basketball hero

Chapter 238 First Victory in the Rematch
After playing the last opponent in the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team got a day off to prepare for the next rematch.After the group stage, there were 12 qualifying teams and it was impossible to fight against each other. Therefore, a rematch must be held first to determine the place for the quarter-finals.

The first opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team in the rematch is the UAE team with the shortest average height in this Asian Championship. Although the UAE team in Group D is not tall, they play fast and have good breakthrough shots, so they also entered the rematch.

At 8:10 on the evening of August 19th, the first game of the rematch of the Chinese men's basketball team officially started. The opponent is the UAE team in Group D.After entering the rematch, the enthusiasm of the fans has also increased, the tickets have become more scarce resources, and the scalpers have become delicious overnight.

Facing the undersized UAE team, the Chinese team remained unchanged and started with a lineup centered on the Twin Towers, just like the previous games.

After the start of the game, the UAE team, which was obviously weak in height, defended the zone defense in order to avoid being overwhelmed by the opponent inside.But for the Chinese team, which can shoot 5-pointers with five players on the field, defending the zone defense means giving up part of the perimeter defense.Sure enough, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian and others made consecutive hits and soon took the lead.

With 4 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, Ying Xiong replaced Sun Yue.As usual, he got warm cheers from the fans after he played, which shows how popular he is!

After Ying Xiong came on the field, he cooperated with Wang Zhizhi, who supported him in a high position, and hit a 45-pointer at 3 degrees from the left!
As soon as he came up, he hit a 3-pointer and instantly detonated the audience.The FIBA ​​3-point line is the same as the CBA. Ying Xiong is very familiar with it, so there is no problem of not getting used to it.

Here, the UAE team also gave full play to their small and flexible advantages, and the mid-range jumper returned the favor.

Liu Wei dribbled the ball and gave it to the high-ranking Wang Zhizhi.Ah Lian helped Yingxiong block, and the latter made an empty cut.

Wang Zhizhi's coping ability is good, and he found Ying Xiong who cut in empty.

After Ying Xiong got the ball, he dribbled one step to attract Zhu Fangyu, who was assisting the defense and splitting the bottom corner.

Zhu Fangyu catches the ball and makes a quick 3-pointer—a hollow hit!The point difference has been widened to 18 points!The UAE team's zone defense tactics, so far, have failed.

What the zone defense is most afraid of is the shooter and excellent ball transfer, but precisely, the Chinese team has both.The 12 players in the Chinese national team's roster, except Su Wei, can all shoot 3-pointers, and the two big men like Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian are very accurate in 3-pointers.In this way, once they are promoted to a high position to support, it will be too uncomfortable for the UAE team defending the zone defense.

There was a timeout on the sidelines, called of course by the UAE team.

After the timeout, Hu Xuefeng replaced Liu Wei, Li Xiaoxu replaced Wang Zhizhi, Wang Shipeng replaced Zhu Fangyu, and Wang Lei replaced Yi Jianlian. ——Obviously, in order to deal with the opponent's zone defense and fast offense, Guo Shiqiang directed Wang Lei instead of Su Wei, who moved slowly and had no range.The average height of the UAE team is very low, and the impact of not being able to make it to the big men's team is not that big.

The game continued.Facing the smaller Chinese team, it was difficult for the UAE team to take advantage of their speed, because the overall height of the opponents in front of them had dropped, but their speed was much faster.

The UAE guard forced a jump shot - missed!
Wang Lei accepted the rebound and handed it to Hu Xuefeng to advance.

The speed of the UAE team's return to defense is not bad, and there is no formation of more frontcourt.Hu Xuefeng did not insist on pursuing a quick attack, but settled down to control the rhythm.

What the Chinese men's basketball team didn't expect was that the UAE team changed their defensive strategy, giving up zone defense and switching to man-to-man defense.

The player defending Yingxiong is only about 180cm tall, but this height is not the shortest for the UAE team.The shortest player in the Chinese team is Hu Xuefeng (185cm), and the other players are all above 190cm.

The opponent switched to man-marking, and Ying Xiong fell to the left waist and turned his back to ask for the ball.

What a mature and smart defender Hu Xuefeng is, he immediately understood Ying Xiong's intentions and quickly and accurately lobbed the ball to Ying Xiong.

Ying Xiong held the ball with his back and hit the defender with his back amidst the cheers of the fans.Fans love to watch heads-ups, especially Ying Xiong's heads-up, it's so exciting and interesting!

Ying Xiong sat on his back, and the opponent's defender did not show weakness, lowering his center of gravity to support his waist.

Ying Xiong's post-up singles division is former teammate Rodney White. His steps are not fancy, but they are very practical.He suddenly turned one and a half to the baseline, and the UAE defender hurriedly moved to block his way forward.

Unexpectedly, this was a fake move by Ying Xiong. He exerted force on his waist and eyes, quickly retracted his center of gravity and footsteps, turned forward to face the frame, and shot a mid-range jumper—an easy hit!
The UAE defender can only watch Ying Xiong's mid-range shots chicly, without any hope of interfering with the opponent.

Here the UAE team made a pass out of bounds and made a mistake!

Wang Shipeng of the Chinese team missed a 3-pointer, and Li Xiaoxu made an offensive rebound and passed it to Hu Xuefeng on the outside.

Ying Xiong turned his back again to ask for a position, and Hu Xuefeng's pass was delivered immediately.

The defender of the United Arab Emirates scored 12 points, and always prevented the opponent from deceiving himself with fake moves when he was pushing the opponent.

But...do I really have to use feints?

Ying Xiong pushed twice, and the opponent's center of gravity lowered. Suddenly, he turned around and jumped up, shooting from the middle distance—continue to hit!
The UAE defender also jumped up, but...he couldn't reach it at all!

Watching the home team's Ying Xiong abuse the defender with his back in the game, the fans at the scene felt very refreshed and felt happy.

Here the UAE team missed a layup.Turning around, Ying Xiong turned his back to ask for the ball again, but the UAE defender turned around to defend.

Hu Xuefeng's pass was very stealthy. After passing the pass, Ying Xiong took advantage of his height and wingspan to catch the ball and directly attacked the frame. He passed it to Li Xiaoxu at the basket for a dunk!
In the next round of offense, when Ying Xiong played back singles, the UAE team had no choice but to double-team.

However, Ying Xiong's pass instantly found an open teammate.When Wang Shipeng and others started to score 3-pointers, the UAE team was completely at a loss.

——This is the gap in strength!No matter whether you use zone defense or man marking, you can't defend the opponent, and you can't attack by yourself.In this way, both offensive and defensive ends are controlled, and failure is a matter of course.

本场比赛应雄只上场了11分钟，6投全中得到15分3篮板7助攻1抢断3盖帽，完美的攻防表现让对手绝望。他在比赛中展示的背身技术，让现场球迷大饱眼福。

In this game, the Chinese team widened the point difference to more than 30 points in just half the game, and the game completely lost suspense.In the end, the Chinese team defeated their opponents by a big score of 112:66, ushered in the first victory of the rematch, and also ushered in the 4 consecutive victories of the Asian Championships.

(End of this chapter)