readytorunbook Chapter 287 Battle in Puerto Rico
Chapter 287 Battle in Puerto Rico
Chapter 287 Battle in Puerto Rico
"Di!"
As the referee's whistle sounded, the first quarter-final match officially started.
Yao Ming put in all his strength today, took the lead, and grabbed the jump ball for the Hua Guo team.
By the way, I would like to talk about the lineups of both sides today. The Hua Guo team is still unchanged.
However, on Puerto Rico's side, No. 4 player Jose Otez was put on the starting lineup.
Obviously, adding such a defensive player to the starting lineup is naturally to limit Chen Mo.
The team's first attack, first observe Puerto Rico's defense, as expected, it is a 3-2 zone defense.
As the team's main attack point, the double guards Arroyo and Ayuso are all small guards.
The figure is not tall, but also very thin. Such a player has an advantage in speed, but not in strength.
In order to prevent being targeted, Puerto Rico will often adopt a zone defense to protect the two defenders.
Moreover, the zone defense can effectively protect the inside line, which is also a great help for defending Yao Ming.
The Huaguo team had been prepared for a long time, and when Chen Mo waved, Yao Ming immediately came out to pick and roll.
When facing a pick-and-roll, the zone defense often chooses to make substitutions, and Puerto Rico is no exception.
At this time, Chen Mo, who was breaking through, lightly patted the ball, and it had already passed to Yao Ming, who was cutting inside.
Otez is a standard wing player, not weak in height and strength, but facing Yao Ming, he is still a primary school student.
Squeezing Oates away, Yao Ming easily put the basket and scored two points for the Hua Guo team.
2:0
"Beautiful, Yao Ming and Chen Mo are getting more and more proficient in the pick-and-roll, and the tacit understanding between the two is getting higher and higher."
CCTV, Sun Zhengping, the host of CCTV, was very happy to see that the Hua Guo team took the lead in opening up the situation.
His partner in the commentary is none other than the famous basketball commentator Zhang Weiping.
"Yes, pick and roll, pick and roll, these are two words, one pick and roll.
We have seen in the past that sometimes there are pick-and-rolls, but the core of these two words has not been found.
Today, Yao Ming and Chen Mo are doing very well. In fact, players at their level can cooperate without any problem. "
Well, Weiping Bryant will turn into an English sheet again, and start showing English again.
Every time the explanation comes to a critical moment, I always like to take out the English words and explain them for a while. Those who don’t know think it’s a crash course in English!
The Puerto Rico team attacked, but Chen Mo didn't defend Arroyo, mainly because he couldn't defend.
Arroyo is only 183cm tall, well, after visual inspection, Chen Mo expressed doubts.
The difference between Chen Mo and him was nearly 20cm. Facing such a small defender, Chen Mo really couldn't defend against him.
In fact, Liu Wei also has 190cm, which is 10cm behind Arroyo, and there is also a big gap in speed.
However, Guo Shiqiang, who is on the bench, is taller than Liu Wei at 193cm.
This is the old problem of the Huaguo team in the past few years, all kinds of people like tall players.
You said why do you get so many tall point guards?It is also impossible to hit singles inside.
When defending, facing this dexterous little point guard, it is really difficult to play.
Such a small point guard is not only fast, but also quite flexible. Compared with the bulky lineup of the Huaguo team, he is simply heavenly.
I saw that Arroyo rushed to Liu Wei in one step and entered the inside line of the Hua Guo team. Yao Ming and Moko were already ready to help defend.
Who knew that Arroyo went straight into the crowd, and went straight to the middle distance on the other side.
Zhu Fangyu tried to defend again, but it was too late, and Arroyo made a steady mid-range hit.
Let's see, how happy it would be to have a small defender at this time.
The Huaguo team attacked, and Chen Mo attracted the defense at the top of the arc. When his teammates had no chance to run, he gave the ball to Yao Ming again.
This time, Yao Ming did not give Puerto Rico a chance to double-team, and hit a post-up single.
Back in the defense, Arroyo broke through and disrupted the Hua Guo team's defense, made mistakes in the middle of the rush, and missed people.
The power forward Rolando at the 4th position got a chance, forced Moko to foul, and made two free throws.
4:3
In this way, Puerto Rico couldn't defend against Chen Mo and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, and Hua Guo couldn't defend against Puerto Rico's breakthrough.
It's not that Chen Mo didn't think of personally taking action and beheading Arroyo under the horse.
As a result, as soon as he made a conscious defense, Ayuso was missed, and a three-pointer pierced the heart and was fatal.
Of course, in the next round of offense, Chen Mo directly returned it, making a three-pointer.
Through her breakthrough, Arroyo constantly tore up the defense of the Huaguo team, and also created a lot of opportunities for her teammates.
And Chen Mo was not bad either. By attracting the opponent's double-teams, he was constantly able to find opportunities.
Both Liu Wei and Zhu Fangyu scored, and they were evenly matched with Puerto Rico in terms of offense.
After the first quarter, the two sides battled to 21:21.
Obviously, both sides have their own strengths. Puerto Rico's advantage is on the outside, and Hua Guo's advantage is on the inside.
Neither of the two sides can prevent losing, it depends on who can grab more rebounds and minimize turnovers as much as possible.
In the eyes of other teams, this scene seems to be pecking at each other.
After Yao Ming and Arroyo took a break, the Huaguo team finally ushered in a good opportunity.
Chen Mo first assisted Yi Jianlian to complete an alley-oop, and then he made a mid-range shot himself.
Puerto Rico has all shrunk, and the tactics of sticking to the inside line are very effective. This is how the US team was killed.
Duncan can't play inside. Basically, as soon as he gets the ball, he will be double-teamed.
There are also Iverson and Marbury, who basically rely on breakthroughs to make a living, but how can there be room for them to break through inside?
Therefore, you can often see that Iverson and Marbury easily break through the perimeter defense.
However, when they were about to enter the inside line, they found that there were many walls of people inside, and there was no space at all.
Under such circumstances, they can only choose long-range throws near the three-second zone.
Unfortunately, the effect is not particularly good.
However, Chen Mo chose a slightly longer mid-range jumper, which made Puerto Rico particularly uncomfortable.
They neither dared to let Yao Ming go, nor did they dare to ignore the Chinese team's shooters.
And Li Nan scored another three-pointer, and the Huaguo team finally opened up the score.
26:21
After Arroyo left the field, Puerto Rico's offense actually stagnated.
Although Ayuso can score, he is more of a catch-and-shoot player who is more of a shooter.
He doesn't have Arroyo's ability to attack independently, nor does he have the ability to organize.
In the past, he could still find opportunities to make shots by relying on sudden cold arrows and small-scale cooperation.
But this period of time was the critical time for the Huaguo team to open up the score, and Chen Mo's defense was quite tight.
The head coach of Puerto Rico saw that this would not work, so he had to replace Arroyo back on the field ahead of schedule.
Although this prevented the score from being further stretched, it was also a great test of Arroyo's physical fitness.
On the contrary, Chen Mo, after Yao Ming returned to the court, could rest in peace.
It's a rare experience. When there are many players on your side and many players, you naturally have to feel it.
(End of this chapter)