The world of basketball

Chapter 121 Battle against Australia
Li Nan's lineup arrangement is very bold. He discussed with Yao Ming and Gong Luming for a long time before making this decision.

The most important thing is to take Yi Jianlian out of the starting lineup, and Yi Jianlian easily agreed. He knows the potential of these two boys and also knows the change of his role.

The core of the national team has gradually changed from a single-core team leader to a new era of twin towers with Mu Xiaobei and Zhou Qi as the core.

The current playing style of the national team is a bit like that of the Lakers, which is to counterattack and do a good job of defense and counterattack. Whether it is Zhao Jiwei, Xiaoding, Guo Ailun or the two big men Mu Xiaobei and Zhou Qi are very good at defensive counterattack.

In fact, Han Dejun probably won't play too long as an insider, because Zhou Peng and Abdul Saramu can both play the fourth position. His biggest role is to serve as an insider's meat shield and fight against the opponent.

On August 31, BJ, the first round of the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup group stage officially kicked off. The Chinese team's first match was against the strong team Australia.

The two sides started the game, the Chinese team was naturally scheduled to start, and Australia had Mills, Exum, Simmons, Ingles and Bogut.

Mu Xiaobei played against Ingles this time.

The two have played against each other in the NBA, but Mu Xiaobei played at the fifth position in the Spurs. Generally speaking, Kuzma and Ingles played against each other.

It is very important for a team to have one brain, but this team has two or even three brains. Naturally, Ingles needless to say, he is the brain of the Jazz in Jazz, not to mention Ben Simmons, in addition to physical fitness, He just relies on organization and passing to play. Mills' tactical status in the Spurs was second only to Aldridge, and he is naturally very strong.

Mu Xiaobei competed with Bogut for the opening jump ball. The former No. [-] pick suffered from injuries and finally chose to leave the NBA stage, but it does not mean that his ability is not good.

After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Bogut's coping ability and defense awareness are definitely the top in the current NBA league. Well, it's probably on the same level as Pau Gasol.

But after all, he couldn't jump anymore, Mu Xiaobei relied on his height and wingspan to get the first wave of possession for the Chinese team.

For the Chinese team, this is not a game that must be won, but should reserve enough energy to deal with the next two games.

But for athletes, as long as they are on the field, they must go all out, and they must do their best to win.

So for Mu Xiaobei and the others, there is no need to win the game, as long as it is a game, they must do their best to win.

Zhao Jiwei dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, Mu Xiaobei and Zhou Qi played a bull-horn tactic, Mu Xiaobei went down and Zhou Qi lifted the top of the arc, and Zhao Jiwei went to the basket.

Mu Xiaobei's pick-and-roll was very solid. Zhao Jiwei passed Mills' defense and Bogut had to pounce. Zhao Jiwei hit the ground and passed the ball to Mu Xiaobei.

"Strike Xiaobei! This ox horn tactic was very successful. Zhou Qi's outside cut attracted Ingles' defense and also attracted the attention of the other two. Mu Xiaobei has a height advantage when playing down Mills. A high throw lightly scored." The CCTV commentators were Mr. Yu Jia and Mr. Zhang Weiping.

Mills dribbled the ball across the half court and gave it to Simmons to run the tactics himself. Ding and Simmons had a hard time facing each other. Simmons didn't want to pick and roll, but accelerated and squeezed Ding directly to the basket. Mu Xiaobei Being restrained by Ingles on the outside line and unable to walk away, Zhou Qi rushed forward to help defend and shouted: "Change defense, change defense!"

However, Xiaoding's defense was still a step slower. Simmons made a high toss, and Bogut succeeded in an alley-oop dunk.

Kind of tricky.

Indeed, from Mu Xiaobei's point of view, the national team's level of tacit understanding compared to the Spurs is still a little bit, just like the ball just now, in the Spurs, Kuzma was able to defend in place very quickly, even if the ball on the opposite side was in vain waste time.

The Chinese team still played a bull-horn tactic. This time Ingles and Bogut formed a defense switch. Bogut jumped to the top of the arc to defend and defend Zhou Qi. In this way, Ingles would be better than Bogut whether he assisted Mu Xiaobei or single-handedly defended against the Commission for Discipline Inspection. The special effects are much better.

Zhao Jiwei still passed the ball to Mu Xiaobei from the base, and Mu Xiaobei turned around and passed the ball to Guo Ailun on the outside.

Then, Guo Ailun called Mu Xiaobei to come over for a pick-and-roll, Mu Xiaobei firmly blocked Exum, and Bogut was delayed in shrinking his defense. Even when Bogut was not injured, speed was not his strong point.

Then, Guo Ailun made a three-pointer with a step back.

"Good shot Allen! Look at Guo Ailun's biggest improvement since the CBA this season, besides passing, is his step-back jumper. He didn't have this skill in the past, but this year we can see that it has become his routine. Weapons." Yu Jia said.

"This partial cooperation is very good. Li Nan did a very good job. He accurately found the biggest shortcoming in the Australian defensive lineup, which is their slow inside Bogut." Zhang Weiping said.

Australia's offense was still handed over to Simmons, and Mills started running. Zhao Jiwei was firmly blocked by Bogut when he received the ball from the outside.

"Switch, switch!" Zhao Jiwei yelled.

Zhou Qi's speed and wingspan are good for his big defense and small defense, while Bogut's offensive methods are not particularly good. It can be seen that the Chinese team has put a lot of effort into studying Australia.

With his back against Zhao Jiwei, Bogut could clearly see two people, one big and the other small, making Zhao Jiwei very helpless.

Bogut didn't want to give up this opportunity, so he punched Zhao Jiwei with his back, and Mu Xiaobei was thinking about whether he needed help in defense.

But then, boom—

A gliding dunk from Simmons broke Mu Xiaobei's thinking. Looking at Xiao Ding with a frustrated face, Mu Xiaobei went over and patted his big brother on the shoulder.

There is a gap in physical talent, and it is visible to the naked eye. It's not that Xiaoding doesn't work hard, but often Simmons can make space with a push, and he knows very well based on his golf quotient that the best time to cut in is which one.

The Chinese team attacked, Zhao Jiwei passed the ball to Guo Ailun after halftime, and Zhou Qi and Guo Ailun performed a pick-and-roll.

If Mu Xiaobei and Zhou Qi are the inside core of the national team, Guo Ailun is the outside core of the national team. The national team desperately needs his breakthrough vitality and outside firepower.

It can be seen that the Chinese team still wants to target Bogut.

But Ingles came to make up defense, and he also knew that Bogut's speed is not fast. If there is a switch, Bogut can't defend Guo Ailun, so he wants to form a switch with Bogut.

But Guo Ailun accurately found Mu Xiaobei's point, and a pass was passed to Mu Xiaobei, and Mu Xiaobei shot directly from outside the three-point line.

Swah——

At the beginning, the Chinese team was not beaten badly by Australia, but led by four points.

(End of this chapter)