From today on is the king

Chapter 784 783. This is hope!

Iverson and Duncan are the leaders of this American team, and the temperament of the two determines the temperament of the American team.

Duncan... Regarding temperament, it is mainly responsible for being ignored. The main temperament of the US team this year is Iverson's temperament.

Just like now, no one from the US team came to say hello to the Chinese team, and the Chinese team didn't come over either.

While being proud and trying to kill each other, Liu Mang and Boozer just looked at each other and nodded, each preparing for the game.

Feeling the sound of cheering from the audience, Liu Mang felt weird. Even the fans wearing the Spanish national team jersey and the Greek national team fans came to cheer him on. Fans from most countries only knew Liu Mang and Yao Ming for the Chinese team. The shouts of the two English names or nicknames "Big-YAO" and "ICE" resounded throughout the arena.

The U.S. team doesn’t care about that at all, except that it was in the United States in 1996, and the Dream Team was born in 1992 and swept everything. Except for these two World Series, after 1992, except for the 1998 NBA lockout in which no NBA players participated in other basketball World Series, the U.S. team was booed everywhere they went. They are public enemies of the world. them.

Liu Mang feels a bit like a "son of destiny" now...

The referee signaled to the players of the two teams that the game was about to start, let the starters go on the field, and the substitutes went back to the bench.

The US team sent a starting combination of Allen Iverson, Stephen Marbury, Richard Jefferson, Lamar Odom and Tim Duncan.

What's so good about this lineup...is that theoretically these guys are the strongest lineup on Team USA at every position, and Larry Brown's lineup will always be that way.

For the Chinese team, the change from the previous game continued. Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Mo Ke, and Yao Ming continued to start.

Liu Mang took a deep breath and stepped onto the court. He had already made all the preparations, let's do it!

After Liu Mang came on the court, he saw that Yao Ming did not go for the jump ball, but Moko.

Iverson received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing Liu Mang staying inside the three-point line, he rushed to the three-point line and immediately stopped and shot a jumper!

Liu Mang was also prepared to defend against Iverson's breakthrough, but Iverson made an emergency stop and made a three-pointer!It was too late by the time I pounced on it, and it was still in!

Damn it... Wait, it seems that the distance from the FIBA ​​three-point line happens to be Iverson's mid-range shooting area!
In the first five games, he used this to beat his opponents. Liu Mang forgot that the US team also played in the same way.

Iverson scored a three-pointer against Liu Mang at the beginning, which was really unexpected.

Liu Mang was a little flustered for a while, but after he figured it out, he stabilized his position. After receiving the serve, he advanced to the frontcourt. The defender was... Marbury.

Yao Ming had a bit of a problem with Duncan on the inside. Duncan defended very well around the basket, but other European and South American teams were on the inside.

Seeing this scene, Liu Mang immediately waved for a pick-and-roll.

Calling the pick and roll is just a pretense!Seeing Liu Mang's gesture for a pick-and-roll, Marbury subconsciously glanced behind him. His defensive awareness was really bad enough. Liu Mang broke through from the left of Marbury before Yao Ming came out!
It was the first time for Marbury to meet Liu Mang breaking through on the left side. As soon as he turned his head to the left and turned back, he saw Liu Mang rushing past him from the right side!
Marbury won't care if he defends against others, but he can't defend against Liu Mang!He quickly turned around and chased after Liu Mang.

Just as Marbury turned around to chase Liu Mang, he was blocked by Yao Ming!
"Ding... the pick-and-roll master triggers at level 5, the host's speed +10, power +8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's speed skyrocketed just after reaching the free throw line!It was too late for Odom to rush over to make up the defense. When he saw Liu Mang, he rushed directly to the basket just like Iverson!
Duncan is ready to fight, and he is now a little bit used to not defending for three seconds, standing still under the basket, as long as Liu Mang makes a layup, he will block!He is very confident!Pretty confident in his defense around the rim...

"F..."

Before Duncan could finish a single word, Liu Mang smashed the ball into the basket!

Duncan saw that Liu Mang had already rushed in front of him, but he never thought that Liu Mang would jump and dunk directly in front of him, because there was no space!Moreover, Liu Mang bounced like a jet was installed under his feet, and he buckled it when he pulled it up!

Relying on Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang triggered the pick-and-roll master, and also had the opportunity to trigger the strongest first step!When taking off from the basket, if there is space to take off on the spot, the physical interference of the opponent will be greatly reduced, and the strength will be +5!

Duncan was too confident in his defense around the basket. He tried to defend Liu Mang and Moko, who had a chance to make an air cut because of Lamar Odom's defense, so he defended the basket and was directly dunked by Liu Mang!

Speaking of which, it's Marbury's fault. It's a good thing Marbury didn't chase after him. Duncan got shot after this chase...

"Ah..." Yao Ming raised his head to the sky and screamed at the three-point line, cheering for Liu Mang while returning to defense. Those who didn't know thought he dunked Duncan.

Duncan still had no expression on his face, and went to pick up the ball silently, getting used to it...

This dunk was too domineering, and it offset the pressure brought by Iverson's three-pointer at the beginning, and it also boosted the morale of the Chinese team!

Liu Mang didn't show any embarrassment this time, he returned to the defense with a blank face, forcing himself to act aggressively!
Playing in the Olympics, what Liu Mang enjoyed most was being able to shout tactics directly, not afraid of being overheard by the opponent, and the opponent would not understand if he heard it. When he returned to defense, he shouted to his teammates: "Brother Nan, double-team Iverson with me. Don't worry about Marbury, Bajie, don't care about Jefferson. Take two steps back and attack the inside.

"Boss, I told you not to call me Bajie!"

"Okay Bajie."

"..."

When the U.S. team attacked, Iverson advanced to the frontcourt. Before he reached the three-point line, he saw Liu Mang and a Chinese player who didn’t know who was attacking him. Iverson immediately passed the ball to Marbury. The biggest improvement for him now is to start training well. The other is that he is willing to pass the ball.

When Marbury received the ball, he originally thought that Iverson would take the defense away, he would catch the ball, attract the defense back, and then pass it to Iverson, get an assist, and get a good name for passing the ball, but he didn't expect at all that there was no one around him!
Marbury is furious!How contemptuous of people!
breakthrough?

Marbury didn't. The guy on the opposite side with "I want to fight" on his face was in the middle distance. He only defended against air cuts and breakthroughs. Yao Ming was under the basket.

Pass?

Neither did Marbury, he was pissed off!In the group stage, if he hadn’t played against the Greek team in the second half and caused damage, the U.S. team might not have passed the group stage. It was because of him that they defeated Greece 77-71 and entered the group stage. He felt that he was better than Iverson, but the opponent double-teamed Iverson because Iverson made a three-pointer...

Wait, three points!
If Iverson can vote, so can I!
Thinking of this, Marbury made a direct shot from outside the three-point line!He's a little bit accurate when it comes to open shots.

But there was a sound of "哐...", Marbury probably forgot that he only made two three-pointers in the first five games, and he decisively hit the iron on three-pointers...

but!

Odom is fast and flexible, and judged the position of the rebound!Marbury's ball hit the back edge of the basket and bounced towards the free throw line. Odom rarely actively grabbed an offensive rebound!
Just as Odom was about to make an aggressive mid-range shot, Fangyu Zhu and Mo Ke attacked him.

When you get double-teamed, pass the ball!And pass it on handsomely!Just as Odom turned around and encountered two double-teams, he passed the ball without looking at anyone, and threw it towards the position where Marbury shot just now...

"beep"

The referee whistles, out of bounds!The Chinese team throws the ball.

The first time he took the shot, Marbury felt something was wrong. He immediately remembered that the three-point line here was shorter, but he threw it according to the three-point feeling during NBA training, so he immediately returned to defense. Who knew that Odom grabbed the offensive rebound and passed the ball...

After going back and forth, the US team felt a little discouraged, how unlucky it is!How could this Olympics be so unlucky!The saddest thing is Odom, his glass heart, he never wants to pass the ball to Marbury again.

It was the Chinese team's offense again, and Liu Mang received a sideline ball and pushed it across the half. This time Iverson came to defend Liu Mang, and Marbury's defense of Iverson felt that it was enough. If you want to oppress or not oppress, you must be conscious or not.

Facing Iverson, Liu Mang turned his body sideways, not giving Iverson a chance to steal. Iverson failed to complete the sudden steal at the first time, and did not continue to press, and retreated to the three-point line against Liu Mang.

"Brother, it's been a long time. By the way, I won the championship, and you didn't come to see how we abused the Lakers. It's too much." Liu Mang babbled in English.

Iverson raised his head and gave Liu Mang a blank look, but ignored him.

"Cut, the psychological endurance has improved a lot!" Liu Mang didn't choose to rush. It was uncomfortable to be forced to the inside by Iverson and covered by Duncan and Odom. Forced shots are not reliable... just continue to pick and roll!

Iverson's defensive awareness is much stronger than Marbury's. When he was young, Iverson, whose speed and explosive power had not yet dropped, was among the top ten defensive players all the year round. Marbury couldn't compare.

After Liu Mang bypassed Yao Ming, he saw Iverson circling the pick-and-roll, and Duncan was jumping out. Liu Mang took a step back, one meter away from the three-point line, and took a step back to throw a sniper shot!
When Iverson and Duncan rushed forward, Liu Mang had already made a three-pointer!

Scored two goals in a row!

Liu Mang scored 5 points in a row, leading the score 5-3!

The first two rounds of exploration allowed the Chinese team to clarify their defensive goals. They defended the basket and blocked Marbury's attack. Zhu Fangyu was ready to flank Duncan and Odom at any time. Liu Mang and Li Nan flanked Iverson to break through.

During these two days of preparation, the Chinese team watched the five games of the U.S. team in addition to training. Except for Angola, which really made up the numbers, they couldn’t put any pressure on the U.S. team. Liu Wei and others found that the U.S. team played poorly in the other four games.Andrew Bogut, a freshman at the University of Utah in Australia, became famous in the first battle. He scored 10 points and 19 rebounds against Duncan and gave the US team 12 blocks.

Yao Ming is undoubtedly an enhanced version of Bogut, and he also has a mid-range shot. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Liu Mang and Yao Ming caused huge trouble for the US team, forcing the US team to move the defense to the upper line. Moko had a lot of opportunities at the basket.

The U.S. team really couldn't make shots from the outside, and could only rely on Duncan to play two or Iverson, Marbury to make a strong breakthrough, and Odom's fancy singles. As for Richard Jefferson, he couldn't get the ball, he didn't pass the ball, and fell into the singles cycle again.

When Larry Brown's little offensive tactics were stifled or even failed to play, the US team began to play one by one.

It’s not that it’s not good for singles. If it’s Kobe, Carter, Tracy McGrady, or Wade two or three years later, even the current Anthony, the effect may be very good, but the key is that these are the singles. The efficiency is too low!

Moreover, except for Duncan and Richard Jefferson, the members of the US team cannot form an effective defense, including Iverson. He is fast and can catch up with Liu Mang in a pick-and-roll, but it is useless to catch up with Liu Mang if he gives Liu Mang room to jump!
After playing for more than four minutes, the Chinese team scored a high score of 13 points! 13 to 7, leading the US team by 6 points!
The US team called a timeout!Start changing.

The Chinese team mainly launched offensive cooperation at the position of the three-point line, which avoided the problem of not defending for three seconds.

Although Larry Brown can't coach offense, he can arrange defense!
James, Wade, Sean Marion, Duncan, Okafor, all who can defend were sent up.

The Chinese team has also started to change players. For the Chinese players, the biggest problem is physical fitness. That’s why Harris on the defensive end kept Yao Ming under the basket. The poor physical fitness on the perimeter means that players need to find ways to score, defend, and fight against stronger players, especially point guards. Only Liu Wei can advance through the half court under the defense of the US team.

But now that there is Liu Mang, the pressure on the offensive end of the Chinese team's outside line has dropped sharply. Since it is difficult for anyone other than Liu Mang to keep accurate in the face of the opponent's defensive three-pointer, then he will defend to the death.

Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu defended aggressively just now, but now they were replaced by Liu Wei and Zhang Jinsong. They continued to fight up and down, and Du Feng was replaced at the basket.

After playing in this Olympic Games, Yao Ming really felt that it is good to have a good defender!Not the kind that counts as many assists, but a good guard who can cooperate with the inside.

Yao Ming wanted to do more and more about what Liu Mang said about asking the boss for help.

……

Pause back.

Liu Wei saw the lineup of the US team. These five guys, James is in good health, Wade was almost selected for the second defense in his rookie year, only more than 20 points less than Prince, Marion is the only one the Suns can defend, not to mention Duncan. Although Okafor is a rookie, he almost averaged 5 blocks per game in the NCAA.

"Do you want to score!"

Liu Mang's head was getting bigger, and finally caught the US team's poor defense in the starting lineup, leading by 6 points, and the opponent actually sent such a lineup!

That guy Larry Brown wasn't prepared to play offense at all. He didn't understand offense, so he sent such a lineup.

Liu Mang looked at James who was advancing in pain, and slandered in his heart: What a great star!
Liu Mang retreated decisively, stepped on the free throw line and waited for James to advance.

The same goes for the rest of the Chinese team, all shrinking collectively.

The defensive requirement for the Chinese players is to watch the defense.

The current Chinese team is completely different from the previous Chinese team, mainly because of the spirit. In the two group matches, there are 12 teams, and the Chinese team's record and goal difference are combined to rank No.3!This kind of feeling is completely different, fighting spirit is strong, playing against the US team has Liu Mang's flicker... and I have been studying hard for two days, and I am very purposeful when defending.

The defensive goal given by the coaching staff is that when encountering different opponents, the defensive strategy will be different. Except for Anthony, Odom, Duncan, and Iverson, they will all shrink when facing other players!
What else can James and Wade do?There is a pot of porridge on the inside, no shooters on the outside, the first three-pointer missed, and they have only finished their rookie season. They are not all-round scorers in the future. Shooting is the worst item. James shot 12.00% from three-pointers in the Olympics this time. Wade is better.  …

Both Duncan and Okafor are good rebounders, but they can't stand up to the other four!Liu Wei, Yao Ming, and Du Feng blocked Duncan, and Liu Mang grabbed a defensive rebound.

But the U.S. team couldn't score, and when the Chinese team attacked, Liu Mang's head would explode.

too strong!
Just looking at those five people, they are too strong!
After Liu Mang pushed forward, he couldn't shoot a three-pointer against James, so he could only continue to attack with Yao Ming's pick-and-roll.

This time Okafor and Duncan had already prepared themselves. Both were insiders with excellent defensive awareness. Duncan came up to resist Liu Mang and blocked Liu Mang's first step.

One person tops, one person blocks, the Pistons' twin-tower defensive tactics!Replacing Duncan and Okafor is the defensive trick of the US team in this Olympic Games!

But Liu Mang also reacted quickly and had a strong sense of attack. When Duncan blocked him, he grabbed the ball and took a step to the left. After stepping into the free throw line, he jumped directly, and it was a step throw with his left hand!

Okafor rushed forward and bumped into Liu Mang. Although he was fouled, he gave Liu Mang a ruthless blow, and even slapped Liu Mang's throw.

Still destroyed!Liu Mang fell to the ground and pulled Yao Ming's hand to get up.

These two guys are really good defensively. If Okafor is one step faster, he might not even be able to draw a foul.

However, if Okafor had that mobility, Howard would not have won the No. 100 pick in the draft. His only weakness is his physical fitness, which is far behind Duncan. He is called the next Duncan, but his physical fitness is not at the same level. It is [-]% impossible for him to block Duncan just now.

Therefore, Liu Mang focused on making use of this point. This point was the way he watched the US team's five group matches and how Ginobili dealt with the US team in his impression!

Liu Mang stepped up to the free throw line and made one of two free throws. He was hit badly, mainly because of the pain.

Next, the two sides started a very targeted defense. The Chinese team blocked the inside line, and the US team relied on strong defensive players in every position of the team to defend.

The Chinese team's offense was basically aimed at Liu Mang. Yao Ming was a threat in the high position, so that Duncan only dared to block, not to chase. Liu Mang scored by making kills.

In the US team's offense, James and Wade tried to shoot a three-pointer, but they didn't dare to shoot. In fact, this was the worst point of the US team's outside line. Except for Iverson, the others made two more shots, and they didn't dare to throw it from the outside line!
James and Wade also began to rush inside like explosive packs, but because there were too many people inside, the offensive efficiency of both of them was not good. Wade had no chance to get close to the basket and directly force it.

From the second half of the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams plummeted. By the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led the US team by 18 points with 13 to 5!
After the second quarter, the defensive battle intensified. Larry Brown was no different from coaching the NBA. The more difficult it was for the US team to attack, the more he had to send out a defensive lineup. James, Wade, Richard Jefferson, Marion, Duncan, Okafor, Larry Brown caught these players and used them to death!
Boozer, Anthony, and Odom are all FIBA ​​killers. These people are either poor in defense or inattentive in defense. Larry Brown's employment method gave the Chinese team a chance to maintain a weak lead by relying on Liu Mang's sporadic scoring and team shrinkage!

At the end of halftime, the Chinese team entered the intermission with a 34-31 lead over the US team by three points!

……

Liu Mang scored 24 points in the halftime, and he was about to explode!He scored 24 points, only made 9 successful shots, hit 4 goals, two three-pointers, a dunk at the beginning and a counter dunk. The other 14 points were all free throws. Later, in order to avoid too many fouls from Duncan and Okafor, Wade, Marion and others came to attack. Liu Mang was too fast and explosive after the pick-and-roll.

Liu Mang played depressed. He made 18 of 14 free throws and only led by 3 points. This was more uncomfortable than playing against Italy and Argentina. The main reason was that the feeling of being clung to the score by the US team was too torturous. If one accidentally failed to score a few times in a row, the opponent would probably fight back and overtake the score!
So Liu Mang has been under high pressure!
Liu Mang didn't know how surprised his teammates were by his performance!Playing like that, you can still score 24 points in the half!Except for Yao Ming who scored 6 points with his mid-range shot, Li Nan threw a three-pointer for everyone else. Moko entered the basket and caused Stoudemire, who was rotating defensively, to make two free throws and get one point.

Moreover, Liu Mang played like this, and he was still alive and well. Before the end of the half, he even destroyed the air cut of Richard Jefferson, who was on the rotation, and prevented the US team from narrowing the point difference to one point before the end of the half.

Liu Mang's performance like this, he himself didn't know how much he touched his teammates!He himself didn't know how much confidence he brought to his teammates!
Leading the U.S. team at halftime, even though the Chinese team players had prepared well before, and were fooled by Liu Mang into fighting spirit, in fact, they never had such expectations in their hearts!But now, relying on Liu Mang rushing inside like a dynamite bag, causing fouls again and again, trying to maintain a weak lead, let his teammates see hope and have more fighting spirit!

They didn’t bother Liu Mang, who kept drinking the Jianlibao that sponsored the Chinese team. No one laughed at Liu Mang drinking something free of money to the point of death. Seeing Liu Mang’s expression was enough to wring out the water, the other people’s moods were even more surging. They must help Liu Mang win this game... No, they must help Liu Mang win this game!

Liu Mang drank several bottles of Jianlibao. He didn't know how much electrolyte water he drank today. He still felt that it was not enough and he was too tired!

I have never been so tired, even in the finals, I have never been so tired.

The opponents are indeed not as strong as the Lakers, and even the Nets are better than this American team. The cooperation and player structure of the NBA team are not comparable to this American team. It can be said that the tacit understanding and player structure of the American team are the worst among the 12 countries participating in the Olympics. However, they have strong personal ability and good defense.

In fact, the defense of the Chinese team in the second quarter was already a little bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, for the US team, Larry Brown used those six players. Others, as long as they made mistakes on the defensive end, such as Iverson who made a three-pointer by Li Nan and was immediately replaced.

Liu Mang opened the system panel. In the second half, something will change.

I didn't plan to use it at first, but in order to get the buff of "Light of the Chinese", the strongest superstar point guard of the era, in the third quarter, it must be used!

(End of this chapter)