Almighty legend life

Chapter 465

In the ESPN Olympic live broadcast room, the host Smith and the two guest commentators Barkley and Bill Wharton were discussing the first quarter of the game between the Chinese team and the US team.

"Charles, tell me, how does this dream team compare to the previous ones?"

"Sorry, Smith, this is not comparable. The two US teams I participated in have never had a handicap of less than ten points. This US team is not worthy of the title of Dream Team."

Charles Barkley became an ESPN commentator after retiring last year. His commentary style is similar to his playing style, both so direct and unobtrusive.

"Don't look at me, Smith, I've never been to the Olympics. We didn't allow professional players to compete in the Olympics back then."

"Okay, then who will evaluate the performance of our opponents?"

"There is nothing to say about this. It is Liu's team alone. Although the big men of the Chinese team are softer than the outside line, the game is played around Liu. But I have to admit that the young He is indeed stronger than I imagined. Although we played against each other a few times back then, he was just a three-pointer at that time. Unlike now, I dare say that Michael is definitely not as good as Liu at Liu's age. "

Barkley played against Liu Han in the Rockets back then, but at that time Barkley had already declined significantly due to a back injury, but he had a good image of Liu Han.

"Haha, Michael really can't compare to that kid, because Michael's baseball is so bad, and this guy is now a football player."

Bill Wharton also agrees with Barkley.

"Then do you think the Chinese team has hope of winning this game?"

"No, the victory must belong to the American team, but the point difference is estimated to be very small. Liu lacks helpers around him, and his teammates are not as good as NBA players, even the third-rate players in the NBA."

Back in the game, Liu Han did not rest in the second quarter and still led the team to play. Jiang Xinquan did not dare to replace Liu Han, because once Liu Han was off the field, the Chinese team would struggle to even pass halftime.

However, Jiang Xinquan replaced Yao Min and Wang Zhizhi, who were physically exhausted, Bateer on the inside, Liu Yudong as power forward, veteran Zheng Wu at small forward, and Li Nan also continued to stay on the court as a stable three. points.

The US team also made adjustments. Jason Kidd replaced Payton, Wen Baker and Sherif Rahim played on the inside, and Steve Smith played on the front to defend Liu Han.

After serving, the Chinese team came to the frontcourt and began to play according to Liu Han's arrangement during the break. Bateer's high position and Liu Han's pick-and-roll, Liu Yudong stood at the bull's-horse position on the other side, and the others moved around the high-positioned big man. .

The U.S. team switched their defense to man-to-man defense at this time. Their zone defense in the first quarter was not considered a success. With a super shooter like Liu Han, zone defense is equivalent to sending points.

However, the current man-to-man defense of the U.S. team also has problems. Although Bateer moves slowly, the quality of his screens is quite high. , In this way, there will be loopholes in the high position and bottom line defense of the US team, otherwise Liu Han will easily make a layup.

Although Liu Yudong is moving slowly due to a knee injury, his mid-range shooting ability is still there. He relied on his extremely sharp mid-range shot. Will shoot, the hit rate is very high.

The Chinese team relied on Liu Han's unremitting breakthrough and Liu Yudong's performance to overtake the score at the beginning of the second quarter.

In the defense, the Chinese team still defended the zone defense. Liu Han let Kidd two steps away, but Kidd's outside shooting ability is really bad, and he almost missed several open shots.

However, the U.S. team is not helpless to fight back. Wen Baker also began to pull up to the high mid-range shot. The inside Sherif Rahim also suppressed Bateer. The Chinese team lost a lot of rebounds in the backcourt. Bateer still lacked absolute At a high altitude, the US team seized the opportunity to make several second attacks and kept the score tight.

Halfway through the second quarter, Jiang Xinquan replaced Liu Han. The high-intensity game made Liu Han physically exhausted. He is not a superman and needs proper rest.

As soon as Liu Han left the court, the US team began to press the whole court, and the Chinese team also had problems in offense due to the lack of Liu Han's effective containment. Under the high-intensity oppressive defense, the Chinese team's shooting rate dropped rapidly.

Jiang Xinquan replaced Yao Min and other main players in a timely manner, and the team began to slow down and play inside, relying on Yao Min and Wang Zhizhi's strong attack inside to kill the US team.

With 1 minute left in the second quarter, Liu Han reappeared and returned to the court. At this time, he had only rested for less than 5 minutes. The US team had expanded the point difference to nine points at this time, and Liu Han had to play to stabilize the situation.

Liu Han stole Kidd as soon as he came on the field. Kidd had just adapted to the easy defense of the Chinese defenders. As soon as Liu Han came on the field, he directly pressed Kidd close to him, causing a loophole in Kidd's dribbling. Liu Han directly intercepted the ball and quickly launched a counterattack. .

The U.S. players returned to the defense with all their strength. When Liu Han came to the U.S. team’s three-point line, he suddenly stopped and shot a three-pointer. This was his stunt when he first entered the NBA. The U.S. team’s players obviously ignored this point. , Two years made them forget Liu Han's stunt. When Liu Han made a sudden stop outside the three-point line, Steve Smith of the US team had already retreated to the basket, and only Kidd was beside Liu Han, but Obviously, Kidd's height is not enough to threaten Liu Han's shot.

After scoring three points, Liu Han narrowed the difference between the two teams to six points.

Then the U.S. team attacked Wen Baker with a high position shot through Yao Min's defense, but Yao Min's height interfered with Wen Baker's shot.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Steve Smith just defended Liu Han closely, but Liu Han easily accelerated and made an emergency stop, then dribbled the ball behind his back again to get rid of Steve Smith, and then he rushed across the three-point line before Kidd double-teamed. With one meter left to shoot, the basketball plunged into the net again. After only two attacks, Liu Han successfully narrowed the handicap to three points.

The US team made the last attack before the end of the second quarter, and the Chinese team missed someone in the defense. Kidd relied on the screen to get rid of Liu Han, and Carter, who assisted and ran back, made an empty catch and widened the point difference to five points.

At the end of the first half, the two teams scored 47 to 42, and the US team only led the Chinese team by five points.

Liu Han played 16 minutes in the first half, scored 25 points and 6 assists, almost single-handedly against the US team.

(End of this chapter)