King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 188 Unexpected Jordan

A day later, Jordan played its own tactics again against the Philippines with Dorst. Although Dorst of the Philippines was still efficient, he scored 13 points and 8 rebounds on 21 of 15 shots. Under the strict defense, he surrendered 23 of 3 three-pointers, and defeated the team with a big center as the core in two consecutive games.Whether it is a big center like Haddadi who focuses on defense and support, or a big center like Dorst with strong scoring ability, he has nothing to offer.

In the other semi-final, China also defeated South Korea without bloodshed. Wu Segen, who locked Takuya Kawamura in the previous game, was a little confused by He Yixiang's three-pointer in this game.

Throughout the game, He Yixiang made 12 of 9 shots against him who was one step away from the three-point line.He couldn't stop it at all. When he watched He Yixiang throw those ultra-long three-pointers, his heart was broken.Although he knew for a long time that this distance is only the distance of the normal three-point line in the NBA, and the young man on the opposite side is the top three-pointer in the NBA, but such a shooting rate is really desperate.With this 36-point performance, He Yixiang also became the Asian Championships scoring leader.

On the 25th, the much-anticipated final of the Asian Championships finally came. The Chinese team faced Jordan, an opponent they had never thought of at the beginning. The team does not dare to underestimate them. Their core Douglas is a point guard who is very good at controlling the field.

At the beginning of the game, China still continued the previous starting lineup.Similarly, Jordan has no desire to change his starting lineup.The two big victories have given them enough confidence. They also hope that they can win the Asian Championships for the first time. However, China does not have the habit of losing two consecutive championships at home. The last time it lost the championship in Tianjin , is already a day of national humiliation.

At the beginning of the game, He Yixiang faced Jordan’s double-team defense. Lebanon and South Korea in front of him have already told Jordan a truth. Don’t try to defend He Yixiang alone. In that case, he will definitely give you a big surprise.

However, He Yixiang decisively distributed the ball to Sun Yue who was at a 45-degree angle on the outside, and at the same time quickly inserted into the inside, while Yi Jianlian on the inside ran out, pulling out Jordan's Abbas and chasing the defense. He Yixiang's White blocked it.

He Yixiang ran directly into Jordan's undefended penalty area. At the same time, Sun Yue's pass was also passed in. His height of 206cm made his pass easy.He Yixiang flew up to catch the ball and made an empty catch.The first ball was such a powerful dunk, which made all the Chinese fans present seem to see China's determination to win.

Jordan's double-teaming of He Yixiang did not have the desired effect. He Yixiang's off-ball movement allowed Douglas and White to double-team the ball holder, and the idea of ​​​​preventing He Yixiang from quickly hitting the ball was shattered.He Yixiang's two empty cuts and an open three-pointer swept the first 7 points of the Chinese team.

Jordan was forced to call a timeout, and the game developed in an unpredictable direction. In the first two games, they dealt with Iran and the Philippines, which were centered on the inside line. They cut off the connection between the inside line and the outside line. He and White's powerful perimeter defense capabilities block each other's perimeter.

But this time he met a team with the same perimeter as the core. He Yixiang's personal ability is not the same as the perimeter ability of the previous games.Guan Shi just showed off the ball running position, which made them a little helpless.

"Let me follow him. This guy didn't attack with the ball. Two people followed him to make the other players on the opposite side play too comfortably. In the end, He was easily in the open position." White said to Douglas, although he was The team's top scorer, but Douglas is the core of their offense, and he must have enough physical strength to stay on the offensive end.

The Jordan team deservedly eliminated two strong teams, Iran and the Philippines, in the knockout round. They played calmly when the score was extremely behind at the beginning, and used more opportunities to transfer the ball to form White's big team. One or Abbas playing a small dislocation singles.Douglas, who is in charge of dispatching his teammate, played very steadily. On the surface, his statistics are average, but he is the core of Jordan.

After several splits and pick-and-rolls, Abbas slipped into the Chinese team's inside line twice in a row, while Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi on the Chinese inside line also had a situation where they were unclear about the direction of defense. The two rushed to the outside line at the same time to let The inner line became a vacuum.

After the first game, the Chinese team only led Jordan by 3 points.This level of lead did not play well in the first quarter when He Yixiang scored 7 points and 7:0 in a row at the beginning.In terms of the overall rhythm, the Chinese team felt a little suppressed. You must know that when the two teams met in the group stage, China only took one first half to reach the garbage time of the game.

He Yixiang frowned. Being suppressed in rhythm was his own problem. Douglas, a typical floor point guard, organized Jordan's offense in an orderly manner. As far as controlling the rhythm, Douglas's control was not even inferior to some that He Yixiang had seen in the NBA. Top rhythm masters, such as Kidd who met in the playoffs this year.

"The Jordan team is playing very well. Although they have nothing to do with the offense of He Yixiang and Wang Zhizhi on the defensive end, they are also very active on the offensive end! Especially Abbas, he has scored 8 points in the first quarter Already." Director Zhang was a little worried that the Chinese team hadn't maintained a good lead at the beginning.

At the same time, on the forum of Hupu Live, the discussion on the hotline channel also began to become lively, and some "He Hei" who had disappeared for a long time all appeared again at once.

"Is this the strength that a top NBA superstar should show? This is the second-team guard and the best rookie this year, can't even dominate in Asia?"

"If this is the future of Chinese basketball, I am not very optimistic about Chinese basketball."

A series of somewhat biased remarks made He Yixiang's fans or Chinese fans angry, and they all refuted these remarks, but such refutations could not stop their mouths.Because he only looked at rhythm control in the first quarter, He Yixiang was indeed at a disadvantage, even though he scored half of the Chinese team's points.And the Chinese team is now 3 points ahead of Jordan.

Su Ruoxuan, who is He Yixiang's manager, girlfriend, and number one fan, directly posted a post on the forum to support He Yixiang.

(End of this chapter)