Updated: 2013-04-05

At this time, Stephen was not in a hurry to score himself. It is undeniable that the Lithuanian national team played very well, but in the world of basketball, there is never a set of tactics that can conquer the world. Their passing ball is very good. They also use training and tactics to ensure the effect of passing balls. However, even if there is a chance to pass, they cannot guarantee that the shooting feels so good throughout the game.

A strong team should have the style of a strong team that no matter how you play, I can just beat mine, just like what the Lithuanian team is doing now, showing their own strengths and as long as they persist until the end, even if they lose, they can only resent that their skills are not as good as others or that their luck is not on their side.

A team that cannot stick to its own style of play is not qualified to be a strong team, and the Chinese team is such a team. With the outstanding inside line in the past decade, its previous style of play has changed long ago, but a simple inside line is not enough to achieve better results, which requires the development of the outside line.

Now the Chinese national team is building its own style, and this process requires going through some tests of strong teams to develop this style. Therefore, Stephen did not panic and scored crazy, but insisted on the strategies formulated before the game and firmly hit the ball to the inside.

Whether it is tactics or training, in general, it will make the players more efficient in scoring and more confident. At the same time, coupled with the law of closer to the basketball, the higher the shooting rate, the more you hit the inside offense, especially when you have a big killer like Yao Ming.

After Ilgoshkas withdrew, there were no players in the Lithuanian team who could compete with Stephen in height. Of course, there were not many in the world. Their center Kristov Lavrinovic was only two meters tall and twelve meters tall. Naturally, in terms of strength, he could not compete with Yao Ming, who had grown into a monster level.

Therefore, Lithuania's national team head coach Lamunas Butautas normally used the very popular defensive tactics in the league, which was to allow Christopher Lavrinovic to surround Yao Ming, and just took advantage of Lavrinovic's flexible advantages.

Going around is actually a defensive method that can be used when it cannot be fought against, but it is particularly effective for Yao Ming, because Yao Ming is slow, especially after he gains weight, as long as he can pass the ball to Yao Ming, Yao Ming can attack the basket with just one turn.

However, this kind of pass is not so easy to do, and Yao Ming is not easy to receive the ball due to his wingspan. If Yao Ming is not afraid of going around in a game with insufficient intensity, but in high-intensity games, the offensive time is fleeting, once it is missed, it will be difficult to find another opportunity to attack.

I was simply afraid that Yao Ming would run back to the basket if I simply walked around, but if I had double-teamed another inside player, I wouldn't be afraid. In the Rockets, because Yao Ming's helpers always lack offensive ability, there was basically no threat, so I always double-teamed Yao Ming.

However, in the national team, since Yao Ming has offensive experts like Yi Jian or Wang Zhizhi around him, Lithuania dare not double-team Yao Ming at will, so it was only a simple step forward, which was very easy to break. Stephen firmly broke forward.

When he suddenly came to Lavrinovic's sight, Stephen stopped and made a shot. No matter what, Lavrinovic could not let Stephen shoot in front of him. He took a step forward and stretched out his long arm to block Stephen's shot.

However, Stephen suddenly changed from a shot to a pass, and he hanged the ball to Yao Ming with a high hanging. These two had cooperated many times in training. Yao Ming was naturally prepared for Stephen's pass. He immediately dodged backwards, reached out to receive the pass, and then turned around again, jumped gently towards the basket frame, and at the same time, he pushed his hand upwards and sent the ball into the basket.

On the offensive end, Yao Ming has talent that is rare, especially at the basket. Although he does not have a unique scoring method like others, he can skillfully use most of the moves.

Faced with such skillful cooperation, the Lithuanian national team has no choice but to do so, but with Stephen, there is no problem with Yao Ming's pass. After Jaskovihus missed the shot, Yi Jianlian took the rebound, and Stephen has already started to make a fast break.

Stephen's fast attack awareness is very prominent in the international arena. When he made progress, he had not returned to defense in a while, but Stephen still did not attack himself, but passed the ball to Yi Jianlian who was going down, allowing Yi Jianlian to dunk again to score.

Stephen will pass the ball to Yao Ming and attack by himself. At the same time, while both he and Yao Ming are double-teamed by the opponent, he can also pass the ball to other players, especially when he is confident of breaking out of the penalty area and then passing the ball, which brings great convenience to his pass.

The Lithuanian national team has no good way to deal with this situation, so they have to beat you and I beat mine. Both sides are like no one affects each other. They play their own advantages. Although they have not been able to overtake the score, the Chinese national team has been able to maintain the momentum of chasing points and not be pulled apart by the opponent, and can always threaten the opponent.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lithuanian national team's shooting rate finally began to decline, and they failed to score in three consecutive rounds. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Chinese national team first made a three-pointer from the outside, and then Yao Ming defeated the opponent again, causing the opponent's foul, and after making both free throws, the score tied.

After the opponent missed another shot, Stephen passed the ball to Wang Shipeng at the weak bottom corner with a long pass. After Wang Shipeng received the ball, he immediately took action. The ball hit the basket and bounced high. At this time, Yi Jianlian flew over from behind and reached out to fill in again.

His mobility and bounce ability are still very useful to the current national team, but the Chinese team just overturned the score. After returning, Picovius caught the ball during the run and tied the score. Then neither team could score and ended the first quarter with a tie.

Less than a minute after playing in the second quarter, Yao Ming was replaced by Wang Zhizhi. As soon as Wang Zhizhi came on the court, he received the ball from a horny position and a stretched shot overtook the score again.

With Stephen's quick three-pointer hit after blocking the shot, the Chinese national team widened the gap to more than two goals. Although Kreza then made a three-handed hit, Stephen also passed the ball to Liu Wei. Liu Wei, who was ignored almost one quarter, took action outside the three-point line and returned to the Chinese national team with a leading advantage.

Under Stephen's control, the Chinese national team has been playing fast and slow, very rhythmic. Although Stephen did not deliberately score, his score reached 16 points and also sent six assists. By the time he was about to finish the second quarter, the Chinese national team had already led the Lithuanian team by eight points, which many people had not expected before the game.
Chapter completed!