The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 242 Japan VS France

Three other 1/8 finals on the same day.

西班牙98:66大胜黎巴嫩，斯洛文尼亚72:78憾负巴西，加拿大则是66:58小胜匈牙利。

Most of the basketball powerhouses still maintained their consistent standards, with a few ups and downs but exciting performances. There were no too unexpected results. It was just that against the backdrop of the Dragon Country's victory, these games seemed a bit bleak.

However, the enthusiasm of the audience remains unchanged. Compared with the sudden rise of Dragon Kingdom, there is also a lot to watch on the 25th.

The game between the United States and Madagascar in the morning is said to be the group with the largest disparity in strength at this World Championships, which is similar to the gap between the Dragon Kingdom and South Korea.

In normal times, such a disparity in strength and weakness would not be interesting, but it is different now...

The rift between Lin Dong and LeBron, and even the Dragon Kingdom and the United States, has been forged since before the start of the game. Now it has long been known to the whole world. Everyone will involuntarily compare the two teams together, especially On the other side of the ocean, countless fans were staring with wide eyes.

Lin Dong scored a big triple-double and led the team to a 65-point victory over South Korea. What about the American team?

Abuse is all about abuse, but if you were a little less abusive, wouldn't you lose this momentum? Now, this dragon country has successively defeated Spain and other wealthy clubs, and the powerful strength displayed is enough to threaten the United States National Youth League. If these two armies are fighting, what will happen if they lose!

So under the attention of countless people, poor Madagascar ushered in a wave of Americans' crazy venting.

LeBron made 28 of 19 shots from the field, scored 50 points, and grabbed 21 rebounds. Although the assists, steals, and blocks did not exceed 21, although 17 of the 50 rebounds were backcourt rebounds that opponents basically did not grab. He only scored a double-double, but a super double-double of 21+ can be regarded as one of the statistics that can be recorded in the history of the World Youth Championship.

Moreover, the United States was high-powered throughout, leaving no room for poor Madagascar. The super-power data of 126:52 simply drove the Madagascar fans into isolation.

There have been many records of big score differences in the World Youth Championship, but a difference of 74 points is really rare. It’s not that there is no such disparity between strengths and weaknesses, but it’s because this kind of game usually won’t be successful after a defeat. Why did he exert his strength? It can only be said that Madagascar just hit the muzzle of the gun and encountered a group of angry super giants who wanted to support their brothers...

The LeBron supporters on the other side of the ocean cheered and stole the limelight. At one point, their momentum on the Internet finally overwhelmed their opponents. They were victorious in all aspects from personal data to team scores, making them feel very happy. .

The guy who clamored to bet on data with Payton got excited again. He shouted on the Internet that he wanted to increase the bet to 20, but Payton followed him instantly.

The duel between these two people is now not as popular on the Internet as LeBron and Lin Dong. Everyone is looking at the money they posted with interest, while imagining how good it would be if the money was theirs. Even if he killed himself, he wouldn't just take out this damn bet; but at the same time, he couldn't help but wonder which one of them would lose, whether he would default on the debt, and whether the gang would really come to his door if he failed to pay the debt...

Of course, there are also many experts who understand football who provide detailed analysis.

Judging from the current points and strength comparison of the four groups, there is a high probability that Dragon Kingdom and the United States will meet in the finals, and there will be basically no surprises.

And through more than half of the schedule, it seems that LeBron has a greater chance of winning.

It's not that those who know the game think LeBron is better than Lin Dong. On the contrary, except for fans who are blindly confident in his strength, most experts can see that Lin Dong's current strength is definitely better than LeBron's.

Whether it is ball handling ability, court awareness, defensive ability, scoring ability or even everything else except strength, the Asians win. If the two go head-to-head, LeBron will lose.

But the problem is, the Dragon Kingdom is not as good as the United States!

Except for Lin Dong, there are huge differences in personal strength in every other position. Perhaps only the center named Tang Zhengdong can barely match up. That guy looks very experienced, but as for the others, he can really only say They are more than capable.

Although the coordination is good and the tactical execution is in place, if it is brought to the Nike Summit, this lineup may be able to beat the United States at that time, but this American National Youth Team was not hurriedly assembled a few days before the Nike Summit game. It's a rabble.

They worked together for two full months, and also did a lot of homework specifically for Lin Dong under the leadership of Chuck Daly.

lose?

The Americans think that is an impossible thing, and since Chuck Daly has already had the idea of ​​​​targeting Lin Dong and knows enough about Lin Dong, then the entire American team can suppress him alone, and the others If people adopt the strategy of less defense and more, then no matter how strong Lin Dong is, he will not be able to produce such gorgeous statistics.

To put it bluntly, the American team is better than the Dragon Country team. This is LeBron's biggest innate advantage.

While the gorgeous victory of the US team caused a new round of discussion among the audience, the last 1/8 finals of the afternoon that Japanese fans were most looking forward to, Japan VS France, also officially started.

Unlike the previous smooth sailing in Group B, Japan played extremely hard this time.

The characteristics of the French men's basketball team are mainly reflected in defense. In fact, their defense is indeed very strong, including in previous games with Dragon Country, Serbia and Montenegro, and Spain. Although they lost by big scores one after another, if you look closely, you will find that No matter Dragon Country, Spain or Serbia and Montenegro, they will always encounter troubles of one kind or another when facing France's quagmire-like defense, so that the scores in several games are relatively low, and the overall offensive rounds are also much lower than Other games.

Defense is their specialty. They started from the first quarter with man-to-man pressing defense in the half, supplemented by double-teaming, defensive transitions and other means to keep the rhythm of the game firmly in their hands.

Especially for the blockade of point guards, French captain Abraham served as the substitute for former National Youth point guard Parker. Although he was suppressed by Lin Dong and Calderon in the previous games, he faced the Japanese National Youth Mu Mu. Shinichi, Fujima and Fukatsu Kazunari achieved a complete blockade.

Japan's transition offense is completely ineffective, and most of the time they still rely on drilling inside and taking advantage of Mori Shigehiro's basket advantage to score.

But although the French's two main players are not there, the coach on the sidelines is still top-notch. He saw Mori Shigehiro's free throw weakness through previous games early on, and used foul tactics to make this big man who was rampaging inside the entire first half. Only 9 points were scored in the game.

After killing one of Japan's stable offensive points, the only one left was the ace Rukawa Kaede who had scored 49 points in the previous game.

The average individual strength of the French team is roughly a little higher than Zhu Fangyu and a little lower than Tang Zhengdong. The ace they drew is still capable of defending against Rukawa Kaede alone.

Rukawa Kaede, who had taken control of the zone, also began to become more and more familiar with the zone. He knew the limits of his physical strength and did not dare to start in the first half. So after the two quarters of the hard first half, the Japanese team only Got a pitiful 29 points.

But fortunately... Sakuragi looks at adversity.

This guy has no ability to score, but he can also prevent the French team from scoring!

The biggest problem for France, which is short of major generals, is not their defense. This skill that flows in the bones of the French is one of their basic skills, but they are really not good at scoring.

In the past, when there was the French sports car Parker and the French Jordan Pietrus, they were definitely a strong team that could compete with Spain, Serbia and Montenegro, and even the Dragon Kingdom. But the reason why they lost so miserably in Group A was because although their defensive skills were still lacking. Yes, but their offense was also a mess. France's offense mainly relies on two points. One is relying on the personal ability of current captain and ace Abraham to break through and cause damage, and the other is relying on the combination of power forward and center in the twin towers under the basket to eat the pie.

But the problem is that the basket is now guarded by Mori Shigehiro. If he is fouled on offense, he will not be able to score points, but this center who is already weaker than him can't even think of scoring on his head.

And poor Abraham encountered the most terrifying defense he has ever played... the SuperSonics' shadowless hand from Payton's real pass!

When Sakuragi was at the Nike Summit, even offensive masters like Anthony would occasionally suffer from his hands. Abraham? never heard of that.

Under the instructions of coach Anzai, Sakuragi blocked Abraham in all aspects and hung on him from the first quarter. The two of them were like Siamese twins. After halftime, Abraham was stunned. He was able to get away from him by half a step, but he also made 3 turnovers and 3 steals, which shocked the French head coach.

The red-haired man's performance in the previous three group matches has been mediocre. Although he has highlighted his performance at the Nike Summit, whether he steals Anthony or picks up a rebound over Bosh, these are the occasional shots of inspiration. , and it is not the normal level that he has always shown. The final kill was the super vacancy created by Lin Dong himself. In the eyes of the French, if you can't make a shot, you should be hanged. So what is worthy of praise? of?

But who would have thought...it would fall into his hands!

Faced with this deadly defense, Abraham could only frequently rely on his outside teammates to score 3 points, but the defensive attitude of other positions in the Japanese team is still there. Jun Tsuchiya and Morohoshi are also in the United States. He had gone through hard training in high school, and in the past two months he had more or less learned something from Sakuragi who had "returned from school", so his defense was decent.

Moreover, France really felt a little bad today. The team shot 3 of 22 7-pointers in the first half, which made the head coach next to him squat on the ground with his head in his hands.

So the French team couldn't flourish on the offensive end... until the end of the first half, the two sides played a score that looked like novices pecking each other - 31:29, France only led by 2 points.

In the second half, both sides unanimously further strengthened their defense.

It's not that they don't know how to win by attacking, it's just that Japan has no cards to play, and France doesn't have any big or small kings.

And under the already strong defensive intensity, the consequence of strengthening defense and pressing is frequent injuries...

The power forward on the French side was knocked out by Mori Shigehiro while fighting for a rebound under the basket. He hit his head on the basket and bled profusely. A conflict almost broke out between the two teams.

Immediately afterwards, Fujima was injured by an unintentional step, and his ankle was directly reimbursed. The swollen bump could be seen at the scene. The entire World Championship schedule was probably reimbursed.

Then Fukatsu Kazunari was violently elbowed by the opponent, and his entire jaw was crooked. Two or three teeth were lost, and his mouth was also bleeding.

Amid the crazy curses and shouts in the arena, the arena was full of gunpowder.

At this point in the battle, both sides have already seen bayonets.

Two generals, Fujima and Fukatsu Kazunari, were missing one after another. Maki Shinichi, who had already played in the first half, was forced to play again. However, his overwhelming physical fitness in the Hidaka battle was really impressive in this international arena. It's a bit unsightly.

Unable to withstand or break away, his personal technical characteristics were suppressed by the opponent and left no room for display. France became a breakthrough point and once opened the score by nearly 10 points.

Until Rukawa Kaede forced the zone and turned into a 3-pointer from the outside, the score was close again.

"Defend! Defend! Defend!"

The whole stadium was filled with uniform shouts like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, and all the fans stood up nervously.

"We must hold on even to the death!" The substitute teammates on the sidelines all stared crazily at the court with red eyes.

Abraham, who was in possession of the ball, had a fiery gaze.

Japan has the reason why Japan wants to win, and France also has the desire that France cannot lose!

Who doesn’t have a dream yet!

His attention was so focused at this moment that it seemed as if all the distracting noise in the audience was extinguished, and he could even hear his own heartbeat!

Facing the red-haired man who had been pestering him all game, he made a large lateral movement and changed direction, finally managed to open up a slight distance, and sent a wonderful pass, assisting Mu Shenyi, who was already out of breath. A small forward who gets to the free throw line.

As soon as Mu Shen rushed forward, Mori Shigehiro in front also anxiously came up to defend, but the jumping small forward did not choose to force the shot, but passed the ball to the basket.

The French center, who was almost exhausted after being blocked by Mori Shigehiro, finally seized the opportunity, jumped up high on the spot and smashed the ball into the basket.

The noisy basketball stadium suddenly became quiet.

The numbers on the electronic scoreboard jumped slightly.

At 55:54, the French team leads by 1 point, with 3 seconds left!

　I originally wanted to write down the ending of the Japanese game in detail, but that way it would really be indistinguishable. It would take too much of the protagonist's role and create a so-called sense of fragmentation, so I'd better write about both games and keep it to this length. Just spread it out and highlight a key shot and emotion. But... I guess I may not be able to beat LeBron tomorrow^^, but the day after tomorrow at the latest, or maybe tomorrow afternoon's chapter, let's see.

　　I'll try to update around 9 a.m. tomorrow

　　

　

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