Iverson and Duncan are the leaders of this American team. Their temperament determines the temperament of the American team.

Duncan... Regarding temperament, he is mainly responsible for being ignored. The main temperament of the US team this year is Iverson's temperament. He is unruly and unruly even when he loses. He can't deal with anyone.

Just like now, no one from the American team came to say hello to the Chinese team, and no one from the Chinese team came over either.

While being arrogant and wanting to kill each other, Liu Mang and Boozer just looked at each other and nodded, each preparing to compete.

Feeling the cheering sound from the audience, Liu Mang felt strange. Even fans wearing Spanish national team jerseys and Greek national team fans came to cheer him on. Fans in most countries only have a negative attitude towards the Chinese team.

Getting to know Liu Mang and Yao Ming, the two English names or nicknames "Big-YAO" and "ICE" were shouted throughout the arena.

The American team didn't care about this at all. Except for 1996 in the United States and the birth of the Dream Team in 1992 that swept everything, except for these two World Series, after 1992, except for the 1998 NBA lockout, there was no NBA player.

In other basketball world championships other than the World Championships, the U.S. team was booed wherever they went. They are the public enemies of the world. This is not a shame, but what they are most proud of...except for the World Championships in Indiana two years ago when they were booed.

Besides, they lost so much that American fans booed them.

Liu Mang now feels a bit like "the son of destiny"...

The referee signaled the players from both teams that the game was about to begin, allowing them to come on and the substitutes to return to the bench.

The U.S. team sent a combination of Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Richard Jefferson, Lamar Odom, and Tim Duncan.

What's the advantage of this lineup... It's that theoretically these guys are the strongest lineup at every position on the U.S. team, and Larry Brown's lineup will always be like this.

The Chinese team continued the changes from the previous game, with Liu Mang, Li Nan, Zhu Fangyu, Mo Ke and Yao Ming continuing.

Liu Mang took a deep breath and stepped onto the court. He was ready for everything, let's do it!

After Liu Mang came on the field, he was a little surprised when he saw that Yao Ming did not go to jump the ball, but Moco. The two people also learned to adapt, but Moko and Duncan stood in the middle circle to jump the ball... and they could not jump.

Win, the American team attacks first.

Iverson received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing Liu Mang guarding the three-point line, he rushed to the three-point line and made a sudden jump shot!

Liu Mang was also prepared to prevent Iverson from breaking through. Unexpectedly, Iverson stopped immediately and shot a three-pointer! When he pounced on him, it was already too late, and he still scored!

Damn it...wait a minute, it seems that the FIBA ​​three-point line distance is exactly Iverson's mid-range shot area!

In the first five games, he used this to defeat his opponents. Liu Mang forgot that the American team also played this way.

Iverson scored a three-pointer against Liu Mang at the beginning, which was really unexpected.

Liu Mang was a little panicked for a moment, but after thinking about it, he stabilized his position. After receiving the serve, he advanced to the frontcourt. The person guarding him was... Marbury.

Yao Ming had some issues with Duncan in the paint. Duncan was very good at defending the basket, but other European and South American teams were in the paint. Duncan was trying to guard anyone and pull them out to shoot. Yao Ming originally wanted to get in, but he relied on his performance in this Olympics.

With the reputation of "the best center in the world", when he tried to challenge Duncan, he found that it was not so easy to push him.

When Liu Mang saw this scene, he immediately waved for a pick-and-roll.

Calling a pick-and-roll was just a pretense! Seeing Liu Mang's gesture for a pick-and-roll, Marbury glanced behind him subconsciously. His defensive awareness was really poor. Before Liu Mang could come out, Liu Mang went directly to Marbury's left.

breakthrough!

This was the first time Marbury encountered Liu Mang's breakthrough from the left. As soon as he turned his head back to the left, he saw Liu Mang rushing past him from the right!

Marbury didn't know how to guard against others, but he couldn't guard against Liu Mang! He quickly turned around and chased after Liu Mang.

As soon as Marbury turned around and was about to catch up with Liu Mang, he was blocked by Yao Ming!

"Ding...the pick-and-roll master is triggered at level 5, and the host's speed is 10 and strength is 8 within two seconds..."

Liu Mang's speed skyrocketed as soon as he reached the free throw line! Odom rushed over and was too late to cover. When he saw Liu Mang, he rushed directly to the basket like Iverson!

Duncan is ready. He is now a little used to not defending for three seconds. He stands still under the basket and blocks Liu Mang's layup! He is very confident! He is quite confident in his defense under the basket...

"F..."

Before Duncan could finish a word, Liu Mang smashed the ball into the basket through him!

Duncan originally saw Liu Mang rushing in front of him, but he never expected that Liu Mang would take off and dunk directly in front of him, because there was no space! Moreover, Liu Mang bounced as if there were injectors installed under his feet.

Just deduct it!

Relying on Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, Liu Mang triggered the pick-and-roll master, and also had the opportunity to trigger the strongest first step! When taking off from the basket, if there is room to take off in place, the opponent's physical interference will be greatly reduced, power 5!

Duncan was too confident in his defense at the basket. He tried to guard Liu Mang alone and Moko, who had a chance to cut through because of Odom's defense. So he guarded the basket and was directly dunked by Liu Mang!

Speaking of which, it's Marbury's fault. It's a good thing Marbury didn't pursue him. But when he did, Duncan was caught in the crossfire...

"Ah..." Yao Ming looked up to the sky at the three-point line and cheered for Liu Mang while returning to defense. Those who didn't know thought he was dunking on Duncan.

Duncan still had no expression on his face and went to pick up the ball silently. He was used to it...

This dunk was so domineering, it offset the pressure caused by Iverson's three-pointer at the beginning, and also boosted the morale of the Chinese team!

Liu Mang didn't show off this time. He returned to defense expressionlessly and tried to show off!

When playing in the Olympics, Liu Mang felt most comfortable that he could directly yell about tactics without fear of being heard by the other party. Even if he heard it, the other party would not understand. When he returned to defense, he shouted to his teammates: "Brother Nan, double team Iverson with me."

, Don’t worry about Marbury, Bajie Disciple, don’t worry about Jefferson, take two steps back to defend, flank the inside, Duncan goes to the mid-range to help Dayao defend, Dayao doesn’t come out from the basket, save your energy to defend the basket, Moko,

Keep an eye on Odom, he is the best."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Boss, I just told you not to call me Bajie!"

"Okay Bajie."

"..."

When the US team attacked, Iverson advanced to the frontcourt. Before he reached the three-point line, he saw Liu Mang and an unknown Chinese player attacking him. Iverson immediately passed the ball to Ma

Brie, the biggest improvement for him now is that he started to train well. The other is that he is willing to pass the ball.

When Marbury received the ball, he originally thought that Iverson would take the defense away. He would catch the ball, attract the defense back, and then pass it to Iverson, get an assist, and have a reputation as a person who is willing to pass the ball.

, but he never expected that there would be no one beside him!

Marbury was so angry! He was so contemptuous!

breakthrough?

Marbury doesn't have one. The guy opposite him with "I want to fight" written on his face is in the mid-range, and he only defends air cuts and cover breakthroughs. There is Yao Ming under the basket.

Pass the ball?

Marbury didn't either, he was so angry! In the group stage, if he hadn't hit the Greek team with consecutive breakthroughs in the second half and caused damage, the American team might not have been able to pass the group stage. It was only because of him that he defeated Greece 77-71 and entered the group.

In the game, he felt that he was better than Iverson, but the opponent double-teamed Iverson just because Iverson made a three-pointer...

Wait, three points!

If Iverson can shoot, so can I!

Thinking of this, Marbury shot directly from outside the three-point line! He was still somewhat accurate when shooting from open positions.

But there was a sound of "bang...", and Marbury probably forgot that he only made two three-pointers in the previous five games, so he decisively hit the ball with three-point shots...

but!

Odom was fast and flexible, and he judged the position of the rebound! Marbury's ball hit the back edge of the basket and bounced toward the free throw line. Odom rarely actively grabbed the offensive rebound!

Odom was about to take a sultry mid-range shot when Zhu Fangyu and Moko attacked from a double flank.

When you encounter a double team, pass the ball! And pass it well! Odom just turned around and encountered the double team of two people. He passed the ball without looking at anyone and threw it towards the position where Marbury took action just now.

…

"beep"

The referee's whistle sounded, out of bounds! The Chinese team had a sideline ball.

The first time he took the shot, Marbury felt something was wrong. He immediately remembered that the three-point line here was shorter, but he threw it according to the three-point feeling during NBA training, so he immediately returned to defense. Who knew?

Odom grabbed an offensive rebound and passed the ball...

After going back and forth, the American team felt a little discouraged. It was so unlucky! How could this Olympic Games be so unlucky! The saddest thing is Odom, with his glass heart, he never wants to pass the ball to Marbury again.

It was the Chinese team's attack again. Liu Mang received the ball from the sideline and advanced past half court. This time Iverson came to defend Liu Mang. Marbury's defense was enough for Iverson. He wanted to press but not press, and he had to be aware of it.

consciousness.

Facing Iverson, Liu Mang turned his body sideways and did not give Iverson a chance to steal. Iverson failed to complete the sudden steal at the first time and did not continue to press. He retreated to the three-pointer against Liu Mang.

within the line.

"Brother, long time no see. By the way, I won the championship and you didn't come to see how we tortured the Lakers. It's really too much." Liu Mang kept talking in English.

Iverson raised his head and rolled his eyes at Liu Mang, but ignored him.

"Tch, my mental endurance has improved a lot!" Liu Mang did not choose to force a breakthrough. It would be uncomfortable to be forced to the inside by Iverson and covered by Duncan and Odom. Forced shots are not reliable...

Just keep asking for pick-and-rolls!

Iverson's defensive awareness is much stronger than Marbury's. When he was young, his speed and explosiveness had not yet dropped. Iverson has been among the top ten in the Best Defensive Player votes all year round. Marbury is not able to compare. He stares intently.

After Liu Mang and Yao Ming blocked him, Iverson ducked away from Yao Ming's arm and tried to go around to chase Liu Mang. Duncan, who was on the inside, also defended himself.

After Liu Mang bypassed Yao Ming, he saw Iverson running around the pick-and-roll and Duncan was about to pounce. Liu Mang retreated one meter beyond the three-point line, stepped back and took a sniper shot!

When Iverson and Duncan pounced on him, Liu Mang had already made a three-pointer!

Scored two goals in a row!

Liu Mang scored 5 points in a row, leading the score 5-3!

The first two rounds of testing allowed the Chinese team to clarify its defensive goals. They defended the basket and blocked Marbury's attack from the basket. Zhu Fangyu was ready to flank Duncan and Odom at any time. Liu Mang and Li Nan flanked Iverson to break through. Marbury and

Richard Jefferson, both of them are not adapted to Fiba's three-point line, and the more they shoot, the less confident they are.

In the past two days of preparation, the Chinese team, in addition to training, watched five games of the American team. Except for Angola, which was really a make-up, there was no pressure on the American team. Liu Mang and others found that the American team played well in the other four games.

It was terrible. They only won by six points against Greece. They relied on Marbury to kill the basket to overtake and win. They only won by 10 points against Australia. Andrew Bogut, a freshman at the University of Utah in Australia, became famous in one game.

He scored 19 points and 12 rebounds against Duncan and blocked 5 shots for the US team. His style of play was to stay at the basket on the defensive end and pick-and-roll cuts on the offensive end.

Yao Ming is undoubtedly an enhanced version of Bogut, and he also has a mid-range shot. The pick-and-roll cooperation between Liu Mang and Yao Ming created huge trouble for the US team, forcing the US team to move its defense to the upper line. Moko had a
To be continued...