I’m Really Playing Basketball

After watching the beautiful showdown between Chen Xiao's support team and Ron Howard's support team, the audience in front of the TV turned away from the long legs of the little sisters with unfinished emotions.

As the starting players of the two teams took the field, the starting lineups of the two teams were also shown on TV.

The starting lineup for the U.S. team is center Dwight Howard, power forward Anthony, small forward James, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Ron Howard.

As for the Chinese team, the starting center is Yao Ming, power forward Yi Jianlian, small forward Zhu Fangyu, shooting guard Chen Xiao, and point guard Chen Jianghua.

The U.S. team has changed its starting lineup, replacing Anthony with Chris Bosh. Obviously, this is to strengthen the offense. Although Chris Bosh is also very comprehensive, the offense can be from the inside to the outside. In this Olympics, In the first seven games, Chris Bosh's shooting percentage was even as high as 77%. He was the player with the highest shooting percentage in the entire American team, which was higher than Wade and Howard's 74%.

But on the other hand, Chris Bosh didn't even take a three-pointer in this Olympics.

Why is this so?

Of course it's because Bosh doesn't have such a strong three-point shooting ability now!

Because of the historical image of Bosh during the Heat period, many people have the impression that Bosh is very accurate in three-pointers. However, in fact, before joining the Heat to form the Big Three, Bosh did not shoot three-pointers very much when he was the Dragon King in the Raptors. divided.

Before the Heat took over, Bosh was a very tough Garnett or Duncan. Before 2010, Bosh, who had played in the NBA for seven years, took more than 160 three-pointers in the regular season. Ray Allen has shot more threes in 20 games.

It's because when he came to the Heat and teamed up with James, Bosh was forced to develop his ability to shoot three-pointers and became a rebounder.

And what time is it now?

It's 2008!

At this time, if you dare to mention anything in front of Bosh, he is worried about you. Bosh is the serious successor of Duncan and Garnett, a little beast inside!

Under such circumstances, when playing against other teams, Chris Bosh helps Howard defend in the paint, and fighting is very important.

But when playing the Chinese team, the big man Yao Ming was under the basket, and the two "skinny" insiders, Bosh and Howard, were a little redundant and difficult to grab. The effect of 1+1 was even less than 1. In this case, use Anthony To open up the space, just let Howard interact with Yao Ming under the basket, so that the basket will not be crowded, and the US team's offensive space will be larger.

I have to say that Coach K has ideas.

However, the only thing that worries Coach K is whether Anthony is in good condition to execute his strategy.

You may find it incredible to say that Anthony, perhaps the most consistent three-point scorer in the NBA for the US team, had an average performance at the three-point line in this Olympics.

In the first seven games, Anthony shot 42% from the field and 38% from the three-point field. He ranked last among the American team in field goal percentage. The last one was Koh with a 46% shooting rate. The two of them were The only two players on the U.S. Olympic team to shoot less than 50 percent from the field.

However, it is understandable that Ke Lao's shooting percentage is low. Why do you say that?

Because of this Olympics, Coach K hopes that the team can have players on the three-point line to help the US team open up space. The previous choices were Anthony, Wheat, and Arenas and Chris Paul, but these three players are the third choice for this Olympics. The score is very unreliable.

In this case, as the captain and boss of the team, Kobe must be forced to go out for business. We can't let James and Ron Howard bear this responsibility, right?

Kobe was really called upon to do so when he was in danger, and he was willing to take crazy three-pointers to open up the game for the US team. In the past seven games, Kobe took a total of 53 three-pointers and hit 17 of them. You know, Kobe's two-pointers There were only 51 shots in total, and there were more three-pointers than two-pointers.

When his opponents kept shrinking and the three-point line was very crowded, Ko's field goal percentage was 31 of 51, with a field goal percentage of 61%, which is terrifying.

Therefore, if Brother Ke plays the way he is used to, his shooting percentage will definitely not be only 46%. He has to compete with Xiao Tiantian for the bottom position, but there is no way, the team needs it.

Therefore, Ko's 32% three-point shooting rate has greatly reduced his efficiency. This three-point shooting rate is also ranked second to last like his field goal percentage.

Well, Xiao Pao's three-point shooting percentage is even worse, only 29%. You know, Xiao Pao's three-point shooting percentage in the NBA is almost 40%.

Although this US team played very well in the previous games, the three-point shooting problem has not been solved.

The two players with the highest three-point shooting percentages for the US team this time are actually Wade and James. Wade's shooting percentage is 47%, and James's is 46%. Can you believe it?

Especially Wade, a player who almost never shoots three-pointers in the NBA, went crazy this time in the Olympics.

Three-pointers have actually become the most stable point for the US team. In the past seven games, they made 8 of 17 three-pointers.

Why is this happening?

Luck?

Of course it's not luck!

FIBA's three-point line is 0.45 meters to 1 meter shorter than the NBA's three-point line.

The change in the three-point shooting point makes Anthony, Paul, Arenas and other players who are used to NBA three-pointers very uncomfortable.

The more they shoot from the NBA's three-point line, the less they adapt to Fiba's three-point point. What does this mean?

This means that players are not machines. When a player stands on the three-point line, they will not think that this is a long two-pointer in the NBA. His consciousness tells him that this is still a three-pointer, and he will subconsciously use his body to remember it. They use their shooting feeling to handle this three-pointer, and where does their shooting feeling come from?

Of course from the NBA!

The feeling of shooting is the same, but the Fiba three-point point has changed. Will there be problems with the basketball that is thrown?

For FIBA, the way they feel about shooting three-pointers in the NBA is a wrong shooting demonstration.

This kind of confusion is not something that ordinary people can overcome, and even a certain Xiaoku can't overcome it, can't he?

The three-pointers in the body's memory are completely different from the three-pointers we face now. This subtle change will affect the shooting rate.

In this regard, Wade is indeed unique, because he does not shoot NBA three-pointers at all, and his body memory does not have much of an NBA three-pointer feeling at all.

For him, FIBA's three-pointers are the NBA's two-pointers, and he has a strong ability to make two-pointers.

And this is why Wade is so difficult to guard in FIBA.

A player who can throw three-pointers very accurately, and then has an invincible breakthrough, you say, you are a defensive player, how do you defend?

In addition, he also has a group of super teammates, you say, what can you do?

There is simply no way!

Therefore, for the Chinese team, how to deal with the situation after Wade comes on the court is the key to this game.

Coach K's current strategy is very obvious. Chen Xiao and the Chinese team saw it when they played Lithuania.

Kobe, James, these starters are consumed and entangled with their opponents, and the killer move is actually the bench lineup led by Wade!

In the last semi-final, Lithuania had a back-and-forth with the US team in the starting stage, but during the rotation stage, Wade directly scored 21 points in 12 minutes of the first half. He scored 21 points alone. Efficiency, simply!

In this Olympics, Wade has averaged 18 minutes per game in the past seven games, averaging 18.3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals per game.

There is no doubt that this is the strongest killer and ace of the American team in this Olympics!

Of course, for Chen Xiao and the Chinese team, they don't need to deal with Wade's problem for the time being.

Let's put it this way, if they can't suppress the "suicide attack" American team in the first stage, they actually don't need to consider Wade's problem, and they will definitely lose.

In the semifinals, Lithuania's starting lineup had a 50-50 draw with the U.S. team's starting lineup in the first half, and lost the final game by almost 30 points.

So taste carefully.

Therefore, even though the Chinese team defeated the American team in the first game of this Olympic Games, there was no pride at all on the faces of the Chinese team players.

This American team has found their own way of playing. They are really different from before. They no longer worry about who is starting, Wade or Kobe, or who is the boss, Kobe or James, or whether Howard is a fake. Starter.

In short, this American team is a truly well-integrated American team.

This American team is really strong!

At 2:30 pm on August 24th, BJ time, the men's basketball Olympic final between the United States and China officially started. Yao Ming and Howard jumped the ball in the middle circle.

The excited Howard jumped a little early when throwing the ball, which allowed Yao Ming to actually beat Howard on the jump ball and get the first offense of the game.

It has to be said that Howard's mood at this time reflects the mood of the entire American team.

For the American team, which has reached the World Series finals again after eight years, everyone is very excited and excited.

It's just that some people can bear it, but Howard can't.

In fact, aren’t the Chinese team’s players like this?

It's just that Yao Ming is more calm and unhurried than Howard.

Yao Ming defeated Howard with a jump ball, and the ball came to Chen Jianghua's hands. Andy didn't look at Chen Xiao or Zhu Fangyu. Faced with Ron Howard who was about to pounce, Andy was very confident and prepared to dribble the ball through half court.

Such self-confidence does not exist for the Chinese team at this period in history.

The defenders of the Chinese team at this period in history were not only lacking in skills, but also in confidence. Facing a half-court or full-court press like the American team, when the defenders got the ball, what they saw was not the ball, but the ball. It's a hot potato and I want to throw it away right away.

The more you do this, the less able you are to break the press. The more you do this, the easier it is for your opponent to judge your intentions and the easier it is to complete the steal.

At the same time, the more you do this, the more pressure you create on your team's star players.

The whole world knows that if you don't have self-confidence, you will only go to Yao Ming in the end, so why don't you surround Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

Therefore, for the Chinese team, a qualified dribbling defender is very important. With the emergence of Hua Tsai, Chen Xiao does not have to enjoy the treatment of double-teaming in advance. Likewise, he does not have to dribble the ball after half-court, and the physical exertion is also reduced. Much less.

It can be said that the Chinese team can be so strong thanks to Chen Xiao who can play the entire game in a game, and Chen Xiao can play a full 40 minutes in a game with high quality because of the Chinese team such as Hua Tsai and Wei Ge. The defender shared a lot of physical work for him.

However, although Hua Tsai is now extremely good at controlling the ball and has strong speed and explosive power, it is not easy to easily break through the US team's press.

Let's put it this way, now Coach K doesn't care whether Kobe and Ron Howard can play for 20 or 30 minutes in the game, nor does he care whether Ron Howard and Kobe have a foul crisis.

For Coach K, he has plenty of people who can replace Kobe and Ron Howard. Behind these two people, there are Wade, Mai Zi, Arenas, Xiao Pao and others waiting.

The current US team is so extravagant in hiring. Unlike the Chinese team, the Chinese team simply does not dare to let Chen Xiao and Yao Ming have a foul crisis.

As long as one of the two has a foul crisis and the team's rotation is disrupted, the Chinese team will collapse.

Therefore, at the beginning of the game, Ron Howard pressed Hua Tsai very hard. When a defensive player doesn't care whether he will foul at all, his defensive state is the best.

Maybe Chen Xiao, Ron Howard, Kobe and Xiao Zhan have similar defensive abilities, but in this game, Chen Xiao will definitely not be able to play the same level of defensive ability as Xiao Zhan.

Chen Xiao has scruples, but Brother Luo and the others don't.

"Coach K really figured out how the American team plays!"

Seeing that the Chinese team had such big trouble in the first attack of this game, Teacher Zhang on the sidelines couldn't help but worry.

"Coach K is such a good coach!"

Giving up your own tactical ideas and pursuits and making decisions that are in the best interest of the team is what the best coaches must do.

In this regard, Popo's acceptance of the US team was much worse in history. He imposed his own tactical concepts on the US team, and everyone no longer knew how to play.

Faced with Ron Howard's pressing, Hua Tsai finally passed the half court with the help of Yao Ming's screen, but he still had no chance to hand the ball directly to Chen Xiao's hands.

It is easy to give the ball to Chen Xiao, but it is not easy for Chen Xiao to attack directly.

The U.S. team's current defense is indeed quite expanded, and the rotation is also quite fast.

Although Andy used Yao Ming to fend off Brother Luo, James quickly got close to him again.

After feeling the speed of the US team's rotation, Andy didn't call the pick-and-roll this time. He knew it was useless unless he called Brother Xiao's screen, but this would put Brother Xiao into a double-team and consume Brother Xiao's physical strength.

Brother Xiao has to play for 40 minutes in this game.

Therefore, Brother Xiao didn't even make unnecessary moves without the ball, and just led Kobe there with his hands open and waiting for the ball.

Therefore, he can only choose to break through the opponent players. Only after the one-on-one breakthrough has passed, everything will suddenly become clear.

Breaking through the opponent's defender has always been the most direct and effective way to break the press.

Unless you can have teamwork and tactical literacy like Lithuania.

Otherwise, it is easy to force cooperation and make mistakes.

However, it is not easy to break through Xiao Zhan.

Although Hua Tsai's speed and explosiveness are very fast, Xiao Zhan is not slow at this period, and the most important thing is that Xiao Zhan in this game is not afraid of fouls at all!

This means that as long as Andy has a chance, James can pull him back with possible foul actions.

It can be said that in the first attack of the Chinese team in this game, Andy was tightly covered by Xiao Zhan.

Faced with such a situation and seeing less and less attack time, Hua Tsai must be very anxious.

Ordinary players would definitely panic when faced with such a situation, but as a world champion, CBA championship and MVP, Andy still has this quality in mind.

Resisting the urge to shoot the ball, Hua Tsai threw the pot in his hand to Chen Xiao, who was two steps away from the 45-degree three-point line on the left side to meet him with less than 20 seconds left in the attack.

Seeing Chen Jianghua's pass, Teacher Zhang next to him shouted excitedly: "Oops, this is the worst choice!"

This dumping really made Teacher Zhang's heart explode.

Many Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very angry at this time.

Hua Tsai is really good at everything, but his organizational skills are really killing people.

Because Hua Tsai's organizational skills are not enough, when facing a pressing defense, he does not dare to seek cooperation with his teammates to break the pressing like the Lithuanian defenders do. Instead, he chooses to rely on his own personal ability.

When his personal ability was frustrated in front of Xiao Zhan, he finally did not dare to throw it away himself, but chose to pass the blame.

This was originally the result of his own wrong choice, but Chen Xiaolai had to bear the consequences. It would be strange if such a choice could make domestic fans happy.

In the last 20 seconds, there were actually only 3 seconds left when Chen Xiao got the ball. Chen Xiao was still two steps outside the three-point line. He was so focused in front of him that he almost leaned on Chen Xiao to prevent Chen Xiao from dribbling. of Kobe.

It can be said that Chen Xiao's offensive environment at this time is very desperate.

Teacher Zhang next to me and the Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very distressed.

But obviously, Chen Xiao would definitely not have so many ideas at this time.

His 100-level golf IQ told him not to think about other things when he received the pass.

Be decisive and attack directly!

He caught the ball high with one hand, collected the ball with both hands, and turned sideways to the front. Facing Kobe's tight defense, Chen Xiao jumped up.

Without a little mud and water, even Kobe, who thought Chen Xiao would make some dribbling adjustments, was surprised.

Although he was surprised, Kobe's hand movements did not slow down at all, and he jumped up after Chen Xiao.

Although his hands are shorter and his height is shorter, even if Chen Xiao's chance of hitting the ball is not more than 10%, Kobe still does what he can do to the extreme.

"In this game, I will never let you explode!"

Kobe is very confident!

And a moment later.

A swipe!

The crisp sound of a basketball hitting the net made Kobe look at Chen Xiao with his mouth wide open and his eyes wide open. For a moment, the scene seemed to freeze.

In front of the TV, Du and Bi were as shocked as Barkley, Kobe, the players, coaches of the US team, and fans across the United States.

This goal, even the fucking can score? !

In Xiao Du's extremely shocked eyes, the TV, which had been silent for a short time, suddenly made a sound like an explosion and cheers. In the picture, the players of the Chinese team rushed towards Chen Xiao like crazy.

"The flame that was extinguished by the U.S. team's ultimate defense was ignited by the Wonder Boy himself!"