Chapter 594 Got Thoroughly Evolved!

The American team has the ball. This time, they don’t need to wait for Lao K’s instructions. The five players on the field of the American team have already arranged a fast break formation. While Longguo’s side is not stable after the fast break, Kidd quickly picked up the baseline ball and threw it to Durant in the midfield.

Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian tried to double-team and block, but this time there was no Kidd and Chen Jianghua’s ‘positioning’ at the top of the arc, and Anthony directly pulled closer.

Durant passed Anthony again. Because the distance between the two was short, Lin Dong was taken to the left baseline by Kobe. Finally, no one could interfere with Anthony this time. He took a 3-pointer from the outside, but...

Bang!

The interception of the ball just now obviously had a certain psychological impact on Anthony. The state of this ball was not adjusted well, and it was a bit far. The basketball hit the inside of the basket and bounced high.

Everyone has times when they miss the ball, but this open position is really not right.

But now is obviously not the time to worry about mistakes.

“Rebound!” Lao K shouted anxiously.

Duncan had already used all his strength to push Yao Ming at the first opportunity.

Both of them found the landing point of the basketball at the first opportunity and fought hard, trying to squeeze the other party out of the best area for the rebound.

As the two strongest centers in the NBA and the world, they know each other's strengths well.

Duncan's strength lies in his more comprehensive and solid skills. He is not only proficient in all center skills under the basket, but also proficient in mid-range, rebounding and other power forward skills... If Odom of the Lakers was once praised by the NBA as the most comprehensive player, it is probably just because people are confused by Duncan's inside position, because this big man not only masters various singles skills, but also masters passing.

Such an all-round player, it is absolutely no exaggeration to say that he is a historical inside player, but it is precisely because of his omnipotence and his many means that his style of play looks mediocre, because he can always choose the most reasonable and labor-saving way when facing various extreme situations.

But this is for most ordinary players. If the opponent is a top player of the same historical level, Duncan's comprehensiveness will be constrained, because his average can't cover the super long board of others.

Take Yao Ming for example.

In the mutual sharpening, feeling the strength of Duncan's whole body at this time, Yao Ming's eyes have already shone.

This is the Olympics... This is on the land of Longguo, representing Longguo to compete with the most powerful basketball empire in the world!

And the opponent standing in front of him at this time is even more known as the top five in the history of NBA insiders!

——Yao Ming is just promoted. If it weren't for the backing of Longguo market, would he have such a great influence?

——It's also because of Lin Dong's light. Otherwise, if it's just about strength, Yao Ming can't be ranked in the top ten insiders in history. He doesn't deserve such a reputation.

——That is, there are advantages, but the disadvantages are too obvious and the loopholes are too big. His physical strength is always a problem, and his movement speed is slow. If it weren't for the commercial value of Longguo, he can only be regarded as an excellent blue-collar worker at best.

——Big fool.

There have been countless voices accusing him on the Internet, especially in Dragon Country, where such scolding and contempt are more common than what he has felt in the United States.

Others might be angry, but Yao Ming will not.

He understands too well why these "hometown people" who are obviously his own people would evaluate him like this.

This is not targeting, nor is it just a mouthful. Even if Lin Dong is perfect, when the 2004 Olympic Games were shipped to the United States, wasn't he mocked by some domestic black fans for being overly praised, saying that he was the God of Basketball and was copying the old Jordan?

This is not only because of the Chinese people's consistent infighting, but also because this nation has been lacking confidence as a whole for more than a hundred years since its decline in modern times. Whenever someone says that Longguo is the first in something, there will always be a group of people who will jump out and say that it is because the opponent is letting it go, because the opponent is not serious, because the opponent did not perform well at all, because you train the whole country, and foreign athletes are just playing around... It's as if they are saying that foreigners are born superior to Longguo, but they forget that Longguo is the only civilization on this planet, and forget that this nation has stood at the top of the world for thousands of years!

And now, this nation is on the road to revival and is trying to return to the position of the top of the world.

Then what the country needs is certainly a strong national strength, but what people need is to rebuild the real national confidence.

Yao Ming and Lin Dong talked about this issue, and their ideas were surprisingly consistent.

Money? Reputation? The rest of my life?

The two of them already had it, so they didn't care. What they cared more about at this moment was to do something useful for this nation that made them proud from the bottom of their hearts, that is, to defeat the so-called king and create a miracle that belongs only to the Dragon Country!

Lin Dong has arranged this game from beginning to end.

Everyone has their own things to do, and what I have to do is to defeat the center behind me who is said to be able to enter the top five in basketball history!

I don't have the comprehensive skills of Duncan, nor the coordinated physical fitness and abundant physical strength of Duncan.

However, I have a small hook shot on the offensive end that can make Duncan helpless, and my back-to-the-basket play after gaining weight can make Duncan helpless, and more importantly... I have often trained with the Supersonics in the past two years, and the rebounding ability I have developed under the "practice" of Sakuragi Hanamichi is definitely a whole step stronger than Duncan!

It was the off-season training and sparring with the Supersonics that made Sakuragi Hanamichi the top power forward in active service two years ago, but conversely, it can also be said that Sakuragi Hanamichi's understanding of rebounding, as well as his generous teaching to me and the mutual fighting every off-season, made me the biggest asset under the basket now, that is - rebounding!

Looking at the basketball bouncing in the air, Yao Ming's body has already made the most movements when practicing with Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Bend your knees, sink your waist, twist your elbows, and exert force. These seemingly ordinary rebounding positioning movements, when the rhythm of the movements changes slightly and when the force point hits the perfect node, a completely different effect is formed.

This is the rhythm from Sakuragi Hanamichi. That guy always uses these small moves to create a rhythm disorder for the defenders, and grab more rebounds from Yao Ming, who is 17 cm taller than him.

And when Yao Ming also learned it... his understanding of these small moves may never be as good as Sakuragi Hanamichi. This is really a matter of personal talent and intuition, but if you take into account Yao Ming's advantage in height and weight, even the rebounding king Sakuragi Hanamichi still can't take advantage of rebounds in front of him.

Duncan could feel that Yao Ming's strength had not increased, but the strange thing was that every time he exerted force, it seemed to be exerted on a ball of cotton, which did not cause any harm to Yao Ming. Instead, when he recovered his breath after exerting force, he was always invaded by Yao Ming in rhythm, disrupting his breathing, disrupting his movements, and even disrupting his overall rhythm.

In just two such easy pushes and squeezes, Duncan's left leg was involuntarily lifted up, and the center of gravity that was originally stable in the lower body was also "pried" away, making him unable to restrain himself and lean to the right.

The best rebounding position was actually taken away by Yao Ming. What's more terrible is that Yao Ming had already jumped up when his center of gravity was unbalanced, but Duncan was still in the process of stabilizing his center of gravity and standing firm, so he had no time to jump up and fight for it.

Bang!

The two top centers in the NBA were completely one-sided in the fight for the rebound. The basketball was firmly grasped by Yao Ming and thrown to the front court without hesitation.

In the current tactics, Lin Dong is responsible for pulling, and he will often be taken to the bottom line where it is most difficult to counterattack quickly by Kobe. Therefore, Chen Jianghua's speed is now the most powerful weapon for Longguo to play defense and counterattack fast break.

When Chen Jianghua saw the rebound, he was already running back, but Kidd, who had suffered twice from him, did not give him an easy chance to fast break this time.

Facing Chen Jianghua's fast break, you can't defend him from behind, otherwise with his speed, he will shake you off and go straight to the opposite bottom line, and the passer can also try to pass to the front court without giving you the opportunity to steal the ball.

Then he could only go around, and with Chen Jianghua's speed advantage, it was inevitable to use some tricks to achieve this.

Since realizing that Chen Jianghua is the main force of the Dragon Country team's defense and counterattack, Kidd has been focusing all his attention on him. When he saw the rebound, his first reaction was to run to the front court, almost in sync with Chen Jianghua, while maintaining his defensive position, twisting Chen Jianghua with his arms, interfering with the opponent's ball control, and using his physical strength advantage to slow down Chen Jianghua's start and forward speed.

After all, it was Kidd, with rich experience and advance prediction plus 100% focus on the opponent. Even though Chen Jianghua was obviously faster than Kidd, he couldn't get rid of the opponent.

Fortunately, Kidd chose to go around, so there was no obstacle for Chen Jianghua to receive the ball. Chen Jianghua received the ball near the midline, but he couldn't rush up. When he reached the front three-point line, he was forcibly blocked by Kidd.

The overall defense speed of the US team was extremely fast. Chen Jianghua had just stopped outside the 3-point line, and Anthony and Durant, the first group of defenders, had already run back and firmly held Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu who tried to connect with Chen Jianghua.

At this time, the impact of Yao Ming's slow speed could be seen.

Because he had just sunk to the bottom, Duncan's speed of returning to the court was obviously faster than Yao Ming. Even though he had tried his best, Duncan was almost rushing to the front court 3-point line, but Yao Ming was still near the midline.

Kidd used his body strength to intercept with both hands and forced Chen Jianghua to hold the ball at this time, but Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jian who came up to connect were locked by Anthony and Durant, leaving him no space to pass the ball.

As expected of the US team, the defense speed was so fast...

Chen Jianghua couldn't help but groan in his heart.

There was a sigh of regret from all around the stands. Just now, watching Longguo's fast break go smoothly, people have already adapted to scoring quickly. Now being defended by the Americans and forming a situation of more people against fewer people, it seems that the situation has suddenly turned against Longguo. Even Old K on the sidelines secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But the fans in the stands, including Old K, seemed to have forgotten one thing... Longguo has Lin Dong!

Seeing that Chen Jianghua was double-teamed, a loud shout came from the left rear: "Give it to me!"

Upon hearing this voice, Chen Jianghua threw the ball towards the source of the sound without thinking or looking.

Bang!

The sound arrived, the people arrived, and the people arrived.

The ball was in Lin Dong's hands.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Kobe did not lose his position again this time, and he immediately blocked in front of Lin Dong.

He has been looking forward to the match with Lin Dong for a long time... This expectation did not start from this game, but from two years ago!

Even though two years of hard training did not allow him to catch up with Lin Dong's ever-improving realm, he still could not see through what that guy was thinking, and every move of his seemed to be as transparent in that guy's eyes as it was two years ago.

But at least, in terms of physical fitness, reaction speed, strength and even pure skills, Kobe felt that he was no less than the basketball god who played against him in the Western Conference Finals two years ago.

What he lacked from him was only the invincible mentality of the fourth level, and the God's perspective and accurate judgment of the court and opponents at the fourth level.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the body and movements can keep up, then you can rely on guessing!

Guess what Lin Dong will do, guess what Lin Dong will choose... Is there really a gambling element in this? As long as you can bet right, you will definitely have the strength to fight.

He knew that Lin Dong should mainly cooperate with Longguo to implement the overall tactics in the first half, but now...

Longguo's three frontcourt players were all guarded by people, and there was no space to receive the ball. What else could Lin Dong do except choose to play alone?

And when it comes to one-on-one, he definitely has the possibility of defending.

As long as he defends Lin Dong, he can greatly hit Longguo's morale.

And even if he fails to defend, he can rely on the only strength advantage to consume Lin Dong, and then complete his defensive purpose and tactical tasks in the first half!

Not only Kobe thought so, but Duncan also thought so. After all, relying on his speed that was one step faster than Yao Ming, he was also on the three-point line at this time, about one step away from Kobe and Lin Dong.

This is different from the previous situation where Lin Dong actively attracted two people to double-team and then passed the ball.

Double-team!

The strongest two-person double-team in the US team, no matter what choice Lin Dong made, no matter whether he could break through the defense or score, at least he could make him spend more physical strength, and consuming Lin Dong's physical strength is equivalent to consuming the vitality of the Longguo team, which is the most important part of winning this game.

Duncan came up to Lin Dong to assist without hesitation, and was about to form a double-team with Kobe.

But before the double-team was fully formed, Lin Dong passed the ball without hesitation the moment he received the ball.

Swish!

Kobe was slightly startled.

Pass the ball?

The three players in front were all locked, who else could he pass to? No... wait!

Yao Ming!

The slowest one became the most suitable at this moment.

Yao Ming was indeed the slowest, and he had just run across the center line at this time, but with the momentum of rushing forward, when he received the ball, he was only one step away from the three-point line.

It is better to come early than to come late. If he really came early, Duncan had suffered the loss of double-teaming Lin Dong and being passed the ball before, so he would most likely not choose to leave Yao Ming open for the double-team.

If he came late, the rhythm of the ball would change, and he would naturally not get an open opportunity.

But unfortunately, he came neither early nor late!

Duncan and Kobe were both startled, and then their eyes showed panic.

Although Yao Ming is still one step away from the 3-point line... but don't forget, this is the 3-point line in the international arena, which is one step shorter than the NBA 3-point line. For Yao Ming, this is just an ordinary 3-pointer in the NBA!

Kobe, who is on the same team with Yao Ming, knows Yao Ming's shooting level too well. His 3-pointer hit rate is about 85%, but he is a big-hearted type in the game. His 3-pointer hit rate in the game is not worse than that in training!

In addition, he just scored one, and Yao Ming is in a hot hand at this time.

Can't let go!

But when Yao Ming received the ball, he raised the ball with both hands above his head without hesitation to make a shooting gesture. Kobe was very anxious and immediately turned to rush towards Yao Ming.

But when his center of gravity began to shift, he suddenly realized that Lin Dong, who had just been blocked by him and Duncan, did not reduce his momentum. Instead, he took advantage of the moment when he let go of his center of gravity and easily drilled through the gap between the two.

Kobe's pupils suddenly contracted, and he instinctively realized the crisis.

85% hit rate is not stable enough... Lin Dong is the main attacker, he wants to cut!

Facing Lin Dong's cut, Duncan can't keep up with his speed no matter what.

Kobe wanted to pull back his center of gravity at the first time. Although Yao Ming still has the possibility of shooting 3 points, he would rather defend the latter than 85% of 3 points and 100% of Lin Dong's 2 points.

Unfortunately, the pull of the center of gravity just now caused his rhythm to be messed up and his center of gravity to be lost. It was only a fantasy to want to go back to block Lin Dong. He only had time to turn this thought in his mind, and then he saw Yao Ming, who was holding the ball high, easily hoisted the basketball into the empty inner court in front.

Sure enough, he wanted the most stable 2 points instead of the 3 points that might be missed, and he played quite steadily!

The next second, Lin Dong, who had easily passed the defense of Kobe and Duncan, received the pass and rushed into the empty basket like a ghost...

Boom!

With a double-handed dunk, the Dragon National Team scored another 2 points, 14:6!

Kobe looked at Lin Dong who was smiling and retreating after landing in front of him, and listened to the deafening cheers from the stands, and he was suddenly stunned.

Was he just fooled by Lin Dong? Was he just passed by the cooperation between him and Yao Ming?

No... He and Duncan were completely tricked by Lin Dong!