In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 17 Goodbye Russia, advancing to the semi-finals
Except for the match between Kirilenko and Zhang Tian, ​​none of the other four starters of the Russian team knew any of the latter.

AK47 obviously studied Zhang Tian's position. Jia Xiaozhong from the Chinese team gave the ball to Liu Wei. Liu Wei dribbled the ball to the Russian team's half without any obstruction.Kirilenko didn't stay close to Zhang Tian, ​​because he knew that the opponent and him were completely extreme. His own shooting was so bad that he couldn't make a free throw, but the opponent's shooting needed to be dealt with by a flanking attack.Hey, it would be great if I had the opponent's free throws.

Liu Wei still handed the ball to the eldest brother, Zhang Tian got the ball and changed it to his left hand, which is his best hand, Kirilenko's body moved slightly to the left, and Zhang Tian made one crotch. He sent the ball to his right hand again, and at the same time took a step back. Kirilenko really forced it up, but Zhang Tian lifted the ball up, and with a light touch, the Russian team No. 15 flew up in the air, and the former naturally He didn't waste the opportunity, he made a rapid breakthrough and rushed in from Kirilenko's left side.

"Beautiful, Xiao Zhang gave the Russian No. 15 a bad start at the beginning of the game. The opponent is Russia's scoring leader and the most promising rookie in the World Youth Championship by the American media." Zhang Reasonably explained, and the Russian team's defense has already arrived. , because Zhang Tian had already rushed into the penalty area, and the AK47 also rushed over from the outside at this time, but Zhang Tian did not make a strong attack, but made a back pass, and directly threw the ball to the right at 45 degrees, Jiao Jian He had been waiting there for a long time. He didn't make any adjustments to catch the ball, and he just shot. The player in the fourth position of the Russian team didn't have time to make up the defense, because his attention was all on Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian and Jia Xiaozhong are due to their shooting ability. Mo Ke and Li Ke can also shoot, but not as good as them. Jia Xiaozhong's half-shot will shine in the future CBA league. He will play in this World Youth Championship There is not much time, but this person can always seize the opportunity in the limited playing time, which is in stark contrast to the other Li Lin who gives up on himself.

Except for Zhang Tian and Jiao Jian, the Chinese team's shooting ability is average, so if the inside can open up space, then it will not be so crowded for everyone to go inside.

Wang Fei has really grown a lot in this World Youth Championship. Compared with when he was an assistant coach before, as a head coach, he thought about a lot of things independently, and all these things were put into practice.

Russia came up with a sap by the Chinese team. Their offense was very simple. No. 10 Sergei Totorov received the ball. He faced Yue Pengfei. His height and strength were obvious, although the latter took out his own Zhang Tian let go of Kirilenko and chose to help defend, and at the moment of his help defense, China The other four members of the team began to shrink inside, Sergei Totorov gave the ball to Kirilenko as usual, but AK47 was embarrassed after receiving the ball.

His favorite tricks such as cuts to the basket, dunks, layups, etc., are completely unusable in the current situation. There is no other way to choose except shooting from the spot. The number 15 of the Russian team is very troublesome. , Why is my own short board infinitely magnified in the game against the Chinese team? This affects the draft market very much.

The third position of the Russian team did not choose to shoot on the spot, but chose to throw a shot near the penalty area in a very awkward way. The importance of wingspan was fully reflected, but unfortunately, the natural stiffness of the hands made this The ball hit the iron, but the rebound jumped to and then to Kirilenko, he received the ball, this time he chose to dunk from the other person, and the ball was scored.

Many scouts on the scene recorded everything that happened in their small notebooks. "Excellent physical fitness, assisted defense, good single-defense awareness, average shooting ability, average ball handling, potential level A."

Zhang Tian's potential in the eyes of scouts is only C, not as high as Wang Zhizhi, who is B, but after this game, I believe those scouts will change this potential value.

For the Chinese team, Jiao Jian came over and made a pick-and-roll for Zhang Tian. The latter did not go in, but chose to come to the [-]-degree position on the left.He directly chose to shoot, and at the moment he shot, a big white hand roared towards him, but he still didn't block the ball, but just hit the opponent's arm.

In terms of shot-blocking ability, Kirilenko is definitely the strongest in this World Youth Championship. In the future NBA, it is not luck to be able to win the shot-blocking champion a few times, but strength.

Swipe, the ball was scored, but the referee didn't whistle Kirilenko's thug foul, Wang Fei yelled at the referee, and almost got a technical foul.

Russian team NO.15 began to take the initiative to ask for the ball. The moment he caught the ball, he took the initiative to lift the ball up, because he was afraid that the ball would be cut off by Zhang Tian. After all, holding the ball is his weakness.

Kirilenko's wingspan is very long, but Zhang Tian is not short either. He held the ball in the air and watched his teammates run, but this did not prevent the latter from harassing him.

After searching for a long time, the third position of the Russian team could only use a lob to give the ball to their own center. The fifth position received the ball, squeezed Jia Xiaozhong, and sent the ball into the basket. The Chinese team The biggest problem inside is still weight and strength.

But the rhythm of the game is still on their side, and in addition to the scouts, there are also a few players from the two teams that advanced in Group A in the audience. They are here to observe the enemy's situation.

The first place in Group A is the US team, not Spain in the historical space, and Spain has become the second in the group.

"Russia's general trend is over, the No. 15 is restricted to death, and his shortcomings are infinitely magnified in this game. Although his defense is still online, the opposite Chinese No. 7 has scored several times from the outside. It’s a three-pointer, Juan, do you think Zhang’s three-pointer is better than your shooting.”

The guy who is talking is Raul Lopez, who is the main point guard of the Spanish team this time. In the World Youth Championship, he averaged 12.8 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game, and he is Spain's third core.

Juan, whom the other party was talking about, was currently the top scorer in Spain. Navarro, the guy nicknamed Cannonball, Navarro, the guy with the same jersey number as Zhang Tian, ​​didn't speak, and the other party was still watching the game on the field.

The Russian team did not replace Kirilenko but replaced it with four players who could shoot the ball to open up space for him to go inside, but Kirilenko cannot hold the ball for too long, otherwise he will be intercepted.

Zhang Tian has been fighting fiercely with the opponent from the beginning to the end of the game. He scored 32 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals in the game, including 4 three-pointers, while Kirilenko scored 23 points 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 2 steals quasi-five-double data, but still can not avoid the team's fate of losing to the Chinese team, and in another group match, Argentina won Brazil, but the Brazilian still relied on The relationship between victory and defeat, stepping on the corpses of the fighting nations and lying in the semi-finals.

(End of this chapter)