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Chapter 313 Destroying the Insider Group in Spain (4)

"Oh, shit, what am I supposed to do to restrain this bastard?" When the timeout ended, the two Gasol brothers who replaced Garbajosa and Felipe Reyes not only failed to help the team After stopping the slump in front of him, Yan Hua pressed him down on the ground and gave him a hard hammer. Standing on the sidelines, the head coach of the Spanish men's basketball team, Scariolo, involuntarily started scratching his thinning head. .

It can be seen that Scariolo has nothing to do now. In the international basketball world where there is no three-second zone, two tall and strong sticking to the basket is a very effective defensive strategy, especially the kind A team that is good at breakthroughs and short on shooting is like a nightmare. But facing Yan Hua, who has excellent mid-range shooting ability, this defensive strategy has little effect. Therefore, when Yan Hua is fully fired, After repeatedly hitting mid-range shots, Scario Roan quickly changed his defensive strategy against Yan Hua.

However, when the Spanish men's basketball team began to use one person behind the back and one person around the front against Yan Hua, which is a very common double-team strategy in the NBA, Scario Roan discovered that the effect of this defensive strategy was not as good as Yan Hua's. Let the Gasol brothers stick to the basket and let Yan Hua shoot.

Facing Yan Hua, who has excellent footwork that is almost weird, and has a lot of low-post offensive methods, the double-teaming of the Gasol brothers not only has no effect, but has been repeatedly beaten by Yan Hua into 2+1, which has become the background of the opponent. plate.

Although Marc Gasol has a strong body, it is not easy to hold Yan Hua behind his back, let alone Paul Gasol, who does not have enough strength to stand in position. The low-position double-teaming strategy naturally has little effect.

It is very uncomfortable to let the opponent rage around the basket, but it is not a problem to let the opponent shoot from the middle distance all the time, especially when Yan Hua made four of five shots from a position about four meters away from the basket, no one dared to Let the opponent continue to shoot. This kind of mid-range shooting will really kill people.

So looking at Yan Hua raging on the field, Scarioloan standing on the sidelines is like an ant on a hot pot, but Scarioloan racked his brains and couldn't think of any method or strategy .

If someone told Scariolo before the start of the game that Yan Hua would suppress or even blow up the Spanish insiders, and that the Huaguo men's basketball team could firmly suppress the Spanish men's basketball team, Scario would Oro would certainly scoff.

With the Gasol brothers, Rudy Fernandez, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Ricky Rubio, the Spanish men's basketball team has only one goal for this trip to Istanbul, and that is the world championship. The Huaguo men's basketball team, which is not even considered, will naturally not be taken seriously by the Spanish men's basketball team.

Although the last time the two sides faced each other in the BJ Olympics, the Spanish team almost capsized, but that was two years ago, and in that game, in order to prepare for the knockout round, the Spanish men's basketball team did not send the strongest team. Lineup, using all strength, although this Huaguo men's basketball team has the NBA Finals MVP and the best defensive player Yan Hua to join, but Yao Ming's injury and the aging of the main lineup are enough to offset the impact of Yan Hua's joining. The overall strength of the team has improved, so before the start of this game, the mentality of the Spanish men's basketball team is very relaxed. The Huaguo men's basketball team is just a stepping stone on their way to the championship.

But now, when the first half of the game is coming to an end, all the Spanish players on and off the field no longer have any relaxed look, especially the Gasol brothers who are the core and pillar of the team. His face was serious.

The Gasol brothers have often played against Yan Hua in the NBA. Therefore, the Gasol brothers are relatively familiar with Yan Hua's strength and technical characteristics. What a bargain, but now, when the two Gasol brothers join forces, and Yan Hua doesn't have those strong teammates of the club, the final result is obviously self-evident.

And the confrontation between the two sides in the first quarter also proved a good point, that is, tigers are hard to beat wolves, no matter how strong Yan Hua is, it is difficult for the Spanish men's basketball team to match the strength of the American team There is something going on in the insider group.

Although he scored 7 points and 7 rebounds in the first quarter of the game, Yan Hua did not show his full strength on the offensive end under the joint strangling of the Gasol brothers. Part of the energy has been devoted to defense, filling positions, rebounding, support, these dirty jobs, and even the overall offense of the Huaguo men's basketball team has become less smooth. If it weren't for Yi Jianlian's outbreak, he said Maybe at the end of the first quarter, the point difference between the two sides has already been widened.

And this is also the main reason why Scariolo, as the head coach, became more relaxed after the first quarter even though the point difference was only one point, because in Scariolo's view, they had already Yan Hua has been restrained, and the Huaguo men's basketball team has been suppressed. As for Yi Jianlian's explosion, it is purely accidental, and this kind of accidental factor will never appear all the time, and once the Huaguo men's basketball team In the following games, if this X factor does not continue to appear, then the result of this game will be determined.

However, when the game entered the second quarter, the situation on the field changed suddenly. In the entire first quarter, Yan Hua, who was not outstanding under the strangulation of the Gasol brothers, faced Garbajoza. When he was with Felipe Reyes, he was like a godsend, and in a very short period of time, he made 4 of 4 shots, scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, and sent out an appalling 6 blocks. It stunned the Spanish men's basketball team.

Even if Scariolo replaced the Pau Gasol brothers again, there was no way to stop Yan Hua's crazy momentum. He firmly grasped the situation on the field and put the Spanish men's basketball team under him.

"Yan, Yan, Yan Hua, No. 12 player of the Huaguo men's basketball team, scored a dunk under the multi-person defense of the Spanish men's basketball team, and caused Marc Gasol's defensive foul. This is already Marc Gasol himself. Third foul of the game!"

After the on-site commentator roared hoarsely, Scariolo, who was standing on the sidelines, almost collapsed. The two Gasol brothers joined forces, but they couldn't stop Yan Hua's attack, and they couldn't stop Yan Hua from playing on the offensive end. , which means the bankruptcy of all the defensive strategies of the Spanish men's basketball team, and what is even more dangerous is that, as the main center of the Spanish men's basketball team, Marc Gasol has already received a personal defense before the end of the first half. It's the third foul. In the international basketball world where five fouls are about to be sent off, what it means to get three fouls in half a game is self-evident, and without Marc Gasol, the Spanish men's basketball team What it means, Scario Roan is very clear in his heart.

Scariolo held his head in his hands and muttered words, looked at the relaxed Yan Hua who still seemed to be able to do a job with ease, and the 10-point difference on the scoreboard, Scariolo finally realized that today In this game, the Spanish men's basketball team is really likely to lose.

(End of this chapter)