Legendary star

Chapter 598 One person and one team

On August 2004, 8, the Huaguo Men's Basketball team ushered in the fourth game of the group stage, which was also the most important game in the group stage. The top seed in the group, the US team, lost two games in the first three games. After that, the U.S. team completely lost the chance to compete for the first place in the group, and as the other two strongest teams in the same group, the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team and the Lithuanian team competed for the first place in the group.

Leaving aside the ancient history, the Lithuanian men’s basketball team has always been a strong European team since Lithuania became independent from the Soviet Union. In the short period of more than 10 years after Lithuania’s independence, Lithuania has never missed an Olympic Games. Under the leadership of S. Sabonis, Lithuania won the third place in the Olympic Games twice. Although Avidas Sabonis has retired, Lithuania's strength has not fluctuated much. This time, it won the Olympic Games with the European champion If the Huaguo men's basketball team does not exist, the Lithuanian men's basketball team must be the No. 2 seed in Group B.

Due to the existence of Avydas Sabonis, the Lithuanian men's basketball team has always been a team with top inside strength, but after Avydas Sabonis retired and could not find someone who could replace him, the Lithuanian men's The basketball team has developed a unique approach, changing its own tactics that have lasted for nearly 10 years. It changed from a team that mainly focused on positional warfare to playing small ball tactics, especially the three-pointer of the Lithuanian men's basketball team. Among them, it is even more outstanding.

With the changes of the times, the NBA has paid more and more attention to the three-point shooting tactics, especially the Pacers where Meng Xu belongs to, which is one of the best. After Larry Bird took charge of the Pacers, the Pacers specially formulated Three-point shooting tactics, and whether it is the number of three-point shots or the number of hits, the Pacers have always remained at the forefront of the league, especially after Meng Xu joined the Pacers. In the two seasons when Meng Xu won the scoring champion, The number of three-point shots taken by the Pacers and the number of three-pointers made are the highest in the league. There was even a period of time when the Pacers were jokingly called a three-point team by some media.

However, compared with Lithuania, the Pacers are obviously a small area. In the last season as an example, the Pacers averaged 19 three-pointers per game and 7.5 hits per game. Both statistics are among the top three in the league. , but in this Olympic Games, Lithuania averaged as many as 28 three-point shots per game and hit 11 three-pointers per game. All the teams were beaten up by Lithuania. Even the US team, which had been suppressing Lithuania on the scene, finally knelt under Lithuania's three-point rain.

Therefore, if you want to win Lithuania, you must strengthen your defense against Lithuania's perimeter. Therefore, in the game against Lithuania, Wang Zhizhi, who had been the starting power forward for the first three games, was put on the bench by head coach Jiang Quan. His is Zhu Fangyu, who originally played small forward, and Meng Xu returned to the small forward position for the first time after playing three games of point guard. Jiang Quan hopes to use Meng Xu's defense to make up for the Huaguo men's basketball Weakness in perimeter defense, because whether it is Li Nan or Zhu Fangyu, their footsteps are a bit slow, and they must be at a disadvantage when defending those small perimeters in Lithuania, so at this time, someone needs to help them defend at any time. In the current Huaguo men's basketball team, only Meng Xu has this ability.

At the same time, Jiang Quan also hoped that after Meng Xu switched to playing small forward, he could further unleash his offensive ability. In the Sydney Olympic Games, the Huaguo men's basketball team was able to defeat Lithuania because of Meng Xu's super scoring power. In that game, the Huaguo men's basketball team, which was once inseparable from Lithuania, collapsed in front of Lithuania's sudden three-point rain at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Lithuanian team scored 21 points in a single quarter, which directly helped the Huaguo men's basketball team come back. Therefore, in today's game, Jiang Quan hopes to release Meng Xu's scoring ability as much as possible while strengthening the defense against Lithuania's perimeter.

"Hey, Sharon, you performed very well in the game against the US team. I hope you can also perform well in this game." After all the starting players from both sides appeared on the field, Meng Xu walked towards the middle circle , and greeted Sharonus Jascovicius who was standing there waiting for his teammate to jump the ball. Originally, Meng Xu had no impression of the guy who beat the American team, but just yesterday Larry -Bird called Meng Xu and asked Meng Xu to compete with his new teammates to test his strength.

Meng Xu learned from Larry Bird that there was nothing to be gained in the free market, and other teams were looking for a deal, so the Pacers had no choice but to set their sights on the international arena. Wanting to find a few rough jades from international players like the Spurs, and turning around, the Pacers finally settled on Lithuania's Sharonus Jascovicius, and just between the Pacers management and Sharonus After Jascovitz's agent started contacting, Sharonus Jascovicius used his outstanding performance to send a qualified vote to the Pacers. There is nothing better than the American team It is better to prove their strength. After Sharonus Jascovicius proved his strength, the two sides have already begun to negotiate the specific details of the contract. Therefore, starting from next season, Meng Xu and Sharonus Jascovicius is likely to be a teammate.

"Hi, hi, hello!" Sharonus Jascovicius obviously didn't expect that Meng Xu ran over to say hello to him, so Jascovicius stuttered after being a little dazed In response to Meng Xu, Sharonus Jascovicius at this moment is not at all like the cold-blooded killer who killed the US team in the last game.

"Be good." With a slight smile, Meng Xu took a few steps back and turned his gaze to Yao Ming who was about to jump the ball.

"I will definitely!" Seeing Meng Xu's figure, Sharonus Jascovicius clenched his fists and said secretly.Sharonus Jascovicius already knew about the fact that the Indiana Pacers were in contact with their agent, so when Meng Xu came over to greet him, Sharonus Jascovicius would Feel uneasy.In the last Olympic Games, Sharonus Jascovicius had already played against Meng Xu. At that time, Meng Xu, who was not in his current status, had already made Sharonus Jascovicius feel Horror, but now under the trend of NBA globalization, the God-making movement of the NBA, and the global promotion of Nike, Meng Xu's momentum in the European continent is no less than that of Michael Jordan, so in terms of momentum, Sharonus Jascovicius is naturally much shorter than Meng Xu. ,
With the whistle of the referee on duty, this crucial match concerning the first place in Group B officially began. Yao Ming of the Huaguo men's basketball team and Darius Lara of the Lithuanian men's basketball team represented the jump ball. Frinovic, although in the NBA due to lack of jumping and explosive power, Yao Ming often loses to jumpers who are shorter than himself when jumping the ball in the opening game, but in international competitions, in the face of these jumping and explosive power The same general traditional insider, Yao Ming still has an obvious advantage in height. This time, Yao Ming defeated Darius Lafrinovic very easily and won the ball for the Huaguo Men's Basketball Team.

After Meng Xu went back to play small forward, the Huaguo men's basketball team replaced Meng Xu's teammate in the Shanghai men's basketball team today. The current CBA No. [-] point guard Liu Wei, Liu Wei's ability is not up to the NBA standard. However, Liu Wei is the only guard among the guards of the Huaguo men's basketball team who can dribble the ball through the half court when the opponent is pressing the ball, so Jiang Quan is still very relieved to let Liu Wei control the ball, but It is also limited to possession of the ball. After Liu Wei dribbles the ball across the half court, he will still hand the basketball to Meng Xu, because no matter how you look at it, Meng Xu is more like a point guard than Liu Wei.

After getting the ball from beyond the left three-point line, Ramnas Siskauskas of the Lithuanian team posted it. Although he is known as the number one small forward in Europe, Ramnas Siskauskas There is still a certain gap between Kass and the first-class small forwards in the NBA, especially in terms of defense. Perhaps because international competitions rely more on zone defense, Ramnas Siskoskas's single-defense ability is only It could barely reach the average level of the NBA, so Meng Xu just swayed lightly and added a fake move to sway Ramnas Siskoskas away and complete a turn in front of him.

Although there was an open space, Meng Xu didn't throw the ball by himself, but directly threw it to Yao Ming, who was already in position under the cable basket. The half-turned small hook scored two points, and Darius Lafrinovic was also over 2 meters tall, but an inside line like his jumping ability was simply not enough for Yao Ming.

Offensive and defensive transition, it's time for Sharonus Jascovicius to perform, maybe he wants to show his strength in front of Meng Xu, Sharonus Jascovicius, who is playing point guard today, After dribbling through the half court, he swayed left and right in front of Liu Wei, and then raised his hand to score a three-pointer.

With a sound of "Shua!", the basketball thrown by Sharonus Jascovicius went into the net hollowly. After the shot was made, Sharonus Jascovicius deliberately looked in Meng Xu's direction At a glance, he is quite a proud primary school student.

"That's right, you still dare to challenge me, you have the guts!" Seeing Sharonus Jascovicius looking at him with his chin raised, Meng Xu smiled at him. Anyone who is familiar with Meng Xu knows that only one In this case, Meng Xu will only laugh after the opponent scores, that is, when Meng Xu is about to return a goal.

However, Sharonus Jascovicius, who is not familiar with Meng Xu, doesn't think so. In Sharonus Jascovicius' view, Meng Xu's smile to himself is probably because of Encourage yourself, so Sharonus Jascovicius is now more and more fond of Meng Xu.

But this kind of favor did not last even 30 seconds, and it was shattered. When it was the Huaguo men's basketball team's turn to attack, Meng Xu took the ball from Liu Wei in the middle circle, and Sharonus Yasco Weiss didn't know why his brain got hot, so he ran to defend Meng Xu. Originally, in the view of Sharonus Jascovices, this might be a very "friendly" exchange, a mutual exchange between two people. Understand the strength, and increase the chance of affection, but Meng Xu was very rude, took a step forward, and shot a three-pointer.

"MMP!" The unprepared Sharonus Jascovicius turned his head and looked. The place where Meng Xu shot was at least two meters away from the three-point line. What is this?This is Hong Guoguo's disregard!Hong Guoguo's humiliation!And the most damning thing is that Meng Xu's seemingly very random super long-range three-pointer actually hit it!

"Meng Xu, take a three-point shot? I'll go, do you really dare to shoot? Such a long distance, huh? In. Did you make it? You actually made it from such a long distance?"

Meng Xu's three-point shot looked very shocking. Whether it was the fans at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, they were all shocked by Meng Xu's ultra-long-range three-pointer.But Meng Xu is very clear that this is just an ordinary shot. The three-point line in international basketball itself is one meter shorter than that in the NBA. In addition, Meng Xu's three-point shots in the NBA are often on the three-point line. Half a meter or one meter away, so the ultra-long-range three-pointer just two meters away from the three-point line, if measured by the NBA field, is actually the same thing, but today's game uses According to the rules of the FIBA, Meng Xu's shot just now was particularly shocking.

After being countered by Meng Xu with a super long-range three-pointer, Sharonus Jascovicius, whose self-confidence was somewhat frustrated, did not use actions to fight back against Meng Xu in the next round, but took the basketball It has been spread that although Sharonus Jascovicius often plays some high-scoring games, Sharonus Jascovicius is still a very team player in his bones, so in general, Sharonus Jascovicius Lennus Jascovicius will not play consecutive singles with the ball.

After passing the ball in succession, the Lithuanian team this time took Sistov Lafrinovic, the younger brother of center Darius Lafrinovic, although Sistov Lafrinovic Vicky's position on the court is a power forward, but this guy is a non-mainstream power forward. On the offensive end, he doesn't go to the basket at all. He always stays one meter away from the paint area, and this time he shot from the three-point line outside.

He is 2 meters tall and likes to shoot in the middle and long distances. This is another Nowitzki-style inside line. Maybe this is the current style of Lithuanian basketball. Just judging from the shooting posture, this big guy still feels quite soft Yes, and this time, Sistov Lafrinovich made a three-pointer without any surprise.

"Little Zhu, pay attention to your man-marking!" The national team is different from the club. Even if these people admire Meng Xu, Meng Xu can't be like the Pacers. Anyone yelled, but Jiang Quan, as the head coach, didn't have so many scruples. Meng Xu just frowned at Zhu Fangyu's loss of position just now, but Jiang Quan on the sidelines just shot at Zhu Fangyu. call out.

"Not next time." Regardless of whether the head coach on the sidelines could hear it or not, Zhu Fangyu, who was criticized by Jiang Quan, expressed his opinion immediately.

"Again?" This time, Sharonus Jascovicius was more honest in defending and did not rush to defend Meng Xu, but although Sharonus Jascovicius was still some distance away from Meng Xu, But Sharonus Jascovicius is still quietly watching Meng Xu's every move, and Meng Xu's attack with the ball this time also made Sharonus Jascovicius complain, because Meng Xu The way of one shot was exactly the same as before. Although the defender of Meng Xu became Ramnath Siskoskas, who was not much different in height, Meng Xu made another shot at the same position as before. Another goal was scored.

"Is Meng Xu going to single-handedly challenge the entire Lithuanian team?" As the game progressed, Sun Weiping in the CCAV studio also began to complain about Meng Xu half-jokingly, because in the 2 points just now, apart from Yao Ming Except for one shot at the beginning of the game, the rest of the Huaguo men's basketball team's offensive and final shots were all completed by Meng Xu. As long as Lithuania dared to shoot a three-pointer, Meng Xu would surely Another one.

　Thank you for the reward I want to wake up the world, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)