front of them, one cup will die quickly and the other will die slowly, then their action will not be to choose one of the cups to take a gamble, but most likely they will choose not to do anything at all!

At a critical moment, if you replace one of the star players, those who know the game will say that you made a good substitution, but what about those who don't know the game? They will curse your ancestors to death, and they will think that you are deliberately suppressing someone, bullying someone, or even deliberately losing the game.

From the perspective of the Dragon people, if you win this kind of game, no matter what you do, it's all Lin Dong's fault, and your coach has nothing to do with it.

But what if you lose? Your substitution will become the biggest responsibility!

For the Dragon people... at that time you will be the sinner of the nation, and you will be condemned by thousands of people, and you will live a life worse than death!

The Dragon people pay attention to the doctrine of the mean, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes, and no one dares to take this kind of responsibility.

Old K couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He never expected that Wade's unintentional move would actually trigger a chain reaction in the Dragon country as a whole.

The hidden dangers of Dragon Country have already appeared, not only from the physical strength of their players, but also from their customs and habits, and from their national conditions.

The expectations of more than one billion people, to a certain extent, can indeed give the athletes on the court the greatest motivation to fight, making them passionate and enthusiastic.

But if other factors are mixed in, people may be labeled as "national sinners", which will in turn become a bottle of poison that will kill them!

Now it is Dragon Country's offensive round, and we will soon know what Kobe Bryant's smile just now means.

As for the next round of defense... Old K gave Wade a suggestive look: attack the inside, hit Yao Ming, and create damage!

Don't change? Then I will focus on your inside and create damage for you!

Not to mention that Yao Ming himself is under the pressure of four fouls. Even without this pressure, as long as he keeps forcing the inside, the defender will inevitably increase the number of fouls within a few minutes unless he is passive. At that time, Yao Ming will have to leave the court forcibly!

Once Yao Ming leaves, it will not only cause a lack of tactics and inside line on the Longguo side, but will also be a heavy blow to all the players of Longguo.

So, if they leave now, they will collapse first and then talk about adaptation, but if they don't leave, they will collapse completely and won't even have the chance to adapt!

The American team can win, and here comes their chance!

…………

Thanks to the hoarse scolding of Coach Jiang.

At this time, the five players on the Longguo team seemed to be completely unaffected by Yao Ming's four fouls just now.

After Wade's free throws, Yao Ming, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian quickly rushed to the front court to arrange the offensive formation.

Longguo's ball possession.

Sun Yue served the ball from the baseline, and Lin Dong took the ball and controlled the court to cross the midline.

Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have entered the inside line and are in position.

At this time, the impact of Yao Ming's absence can be seen.

In Longguo's tactics, Yi Jianlian should have been pulled to the outside line, one to pull out an open three-point opportunity, and the other to open up space for Yao Ming to challenge Duncan under the basket.

After all, the winning rate of Yao Ming vs. Duncan is definitely better than that of Yao Ming + Yi Jianlian vs. Duncan + Garnett.

But when Yao Ming committed four fouls, Yi Jianlian had to move to the inside to support Yao Ming. At least, he had to take the ball for Yao Ming in front of some balls that had to be blocked by fouls. But in fact, Yi Jianlian had committed three fouls in the first three quarters.

Lao K looked at it with a smile, everything seemed to be the same as he imagined, now it was up to Kobe, the guy's confident smile before made Lao K feel very much looking forward to it.

If he really has a way to deal with Lin Dong, then even though there is still a 9-point gap now, and the ball is in the hands of the Dragons, the US team has actually won this game!

Zhu Fangyu and Sun Yue ran to the right in advance at this time.

According to the tactics given by Lin Dong before, Lao Lin can't play all in the fourth quarter.

You have to pull, not to pull the formation, but to use the score to pull the battle situation and the tactical arrangement of the US team.

When the attention of the American team has been attracted by Lin Dong, his teammates have to stand up and score. This is obviously not a question of whether Lin Dong has the ability to take on two or three.

No matter how strong he is, he can't face the target one against two or three. Only if you play the tactics reasonably first can you let Lin Dong avoid the endless upgrading of the defense.

Zhu Fangyu is at the left baseline, and Sun Yue is running to the right three-pointer at a 40-degree angle.

As Sun Yue runs, his eyes are already looking at the basket on the side.

The tactical arrangement is to shoot 3 points. Zhu Fangyu has been caught up by Durant, and Duncan and Garnett chose to consolidate the basket and confront Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

The open space is here, Lin Dong will definitely pass this ball, and I must make it!

After several years of hard training, an open three-pointer, such a wide open position, no reason... But before he could finish his thought, he saw that Wade did not double-team Lin Dong with Kobe, but stood in the right three-point arc, about two steps away from Lin Dong, but could double-team the basket at any time, but only two steps away from Sun Yue, and stuck in the middle of the route between Lin Dong and Sun Yue.

Sun Yue was stunned.

They didn't double-team Old Lin?

Huh!

Lin Dong had just held the ball when a figure appeared in front of him like a ghost.

Kobe's body was low at this time, with a faint smile on his face, and his eyes were like the vertical pupils of a carnivore, full of murderous and aggressive, and full of fighting spirit!

The fourth level...

To be honest, this realm was told to him by Lin Dong, two years ago when he accompanied the Supersonics and Lin Dong in special training to fight against the Cavaliers.

Lin Dong is indeed the basketball god who deserves the title. He does not hide anything even when facing his biggest competitor. Kobe has been working towards the so-called illusory fourth level for more than two years.

But no matter how hard he tried, he never saw the scenery of that level.

Unexpectedly... Two years later, when I faced Lin Dong again, I would accidentally touch this threshold and enter this realm!

The defense of the ball just now is the best proof.

At that moment, I knew what Lin Dong was going to do. All the details of Lin Dong's movements were no longer secrets in my eyes. My body was no longer tense, but entered the same relaxed state as Lin Dong, but faster and stronger!

This is definitely not an illusion.

Kobe could even clearly sense the loopholes in Wade's defense just now. The old enemy who had competed with him in the NBA for two years and was a match for him was like a rookie in his eyes!

Invincible, confident, relaxed, natural!

Is this the fourth level that Lin Dong mentioned?

I thought I would never be able to catch up with Lin Dong in this life, and I thought the biggest goal in this life was to partner with Wade to fight Lin Dong.

But I didn't expect that I would suddenly do it...

At this moment, Kobe even forgot that this was the semi-final of the Olympics, and forgot that at this time he should focus on attacking Yao Ming in the interior.

He didn't care about these at all.

Because he was close to Lin Dong, Kobe liked Longguo very much and learned a lot about Longguo culture.

It is said that there is an old saying in Longguo - Ask for the way in the morning and die in the evening.

What competition or no competition, honor or no honor... Kobe Bryant felt that the old saying of Longguo was the most true portrayal of his heart now.

Regardless of winning or losing, regardless of the game, such a duel is the highest honor for basketball players!

One-on-one!

——He wants to defend Lin Dong alone?

Old K on the sidelines opened his mouth wide. He was full of expectations for Kobe's confident smile before, but he never expected such a decision.

This... Is this Kobe's way? Is he crazy?

But the US team is not the Dragon Country team. Old K can't roar at Kobe like Coach Jiang, "Damn it!", just looking at the couple on the court in shock.

Not only Old K, but also the audience in the entire stadium were slightly quiet at this time, as if they had seen the most incredible thing in the world.

It's 2008, and there are still people in this world who dare to defend Lin Dong alone in the most crucial fourth quarter?

The Wukesong Sports Center suddenly reduced the noise, but it obviously did not affect the two people preparing for the duel on the court.

At this time, he felt the realm that was unique to him and Lin Dong, the state of mutual appreciation and energy traction.

Lin Dong had a faint smile on his face, and Kobe's face was full of excitement and joy.

As their eyes met, he suddenly slapped the floor fiercely.

Snap!

"Come on! Lin!" Kobe roared: "There is only one basketball god in this world, you said it!"

Lin Dong smiled.

In his four years in the NBA, Kobe has brought him many challenges and memories. He is a respectable opponent, and he has indeed found a new way to reach the threshold of the fourth level.

However, touching the threshold and being in the door are completely different...

"Yes." Lin Dong smiled and said: "There is only one basketball god in this world, and that is me, Lin Dong!"

As soon as the voice fell, Lin Dong suddenly crouched down.

Huh!