Chapter 443 It’s not that my coaching is so great, but that Wolverine is too invincible

He Zhongqiu and Howard jump ball and the Chinese team attacks.

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Zhang Heli said: “The playing style remains unchanged. On the offensive end, Zhongqiu goes to the basket, and Yao Ming assists at the top of the arc, while stretching the US team’s inside defense.”

Xu Jicheng said: “Yao received the ball, but didn’t shoot. He passed it to Zhongqiu… Beautiful! Zhongqiu turned around and dunked over Howard!”

Yu Jia said excitedly: “Zhongqiu trapped Howard behind him, received the ball, turned around and dunked, relying on his talent to beat Howard. This ball was really exciting.”

0:2, China is leading and the United States is attacking.

The US team made a fast break, and He Zhongqiu quickly retreated and rushed back to defense.

When he reached the penalty area, Paul dribbled the ball past several players and reached the right elbow area.

“Pull over and jump shot!” Yu Jia shouted loudly.

“Snapped!”

Turning around, He Zhongqiu took a step as fast as he could. When Paul jumped, he leaped up and slapped the basketball, which was still rising, into the sky.

“Big hat? Beautiful!” Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

“damn it!”

Paul has a bad temper, but he showed no temper when facing He Zhongqiu. He didn’t try to grab the ball or step on his opponent’s foot. He just turned around and ran to the backcourt.

He Zhongqiu jumped up again and caught the ball.

Barkley said: “Wolverine’s defense speed is too fast. With his defensive ability, it may be difficult for us to play fast breaks.”

Kenny Smith said: “You can play fast breaks, but you need to pay attention to breaking through and passing the ball.”

Jordan nodded and said, “James just reached the left elbow area. If Paul passed the ball to him, Wolverine would have no chance to defend James and would have dunked him directly.”

Coach K also saw this problem and shouted to the court: “Chris, pay attention to your teammates on the weak side and strengthen the pass.”

“Bang!”

Yao Ming took a mid-range shot from a high position, but his hands were not warm yet and he missed.

Howard grabbed the backcourt rebound and the US team went on the attack.

Paul held the ball in the middle and was on a fast break, advancing at a very fast pace.

Liu Wei’s speed is not as good as Paul and he is a little out of position.

James was on the right wing, Kobe and Anthony were on the left wing, and the three of them and Paul advanced in all four directions.

This time, Paul did not take credit for the success. When he reached the top of the arc, he changed direction to the right. When he broke through to the right elbow area, he pretended to shoot, attracted He Zhongqiu’s defense, but suddenly passed the ball to the weak left wing.

“boom!”

Kobe got the ball, broke into the penalty area and slammed it.

He Zhongqiu returned to defend the basket, but it was already a step too late.

When He Zhongqiu ran past the bench, he shouted to Adijiang on the sidelines: “Coach, the defender is not fast enough, change players.”

Adijiang nodded quickly, called for an interpreter, and went to discuss the matter with Jonas.

“We can’t be careless. Even though we won by 12 points in the group stage, if these NBA stars play well, 12 points will just be a matter of a few goals,” said Zhang Heli.

Xu Jicheng nodded and said, “We are still not good enough to defend against the American team’s fast break and can’t keep up with the rhythm.”

Yu Jia said: “It is definitely not enough to rely on Mid-Autumn Festival to make up for it. Li Nan is old and can’t catch up with Kobe at all. Liu Wei can’t catch up with Chris Paul either.”

Zhang Heli said: “We should still use Wang Shipeng, he is faster than Li Nan.”

Yao Ming got the ball in the high post and caused Anthony to foul.

The Chinese team made a substitution, replacing Li Nan with Wang Shipeng.

The US team also replaced Anthony with Bosh.

The Chinese team attacked again. Yao Ming got the ball in the high position. Facing Bosh’s defense, he suddenly took a fade away jump shot and made a goal.

The U.S. team still played fast-paced offense and defense, focusing on using a strong back line and forward lineup to break down the Chinese team’s defense with a run-and-gun style of play.

Coach K insisted that Wolverine’s defense alone would definitely not be able to stop the US team’s fast break.

James ran to the left wing three-point line, received the pass from Paul, and then rushed in, directly knocking over Zhu Fangyu who was not yet stable. Seeing that Wolverine had returned to defend the basket, he immediately made a long two-point jump shot.

“Bang!”

Unfortunately, maybe my hands were not warm enough, so the ball missed.

He Zhongqiu grabbed the backcourt rebound, made a pull-up gesture, and dribbled the ball forward himself.

After crossing the center line, he passed the ball to Yao Ming at the top of the arc, and then ran to the basket.

Howard knew he couldn’t hold on, so he gave up on defending and went straight forward.

He Zhongqiu used his right elbow to push Howard away and gain space under the basket. At this time, Yao Ming passed the ball to the front left side of the basket.

“boom!”

The next moment, he was hanging on the rim.

“An alley-oop slam dunk? Beautiful! Zhongqiu’s attack under the basket is so simple.” Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Zhang Heli said with a smile: “With Yao Ming assisting at the top of the arc, Anthony would not dare to double-team Zhongqiu. Zhongqiu would play solo at the basket, and even the peak-level Hakeem and Mutombo would not be able to defend Zhongqiu.”

“Now the score is 2:6. The American team failed to make a fast break this time.” Xu Jicheng said.

Kobe came to the left three-point line and asked Paul in the middle for the ball.

Howard was moving under the basket and He Zhongqiu was defending.

Bosh moved to the left corner and Yao Ming followed to defend him.

At this time, Kobe received the ball, turned around and broke through Wang Shipeng, rushed to the left elbow area, attracted He Zhongqiu’s defense, and turned around and made a fadeaway jump shot.

He Zhongqiu stepped forward and blocked the shot. His terrifying jumping ability created a terrifying defensive height, forcing Kobe to raise his shooting angle.

“Bang!”

It was too short, the basket bounced up, and Howard under the basket jumped up, caught the ball with both hands, and smashed the ball into the basket.

Yao Ming was a beat late when he returned to defense from the left blocking area.

“The Warcraft launched a second attack, now it’s 4:6, the Chinese team is attacking.” Xu Jicheng said.

“It’s still a problem of perimeter defense. Once the perimeter is broken through, we have to rely on Zhongqiu to fill the gap. He can’t fill all the gaps by himself.” Zhang Heli said.

Yang Jian said: “From the US team’s recent attacks, our perimeter is more difficult to defend. It seems that the US team fought harder today than in the group stage.”

Xu Jicheng said: “It’s like this. They didn’t dunk many times in the group stage. The two goals they scored today were both dunks.”

Zhang Heli analyzed: “The US team has a super strong lineup. Before the group stage, they may have felt that they had a greater chance of winning against us and were not mentally prepared, but in the end they lost. Now they must be mentally prepared for the final and will fight us.”

At this point, he said with emotion: “If the American team is competing with our mentality, then it’s really a case of 30 years in the east, 30 years in the west!”

When the other two heard this, they couldn’t help but laugh with emotion.

Halfway through the first quarter, in the 6th minute, at 12:16, the Chinese team was still leading by 4 points, and the American team had the ball, so they called a timeout.

Barkley said: “It seems that the situation is better than the group stage. After strengthening the distribution of the ball, we have an offense under the basket.”

Kenny Smith said: “But we still couldn’t solve the problems of China’s two strong offensive points, so we couldn’t catch up with the score.”

Jordan said: “The Wolverines’ attack under the basket and Yao’s outside jump shot are useless no matter who defends them, especially after they cooperate, double-teaming is useless.”

“Michael, what do you think should be done?” Barkley asked.

Jordan considered: “Strengthen the mid-range shot after the wing breakthrough, attract Wolverine to come out to make up for the defense, and then cut in from the wing to further increase the proportion of offense under the basket and enhance the quality of offense.”

Barkley nodded and said, “Kobe, James, Paul, Anthony, we have many people who can play this tactic.”

At this time, the US team replaced a group of players, Boozer replaced Bosh, Deron replaced Paul, Wade replaced Kobe, and Anthony replaced James.

The Chinese team did not have as luxurious a bench as the American team. Sun Le replaced Liu Wei, and the other positions remained unchanged.

Jonas adjusted his defensive tactics and strengthened the double-teaming on the ball handler from the outside.

He Zhongqiu was standing under the basket, and Yao Ming had been pulled to the left wing by Boozer.

At this time, Deron broke through with the ball from the right wing. He was 15 cm shorter than Sun Yue, but only two kilograms lighter. Like a small tank, he accelerated violently, knocked his opponent away and killed his way in.

He Zhongqiu moved to the right front side of the basket, inside the right waist position.

The US team had scored six goals before, three of which were in attacks under the basket, so he didn’t dare to go out for the shot now. If he went out for the first time, he might be cut from behind at any time.

When Deron saw that Wolverine didn’t come out to make up for it, he immediately used his ultimate move, a quick stop jump shot, and his shot was very steady.

“Snapped!”

But just as he jumped up to shoot, Sun Le, who had just been attacked, rushed from behind and blocked the ball.

“Oh, a block! Sun Le blocks Deron Williams.” Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

“what?”

Deron was shocked and rushed to grab the ball.

At this time, He Zhongqiu did not hesitate any longer and pounced over.

Deron took advantage of his lower center of gravity to grab the ball first. Just when he was about to dribble away, He Zhongqiu rushed over, quickly slapped the ball away from him, and then grabbed the ball in his hands.

“Beautiful! Zhongqiu acted decisively and completed a steal.” Zhang Heli said happily.

“It’s almost mid-autumn season, crossing the midline, the American team quickly returned to defense, but it was useless…”

Just as Yu Jia was quickly explaining the situation, He Zhongqiu had already reached the left elbow area of ​​the frontcourt with the ball amid the cheers of the fans.

The speed was so fast that even point guard Deron Williams was left behind by him, and then he took off into the air.

“boom!”

He glided more than three meters in the air, and then made a tomahawk slam dunk, turning the entire Five Pine Arena into a boiling ocean.

“This is a BUG. A center’s fast break speed is faster than that of a point guard.” Barkley complained.

“That’s why Wolverine is retiring,” Jordan said.

“Retired because he was too strong,” said Kenny Smith.

12:18, the American team attacks.

This time it was LeBron James who took over and broke through with the ball from the left wing.

After Yao Ming was pulled out by Boozer, He Zhongqiu still did not come out. He adopted the defensive strategy used in the group stage against the US team and let James shoot from outside.

However, his position is not under the basket, but one step below the free throw line. With his speed, this position can still pose a strong threat to the US team’s outside offense.

The Chinese team played a three-two zone defense, with small forward Zhu Fangyu guarding the high position, Wang Shipeng guarding the left wing, and Sun Le guarding the right wing.

So LeBron James is facing Wang Shipeng, and the physique comparison is like that between a bear and a hound, the difference is too big.

Zhu Fangyu double-teamed James immediately, and after he easily knocked Wang Shipeng over, he promptly stood in front of the opponent.

But the most difficult thing to defend against James is his versatility, his ability to make breakthroughs, shoot and pass, so after his breakthrough was blocked, he immediately passed the ball to Deron Williams who had an opportunity at the top of the arc.

At this moment, He Zhongqiu acted decisively and rushed to the high position from below the free throw line.

At the same time, Yao Ming in the left blocking area quickly returned to the basket to fill the space left by He Zhongqiu.

Deron Williams is a good three-pointer, with a hit rate of 07% in the 08/39.5 season.

As soon as he received the ball, even though he saw Wolverine rushing towards him, he jumped immediately and shot a three-pointer very decisively.

But he still underestimated He Zhongqiu’s speed and flying altitude.

He Zhongqiu’s reaction speed was so fast and his attack was so decisive that when he stepped onto the free throw line, Deron had just received the ball.

When Deron jumped up, he took a step and flew up, completely covering the space in front of Deron.

He clasped his hands together and confiscated the basketball that Deron had just thrown.

“Oh oh oh……”

The Wukesong Basketball Arena immediately erupted into huge cheers and shouts.

“Pretty!”

Yu Jia shouted excitedly: “Zhongqiu delivered the second block, which is the third block of the Chinese team in the first quarter.”

“boom!”

He Zhongqiu launched a counterattack from the top of the arc and once again blasted the US team’s basket.

Xu Jicheng said happily: “12:20, leading by 8 points.”

Zhang Heli praised: “In addition, Zhongqiu just made a steal. It seems that his defensive state today is very good.”

At this time, the American team served the ball and called another timeout.

Yu Jia analyzed: “In the group stage, Zhongqiu mainly defended the penalty area, and there were not many backup defenses like today. It seems that the defensive strategy for the final has been adjusted.”

Xu Jicheng said: “Zhongqiu has already reinforced the defense three times, which is very decisive.”

Zhang Heli smiled and said, “Zhongqiu’s three defensive moves were all successful, including two blocks and one steal. This defensive effect is amazing!”

In the TNT live studio, Barkley shook his bald head and exclaimed: “Wolverine is really invincible in offense and defense. He is in great form in the finals!”

“We were more aggressive on defense than in the group stage,” Kenny Smith nodded.

Jordan said: “In the group stage, he rarely played fast breaks and only played under the basket. Today, he was in great form, his defense was improved, and he also added fast break tactics to his offense.”

Barkley said: “There have been three fast breaks. Wolverine doesn’t have any other games. He won’t save energy in the finals. He will definitely be in full swing.”

On the US team bench, K emphasized the importance of passing the ball and used timely passes to deal with the Wolverines’ defense.

For example, if Deron Williams’ three-pointer just now turned into a pass to Howard under the basket, it would have been a perfect attack.

Rick Carlisle also warned: “Pay attention, when Yao is pulled out by Boozer, once Wolverine comes out, the others must cut into the basket in time.

At the same time, the first choice of the ball handler must be to pass the ball to the basket, rather than shooting against the Wolverine’s defense, understand?”

“clear.”

Delong and others said.

Old K added: “Pay attention to interrupting Wolverine’s fast break rhythm. Once you lose the ball, immediately steal it back on the spot, even if it means committing a foul.”

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

Wade broke through with the ball, moving between defenders like lightning, reaching the right waist position and was about to enter the penalty area.

He Zhongqiu has moved to the right front side of the basket and took a step toward the right waist.

At this moment, Howard cut into the basket from the low post on the left wing and stretched out his hands to Wade.

Wade received the ball at the right waist position, then suddenly stopped and threw his body into the air.

He Zhongqiu followed suit and jumped high into the air.

“This guy……”

Wade just wanted to attract He Zhongqiu to jump up and then pass the ball to the basket, but He Zhongqiu jumped too high and the defensive height was too high, completely blocking his passing angle.

He could only retract his hands to avoid He Zhongqiu’s block, then push with both hands and pass the ball in from under He Zhongqiu’s right rib.

He Zhongqiu landed and turned around, and saw that Howard, the Dwight Howard on the left side of the basket, had received the ball. He quickly took a step forward and jumped up to block the shot.

When Howard saw He Zhongqiu jump up, he half-crouched and stopped for a while, ready to wait for He Zhongqiu to land before jumping up and dunking.

But at this time Yao Ming returned to defense from the left blocking area and got behind Howard.

“Snapped!”

When He Zhongqiu was falling, Howard jumped, Yao Ming appeared from the upper side and blocked the ball with a slap while jumping.

“Beautiful! Yao Ming blocked the shot of Howard. It turns out that he eats, sleeps and plays against Howard!” Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

The basketball hit the backboard, and He Zhongqiu jumped again and grabbed the ball.

“Di!”

Howard counterattacked on the spot and prevented He Zhongqiu from fast breaking, and was called for a foul.

“This defense is really beautiful!” Zhang Heli said happily.

“Dayao and Zhongqiu work perfectly together.” Xu Jicheng said with a smile.

The Chinese team is fighting a positional battle in the frontcourt.

Yao Ming was at the top of the arc. After he received the ball, He Zhongqiu, who was in the low post on the left wing, immediately squeezed into the basket. Howard went around and was pushed away.

At this time, Yao Ming threw the ball with both hands and made a passing gesture.

Boozer looked back and realized he had been fooled. When he looked back again, Yao Ming had already taken the three-pointer.

“brush!”

A splash appeared and a three-pointer was made.

“好球！大姚已经5投3中，三分球2投1中，得到了7分。”徐计成高兴地道。

“It’s difficult for Yao Ming to defend Boozer, and it’s even more difficult for Boozer to defend Yao Ming.” Yu Jia said with a smile.

“With Zhongqiu’s containment in the low post, Yao Ming has too many opportunities in the high post. He just needs to be careful not to be ambushed by the defenders on both wings.” Zhang Heli said with a smile.

At 12:23, the US team was trailing by 11 points.

Kenny Smith said: “Nothing was solved after the timeout. The Chinese team scored 7 points in a row, and we didn’t score a single point.”

Barkley sighed and said, “Wolverine and Yao’s offensive efficiency is too high. We can’t defend them at all. There is no suspense in this game!”

Jordan said: “The Wolverines’ defense made our offense fail several times. And we couldn’t defend against the Chinese team’s offense, so that’s how the score difference came about.”

Kenny Smith suddenly said: “Wolverine is unstoppable on both offense and defense. He alone has raised the level of the Chinese team by several levels.”

Jordan nodded immediately and said, “Without Wolverine, even with a top center like Yao, the Chinese team’s level would be the top eight at best, and it would be difficult to even make it to the semifinals.”

In front of the bench, Old K was a little confused.

This Olympics was his first time leading his team to play against the Wolverines.

Although he had the most familiar Rick Carlisle to assist him, he still couldn’t find a way to defeat the Chinese team.

Or rather, he couldn’t find a way to defeat Wolverine.

Rick Carlisle also felt it very deeply.

During his five years as coach of the Wolverines, he led this team to sweep all NBA teams and won five consecutive championships. The greatness of his achievements made him think highly of himself.

Even top head coaches like Phil Jackson, Pat Wright, and Popovich were defeated by him one by one.

But the game against the Chinese team made him realize one thing, it was not how invincible his coaching ability was, but that Wolverine was too invincible.

As the first quarter continued, the Dream Team stepped up their impact on the basket in order to improve their offensive efficiency.

James, Kobe, and Wade took turns attacking the Chinese team’s basket.

But He Zhongqiu was the only one who held the penalty area together. With his top-notch counter-speed, terrifying bounce, and precise Eagle Claw block, he blocked James and Kobe in succession in the remaining time and turned the Chinese team’s penalty area into a no-fly zone.

The US team attacked three times, and only Wade made one shot.

The Chinese team took the opportunity to counterattack and scored 4 points in a row.

After the first quarter, the score was 14:27 and the Chinese team was leading by 13 points.

He Zhongqiu had 4 blocks and 2 steals, and his defensive performance was off the charts.

At the same time, he made 7 of 7 shots on the offensive end, including four fast break dunks, three positional dunks, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 16 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter.

Yao Ming also made 5 of 3 shots, including a three-pointer, and scored 7 points.

The two accounted for 67% of the team’s offense and 85% of the points, with a hit rate far higher than the other three positions.

But both of them played the entire first quarter, so at the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming did not come on the court, but Wang Zhizhi did.

He Zhongqiu did not rest, he was ready to play the whole game in the final.

Moreover, when Yao Ming is not around, he has to take on more offensive tasks, and he cannot relax at all on the defensive end.

The Dream Team 8 is no pushover either. Their lineup is too luxurious. At the beginning of the second quarter, they launched a powerful counterattack when the Chinese team put on the bench.

The first ball was a fast break.

Howard served the ball from the baseline, Paul quickly advanced in the middle, and the other three advanced in three directions.

He Zhongqiu returned to the penalty area with all his strength, and Paul attacked the top of the arc. At this time, James and Kobe cut in from the left and right sides, making it difficult for him to take care of both sides.

Paul quickly passed the ball to James on the left wing, and He Zhongqiu could only fill in on the left wing. At this time, Kobe took the opportunity to cut to the basket and James passed the ball.

“boom!”

Kobe made an alley-oop and completed a slam dunk.

Zhang Heli sighed, “This attack should have lasted at most three seconds. The rest of us didn’t keep up with the rhythm, and the defense was in chaos. Only Zhongqiu was able to return to defense.”

Xu Jicheng said: “However, the defense of the Mid-Autumn team in the first quarter was too strong. The stars of the Dream Team 8 probably didn’t dare to attack the basket in positional warfare, and only dared to attack the basket in such a fast break.”

Yu Jia said: “It’s best to drag it into a positional battle. The players on the Dream Team are all stars. They are all good at breaking through and shooting. They are all guys who can fly and hide. We can’t fight them in a mobile battle.”

In the following games, the Dream Team 8, relying on their strong physical fitness and superb skills, played at a very fast pace and bombarded the Chinese team, rendering the Chinese team’s defense useless.

Fortunately, on the offensive end, He Zhongqiu was still invincible. He went all out in the second quarter, making 9 of 8 shots and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter.

The Chinese team scored a total of 25 points in the second quarter, of which he accounted for 80%, while the others only scored 5 points in total.

After the second quarter, Xu Jicheng said: “The score is 42:52. The US team scored 28 points in the second quarter and recovered 3 points. Now we are still leading by 10 points.”

Zhang Heli praised: “The Dream Team’s scoring ability is really strong. In 10 minutes, they scored 28 points. We played so well in the first quarter, but only scored 27 points.”

Yu Jia said: “The offensive tempo was too fast and we made several mistakes. Except for Zhongqiu, no one else could keep up with the American team’s tempo.”

Xu Jicheng said: “Sun Le is okay. He blocked James again in the chase defense. He has already blocked two shots in the first half.”

“Sun Le played well defensively today.”

Nodding, Zhang Heli said: “Zhongqiu’s two caps in the second quarter were all given when he was returning to defense. If it weren’t for his return to defense, which disrupted several attacks of the US team, we would have lost more points.”

In the American locker room, although the team played very well in the second quarter, the atmosphere was not very good.

The reason is very simple. We played so well, but only managed to score 3 points. We were still 10 points behind. Could we make up for it in the second half?
里克卡莱尔说道：“金刚狼半场20分钟轰下36分9篮板2抢断6盖帽的数据，表现非常惊人。”

“But this is not his limit. I believe that no one will remember his feat of scoring 07 points in a single game in the 101 Finals.”

Old K said in a heavy tone: “So, he may play the entire second half and score 30+40+ again.”

Rick Carlisle nodded and said, “I know him too well. He is an absolute physical freak. Look at his performance in this Olympics. He won six gold medals and one silver medal in the first seven events, and broke six world records. So we can’t assume that he will sit on the bench and rest in the second half.”

Old K said: “In the second half, we still adopt the second quarter’s playing style. We need to strengthen the coordination between the strong and weak sides, attract the Wolverines’ defense on the strong side, cut in on the weak side, and be sure to pass the ball in time.”

Then he added: “On the defensive end, the rest of their players don’t have much ability, so starting from the third quarter, we should strengthen the defense under the basket.”

Rick Carlisle said: “The Chinese team knows that they can only rely on Wolverine’s scoring, so he will only attack under the basket and double-team the basket with all his strength.”

But he added: “Yao rested for the entire second quarter and should play the entire second half, resting for at most one or two minutes, so the people who were facing him could not help defend the basket.”

Old K nodded and said, “The defenders on both wings are responsible for assisting in defending the basket.”

(End of this chapter)