All-round Athlete

Chapter 501 Leading by 17 points at halftime

Zhang Guan himself didn't expect that this breakthrough would have such a good effect, directly causing the opponent's main center to be injured.

Although Balaci is not a first-class center forward, he still has a height of 2.17 meters. Although he is completely suppressed by Dayao, he can play some limiting role when he is on the court. Injury position, the Croatian team doesn't even have the restrictive effect of this inside line.

The more critical point is that the players in each position of the Croatian team do not have very fast speed, which means that the Croatian team is not good at playing fast break. If it is another team, without a center, they can still play small. This lineup can rely on fast breaks to score, but the Croatian team does not have this ability.

Planinic was even more annoyed. He knew that it was because he was passed by Zhang Guan so easily that Balaci came up to defend, and it also caused Balaci's injury this time.

Fortunately, the Croatian team is rich in tall and large insiders. They also have veterans Nicevic and Krismir Loncha. These two also have a height of 2.10 meters, and they are also traditional European centers. The same disadvantage, that is, the speed is not fast, and the athletic ability is relatively average.

The game continued, Planinic obviously hoped to make up for his mistakes from the offensive end, and his touch was really good, even in the face of Zhang Guan's defense, he still made the ball. But in the subsequent offensive and defensive transition, Planinic still couldn't stop Zhang Guan's breakthrough, and Zhang Guan always scored easily from Planinic.

But no matter how accurate the shooter is, it is impossible to hit every ball. Even in the international arena, the shooting percentage of top shooters cannot reach 50%. Crown defense. It is also impossible for Planinic to maintain the touch of the ultra-long-range three-pointer just now. With the passage of time, the consumption of physical strength and the increase of defensive intensity, Planinic's shooting rate also began to decline. .

But Zhang Guan's breakthrough is still sharp. When luck is good, it will be a two points or even two plus one. When luck is not good, even if you can't score directly, it can still cause damage to the Croatian team. After all, it is the host country, and it is still very easy to ask for the home whistle. Some balls that can be blown or not blown will often give the Chinese team more favorable penalties. In fact, this kind of penalty does not need to be too much. Two or three times in a quarter is enough for the Croatian team.

Fortunately, Zhang Guan's free throws were not very accurate, almost in the rhythm of two free throws and one free throw, so the point difference between the two teams still maintained about 10 points, neither narrowed nor widened.

But one thing is certain, that is, the Croatian team has nothing to do with Zhang Guan's breakthrough.

The defense of the Croatian team is actually not weak. After all, this is a tall team. Especially in positional battles, supplementary defense and assistance defense between teams can make up for the lack of player speed, forming a very complete and A relatively efficient defensive system.

It is a pity that they are facing Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan has the fastest speed in the world. Zhang Guan's speed has surpassed the limit of the Croatian team's supplementary defense and assistance defense. The forward defense is always half a beat behind.

Planinic's slow speed is also infinitely magnified in front of Zhang Guan. When he played in the NBA, Planinic couldn't deal with fast point guards, but now he meets the fastest point guard in the world. Zhang Guan quickly, which made Planinic a defensive loophole on the field.

The Croatian team had to make tactical adjustments and used another defender Kus to defend Zhang Guan. Kus is faster than Planinic, but he is shorter and lighter than Planinic, so the confrontation ability is definitely insufficient.

Kus's defensive effect on Zhang Guan is not as good as Planinic. Although Planinic has no speed, he has the body anyway and can fight Zhang Guan physically. Although Kus's speed was faster than Planinic's, he still couldn't keep up with Zhang Guan's speed. At the same time, he lost his physical confrontation, which made it easier for Zhang Guan to break through.

Zhang Guan broke through three times in a row, scored directly twice, and got a free throw opportunity once. After paying a wave of 5-0, the Croatian team had to request a timeout, and then Coach Repesa replaced the starting point guard Wu kitch.

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The game continued, and coach Repesa of the Croatian team looked dignified. Although the score between the two sides was not increased, the game was developing in a direction that Repesa did not want to see.

"Zhang Guan's breakthrough is definitely the top in the world. Even in the NBA, few players can make such a sharp breakthrough. I really didn't expect such a strong breakthrough ability to appear on an Asian player. He He's a genius!" Coach Repesa shook his head helplessly.

In the game of basketball, the most feared opponents are undoubtedly the talented players. Some people say that success is ninety-nine percent hard work plus one percent talent. However, in sports, the most indispensable thing is hard work. Any athlete who can become a professional athlete must work very hard people.

But in competitive sports, hard work may not bring enough rewards, and those athletes with extremely high performance are often people with excellent talents. They are all geniuses.

But now Coach Repesa has realized that his team has encountered a real sports genius, and this makes Coach Perez feel deeply uneasy. Zhang Guan's excellent performance makes Coach Repesa completely unable to find him. To the turnaround point.

"I originally planned to recover the gap in the score after Dayao left the court, but now the score has not narrowed, but is getting bigger and bigger! If Yao returns to the court in a while, what should I do?"

Coach Repesa's worries soon became a reality. After Dayao sat on the bench for more than five minutes, he was finally sent on the court by Coach Jonas.

Balacci left the field due to injury. At this time, the Croatian team's center forward is the veteran Nicevic. Nicevic has a height of 2.10 meters, and he is 16 centimeters shorter than Dayao. In the confrontation between traditional center forwards, if there is not much difference in skills between the two sides, a height gap of 16 cm means an absolute advantage on both ends of the offense and defense, and Dayao's skills are much better than Nicevic's. The result is Dayao easily crushed Nicevic.

For three consecutive offenses, Yao scored easily and caused a foul by Nicevic. Coach Repesa had to call a timeout again. After the timeout came back, the Croatian team changed their defensive strategy. They began to target Yao Using the defense around the front made Dayao unable to receive the ball comfortably.

However, the Croatian team discovered another problem. After Dayao's defense against the front line, it would lead to an emptiness in the interior defense. Zhang Guan only needs to pass the defensive player on the outside line to get into the basket and score easily.

In the Croatian team, their main forwards Banic and Thomas also scored successively, but the Croatian team could not prevent the Chinese team from scoring. This is the current problem of the Croatian team. Now the Chinese team has a 15-point lead. This kind of you get two points and I get two points, and finally consume the game time to the end, is obviously what the Chinese team wants to see most.

"When did the Chinese team become so strong!" Coach Repesa looked at the score, looking a little at a loss. In his impression, the Chinese team can only be regarded as a second-rate team in the world. In Asia, perhaps not even the qualifications to participate in world-class competitions.

Finally, the referee's whistle sounded, and the first half of the game ended. At this time, the score was 45 to 28. The Chinese team led the Croatian team by 17 points at halftime.

This is the third chapter of yesterday. I was so sleepy last night that I couldn’t keep my eyes open.