From today on is the king

Chapter 1610 1609. Enjoy the game!

30 to 24, the Chinese team's lead expanded to 6 points!
The U.S. team didn't panic. They were behind by 8 points in the first quarter and they all recovered because they had Anthony!
When the US team attacked, Anthony came to the frontcourt to receive a pass from Iguodala.

Anthony is facing Zhu Fangyu, this strength is really not very dominant, and Zhu Fangyu is replaced to carry a wave of Anthony.

But when Anthony plays, he doesn’t care whether he can get rid of his opponent and rush to the basket, or whether the opponent is very tight. After receiving the ball with his back against Zhu Fangyu, he dawdles and doesn’t know what he’s doing. Even if Liu Mang has Anthony’s shooting bag, he still doesn’t understand what Anthony is doing at this stage.

But...Even Liu Mang didn't think it was a good opportunity, but Anthony could really see it as a good opportunity!

Anthony finds the rhythm that works best for him, pulls out for a long two and...hit!
Steady beep!
Anthony narrowed the point difference to 4 points again!
The Chinese team played violently, and the US team played steadily!

Such a game situation exceeded everyone's expectations.

I thought that in the face of a lineup like the US team, the Chinese team should make steady progress, but at the start of today's game, the Chinese team was even more irritable than the US team!
Instead, the US team has been pursuing stability.

Who allowed Liu Mang to continue to explode and Yao Ming to explode with sufficient physical strength!
However, irascibility also means instability. After the second quarter, Liu Mang played irascible performance repeatedly, and sent a good shot to his teammates from time to time, but the Chinese team was gradually suppressed on the scene.

The lineup gap is really big!
The U.S. team has a clear rotation goal. Relying on Anthony and Boozer’s stable singles, Bosh can open up space and use Iguodala and Prince to defend Liu Mang in turn. Anthony and Boozer’s defense is not good compared to their teammates. Compared with players from other countries, their defense is still slightly above average. They can also do a good job defending against Wang Zhizhi and Wang Shipeng’s off-ball offense.

It would be nice if Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng could play a supporting role on the periphery, but Wang Zhizhi doesn’t have to worry about it. He can average 1.9 three-pointers per game in the NBA.

However, the Chinese team can only rely on Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian's hard steel US team!

Although the violentness of the Chinese team was beyond expectations, the American team had been prepared for a long time. Their goal from the beginning was to pursue stability and not to make the mistakes they made when they lost to the Argentine team.

Compared with other countries, Liu Mang's deterrence is the strongest for the US team. This is an epic score maniac who can score 90 points in a single game in the NBA. The US team believes that as long as they maintain a stable output and defend Liu Mang with all their strength, they will be able to win the game!
The same is true...

In the middle of the second quarter, the US team overtook the score.

38 to 37, relying on Iguodala's three-pointer, the US team scored 5 to 14 in the first half of the second quarter and successfully overtook the score!
The Chinese team called a timeout.

"Has it only lasted half a quarter?"

Seeing Yao Ming start to take off his training clothes, even Liu Mang had to lament that basketball is not a sport for one person, especially when the strength is at a disadvantage.

However, Liu Mang also knows that he needs to rely on his personal ability and rely on his better performance than usual to have the opportunity to lead the team to seize the slightest possibility of a counterattack!
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After returning from the timeout, Yi Jianlian and Wang Shipeng were replaced to rest for a while, Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Zhizhi, four pitchers, and Yao Ming, the inside killer lineup, played!

The rotation of the US team was beyond the expectation of the head coach of the Chinese team Harris. After returning from the timeout, the US team did not maintain a space-based lineup, but replaced it with Howard!

It is true that if Bosh or Boozer were to play center, Yao Ming would not be able to defend against it, and the US team would have a better offensive space.

But in the same way, facing Yao Ming, who is now at his peak, these two people can hardly play any defensive role. They use three-point shooting to easily fight against Yao Ming's basket one-on-one...

On the contrary, it is possible for the Chinese team to change from explosive scoring to easy and stable scoring.

If Boozer or Bosh goes to defend, Yao Ming may score again and again if he does not flank Yao Ming.

Mike Woodson, the assistant coach of the US team, suggested that Howard and Kwame Brown take turns to eat hard, consume Yao Ming, use the outside line to score steadily, and kill Yao Ming during the period when he has physical strength.

In terms of perimeter offense, Coach Kruger's tactics are wheel-to-wheel battles. Kobe, Tracy McGrady, and Anthony, the three strongest players on the American team, take turns to play singles on the perimeter. Iguodala, Kobe, and Prince take turns to defend Liu Mang...

The two head coaches who are most familiar with Liu Wei worked together to deal with Liu Wei's team, and the effect was very good. Until Yao Ming was off the field, Silver Fox Harris' goal of stabilizing his side's rhythm was contained.

The performance of the players is very important, but when the strength is not too far behind, the role of the coach is especially critical!
The super luxurious coaching team of the US team took the lead at this time!

What else could Liu Mang do?When Yao Ming played for more than three minutes and was replaced by Howard and Kwame Brown, who took turns to play infinite defensive consumption, Liu Mang had to fight against the US team with Yi Jianlian again.

But as Liu Mang said during the break, he is enjoying the game now!

Facing Prince, Iguodala, and Kobe's defense in turn, this is the highest standard of treatment in the world basketball world that you can't enjoy in the NBA Finals!
In fact, the U.S. team is having a hard time. Yao Ming is gone. They want to maintain stability in scoring. They have to open up space for Kobe, McGrady, and Anthony to play alone, and they have to keep one of Bosh and Boozer on the court. It is too difficult for these two to stop Yi Jianlian from grabbing offensive rebounds.

Both Howard and Kwame Brown have a negative effect on the offensive end of the international arena. They don’t need to come out inside, and Howard and Kwame Brown can’t open up space. They can only squat near the three-second zone. The US team has no chance to break through from the outside.

And they felt that Liu Mang's fight was getting more and more excited!

The difference in mentality makes the players of the two teams have very different senses of the game.

The U.S. team was fine when chasing points, with a clear goal, a concerted effort, and no other considerations.

But they are already in the lead, and I feel that the opponent should be desperate, but the opponent's best player in the world does not have the slightest consciousness of falling behind, and instead fights more and more courageously!
For the U.S. team, this was a game they couldn’t lose, but it put extra pressure on them. Seeing Liu Mang’s devotion to the game and enjoying the game, the U.S. team was clearly ahead, but felt even more stressed!
(End of this chapter)