Chapter 1610 1609. Enjoy the Game!

30 to 24, the Chinese team’s lead expanded to 6 points!

The American team didn't panic. They were once behind by 8 points in the first quarter and they recovered because they had Anthony!

When the US team attacked, Anthony came to the frontcourt to receive a pass from Iguodala.

When Anthony faced Zhu Fangyu, his strength was really not that dominant. He replaced Zhu Fangyu just to hold Anthony back.

But when Anthony plays, he doesn't care whether he can get away from his opponent and rush to the basket, or whether the opponent is very close to him. After receiving the ball with Zhu Fangyu's back, he doesn't know what he is doing. Even if Liu Mang has Anthony's As for the shooting package, I don't understand what Anthony is doing at this stage. Liu Mang is generally more aggressive, but Anthony always seems to be dragging his feet.

But... even Liu Mang doesn't think it's a good opportunity, but Anthony can really regard it as a good opportunity!

Anthony found the best rhythm for him and pulled out his hand for two points...hit!

A steady beep!

Anthony narrowed the point difference to 4 points again!

The Chinese team played violently and the American team played steadily!

This kind of game situation exceeded everyone's expectations.

I thought that facing a lineup like the US team, the Chinese team should strive for stability and progress, but at the beginning of today's game, the Chinese team was even more violent than the US team!

Instead, the U.S. team has been pursuing stability.

Who allows Liu Mang to continue to explode, and Yao Ming to explode when he has enough physical strength!

However, irritability also represents instability. Even after the start of the second quarter, Liu Mang repeatedly played irritably and gave good shots to his teammates from time to time. However, the Chinese team was gradually suppressed on the scene.

The lineup gap is really big!

The U.S. team has a clear goal in rotating the lineup. With Anthony and Boozer's stable singles, Bosh can open up the space, and use Iguodala and Prince to take turns defending Liu Mang. Anthony and Boozer's inability to defend is just relative to them. Teammates, compared to players from other countries, their defense is still slightly above average, and they can also do a good job in preventing Wang Zhizhi and Wang Shipeng's off-ball offense.

It would be good if Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng can play a containment role on the outside. Wang Zhizhi doesn't need to worry. He is a big shot who can average 1.9 three-pointers per game in the NBA.

However, the Chinese team can only rely on Liu Mang and Yi Jianlian to harden the American team!

Although the Chinese team's temper was unexpected, the American team was prepared. Their goal from the beginning was to pursue stability and did not want to make the same mistake they made when they lost to Argentina.

Compared with other countries, Liu Mang's deterrence is the strongest for the US team. This is an epic scoring maniac who can score 90 points in a single game in the NBA. The US team concluded that as long as they maintain a stable output and defend Liu Mang with all their strength, they will be able to defeat Liu Mang. Can win the game!

This is also true...

Midway through the second quarter, the United States took the lead.

38 to 37. Relying on Iguodala's three-pointer, the American team scored a 14-10 half-quarter score in the first five minutes of the second quarter and successfully overtook the score!

The Chinese team called a timeout.

"Did you last only half a quarter?"

Watching Yao Ming start to take off his training clothes, even Liu Mang had to sigh that basketball is not a one-person sport, especially when the strength is at a disadvantage.

However, Liu Mang also knows that he needs to rely on his personal ability and his better performance than usual to have a chance to lead the team to seize the slightest possibility of counterattack!

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After returning from the timeout, Yi Jianlian and Wang Shipeng were replaced and rested for a while. Four pitchers, Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Zhizhi, and Yao Ming, a powerful inside line-up, came on the scene!

The rotation of the US team was beyond the expectations of Chinese team coach Harris. After returning from the timeout, the US team did not maintain a space-based lineup, but replaced it with Howard!

It is true that if Bosh or Boozer is used as the center, Yao Ming cannot be guarded, and the US team will have better offensive space.

But again, facing Yao Ming who is now at his peak, these two people can hardly play any defensive role. They use three-point shooting to easily compete with Yao Ming one-on-one under the basket...

On the contrary, this may allow the Chinese team to change from an explosive ability to score to an easy and stable score.

If Boozer or Bosh were to defend him, Yao Ming could score again and again without flanking him.

The suggestion given by Mike Woodson, the assistant coach of the US team, is to use Howard and Kwame Brown to take turns to eat hard to consume Yao Ming, use the outside to score steadily, and kill the period when Yao Ming has physical strength.

In terms of outside offense, the tactics provided by coach Kruger are wheel battles. Kobe, McGrady, and Anthony, the three strongest players on the US team, take turns playing singles on the outside. Iguodala, Kobe, and Prince take turns guarding Liu Mang alone...

The two head coaches who are most familiar with Liu Mang worked together to deal with Liu Mang's team, and the effect was very good. Until Yao Ming came off the court, Silver Fox Harris's goal of stabilizing his team's rhythm was curbed. The Chinese team The situation can still only be maintained by relying on the two major stars to score points.

The performance of the players is very important, but when the difference in strength is not too far, the role of the coach is particularly critical!

The super luxurious coaching staff of the US team took the lead at this time!

What else can Liu Mang do? When Yao Ming played more than three minutes and was replaced by Howard and Kwame Brown, who took turns playing unlimited defense and exhaustion, Liu Mang had to fight against the US team with Yi Jianlian again.

But as Liu Mang said during the break, he is enjoying the game now!

Facing the defensive turns of Prince, Iguodala, and Kobe, this is the highest level of treatment in the world of basketball that you cannot enjoy in the NBA Finals!

In fact, the U.S. team is not having a hard time. Yao Ming is gone. If they want to maintain stability in scoring, they have to open up space for Kobe, McGrady, and Anthony to play in isolation, and they have to leave one of Bosh and Boozer on the court. , it is too difficult for these two people to stop Yi Jianlian from grabbing offensive rebounds.

Howard and Kwame Brown have negative effects on the offensive end of the international arena. They don't need to come out from the inside. Howard and Kwame Brown can't open up the space and can only squat near the three-second zone. The American team can't break through from the outside. Without a chance, both his own inside line and the opponent's inside line became defenders.

And they felt that Liu Mang was getting more and more excited as he fought!

The difference in mentality makes the players of the two teams feel the game very differently.

The American team was fine when chasing points. They had clear goals, worked together, and didn't think about other things.

But they were already ahead, and they felt that they should make the opponent despair, but the opponent's best player in the world did not have any consciousness of lagging behind, and instead became more and more courageous as they fought!

For the U.S. team, this was a game they couldn't lose. Instead, it put extra pressure on them. Seeing Liu Mang's demeanor as he was immersed in and enjoying the game, the U.S. team was clearly in the lead, but felt even more pressure. Got it!