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Chapter 1281 1280. Difficult to defend high position support
"Time Defender: The host needs to deal with Darko Milicic's excellent control of the time difference when he is in a high position. Time limit: If the host still fails to find a countermeasure when he has fought Darko Milicic for five games, it will be regarded as a mission failure. Lian Zhu's characteristic skill slot will be reduced by one. Quest reward: Lian Zhu's exclusive feature: Horse Rejection."

"Rejecting horses: The host's ability to judge the opponent's high-position pass and response has been greatly improved. When the opponent uses high-position support, the host team's defensive command and teammates' tacit understanding will be enhanced."

"Damn it!" Liu Mang didn't expect a mission to come suddenly, and it was still related to innate skills.

Although this reward made Liu Mang very excited, what he needs to worry about in the future is that Gasol's high-post support for the Lakers, Duncan's high-post support for the Spurs, and Garnett's high-post support for the Bulls have a special feature for this aspect!
It's just that the task came too suddenly, but fortunately, he found a way without asking him for this game.

How can it be so easy!

Milicic is completely a "new figure" other than the top stars and superstars that Liu Mang is familiar with. Milicic was only 20 years old last season, and he is still in the stage of selling talent. It is estimated that the Raptors will not be able to receive rewards until the fourth grade or even the second contract.

But even if the task is not in a hurry, they have to figure out a way to deal with Milicic. They played the first ball too easily, and they played easily because Milicic can open the space to shoot and pass!

Liu Mang received the ball picked up by Yao Ming and pushed towards the frontcourt under the defense of Marinovic.

Marinovic wanted to use his rushing ability to steal Liu Mang to show off, but he was favored by Popovich, but he was unwilling to go, which made him famous in the European basketball world. When he played against Asian teams in the 2003 World Youth Championship, there was no outside line to stop him. Many Asian outside lines could not pass halftime when they encountered him. He wanted to make a name for Liu Mang.

The whole audience was cheering for Liu Mang, Marinovic was so upset.

Then, being pressed by Liu Mang's arm, he was pushed to the front court without any hindrance.

In international competitions, even in European basketball games, Marinovic's oppressive defense and quick hands of a small man will cause headaches for opponents, but this is no problem for Liu Mang.

When Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, Yao Ming was already pressing Milicic inside for the ball.

Milicic's single-defense skills are average, but he is good at top defense, and he is best at assisting defense and blocking shots. This is the reason why he can still get many team contract invitations based on the NBA even if he failed to show his talent in the original time and space.

But facing Yao Ming...

Milicic was pressed down by this big man who was half a head taller than him, and he couldn't even push him!

Liu Mang lobbed the ball to Yao Ming, and Ilic quickly shrank into the inside line from the right corner, and two Eastern European hunks of two meters and a few meters flanked Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's purpose was to attract the pincers, and immediately distributed it to Wang Zhizhi. Wang Zhizhi caught the ball from the bottom corner, and Bogdanovic defended it. Wang Zhizhi was ready to take the shot and threw the ball...

Three point hit!

At the age of 29, Wang Zhizhi was very good at grasping open three-pointers when he was at his peak.

Offensive and defensive transition, to Serbia and Montenegro attack.

Serbia and Montenegro still used the same tactical moves as before. Bogdanovic has speed and hard work, Marinovic has strong impact, Milicic has three points, and the Eastern Europeans are solid in pick-and-rolls, which is really difficult to deal with.

When Bogdanovic went around and cut in from the top arc, Wang Zhizhi immediately blocked him, and Zhu Fangyu, who was chasing Bogdanovic, quickly switched to Milicic.

Milicic didn't pass the ball this time. The moment Wang Zhizhi switched defenses, he immediately chose to break through!
Zhu Fangyu was knocked away by Milicic.

Junior Brother Bajie was miserable, his left foot blocked his right foot when he was hit, his head knew how to defend himself, but his body indicated that he didn't know, so he sat down on the ground.

However, Milicic’s speed is much slower than the small forward’s. Breaking into the inside, Yao Ming shrunk to the right side for three seconds as much as possible.

The strength was a bit stronger and he missed the shot. Yao Ming accepted the defensive rebound.

It's too hard to guard against!

Milicic just failed to end the offense. The problem of the whole Serbia-Montegolia team is just a little bit of finishing ability. The reliable ones are Androvic's three-pointer, Marinovic's attack at the basket, Milicic's long-range shot and inside catch.

However, if there is no finishing ability, it is not as good as those predecessors of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia. For example, if Peja was unable to participate in the World Championships due to personal reasons, the Serbia and Montenegro team would not be in this ranking.

Serbia and Montenegro's defense is the key!

When it came time for the Chinese team to attack, Liu Mang was put on defense, and he was fast to deal with. The speed of 94 was the same as that of Liu Mang, and he was tenacious, with many tricks. Liu Mang made more use of Yao Ming's restraint when he was on the court.

The Serbian and Montenegro team did a good job in defending breakthroughs and inside pincers, and the zone defense did a good job. The Chinese team only had good shots at mid-to-long distances.

Fortunately, the Chinese team has a lot of pitchers. From Silver Fox's selection of two veteran pitchers, Guo Shiqiang and Li Nan, to enter the national team, it can be seen that his purpose is to make good use of Liu Mang and Yao Ming's ability to attract zone defenses.

Although the basket was blocked, the Chinese team's COSCO shot did a good job today.

The Serbian and Montenegro team's finishing ability is indeed a bit weak, so they focus on defense. On the offensive end, they point to Milicic's support, Marinovic's breakthrough, and Androvic's three-pointer. The other two players are eating cakes.

In the first 7 minutes of the first quarter, the Chinese team had a relatively obvious advantage, with a much stronger outside finishing ability. Yao Ming scored 4 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds, helping the Chinese team lead Serbia and Montenegro 15-9.

After the Chinese team opened the point difference to more than 5 points, Serbia and Montenegro called a timeout.

Liu Mang thought of some ways to direct his teammates to defend against Milicic, but the effect was not good. Serbia and Montenegro only scored 7 points in 9 minutes, purely because Yao Ming was there, and Wang Zhizhi could switch to defend Milicic and shoot three-pointers.

Yao Ming played for 7 minutes and had to go down to rest, unlike his opponents in the group stage, who were not so easy to widen the gap.

Liu Mang also put aside for the time being how to deal with Milicic's high-level support, Yao Ming went down, Milicic went inside...Wang Zhizhi or Yi Jianlian or Du Feng...

Liu Mang is about to start scoring. He only scored 3 points in the first quarter. It's like a birthday!

(End of this chapter)