Chapter 590 The Fifth Defensive Point

Kidd's mind instantly flashed all the information about this little guy.

No. 4, Chen Jianghua, a young player from Longguo who is only a few months away from turning 20.

He joined Longguo National Youth Team and won the 2002 World Youth Championship with Lin Dong. In that World Youth Championship, he was hidden by Longguo National Team until the end. He replaced Lin Dong's point guard position at a critical moment and helped Longguo defeat the US team.

He is very fast and has great potential. His mid-range jump shot is quite threatening, but he also has many problems and shortcomings, such as his ball control, his height, his confrontation, his will, and his experience in major competitions.

In the past two years, Chen Jianghua has been in La Liga's Mobis. As the team's main rotation point guard, his data is actually quite good, averaging 9.8 points and 5.6 assists per game, but he has never been able to squeeze out Sendoh Akira and become the team's main point guard because he is too young and his confrontation is too weak.

A young player with a fast speed and a mid-range shot, but lacking confrontation and sufficient experience.

Kidd is very experienced in dealing with this young little guy. This kind of person plays with passion. Just don't let him rush forward. Of course, you have to be careful of his sudden stop jump shot.

All the opponent's tricks were within his expectations. Kidd's eyes were like lightning and he blocked the front at the first time. At this time, after careful observation, he immediately felt that Chen Jianghua seemed to be lacking confidence in facing his interception, and there was a rhythmic action that obviously slowed down.

Sudden stop jump shot?

Kidd smiled slightly. He would not give up the 2 points of the opening victory to Longguo easily.

He pounced forward, but did not jump. After all, the opponent's action was not deadly and existed at any time...

Before the thought was finished in Kidd's mind, he saw that the little guy was on the edge of the "wrist flip" foul and the rhythm that had just slowed down by half a beat suddenly changed.

Variant of the European step!

There was no ball, but the essence of the European step is not just the pace, but the fast and slow rhythm that is always unpredictable.

When you are fast, he is slow, and when you slow down with him, he can start at any time to pull you up.

The change of rhythm only takes a moment, and both sides are in the process of actively facing each other, which undoubtedly makes Kidd's reaction time shorter. At this time, he only has time to pull his center of gravity back to the defensive position, but the No. 4 young player in front of him has turned his back and passed by him directly.

Passed? !

The change of rhythm is only one aspect, the important thing is that this guy is so fast!

Kidd's pupils shrank suddenly. The Chen Jianghua he knew in the video and the No. 4 at this moment did not seem to be the same person at all. This ball was played very resolutely, and the burst of speed was completely beyond his expectations. It was not like the immature young man in his imagination, but full of experience.

Let alone the misjudgment just now, even in a normal matchup, if he was a little distracted, he would feel that this kid also had the ability to break through his defense with speed, after all, he was not young anymore.

Interesting...

At this time, Duncan had not had time to return to defense, Kobe and Lin Dong were still near the midline, and Durant followed the tactical instructions of Lao K and followed Zhu Fangyu who was sinking to the right. It was a man-to-man tactic throughout the court, relying on the individual strength of the American team to divide Longguo into parts and make them unable to integrate.

Unexpectedly, Kidd was passed in the first round.

At this time, the entire American team's defense and attention, except for man-to-man, were all on Lin Dong's side. Unexpectedly, this place became a breakthrough, so they instantly felt that they were penetrated by this little guy.

The only one who could still defend under the basket was Carmelo Anthony, who followed the tactical run to the left baseline not far away.

One step behind, one step behind. Feeling the defense suddenly penetrated at this moment, Anthony cursed inwardly, and didn't care about man-to-man marking. He immediately gave up Yi Jianlian and blocked the inside line.

But the little guy jumped up directly to meet him without fear.

A gleam of light flashed in Anthony's eyes. Although he has always been criticized for his offense than defense in the NBA, it doesn't mean that he really has no defense.

This little guy who is just over 1.9 meters tall dared to face him directly under the basket?

He jumped up without hesitation. His two big hands like palm leaves not only blocked all the scoring routes of the little guy No. 4, but also tried to destroy the opponent's center of gravity in the air with the help of physical confrontation.

He is an offensive master. Facing such an attack, he knows too well what changes can be made afterwards. As long as all changes are blocked in advance, the opponent will not be able to change hands in the air.

It's blocked!

But before Anthony could finish this thought in his mind, No. 4 pulled the basketball that was about to shoot back behind him, and then turned his back to pass the ball...

Swish!

The ball reached Yi Jianlian, who had already run to the left baseline.

Open!

K's heart suddenly sank on the sidelines.

Not only because he had seen Yi Jianlian's performance in the Nets, but also because he knew that Yi Jianlian had a good 3-point shot.

More importantly, the American team, which had been fully prepared, was caught off guard by the opponent at the beginning of the game. Too much emphasis on the role of Lin Dong's first ball actually distracted the overall performance of the American team. The defense line was actually penetrated by this unknown little guy...

The double point guard lineup was what Lao K had expected, but it was beyond his expectation that the double point guards would play the crucial first ball. This showed that Lin Dong and the entire Longguo team had full confidence in the little guy, and also showed the extremely good fighting atmosphere in the Longguo team at this time.

The so-called "playing reasonable ball" and "players lacking the ability to take responsibility at critical moments" and other drawbacks of Longguo basketball system no longer existed at this moment.

And the kid's speed was fast enough, and his ball-handling ability seemed to be no less than some of the main point guards in the NBA. Although it was not amazing, it was definitely enough at critical moments. Coupled with the sudden strong offensive desire, it made people feel that this was completely unrelated to the teamwork that European basketball and Longguo basketball always emphasized.

A weird balance between team and individual...

Is this the result of Lin Dong's training for the Longguo national team two years after leaving the NBA?

Before Lao K finished thinking, Yi Jianlian had already jumped outside the 3-point line without hesitation and steadily shot the wide open 3-pointer.

All the fans in the stadium stared at the basketball intently.

Swish!

The ball went in, 3:0, Longguo got off to a good start!

First, he passed Kidd cleanly, then attracted Anthony's help defense, and finally tricked Anthony into jumping up and passed the ball to an open teammate. In the past, in the Longguo national team, wasn't this only Lin Dong's patent? But now...

——No. 4! No. 4! No. 4!

Although most of the fans in the stands didn't know who No. 4 was at this time, after all, Chen Jianghua hadn't played any important games in the national team in the past few years, and he went to La Liga Mobisi, so he seemed to have no presence in China.

But this obviously didn't affect the fans' compliments and enthusiasm for him.

The Internet was even more excited at this moment.

——Who is that No. 4? ! It seems that he played with Lin Huang in La Liga?

——Mobis's main rotation point guard, Chen Jianghua!

——Chen Jianghua! Chen Jianghua! Chen Jianghua!

——Substitute? The substitute is so good? Oh my God, I suddenly feel that we can really beat the United States!

——We can win! We will definitely win!

The live broadcast room was full of screens. Winning the United States was too exciting for the Dragon people.

People who have not experienced that era and have not grown up listening to the slogan "catch up with the Premier League and the United States within 50 years" will never understand the significance of this matter.

The hustle and bustle on the scene made Chen Jianghua suddenly feel released at this moment.

Lin Dong has never been afraid of the American team, but for everyone else in this national team, except Dayao, who can keep a normal mind when facing the American team.

Even Yi Jianlian, who has become a starter in the Nets, is basically abused when facing the superstars in the NBA league, let alone other people. When they see these superstars, they will only think, "I don't even have the qualifications to enter the NBA."

Last night, Chen Jianghua was so nervous that he waited until after 11 o'clock in the evening to fall asleep.

But Lin Dong's encouragement before the game, the words "give them a surprise"...

Chen Jianghua's inner tension was completely let go at this moment. He clenched his fists fiercely: Superstars are nothing great, they are all defeated by Brother Lin! And I train with Brother Lin every day, so... I will fight!

The Dragon Country team was full of momentum.

But... the smoothness and success of the offense seemed much more miserable than the defense.

The American team has the ball.

Although they were caught off guard by Chen Jianghua, the American team obviously did not have any psychological fluctuations. At most, they had a new understanding of this No. 4. In comparison, Lin Dong's choice of passing the ball in the first ball made the Americans more worried.

Kidd controlled the ball steadily, and Chen Jianghua blocked it. He was short and had loopholes on the defensive end most of the time, but fortunately Kidd was not tall. His height of 193 cm made him look almost the same as Chen Jianghua.

Chen Jianghua obviously knew that the opponent's passing was powerful, but his breakthrough ability was only ordinary first-class. His speed and flexibility were enough to make up for the opponent's advantage in attacking first, so he just defended closely.

But this time, he felt the gap in strength between them in advance.

Chen Jianghua was indeed younger, faster and more flexible, but Kidd had no intention of playing with him.

The advantage of experience is that he can always control each other's strengths and weaknesses, and always use his advantages to suppress you, and never let your advantages play out.

At this time, Kidd steadily controlled the ball sideways, using the strength advantage of his back, making Chen Jianghua seem a little at a loss. He couldn't resist, and he didn't dare to reach out to grab it, fearing that he would reveal a flaw and let the opponent pass. It seemed to others that the two had reached the offensive position of the US team without much contact and resistance.

This was a failed defense... Although the close-range pressing could block Kidd's outside line and use flexibility to threaten Kidd's breakthrough to a certain extent, it could not stop, or even interfere with and delay Kidd's control of the ball. The passing routes on the court were also open to Kidd.

At this time, Duncan was wrestling with Yao Ming under the basket. Both sides were in a competitive state, showing a balanced confrontation with each other. It was not clear who was stronger or weaker for the time being.

On the right side, Kobe, who chose to sink to the bottom, was targeted by Lin Dong, and it was obviously impossible for the US team to pass the ball.

Anthony was entangled by Yi Jianlian near the free throw line. As a qualified starter in the NBA, although Yi Jianlian is not as famous as Anthony, his defense is absolutely the main level. At this time, the defense was quite solid and did not reveal any signs of failure. flaw.

Director Jiang on the sidelines stared intently, then only position 3 was left!

Durant VS Zhu Fangyu!

Kidd didn't have too much entanglement with Chen Jianghua, and the pass was indeed headed in the direction of the 3rd position.

Snap!

Durant catches the ball.

Seeing the basketball pass into the hands of this big black man, Zhu Fangyu was completely alert.

As the core of the Sonics' offense this year, and as the opponent of each other when Moebius goes to Seattle for special training every year, this is not the first time that Zhu Fangyu has faced Durant.

The opponent has a height of 207 centimeters, and has the breakthrough ability of a top player no less than Kobe. His physical coordination is completely ridiculous, and what is even more terrifying is his outside 3-pointer...

During several training sessions in Seattle, he couldn't guard this guy at all, but for the current Dragon Country team, he is the only one who can 'guard' Durant.

Because of the experience of playing against Durant in Seattle training, because of familiarity and understanding.

Conventional means will definitely not be able to guard against the opponent, so you can only gamble!

Coming!

Feeling Durant's slight flexion and extension of his legs after catching the ball, Zhu Fangyu's accumulated strength suddenly exploded and he jumped towards Durant!

This is the action of preparing to shoot. With the opponent's height and wingspan, if you want to block the shot or interfere, you can only try your best to take off in advance to hit an advance.

Of course, it might be Durant's fake move, but Zhu Fangyu knew very well that even if it was a fake move, he would recognize it!

Firstly, even if he is broken through, there is still Dayao under the basket who can create a second line of defense. Secondly, if he dares not to jump, the opponent's 3-pointer will come immediately. Even if he is allowed to break through and give him two points, it is still worse than Wouldn't it be better to give this 3 points?

But……

A cunning light flashed in Durant's eyes. It was indeed just a fake move, but unlike Zhu Fangyu's imagination of tapping him to break through, this was a fake move to judge the rhythm and then shoot a 3-pointer!

Seeing Zhu Fangyu's body falling after taking off and involuntarily pressing towards Durant, Durant also jumped up, facing Zhu Fangyu's unavoidable body and hands, and raised the basketball high above his head with his right hand. While taking the initiative to hit Zhu Fangyu's arm with his elbow, he shot the 3-pointer steadily.

Snap!

Uh-huh!

The basketball hit the net and was accompanied by the referee's whistle.

"The goal is valid. The red No. 8 thug committed a foul and received an extra penalty!"

"F*ck!" Zhu Fangyu cursed secretly as he landed, looking down on this bullshit referee and not giving him any home field advantage!

but……

Thinking of the ball just now, he still couldn't help but look at Durant who was grinning at him with lingering fear.

Does this guy have a tracking device on his hand? !

"Don't worry, you will fight as you should." Lin Dong smiled and patted Zhu Fangyu on the back: "There is always a time when the bet is right."

The stands suddenly became much quieter, and Sun Zhengping's voice also sounded in the live broadcast room.

"The cooperation between Chen Jianghua and Yi Jianlian just now shows our integrity, which is enough to show that we have the strength to compete with the United States, but don't forget, our opponent is still the top basketball empire in the world after all!"

"Yes, whether it's Dayao's success rate at the basket or the fact that we have an unsolvable basketball god like Lin Dong, I have never been worried about this Dragon Country team on the offensive end," Director Ma added : "If we want to defeat the powerful American team, our real problem is defense! If we can't defend, no matter how strong Yao Ming and Lin Dong are, no matter how aggressive the lineup we have put together after several years is, we will still be unable to withstand it. The opponents took turns bombing.”

"Don't worry about Lin Dong playing against Kobe. Dayao also has a certain degree of suppression against Duncan at the basket. Kidd usually doesn't attack much. Yi Jianlian can actually go back and forth against Anthony. The only loophole is that Our fifth point on defense..."

"There really is no one on our team who can guard this 207-centimeter newcomer, let alone Durant. In fact, if this position is Wade, or McGrady, Stoudemire, Garnett, Bosh, Zhu Fangyu It’s hard to guard against.”

"Yes, only solving the problem of the fifth defensive point first is the key to gaining the advantage in this game!"