Almighty legend life

Chapter 778 Sino-US war (eight)

LeBron James was adjusting his breathing deeply, and the burning sensation in his lungs let him know that he had reached a limit now.

The game only entered the 4th minute of the second quarter, but James felt like he had played two back-to-back away games in a row.

Every time he defends James, he has to do his best to grab the position and devote himself to the confrontation with the powerful man in front of him. Every time the opponent touches the ball, James has a sense of crisis, which he has never felt before. Yes, even in the past NBA season, James has not had this sense of crisis.

Since entering the league, James has been under tremendous pressure. He participated in the NBA draft as a high school student, but he is also known as the "strongest high school student".

After going to the Cavaliers, the disputes in the team caused James quite a headache, but fortunately the team management supported him very much. For him, the team even did not hesitate to fire the quasi-All-Star Ricky Davis. I know that in the 02-03 season Ricky Davis was able to score 20+6+5 per game.

But even though James tried his best, the team's results were not satisfactory. He averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game last season and successfully won the best rookie honor. Many players with such results I can't achieve it in my life, but the Cavaliers lost their name in the regular season. Among them, the two losses given to the Cavaliers by the man who is now facing James are still fresh in James' memory.

From the perspective of overall strength, the strength of the opponent Chinese team is more than one step behind the US team, but with two strong points-Yao Min and Liu Han's outstanding performance, the Chinese team has always taken the lead.

In the 5th minute of the second quarter, the Chinese team still led the US team by 39 points 35 to [-].

The Chinese team was attacking. At this time, Yao Min had returned to the court after a period of rest, but Liu Han did not continue to control the ball. Now the player who controls the ball is the one who used to partner with Yao Min in the Shanghai Stock Exchange team. Liu Wei.

Liu Han cautiously protected the ball and came to the frontcourt. It was Marbury who defended him.

Yao Min mentioned covering Liu Wei from outside the three-point line, and Liu Han led the defender to completely open up the space.

The quality of Yao Min's screen this time is very good. Liu Wei successfully got rid of Marbury's entanglement, but he should have passed the ball directly to Yao Min who was running down, but after a moment of hesitation, the opportunity was fleeting.

The Chinese team, which failed to cooperate, reorganized the offense. The young Xue Yuyang made a good off-ball screen for Liu Han by virtue of his experience playing with Liu Han in the Mavericks.

Liu Han quickly ran to the top of the arc and received a pass from Liu Wei. James returned to the defensive position almost one step behind.

James didn't want to be passed by Liu Han so easily. He tried his best to adjust his center of gravity and prepared to stick Liu Han from the side again, but Liu Han's movements were still very flexible at such a high speed. When he was coming up, he stopped suddenly, and then Liu Han stepped back as lightly as if he was walking in the forest, and jumped up and shot outside the three-point line. At this time, James had completely lost his center of gravity.

Everyone was staring at Liu Han's shot this time, but what surprised everyone was that Liu Han's shot looked outrageous, and the ball was not aimed at the basket at all.

But Yao Min on the inside jumped up immediately. At the highest point, he received a pass from Liu Han and easily poured the ball into the basket. The Chinese team widened the point difference to six points again.

Being led by the Chinese team for a full quarter and a half, many players of the US team inevitably felt depressed.

Before participating in the Olympic Games, they were the proud Dream Six team. Although they suffered a disastrous defeat in the World Championships, the American team was indeed not the strongest, and there were big flaws in the lineup. Before the start of the Olympic Games, many media claimed that the Dream Six team will reproduce the glory of the Dream Team. Not to mention the young talents in the team, Tim Duncan, Iverson, and Marbury are all NBA players. China's top stars, but what people didn't expect was that they would be continuously suppressed by the Chinese team for one and a half quarters.

This is like a well-known martial arts hero who originally wanted to sit on the position of the leader of the martial arts leader, but when he was about to succeed, he met a small character with a Yitian sword in his left hand and a dragon-slaying knife in his right. The hero is entangled by the small character, and the position of the leader seems to be in danger.

It would be very depressing for any player to encounter such a situation.

It can be said that the US team was burdened by their reputation. Because of their great reputation, they carried the burden of wanting to win and fearing losing.

Up to now, the US team's offense is no longer a big problem. Although the Chinese team has been shrinking their defense and sticking to the inside, there is still a certain gap in the player's personal strength. After all, Yao Min and Liu Han are impossible. On the defensive end, the US team was completely locked up, so the Chinese team relied more on active fouls or teamwork to disrupt the rhythm of the US team on the defensive end, but this defensive effect was not good.

Although the U.S. team played impressively in offense, their rhythm was really chaotic. His speed advantage has not been reflected, and he can only be dragged into a positional battle by the Chinese team. In the positional battle, Liu Han and Yao Min have the advantage. Being able to play it out fully is the main reason why the Chinese team has been able to lead the US team, even if it is a weak lead.

The next game has always been the rhythm of the two teams fighting for offense, and the scores of the two teams have also risen alternately. The US team has no good way to deal with the combination of Liu Han and Yao Min in defense.

Larry Brown is actually a little annoyed now. The situation on the field is quite ironic in the eyes of discerning people, because the Chinese team's style of play is actually the style of play that Larry Brown has always emphasized, while the American team's style of play is even more It seems to have been running and bombing the team, but their performance on the outside is really not satisfactory.

With 2 minutes left in the second quarter, Liu Han finally took a rest. He has played almost two full quarters. You must know that such two quarters are extremely high-intensity games. Liu Han is not only responsible for offense , but also to work hard in defense, his physical exertion is very huge. If his body is not strong enough, ordinary players simply cannot support such a game intensity.

In the remaining 2 minutes of the second quarter, the U.S. team tried to organize an offensive climax, but the Chinese team clung to the score. Yao Min continued to attack inside, and the Chinese team always maintained a weak lead.

(End of this chapter)