Chapter 324: Little Shark
After 2-2, both sides started smoothly, and Chamberlain once again came to the high post to cover, and his purpose this time was to create opportunities for Liu Wei, so he shouted in Chinese in a low voice when he blocked Spanoulris: "Go yourself!" β
As a result, Liu Wei didn't hear clearly, he broke through and turned around to pass the ball again, Spanoulis could guard against this hand this time, as soon as Liu Wei passed, he jumped up and grabbed the ball in his hand, leaned over and ran forward with the ball.
Chamberlain strode behind, Spanoulis noticed, and when he made a layup, he came with a backhand pass that didn't look back. Chamberlain jumped up to block, but the ball flew back to his side, and Greek small forward Vasilopoulos, who followed from the wing, received the ball and took three steps to send it into the hoop.
"My, my, I'm sorry." Liu Wei raised his hand and said, Chamberlain served him the ball, shrugged and said, "Man, it's nothing, we'll pay it back." β
This time Chamberlain entered the penalty area, the Greek team center Gilignadakis wrapped up like kraft candy, Liu Wei wanted to pass the ball in, but Spanoulis entangled him very tightly, Yao Ming went up to answer, he got the ball outside the three-point line, and the Greek big forward Fortesis, who changed his defense, retreated to the three-point line and let go a full two meters away.
Antonis Forteses, a veteran of the Greek national team, entered the NBA a year before Yao Ming, who was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 48th pick in the second round in 2001 and averaged 3 games per game in 28 games for the Grizzlies in the 2001-2002 NBA. 9 points 2. 2 boards, judging from the data, his NBA career is as miserable as his compatriots, and the highest score record is only 21 points in a game against the Magic.
In addition to the NBA, Fortesis has played for major European clubs in the Greek, Spanish, and Russian leagues, and he has a very good hand, with accurate 18-foot shooting, good free throws, and a range that covers the three-point line.
Although he is a big man, Fortesis is very flexible and has no problem participating in fast breaks, even with run-and-gun tactics. It's just that his weight is a little light compared to his height, and he will suffer some losses in defense.
However, Fortesis is one of the best strikers in Europe, with incredible reach, excellent bounce and great awareness, and has always been the heart of the Greek team's defence.
Fortesis is good at defending players like Bosh and Gasol, so whether it is the Dream Team or the Spanish men's basketball team, in the game against the Greek team, the interior players performed averagely, and he blocked it very well.
But in the face of Chamberlain and Yao Ming, once they meet in the penalty area, Fortesis can't eat, Greece's head coach Giannakis is the top head coach in Europe, and his use of players is just right: Chamberlain and Yao Ming can't stand in the penalty area at the same time, there are always people outside to attack, he arranged for the center with a big waist and a round waist Gilinia Dakis to be stationed in the penalty area, and Fortesis is the main defense on the outside, that is, the two inside players are not marking people.
Yao Ming saw that Fortesis looked like he was sure that he couldn't shoot far, so he smiled coldly and firmly jumped up from the ground and threw a shot. Fortesis hurriedly jumped to block the block, he didn't expect that Yao Ming, who had only shot three or four three-pointers in the entire Olympics, would dare to shoot three-pointers in such an important event today.
However, the ball missed, and the ball hit the rebound directly and bounced off.
Gelinia Dakis took a deep breath and jumped up to grab the rebound, but before he could jump, Chamberlain had already jumped up from his side, his slender and powerful arms raised high, and his big hands were stretched out, and he grabbed the basketball with one hand.
Vasilopoulos, the small forward next to him, hurriedly came up to wrap up, seeing this, Chamberlain turned around and raised his arms high to shoot, and Vasilopoulos and Gelinia Daquis, who rushed up, jumped up at the same time, only to find out in mid-air that Chamberlain didn't jump at all, just made a feint!
Fooling his opponent, Chamberlain turned back to the basket and easily hit the board to send the ball into the hoop.
There were overwhelming cheers in the Wukesong Gymnasium, and Chamberlain threw an American-style military salute at Liu Wei and said with a smile: "I said I could catch it back, didn't I?" β
Spanoulis planned a Greek interior attack, Gilinia Dakis jumped up, Yao Ming jumped up in time, although he did not block the opponent, but interfered with the opponent's shot, the ball hit the rebound and bounced out, Chamberlain stepped in, jumped up and picked the ball into his arms.
Liu Wei held the ball and advanced quickly, he couldn't slow down, otherwise Spanoulis would be entangled with him, although Spanollis was repeatedly beaten by Kidd, Paul, Delon and Wade on the defensive end in the confrontation with the Dream Team, but defending Liu Wei, he still didn't have a problem.
Yao Ming followed up in the middle, Liu Wei glanced at him, the two planned an aerial relay, causing Fortesse to foul, seeing this scene Chamberlain couldn't help but smile and shake his head, he yelled at Yao Ming: "Hey, Yao, you didn't jump high enough!" Give me the ball next time, I love aerial combat the most! β
The atmosphere of the Chinese team was very good, and Yao Ming was not under much pressure, so he looked back and smiled: "I am different from you, I am a land animal, and you are a bird." The girl I'm going to marry is a basketball player, and you should marry the flight attendants. β
After speaking, Yao Ming stood on the free throw line and hit one of two free throws.
Spanoulis organized the attack, and he was a proud fellow, and even planned an aerial relay with his teammates to respond to the previous attacks of Liu Wei and Yao Ming.
After dribbling to the frontcourt, Spanoulis was cruising around the three-point line, the big man of the Greek team pulled out vigorously, and the flying shooting guard Diamantildis took the opportunity to shake off Sun Yue and run towards the penalty area, Spanoulis seized the opportunity to throw the ball over his head.
Diamantitis roared angrily and rose to the ground with a roar, and when he caught the ball with both hands, he happened to fly to the hoop, he pressed his wrist down to dunk, and as a result, a huge and incomparable black shadow suddenly came out from the flank, like a demon god descending from the sky!
Chamberlain rushed to Diamantidis's side with lightning speed, and with a wave of his big hand, he covered the ball like lightning with a big hand, and directly flew the ball in Diamantidis's hand to the cap!
Liu Wei organized a fast attack, Yi Jianlian made a strong layup, and the Chinese team changed the score to 10-6 and began to take a slight lead.
Seeing Chamberlain's active involvement in the offense and defense inside and outside, Jannarski decisively asked for a timeout, and then he made a substitution, the big forward Fortesis was replaced, and the center Gilignada Kis moved to the position of power forward and came on as a substitute for the center.
After Chamberlain came on the field, his eyes widened when he saw the center of the Greek team, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Damn, this kid is really big." β
Yao Ming glanced at it, his face was also a little pale, he patted Chamberlain's shoulder and said: "His name is Sophocollis-Sotsenidis, nicknamed Little Shark, he is less than two meters tall and weighs one hundred and seventy kilograms, I will hand him over to you, I damn it, Z, you have to clean him up." β
Sophocollis-Sotsenidis is also a strange man, his size is similar to that of O'Neill in the later period, and his temperament and style of play have earned him the reputation of a small shark. It's just that although he is also a shark, he is by no means as flexible as O'Neal, because he is too fat, he was drafted by the Clippers in 2003, but the team thinks he is too fat and has been urging him to lose weight, but the little shark just walks the rivers and lakes with a fat body, so he refuses to implement the Clippers' request.
In this way, the two sides began to fight constantly, and the little shark did not lose weight after the last break, nor did he become an NBA.
Even in the Greek national team, Jannarski was very dissatisfied with the obesity of the little shark, although the tonnage is good for the inside attack, but it seriously affects the athleticism, some time earlier, the little shark was ordered to go to Switzerland to lose weight, originally he did not plan to take him to the Olympics before he lost weight successfully.
However, Greece's veteran center LΓ‘zaros Papadopouros was at odds with Jannaski, who had to be cut so that the young sharks could be recalled to the team after his disgraceful departure.
The little shark is like a mountain of meat, and this guy has worked hard in Switzerland, and his arms as thick as ordinary thighs are full of muscles, and as soon as he got on the court, he made a meritorious contribution and knocked Chamberlain under the basket to dunk.
Chamberlain rubbed his chest and grinned, fuck, since he entered the NBA, it seems that he has not been crushed so toughly, he used to crush opponents toughly, but today he was retributed, this little shark's strength and explosiveness are very good.
The little shark staggered to the frontcourt, and after he got into position, Chamberlain reached out for the ball, and he leaned on the little shark and hit it hard. is known as the first **** in the NBA, even if he is as strong as a small shark, he has to retreat in the face of Chamberlain's impact.
Chamberlain hit again and again, but he didn't pay attention to his back, and Papalukas, who came on as a substitute, suddenly rushed up to steal his ball, turned around and advanced to the front court to organize a fast attack.
Papalukas is now a bit older, which is why Spanoulis can be Greece's first starting playmaker. Despite jumping out of the starting line-up of the Greek team, anyone who thinks that Papalukas is already insignificant in the Greek team is very wrong.
In the Greek team, where everyone is a pioneer, Papalukas is the captain and has a high prestige, and he is the most powerful player outside of head coach Ioannakis. In the current starting lineup, Spanoulis has firmly occupied the position of the main playmaker, but he is the main force but not the savior, once the Greek team is unstable, then Jannarski will definitely send Papalukas to play immediately.
Although he is a substitute, Papalukas is definitely the most important substitute for the Greek team, even more important than the main team. In the first four games of the group stage, Papalukas played an average of nearly 23 minutes, ranking fourth in the team, and Spanoulis was only one minute more than him, but Papalukas's mistakes were only 5 times in four games, which was outrageous.
Papalukas don't score much, averaging 7 per game. 3 points, but the shooting percentage is the highest among the main players, shooting 11-of-16 from 4 games, a whopping 69%. It's not that he doesn't make a move, he just picks the most sure opportunity to shoot, and if he doesn't move, he will see blood on his opponent.
As a playmaker, Papalukas is naturally strong in the organization, he was once called "the strongest playmaker outside the NBA", when he was young, at least 20 of the 30 NBA teams sent him invitations, but Papalukas considered that so many compatriots had lost in the NBA, he felt that the place was not suitable for European players, so he resolutely did not go - moreover, he also made a lot of money in the European arena, with an annual salary of six million euros, and the price of going to the United States was this price.
It is for this reason that Papalukas's toughness is not known to most fans, and his prestige is in the European arena rather than in the NBA, which is more closely followed. If he is the best European point guard of the first decade of the 21st century, there is no doubt about this, including Parker, who is now playing in the NBA.
At Euro 2005, Parker was beaten by Papalukas, who won the Most Valuable Player award in that event. Then in the 2006 World Men's Basketball Championship, Papalukas played 10 points and 9 assists against the United States to help Greece defeat the mighty United States 101-95 and reach the finals.
Papalukas didn't push fast, but he kept his eyes on the four, and after hitting the basket to attract Chamberlain and Yi Jianlian, he distributed the ball to Diamantidis, who hit a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line, and the Greeks began to attack.