King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 44 Bloody Battle in Russia
The news of the three-game winning streak spread back to the country, and all the fans felt like it was a holiday. Every time before, it was at the last critical moment to qualify, and it depended on the faces of others. In the first game, the runner-up Greece won the last World Championships. This is the first time that the Chinese team has defeated their opponent since they defeated Greece 1986-112 in 111.

"There are two more games to come. Turkey has already defeated Russia yesterday. Our biggest competitors in Group C are them. If we want to get the top two in the group, we must beat one of their teams, otherwise we will go to the Facing Spain or Lithuania, you probably don’t want to meet them. Turkey’s home game can be described as the strongest lineup. NBA stars such as Turkoglu and Ilyasova are all playing, and there are many players who play in the top European leagues. Veteran. And Russia did not send their strongest lineup that won the European Championship in 07 this time, and the core of the team "AK-47" Kirilenko did not participate, so we must play [-]% of our strength in the next game against Russia. "The Chinese team, which has won three consecutive victories, did not let down their vigilance. After defeating Puerto Rico, Guo Shiqiang immediately organized such a pre-war meeting to remind everyone that the next game is the top priority.Russia naturally thought of this too. After losing to Turkey, they had to win the next two games. famous.

Neither Kirilenko nor Holden, Russia's strongest perimeter attackers, participated in the competition, but this time they brought two European great pyrenes, Sasha Cowan, 211cm tall, 116kg in weight, and Timofey Mozgov, 216cm, 113kg weight.Although Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi are not bad in height and weight, or even heavier, they are one level behind in strength.At the beginning of the game, the two of them scored consecutively in the interior, while China relied on Sun Yue to receive a pass from He Yixiang and hit two three-pointers to bite the score.

Mozkov squeezed Yi Jianlian away again, and a small hook wiped the board and went into the basket.While rubbing his chest, Yi Jianlian complained to the referee that Mozkov swung his elbow, but the referee ignored it.Yi Jianlian had no choice but to look for comfort from He Yixiang: "This old man is too strong, he can't defend himself if he wants to stay in the position, it's so uncomfortable to push up!"

"Who told you to let him get to the position? Think about your advantage over him?" He Yixiang saw Yi Jianlian being suppressed for the first time in this World Championships. Although Yi Jianlian played much longer than him, but The ability to read the game and adapt to the situation is obviously not as good as him, "Your speed and jumping are so much better than him, why do you keep letting him get stuck in such a deep position." Seeing Yi Jianlian suddenly realized, He Yixiang did not Don't know if he understands, but the main thing now is to attack.

He Yixiang advanced with the ball and gestured for both Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi to pull out. Both Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi were capable of three-pointers, and Cowen and Mozkov also had to pull out to defend.At this very moment, He Yixiang accelerates straight to attack Bekov, and Bekov only has time to exclaim in his heart, and He Yixiang directly breaks through, facing the inside line that has been opened up. At this time, Russia's basket is in the He Yixiang's eyes were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. He Yixiang had already shown his butcher knife and directly slammed into the basket with a dunk.

"Good guy, Russia's zone defense was really good at the beginning, but now 5 people in China can shoot 3 points, and the second and third zone defenses on the opposite side have half their heads when they meet such a team. Originally, the Russian team's defense is famous. The good thing is that because of the two inner line protectors, Cowen's good defense ability and the fast rotation of the outside line constitute the defensive system. Now both frame protectors have been pulled out, which makes Bykov single-handed. The weaknesses are exposed infinitely." Xu Jicheng also saw the advantages of this style of play.

"Especially Bekov is still facing He Yixiang. I'm afraid it will hurt him this time. The speed and height are all crushed." Zhang Weiping couldn't help but mourned Bekov. This was the first time in his commentary career. Sad for those European defenders facing a Chinese defender.

Bykov has been blurred by the sudden advantage, and He Yixiang literally opened a defensive offensive textbook in front of him, stepping back and making mid-range shots, back-up turnaround jumpers, three-pointers, crossovers and dunks inside, the first In the second half of the quarter, the Chinese team directly used He Yixiang to score 7 points on 5 of 12 shots against Bykov in singles. The 22 points of the Chinese team in the first quarter were also the most lost by Russia in this competition.Yi Jianlian also found the feeling of defending Mozkov, and kept getting stuck in front of Mozkov. Yi Jianlian has height, wingspan, and excellent bounce. ball chance. FIBA has three seconds of offense but no three seconds of defense. Mozkov had to frequently leave the three-second zone if he didn’t receive the ball within three seconds. The offensive efficiency was greatly reduced, and the outside line had no advantage against the Chinese team. Facing He Yixiang, the defense was exhausting. Russia fell into a scoring shortage in the second half of the first quarter, scoring only 12 points in a single quarter.

Russia's head coach Blatter is very bored. Although he has been in the European arena for a long time, he is indeed an American through and through. Naturally, he also knows that although the boy opposite is very young and was only selected by the NBA this year, he also uses the NCAA MOP and Tanhuaxiu have proved themselves, and they are also a defender who fits FIBA ​​rules very well, can share the ball, and are accurate three-pointers. "Bangkarasov, under pressure, you double-team appropriately, give the two defenders a little space, don't let the No. 10 play so easily again."

He Yixiang is not a person who sticks to the ball. Under the double-teaming of the opponent, he will naturally pass the ball rationally. However, I don’t know if Wang Shipeng’s state was really good a few days ago. The open three-pointer hit the iron, and many fans watching the game slapped their thighs in anger. Even Xu Jicheng kept shaking his head, it shouldn't be.Seeing that Wang Shipeng was not in good condition, Deng Huade simply replaced him and He Yixiang to rest first, and wanted Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian to play the first half of the second quarter.The Chinese team’s starting outside line is indeed good, but the gap between the substitutes and Russia is relatively large. The backcourt formed by Liu Wei and Yu Shulong has become a replica of the second half of the first quarter. Two guards who are less than 190cm tall Russia's tall defenders chased and played, and Wang Shipeng missed consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the second quarter. Only halfway through the second quarter, the score was chased to 30. Russia scored 5 points in 18 minutes, of which Bei Kefu played against Shulong as if He Yixiang had beaten him, scoring 7 points in a row.

(End of this chapter)