980 Wang Yi turns into the king of porcelain
Harden's sudden outburst gave them a 100% success rate in these attacks.
At the same time, they adopted Wang Yi's defensive strategy of double-teaming in the backcourt.
Although Wang Yi has the ability to break through double teams from the backcourt at critical moments, it is impossible for him to break through double teams every time.
Moreover, if you break through double teams from the backcourt every time, it will be too tiring, and you will lose your energy in the second half.
So he could only let his teammates bring the ball upfield.
However, compared to the Chinese players, the American players have full defensive pressure.
The first quarter was because they looked down on China, so it seemed like their defense was a little careless.
But when they started to pay more attention to China, and their defensive pressure became more pressing, the physical, speed, strength and other disadvantages of the Chinese players were clearly revealed.
There were three mistakes in just a few minutes.
As a result, the score difference was quickly reduced to 9 points.
Coach Du Feng quickly requested a timeout.
When Harden came off the court, he clenched his right hand into a fist and beat his chest hard.
A roar that seemed to have been suppressed for a long time came out of his mouth, venting his emotions.
"ah------"
American players also came up to give Harden chest bumps and high fives.
When Hatten came off the field, Mr. Bobo also rubbed his head: "My kid, you did a good job."
After Harden calmed down, he nodded to Mr. Pop: "Coach, thank you."
Mr. Bobo shook his head: "But your task is not completed yet. Next, we will continue to put pressure on them."
Harden nodded: "I know coach."
On the Chinese team's side, coach Du Feng also constantly emphasized to the players the next style of play.
However, what is helpless is that there is indeed a big gap between Chinese players and American players in terms of speed, strength, explosive power and other aspects.
And compared with Paul, James, Curry and others, the gap in basic skills is also very large.
Therefore, after taking the field again, the American team launched a full-court pressing defense.
This time, their defensive focus is no longer just on Wang Yi, but they maintain high-intensity defense against every Chinese player.
In this way, the disadvantage of the Chinese players' insufficient basic skills was once again exposed.
Mistakes again and again.
The American team continued to launch counterattacks and fast breaks.
One for Irving and one for Harden;
One for Harden and one for Irving.
Five minutes into the second quarter, the score difference had been completely wiped out.
Even though Wang Yi told the players that as long as you carry the ball safely to the frontcourt, I will be able to score a goal, the players seem to be unable to carry the ball safely through the frontcourt.
This makes Wang Yi appear very passive.
If he starts dribbling in the backcourt, it will consume a lot of physical energy. But if he doesn't dribble from the backcourt, it will be difficult for the ball to be smoothly transported to the frontcourt.
So with two minutes left in the second quarter, the American team had already taken the lead and quickly widened the point difference to 5 points.
Wang Yi shook his head.
It seems that the only way to do it is to use that move.
In fact, he has always disdained this move, and even disliked it.
But as the saying goes, a man can bend and stretch, as long as he can win no matter what.
So when he returned to defense, he said to Zhao Jiwei next to him:
"Serve to me."
Zhao Jiwei nodded: "I know."
While talking, Harden assisted Irving to score a three-pointer.
The score difference came to 8 points.
At this time, Zhao Jiwei, who was the point guard, served.
Gu Bao
The U.S. team obviously didn't expect the point guard to serve. They didn't recover for a moment and Wang Yi easily caught the ball.
So Harden and Irving quickly double-teamed over.
Moreover, the two of them obviously received guidance from experts, and they paid great attention to cutting off Wang Yi's passing route when double-teaming. It was neither good nor bad for Wang Yi to pass the ball in this way.
Wang Yi used his speed to instantly move to the right, but Irving took a big step to the right and blocked his position.
Wang Yi dribbled the ball from behind to the left again, but Harden also blocked his position.
At this moment, he suddenly collected the ball.
Holding the ball in his arms, he made a three-step movement.
Irving and Harden never expected that Wang Yi was still at the bottom line of the backcourt at this time and dared to collect the ball and take three steps. After all, Wang Yi had no room to shoot or pass.
So the two of them were unprepared, and Wang Yi squeezed directly between them.
When Harden and Irving saw this, they quickly wanted to chase Wang Yi.
However, Huang Yi, all this is an illusion.
It seemed that Wang Yi's upper body had squeezed between the two of them, but in fact he hooked Harden's right foot with his left foot.
This tripped up Harden and himself.
The referee blew the whistle immediately.
And he made a gesture of stretching his legs to trip someone up.
As long as you trip someone, whether you do it intentionally or unintentionally, it will be considered a tripping foul.
Harden shook his head helplessly.
Even he didn't realize that Wang Yi hooked the ball on his foot intentionally.
Since the U.S. team has already committed 4 fouls in total, Wang Yi can directly shoot free throws at this time.
Wang Yi rarely misses free throws.
Made two free throws easily.
Turning around, the American team attacked again.
Wang Yi defends James Harden alone.
Harden immediately passed the ball to Irving.
This is the current offensive strategy of the American team.
That is, they have to pass the ball away from Wang Yi.
In any other position, they have a great advantage 1v1.
Only with respect to Wang Yi, they suffered a loss in terms of body, speed or strength, so they had to keep the ball away from Wang Yi.
Just when Harden passed the ball, Wang Yi suddenly fell to the ground.
Cover your nose tightly with both hands.
And made a very painful look.
The referee blew his whistle quickly.
Because when Harden passed the ball just now, his elbow was very close to Wang Yi's face.
So although he didn't see exactly how Harden committed the foul, the referee's first reaction was that Harden's elbow hit Wang Yi in the face.
At this time, the picture of the ball was shown on the big screen.
It turned out that when Harden passed the ball, Wang Yi seemed to want to try his best to steal the ball. As a result, he got too close to Harden's arm and was hit in the face with an elbow from Harden.
This is obviously a foul.
Harden didn't realize until this moment that Wang Yi was deliberately trying to be rude.
In fact, when Wang Yi saw Harden trying to pass the ball, he knew it was impossible to stop him, but he had a plan in mind.
It looks like he is rushing towards the ball with all his strength, but in fact he is specifically using his face to meet Harden's elbow.
He was indeed hit by Harden's elbow, but in fact it was only a slight hit.
But Wang Yi fell over according to the direction of Harden's elbow.
The pictures look really realistic.
Chapter completed!