NBA: Starting with Jokic template

Chapter 68: Taking turns to exert force (310)

Seeing Westbrook's classic shot, Durant, who is most familiar with him, sighed helplessly.

Westbrook is very strong, but the biggest limitation to his upper limit is that sometimes his brain overheats and he rushes as soon as he gets the ball.

Durant felt a little overwhelmed when he saw Westbrook rushing in again and being disturbed by Lin Chuan and missing the shot.

You know, even if they don't score any goals, Lin Chuan from the Chinese team can score back at them.

Sure enough, just as Durant was calling on several people to return to defense quickly, the rebound was grabbed by Lin Chuan, and then another long pass went through the entire court and found the target behind them.

Sun Yue rushed to the free throw line early and dunked with one hand to end the fast break.

The score was 32:27.

"Good! Let's play like this! Westbrook played very well."

Seeing the Chinese team's continuous counterattacks, Yu Jia in the broadcast room was so happy that he even wanted to give Westbrook a thumbs up to encourage him to keep up the good work.

Anthony passed the ball to the baseline and finally chose to pass it to Harden.

Harden slowly advanced with the ball, ignoring his second brother's request for the ball. Facing Zhou Peng's defense, he continued to shake his crotch to keep the rhythm.

Harden dribbled the ball at a very fast frequency. With a small change of rhythm, he froze Zhou Peng in place and then quickly broke through with a low move.

While moving, Harden slowed down his pace while receiving the ball and let Zhou Peng, who was half a body length behind him, come up.

In a flash, before Harden kicked the ball, Zhou Peng quickly stepped forward to cut the ball, but Harden's hands held the basketball tightly like iron clamps, and Zhou Peng's reshot did not even move the slightest.

As the referee blew the whistle, Harden took a slow third step and instantly threw the ball into the net.

Swish!
2+1!

Going to the free throw line, Harden made the shot steadily.

"In this shot by Harden, we can see that he exposed the ball in front of Zhou Peng to trick him into making a move, and then used his own strength to force a two-plus-one."

"It seems that our national team still needs to do more training on physical fitness and strength. Look, Harden is bigger than our small forward."

Zhang Weiping commented.

"Yes, in our entire team, only Yi Jianlian and Lin Chuan are big enough. Even Wang Zhizhi, who has been away from the NBA for a long time, is no longer strong enough."

Chen Jianghua dribbled the ball and quickly crossed the frontcourt. Westbrook quickly stepped forward and pressed him almost out of bounds. He could only throw the ball to Lin Chuan according to the position he remembered.

"careful!"

"Snapped!"

The hasty pass was cut off by Iguodala, who then finished with a slam dunk in the frontcourt.

Iguodala is dubbed the "Little AI". Although he debuted in Philadelphia like Iverson and then moved to the Nuggets in his second stop, and his name abbreviations are both derived from AI, Iguodala is not just a name. He has explosive physical fitness and has led his team into the playoffs several times, and even created a historic black eight miracle. This is why he was able to win a seat in the star-studded Dream Team.

The U.S. team attacked and defended, and in an instant they wiped out the score advantage that Fang Cai's team had gained thanks to Westbrook's eccentric play.

Deng Huade was so anxious on the sidelines that he wanted to call a timeout, but after thinking it over, he resisted the urge.

Even if he yelled now, it wouldn't be much use. The two strongest players on the team, Lin Chuan and Yi Jianlian, were on the court anyway, so he might as well just watch them play. Thinking of this, he chose to cheer for the court and turned into a substitute cheerleader. "Come on, play well, and be careful not to make any more mistakes."

The team fell behind in the score again, and several players on the Chinese team became a little nervous. Seeing everyone's mentality, Lin Chuan played by himself for a while and held on for the team.

Chen Jianghua received the ball. This time Westbrook wanted to repeat his old trick and create another turnover, but he was well prepared this time. He jumped up and passed the ball to Lin Chuan before Westbrook could steal the ball.

Seeing Lin Chuan standing outside the three-point line and about to shoot, Davis hurriedly rushed forward and jumped up, trying to block Lin Chuan.

He wanted to block the ball to the frontcourt, but Lin Chuan forced his way past him, leaning his body back a little and making a three-pointer.

Compared to the breathless Davis, Lin Chuan seemed calm and composed, and he didn't even sweat during this attack.

This also allowed the young Davis to experience in advance the joy of being pushed by Jokic to shoot magical shots.

Watching the ball go into the net, Lin Chuan turned around and patted Davis, who was sweating profusely.
"Young man, you are still too young."

Davis was confused. What kind of trash talk was this? Are there any young people who are not young?
"As expected of Lin Chuan, even though he is only one year older than the defender, he has seen big scenes and is much more experienced. In comparison, this year's NBA No. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis really looks like a greenhorn."

Yu Jia commented.

"That's right. Experience and mentality are gained through playing games. Anthony Davis only played in the NCAA and was selected for the US team to play in the Olympics. He lacks experience in major competitions. When he is nervous, Lin Chuan can shake him off with a fake move."

Westbrook held the ball, rushed into the inside to attract three defenders, and passed the ball to Iguodala in the corner.

Although he was unguarded, he still failed to seize the rare opportunity and missed the shot.

Lin Chuan grabbed the rebound, swung his elbow, forced back Davis and Durant who were trying to steal the ball, then lowered his body and began to dribble across half court.

When he got to the midline, Davis wanted to steal the ball, but K yelled,
"Don't grab him, he can dribble!"

But it was too late. Davis had already rushed forward, but Lin Chuan changed direction in front of him and rushed to the three-point line with the flesh under his jersey shaking.

Seeing Lin Chuan stop, Old K had already covered his face.

The ending was the same as he imagined, in exactly the same place, Lin Chuan made another three-pointer.

In the next round, Lin Chuan held the ball and faced Davis again. This time, he finally learned his lesson and stood one step away from Lin Chuan. This not only prevented Lin Chuan from breaking through, but also allowed him to rely on his flexibility to block and interfere before Lin Chuan shot.

But the result of this goal was... Lin Chuan dribbled the ball to the free throw line, then used a European step to deceive the defense and score another goal.

Once again, the young Davis was confused.

Oh, young people really shouldn’t go there. They go there to receive military training.

Old K is helpless. This Dream Team does not have any center except Tyson Chandler, who is completely incompatible with Lin Chuan. The only two power forwards, the young Davis, still has some defensive skills. If Love, who has just finished losing weight, is put on the field, the defense will only be worse.

He could only hope that others would defeat them by relying on their personal strength which was far superior to that of the Chinese team.

The US team failed to score in the next round and the first quarter ended.

The score is 38:27.

Lin Chuan scored 19 points in the first quarter, accounting for half of the team's points, and fought against the US team on his own!

(End of this chapter)