King of shooting guards

Chapter 224 Geng Xiangzhi

Li Zheng still passed the ball to Li Changgeng, and Li Changgeng controlled the ball outside the three-point line.A Turkish defender pressed the defense, and no one stepped forward to double-team.Double-teaming opponents outside the three-point line will create a huge gap in the interior defense, especially if the opponent is not only a three-point shooter but also a master passer.

Are you alone?Li Changgeng, who was in possession of the ball, pursed his lips, and after two dribbles, the figure that suddenly accelerated had already rushed past the defenders, and the Turkish players assisted in the defense, "Snap!" Song Liuming bounced up in front of the basket and played with his back to the basket. Song Liuming threw the ball into the basket with an easy hook-a standard center forward move!

Song Liuming's moves around the basket were wonderful, but it was Li Changgeng's wonderful pass that made the goal.On the court, in front of the TV, a fan can see it!

"Beautiful..." the applause continued, "It's really good, the breakthrough is good, the pass is even better, this ball is really beautiful. Li Changgeng who made this goal is really good, I really can't see that he is just a player A 16-year-old boy. It's really outstanding..." The commentator's applause finally had something to say.On TV, that 16-year-old boy was really outstanding.

However, they still did not understand the specific tactics of the Chinese youth team on the field.

The game on the field did not stop temporarily because of the commentator's cheers.After Türkiye succeeded in attacking, the offensive and defensive positions were changed again.It is still positional offense and defense.This time it wasn't just the Chinese fans in front of the TV who opened their eyes wide.The Chinese team played wonderful offenses again and again, and the Chinese fans on the court were also looking forward to it.

Li Zheng holds the ball, and Turkey goes around to defend Li Changgeng to prevent Li Zheng from passing the ball to him. "Whoosh!" The ball was passed to Sima Shenji, and Sima Shenji, who was moving fast under his feet, did not stop the basketball in his hand. The ball was passed to other people immediately, and the entire China Youth team was moving quickly.Fast passing, the basketball moves much faster than the Turkish defenders.Accurate and fast passing constantly mobilized the Turkish defenders, making them exhausted.As soon as the gap appears, the pass will follow.Since the five players of the China Youth Team have the ability to shoot and score, the Turkish players dare not fully open their positions even if they want to defend against double-teams with the ball.Such passes did not last too many times, and the basketball was handed over to Li Changgeng.Song Liuming, who was defended by the opponent's center at the basket, suddenly gave up his position and set a cover for Li Zhenhua at the same time.Only the basket is left in front of Li Zhenhua. "Crack!" The basketball came immediately, "Shua!" The sound of wiping the net and entering the basket.

It took only a dozen seconds for the entire offense to start from the backcourt to the time the basketball was sent to the basket.Smooth, fast, effective, wonderful, the endless cheers on the sidelines can be seen the wonderful degree of this ball.From the pass, to the run, to the pick-and-roll, to the final shot, there's a flow that even the most amateur fan can feel.

With ease, the basketball was sent into the opponent's basket.

"It's really beautiful!" The commentator cheered in a roaring voice, "The performance of the Chinese youth team today is really beautiful. The goal just now is definitely the most exciting goal of the Chinese team in the past ten years. The ball is definitely the result of tactical cooperation. It is fast, accurate and flexible. How many years have I not seen such a performance of the Chinese team in the World Series. It is really beautiful!"

Yes, how many years has it been since the Chinese team performed like this in the World Series?
Historically, Chinese basketball has been unique in the world with its "quick, accurate, and flexible" style. Relying on this traditional Chinese team's "fast, accurate, and flexible" style, the Chinese team entered the world's top eight.But in the past ten years, under the worship of China's NBA, Chinese basketball has raised the banner of "learning from the NBA".It takes at least 20 years to cultivate an excellent defender, but an excellent center can be produced within two or three years.In the eagerness for quick success, the concept of "basketball is a sport for elders" quickly became popular in Chinese basketball.Under this guiding ideology, China has cultivated three major centers to enter the NBA, and even created an NBA No. 20 pick.However, in the past 20 years, the Chinese team has only received a terrible record.Due to the increase of tall centers, the national teams at all levels rely too much on the inside line of play, and the rhythm and routines of offensive and defensive transitions are mechanical and rigid. The footsteps of tall players slow down the speed of the entire team. The traditional active running The style of dynamic and "fast quasi-spirited" is decreasing day by day, and the Chinese team has become a team with only weaknesses and no characteristics.Any team outside of Asia can beat the Chinese team by dozens of points.The only consolation for the Chinese team in the past [-] years is the stumbling into the quarterfinals of the Rio Olympic champions.

The rise of European basketball has attracted the attention of the world. Chinese basketball, which is powerless against European-style opponents, finally realized that perhaps European basketball is more suitable for us.

After experiencing the tragedy in Rio, people of insight in China appealed one after another: it is time to recognize ourselves. It is impossible to achieve a historical breakthrough in Chinese basketball by relying solely on an elder. It is time for Chinese basketball to change.

Under such circumstances, Chinese basketball has set its sights on the New York Jianle team and Geng Xiangzhi who coaches the New York Jianle team.

Six years ago, Geng Xiangzhi led the New York Jianle team from the second division to the NBDL and won the championship in the same year.

The reason why Geng Xiangzhi was awarded the ticket is not only because of his achievements, but also because his Jianle team is the only team in the league that adopts an overall style of play, which is very similar to the European basketball style.

Whether it is really possible or not, none of the bigwigs in Chinese basketball is sure.But no matter what, you have to give him a chance, right?This World Youth Championship is a test for Geng Xiangzhi.The quarterfinals of the World Youth Championship?The China Youth Team has not entered the top ten in the world for more than ten years, and anyone can see how harsh the conditions are.Surprisingly, Geng Xiangzhi agreed without hesitation, on the condition that he has absolute strength in all matters concerning the National Youth Team.

After being appointed as the head coach of the National Youth Team, Geng Xiangzhi began to carry out drastic reforms for the National Youth Team.First, the "Twin Towers" who were not in good condition were shut out, and then new players such as Li Zheng, Sima Shenji, and Song Liuming were recruited. A series of actions caused a series of waves, and finally the 16-year-old Li Changgeng was the main force. It even aroused an uproar.The World Youth Championship has not yet started, and no one knows whether Geng Xiangzhi's national youth team can achieve a historical breakthrough, but it is definitely the most criticized national youth team in Chinese history.

In the last game against the Chinese team, Song Liuming's performance let the media and fans know why Geng Xiangzhi chose him to replace the "Twin Towers".So far, there is no doubt about Geng Xiangzhi's decision.The fans only had surprises for Song Liuming and Li Changgeng.

But bigger is now the bigger surprise.On the court, the stormy offense of the Chinese youth team trained by Geng Xiangzhi completely destroyed Turkey's defense. The combination of inside and outside blossomed in all directions, and basketballs were sent into the opponent's basket time and time again.Actively scrambling, moving quickly, and double-teaming to help defend, the defense of the China Youth Team is not an impregnable wall, but also a moving Great Wall.Türkiye's shooting rate of less than 40.00% is enough to illustrate the power of the Chinese youth team's defense.

Being able to recognize talents with a discerning eye, and even more able to use talents just right, fans are all convinced by Geng Xiangzhi at this time.

In fact, although the national youth team with ambitions on the field at the moment is also playing as a whole, it is not completely European style. In terms of tactics, it reproduces more of the "quick and accurate" style of the Chinese team back then.Based on the core defender with outstanding personal ability, based on the team's fast and active running coordination, the internal and external integration is fully blooming.The attack power of a team composed of five shooters is absolutely astonishing, and the performance of the Chinese youth team on the field at this moment is absolutely convincing.There is no such thing as "total offense and total defense" on the basketball court, but the attack of the China Youth Team at the moment can be described as a full-scale attack.

Geng Xiangzhi completed this set of theoretical tactics combining Chinese tradition and European style tactics many years ago, but it is only now that Li Changgeng has the opportunity to truly show it. The reason is nothing else. The staffing of this set of tactics is really harsh. .At least in the current view of China, it is a bit harsh.Now in this national youth team, Song Liuming, who has a tough style, is the cornerstone of the inside defense; Li Zhenhua can pass and shoot, and his existence is an important connection between the inside and outside; The main scorer of the youth team; the importance of Li Zheng, the number one point guard, is self-evident.But among them, Li Changgeng, a swinging talent between the defender and the forward, is the most important pawn.In Geng Xiangzhi's tactics, Li Changgeng is not only a stable firepower point, but Geng Xiangzhi pays more attention to his strong impact on the inside and his excellent pass organization ability.It can be said that he is the core player of Geng Xiangzhi's tactics.Sima Shenji, Li Zheng, Song Liuming, and Li Zhenhua are all players who can be replaced. Only Li Changgeng, replacing him means that the tactics have changed.

A player in this position must have the singles ability of a small forward, the organizational passing ability of a point guard, and the accurate shooting ability of a shooting guard.It sounds really harsh, but in simple terms, he is a point guard with excellent offensive power.With the development of modern basketball, the boundaries of various positions on the court are increasingly blurred. Although there are not many monsters like Magic Johnson who can play from point guard to center forward, there are not a few swingers between forward and guard.It is only in China that players like this are so rare.In the more than ten years when the concept of "basketball is a sport for elders" ruled, the Chinese basketball, eager for quick success and quick benefits, completely ignored the training of guards.Excellent defenders like Li Zheng are rare among young players.

Geng Xiangzhi once wanted to make Li Zheng and Sima Shenji the core defenders in his tactics. After putting them in the youth team for two years, Geng Xiangzhi knew he had failed.Sima Shenji's desire to shoot is much higher than the consciousness of passing. Although Li Zheng's organizational skills and shooting ability are good, he lacks the impact on the inside.Turning his attention to the Chinese football world, Geng Xiangzhi did not find a young player who met his requirements.Just when Geng Xiangzhi was discouraged and disappointed, Li Changgeng, who came back in the league, caught his eyes. Isn't this the player he was looking for?Balanced offense and defense, comprehensive skills, speed and impact, although the height is temporarily short, but the excellent jumping is enough to make up for it.This is simply tailor-made for your own tactics!But Geng Xiangzhi, who calmed down after the excitement, couldn't help laughing. With a 16-year-old boy as the core of his tactics, he was really crazy.Although he said this to himself, such thoughts seemed to take root in Geng Xiangzhi's mind.When Li Changgeng was called into the U20 National Youth Team, Geng Xiangzhi could no longer convince himself to give up after seeing Li Changgeng's increasingly perfect game skills, he must be crazy if he is crazy!
In the game, Li Changgeng's tactical core position is specifically reflected in: Except for Li Zheng, the point guard, he is the player who touches the ball the most times and holds the ball for the longest time.All the players on the field follow this principle when passing the ball: the first priority of passing the ball is Li Changgeng, as long as he is free, the ball must be passed to him.When Li Changgeng is in possession of the ball, he can cooperate tactically, fight alone, pass the ball or score by himself. Geng Xiangzhi didn't give him any restrictions.Giving Li Changgeng such freedom with his aspirational professionalism is definitely not blind laissez-faire.He is convinced that Li Changgeng's ability to read the game has surpassed that of Li Zheng. He will see when to pass the ball and when to break through in the game better than anyone else.

On the court, Li Changgeng's performance did not disappoint Geng Xiangzhi. The Chinese youth team with him as the core destroyed Turkey's defense time and time again. The Chinese youth players can always shoot easily in the gap.Facing an unguarded basket, the China Youth team's shooting percentage will not be worse than any other team.

The Chinese youth team is centered on the 16-year-old defender, and the Turkish coach finally sees it clearly.

Now that the game has been played, not only the Turkish coaches have seen it clearly, but also the TV consultants have finally seen it clearly.

"Take 16-year-old Li Changgeng as the core of tactics!" The exclamation shocked all the fans.

This can't be blamed on their poor eyesight. For more than ten years, Chinese national teams at all levels have used the inside center as the core of their tactics. Geng Xiangzhi's style of play has completely subverted the experience of the past decade.With 16-year-old Li Changgeng as the core, it is a joke like a fairy tale, no one will believe such a thing.

But it happened, and it worked like never before.Destroyed, invincible, mercury flooding the ground, blooming on all sides, combining internal and external, flexible and flexible, you can use any words to describe the offense of the Chinese youth team on the field.

As long as you can win, the fans will not care what tactics you use. It is the loser's practice to review the gains and losses of tactics.Now Chinese fans can only cheer loudly.The voices of the two commentators on the TV are getting louder and louder.

It is even more impossible for the Turkish coach to think of things that the Chinese themselves have not thought of.Before the World Youth Championship, the national youth team has been engaged in closed training, without any warm-up games, and there is no way to investigate the opponents.Until the last game against the Chinese team, the Chinese team was still following the old tactics of the past ten years, focusing all opponents' attention on Song Liuming inside.

The tactical change started from today's game, and Turkey was completely caught off guard.In fact, even if they knew the tactics of the China Youth Team in advance, Turkey might not take it seriously.Turkey was losing ground on the court, and the Turkish coach on the sidelines naturally couldn't let the situation continue to deteriorate.After running out of the only timeout left in the first half, Türkiye adjusted its tactics.

Any tactic has weaknesses and can be cracked.Geng Xiangzhi's tactics are no exception, but it is clear that Turkey today has not found a way to crack it.After readjusting the tactics, the game situation remained unchanged, and the rhythm continued to be controlled by the China Youth Team.At the end of the first half, the China Youth Team pulled the difference between the two sides to fifteen points.

In the second half, Turkey still hadn't found a way to effectively restrain it. The game continued to be controlled by the China Youth Team. At the end of the third quarter, the score continued to expand.In the 6th minute of the fourth quarter, the 25-point difference announced that the following time would be garbage time.The youth team replaced five main players.The players who came off the bench still did not match up, and the imposing Chinese youth team finally ended the game with a huge advantage of [-] points.

Beat Turkey!The biggest opponent on the way to the quarterfinals was defeated by us!News of the victory spread instantly across China on the other side of the world.

The fans are excited, and the Chinese news media is also boiling.That night, the machines of all the major newspapers were running all night.On the next day, in various newspapers, the headlines on the front pages were all about the victory of the China Youth Team.

From losing to China in the first game to beating Turkey with a big score, the China Youth Team has undergone a 180-degree change in just two days.Victory, and it was such a hearty victory.Although it has not yet reached the quarterfinals, the dawn has already appeared.And compared to the result of winning, the process of winning is more exciting.

This game allowed people to see a brand new Chinese youth team.A game let the fans see the hope of Chinese basketball.

The hotel where the China Youth Team stayed was bustling with reporters.The spotlight kept flickering, and the camera was aimed at the table seats of the press conference. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the heroes who won the game to arrive.

The door opened, and the leader of the national youth team came in.After a burst of enthusiastic speeches, the smiling team leader conveyed Geng Xiangzhi's words to the reporters: the team rests and prepares for tomorrow's game, and will not accept any interviews for the time being, and we will talk about it after the Angola battle tomorrow.

It's closed training again!Although the reporters were dissatisfied, the wording in the newspaper this time was no longer "pretend to be mysterious", but a sentence of enthusiastic praise.

The next day, the battle between China and Angola.

Angola lost to the Chinese team and the Turkish team in the first two games, and there is little hope of qualifying for the group.If they can beat the Chinese team, the Chinese team beats Turkey, and the three teams in the group have two losses and one win, they still have the theoretical possibility of appearing.Facing an evenly matched opponent in the past, Angola has high morale and vows to create miracles.

The miracle did not appear, and the Chinese youth team quickly shattered Angola's hope with a strong offensive.In the first quarter of the game, the China Youth Team led by 30 points.At the end of the first half, the China Youth Team expanded the score to 10 points. When the third quarter ended, Angola completely lost confidence.In this quarter, the Chinese youth team scored 39:[-], widening the gap to [-] points in one fell swoop.For the rest of the fourth quarter, the Chinese youth team, with all substitute players on the field, still controlled the situation of the game.

The whistle sounded, and the China Youth Team won the final victory.

Due to the Turkey-China match that took place earlier, Turkey was defeated, which directly declared that the China Youth Team entered the quarter-finals as the second place in the group!

We're in the quarterfinals, we're in the quarterfinals.The news spread to China, and the entire Chinese basketball world was jubilant. What seemed unimaginable a month ago has now been realized so easily.Geng Xiangzhi, the previously criticized coach created this miracle single-handedly.Abandoning the twin towers and replacing them with the unknown Song Liuming; defying public opinion and recruiting 16-year-old college students as the main players; training behind closed doors, without arranging a warm-up match, all of Geng Xiangzhi's actions can be called rebellious and willful presumptuous.Now it seems that they are all the surprise soldiers who win in the end.In the end, using the 16-year-old Li Changgeng as the core of the strategy is even more shocking.

Within a month, Geng Xiangzhi can be described as miraculous in raising the China Youth Team to the top eight in the world.In fact, after the China Youth Team defeated Turkey, the media called Geng Xiangzhi "the magical Geng Xiangzhi".

He has reached the quarterfinals, and it is definitely not the kind of stumbling in the Rio Olympics.In the two games, they outscored their opponents by 59 points, which are definitely two beautiful victories.

Under the leadership of Geng Xiangzhi, the China Youth Team also played beautiful basketball.

The so-called beautiful basketball, in addition to the final victory, can only be called beautiful if there is a carefree and exciting game process.In the two games, each of the five players of the China Youth Team performed well, and each scored double digits.The Chinese youth team, which pursues an overall style of play, not only reproduced the tradition of the Chinese team's "quick and accurate spirit", but also made historic progress in tactics.The victory of the National Youth Team can be regarded as the victory of Geng Xiangzhi's tactics!

The victories in the two games not only allowed the China Youth Team to advance to the quarter-finals in history, but also allowed fans to see the hope of Chinese basketball.The head coach Geng Xiangzhi is naturally one of them. Song Liuming's performance in the first game against the Chinese team won the approval of the fans; Sima Shenji, Li Zheng, and Li Zhenhua's performances are also absolutely outstanding, but they are already well-known. None of them are new discoveries.In the two games, the fans and the media made the biggest discovery about this year's national youth team, or Li Changgeng in the guard position!
Lightning-fast start and emergency stop, easy dribble over others, easy to find the attack route without the cover of teammates, this is Li Changgeng's performance in singles.In the limited time and the second room, quickly find the opponent's defensive gap, and accurately send the ball into the defender's blind spot. This is Li Changgeng's performance when passing the ball.Able to attack and defend well, able to score by himself, and also create points for the team, Li Changgeng fully embodies the potential of a super guard.The lack of talents at the guard position has always been the biggest reason restricting the good results of Chinese basketball. The birth of Li Changgeng's Heng Xiaoer undoubtedly gave Chinese fans great hope
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