Chapter 107: The Demon (Part 2)
"Audience friends, welcome to the Wuhan Central Gymnasium, today's game for you is the final of the 2006 Men's Basketball Asian Youth Championship!"
With the broadcast of the commentator Yoga, the long-awaited picture of the Asian Youth Championship final appeared on the TV screens of sports fans across the country, especially basketball fans.
"The two sides in this final are the Chinese men's basketball youth team and the South Korean men's basketball youth basketball team. The players on both sides are young and both teams are elite. It can be said that this is a confrontation that represents the highest level of Asian U18 men's basketball team! ”
In the previous games, the Chinese team won all the way and won every game, and the high goal difference was scary.
Especially against several weak teams, the Chinese team showed strong individual talent, and the team almost crushed all the way to the finals.
Although the South Korean team did not lose a game, the process of reaching the final was more bumpy.
In the quarterfinals, South Korea narrowly defeated Japan and Lebanon in two consecutive games, winning by about 10 points combined.
Such a performance in the game made many fans and critics believe that the Chinese team will continue to win streaks, easily win the opponent, and win the Gold Cup as desired.
However, the players of the Korean team do not think so.
On the court, the warm-up of the players on both sides was nearing the end, Chen Mu looked at the small players in the South Korean team, and many outside players had a precise and bewildering three-point shot.
I don't know if it's due to the height disadvantage, but the outside players of the South Korean team are extremely fast, and everyone has a short preparation time to shoot and still maintain a high shooting rate.
Chen Mu also noticed that when these players shot, the basketball arc was extremely high, and it was quite difficult to block or interfere.
"Looks like I'm running a lot more today."
Chen Mu secretly cheered himself up, returned to the bench, gathered with his teammates, and listened carefully to Liu's guidance to arrange tactics.
Soon after, with the referee's whistle, the game began.
Su Wei jumped the ball and won the ball for the Chinese team, and Chen Jianghua slowly advanced with the ball and started the first attack.
Chen Mu and Su Wei stepped forward to block and dismantle, Chen Jianghua broke through from Chen Mu's side, and then handed the ball to the flank.
Han Shuo received the ball and faced the South Korean team's 193 cm small forward Lee Dae-sung, and decisively chose a three-point shot.
"When"
The basketball smashed on the basket, and the green ring flashed in front of Chen Mu's eyes, and he had already quickly arrived in place, stuck the opposite Cui Fujing behind him, and successfully grabbed the rebound in the front court.
"Return!"
Chen Jianghua shouted loudly on the outside, Chen Mu immediately turned around and prepared to pass the ball, but in a blink of an eye, he found that three South Korean players had appeared around him.
"Three-person bag?!"
Chen Mu was startled, and just wanted to hold the ball high and pass it out, but there was a pain in his hand, and the basketball was gone.
"This ......!"
Kim Shilai, the core of the South Korean team's backfield, who is only 178 cm tall, interrupted the ball from Chen Mu's hand and launched a quick counterattack.
"Referee, he's beaten!"
Chen Mu loudly appealed to the referee, but the referee was indifferent, and made a warning move to Chen Mu with a whistle and did not blow the penalty.
"These guys, on the contrary, took advantage of their height disadvantage, wrapped up the moment I grabbed the rebound, and did not hesitate to foul the steal. If the position is not good and the referee does not see it, even if my hand is broken, I will not blow my hand! ”
Chen Mu suddenly understood the strategy of the Korean team, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
Speed is Chen Jianghua's greatest reliance, and he ran all the way to catch up, trying to delay Jin Shilai's surprise attack.
However, Jin Shilai's center of gravity was extremely low, and his speed was very fast, and he had already started before Chen Jianghua turned around, and quickly came to the front court.
"Defend back!"
Chen Jianghua shouted to his teammates to return to defense, and the Chinese team members hurriedly retreated, but the South Korean team obviously had already anticipated the Chinese team's strategy, and all the players played fast at the first time, and briefly formed a two-on-one in the frontcourt.
Kim dribbled quickly, pausing from beyond the three-point line and then passing the ball laterally.
Outside the three-point line on the right side, scoring guard Kim Sun-hyung received the ball, and Xie Libin quickly chased after him, finally catching up with the former to return to the defense before the former shot.
At this time, all the Korean players had come to the front court and actually put on a very strange position.
"Five South Korean players, all standing outside the three-point line!"
The commentator was also stunned, in the starting lineup of the South Korean team, Kim Shi-rae, Kim Sun-hyung, and Lee Dae-sung in the backfield are not more than 193 cm tall, Choi Fujing in the big forward position will be 2 meters tall, and the center Choi Jin-so is only 202 cm, which is a completely small lineup.
The most terrifying thing is that all five players can shoot three-pointers.
"Huh"
Before the Chinese team's defensive formation was in place, Kim Sun-hyung had already passed the ball back to the top of the arc, and power forward Choi Fujing made a three-point stop and hit the basket steadily.
“YEAH!”
The South Korean team scored first, and the fans fell silent for a moment, while the Korean players and coaching staff were excited, and their tactics paid off!
"Can you shoot threes inside? It's terrible! ”
Although it was already known before the game that the whole South Korean team had a three-point shot, according to the previous game video, the South Korean team's interior players rarely shot three-pointers, and they were generally ineffective in tactical operation, and they made hasty shots in desperation, and the shooting rate was not good.
In this game, the South Korean team is obviously prepared, and it is not difficult to judge according to the offensive and defensive performance in the first round, and the whole South Korean team will make a decisive shot at the first time when they have a chance outside the three-point line.
"They're going to gamble with the hit percentage!"
The uneasiness in Chen Mu's heart became more and more intense, and the Chinese team has always had some problems with the defense of outside three-pointers, which has gradually been exposed in the previous game against Chinese Taipei.
Although the young lads are full of hard work, height advantage, and speed is not much of a disadvantage, but because of the lack of experience in the game, it is inevitable that they will pounce too hard when they pounce on the outside line.
"If the South Korean team seizes this point to arrange tactics, uses outside shooting to contain and combine sudden shots, it is easy to crack the outside defense of the Chinese team!"
On the broadcast seat, Director Zhang showed his professionalism and analyzed: "So this opening is very critical, and the pitchers of the Korean team must not be allowed to shoot." Because once the opponent throws away from the outside, the Chinese team must press more fiercely, which can easily cause the interior to be empty. ”
"Especially Su Wei, the young man's steps are relatively slow, and it is difficult to keep up with Cui Zhenxiu's movements. If the South Korean team plays more big outward tactics for this point, the Chinese team's defense will encounter great trouble! ”
While speaking, the Chinese team missed another attack, this time, Chen Mu didn't even have a chance to grab a rebound in the front court, as soon as his teammates made a basketball shot, three players from the South Korean team came to Chen Mu and stopped him tightly.
"These guys, shouldn't they all be staring at me like that?!"
Chen Mu knew that it was not good, the South Korean team had already grabbed the rebound, and it was another rapid advance.
After the rapid transmission, Cui Fujing found a good opportunity outside the three-point line, and as soon as he made a shooting move, he felt a black shadow behind him suddenly press.
"Don't think about it!"
Chen Mu jumped up, jumped from behind Cui Fujing's side, raised his right hand high, staring at the basketball, as long as the latter dared to make a move, he would immediately serve in a hot pot.
However, all this seemed to be expected by Cui Fujing, the undersize inside line suddenly collected the ball, deliberately leaned back slightly, and made a physical contact with Chen Mu intentionally or unintentionally, and then shouted and fell to the ground while throwing the ball.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle blows, and the basketball smashes out of the frame.
"No. 5 of the Chinese team, defensive fouls, No. 11 of the South Korean team, three free throws!"
"What?!"
After landing, Chen Mu was a little dissatisfied, and stepped forward to pressure the referee: "He deliberately came to hit me just now, the position of the cylinder has changed, and I didn't enter the range of the cylinder when he shot!" ”
"He adjusts into place first, and then you get into the cylinder range body contact, foul!"
The referee waved his hand and didn't say anything to Chen Mu. On the floor, the South Korean players gathered around and pulled Cui Fujing up, who looked at Chen Mu with a smug face, sneered with disdain, and walked to the free throw line.
"Don't say it, blow it, blow it, grab the rebound!"
Chen Jianghua stepped forward to pull Chen Mu away and calmed Chen Mu's emotions.
Cui Fujing made two free throws, Chen Mu picked up the rebound, and the Chinese players knew that Chen Mu's long pass in the backcourt was very powerful, and all the members began to rush to the frontcourt.
But before Chen Mu could turn around, three figures appeared beside him.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, Chen Mu only felt a sharp pain in his wrist, and the basketball was directly photographed by the South Korean players.
It's Kim Shi Lai again!
Chen Mu's heart is nameless, Jin Shilai is very particular about the position of the ball every time, just in the blind corner that the referee can't see.
In addition, he was short in stature, and the other South Korean players around him blocked it, and the referee couldn't judge what was going on, and when the Chinese players reacted and defended, Jin Shilai had already made an oblique pass and sent the ball to Li Dacheng.
"Huh!"
Another three-point shot into the net, and the South Korean team opened with a wave of 8-0 small **!
"You ......!"
Seeing Jin Shilai pretend to be innocent and go back to defense, Chen Mu's heart was extremely dissatisfied, he took the basketball and wanted to smash it twice to get angry, but when he thought of the previous situation when he was blown a technical foul in the Suns, he finally held back.
Although the basketball did not hit the ground, Chen Mu's attempt to smash the ball was still clearly seen by the referee. And Chen Mu didn't expect that in the direction of his attempt to smash the ball, there was actually a referee standing. The referee thought that Chen Mu was going to smash the ball at himself, and when the whistle blew, he immediately made a T gesture.
"No, no, referee, you wait......!"
Maybe it was Chen Mu who complained about the penalty twice in a row before, which made the referee have a prejudice, this time the technical foul blowing penalty is actually not appropriate, but if it is blown, it is blown, and the result cannot be changed.
Chen Jianghua and the others hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Chen Mu aside to prevent him from saying anything even worse.
"Chen Mu!"
On the bench, Director Liu couldn't bear it anymore and immediately replaced Chen Mu.
Jin Shilai walked to the free throw line, executed a technical foul free throw, glanced at Chen Mu on the bench defiantly, and then stretched out his head and smiled back to the defense.
"This guy, are you saying that your mind is smarter than me......!"
Chen Mu was furious, and the fans shouted "black whistle" loudly, while the Chinese players on the field inadvertently looked at Chen Mu twice, and then shook their heads and started to attack.
Kim Shi-rae, the young point guard who made a name for himself in South Korea's domestic league and was nicknamed "The Devil," gradually mastered the situation on the court. (To be continued.) )