I have a lot of skills in the NBA

Chapter 107 Eat, Sleep, and Beat Clarkson

On the sidelines, the head coach of the Philippine team, Yan Guiao, was arranging tactics.

Yan Guiao said with a serious expression: "The game has reached the most critical time, and the next defense is very important to us, so you must focus! Focus! Focus again!"

Yan Guiao finished speaking, looked at Clarkson and Filipino Harden, and continued: "We have an advantage in the guard position, especially the shooting guard. So in the game, Stanley, you must put enough physical confrontation on the opponent's ball handler, so as to force him to make mistakes!"

"As for Li Yang, Clarkson will leave it to you. I believe you are stronger than him. If it doesn't work, you two will double-team me!!! I've emphasized so much, come on!" Philippine coach Yan Guiao turned his head after speaking, and looked solemnly at Li Yang, who was on the bench of the Chinese team.

"I hope this adjustment will work, otherwise it will be difficult to play in the future!" Philippine coach Yan Guiao secretly prayed in his heart.

Coach Yanguiao was caught off guard by the Chinese team just now. Li Yang is an unknown to him. In the basketball arena, any unknown is a hidden danger. Now is the most difficult moment of the game. It is very important to be able to hold the score. Any mistake may cause the final collapse.

"I can only say this. Coach Yanguiao called this timeout a little late. Now our Chinese team has a 5-point lead and still has the ball. If we score next time, the Philippine team will be very passive." Teacher Su Qun in the Tencent live broadcast room commented on this key timeout by the Philippine coach fairly and objectively.

On the side of the Chinese men's basketball team, everyone stood around coach Li Nan. Coach Li Nan spread out the tactical board in his hands and said to everyone in an excited tone: "We will still play like this later, making full use of our speed and mobility. Get the request and pass it to the defender, and make a fast break at the first time. When the opponent's defense is not completely down, directly choose to break through to attract the defense, and then distribute the ball to the open teammate in time."

"If you can't hit the fast break, slow down and play positions. Through continuous screens and interspersed moves, you will continue to conduct the ball and find opportunities to complete the projection."

This style of play, one big and four small, is actually the main core of Princeton's tactics. It was invented by Kings assistant coach Pete Carrier at the time. The essence of this style of play is to constantly pass the ball through off-ball moves, cuts and back runs, looking for opportunities, and insisting on overall basketball and team spirit.

The four small lineups must be to maximize the offensive power of the outside line, move faster, play more flexibly, have more choices on the outside line, and be able to follow the outside line on the defensive end.

However, the requirements for players' shooting ability are relatively high. Fortunately, the Chinese team's lineup does not lack shooting ability. Although Li Yang does not participate in scoring, the other players have a certain three-point ability, which is enough.

Soon, the whistle sounded, the timeout ended and the game continued.

For the Chinese team, Li Yang and the others stayed on the field, continuing the previous run-and-gun style of one big and four small ones, using fast movement and assisting defense on defense, and fast counterattack on offense.

In fact, if Li Yang participates in the offense, this lineup will be easier to play. He has the ability to open three-pointers with great accuracy, can move flexibly without the ball, and can also hold the ball for fast breaks.

However, the task Li Nan entrusted to Li Yang was to organize and connect the team's offense, so his three-point shooting ability could not be fully utilized for the time being, which made the Chinese men's basketball team lose an offensive strength invisibly.

Fortunately, Zhou Qi, Sun Minghui, and Abdul Saramu all have very good outside touches today, which made up for this loophole to a certain extent.

A few minutes passed, and the two sides came and went, each showing their special abilities.Li Yang sent out another 3 assists, and organized the Chinese team's offense in an orderly manner without making a sound.

Under Li Yang's excellent teamwork, the Chinese men's basketball team played brilliantly, suppressing the Philippine men's basketball team, and gradually opened up the point difference to 10 points. At this time, the score has become 40:30, and the Chinese team has achieved a double-digit lead for the first time.

50 seconds before the end of the half, the Philippine team has the ball.

The Philippine team decisively chose a quick two-pointer. After several consecutive conduction cooperation, Clarkson used the pick-and-roll to break through to the basket, hit a layup and hit two points.

The Philippines only spent 10 seconds of attack time this time, with 40 seconds left before halftime.

The Philippines team is still behind by 8 points. For the Philippines team, it is not time for a foul. They can try to make a successful defense, try to steal a ball or force the Chinese team to make a mistake. In this way, the Philippines team still has the last chance to attack. If they score, they can narrow the point difference to less than 5 points.

"Focus, let me focus, defend, defend, put pressure on them, and force them to make mistakes!" Philippine team coach Yan Guiao shouted hoarsely from the sidelines: "The Chinese team will definitely use up these 24 seconds as much as possible. Give me more defensive strength and make sure they make mistakes!"

At this time, the Chinese team served and the ball was smoothly delivered to Li Yang. This time, Clarkson did not use the full-court press, but posted it when Li Yang had just passed the midfield.

At the same time, Harden of the Philippines also went up suddenly, obviously the two were going to double-team Li Yang.

"If there's a double team, Li Yang won't be able to break through forcibly. Next, he will definitely pass the ball. As long as he passes the ball, I will have a chance to steal it!" Clarkson thought to himself.

"The Philippine team is going to double-team, stop sticking to the ball, and pass it out, I'm so anxious!" Teacher Su Qun's anxious voice sounded in the Tencent live broadcast room.

At this moment, Li Yang suddenly started to accelerate, and it seemed that he was going to rush out the moment before the double-team formed.

"You still want to break through? Hehe, you have a good idea!" Seeing this, Clarkson immediately rushed up.

Clarkson is a thin and athletic combo guard. Although he is not the kind of big and muscular man, he is still very confident in his physical fitness. After years of beatings by the NBA, he thinks that he has made great progress in terms of strength.

In contrast, Li Yang, who is only 19 years old, is more immature. It is very normal for rookies to generally have poor physical resistance.

In Clarkson's impression, Asian players are not good at physical confrontation. Fang Shuo and Liu Zhixuan were not his opponents before. Even Abdul Saramu, who has an advantage in height, seemed stretched to face Clarkson who was sprinting.

So Clarkson charged forward full of confidence, he even purposely found some physical confrontation, hoping to stop Li Yang from advancing.

Li Yang wanted to break through the double-team, but Clarkson was determined to stop it. With a "bang", the two collided like sparks hitting the earth.

The next moment, Clarkson felt an astonishing force coming.

"Kick, kick, kick..." Clarkson took a few steps back before he managed to stand firm.

"how can that be!!!"

"How could he have such amazing strength, how did he feel like he hit a steel plate!"

"How could he be stronger than me! It doesn't make sense!" Clarkson was very annoyed in his heart. Because of his small tonnage, when he met some muscular players in the NBA, he was always eaten by his body.

Clarkson originally thought that in the Asian Games, with his body, he would not be crushed against defenders of the same level, at least he would not suffer a loss, but he did not expect to be crushed by a rookie in the first game.

While Clarkson was still sighing in his heart, Li Yang had rushed beyond the three-point line...

Li Yang relied on his body to forcibly push Clarkson away, which really surprised the Philippine coach Yan Guiao.

"I never thought that Li Yang would choose to use his body to force a breakthrough. He doesn't look that strong, but he is actually better than Clarkson in terms of physical confrontation!!!"

"Li Yang not only has superhuman speed, but also has a strong physical confrontation. It seems that Chinese basketball is about to rise!"

Yanguiao frowned again. This time the double-team failed, and the situation was already very unfavorable to the Philippines.

Li Yang has advanced to the three-point line, he can dribble there, and wait for the 24 seconds to run out before attacking, the ball in the air plus the rebounding time will consume the last two seconds, and the Philippine team will lose a valuable chance to chase points.

"No, we have to foul early, let Li Yang make free throws, and then we may still narrow the gap." Yan Guiao just wanted to signal the Filipino Harden to make a tactical foul, but before he could say a word, Li Yang suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the basket.

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"Li Yang, forcibly break through, speed up, and rush over!" At the same time, Su Qun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued: "Hold on, don't rush, and use up the 24-second attack time!"

Before Su Qun finished speaking, Li Yang launched an attack, followed closely by Zhou Qi.

Li Yang didn't intend to spend 24 seconds, he still decided to break through and score the ball.

"Oh, my mother, why did you break through, don't worry!" Su Qun said anxiously.

At this time, Li Yang had already spotted Zhou Qi who was following behind him, and he quietly gestured to Zhou Qi.

Li Yang accelerated towards the basket, and at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Li Yang.

This person is Christian, a power forward from the Philippines. He had been paying attention to Li Yang's movements before. When Li Yang successfully broke through the double-teaming of Clarkson and Clarkson, he had already retreated to the basket and stood in the basket early.

"Fortunately, there is Christian, otherwise Li Yang will be on the empty blue again." Coach Yan Guiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yang took off against the strong defense of Filipino power forward Christian. After a confrontation in the air, he gestured to throw the ball back and over the sky.

Zhou Qi, who followed up in the middle, soared into the air directly, like a big bow fully drawn, grabbed the basketball and made a tomahawk dunk.

"This"

The fans were a little stunned, and it took a while to react, and then they cheered loudly, and the atmosphere reached a climax again.

All the players on the bench stared wide-eyed and looked at Li Yang. Li Yang touched his nose shyly and said with a smile: "Strength is all about strength."

The faces of the Filipino team were ugly, especially Christian at the basket. He didn't expect to be tricked by Li Yang, who even dunked on his head completely. This is simply too deceitful!

Christian, who was dunked by Zhou Qi, was still immersed in the scene of being dunked before, and did not recover.

"Olixet!" Christian felt very depressed, and was humiliated by Zhou Qi instead of blocking the shot! ! !
In the last attack, Clarkson of the Philippine team forced a breakthrough and was blocked, but the attack failed.

At the end of halftime, the score came to 42:32. The Chinese men's basketball team ended the first half with a 10-point lead.

After getting off the court, the teammates on the bench rushed forward to give Li Yang a high-five to celebrate. Coach Li Nan also greeted them with a smile on his face, and said to the players: "Boys, you played very well this quarter."

Then, he looked at Li Yang, "Li Yang, you will rest off the court in the next quarter."

"Ah?" Li Yang was stunned, and said reflexively, "Coach, I didn't make any mistakes, right? You see, I didn't even score."

Several black lines appeared on Li Nan's forehead in an instant. Zhou Qi, Zhao Rui, Wang Zhelin and others were also stunned, and then they couldn't help laughing.

Even the assistant foreign teacher Gore was amused, and couldn't help complaining: "If the Filipino team hears what you say, they will probably be very angry."

Li Yang also scratched his head in embarrassment, and realized that he was an idiot.

"What I mean is, we've already led by 10 points, I'll let you rest for a while, I'm going to continue training." Li Nan stretched out his hand and was about to slap Li Yang on the head with a tactical board.

"You should have said it earlier!" Li Yang stepped aside quickly, and also laughed foolishly.

(End of this chapter)