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Chapter 75: Front Defense+ High Pick- And- Roll Offensive Tactics! Lithuania's Strength

beep!

Following the referee's whistle.

The starting players of both teams came on the court.

The game begins.

Yao Ming easily won the jump ball and passed the basketball to Liu Wei.

The defensive characteristics of European players are fierce and flexible, just like a dog-skin plaster.

When playing against Croatia, Liu Wei was punished once at the beginning of the game by this fierce defensive style.

This time he became cautious and passed the ball to Jiang Chen...

Jiang Chen then made a high pass to Yao Ming.

Although he doesn't have the passing skills of Kuroko or Akashi, he can still do this simple pass...

Jonas' opening arrangement was very clear, which was to concentrate on Yao Ming's advantages and madly attack the penalty area of the Lithuanian team.

But it was obvious that the Lithuanian team was well prepared and quickly moved forward to double-team and provide high-intensity defense to Yao Ming.

However, Yao Ming was not afraid. He turned around and gently kicked the basketball out despite two people jumping up to defend him.

Swish!

Hollow into the net.

The fans at the scene cheered, Yao Ming's opening goal was really impressive.

The Lithuanian team fought back and directly used their ultimate tactic - high-post pick-and-roll.

At the Athens Olympics four years ago, Lithuania used high-post pick-and-roll tactics and accurate three-pointers to defeat the American Dream Team 6, which was full of big names.

They still use this traditional tactic today.

The three outside players all have the ability to attack with the ball, one of them holds the ball in the high position, and the center player moves to the high position to provide screen.

The rest of the players were on the outside ready to receive the ball and shoot three-pointers.

The ball handler breaks through with the help of a screen.

Perhaps because of Yao Ming's defensive ability in the restricted area, the player did not penetrate very deep, but made a quick stop and jump shot near the free throw line.

Swish!

The basketball went into the basket steadily.

Compared with the Croatian team, the players of the Lithuanian team have better physical fitness. They are tall but not slow, fast but not making mistakes.

Whether in terms of technology, awareness or teamwork, they are better than the Croatian team.

Especially in breakthrough layups and three-pointers, they are the foundation of Lithuania's foothold.

The attack just now showed the excellent teamwork, sharp breakthroughs and accurate shooting of the Lithuanian team.

As a traditional European powerhouse, the Lithuanian team has participated in five Olympic Games and won bronze medals three times.

Even though the Chinese team easily defeated the Croatian team, they should never underestimate the Lithuanian team.

The Chinese team's head coach Jonas, who was standing on the sidelines, watched the attack just now with his brows tightly furrowed and a look of helplessness on his face.

As a Lithuanian, he was well aware of this tactic.

He once wanted to build the Chinese team's tactical system into the same as the Lithuanian team, but there were two fatal problems.

First, the Huaxia team lacks players who can make sharp breakthroughs with the ball.

When Yao Ming went to the high post for pick-and-roll, no one on the entire Chinese team could dribble the ball and break into the restricted area using the pick-and-roll.

Not to mention the subsequent tactics, the ability to break into the restricted area to shoot or pass the ball.

Second, the Huaxia team lacks players with stable three-point shooting ability. The team only has two stable three-point shooters: Zhu Fangyu and Jiang Chen.

When Jiang Chen returned to the national team, Jonas was extremely excited and once regarded Jiang Chen as the best initiator of this tactic.

The high pick-and-roll between Jiang Chen and Yao Ming will definitely be invincible in this Olympics.

But... Jiang Chen doesn't have the ability to break through.

This is sad and desperate.

Watching the Lithuanian team use this tactic to dominate the Olympics, I can only envy them.

The Chinese team attacks.

The Lithuanian coach shouted at the court, signaling the players to change their defensive strategy.

Liu Wei wanted to pass the basketball to Yao Ming, but was surprised to find that the Lithuanian players in the penalty area were defending Yao Ming from the front, giving him no chance to catch the ball.

This is the Lithuanian team's tactic against Yao Ming!

Helplessly, Liu Wei could only wait for the right opportunity to pass the basketball to Yi Jianlian, who then made a long-range jump shot.

BANG!

Blacksmith.

After grabbing the backcourt rebound, the Lithuanian team quickly launched a defensive counterattack, making a long pass to a fast-break player who shot a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

Swish!

Hollow into the net.

Seeing this scene, the head coach of the Lithuanian team standing on the sidelines raised his lips slightly.

He has completely figured out the Chinese team's offensive style.

Although Jiang Chen has the ability to make difficult three-pointers, the Chinese team obviously prefers to attract defenders through Yao Ming first, and then create easy three-pointer opportunities for Jiang Chen.

Only when the game got into trouble would Jiang Chen take over the game and continuously help the team with his superb three-point shooting skills.

If Yao Ming is restricted now, Jiang Chen will be forced to start his personal offensive mode early.

really.

For three or four consecutive rounds, the Chinese team did not score.

It was difficult for Yao Ming to catch the basketball, which resulted in him not being able to fully display his strength.

Even if he had space to catch the ball at a certain moment, the basketball could never reach his hands.

Then he was blocked by Li Taohuan's melee in the penalty area.

This made Yao Ming very frustrated and anxious.

Liu Wei and Sun Yue had opportunities to shoot three-pointers from the outside, but their touch was not good and they missed the target repeatedly.

The Lithuanian team used precise coordination and superb shooting skills to continuously utilize high-post pick-and-roll tactics to create three-point shooting opportunities and maintained a high hit rate.

In less than 4 minutes, the Lithuanian team launched a 12:2 offensive and gained a 10-point lead.

The scene was silent.

The fans were all watching the game in disbelief. They never expected that the Chinese team would be beaten so badly at the start, without even a chance to fight back.

It is obvious that the Lithuanian team was well prepared for this game.

It seemed as if after playing magical games for many times, they were suddenly brought back to their original form. Yao Ming couldn't receive the ball in the interior and couldn't make three-pointers from the outside.

The offense was a mess, and there was no defense at all.

"The Chinese team is in trouble! Both the offensive and defensive ends have been penetrated by the Lithuanian team."

The on-site commentator Yu Jia said anxiously.

"The tactics arranged by Jonas were completely suppressed by the Lithuanian team, which caused the Chinese team's offense to lose its backbone."

Yang Yi said with a frown.

"The only thing that can break this dilemma now is Jiang Chen's three-pointer."

Yu Jia said, his eyes full of anticipation.

One of the two core players, Yao Ming, has been completely controlled, so we can only look to the other core player, Jiang Chen.

On the stadium.

Jiang Chen looked calm and not panicked at all.

He had already expected this. After all, in his previous life, he clearly remembered that the Chinese team met the Lithuanian team in the quarterfinals.

Then the Huaxia team lost that game by nearly 30 points.

On three-pointers, the Chinese team shot 3 of 30, and it would be an insult to describe it as horrible.

The Lithuanian team made 13 of 31 three-pointers, an amazingly high hit rate!

But in this life, this situation will never happen again!!

ps: I checked a lot of information and restored the tactics of the Lithuanian team at that time, which was also the reason why the Chinese team lost to the Lithuanian team by a large margin.