Chapter 836 [One-on-one he is no solution]
The Chinese team's style is invincible against the Spanish team, and both sides are mainly positional battles.
Just as Guo Xu said at the press conference, the Chinese team played well in the second game, leading by 14 points into the final quarter. Unfortunately, the Chinese team still lost, because they were not physically strong and substitute strength.
Liu Wei played the best performance in his own national team career, and defeated the opponent Calderon and Rubio on both ends of offense and defense. He was overdrawn in the fourth quarter and had no substitute. Rubio and Ka actually made only one of his 10 shots, scoring a total of 3 points, and Liu Wei scored 19 points and 5 assists.
Substitute point guard Chen Jianghua's continuous mistakes in the short term are an important turning point in losing. Can anyone who can't average 10 points per game and can't score 3 assists control the ball at a critical moment?
In the last quarter, Dazhi broke out, but he could not resist Spain's desperate attempt. At the last moment, Liu Wei's mistake led to the two sides tied 72 and entered overtime.
Yao Ming left the court with 6 fouls in overtime, and the Chinese men's basketball team scored all the last ammunition, but was reversed 75-85 due to lack of physical strength. The Chinese team relied on Yao Ming's performance very much, and he was inseparable from both offense and defense.
If the Chinese team wins Spain and wins two more games later, they can compete with Argentina for the top four seats. Even if they lose, they will participate in the rankings of 5th and 6th. In any case, they will create history and go down in history.
Unfortunately, they were a little short of breath, or a good substitute point guard. After the game, many fans on the Internet lamented that it would be great if Guo Xu was a Chinese. He and Yao Ming partnered with the Chinese team and might be able to compete for the championship.
The opponent in the second match of the Dream Eight team was Angora, and Guo Xu's performance was completely different from the previous game.
He only took 10 moves in the first game, but he didn't make much breakthrough, so he was on the outside. In this game, Kobe's substitute, Reed, and Guo Xu increased his moves.
Angola's point guard is a small player with a height of 180cm. He is very fast and can't fight or interfere with the shooting. Guo Xu dribbled under his crotch and took a step-down jump shot. He also made three-pointers when counterattacking. He didn't double-team him and didn't pass the ball. He scored 12 points in a short time and made 4 of 5 three-pointers.
After the opponent double-teamed, Guo Xu began to pass the ball, running and receiving the ball under the cover of the inside player without the ball, or attracting the inside teammate who switched defense and passed it to the empty cutter.
Guo Xu and James also have a tacit cooperation. James can break through with the ball by himself, and can also attract double-teams to pass the ball to his teammates. The Cavaliers defender plays with cover to catch the ball and shoot. He is familiar with this routine.
Guo Xu scored 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, scoring 24 points and 2 assists. In the second quarter, he only played 5 minutes and scored 9 points, and had 33 points in the first half, making the opponent unable to fight back.
Lao K continued to let Guo Xu play in the second half, but he didn't need him. The audience outside the court would keep calling his name, which was very neat. The coach asked Guo Xu to sit on the bench and was unable to get along with the fans. His playing time must be the most in the team.
Paul felt very uncomfortable, and Chinese fans wished he wouldn't play for a minute.
Guo Xu played 29 minutes in the game, made 17 of 25 shots, 11 of 18 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 51 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.
His scoring efficiency is really terrifying. Under his leadership, the Meng Ba team was almost in a fast attack throughout the game, running and hitting 7 seconds, fast without being messy. Angora couldn't slow down even if he wanted to stabilize the pace. The US team used the frontcourt tight defense for a long time.
This is a tactic that requires physical energy consumption. Teams with an average lineup will never dare to play like this. Lao K arranged this way because there are too many stars in the team, and he thought he had too little playing time, too much physical strength, and nowhere to vent his energy.
Guo Xu's playing time is less than 30 minutes, and players from other positions share their playing time, so the time they play is even shorter. Even if Lao K doesn't arrange this tactic, they want to force him up.
If you want to break the front court press, the best way is to speed up and rush up to fight against the opponent, so that the opponent will be unable to defend against it for several rounds and it will easily become chaotic.
The world's martial arts are only fast but not broken, but how could Angola be faster than the Dream Team? They can all be abused by the Chinese team for 17 points.
The final game was 117 to 67, and the Dream Team won 50 points.
Guo Xu set a record of individual scores in the US men's basketball team in one game, a record of individual three-pointers in a single game in the Olympics, and a record of three-pointers in a single game in the Olympics.
Guo Xu only made 25 attempts and almost broke the record of the men's basketball team's individual single-game scoring in Olympic history. The previous record was set by Brazilian player Oscar Schumite in 1988, and he scored 55 points against Spain.
Guo Xu was the only player who scored more than 40 points in the Olympics after 1990. Yao Ming also ranked in the top 10 in the Olympic individual scoring list. He scored 39 points against New Zealand in 2004, the second highest score since 1990.
There is also a funny behind-the-scenes footage of this game. Two players of Angora hurriedly took pens and prepared Suns No. 1 jerseys after the game and asked Guo Xu for autographs, for fear that he would return to the locker room.
They are hardcore Guomi, including the point guard who was beaten by Guo Xu. In the eyes of most Angola players, losing 50 points is not embarrassing. Competing with Guo Xu is a memory that can be played for a lifetime.
Guo Xu attended the press conference and felt very different. "I actually feel sorry for Angora. I have to take more actions to find out the feeling and warm up for the next game. I accidentally got a lot of points."
The reporter asked in surprise: "You mean you haven't used all your strength yet?"
"It's all the best to play all the game. I hope to play all the game and talk to the coach about this." Guo Xu smiled and said, "Have you seen my 101-point game? That's my best way to play. I haven't done that for a long time, and I'm a little itchy."
The reporters all guessed that the next game would be very exciting, and that the Greek team would be in great trouble. It is normal to be targeted by Guo Xu. Who made them eliminate Mengqi team in the 2006 World Championships, and their attitude after the game is very arrogant?
After being drawn into the "Death Group" this time, Greek coach Jannakis also said very arrogantly: "We just want to play against the best team. As for who the opponent in the same group is, we don't care. There is no difference between the match against the United States and the match against other teams."
Guo Xu even thought about the lines of the press conference in Greece. "Do you see the difference between playing against Team America and playing against other teams?"
As soon as Guo Xu said this, the tickets for the third game of the United States were sold out quickly, and NBA president David Stern also silently praised Guo Xu. Guo Xu did this and gave a good advertisement for the NBA League. With just one big victory, the popularity of the national team losing so many times in 2002-2006 can be restored.
Online fans are discussing what data Guo Xu will play, and no one thinks the outcome of the game is suspense.
"I bet that he will definitely break the Olympic scoring history record. As long as other players cooperate to make him shoot more, he will easily score more than 60 points, and he is afraid that someone will not be able to grab the ball."
"I feel that he is more likely to get a big double-double. He has spoken. Can the Greek team not arrange tactical double-team him?"
"I bet that I will win Greece with more than 50 points tomorrow, and it will not be less than Angola."
"Americans used to lose, saying: We didn't send the best players. Now the best players are here, are the Greeks scared?"
After reading the online comments, coach K felt a little depressed because they lost to Greece in 2006.
That year, Guo Xu was not here, and they lost to such a team that was beaten by Spain in the finals. Now there is a Guo Xu added to the team. Everyone thinks that 40 points are less than wins in Greece, and they must have more than 50 points.
The pressure on the Greek team increased greatly and they practiced their tactics carefully before the game.
Chapter completed!