Chapter 347: The Great Harvest and the Annihilation of the Army
In the first half, Canada was smooth sailing, Spain was completely stunned and stupid, except for Pau Gasol, the rest of the Spanish players did not show any brilliance, and Canada's high-intensity pressing made the Spanish team at a loss. ,.
In the third quarter, both sides fell into offensive confusion, and the game was more often accompanied by turnovers and missed shots. However, the Canadian team used two strong inside attacks, plus Nash dribbling breakthroughs from time to time, and the individual ability of the star continued to expand the score.
In this quarter, the score of both sides was not high - 20:18, and the Canadian team entered the final quarter with a 12-point lead of 44:32.
In the fourth quarter, the Spanish team replaced Rubio again, and as a result, the golden boy made a mid-range shot with a three-stick shot under the interference of Ji Guoqiu; Not long after, a layup was directly slapped away by Ji Guo's weak side defense, and the Spanish golden boy's lack of experience in the competition and the weakness of playing against top stars made his shot choice very bad in the face of Canada's ** robbery, and what he got was naturally a tragedy on the coffee table.
With a score of 48:32, Rubio wasted two chances and Spain trailed by more points.
At 7 minutes and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Spanish coach only let Rubio play for less than three minutes this time, and then replaced the golden boy who made consecutive mistakes and was at a loss on the court.
The 18-year-old Rubio is a year younger than the two brothers, and if such a match is not good, it will be a serious blow to his self-confidence, and young people must have self-confidence to keep improving.
Rubio came off the court in a frustrated state of mind, and he was still scrappy and confident to take on his famous twin brother, resulting in a block and a three-nipple. It made him feel like the script wasn't supposed to be written like this. How could the enemy be so strong. I'm supposed to be the main character!
In the final quarter of the game, Spain trailed by 18 points, and of course they wanted to stage a third game against the Chinese team, but the Canadian team was not a Chinese team, and Spain scored only 16 points in the first three quarters. This means that even if Canada only relies on defense now, Spain has almost no hope of turning the tables.
The World Champion's last-minute comeback lasted only two minutes, and Nash's three-pointer from the court allowed Spain to stretch it up by another point. What a turnaround is an extravagant hope at the moment.
Spain's head coach Garcia replaced all his key players with four minutes left in the final quarter, and Spain chose to reserve their strength against Germany in their next game, and a defeat to Canada would only leave Spain second in the group, which is not an unacceptable result.
Canada then replaced their Big Three, and the three of them played NBA All-Star strength in this game, and Gasol felt like he was back with the Grizzlies, when he was alone and alone!
But in reality, Spain is not so bad, and this defeat only shows that they are stunned by the extensive defense of Canada's interior. They couldn't find a way to deal with Canada's large-scale siege throughout the game, and this move can be said to be Canada's killer move. From the very beginning, it was a trick specifically used against the American team and Spain.
With the final score at 72:62, Canada relaxed their defense in the final moments, and Spain narrowed the gap to a relatively good number, but that was about it.
Ji Guoqiu got 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks, Nash 14 points and 7 assists, Matt. Bonner 8 points, Joel. Anthony had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block.
Paul. Gasol had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Gasol had 6 points and 3 rebounds, and Juan. Navarro 8 points, Yog. Gabajosa 9 points, Philip. Reyes had 8 points and Fernandez had 7 points.
Canada won the Group A powerhouse and emerged as the only unbeaten team in the group, securing the top spot in the group.
According to the rules of the Olympic Games, the winner of Group A will face the fourth place in Group B in the quarterfinals; Group A second against B foot third.
At this point, Australia is fourth in Group B, Croatia is third, and if nothing else, Canada is likely to play Australia or Croatia in the quarter-finals.
Canada have made a killer move so early in order to become the top of the group, and according to the knockout rules of the Beijing Olympics, the winners of the two groups will only meet in the final, which means that they will not meet the United States in Group B in the semi-finals, and may go further.
After this game, Canada should have a good chance of winning a silver medal as long as they play well.
As for the gold medal in the final, it will be up to them to win the gold medal against Dream Eight, who will first face Argentina in the semi-finals, who are tied with them for the third seed.
Ji Guoyi said after the game: "Today's game is very tiring, and maintaining such a high-intensity defense makes me feel as if I have played several overtime games. However, against a strong Spain, we can't be afraid of hard work if we want to win, only with this kind of defensive intensity can we affect them and we can control the game. In the future, we will continue to use this kind of defense to fight Argentina and the United States, and of course our goal is to win gold. ”
Nash was very low-key after the game, saying: "Today's game was not as easy as the score, we didn't expect us to play so well in front of us, in fact we also had a lot of pressure, Spain created a lot of difficulties for us, but we had a good shooting touch today, the interior defense was very good, if we (the Suns) had this kind of defense, probably we wouldn't have been eliminated by the Hornets." ”
Spain lost, but not as depressed as they thought, Paul. Gasol said after the game: "Canada shot well, they had two 180 club members, it was horrible, we improved our defense in the last minute to get some points back, but it was too late. ”
Coach Garcia blamed himself for the poor preparation for the game before the game, saying: "Canada's "rush to encircle" is not inferior to the defensive intensity of the American team that we have seen, we should not underestimate the enemy, we have not faced such defensive intensity, if the pre-game preparation is more thorough, we have the ability to deal with it." It was entirely my responsibility to lose today. Canada has two championship teams at the core of the interior. We should have known that they could play the same high-intensity defense as the U.S. team. Probably, we have not yet come out of the joy of victory over Greece. We think we're good, and Canada have a tough game against Greece and we think we can easily beat Canada. ”
After Ji Guoyi knew the words of the Spanish coach after the game, he sighed that this little-known coach was so shrewd, so he didn't believe that Spain underestimated the enemy, and he didn't believe that a national team coach would be so underestimated. But with that said, the Spanish players will not be burdened by this defeat and will fight again next time when Spain is well prepared. It's not easy for them to win.
Fortunately, unless their opponents reach the final, they won't be meeting Spain, and if Spain want to reach the final, they will meet the United States in the semi-finals, and Canada want Spain to reach the final, which means they don't have to face the mighty Dream Eight.
It is worth mentioning that after four games between the two brothers, they unsurprisingly appeared at the top of the major lists, and the Canadian Big Three almost swept all the lists without humanity.
Ji Guoqiu can contribute 13.3 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.8 blocks per game, and Ji Guoqiu can contribute 23.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 3.5 blocks.
Score list: The number one is naturally Ji Guosha. The Little Foxes, who averaged 23.8 points per game, led the list with second place with Pau Gasol of Spain, followed by his sister-in-law with 21.5 points per game, followed by Yao Ming in third place. The Little Giants averaged 19.6 points per game, with Scola 18.9 in third and fourth place, and Ginobili in fifth with 17.8 points.
Rebounding list: The first place is undoubtedly Ji Guoqiu, with Panda Heroes averaging 10.9 rebounds per game to temporarily lead, second-ranked Yao Ming and Ji Guoyi averaging 9.0 per game, tied for second and third-ranked Nowitzki averaging 8.6 per game, and Gasol and Yi Jianlian ranked fourth and fifth.
Many fans feel very strange when they see this list, even NBA rebounding kings like Warcraft can't be ranked in the top five, so how did this UAE get in?
The answer is: no matter how bad the UAE is, he can play an average of 30 minutes per game, while Howard only plays 25 minutes a game, not only has less playing time, but also has a gorilla snatched away, and my emperor averages 7 rebounds per game means that he is taller than Howard, and it is simply unscientific not to brush into the top five, it seems that he has to make persistent efforts to grab Bosh's rebounds to rush into the top five.
Finally, there's the assists list: At the top of this list is, of course, Steve. Nash, whose 7.5 assists per game is unmatched, is unmatched by Jascovic, who is second, is averaging 6.0, Holly, who is third, is averaging 5.5 per game, Prigioni, who is fourth, is averaging 5.0 assists per game, and Calderon, who is fifth, is averaging 4.5.
Many fans feel very strange when they see this list. Paul doesn't have too little playing time, so why can't he be in the top five?
Queen Bee said that his assists were robbed by a gorilla, and it is unscientific that my emperor did not enter the top five with an average of 4.3 assists per game, and it seems that he has to make persistent efforts to snatch Kobe's assists and then rush into the top five.
However, except for Nash, who averaged 7.5 assists per game, the rest of the players on the list did not have many assists, which is due to the stricter requirements for assists under FIFA rules.
The NBA's definition of an assist is related to the consistency of the passing and scoring movements, and generally speaking, as long as the offense is coherent and the pass is the main key to scoring, the pass is considered an assist. The FIFA statistical method is stricter, after the passer passes the ball, the receiver can not make other superfluous actions, and directly shoots or dunks to score, and the passer will count an assist. Therefore, it can be seen that the NBA statistic has a lot of assists for point guards, while FIFA usually organizes guards to 5-6 in a game, and rarely has more than 10.
In the three major lists, the American team was wiped out, and one of the top five did not enter, which is the disadvantage of having many stars, and everyone has no water to drink.
After Canada defeated Spain, the strongest opponent in the group, the last remaining opponent was Angola, the weakest opponent in the group, and the African champions lost all four games, proving once again that basketball is not all about the body, but also about skill and tactics.
They are not as strong as Spain, but this game relied on a wide range of pressing to stun Spain, and winning this game easily is proof; The Chinese team almost used a three-pointer to kill Spain, which was also a correct tactical use; The Russians, with the support of the Pu (Harmony) Beijing scene, shouted "Ula" like the same, and also almost killed the American team supported by Xiaobu (Harmony) on the spot, which is a victory of willpower and faith.
The two brothers' Olympic journey went well, and the Clippers in Los Angeles also completed the summer league with a 4-1 record, and two of the Clippers' rookie lists were good.
Dragic is much more technically mature than the average NCAA player, and his tactical literacy is beyond that of most college boys. However, the Slovenian player is not yet comfortable with the American basketball style, and he is too thin physically, and has the potential to become a black hole on the defensive end, so he needs to adapt to the NBA game for a while and strengthen his confrontation ability.
Even so, Dragic's summer league appearance made the local media in Los Angeles call him Nash, of course, this is just the name of the local media in Los Angeles, and not many people in the United States know who Dragic is?
Bill. Walker looks pretty good physically, and although he doesn't know when his knee will hang up, his body can still be called explosive even though he has experienced five major knee injuries!
This player is sharp on the break, shoots well, and really has a bit of Carter's style in the lower divisions.
This makes one wonder if his knee is fine, maybe it really is no worse than O.J. Mayo and Michael Beasley.
But now, Bill. Walker has the ability to become a poor version of Margety for the time being, and this is certainly his brightest future, as long as he doesn't have knee problems anymore. And the biggest possibility is that he will hurt his knee again one day, and after getting a few basic salaries, he will leave the NBA to go overseas to pan for gold.
Among the three rookies of the Clippers, the only one who is bad is Jordan Jr., this guy is blind to his top athleticism, and if you talk about physical factors alone, the Clippers' coaching staff thinks that he is not inferior to Michael. Beasley, even compared to their two baby insiders, little Jordan's body is not inferior.
But this guy's skills are really not ordinarily rough, and in a low-level game like Summer League, he was actually exposed, making the Clippers coaching staff eager to kick him out and get back into the furnace.
The Clippers coaching staff based on the different tables of the three people, and each of them offered rookie contracts that matched their own abilities.
DeAndrew. Jordan 3 million for 3 years, 800,000 for the first year, 1 million for the second year, 1.2 million for the third year, signed on August 1, 2008, 2010 summer team option.
Golan. Dragik is 4.3 million for 3 years, 1 million in the first year, 1.5 million in the second year, and 1.8 million in the third year, signed on August 1, 2008, with a 2010 summer team option.
Bill. Walker 3.3 million for 3 years, no guarantee for the next two years, 800,000 in the first year, 1 million in the second year, 1.5 million in the third year, signed on August 1, 2008, 2010 summer team option.
At this point, the Clippers' lineup for the new season is basically completed:
PG: Billups, Golan. Dragik.
SG: Aaron. Afraro, Jamal. Crawford, Deng Tai. Jones.
SF: Francisco. Garcia, Matt. Barnes, Bill. Walker.
PF: Ji Guoyi, Amir. Johnson, Jared. Jeffries.
C: Ji Guoqiu, DeAndrew. Jordan. (To be continued......)