"We've been tricked!" Coach Slylica said with a depressed expression.

In the locker room of the Lithuanian team, the atmosphere is also very weird, and every player of the Lithuanian team has the same feeling as Coach Slilika, that is, "we have been played".

Before the game, the Lithuanian team unanimously agreed that Zhang Guan was a pure breakthrough player, but in the game, when the Lithuanian team was ready to open up the score gap, Zhang Guan began to divide the ball. Although this is only the most common breakthrough point, Zhang Guan's speed and Da Yao's shooting stability have become a big killer. Zhang Guan's speed was fast enough that the Lithuanian team couldn't stop Zhang Guan's breakthrough, and Da Yao's shooting was stable enough, with a height of 2.26 meters, it was too difficult to stop him from shooting.

It's not that the Lithuanian team has no one to help defend Da Yao, but when the inside players of the Lithuanian team go to block Zhang Guan's breakthrough, only the defenders of the Lithuanian team can help defend Da Yao, at most a small forward in their early two meters, and the small man goes to defend Da Yao who has already gotten the ball, which is equivalent to a misplaced attack, a gap of 20 to 30 centimeters, which is equivalent to Da Yao raising his hand, whether he wants to shoot or not, the defenders have to jump up quickly, this kind of defense is equivalent to betting on luck.

As a result, from the middle of the second quarter to the end of the first half of the game, Da Yao shot 7 of 9, which also included two three-pointers and a two-plus-one free throw, an empty shot or a "small man" shot who could only be tall on his chest, in just seven or eight minutes, Da Yao brushed 21 points alone, plus the score in the first quarter, Da Yao scored 26 points in the first half.

In the first half of the game, the Chinese team was 45-43, leading the Lithuanian team by 2 points.

The Lithuanian team's misjudgment of Zhang Guan caused the Chinese team's attack to go smoothly in the first half, but the Chinese team could not stop the Lithuanian team's attack. After all, the Lithuanian team is the top team in Europe, under the leadership of European king Jasco Vysius, Siskauskas and Kreza continued their excellent performance, Kreza, a player who played in the NBA Denver Nuggets, the level is indeed much stronger than the Chinese team's forward players, and he is strong enough, and his excellent individual ability has caused a lot of pressure on the Chinese team.

In general, the first half of the game was played back and forth, but this back and forth was obviously unacceptable to the Lithuanian team. The Lithuanian team's goal is to reach the final, and they even hope to beat the American team Dream Team in the final, but now the Lithuanian team is 2 points behind the Chinese team at halftime, what do they use to beat the Dream Team?

"We were tricked by the Chinese team, but I didn't feel angry, I was even a little relieved. Do you know why? Coach Slalica paused, then said, "Because the other team's head coach is Younas, my teacher." Younas is the one who knows us best, and if he doesn't keep a hole card or two, I'd find it incredible. ”

Slylica seemed very composed, and his composure and calmness also reassured the players of the Lithuanian team.

I saw Coach Slylica continue: "Zhang Guan actually knows how to break through the ball, and the cooperation between him and Da Yao is also very skillful, which is really beyond my expectations, so in the second half, we not only have to limit Zhang Guan's breakthrough, but also limit Da Yao." We need more big men on the pitch and more flexible big guys. ”

Slylica said, looking at the two identical young men next to him, and said, "Darius, Ksistov, in the second half of the game, I need your energy!" I want you to bring dynamism to our defense. ”

……

The U.S. players have also arrived at the Wukesong Stadium at this time, where they will play the Spanish men's basketball team in their next game.

"Hey, I just got the news that in the first half of the game, the Chinese team led the Lithuanian team by 2 points!" Howard said with his mouth open.

"Oh? The Chinese team actually led the Lithuanian team at half time, which is incredible! I thought that the Chinese team would lose the game without resistance in the face of Lithuania! Wade said with a smile.

"It is said that Da Yao broke out, and he scored 26 points in the first half." Howard said and took a deep breath, and continued with some childishness: "Da Yao's state is really hot, if we face the Chinese team in the final, I may be blown up!" ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, we still have Carlos!" DeLong pointed to Boozer next to him, and then said, "If you deal with Da Yao, Carlos is the most experienced!" ”

……

The half-time lead of the Lithuanian team by 2 points was obviously not expected by the audience, so the halftime period became a time for the audience to celebrate and revel, and the audience even spontaneously started the song competition, which was absolutely not seen in other games.

The morale of the players of the national team is also high, and everyone did not have much confidence to win, but the current score has given the players hope of victory. Originally, the players wanted to try to play as well as possible and not disappoint the fans at home, but now they found that the Lithuanian team was not as strong as they imagined, and it turned out that the Chinese team could win.

A change in mindset is important. Many times some unknown players suddenly break out, and then become a star in one fell swoop, not because of his sudden increase in strength, but because he has changed in mentality, when a player has a strong heart, he naturally becomes a strong man, and this situation often happens in other sports.

And the current national team players have such a change, they have a heart to win.

……

In the second half of the game, when Zhang Guan stepped onto the field, he found that the Lithuanian team had sent two players who looked exactly the same.

"This should be the Lavrinovich brothers!" Zhang Guan thought silently.

The Lithuanian team has twin brothers, the elder brother is Darius Lavrinovich and the younger brother is Christoph Lavrinović. The two look exactly the same, among them, the elder brother Dalius is 2.12 meters tall, wearing the No. 7 jersey, the position is a center forward, and he can also play as a power forward. And the younger brother Christoph is 2.09 meters tall, wearing the No. 12 jersey, and the position is a power forward, and he can also play center.

On the basketball court, it is easy to confuse the opponent when the twin brothers play at the same time, each player has different technical characteristics, and all have different strengths and weaknesses, and it is impossible for everyone to be as comprehensive as James or Kobe. Therefore, in the offense and defense of professional basketball, it is necessary to target the weaknesses of the opponent. If a person admits his mistake, whether it is offensive or defensive, he will fall into a relatively passive situation.

Basketball is different from football, the football field is large enough, and the identity of the player can be confirmed by the position, and it is impossible for a forward to run to the position of the guard in football, but it is very common for basketball to misalign the defense, so the main way to confirm the identity of the player is through appearance.

The appearance of two identical players on the court is also a tactic to confuse the opponent, and if a pair of twin brothers can complement each other technically, it will be even more difficult, such as the Lopez brothers in the NBA, one is good at offense and one is good at defense, so they are very famous in college, their data is even better than some of the top ten rookies, and was even considered to be the top three candidates in the draft, but once the two are separated, the data is not as bright as in college.

However, the technical style of Lithuanian twin brother Lavrinovic seems to have been carved out of a mold. Both of them can shoot three-pointers, and both are quite good at mid-range and long-range shooting, and although their defensive strength is average, they both have good movement speed and bounce ability. Although this brother is not considered a dominant interior line in Europe, he is also a very good traditional center forward.

The Lithuanian team on the twin brothers, is to target Zhang Guan's breakthrough ball, although the twin brothers' confrontation ability is not as good as Jaftokas, but the mobility ability is stronger, in the European joint defense system, the ability to move is more important than the physical confrontation.

……

Zhang Guan peeked at Da Yao and saw that Da Yao was already standing on the shooting point he was best at, and in the next step, Zhang Guan began to break through.

Lithuania really sacrificed the joint defense again, and Zhang Guan once again passed the ball to Da Yao.

It was at this moment that the twin brother suddenly moved, and he was very fast, at least by the standards of a center. The ball passed to Da Yao's hand, and Da Yao was just about to raise his hand to shoot, and the twin brother had already run to Da Yao's approach. Da Yao's shot was disrupted, but instead of continuing the pass, he simply chose to play with his back to the single.

In the end, this goal was scored, but it was scored by Da Yao's personal ability. Lavrinovic's physical confrontation ability is insufficient, and he is a traditional center forward, and in a one-on-one situation, of course, he is not Da Yao's opponent.

However, this result is what the Chinese team does not want to see, which is equivalent to returning to the original point, passing the ball to Da Yao, and then letting him play the inside line alone. And this style of play is okay against the average team, but against a team like the Lithuanian team, it is definitely not a long-term strategy, using this style of play, when Da Yao's physical strength declines, that is, when China's attack is blocked.

Coach Younas looked at Slelica in the coach's seat next to him and nodded slightly, he was very satisfied with his disciple's response.

"Slalica still has more cards than I do! However, my cards are not finished yet, and the outcome is still unknown. Thinking of this, Coach Younas looked back at the rough outline on the bench and said, "Go warm up, it's time for you to play!" We have to let the opponent know that there is more than one big Yao in the Chinese team! ”

……

"The Chinese team asks for a substitution!" With the sound of the live DJ, he roughly walked onto the court, and he was replaced not by UAE, but by small forward Zhu Fangyu.

"Oh......" There was a burst of exclamation from the fans at the scene, they didn't expect Younas to make such a substitution, and the three interior pillars came on the court at the same time, which had never been seen in a previous game.

This set of lineups, the speed is bound to be not fast, the key is the lack of flexibility, three big centers are on the field at the same time, if it is very flexible, it would be strange!

"Younas, what is this for? At the same time, how can the space on the three major inner lines accommodate the six big men on both sides? ”

"This lineup, if you want speed or not, you want flexibility without flexibility, this is equivalent to going up to three big wooden stakes and standing there, what's the use?"

"The top three guys are all on the court, is this to play with rebounds? Or are you ready to fight for offensive rebounds? ”

"I don't understand, I don't understand why Younas changed people like this!"

The commentators were confused, the fans were confused, even the head coach of the Lithuanian team, Slylika, was confused. In anyone's opinion, two big men are enough, and a third one is completely redundant.

However, on the bench of the Chinese team, everyone looked at the field expectantly.

The Chinese team on this lineup, is completely abandoning flexibility, what they want is the three inside players to stand up to shoot, all three of them have good shooting ability, if someone is marked, it may not be so easy to score, but if it is an empty shot, the shooting rate is not low.

Some people may think that the UAE's shooting is not very accurate, but in 2008, shooting was still the UAE's main offensive method, and last season he also shot 42% from the field with the Milwaukee Bucks, and the open shot can still be trusted.

After the substitution, the game restarted, and in the middle of the defense, the Chinese team was quickly disrupted by the Lithuanian team's continuous breakthrough points, and Kreza scored easily with a small throw.

"There is a problem with this lineup, the defensive flexibility is not enough, and the Lithuanian team can score easily. Let's hope that the three inside players can surprise us in the attack. As long as we are scoring, we are not afraid of Lithuania scoring. The commentator had a very disappointed tone.

On the bench, Younas still had a calm expression.

When he got on this lineup, he basically gave up defense, because Younas knew that with the teamwork and player strength of the Lithuanian team, no matter which lineup the Chinese team played, it would not be able to defend against the Lithuanian team. So Younas simply bet that the Lithuanian team couldn't shoot, and then grabbed the rebound.

Prevent the Lithuanian team from scoring, that's what the Chinese team can't do, Younas's idea is that you score, I score, we play the whole game and then fight luck, maybe you lose one in the end, and I win. It's like a lot of weak teams in football putting up a turtle bucket formation, if I don't score, you don't want to score, we will play penalties in extra time. Of course, basketball can't go without scoring a goal like football, so giving up defense and scoring has become a way for the weak to bet on luck.

And then it is the turn of the Chinese team to attack, and this is also the time to test the offensive ability of this lineup.

Zhang Guan carried the ball across the half, but the position of the Chinese team on the court made Coach Slylica frown.

"There are three big men on the Chinese team, but they are all on the outside? What does that mean? Slalica didn't understand, but the next moment, when Zhang Guan chose to break through, he immediately guessed Younas's intentions.

"Not good!" Slylica immediately shouted at the players on the field: "Keep an eye on number 14!" ”

However, it was too late, Zhang Guan broke through and swung his wrist, and the ball was already roughly in front of him. At this time, the twin brother, who was in charge of defending roughly, had been attracted to defend Zhang Guan.

On the other side, Lithuania's Kreiza immediately ran over to make up for the defense, but in the face of a shooter ten centimeters taller than him, if he was directly in front of him, there was still hope that he could defend it, but the defense was almost ineffective.

Roughly did not waste this opportunity, three-point shot, hollow into the frame.

Coach Slalika's face suddenly turned blue, this is a three-point shot, which is more lethal than Da Yao's two-point shot.

Jascovysius looked at Da Yao, and then at the rough point of the goal just now, and couldn't help but have a trace of worry on his face.

"The two big men can shoot, so Zhang Guan's breakthrough point has one more point, which is a bit bad." (To be continued.) )