king of defenders

Chapter 1346 Four Nations Tournament Without Challenge
In the subsequent training, Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian were both in the blue team, and the strength of the blue team was strengthened, but they lacked Meng Yun's organizational passing, and Xiang Long and his teammates were relatively unfamiliar and lacked tacit understanding. On the red team side, Meng Yun began to work hard to strengthen his personal offense, so the red team still had the upper hand.

Watching the blue team being suppressed all the time, Yao Ming laughed and said, "Meng Yun's role is too crucial, without him, Xiang Long's performance will be compromised."

"That's right." Director Gong said with a wry smile: "So separating them is really a difficult choice. If I have no choice, I really don't want to do it. They complement each other when they are together, and it will have an impact on both parties after they are separated. It has a greater impact on Xianglong."

Due to the different tasks on the field and the limitations of their own technical characteristics, it is difficult for inside players to attack like a guard, so a good guard is needed to feed them the ball.

For example, in the national team in the Yao Ming era, Yao Ming lacked a defender who could feed him the ball and feed him well. Otherwise, with Yao Ming's strength, he could have performed better.

The same is true for Xiang Long. His strength is good enough, but he needs an excellent defender to attract defenses on the outside, open space, and feed him the ball, so that his abilities can be brought into play.

And Meng Yun's sudden ability to shoot and pass can create opportunities for Xiang Long. The separation of him and Xiang Long does not have a particularly big impact on Meng Yun, but the impact on Xiang Long is much greater.

on the field.

The red team has gradually expanded its advantage, mainly because of Meng Yun. No one in the blue team can match up with Meng Yun. He is out of position against anyone. Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian can't keep up with his speed, and the others are not as fast as him. , strength, explosive power, jumping, etc. are all inferior to him.

In other words, none of the five members of the blue team could restrain Meng Yun.

"Teaming." Yi Jianjian called out.

However, Xiang Long shook his head. He knew very well that double-teaming was useless. If it was in the NBA, the opponent's double-teaming would make it more difficult for Meng Yun to score, but this is not the NBA.

The blue team began to double-team, Meng Yun smiled slightly, passed the ball, and then ran back, bursting with speed, throwing off the defender in an instant, and came to the left corner beyond the three-point line.

The ball is passed.

"Fang Shuo gave the ball a little slower, but it didn't affect much." Meng Yun thought to himself, catching the ball is a three-point shot.

Fang Shuo's ball was a little slow, but Zhao Rui was also slow to follow. Meng Yun's speed was too fast. He tried to catch up after being thrown away, but he was not as fast as the ball. Keeping up, I can only watch Meng Yun make a move. His flying pounce is just a bluff and has no effect at all.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

Zhao Rui was a little helpless, but Xiang Long had expected that for a player like Meng Yun, who had accurate shots and sharp three-pointers, double-teaming did not pose much threat to him, and he could still score points without the ball.

And no one in the blue team could keep up with Meng Yun's speed, and Meng Yun's shooting speed was so fast that they couldn't restrain Meng Yun at all.

Therefore, it is impossible to defend Meng Yun. Xiang Long suddenly said to his teammates: "We can only rely on offense to score more goals and score more points than them."

Yi Jianlian and the others were taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

Everyone knows the truth, but doing it is another matter.

The blue team had Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian, and the red team had difficulty preventing them from scoring. The two scored consecutively, but after looking at the score, they were still behind.

The two looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

The two of us on our side also scored a lot of goals, but the red team is not only unstoppable, but also hit a lot of blooms, how can this be done?
The blue team mainly relies on Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian to score, and the others hardly score. Meng Yun is the main scoring point for the red team, but under Meng Yun's organization, the blue team's defensive flaws can always be found, Sending just the right pass to his teammates, he actually played a lot of flowers.

So although Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian played well, the blue team was always behind.

Yao Ming and Director Gong watched very clearly from the sidelines, and couldn't help feeling that what Meng Yun brought to the red team was not only an exquisite pass, but also a confidence that the red team players didn't have before.

With Meng Yun around, they were extra confident, shot more decisively and confidently, and defended more aggressively, as if they were different people.

That's what the blue team doesn't have.

By the end of the match, Director Gong also had a better understanding of Meng Yun and Xiang Long, and he was full of confidence at the same time. With Meng Yun and Xiang Long, this Basketball World Cup should be able to make some achievements.

When did he think of the goal that Yao Ming mentioned to him. It seems that it is not impossible!

The next period of time is training, mainly to run-in the lineup and practice tactics.

Guidance Gong is constantly adjusting the lineup, and has formulated as many as a dozen sets of tactics at the same time, most of which are centered on Meng Yun and Xiang Long. In the past, Guidance Gong would not designate so many tactics, because it is useless if there are too many tactics, and the players cannot execute them well. If it is in place, or the finishing ability is not enough, the tactics are just a display.

Now with Meng Yun and Xiang Long, many originally impossible tactics have become possible, greatly enriching the team's offense.

Of course, training blindly is not enough. The best way to test a team is to play.

Before the Basketball World Cup, the Chinese team had several warm-up matches, including the four-nation match, and then two warm-up matches with Brazil.

As the name of the Four Nations Tournament suggests, a total of four teams from four countries participated, namely China, Angola, Croatia, and Puerto Rico.

These three teams are not strong teams. The Chinese men's basketball team is for the purpose of training, but it turns out that they have not played their due role at all.

The Chinese men's basketball team won all three games.

In the first game against Angola, the Chinese men's basketball team won 96:78 and won by 18 points.

In the second game against Croatia, Director Gong emphasized defense, so the score was not very high, but the Chinese team still scored 85 points and defeated the opponent by 85:71, still winning by more than ten points.

Afterwards, the third game against Puerto Rico was also an easy victory without much difficulty, and even Meng Yun didn't play for a long time.

Meng Yun didn't make much effort in the three games, averaging only 13 points and 7 assists per game. Xiang Long became the player with the best statistics in the team, averaging 20+10 per game.

This is actually because he just joined the national team, and he is still cultivating a tacit understanding with his teammates, so Director Gong let Xiang Long play longer and give him more time.

Strictly speaking, the Four Nations Tournament did not play much training role for the Chinese men's basketball team. After all, the opponent's strength is still slightly weaker and not challenging.

Fortunately, there is also a warm-up match with Brazil.

(End of this chapter)