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Chapter 239 Tactical Cooperation
After the timeout ended, the Chinese team requested a substitution. Wang Zhizhi replaced Zhu Fangyu, and Li Nan replaced Sun Yue.

This substitution adjustment can no longer be described as unexpected, it is simply a depth bomb.

The two commentators on the court station were stunned on the spot. If Lao Song hadn't been experienced and didn't know much about basketball, he would have almost been left alone.

"Director Zhang, what do you think of the adjustment of the Chinese team?"

Lao Zhang smiled awkwardly, thinking what do I think?I use my eyes so much.

This substitution adjustment is simply nonsense. The US team has been playing defensive counterattacks for the first 3 minutes, and the efficiency is amazing. The Chinese team is not as athletic as their opponents. It is understandable to replace Sun Yue, who is tall and athletic. After all, his shooting ability is too poor. , The US team can't wait to ignore him completely.

But what does it mean that Zhu Fangyu was replaced?The key to replacing Zhu Fangyu is Wang Zhizhi.

Lao Zhu's three-pointer is an important weapon for the Chinese team's outside line!

After Wang Zhizhi came on the court, the Chinese team has a lineup with the top three insiders. If this lineup were in the NBA, this lineup would be a dead end.

Even in FIBA, which doesn't have a 3-second rule, playing three big men is definitely not a good idea.

But Lao Zhang has been a commentator for more than ten years, and he has already practiced his words. While his brain is running fast, he explained: "Actually, the substitution of the Chinese team is quite targeted. The US team's defense was very tight at the beginning. They Using two people to guard late is obviously very afraid of late three-pointers, and Sun Yue can often get open opportunities, but because his shooting ability is not stable enough, there is no way to help late attract defensive pressure. At this time, three-pointers are more accurate The replacement of Li Nan is to increase the firepower of the outside line. As for the replacement of Zhu Fangyu, it may not be a good choice for ordinary fans, but this may be a bold attempt by the Chinese team. After all, our inside advantage is actually More obviously, if there are three big men..."

It's really hard for me, Director Zhang, to make up a set of rhetoric, but there are no obvious mistakes.

The players of the US team were also confused when they saw the lineup of the Chinese team.

Especially when the Chinese team served and Li Nan took possession of the ball for halftime, the American team's defensive formation was obviously in chaos.

Because Yao Ming, who was heavily marked by them, didn't go directly to the basket, but stood near the free throw line.

Anthony and Howard were stunned at the time, what should we do about this?
Can the forward defense still be used near the free throw line?

Wait, Wang Zhizhi actually ran to the basket. Is he playing center?

The two did not hesitate for long, and made an assignment according to the usual thinking. Howard defended Yao Ming, and Anthony defended Wang Zhizhi.

Kobe also caught up with Li Nan immediately. He did not dare to let go of Li Nan like he let go of Sun Yue. In this year's Olympics, Li Nan, a veteran player, performed very well. In the previous games, he made a total of 65 three-pointers. Among them, 45 balls have an astonishingly high hit rate!
This is because the Chinese team has a big killer on the outside, so that Li Nan faces very little defensive pressure, and can often get open three-pointers.

James also kept up with Yi Jianlian. After all, Yi Jianlian relied on three-point shooting to gain a foothold in the NBA, and James didn't dare to let him go.

Just this one adjustment, immediately let the US team's strategy of strictly guarding against late arrivals fail?
of course not!

Don't forget how strong the American team is in terms of physical fitness. Even if they just defended individual marking, Kobe is confident that he can definitely double-team late after the Chinese team passes the ball.

Li Nan dribbled the ball across the half and waited for a while. Yi Jianlian slowly moved over to help Li Nan pick and roll.

Kobe followed Yi Jianlian directly without chasing Li Nan, while James followed Li Nan tacitly.

But Li Nan has seized the fleeting opportunity and passed the ball to Yao Ming near the free throw line.

Yao Ming held the ball with his back and sat down on Howard.

Happy Beast immediately bared its teeth and tried its best to keep up. He didn't dare to go around just now because he felt that Yao Ming was standing too far away from the basket and was not a big threat.

Yao Ming pushed Howard, and immediately pushed Howard back half a step. If it was under the basket, he could try to make a shot at this time.

But Yao Ming didn't, he continued to sit with his back again.

The U.S. team saw it. The Chinese team had no choice. The team did not have a good passer. As a result, Yao Ming had no choice but to pull out and try singles from near the free throw line.

But this style of play obviously consumes a lot of energy, and the US team is very happy to see Yao Ming continue to attack in this way.

Doesn't Yao Ming know that his physical strength is not enough to support him to keep fighting like this?
Of course he knew, because the Chinese team already had a new tactical arrangement.

Wang Zhizhi deliberately pulled away from the inside, as if to create space for Yao Ming to play back-up singles, and ran towards the three-point line by himself.

Anthony was a little hesitant, should he follow Wang Zhizhi?
If Wang Zhizhi is lost at this time and runs to help defend, and cooperates with Howard to double-team Yao Ming, the US team may get another chance to counterattack.

As far as the three big men on the Chinese team are currently on the court, there is nothing they can do with a quick counterattack.

But thinking that Wang Zhizhi has gradually become the second-in-command next to James in the Cavaliers with his three-pointers and fairly good defense, Anthony decided to defend Wang Zhizhi.

The Chinese team didn't stop running, and was late to Yao Ming, who had been stuck by Wade.

Wade immediately reminded Howard, and at the same time chose to keep up.

Being late was just a feint by Yao Ming, running past Yao Ming, James was immediately blocked by two big men.

Wade screamed in his heart that it was not good, Kobe immediately filled the defensive loopholes, and Wade double-teamed Yao Ming.

Just at this time, Wang Zhizhi ran out from the inside, and Yao Ming directly scored the ball.

He and Wang Zhizhi are both tall and close to each other. The way of passing the ball with high hands also gave the US team a headache.

After Wang Zhizhi got the ball, he passed the ball backwards to Late, and at the same time stood aside, both Anthony and Kobe were blocked by his pick and roll.

How could Kobe and Anthony not know how late they were, and immediately speeded up to bypass Wang Zhizhi's pick-and-roll, but what they saw was Late's raised arms.

"This goal is going to be scored!"

Kobe and Anthony thought at the same time. After all, when there was no one around him late, he almost never missed a shot.

The fact is indeed as they guessed, the late three-pointer was scored.

The Chinese team finally broke the scoring drought, but most importantly, they found a way to break the US team's tactics.

(End of this chapter)