Chapter 961: Opening with a Clean Sheet Against Team USA

The timeout ends and the U.S. team attacks.

This time Kidd still went to the right wing, and on Kobe's side, he made tactical gestures.

James and Anthony on the left wing were moving, with the former carrying Arab League toward the paint, and the latter pulling up from the bottom corner.

According to the tactical requirements, when the defense change begins, Dayao at the top of the arc immediately moves to the low post, and Li Ba in the paint area moves outward.

The timing of the switch is when Kidd is not within his shooting range, and there will be no open space at this time.

Li Ba's tactic is also conceived based on the characteristics of being basically non-offensive. If point guards such as Nash and Marbury are replaced, it will give away points.

On the right wing, Kobe pulls outward for the ball.

When Wang Shipeng caught up with him, he suddenly turned around, dropped the former, and cut to the flank.

At this moment, Li Ba, who had moved to the right elbow area and rushed towards the right wing, suddenly stopped.

Because, at this moment, he "saw" someone behind him speeding towards the paint area, and someone was also chasing that person, who was half a step behind.

This is a weak-side back-cut tactic, where Kobe draws his defense on the strong side and then lets James or Anthony perform the back-cut.

He can "see" the position of everyone on the court. It was James who moved towards the paint area just now, so it must be James who is performing the back cut now, and the United Arab Emirates is half a step behind.

Kidd advanced two steps beyond the three-point line on the right wing. At this time, his teammates were running according to his tactical gestures, and James had already used his back cut to attract Li Ba. Now was the best opportunity.

The next moment, he passed the ball to Kobe, who was cutting to the right wing.

But as soon as he shot the ball, he actually saw Li Ba, who had just stopped, start again and pounce on Kobe again?

How can this be? How did he decide that my ball would still be passed to Kobe?

At this moment, Kidd, who was playing with his brain, was extremely surprised.

Very simply, the reason why Li Ba did not return to defend the basket was because he trusted the Arab League's defense, and Dayao was almost at the basket. With the two of them joining forces, there was still a chance to defend James and Howard.

And his emergency stop just gave Kidd a signal to pass the ball. I have to return to defense now, and you can pass it to Kobe.

The moment he stopped suddenly, he started again.

When Li Ba started, he was only three steps away from Kobe. Kobe continued to cut in, and the distance continued to close. The ball arrived at this time. The moment his first step landed, he backhanded everything forward with his right palm, stealing the ball before Kobe. Come down.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Li Ba swept past Kobe, followed the trend and rushed out of the three-point line.

Kidd rushed over to intercept. Li Ba threw the ball forward and accelerated past the former. At this time, the former hit the side of the latter. Driven by the huge impact, he fell back with a bang. on the floor.

When the whistle didn't sound, Li Ba accelerated again, rushed across the center line, grabbed the ball back, and continued to charge forward.

This time James had no chance to pursue the defense. He cut to the basket too deep.

It was Anthony who had the opportunity to return to defense, but his defensive enthusiasm was not high. He chased to the frontcourt, and when he saw that he could not catch up, he gave up immediately.

"boom!"

Another super dunk made the Wukesong Stadium burst into flames.

0:6, the Chinese team takes the lead.

"Dad, wuwuwu..." Guoguo is learning to fly again.

"Come on, godmother hugs Guoguo!"

Gao Yuanyuan was so greedy that his eldest nephew refused and took Guoguo over.

"It's cool! I finally saw the hammer bombing the American basket on my own land."

"I don't know how many basket racks Wukesong has prepared today. If the game continues like this, the US team's basket racks will have to be replaced!"

In the audience, fans were talking excitedly.

Colangelo frowned. He was worried that Coach K was still not familiar with Li Ba. He quickly came to the bench of the US team and said to Coach K:

"Mike, the Hammers' help defense is very good, and we don't have anyone who can suppress him in the low post. I suggest that the outside offense should not be too close to the paint area. On rebounds, you can learn the tactics of the Lakers against the Suns, one-man offense, and other Everyone goes in and rushes for rebounds.”

"OK, Jerry."

Coach K nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

He just needs to show some respect for Colangelo. In terms of status in the basketball world, he will not lose to anyone in the NBA. He will only be more noble. He doesn't like anyone to interfere with his command, even if this person is from the Basketball Association. President.

However, the American team was intercepted twice in a row, blocked once, failed to make a single attack, and did not score yet. He was also a little embarrassed, so he was also considering Colangelo's suggestions.

Team USA attacks.

Kidd chose to advance through the middle this time. After crossing the center line and approaching Dayao, he suddenly retreated backwards.

He saw Li Ba's next step at the free throw line. This was to attract Li Ba to double-team him and then pass the ball to the basket.

Although Coach K does not advocate passing the ball to the basket, he is a point guard and he can decide how to play on the court.

Even though there was Dayao across the way, Li Ba knew Kidd's position clearly. Before Dayao didn't close up, he couldn't help defend. What's more, he saw Kidd's retreat, so...he He took a step forward.

Kidd saw that Li Ba had been fooled and immediately lobbed the ball high towards the basket.

Li Ba, who took one step forward, "saw" the ball flying high and turned around instantly.

Howard watched the ball slide down and saw Li Ba come back to defend. At this moment, he was a little nervous and hesitant.

Is it an alley-oop dunk? Or take it down and take off a second time? Or is it spreading?

He jumped up. At this time, Li Ba was one step away and within reach.

Seeing the monster take off, Li Ba also jumped up.

Howard grabbed the ball with both hands and saw a big hand coming over. He instinctively collected the ball and then dropped it.

Like last time, he chose to catch the ball and land on the ground.

When Li Ba landed, he "saw" two people rushing over from the left wing. Judging from their position, it was James and Ah Lian, who had already reached the edge of the paint area.

At this time, he saw Warcraft passing the ball sideways and backwards to James. At this time, there was a Warcraft between him and James.

The next moment, Li Ba turned around, stuck the monster behind him, and turned to face the basket.

After catching the ball, James rushed past Warcraft. He held Ah Lian in his right hand, rose up, and smashed the ball into the basket with his left hand.

At this moment, Li Ba and Ah Lian burst out at the same time, sealing James with their two big hands.

With a snap, the basketball was blocked above the basket. With the combined efforts of the three of them, the basketball jumped up quickly.

All the fans opened their mouths and were about to cheer, but found that the ball was not dead yet.

The ball jumped over Li Ba's head. Warcraft's eyes lit up and he stood up. He wanted to dunk on Li Ba's head.

Li Ba "saw" the ball, and also "saw" Warcraft jumping up. The moment he landed, he didn't have time to turn around, so he jumped directly, turned sideways in the air, extended his right hand and pressed sideways, towards the locked basketball.

With a snap, Warcraft had just caught the ball and smashed it in front of him. Before he could exert any force, he was held down by Li Ba with a slap.

With a bang, the two collided and each fell to the ground.

The ball was obtained by James next to him. He suddenly rose up again and hit the basket with force.

Li Ba was knocked back and had no time to block the shot, but at this time Ah Lian jumped up and accurately blocked the shot.

At the same time, Dayao, who had returned to the basket from the top of the arc, also jumped up from the side and blocked it with a slap.

Bang, the two of them joined hands to block James' hit to the basket.

The ball fell and was grabbed by Li Ba this time.

"yeah!"

The continuous blocks under the basket finally ended, and the Wukesong Gymnasium finally erupted into a burst of fierce cheers and shouts, as well as countless shaking palms.

"Three blocks. Our three big insiders, led by the Hammers, blocked the US team's basket attack three times in a row..."

Yu Jia roared excitedly.

"Dear viewers, we blocked the US team four times in the opening game and we still have zero hits against our opponents so far." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"The Hammers performed bravely, and Arab League and Dayao also performed well..." Xu Jicheng explained excitedly.