Basketball glory

Early the next morning, after an early breakfast, everyone rushed to the stadium spontaneously. Although the official game time was at 9:30, no one would really rush to the stadium at that time.

The warm-up time is not as long as possible, but it should be based on the feeling that the muscles can reach the best state or are about to reach the best state. For some veterans, a longer warm-up time is more conducive to safety.

Yi Jianlian and Zhou Peng were the first to arrive at the court. After doing preparations, the two began to practice passing and cutting, while Zhao Jiwei and Guo Ailun were looking for touch outside the three-point line.

As a player who was about to take the field, An Ran felt a slight difference, because a bystander watching the game would not be as nervous as the players. He had not even taken the field yet, and even felt his breath was a little disordered.

Gong Luming was interviewed by a reporter from Phoenix Daily on the sidelines. He said: "Venezuela is a very strong team, but we are confident that we can win this game. But as of now, our winning rate is only 40-60, so

The performance of the players today will be very important."

"Coach Gong, are there any changes to the team's lineup today?"

"Anron is back from injury and will play as a substitute today. Since Venezuela is a fast-paced team, we will also speed up appropriately today."

When the reporter wanted to ask something again, Gong Luming politely refused, and then walked over. Seeing An Ran practicing ball control to find his touch, he asked in a low voice: "How is it? Is it okay?"

"Don't worry, coach, I've fully recovered." An Ran smiled and gave a grateful smile.

Gong Luming nodded, indicating that he understood, and then went straight to the bench to discuss something with the assistant coach.

In fact, playing a small lineup and speeding up the team are the opinions put forward by An Ran before. After reading the analysis report submitted by An Ran, Gong Luming can only say that it coincides with his own opinion.

The average number of shots per game is too few and there are too many mistakes in positional battles, so speeding up has become inevitable, and this is what the Venezuelan national team has always insisted on.

The Venezuelan national team currently does not have an NBA player. Although they have lost all two games, many people are still optimistic that they can beat China. The reason is that Venezuela has formed its own style, and the Chinese men's basketball team has adjusted three games in three games.

Tactics, but there was no improvement at all.

As early as after the group stage schedule came out, Venezuela's video tapes were supplied to the players and coaches reel by reel, because in Group A, only Venezuela and Serbia seemed to be opponents that China could win.

These two countries are in the last two games of the Chinese men's basketball group stage. If they win both games, they will advance to the quarter-finals. If they lose one game, they will go home to fish. So today's game

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Everyone knows it must be won.

Although Venezuela has no star players, the players have cooperated with each other for many years and have a very tacit understanding, and their playing style is very explosive. They rely on their strong bodies and speed talents to force fast breaks to kill.

Venezuela's positional warfare is not strong, and outside shooting is also inaccurate, but if they cannot contain their fast break, I am afraid that the entire Chinese team will be killed here. Running is not China's strong point. Sprinting has always been the world of black brothers.

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Their strong recovery ability and recovery speed also determined that they could maintain a fast-break style by adjusting the rotation. An Ran thought about it for a long time, but there was no good way to solve this problem. He thought that he could only watch after the game started.

Done.

Gong Luming's starting lineup was Zhao Jiwei, Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhelin. This was slightly different from the previous discussion. Later Gong Luming explained that this was to allow Yi Jianlian to better return to his familiar position.

Position 4, conserve energy for offense.

There were still ten minutes left before the game started. An Ran looked at the Venezuelan bench. Everyone was sitting neatly, as if listening to what the coach was saying. Next to their coach, an old lady in formal clothes was looking at everyone with her hands behind her back.

players.

"Who is that? Is he also the coach?" Ding Yanyuhang patted An Ran on the shoulder, stepped forward and asked.

An Ran looked at it for a while and found that he had never seen this person before, so he could only shake his head to show that he didn't know.

"You don't know this? This is the godfather of the Venezuelan women's basketball team. This old lady was very good when she was young." Li Muhao sat down between An Ran and Ding Yan Yuhang, squinting his small eyes and looking over there secretly.

As a substitute for the team for ten thousand years, Li Muhao did not get much playing time. Gong Luming still likes to rotate eight or nine players. The remaining two or three players can only play during garbage time. Li Muhao is such a player. Now he is participating

The competition is more about accumulating some experience and preparing for taking over in the future.

After hearing his explanation, everyone was relieved, but seeing her appearance made the Venezuelan players' atmosphere suddenly become tense, and everyone was a little nervous.

"Relax, we will win if we play normally. The opponents are all players with a certain system. Their only advantage is that they are stronger and faster than us. Their skills are far inferior to ours." Yi Jianlian spoke at the right time.

Zhou Peng followed up and said: "This time we have the strongest lineup, and they have also lost two games in a row. Don't be afraid, they will definitely win."

Seeing the two big bosses of the team speaking, everyone felt much more relaxed and began to stand up and prepare to play. The noisy scene made people a little upset, mainly because the fans couldn't understand them.

say what.

For Venezuela in South America, Rio can be regarded as half of its home court. People speak the same language, and the climate and living habits are very similar. So if you really want to win this game, you can do it without paying a price.

It's really not possible.

"Okay, okay, let's go on stage."

When the game started, An Ran finally saw the opponent's lineup.

Small forward Ruiz, point guard Vargas, point forward Kubilan, power forward Cox, center/power forward Enchenik.

As expected, An Ran didn't recognize any of the five starters, and they all seemed to have similar looks. They were all covered in black skin, making it hard to tell who was who. If there was no number, everyone watching would be confused.

Forced.

However, what makes people a little confused is that Gong Luming emphasized before the game that point guard Vargas and power forward Comenares are the core of the team, but why are their power forwards who should be starting the game firmly in the audience?

Sitting?

Sure enough, less than two minutes into the game, Venezuela showed off its super speed, and the power forward who replaced Comenares was the key to speeding up the game.

Cox's advancement speed is very fast. Once the offensive round comes, he will rush to the frontcourt regardless of physical strength. As a power forward, he does not go to the basket or think about pick-and-rolls. Every fast break he just goes to the left and right.

He shot wildly at a 45-degree angle. Then he stood firmly outside the three-point line and waited for the ball.

Usually this task is completed by the team's three-point shooter, but An Ran knows that Cox's shooting is not good at all, but he has an obvious characteristic, that is, his passing is accurate and fast!

No matter which teammate is on a fast break, as long as the Chinese team defends quickly, the ball will be passed back to him immediately, and then the shell will be delivered to the hands of teammates in good positions. After a few balls, Enron figured out Cox's position.

, a tall man with strong athletic ability passes the ball.

It's one thing to see it, but it's another thing to have a way to solve it. Vargas quickly rushed to the basket, saw Yi Jianlian who was covering the defense and Guo Ailun who was quickly returning to defense, and immediately passed the ball back.

Seeing Yi Jianlian pull out again, Cox did not rush to pass the ball. After Yi Jianlian ran back, he passed the ball out slowly to organize.

In the final round, Venezuela missed a three-pointer and the two teams tied 4-4 in the first 3 minutes. The offensive efficiency of the two teams can be said to be very low.

However, after a few tentative shots, Venezuela took the lead in finding the touch. After protecting the backcourt rebounds, it directly passed long and semi-long passes. At least in an instant, the ball had to reach the half court.

To deal with such long passes, they had to follow, and the Chinese team unconsciously accelerated their pace.