readytorunbook Chapter 205 World Championships
Chapter 205 World Championships
Chapter 205 World Championships
He Li grabbed the rebound again, and the level 4 ball nature gave He Li an excellent ability to predict rebounds.
However, this time the men's basketball counterattack and fast break did not work. After all, the head coach of this dream team is George Karl.
There are few head coaches in the NBA who are better at how to play fast breaks and how to defend against fast breaks than George Karl.
When the men's basketball team cannot use fast break as a conventional weapon, then playing positional warfare is essential.
He Li directed the others to feed the ball to Yao Ming.
After all, it is impossible for He Li to play alone in the World Championships. Yao Ming performed well in the warm-up match against the Canadian men's basketball team.
But this time against the Dream Team Five, Yao Ming is obviously the one who suffers in terms of physical confrontation.
One-on-one, Yao Ming can't stand Big Ben, well, this is normal.
However, when Daben started to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming finished at the basket, and his shooting percentage was not high, less than [-]%, which was very problematic.
You must know that Yao Ming's hit rate in China is over [-]%.
Now Yao Ming's offensive skills can't beat Daben.
On the one hand, Daben, as a blue-collar center, started out defensively and has strong defensive strength.
On the other hand, Yao Ming's body is also immature. After entering the NBA, if he wants to increase his offensive end, the main threat is the basket, so gaining weight is imperative.
Closer to home, the men's basketball team played well against the Dream Five team for the first time.
Even won by 6 points in the first quarter.
Even in the second quarter, because He Li continued to play and the containment force was full, the rest of the men's basketball team could stand up and score more or less. The men's basketball team still had the advantage, but the point difference was caught up to 3 points.
By the third quarter, the situation of the two teams was reversed.
Under the sudden outbreak of Baron Davis, the Dream Five team 34 to 27 in the third quarter, overtaking the men's basketball team by 4 points from behind.
Seeing this, Yao Ming and the others could only shake their heads and sigh: "We are still far from the Dream Team Five."
"If He Li wasn't on the court, we wouldn't have played in the fourth quarter."
Seeing this, Wang Fei, the head coach of the men's basketball team, explained to the players: "Now this trip is here to accumulate experience. I feel satisfied to be able to play like this."
"Of course, through this warm-up match, we also discovered many problems.
Since the game has not yet finished, the problem will be shelved for now, and we will have time to solve it when we go back.
As for now, let He Li talk about it, how should we fight next? "
The fourth quarter is about to start, and the men's basketball team can only rely on Heli.
Although He Li has scored 24 points in the first three quarters, it is still very easy to score more than 30 points in the third quarter.
Even if He Li wants to do it, rebounds and assists, there is also a statistic that can hit double figures, or directly score a triple-double in the fourth quarter or something.
In short, in the eyes of other men's basketball coaches and players, He Li is very powerful and amazing.
"How on earth did he do it?"
Many people want to know the answer, these people include the Dream Five players.
"There is no doubt that He Li has become stronger and more difficult to deal with!"
Pierce defended He Li for three quarters. Although he failed to play all three quarters, he was still impressed by He Li's strength at this stage.
"Okay, there is still a period of time for the warm-up match.
And we have only two warm-up matches with the Chinese men's basketball team!
Everyone cherish the time, if you want to beat He Li here!
Don't forget that he is He Li, He Li who won fmvp at the age of 18!
He Li scored 20 points in the fourth quarter more than once!
Now we have no reason to slack off. "
The fourth quarter is about to start, and George Karl also wants to lead the Dream Five team to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team with He Li, telling He Li, your uncle is still your uncle.
Now that the Dream Five team has overtaken the score, there is a great hope of winning in the remaining fourth quarter. George Karl doesn't want to be outplayed by He Li at this critical moment, turning defeat into victory.
No one knows better than him, George Karl, He Li's ability at critical moments!
Even in today's warm-up match, He Li didn't even take a minute to rest in the first three quarters.
However, during the intermission, He Li left for a short while, so how could George Karl not know what He Li was doing?
Whenever He Li wakes up, the next second is when He Li returns with full blood.
He Li and George Karl talked to each other before the game, and George Karl didn't want to be the one who lost face in the end.
Of course, the most important thing is that George Karl has 6 NBA All-Stars under him. If he loses to the Chinese men's basketball team with only one All-Star, wouldn't that prove that George Karl is just a vagrant?
George Karl was naturally unwilling to be proved in this way.
The fourth quarter of the warm-up match will start soon.
In the first attack of the Dream Five team, Jermaine O'Neal launched the first offense. Facing Wang Zhizhi's defense, Jermaine O'Neal easily scored through a mid-range shot, widening the gap between the two teams to 6 points.
Mid-range shooting is O'Neal's better scoring method. In fact, not only O'Neal, but power forwards like Garnett, Karl Malone, Webber, Nowitzki, etc., have a good mid-range shot per capita.
At the position of power forward, it is relatively easy for Jermaine O'Neal to play Wang Zhizhi.
In fact, Wang Zhizhi's offense is enough in the NBA, but so far it is only a normal rotation, because his defense is not good.
Wang Zhizhi couldn't guard Jermaine O'Neal, which was actually within everyone's expectations.
But in this way, the pressure is all on He Li.
"He Li, I hope you can withstand it!"
Wang Fei off the court gritted his teeth and stared at He Li on the court, hoping that He Li could turn the tide and win the game, even if it was just a warm-up match.
He Li also lived up to Wang Fei's expectations. He asked for the ball after halftime, and facing the double-teaming of Pierce and Reggie Miller, he made another long shot with a skyhook, which was a perfect hit.
"How the hell do you defend against this?" Pierce communicated with Reggie Miller, feeling helpless.
Obviously the defense is in place, if you add a little more aggressiveness, maybe He Li will make 3+1.
So, the two of them had already defended He Li to the extreme, but judging from the results, it seemed that there was no way to create much interference for He Li.
He Li ignored the two of them at all, and shot very steadily, just like shooting training, throwing the ball into the basket!
This is still a sky hook!
"After gaining weight, He Li seems to have more physical strength!"
"He Li is very relaxed. He doesn't seem to have to break a sweat when playing against us."
"We need to add some confrontation to him, at least we should wear him down and not make it so easy for him."
This is the consensus of the Dream Five players!
Even though He Li used the skyhook to hit a three-pointer crazily and helped the Chinese men's basketball team chase points, they didn't think that He Li could really lead the Chinese men's basketball team to turn defeat into victory.
They even hoped that when He Li was fully fired and sweating profusely, he could defeat He Li who was exerting all his strength.
Only with such a victory will they feel honored and satisfied, not now.
"He Li hasn't made that kind of slow but very sharp breakthrough yet."
"He Li still has reservations, yes, He Li didn't show his playoff status!"
"Then let us force out He Li's playoff status! I believe that he doesn't want to lose! Then, let us work together and let He Li feel it!"
The players of the Dream Five team felt that He Li had reservations and didn't use all his strength to play against them.
Of course, this is just a warm-up match, and in the next World Championships, the two teams will be in the same group, and there will be competition. It makes sense for the Chinese men's basketball team to hide their cards.
But in fact, He Li didn't drive Xu Huang, and didn't increase the number of breakthroughs. The main reason is that three points are one point more than two points.
It is also beneficial for He Li to strive for more honors next season by increasing the number of times the long-range skyhook is used during the game.
So, taking advantage of this time, this opportunity, why not practice hard?
"Reggie Miller responded with a three-pointer!"
"He Li passed the ball to Wang Zhizhi in the bottom corner, and continued to run to get the ball.
He Li ran out of the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left, and Pierce made a sky hook in singles!
Respond again, this is He Li, this is the NBA three-pointer! "
"He Li's mastery of skyhook is more proficient, and He Li's grasp of three-pointers is getting better and better!
He Li's body and technique can do whatever he wants on the outside.
He Li can use his influence on the court to create opportunities for three-point shots one after another! "
There are also commentators in the warm-up matches, but as unknown temporary workers, their level is usually limited.
But today, seeing He Li constantly responding to the three-pointer with the Dream Five team, the level has improved all of a sudden.
I only heard the on-site commentary continue: "Paul Pierce dribbled the ball in front of He Li, trying to cross over He Li, and then He Li followed closely and did not lose his position. Paul Pierce could only pull out the shot!"
After gaining weight, He Li did not lose his previous swift speed. Now, behind close defense, his strength is so strong that Pierce is quite uncomfortable.
Pierce is not fast, and under the situation of being defended by He Li, as long as he can't shake He Li's center of gravity, he can only try to make a strong shot in front of He Li.
However, He Li's height is here. Just by reaching out to cover, Pierce's hit rate will drop greatly.
Not to mention that He Li's other hand was still clamped around Pierce's waist. Pierce made double-action shots without using his core strength too much. Relying on upper body strength alone could not make this three-pointer well.
The result was a very outrageous shot, and the ball fell half a step away from the basket.
Fortunately, Big Ben and Jermaine O'Neal had never played in the international league, and the zone defense was not in place, and they were stuck outside by Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.
This time, by mistake, he hit the right shot, and Big Ben received an assist from Pierce, and then took off for a layup.
Yao Ming noticed Daben's layup, but the bounce speed was a bit off, and the block after reacting failed to cover the ball.
However, Daben's layup skills are also poor enough. The ball did not fall directly into the basket, but instead bounced twice and bounced out.
Later, it was O'Neal who took off to make a tip-up, and then shot the ball into the basket.
As a result, the point difference between the two teams has come to a gap of 5 points.
He Li knew that other teammates were counting on him to score, but now it was a warm-up match, even if He Li played alone and practiced Yao Ming in the first three quarters, it would not have much training effect.
He Li is still looking forward to seeing how the coaches and teammates around him will change after losing to the Dream Five team in the warm-up match.
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people.
He Li still has time and is patient.
Ever since, the ball fell into Hu Weidong's hands, but was quickly blocked by Reggie Miller.
Fortunately, Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound, and without waiting for Big Ben to make a move, he immediately hit the ball with a small hook under the basket.
He Li is happy to see this scene and looks forward to other people coming forward.
However, few people can meet He Li's expectations. Even Battelle, who replaced Yao Ming in the second half of the fourth quarter, performed poorly.
Battelle's offense still requires more physicality, and he has nothing to do with a blue-collar center like Daben who is not afraid of strength.
Yao Ming lacked physical strength and asked Battelle to go on top. As a result, there was no one available in the men's basketball team, and no one under the basket could score. With 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the point difference was pulled down to more than 10 points.
With 3 minutes left, He Li tried to stop the bleeding with a long shot and a three-pointer.
But the rest of the men's basketball team kept passing the ball to He Li. Because the intention of passing the ball was too obvious, they were cut off for two consecutive goals. The situation was even more serious.
As a result, He Li took the initiative to take a break with less than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and asked Wang Fei to send Li Nan to the court to see the effect.
In addition, considering that there are two warm-up matches and one more tomorrow, the arrangement for tomorrow is that Zhu Fangyu will serve as He Li's substitute.
Having said that, the overall strength of the Chinese men's basketball team is not as good as the Dream Five team. In the fourth quarter, the two main players, Yao Ming and He Li, went off one after another, and the game naturally couldn't catch up.
The first warm-up match between the two teams ended, 81 to 97, and the Dream Five team beat the Chinese men's basketball team by 16 points.
For such a result, He Li felt a little uncomfortable, but it was not unacceptable.
As for the Dream Five team, many people instead excused He Li: "They lost, but He Li didn't lose!"
"In the next game, we will truly defeat He Li!"
"It's a pity, Paul was almost able to explode with He Li!"
It is worth mentioning that Pierce scored 18 points and almost 20+.As for He Li, he scored 39 points and almost 40+.
Pierce shot only 16 times, and He Li shot 27 times. If you count some mistakes, He Li shot close to 30 times.
From the perspective of scoring efficiency, the two can be called a mutual explosion.
It's just that He Li is the only one defending Pierce, and there are at least two people defending He Li!
Of course, everyone doesn't care about this.
Today, He Li's three-pointer with the sky hook is very accurate. In He Li's state, it is understandable that he cannot prevent double-teaming.
What everyone cares about right now is tomorrow's warm-up match.
He Li didn't give his best today, everyone saw it.
If you can't force He Li to go all out tomorrow, then everyone will have to use their brains more.
"George, I think we can try to arrange a few more warm-up matches with the Chinese men's basketball team!" Pierce suggested to George Karl.
George Karl actually wants to play more with the Chinese men's basketball team, mainly to observe He Li's current strength and prepare for next season.
It is said that during the NBA offseason, coaches and players basically have no contact.
That is to say, playing in international competitions such as the World Championships and the Olympics has such opportunities.
Now He Li's contract with the Bucks is still early, and He Li wants to join a giant team, but the teams in the big ball market have no such intention, so George Karl is not in a hurry to leave the Bucks.
George Karl cares more about how many championships he can win in the next few years.
The Lakers can win consecutive championships and beat the Bucks of the Lakers, which naturally has this condition and possibility.
And this condition and possibility mainly depended on He Li.
"Then I'll find someone to get in touch with the Chinese men's basketball team, for fear that they won't agree."
George Karl is worried that because the World Championships are in the same group and the two teams have a competitive relationship, the Chinese men's basketball team will not agree to extend the time and number of warm-up matches.
In addition, I am afraid that the Chinese men's basketball team already has a training plan.
However, it turned out to be overthinking. After warming up with the Dream Five team, the Chinese men's basketball team was thinking that there was still a week left, whether they should go to Milwaukee to eat and drink first.
He Li did not expect that because of the unsolicited request of Team Dream Five, he would save tens of thousands of dollars in expenses.
From August 8rd to August 23th, the Chinese men's basketball team stayed in San Francisco to play a warm-up match with the Dream Five team.
Counting the previous game, there were a total of six games. The Chinese men's basketball team did not lose all of them, but there was only one game. Because the Dream Five team performed poorly as a whole, they were lucky enough to win by 3 points.
As for the warm-up match that was won, He Li played a full 48 minutes. According to Wang Fei, the donkeys in the production team did not dare to work so hard.
Afterwards, Wang Fei revealed to others that he was in a hurry at the time, because He Li was injured and would not be able to compete in the World Championships, which would delay the important event.
In the last 2 minutes of the fourth quarter of that game, Wang Feiyou advised He Li to take a rest, but He Li insisted on playing.
It was also because of He Li's persistence that the Chinese men's basketball team finally pulled back a round.
Also after winning that warm-up match, the Chinese men's basketball team seems to have undergone a lot of changes. Except for the main players such as He Li and Yao Ming, everyone else seems to dare to play and shoot.
But judging from the game data of losing more than ten points per game, it seems that nothing happened.
Time soon came to August 8th, the Chinese men's basketball team arrived in Indianapolis, and the long-awaited World Championships will officially start tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)