Chapter 968 Stealing in Fast Break

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Howard came back on the court.

The American team is not bad in offensive ability, but it lacks rebounding, so he must play.

Zhang Lili said: "Warcraft is on the field, but the US team still does not have the ability to attack inside, and the offense is still launched from the outside, which still limits the success rate.

On the other hand, our offense is basically all in the paint, our shooting percentage is high, and we still have some advantages in rebounding. As long as we play steadily and slowly, we can accumulate advantages and eventually overtake the American team. We are in sight of victory! "

In this section, the US team still plays positionless basketball, but Howard's position is under the basket, or it can be called semi-positional basketball.

Howard replaced Boozer, which strengthened the U.S. team's defense, but the speed did not slow down, and it did not affect the transition speed of offense and defense. It was just that the offensive firepower was weaker, but the rebound control increased.

But a problem arose that gave old coach K a headache, that is, Howard couldn't guard Yao alone under the basket and was directly defeated.

Li Ba scored 4 assists in the first half of the quarter, all of which were direct assists to the basket.

After half a quarter, 72:80, the score difference is still 8 points and has not narrowed.

The U.S. team called a timeout. Coach K discovered that the Lakers' crowd-heavy penalty area tactic was not working. Although it restricted Li Ba's performance, it also restricted Howard's performance. The Lakers' rebounding disadvantage was not much recovered, and the situation remained unchanged for half a quarter. Two are missing.

Then the Chinese team's offense was still inside, Howard was beaten by Yao, and the Chinese team's offensive efficiency was still very high.

As for their own side, they still attack from the outside, and their shooting rate is not as good as that of the Chinese team.

Yu Jia took the data sheet and read: "There are still five minutes left. The Hammers did not attack in the final quarter, and they tried their best to organize offense and defense. So far, they have scored 28 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 8 steals, 8 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. of luxurious data.”

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly: "The situation is very good now. We are still leading by 8 points when we hit the spot, and the situation is extremely stable. At the same time, the Hammers are only two steals and two blocks away from a five-double. Please look forward to his next game." Just half a quarter of performance.”

The game was almost two hours old, but facing the extremely powerful American team, the Chinese team played very well, and Li Ba had the opportunity to hit a five-double, so the atmosphere was still very lively and the fans were very excited.

When Li Ba was coming off the field, he passed by and saw Guoguo nestled in his mother's arms, with his little head pecking at the chicken, and he laughed.

"Come, let grandma hold you."

Liu Xiaoli gently took the little girl over. The little girl hummed twice and fell asleep.

Grandma Zhou Yuehe next to her blocked the little girl’s ears with prepared cotton dumplings to prevent her from being awakened by the sounds at the scene.

The girl shook her arm. She looked at the data on the hanging screen above and said to Li Ba with a smile: "Big Hammer, can you hit a five-double this time?"

As Li Ba walked to the bench, he turned back and said with a smile: "If the US team's crowd tactics remain unchanged, it will be a little difficult, but there is still a chance."

The timeout ends and the U.S. team attacks.

"Have the U.S. team's offensive tactics changed?" Yu Jia shouted after looking at the U.S. team's offensive formation.

Under the basket, Howard and James faced off against Yao and Li Ba. Anthony and Bosh were on the left and right elbows above, and Kobe advanced with the ball.

Kobe reached the top of the arc, and then Anthony and Bosh at the left and right elbows suddenly pulled outwards, and then Kobe broke through.

His fly-catching training paid off, and his first step was faster.

It turns out that his first step is his weakness, which makes his breakthrough a bit sluggish. Even if he breaks through, he cannot completely shake off the defender.

But now this weakness has been made up for, which means a lot to him.

He surpassed Sun Le in one step.

His breakthrough made Zhu Fangyu and Ah Lian hesitate. Should they close the door to block him? Or continue with Anthony and Bosh?

This hesitation made both ends unable to catch up.

Kobe carried the ball into the paint, took advantage of James' opportunity to entangle Li Ba, took two steps away from the basket, stopped and jumped, and with a swish sound, he made a shot near the basket.

The Chinese team's offense is still controlled by Li Ba, who plays Dayao's point.

The U.S. team had no way to deal with this simple hard-hitting tactic under the basket. They could only double-team Dayao. Bosh stepped in to help defend and let Zhu Fangyu go.

Li Ba sent Zhu Fangyu a message and shouted at the same time: "Be bold and take action."

He roared as he rushed to the basket, ready to fight for the rebound.

Zhu Fangyu caught the ball and looked at the basket for a second before taking action.

Oh, three-pointer.

74:83, a score difference of 9 points.

America attacks.

Howard picked up the ball and quickly retreated to the baseline, while everyone else ran towards the frontcourt.

"Be careful, this is a fast attack tactic!" Yu Jia reminded loudly.

In the middle, Li Ba ran with all his strength. Kobe was on the left in front, and everyone else was behind him.

James was also behind him, two steps away.

"Total of the two teams, the Hammer is ranked second in speed. It's so strong!" Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

At this time, Howard passed the ball to James and gave him some advance time.

The moment the ball was released, Li Ba, who had just crossed the center line, suddenly stopped suddenly, and then James rushed past him.

James was running and turning back to catch the ball. When he suddenly saw that he had passed Li Dam, he knew something was wrong.

Stopping suddenly and turning around, Li Ba caught the ball with his left hand and intercepted the ball passed to James. Then he took the first step from the front and was about to go down.

"Nice job!" Yu Jia roared excitedly.

Dayao turned around desperately, and then he reached the high post. After turning around, he rushed to the basket in two steps. At this time, Li Ba passed the ball.

Dayao caught the ball, and Howard was behind him. He turned around, stepped back, and threw a small hook.

With a swish sound, two points were hit.

74:85, China leads by 11 points.

Zhang Lili laughed and said: "The Hammer's defense is still so strong, invincible on both offense and defense!"

Team USA attacks again.

This time the American team did not dare to play fast break, and Kobe steadily held the ball forward.

In the frontcourt, Howard and James are still under the basket, and Anthony and Bosh are at the left and right elbows.

This kind of offensive formation, although it is also around the penalty area, is looser than the crowd tactics. Li Ba has a lot of room for movement under the basket.

"Sun Le, guard Kobe, and the Lakers will definitely give you a contract." Li Ba shouted from under the basket.

Sun Le was refreshed and his attention was focused as never before.

Kobe dribbled the ball twice, suddenly stood up and shot a three-pointer.

The choice was wrong. If he pretended to make a sudden move and then made a move after repelling Sun Le, there would be nothing Sun Le could do.

At this moment, Sun Le, who has a height advantage and good jumping ability, also jumped up and tapped the ball with his fingertips.

Li Ba took a look and started first, immediately rushed out of the paint area and caught the falling ball.

Next, the Chinese team still took advantage of its inside advantage and continued to focus on the inside.

The US team really had no way to solve this problem. In the 7th minute of the final quarter, Howard committed four fouls, making interior defense even more difficult.