This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 150 3A Arrow
After losing to the US team, China's group stage results reached 1 win and 1 loss.

The outstanding US team topped the list with 2 wins and 0 losses.

Italy defeated Slovenia in the second game and achieved 1 win and 1 loss.

After losing to the United States, Puerto Rico defeated Senegal and achieved 1 win and 1 loss.

There is also Slovenia, which defeated Senegal in the first game, with 1 win and 1 loss.

Senegal has 0 losses and 2 wins.

The strength of the US team occupies an absolute advantage in Group D, while Senegal is the target of bullying.

Four teams, including the Chinese team, will compete for three places to qualify for the group stage.

And that team can win the third game, it can be said that it will take the lead in Group D.

The Chinese team's third World Championship opponent is the Puerto Rico national team.

Puerto Rico is basically the same existence as the Little American team. Most of the players grew up in the United States and accepted the American basketball system. The team's style of play is also very similar to the American team.

The team's core three perimeter players are the most terrifying. These three are called Puerto Rico's '3A arrows' in the media of the Chinese team.

Because the initials of these three players are A.

Among them, the team leader is Carlos Arroyo, who has NBA experience.

In the Jazz, the Magic have played.

It's not brilliant, but there are highlights.

Although there is also a record of playing as a starting point guard, Arroyo can only be regarded as a role player for the team in the NBA.

But Carlos Arroyo, who is not well-known in the NBA, whether it is the Athens Olympics or the America's Cup, has repeatedly played brilliant performances when encountering NBA All-Star guards. Even the All-Star guards of the US team cannot stop him Arroyo's score.

Rick Apodaka, although he has no NBA experience, is also a player born in the United States. He has NCAA experience. Although he failed to log in to the NBA, he performed well in major European leagues, and in the 04 Olympic Games, Help the team beat the American Dream Team at the time.

Elias Ayoso, a veteran of the team, has a strong body and is also the core player of the Puerto Rico team that defeated the US team in the Athens Olympics.

Puerto Rico is an extremely fast-break team, and the 3A arrows and three defenders are the sharpest arrows.

It can also be proved from the data that facing the US team, the 3A arrows combined to score 45 points.

Facing Senegal, the 3A arrows scored 54 points.

There are also insiders, who also stock up on two big men over seven feet.

As for the strikers, although the team's strikers are not tall, their confrontation ability is not inferior to most of the US national team players. They are all short and stocky, and thieves can grab rebounds.

Puerto Rico is the team that the Chinese team really wants to win. As long as they win this Puerto Rico team, plus Senegal, the Chinese team with three victories can basically lock in the group qualifying places.

Puerto Rico, who plays American style, is characterized by being fast, accurate, and strong.

The feelings of the Chinese players after watching the two Puerto Rico games.

Goosebumps also appeared in my heart when I watched it.

This is simply a replica of the US team.

And the three-point shooting of this team is even better than that of the United States.

And when Yunus gave the victory, the Chinese team must slow down the rhythm of the game and give full play to the Chinese team's inside advantage.

In the positional battle, the ball is given to Yao Ming, allowing Yao Ming to penetrate the opponent's inside line, protect the backcourt rebounds, take the initiative to retreat, and limit the output of the 3A arrow on the outside.

Of course, this is the ideal state.

The back line of the Chinese team is not equipped to defend the Puerto Rican defender with a completely American style of play.

Therefore, controlling the rhythm is the key.

In the third game, Zhou Lin made his debut again. The striker partnered with Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming naturally guarded the inside line, the guard was a familiar lineup, and Liu Wei paired with Wang Shipeng.

After the game started, the Chinese team entered the role faster than Puerto Rico.

The Puerto Rican players, who tried to challenge Yao Ming at the beginning, tasted the taste of Yao's hot pot from the very beginning. Zhou Lin also got the feeling quickly today, and he made the first three-pointer.

Then he and Yi Jianlian helped Yao Ming guard the inside line, grabbed the offensive rebound, and landed on the ground. Yi Jianlian hit two points with a three-threat connection jumper.

Arroyo tried to make a move from the outside, but the ball went out of the frame again and fell into the position. The ball was given to Yao Ming, who was easily beaten.

However, Rick Apodaka, who changed his strategy and wanted to break through Zhou Lin, made a dribble error after a confrontation, gave the Chinese team a fast break opportunity, and Liu Wei made a layup.

A wave of 9-0 at the beginning really stunned the Puerto Rico team. Their head coach took the lead in calling a timeout to arrange tactics.

And the effect of this pause is indeed very obvious. Arroyo was the first to wake up.

In the face of Liu Wei's defense, he swayed from side to side twice and hit directly from the mid-range, scoring Puerto Rico's first two points.

The style and shape of the ball are quite Paul's demeanor.

After the Chinese team experienced a smooth start, there was also a power outage. Wang Shipeng's three-point shot failed to hit, and the long rebound directly gave the opponent a third-line fast break opportunity.

Puerto Rico, who finally rushed up, also showed the strength of the fast-break national team.

Before the Chinese team had time to return to defense, Puerto Rico had already used a 3-on-2 fast break, and veteran Elias Ayoso made a three-pointer.

And the performance of the mainstay of the national team is not over yet. When the Chinese team failed to score again, he once again made a 3-pointer against Wang Shipeng.

The difference of 9 points is almost wiped out in the blink of an eye.

If the points are chased again, the Chinese team may also call for a timeout.

When it comes to positional battles, the ball is still in Yao Ming’s hands. The opponent’s 2.16m center Santiago is still defending well, and there is Antonio Latimer on one side. This player looks quite similar to PJ. Although Tucker is only two meters tall, he is half a head shorter than Yi Jianlian, but he is very strong in physical confrontation, and Yi Jianlian is basically pushed out of the three-second zone by him.

Moreover, he has a good sense of assisting defense. When he saw Yao Ming turn around and release the ball, he immediately raised his hand to pinch it, and directly took the ball from Yao Ming's arms.

Of course the action is not small.

This kind of ball may already be called a foul in the NBA, but FIBA ​​is still a little more relaxed.

The moment he got the ball, he gave it to Arroyo. After Arroyo dribbled two steps forward, he directly gave it to Apodaka who came out from the oblique side.

However, although Zhou Lin was one step behind, his jumping height was much higher than that of Apodaka.

Zhou Lin shot the ball directly from the basket.

In this regard, the head coach of the Puerto Rico national team was very dissatisfied that the referee did not whistle for interference.

After discussing with the technical desk, the referee looked back at the video and determined that the ball was on the rise, an excellent block, not an interference ball.

"In FIBA ​​rules, it's a good hat."

Zhang Weiping of CCTV [-] explained: "In FIBA ​​rules, as long as the basketball is still in the rising stage and is blocked, it is not considered to interfere with the ball. In the NBA, if the ball is above the basket, no matter whether it is rising or falling. If Zhou Lin’s ball was placed in the NBA, it would be considered a goaltend, but in the World Championship game that follows FIBA ​​rules, this is a clean defensive block.”

After confirming that the goal was a blocked shot, the Chinese team also took advantage of the tens of seconds of watching the replay to sort out their state a little bit. In less than 2 minutes of the game, the opponent returned an 8 -0, if it weren't for Zhou Lin's block, it would be almost 10-0 now.

And Apodaka, who was blocked by Zhou Lin, also became impatient. It seemed a bit like he was going to compete with the referee. He directly turned Zhou Lin, who was half a head taller than him, in the offensive stage. His elbow cleared the way and was caught by the referee. It's right.

Under the ebb and flow, the Chinese team gradually stabilized their mentality, and Zhou Lin, who had made excellent defenses in the previous two rounds, also shot from the middle distance again, relying on defending his small forward Apodaka with only 195 Centimeters, if you straighten your arms to shoot, the opponent basically has nothing to do.

And Zhou Lin's two points also came to quench his thirst.

Although Elias Ayoso scored on Wang Shipeng's head again, Wang Shipeng's touch also came back.

Zhou Lin and Liu Wei assisted Wang Shipeng respectively, and Wang Shipeng also scored two three-pointers in a row.

With the help of this wave of offensive, the Chinese team scored 26-16 in the first quarter, holding a 10-point advantage in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Yao Ming, Zhou Lin, and Liu Wei took a rest off the court at the same time.

Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu and Sun Yue were replaced.

Arroyo, as the team's top card, took the lead in setting an example. In the stage of defending Sun Yue alone, he directly stole the ball from him, but Sun Yue continued to make mistakes. When returning to defense, he tried very hard to get the ball back. , but was taught a lesson by the veteran Magic defender Arroyo, not only scored the ball, but also caused Sun Yue's personal foul.

In the next round, when Wang Zhizhi missed a shot, he failed to score with a tip-up.

Although he fell into the position, Arroyo still used a clever trick to help Ayoso and scored two more points. Ayoso's score has reached 14 points, and there are more than 6 minutes left in the first half when.

By the time Yi Jianlian and Zhou Lin appeared again, the score had been forced to close to 26-30, and the advantage of the Chinese team was being eroded.

Of course, the Chinese team, which was replaced by a new force, also staged a play of empty catches and buckles when they first came up.

Zhou Lin and Sun Yue made a pick-and-roll and went straight down. With the help of Wang Zhizhi's off-ball cover, there was only a two-meter-tall Antonio Latimer left in front of Zhou Lin. score.

And this ball was also selected as the top ten balls of this week's World Championships.

"Zhou Lin's mobility in the third position is really too strong. When facing Puerto Rico, his height and speed shooting are all existences that Puerto Rican forwards can't solve. We should use Zhou Lin more. If To use him as a high-battery pitcher would be a bit of a waste of money."

Zhou Lin has also scored 3 points in 3 of 7.

And Yunus seemed to have heard Zhang Weiping's advice on CCTV-5, and once again increased Zhou Lin's possession rate.

At the moment when Zhou Lin was about to reach his position in the low post, Sun Yue gave Zhou Lin directly. Zhou Lin faced the frame to deal with Antonio Latimer. A little lighter, and Dongnio Latimer jumped up. Zhou Lin took advantage of the opportunity to break through, and the opponent's inside big man had to come up to help defend, while Zhou Lin used an underarm pass, which was already in place. Yi Jianlian in the vacant seat.

Yi Jianlian scored an easy dunk!
Yu Jia said: "Strike the ball, pass beautifully, and dunk beautifully. This is the power of the young Zhou Yi combination. Both Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian were born in 1987. They are both only 19 years old. We can look forward to the team's time, after the Mingzhi combination, the Zhouyi combination can also bring different surprises to the Chinese team."

"The combination of Zhouyi really implies our traditional Chinese culture."

Zhang Weiping was also happy.

With the help of these few waves of relatively stable offense and defense, Yao Ming can also return later, leaving him with enough energy to play in the second half.

And Yao Ming waited until 3 minutes left in the second quarter before appearing again.

The score at this time was 38-32. The Chinese team held a 6-point lead.

And Yao Ming, who had rested for most of the quarter, came up like a tiger going down the mountain.

Facing the opponent's big center Daniel Santiago, Yao Ming turned around deftly and performed dreamy moves, which made him lose his way, and finally succeeded in a backhand layup.

In the next round, John Ramos, who played for the NBA Wizards, was given another big cap.

He was ruthlessly blocked by Yao Ming in less than 20 seconds after being replaced, and he was extremely wronged.

You must know that his height is also 222cm, but it is not enough for Yao Ming at his peak.

The purpose of replacing him is to use his height close to Yao Ming to limit Yao Ming's scoring.

But Yao Ming has never been afraid of a tall center, but a center who can be pulled out to shoot a three-pointer without a word of disagreement, or a center who moves extremely fast, can respond, and can make a fuss in the mid-range.

Beside Yao Ming, his height, his tonnage, and his rebounds all cannot be seen.

In the first half, the Chinese team took a 15-point lead under the leadership of the returning Yao Ming.

52-37.

In the third quarter, the Chinese team had some power outages, and the back line began to make more mistakes, probably because the players had a lot of leads in the first half, so the players were a little slack.

The 3A Arrow scored another 19 points in this quarter, of which Arroyo scored 6 points, Apodaka scored 4 points, Ayoso scored 9 points, and the team scored 28 points in a single quarter.

The Chinese team only scored 18 points in this entire quarter.

But relying on the leading advantage in the first half, the Chinese team still entered the fourth quarter with a 70-65 lead.

With the help of residual heat, Arroyo first assisted Carmelo Lee to score his first 3-pointer of the game, which also narrowed the score to only 2 points.

On the Chinese side, Wang Zhizhi was the first to stand up. He fired from the 45-point line at 3° to the left. From the same position, he hit two consecutive three-pointers.

In this way, the score was stabilized.

Zhou Lin reappeared 5 minutes into the fourth quarter.

Zhou Lin first hit the second three-pointer of the game from the bottom corner, raising his scoring to double digits.

And when Ayoso of Puerto Rico was feeling his best, he gave him a slap in the face.

A block from beyond the three-point line.

With 1 minutes and 43 seconds left in the game.

此前阿约索的3分球是8中7，而两分球却只有4中1而已。

At this time the score was 84-82.

If the ball is scored, Puerto Rico will overtake it.

In the next round, Yao Ming succeeded in singles in the interior, and when Liu Wei returned to defend the opponent, he made a steal to help Yao Ming fly again.

Let the balance of the game tilt towards the Chinese team again.

Although Arroyo stubbornly completed a 2+1 layup in front of Yao Ming.

But 15 seconds before the end of the game, Zhou Lin made a tip-up when Yi Jianlian missed a shot, completely killing the suspense of the game.

At the last moment, Puerto Rico also used foul tactics, but Liu Wei made two free throws steadily.

The Chinese team beat Puerto Rico 90-85 for their second victory at the 2006 World Championships.

中国队这边，姚明首当其冲砍下22分10篮板的数据，周林得到12分4助攻3次封盖的数据，易建联则是10分7篮板，刘炜8分3助攻，王治郅12分4篮板。

For Puerto Rico, Arroyo scored 24 points and 9 assists, Apodaka scored 8 points, Ayoso scored the highest 26 points, and the terrifying 3A arrows combined to score 58 points, and the Chinese team almost fell to Puerto Rico. Three points of rain.

And as long as the Chinese team does not lose Waterloo in the next game against Senegal, they can try to qualify as second in the group in the fifth game against Slovenia.

　The gums are very inflamed, and half of the face is swollen. If it doesn't get better, there may be no updates or fewer updates tomorrow...

　　
　
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