Chapter 983 He Who Has the Inside Information Wins the World
"It's over!"
Seeing Howard exit in frustration, Frank shook his head on the sidelines.
Howard's dismissal means that the US team has no height, no center, no rebounds, and no interior defense.
Coach K made extensive changes, with Bosh and Boozer as the inside combination, and James, Anthony and Kobe as the outside team.
"Tell everyone, Kobe controls the ball, others double stack, and the success rate is high!"
Old Coach K also seemed to sense that something was not good, and felt that he was helpless. He said to Boozer who came on the court in a very stern tone:
"Tell them not to take random shots if there is no space."
The Chinese team quickly replaced Wang Shipeng and replaced him with Zhu Fangyu.
Li Ba made an extra free throw, 63:71, and the Chinese team led by 8 points.
Team USA attacks.
Kobe controls the ball, and the other four players are all concentrated around the penalty area. Bosh and Boozer are in the left and right low posts, and James and Anthony are in the left and right elbow areas.
The so-called double stack means four people stand in the four corners of the penalty area, with the left and right low posts and the left and right elbow areas. This is one of the basic offensive formations in basketball.
This formation can rush to the basket together to grab rebounds, or open space to the wings. It is very flexible.
The U.S. team doesn't have much training time, but they have practiced this formation.
Kobe reached the top of the arc and made a tactical gesture. The four people at the four corners actually pulled out at the same time, and the entire penalty area was suddenly emptied.
Kobe, on the other hand, shortened his body, surpassed Sun Le in one step, and rushed from the top of the key to the penalty area.
Li Ba faced Bosh. After taking a step forward, he found Kobe Bryant breaking through and immediately turned around and rushed into the penalty area.
Kobe took a step across the free throw line, saw Li Ba returning to defense, and immediately stopped for a jumper.
The ball slid through an arc and passed through the basket.
65:71, the US team is still 6 points behind.
The Chinese team attacks.
"here!"
Coach K shouted from the sidelines and made a gesture.
Li Ba controls the ball, and James is still facing off.
Arriving at the frontcourt, Li Ba first let others pull away, and then Li Ba called Dayao's high pick-and-roll.
When he called the pick-and-roll, the U.S. team suddenly began to shrink its defense.
The moment the two men passed each other in the high post, the American team immediately accelerated to shrink the penalty area. Five people double-teamed Li Ba, trying to trap the ball directly in the penalty area.
This is Adams' suggestion just now. The Chinese team has average outside touch and weak offensive ability. It is cost-effective to double-team the penalty area.
Moreover, suddenly five-and-one, and the outside line is completely empty, Li Ba will suddenly fall into a selection trap, not knowing who to give it to at the first time, thus leaving an opportunity for the American team to complete five-and-one.
Moreover, Adams also observed that at the last critical moment, Li Ba, like Kobe, preferred to attack by himself and seemed not to trust his outside teammates.
Coach K accepted this suggestion.
When the US team began to shrink its formation, Li Ba did not pass the ball, which was caught by Adams.
But one thing Adams failed to calculate was that Li Ba was very determined to attack this time, so he was very determined to break through and very fast.
When the five American players returned to defend the penalty area, Li Ba took two steps into the penalty area and flew directly into the air.
At this time, Bosh and Boozer rushed to the basket, gritted their teeth and jumped from the left and right sides of the basket to implement closed defense.
From three directions, the three people instantly met in the air directly in front of the basket.
With a bang, Li Ba hit the middle of the two with a huge impact, forced open the door that had not been closed in time, and then smashed the ball into the basket with a bang.
Bosh and Boozer opened the door in response, and hit the floor with two bangs.
"Beep!"
At the same time, the whistle sounded.
"Well!"
At the same time, Boozer cried out in pain while hugging his knee.
"Damn it!" Coach K hugged his head.
Frank and Adams were shaking their heads. The hammer hit the ball too firmly and hard!
Seeing the U.S. team's penalty area turned upside down, there was a buzz, and the whole Wukesong Stadium was boiling.
With the championship imminent, all the Chinese people are excited and the atmosphere at the scene is getting more and more lively.
Bosh's thug fouled, the two points were valid, and Li Ba had to add one free throw.
Boozer hurt his knee and replaced him with Prince.
At the same time, Anthony was replaced and replaced by Reid.
With only 100 seconds left, Coach K took the opportunity to lay out a three-point shooting strategy.
"The Hammers are too strong. In the last three minutes, they made two strong attacks and defeated Howard and Boozer. They are too strong!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
The game continued. At the critical moment, Li Ba made an extra free throw. At 65:74, the Chinese team led by 9 points.
Xu Jicheng said: "The hammer hit two plus one twice and killed two people in a row. This performance is really too strong!"
Zhang Lili complained: "The American team is so strong in basketball, but now it can only let Bosh and James play inside. It's so miserable!"
"Bosh can't even be considered a true power forward, he can only be considered a small forward. It's really miserable to have two small forwards playing inside!"
Yu Jia continued to complain.
Team USA attacks.
Bryant advanced to the right wing.
The Chinese team can no longer double-team Kobe because neither Reed nor Prince can be released, so Sun Le can only defend Kobe alone.
Kobe beat Sun Le with one step and hit a three-pointer.
Oh, hit.
68:74, the United States is still 6 points behind.
Zhang Lili reminded: "Don't relax. Six points is two three-pointers. I can't hit two of them. With Kobe's luck, it's possible to hit consecutive shots!"
The Chinese team attacks and pulls away.
Dayao is under the basket, faced by Bosh.
Bosh has plenty of physical energy, but the tonnage difference is too big and Yao is too much, so he was squeezed away.
"Quickly double-team the basket!"
Adams ignored Coach K and shouted directly to the court.
It was too late, Li Ba hadn't reached the top of the arc, saw Dayao squeezed into the position, suddenly took off, threw his hands violently, and passed the ball from James' head to Dayao.
Dayao caught the ball, turned around and dunked with both hands. With a bang, Bosh fell down.
"Beautiful!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
The referee blew the whistle, Bosh's thug fouled, and Dayao added a free throw.
Kobe felt powerless. He had already made 7 three-pointers today, but he still played like this? What if O'Neal and Duncan were here? What if Garnett was here?
Dayao made an additional free throw, 68:77, and China led by 9 points.
Team USA attacks.
Kobe's nerves were as strong as iron, and he still shot three-pointers.
But this time the iron was struck and Li Ba grabbed the rebound.
"No chance, we can't catch any rebounds, we can't win!"
Jordan, who was sitting on the bench of the US team, shook his head repeatedly. He was really speechless when he saw players like Bosh and James playing inside and facing off against the two top inside players in the world.
The technical requirements for the inside and outside are completely different. Does James have the skills to get stuck and grab rebounds? Do you have low-post offensive and defensive skills? Is there the sheer power of a low-post player? nothing.
"Although the top four centers are gone, I think it is still the one who can get the inside that wins the world. Even if the league's style of play is accelerating, we still, must, absolutely need more high-quality inside players."
he said to himself thoughtfully.