Legendary star

Chapter 195 Semi-finals (this chapter is added for the first helm owner of this book)

"Friends from the audience, this is CCTV. The game we are broadcasting live for you today is the semi-final of the Olympic men's basketball game. The Hua Guo basketball team played a game against the US team. After defeating the host Australia in the last game , Our national team has created the best results in the history of participating in the Olympic Games. From today onwards, every step they take is creating a new history.” I don’t know when it started, and the commentary style of Teacher Zhang Lili also changed. Very provocative.

"Director Zhang is right, but in this game our national team faced the American team known as the dream team, and in the group match, we even lost to the dream team by 47 points. Many, so in this game, our national team only needs to play its own style.” When the Hua Guo team faced the strongest American team, Su Qun, who had always had great confidence in Meng Xu, did not dare Say that the Hua Guo team can beat the US team, because the US team is really too strong, and its positions are several grades higher than the national team, which means that Meng Xu can still compete with them.

"Okay, let's introduce the starting lineups of the two teams first." It was difficult to hide his inner disappointment, and Teacher Zhang Lili also picked up the starting lineups of both sides and began to introduce the starting lineups of both teams for this game.

"For our national team, the starting center today is Yao Ming. This is also Yao Ming's second start in this year's Olympics. In the last game against Australia, Yao Ming played 2 minutes and scored 20 points and 17 rebounds. The double-double data. The starting power forward is Wang Zhizhi. According to the news from Sydney, Liu Yudong was injured during the rebounding process with the Australian inside player at the last moment of the last game, and he will probably miss it. In this game, I think this is also the reason why Director Jiang used Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi as an inside combination in this game. At the small forward position, Meng Xu is still the starter today. Meng Xu played in the last game He scored 13 points in the national team's victory over Australia, and nearly half of Meng Xu's 36 points were scored in the crucial fourth quarter. Today's starting point guard is Li Nan, point guard It's still Li Xiaoyong." After Zhang Lili introduced the starting list of the national team in one breath, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention to Su Qun.

"For the U.S. team, today's starting center is Alonzo Mourning, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Vince Carter, shooting guard Ray Allen, and point guard Jason Kidd. None of the stars came with the team, but we can also see from the previous games that the US team still has an overwhelming advantage over the world basketball world, although some NBA coaches joked that just bringing a few NBA substitute players is enough Sweeping the world, although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it can also prove the strength of the American team from the side."

After the two games against Italy and Australia, Meng Xu also succeeded in the national team and was established by the head coach Jiang Quan as the tactical core. After Jiang Quan announced this decision, Liu Yudong, the leader of the national team, was also the first to take the lead in agreeing. However, in the national team where Bayi players account for half of the national team, as long as Liu Yudong agrees, there is basically no resistance.In the past, although the national team gathered the best players in the country, due to the relative unfamiliarity with each other, it was difficult for these people to form effective cooperation, and it was difficult to use good tactics in the national team. After Jiang Quan took over the national team, he insisted on implementing the tactical system in the national team. For this reason, many players who refused to accept discipline were expelled from the national team. It can be played out, because the current national team does not have a real tactical core at all.

After the previous two games, when the entire national team was celebrating the team's historic semifinals, the head coach Jiang Quan was reading through the basketball books brought back from the United States all night long. When John Wooden wrote (Detailed Explanation of UCLA Basketball Tactics), Coach Jiang Quan also saw the term self-contained tactical system for the first time, and Jiang Quan was also surprised to find that many of Meng Xu’s conditions met this requirement. In addition, Jiang Quan undoubtedly found a shortcut. In the end, Jiang Quan decided to establish Meng Xu as the core of the national team's tactics, and build the entire national team's tactical system around Meng Xu.And in this game against the United States, the players that head coach Jiang Quan sent to the field were all players who met Meng Xu's requirements. This game was also a real attempt made by Jiang Quan.

When the game between the two sides started, it may be because the US team underestimated the enemy. After all, they had won the Hua Guo team by 47 points in the group stage. In the first quarter, the players of the US team also played more casually.Due to Yao Ming's destructive power at the basket of the US team in the last game, Tomovich arranged for Alonzo Mourning and Kevin Garnett to play against Yao Ming from the very beginning of the game. Double-teaming, under such circumstances, Wang Zhizhi also got a lot of opportunities. Relying on his excellent mobility and soft shooting touch, Wang Zhizhi repeatedly pulled to the outside and ran out of space when Garnett double-teamed Yao Ming. And Wang Zhizhi also made 6 of 3 shots in the first quarter and scored a team-high 9 points.

6 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and 1 steal. These are Meng Xu's statistics in the first quarter. In the first quarter, Yao Ming stayed at the basket on both ends of the offense and defense to attract the United States. Defense is also a solid barrier for the national team on the defensive end, while the rest of the players, Wang Zhizhi, Li Nan, and Li Xiaoyong, all move back and forth outside the 3-point line to find opportunities. Starting point, Li Xiaoyong was completely reduced to a dribbling guard in this game. Fortunately, his 3-point ability is not bad.After the first quarter, the national team led the US team by 27 points, 25 to 2. This is probably the first time in the history of the confrontation between the Chinese basketball team and the US team.

When the substitute players from both sides came on the stage in the second quarter, the biggest advantage of the United States was revealed. The gap between the substitute lineup and the main lineup of the American team was not that big, but the Huaguo basketball team was different, because they did not have a familiar tactical system. , this group of substitutes is basically a strategy based on singles. Although Meng Xu played again in the second half of the second quarter, he was still beaten by the US team 25 to 15 in the second quarter. By the end of the half , 42 to 50, the US team has gone ahead by 8 points.

And after the start of the third quarter, the U.S. team, who had come to their senses, implemented a full-court defensive tactic against the Chinese national team. This is also the usual style of the U.S. team in the international arena. The audience was pressing, but was defeated by the US team in one quarter.Not to mention the current Huaguo men's basketball team, even if it is as strong as Russia, it fell under the pressure of the US team in the last round.Therefore, after the American team skillfully used the full-court pressing tactics, the number of turnovers of the national team also rose sharply. The main point guard Li Xiaoyong even made two 3-second violations.And in the third quarter, Tomnovich also gave up double-teaming Yao Ming and changed to double-teaming Meng Xu. Under Vince Carter and Ray Allen's defensive strategy of pressing and double-teaming, it was Meng Xu There were also 8 turnovers in the third quarter.Therefore, after the end of the 3rd quarter, the Huaguo basketball team, which was 3 to 3 and 3 points behind, basically had no power to recover.

"Director Jiang, I'm going to the toilet. I can't hold it any longer." After leaving the field, Meng Xu immediately ran into the player tunnel and into the locker room.Facing the US team's pressing defense in the third quarter, Meng Xu's weakness in poor ball control was magnified again. Although he was already 3 points behind, Meng Xu still didn't want to give up. On the one hand, it is because in Meng Xu's heart, this game is related to his future status in the national team and even in the world basketball world. At present, there is no one in the world basketball world that can compete with the US team, and one can compete with the US team. The team's players, and Meng Xu will undoubtedly be the first one.After entering the system space and adding all his remaining 21 attribute points to ball control, Meng Xu's current ball control ability has reached 25 points. Although he still lacks the support of ball control skills or talents, 96 The possession of the ball at one point is enough to ensure that he can easily face the American team's full-court press. "

"Xiao Meng, do you still want to play in the fourth quarter?" When Meng Xu returned to the bench, the last quarter had already begun. Because he was too far behind, Jiang Quan simply gave up his plan to chase points, and It was a full bench lineup.

"Go." After taking the water cup handed over by Yao Ming, Meng Xu nodded lightly, expressing his desire to continue playing.

"Hmm." Jiang Quan was also surprised by Meng Xu's answer. It would not be of much use not to play at this time. At the same time, Jiang Quan also admired Meng Xu's unyielding character.

When more than 3 points were scored in the fourth quarter, the Huaguo team called a timeout and replaced Hu Weidong with Meng Xu. They are all very puzzled. Although they lost to the US team, there are still 3rd and 4th places in the game the day after tomorrow. This kind of waste of energy is really unwise.

"Meng, you have no chance." After playing again, the New York Knicks star Alan Houston faced Meng Xu. What's wrong, although Alan Houston was born in the New York gang, his personality is completely opposite to those villains.In the two matchups with Meng Xu in the regular season, he also admired Meng Xu's excellent and clean defense, so in Alan Houston's heart, he did not have any malice towards Meng Xu.

"Even if there is no chance, I will not give up." After playing, Meng Xu directly took over the responsibilities of the point guard. The sideline ball sent by Battelle directly went to Meng Xu's hands, facing Alan Houston's tight Forced, Meng Xu protected the ball covertly, then turned around and avoided Ala Houston.

　Thank you Swen Ke Nangong Hen for the rewards, thank you very much.

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　　The part of the national team should end today. I am very sorry. I originally said 10 chapters, but looking back, it is almost 20 chapters.

　　
　
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