Almighty Athlete Chapter 399: Fight Slovenia
No team in the world is willing to encounter the US team in the first round of the knockout game. Even the weak team like Angola will be eliminated in every encounter, but it is still unwilling to face the US directly.
In the Olympic Games, the Chinese team once defeated Angola, but that was the home game. As the strongest team in Africa, Angola still has some examples. At least in the latest issue of the world rankings, Angola ranked 12th, higher than Brazil, Croatia, Turkey and Russia.
Of course, this world ranking is a combination of the results of many continents and competitions. Angola has no opponents in Africa, and the ranking will naturally be higher. Like the Chinese team, due to its excellent performance in Asian games, the world rankings can all enter the Tenth place. Therefore, this ranking obviously cannot intuitively reflect the strength of the team
Angola reversed the German team and locked in the team’s qualifying rights. The physical talents of black people in the basketball movement also made Angola very active at the beginning of the game. Lu Tangda and Gomez hit three points respectively, and Angola led the start with a 6-2 score. Next, Angola's three-pointers are also very accurate, especially their number one star Gomez, hit four three-pointers in the first quarter, feel hot.
Angola’s height has no advantage, mainly relying on the projection of the small lineup, playing small ball tactics, for the Yao who has not yet recovered from the injury, some of them can’t keep up with the rhythm. Yao's body caused a great burden, so Deng Huade quickly replaced Dayao, replaced by a younger and faster Zhang Zhaoxu.
In the first quarter, the hot Angolan team led the Chinese team 23-20. After the opening of the second quarter, Angola continued to continue the feel. Lu Tangda scored six points in a row and once widened the score gap to 10 points After waiting for Zhang Guan to play, he used several breakthroughs to create fouls, which disrupted the rhythm of the Angola team and curbed the offensive of the Angola team.
At the end of the first half, the Chinese team approached the score. At the last moment, a breakthrough of Zhang Guan allowed the Chinese team to enter the second half with a lead of 45 to 44, leading by 1 point.
Deng Huade was not satisfied with the team's defense. He started to give the young players a "big hit" during the halftime break. He had to say that this move was very effective. Under the encouragement of Deng Huade, the Chinese team in the second half The defense has become much more active.
And for the Angola team, the shooting rate has started to decline. The Angolan team has no advantage in height, once there is no goal, there is no advantage in fighting for rebounds, so as long as the Angolan team does not score, it is difficult to have a second offense.
failed to score for three consecutive rounds, plus two turnovers, the Chinese team played a small wave of 12-0 climax, extending the advantage to more than ten in one fell swoop.
At this time, the Angola team was just dreaming and started chasing points, but the impetuous shooting could not guarantee the shooting rate. The Chinese team has entered the last quarter with 66-50.
In the fourth quarter, the Angola team was ready to die, but Zhang Guan's fast break after two steals quickly increased the score to 20 points. The score difference of 20 points has been regarded as a relatively safe number in the fourth quarter. The game also lost its suspense at this moment. In the next game, the two sides have offensive and defensive, and the scores increase alternately. In the end, the Chinese team scored 83 to 70. Winning the game.
China's 3 wins and 2 losses record ranks third in the group. In the next knockout, the Chinese team will face the second team in group b.
A group won the first place by Serbia, and the second belongs to Argentina. Both of them are 4 wins and 1 loss, and Serbia’s winning relationship is occupied. The fourth place in Group A is Angola with 2 wins and 3 losses. Germany and Jordan are eliminated.
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In group b, Iran and Tunisia are obviously here to accompany the prince to study, and the powerful American team takes lightly except for the victory over Brazil. The five-game winning streak made the US team easily placed first in Group B, and Angola, who is about to encounter in the knockout, is the softest persimmon in the knockout stage.
Slovenia unexpectedly won the second in Group B. Their top scorer, Persian Nakba, drove Brazil to third place with a 3-pointer. Slovenia has also become the first opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout.
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Deng Huade was holding a tactical board with a very serious expression.
"Slovenia has a strong inside line. Their starting center Brezek is a player with ten years of nba experience. The height of 2.16 meters also gives him an advantage in the center position. Their starting power forward Rakovich is 2 meters tall and is a power forward. He was selected by the nba in the 60th pick in 2007."
Deng Huade said that he couldn't help but glance at Arab League. The United Arab Emirates was selected as the No. 6 pick in 2007, and it is the same level as Lakovich. Both positions are also power forwards. Obviously, the task of dealing with Lakovich will be handed over to the United League.
Allianz silently clenched his fists. He is the No. 6 rookie. If he can’t do the No.60 rookie in the same period, that would be really embarrassing and eye-catching. Coupled with the previous effect of "fighting chicken blood" My heart was already full of energy.
Deng Huade went on to say: "Slovenia's starting player at the small forward position is Miha Zupan. You should have heard of him. That's right. He is deaf. His body is strong enough to play small forwards. , Can also be a big striker, even against the center, has a strong rebounding ability, and has a good three-pointer."
Miha Zupan is a deaf player. His most obvious feature is that he will wear a hood on his head, and a hearing aid is inserted in the hood to allow him to play like a normal player. Without hearing aids, Zupan could not hear the voices of teammates and coaches. God closed the hearing window for Zupan, but opened the basketball window for him. Zupan's body is very strong, his technique is also very good, the player is very high, maybe because of being a deaf person, Zupan is also very focused on playing, whether on the offensive or defensive end, they are more than normal players Difficult. As a disabled person, he became an official basketball athlete, which is also a great inspirational story in basketball.
"Slovenia's top scorer Persian Nakba, this time appeared as the second position, his height substrate also has an advantage in the third position, and the advantage in the second position is even more It’s too big. To be honest, our No. 2 player is no better than Nakba.” Coach Deng Huad said here, looked at Dayao, and then said: “Yao, your old friend is hard to get rid of!”
Yao smiled a little, and didn't say much.
Nakpa was selected by the Houston Rockets at the 15th pick at the end of 2002. It was also that year that the Houston Rockets drafted Dayao with the No. 1 pick in his hand, so Naqba and Dayao were comrades who entered the same nba team in the same year. Although Yao, who had just entered the NBA at the time, was holding the title of champion, but still had to overcome the cultural and language differences, Naqba, who is also a rookie and also an international player, became a friend of Yao, a long period of time. At the time, Naqba was the only playmate of Yao, so the relationship between the two was very close.
Nakba's stats in NBA are not good, even in the peak period can only be regarded as a qualified rotation player. However, the value of international players cannot be calculated according to the NBA data. Too many international players will be dissatisfied with the NBA, and the data is more general. When they return to the international arena, they become alive and well. A familiar example is known as "Europe Kobe's Spanoris is a rookie in the NBA. Offensive defense is not good. In the European League, he becomes the king. All kinds of mvp are in the pocket.
So, Nakba, a player who can't average 10 points per game in NBA, is the number one scorer and tactical core under the Slovenian system.
"No. 1 is our only position." Deng Huad looked at Zhang Guan, and then said: "Slovenia's starting point guard Dragic doesn't move fast, the movement frequency is also very slow, the body is not strong enough, lack of confrontation Sex, pass awareness is general, except for shooting, it is useless. This guy is more like a shooter."
"Is Deng Huade really talking about Dragic?" The Zhang Guan felt speechless for a while, and his impression of Dragic was also regarded as a first-class defender in the NBA, and also a "Mr. Billion", he defended He is aggressive, the offense is aggressive, and the speed is not slow, especially when he is very proficient in pick-and-roll. He was even once called the "king of pick-and-roll".
However, in 2010, Dragic could only be considered a qualified rotation player and had just secured the position of the Suns' backup guard.
"Listening to Deng Huad's words, Dragic now seems very good! I wonder if he will frequently use pick-and-roll tactics in the game?" Zhang Guan thought silently.
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Slovenia's head coach Zidovich is also arranging tactics.
"We lost to the Chinese team at the World Championships four years ago, and we suffered a lore at the last moment! And this time, we must not lose." Zidovich continued: "The time four years ago It’s still a group stage, even if we lose, we still qualify. But this time it’s a knockout, we have no way out, so we have to win!”
"We are stronger than four years ago, but the Chinese team is also stronger than four years ago. They even beat the US team in the Olympics! The good news is that through these few days of observation, I found The Chinese team center Yao has obviously not fully recovered from the surgery. His playing time in the group stage is only ten minutes." Ridovic found the name of Zhang Guan on the tactical board behind him and drew a circle on it. , And then said: "So what we need to do most is to curb the play of Zhang Guan!"
Zidovich said, looking at Dragic. At this time, Dragic seemed a little nervous and uneasy. Obviously, he felt that he was unlikely to have the ability to limit Zhang Guan.
Zidovich continued: "The sharpest offensive means of Zhang Guan is his breakthrough. Even the Dream Eight team, it is difficult to stop his breakthrough, and we may not be able to prevent the Zhang Guan breakthrough, and even for This is the risk of fouling, so we have to prepare a plan b!"
"Plan b?" All the people's attention was concentrated.
only listen to Ridovich said: "We want to limit the score of Zhang Guan as much as possible, but more importantly we have to score! The Chinese team is not as good as us in the second and third positions, so we must play Our advantage is to take Nakba and Zupan as our main points of attack."
Zidovich turned to look at Dragic, then said: "Goran, pass the ball to Nakba and Zupan, it's up to you. If it's not easy to pass the ball directly, you can try using a pick-and-roll Cooperation to interfere with the defensive rhythm of the Chinese team and create opportunities for us."
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On the first day of the knockout, in the first two group matches, Serbia defeated Croatia with a slight advantage of 73 to 72, and another focus battle was also carried out between European teams. Spain, led by Gasol Jr. The team defeated the Greek team with a score of 80-72. Serbia and Spain will compete for a top four seat.
On the second day of the playoffs, there were also four teams debut, namely China against Slovenia and France against the host Turkey.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese and Slovenian teams sent main players to play. Unsurprisingly, the five starters in Slovenia are Brezek, Rakovich, Zupan, Naqba and Germany. Rajic.
Brezek and the United Arab Emirates are responsible for the jumps of both sides. Brezek’s timing is better. Slovenia also has the opportunity to control the ball first~IndoMTL.com~ As a former member of Yugoslavia, Slovenia also Inheriting the basketball style of Yugoslavia, the team is good at playing tactical cooperation and is good at playing positional battles. In the positional battle, the role of the center is irreplaceable. Both sides are teams with power centers, so at the beginning of the game, Yao and Brezek were entangled with Maimang at the tip of the needle.
Brezek's strength is naturally inferior to that of Dayao. Dayao also likes to deal with this traditional center. In the nba game, Brezek encountered Dayao and was almost completely exploded. However, Dayao's injury has not recovered, especially in terms of physical confrontation. It is far worse than the peak. Therefore, in the face of Brezek, although he did not suffer, he did not take advantage.
The inside power centers of both sides are locked up with each other. At this time, the tactics surrounding the power center are also abolished. Now players who need other positions come forward.
Nakba, as the top scorer of Slovenia, decisively stood out at this time, he ran out of the space hard, instructing Dragic to pass the ball to himself.
Nakba ran out of position, but Dragic’s pass had a problem. His ball was just thrown, but was stopped by a hand from next to him.
"Zhang Guan, steal!" The narrator just finished saying this, but Zhang Guan has already rushed to the Slovenia team's half.
"Zhang Guan's fast break!" Slovenian players realized this, but they could not stop Zhang Guan from rushing to their rim and layup. (To be continued.)