Chapter 17 Goodbye Russia, advance to the semi-finals
Except for Kirilianko and Zhang Tian, there is no other four starters in the Russian team.
ak47 obviously studied Zhang Tian's position. Jia Xiaozhong from the Chinese team gave the ball to Liu Wei. Liu Wei dribbled the ball to the Russian team's half, and was not obstructed. Kirilianko did not stick to Zhang Tian because he knew that the opponent was completely extreme and he was not able to score free throws. However, the opponent's shooting needed to be countered with joint defense. Hey, it would be great if he had the opponent's free throws.
Liu Wei still handed the ball to his elder brother. Zhang Tian got the ball and switched it to his left hand. This was his best hand. Kirirenko's body slightly shifted to the left, and Zhang Tian sent the ball to his right hand. At the same time, he took a step back. Kirirenko really forced him up. However, Zhang Tian raised the ball and pointed it lightly. The Russian team No. 15 flew up in the air. The former naturally did not waste any chance. He quickly changed direction and broke through from Kirirenko's left side.
"Beautiful, Xiao Zhang gave Russia No. 15 a warning at the beginning. The opponent is Russia's scoring leader and the most favored by the American media in the World Youth Championship." Zhang explained remarkably, and the Russian team's assisted defense has arrived, because Zhang Tian has already rushed to the penalty area. AK47 was also rushed from the outside at this time, but Zhang Tian did not attack, but a back pass, directly throwing the ball to 45 degrees on the right. Jiao Jian had been waiting there for a long time, and he didn't adjust at all to catch the ball, and he just took action. The Russian team's No. 4 player didn't have time to make up for defense because his attention was all on Zhang Tian.
Zhang Tian and Jia Xiaozhong are on the spot because of their shooting ability. Moko and Li Ke can also shoot, but they are not as good as they are. Jia Xiaozhong's half-bass ball shines in the future CBA league. He doesn't play much time in this World Youth Championship, but this person can always seize the opportunity in his limited playing time, which is in sharp contrast with another self-deprecating Li Lin.
Except for Zhang Tian and Jiao Jian, the other Chinese team have average shooting ability, so if the inside can open up space, then it will be less crowded for everyone to go to the inside.
Wang Fei has really grown a lot in this World Youth Championship. Compared to when he was an assistant coach before, as the head coach, he has thought about many things independently, and all of these things have been put into practice.
Russia was hit by the Chinese team when they came up. Their attack was very simple. No. 10 Sergetotolov received the ball. He faced Yue Pengfei. His height and strength were very obvious. Although the latter showed his own defensive attitude, he was not a person who could defend. Russia's second position still broke the Chinese team's point guard. When he arrived in the inside, Zhang Tian let go of Kirilianko and chose to assist in defense. At the moment of his assist in defense, the other four Chinese team members began to shrink the inside. Sergetotolov distributed the ball to Kirilianko as before, but it was very embarrassing after ak47 received the ball.
His favorite tricks such as cutting into the basket and dunking, layups, etc. are completely useless in the current situation. Apart from shooting in place, there is no second way to choose. The Russian team's No. 15 is very upset. Why is his shortcomings infinitely magnified in the game against the Chinese team? This has greatly affected the draft market.
The Russian team did not choose to shoot on the spot at the third position, but chose to shoot in the penalty area in a very awkward way. The importance of the arm span was fully reflected, but unfortunately, the natural stiffness of the hand made the ball hit, but the rebound jumped to Kirilenko again. He received the ball, and this time he chose to dunk across the man and scored.
Many scouts at the scene recorded everything that happened in their small notebooks. "The physical fitness is strong, the coordination is good, the single defense awareness is good, the shooting ability is average, the ball is average, the potential level is a."
Zhang Tian’s potential in the eyes of scouts is nothing more than C, not as good as Wang Zhizhigao, and the latter is B. However, after this game, I believe that those scouts will change this potential value.
On the Chinese team, Jiao Jian came over to make a pick-and-roll for Zhang Tian. The latter did not go in, but chose to reach the forty-degree position on the left. He directly chose to take action. At the moment he took action, a big white hand roared over, but he still did not block the ball, but just hit the opponent's arm.
In terms of blocking ability, Kirilenko is definitely the strongest in this World Youth Championship. In the future, it is not luck, but strength to be able to win the blocking king several times in the NBA.
The ball was scored, but the referee did not call the foul of Kirilianko. Wang Fei shouted at the referee and almost took a technical foul.
The Russian team started to ask for the ball on the 15th, and the moment he received the ball, he took the initiative to lift it up because he was afraid that the ball would be cut by Zhang Tian. After all, holding the ball is his weakness.
Kirilenko's arm span is very long, but Zhang Tian is not short either. He held the ball in the air and watched his teammates run, but this did not prevent the latter from harassing him.
After searching for a long time, the Russian team could only hand the ball to their center with a high lob in the third position. The ball was received at the fifth position, squeezed Jia Xiaozhong and sent the ball into the basket. The biggest problem with the Chinese team's inside line was its weight and strength.
But the pace of the game is still on their side. In addition to scouts, there are also several players from two teams who have advanced to Group A, who are here to observe the enemy situation.
The top spot in Group A is Team USA, not Spain in the historical space, and Spain becomes the second in the group.
"The situation in Russia is over. The No. 15 was restricted to death, and his shortcomings in this game were infinitely magnified. Although his defense is still online, the No. 7 of the opposite Chinese team has scored several three-pointers from the outside. Juan, you think Zhang's three-pointer is stronger or your shooting is stronger."
The person who spoke was Raul Lopez, the main controller of the Spanish team this time, and the strongest point guard in Spain before Rubiolu No. 1 was born. He has a nickname called Stockton, Spain. He averaged 12.8 points per game, 4 rebounds and 1 assist in this World Youth Championship, and is Spain's third core.
Juan, who was mentioned by the opponent, is currently Spain's number one scorer, Navarro, the guy nicknamed Cannonball. Navarro, a guy with the same jersey number as Zhang Tian, did not speak, and the opponent was still watching the game on the court.
The Russian team did not replace Kirirenko but replaced four players who could shoot to open up space for him to go to the inside, but Kirirenko could not hold the ball for too long, otherwise he would be the fate of being intercepted.
Zhang Tian has been fighting with the opponent from the beginning to the end of the game. He scored 32 points, 4 assists and 3 steals in the whole game, including 4 three-pointers, while Kirilenko had 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals, but he still couldn't avoid the team's fate of losing to the Chinese team. In another group match, Argentina won Brazil, but the Brazilian still relied on the winning and losing relationship and lying into the semi-finals of the fighting nation.
Chapter completed!