Chapter 962 Team USA’s Full-Court Press

At this time, the Chinese team advanced to the frontcourt. Sun Le handed the ball to Dayao in the high position, then pulled away to the right and took Kidd away.

At 45 degrees from the three-point line on the left wing, there was Alian, and in the bottom corner was Wang Shipeng. At this time, he started running, attracting the US team's outside defense and preventing them from returning to the paint area.

Dayao turned sideways to the left wing to get the ball, and then James got close to him.

James is now 115 kilograms, the same tonnage as Li Ba, but he can't stand up to Dayao. He is not tall enough, and Dayao's lower body strength is very strong, and this is not the NBA, and the defensive actions cannot be too big, so His close contact was not to push Dayao, but to prevent Dayao from easily turning around and facing the basket.

Dayao forced a step back, got up and shot a fadeaway jumper.

Thanks to two years of fly-catching training, James is now highly focused. At this time, he quickly followed up and took off to block the shot.

His first step was also faster than before, with an amazing start-up speed.

Bang, Dayao's shot was accurately blocked by James.

The ball fell behind Dayao. After James landed, he quickly bypassed Dayao, picked up the ball first, and then launched a fast break.

Li Ba started from the basket and chased after him desperately, but James was no slower than him. His position was more than three meters lower. At best, he couldn't catch up. He could only watch James complete a one-stop self-defeat. A good show of luck.

At 2:6, the US team fell behind by 4 points.

Li Ba's mind flashed back to James's average blocks per game last season, which was 2.8, while in the 0607 season it was 0.9, a full increase of 1.9. He sent out 150 more blocks throughout the season. It seems that this guy is catching flies. The training really paid off.

"Iron Hammer, I'm waiting to punish you!"

James returned to defense, and when passing by Li Ba, he raised his fist at the latter.

At the beginning of the game, he was blocked twice in one attack. Now he has returned one, and there is still one more to go.

At this time, Coach K rushed to the court and shouted, then made a gesture, and several players nodded.

The Chinese team attacks.

The ball is still given to Dayao in the high position. Dayao catches the ball and throws it in, passing the ball to Li Ba.

Li Ba stuck Howard tightly and caught the ball with his right hand. At this time, his left arm was deliberately caught under Howard's ribs, preventing him from jumping quickly.

At this time, James' double team came down.

James was highly focused while rushing towards Li Ba.

He knew that Li Ba was likely to pass a high pass at this time, and he had to make a steal at any time.

He has this confidence. He has been training for two years and has almost no rest during the offseason. His steals last season increased from 1.7 to 3.2. This is the source of his confidence.

But at this time, Li Ba suddenly turned sideways and moved a step to the left side of the basket. Not only did he break away from Howard, but also escaped from the double team that the two were about to form. Then he immediately took off, leaping high and making a small hook with his straight arms. Hand, relying on the strength of the wrist, hooked the ball toward the basket.

James reacted quickly, jumped up and slapped the ball out of the baseline.

"yeah!"

The monster roared excitedly.

But at this time, the referee blew his whistle to indicate interference with the ball, and the two points were valid.

James spread his hands helplessly and looked at Li Ba.

"What are you looking at? It was originally a ball interference, but your arms are short! The accuracy of blocking shots is not enough, and you have to fight for a few more years."

Li Ba said angrily.

James' face darkened, "My arms are short somewhere, it's obviously your arms that are too long, okay?"

The Chinese team attacked, the Arab League served from the sideline, Sun Le took the ball, and then gave it to Dayao.

Dayao caught the ball with his back to the basket, then immediately turned around, took a step back, and shot a fadeaway jumper.

This time James was a little slower and the cap was empty.

With a swish sound, the basketball went hollow into the basket.

2:8, the Chinese team takes the lead.

Team USA attacks.

"Oh, fast break, the American team is playing fast break?" Yu Jia shouted anxiously.

Under the basket, Howard quickly completed a quick serve and gave it to Kidd, who turned around and advanced quickly, while other American players ran at high speed and rushed into the frontcourt.

Even though Dayao returned to defense in the high post, his speed could not keep up with the US team's fast break.

And Li Ba, who was in the low post, had just surpassed Dayao at the midline, and was two big steps behind James.

Ah Lian returned to defense at the three-point line on the flank, but his sprint speed was slower than Li Ba's and not as good as James's. In addition, the distance from the flank to the center was farther, and he only ran a level with Li Ba.

James rushed through the top of the arc, Kidd passed the ball, he flew up, hung straight to the basket, and banged the Chinese team's basket.

At 4:8, the US team fell behind by 4 points.

"This is a copy of the Suns' tactics from the past. It caught us off guard." Zhang Lili sighed and shouted.

"In this attack just now, the U.S. team was so fast. Everyone in all positions was too fast!" Xu Jicheng sighed.

"Dayao can't keep up. The Hammer is at the back and Arab League is on the wing. But James's own speed is faster than Arab League and is no slower than the Hammer. With his super explosive power, his impact is very scary. We Apart from the Hammer, which can be defended, it may be difficult to defend against the Arab League if it catches up." Zhang He said understandingly.

At this time, the Chinese team served, and Sun Le received the ball and advanced. However, the American team suddenly implemented a full-court press, disrupting the rhythm of the backcourt.

Sun Le was forced by Kidd and was a little confused.

"Throw it over!"

In the frontcourt paint area, Li Ba moved and stuck Howard behind him while shouting at Sun Le.

Sun Le held up Kidd and threw the ball over with his height.

But at this time, Kobe next to him lost Wang Shipeng, jumped up, and fired the ball.

"It's over!"

Yu Jia slapped the table and shouted anxiously.

Kobe landed, took one step forward, picked up the ball, turned around, and threw himself toward the basket.

Sun Le quickly returned to defense, but Kobe shot up and dunked the ball into the basket first.

At 6:8, the US team was still 2 points behind.

The American team continued to chase points, and the European and American spectators at the scene began to applaud, and the atmosphere became tense.

Yunus clenched his fists and considered whether to call a timeout.

In international competitions, there are only two timeouts in the first half, so be careful.

Sun Le caught the ball and started to advance again.

His ball-handling ability can only be said to be okay, but that is compared to other positions, such as small forward. As a point guard, it is not very good, especially when facing opponents like Kidd.

Kidd is good at organization and is one of the greatest point guards in the world. His offense is average and his outside accuracy is a bit, but not great, but his defense, especially his stealing ability, is good.

When defending on the outside, he is good at using physical entanglement to create steal opportunities.

So far, his career average of steals per game is two, and he ranks fifth in NBA history for total steals.

As soon as Sun Le caught the ball, he followed it up again.

With Sun Le's ability to control the ball, he was almost intercepted after less than three steps. He could only quickly turn around to protect the ball, then picked up the ball with both hands and raised it above his head.

This time, he could only pass the ball and could no longer advance.