NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

After chatting with the Shuang Yang duo for a few more words, Lin Tian quickly left the commentary booth and prepared to warm up.

However, before he reached his own half, several guys who had a good relationship with Lin Tian had already walked up to Lin Tian and started to be polite with him.

"Boss, long time no see, how have you been lately?" Anthony and Xiao Si walked in the front with smiles on their faces, and one of them bumped fists with Lin Tian.

"Great, I'm ready to beat you both up." Lin Tian said, "If you asked me before you were selected for the US team, I would have advised you not to come, because you would be beaten up by me."

"We're not planning to win." Anthony said with a sly smile, "Our goal this time is to learn, to improve, and to communicate with you. It's that simple."

“I can see that.” Lin Tian shrugged and said, “Choosing your lineup is like surrendering directly.”

"You look down on us so much, be careful not to lose the game!" Wade, who was following behind the two of them, came over and looked at Lin Tian and said, "We won't give up without any record requirements! On the contrary, I will definitely go all out tonight."

"Why don't you start first? I remember you didn't start a single game in the warm-up matches. If you don't start, you can't match up with me. How can you make me lose?"

Lin Tian deliberately provoked Wade. When he was about to change the angle to provoke Wade again, he suddenly saw someone behind him, so he immediately changed the subject.

"But I think you should be the leader of this team. You are the only one in this team with top level skills and top desire to win. If I were to choose the captain and leader, I would definitely choose you!"

The reason why Lin Tian said this at this moment was because he saw James, the team's current leader, coming over.

This guy happened to hear Lin Tian's words about the leader, and his expression changed obviously, but then he put his arm around Wade's shoulders and said with a laugh: "Who said Devin is not a leader? Devin has always been our big brother."

"He went to college for four years and he's very mature! It's really rare for someone with Devin's talent to go to college for four years! If I also went to college, maybe I could become the top scorer."

"It's not easy to be the No. 1 pick," Anthony said immediately. "First, you have to win all the awards you can in high school, then win all the awards in your freshman year, set a series of records, and you can't join a mature and strong team, because then you will have fewer opportunities to play."

"More importantly, I have to win the NCAA championship! I became the No. 1 pick only after I did all these!" Anthony emphasized the last word 'No. 1 pick'.

He seemed to be asking: Who is the top scorer here?

"It's great to be able to go to college for four years, and it's not bad to enter the NBA after one year of college. Anyway, I regret it. If I had to choose again, I would stay in college for at least one year. Otherwise, I wouldn't always be told that I'm a high school student. It annoys me, as if high school students are inferior to others."

Stoudemire shrugged and gave his support to his buddy Anthony.

"High school students are not bad either. Only the truly gifted players can go directly to the NBA after graduating from high school. I think this is a recognition. Those who are more team-oriented and more willing to cooperate and contribute will choose to stay in college for a few more years, right?"

"Sometimes promises are important. I promised my head coach that I would at least leave the team after leading Marquette to the semi-finals. And I did it! I led the school to the semi-finals, and then I left." Wade looked at the other people and bit back fiercely.

Good guy, Lin Tian is really good.

So exciting!
Lin Tian said nothing at this moment, just listening to the four men talking in a weird way. These big black guys were very powerful!
Who says men don’t fight? Who says strong men who are 2 meters tall and weigh nearly 200 kilograms don’t make indirect accusations?
When they curse at people, they are very dirty!
One says that one lacks talent so has to stay in college for four years, another says that one does not understand the meaning of commitment, another says that high school students are inferior, and the other one just says "I am the top student".

Stimulate!

It’s a pity that I didn’t bring a camera, otherwise I would have recorded the fight between these grown men and it would have gone viral on YouTube in no time!
He had never thought that these guys getting together could produce such an effect.

They are not convinced of each other and dislike each other!

Shouldn't these guys be good buddies, friendly brothers, the kind that can discuss where to play basketball together years in advance?
Now looking at it, this relationship is just like that!
After several people cursed at each other for a few more times, they obviously realized that it was inappropriate to curse at each other in front of Lin Tian. Especially since Lin Tian looked so excited to watch the fun and even wanted to call the reporters over directly, it made several people realize that it was inappropriate for them to do so.

So the four of them hurriedly turned around and left to warm up in their own half of the field.

However, Lin Tian’s observation of them has not yet ended.

While he was shooting shots easily and doing some stretching to warm up, he was watching the situation of the American team across the field.

He discovered quite clearly that this American team was divided into at least three small groups!
The first team is led by James and Paul, surrounded by two inside players, Howard and Okafor. It is estimated that these two people will pass the ball to the inside, so the two big centers play with them.

The second team is Anthony and Stoudemire, as well as Deron who has been following them.

Anthony and Stoudemire have a bad relationship with James, and Deron is determined to kill Paul, so the three of them naturally formed an alliance.

The third team surprised Lin Tian the most. It was actually led by Wade and Bosh!

This shouldn't be the case. Aren't you, Bosh, on the same team as James?

Why is he hanging out with Wade? Could he be an undercover agent sent by James?

Next to these two people are Hinrich and Ben Gordon.

Then, there is Battier, the only veteran on the team. This guy is like a parent taking care of his children, running here, looking there, chatting with this one, and interacting with that one.

Tired! Lin Tian felt tired just looking at it!

He doesn't deserve Battier.

In such a team, my brother has the lowest salary, does the dirtiest and most tiring work, and has almost no tactical status. In every game he has to face off against the opponent's absolute core and first attacking point. His statistics are definitely not going to look good, and he has to play the longest time in each game.

Then you have to take care of a group of little kids like a parent, reconcile their relationships, prevent them from causing too much trouble, and keep them as united as possible.

too difficult!
Lin Tian thought about it, if it were him, he would probably just give up!

At the same time, it would be a miracle if a team that can be divided into three small groups can have top-level combat effectiveness!
At this point, Lin Tian finally understood why Colangelo brought along Battier, who had the best interpersonal relationships and was the most capable of getting along with everyone, and why he wanted to leave a place for Kobe.

One of these two is an absolute leader who has the final say, and the other is a good-natured jack of all trades. Although their playing styles, team status, popularity and strength are completely not on the same level and there is a huge gap between them.

But the only similarity between these two people is their status and reputation in the league.

Kobe is strong and everyone is convinced of his strength, especially when those other old monsters are not participating in the competition, he can definitely hold up the field 100%.

Battier is popular. Everyone likes to make friends with him and treats him as a buddy.

With these two people leading the team, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, there is indeed great hope that they can quickly mold such a team into a perfect team, rather than several small groups fighting each other.

Unfortunately, Kobe is injured and cannot come this year, so all the dirty work on and off the court has to be done by Battier.

At the very least, if Kobe asked these kids to defend, no one would dare not defend.

But when Battier told everyone to play better defense, nine times out of ten no one listened.

There is no way, I am not strong enough and can’t control the situation!

As Lin Tian observed and thought, the warm-up time was soon over and the starting players of both sides walked onto the court!
On the Huaxia team side, Jonas did not let Yao Ming start, but instead let him be responsible for supporting the team's second lineup. The starting five is Yao Ming, Abdul-Jabbar, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and Lin Tian!

Such a lineup is quite reasonable. Yao Ming and Lin Tian are the two stars in the team. Abdul-Jabbar relies on his athletic ability to attack everywhere and fill in the gaps. The two big shooters stand on both sides, ready to receive the ball and shoot to create space.

These five people can basically be regarded as the strongest, most balanced and most reasonable lineup that the Chinese team can currently put forward.

The American team, on the other hand, used a lineup of one big and four small players.

Howard plays center, Anthony and James are at positions 3-4, with Battier and Paul partnering in the backcourt!

This lineup can barely be called star-studded and strong, but it is far behind the previous lineups of five MVP-level top players that the US team could put out!

After all, among these people, except for Battier who did the dirty work, the remaining four people only played for a maximum of 3 years in their careers, and Paul had just completed his rookie season.

But if Lin Tian were to look at it from a bird's eye view, he would give Coach K a thumbs up.

This old man really has the goods!

As a team that will represent the United States in the next 5-8 years, Coach K obviously values ​​the rationality of the lineup and the future development and future ceiling of the players more than the immediate combat effectiveness!

The five people he sent out will most likely be able to produce a good chemical reaction, and they will basically be the people with the highest achievements in their respective positions in the team in the future.

As expected of him being the head coach who signed Colangelo to four major tournaments, Coach K has been able to dominate college basketball for so many years. His skills and abilities are definitely extraordinary.

Duke University, where he coaches, has always had a tradition of teamwork, unity, egalitarianism and solidarity.

This team plays as a team, not as an individual.

It seems that Old K is going to use this method on the American team as well!
Soon, with the referee's whistle, Yao Ming and Howard jumped at the same time. Howard relied on his better physical fitness and successfully got the first wave of ball possession for the team.

Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and waved to everyone to relax and not to rush.

Then he waved, signaling Howard to come up and cover him.

Ignore him.

Howard didn't come out, but instead stood in the inside to block Yao Ming and reached out for the ball.

This is the shortcoming of a point guard who is not famous enough and lacks prestige. Sometimes he cannot command his teammates.

Seeing that Howard didn't come out, Paul could only curse and then pass the ball to James.

James held the basketball and also stretched out his hand to signal everyone to calm down. Zhu Fangyu, who was defending him, already knew James' weakness and took two steps back, giving him plenty of space to shoot from outside the three-point line.

If you dare to throw it, I dare to let it go!

James dribbled the ball for a long time without deciding how to attack.

This time it wasn't that he wanted to hesitate, but he had no choice.

Because there is no 3-second defense under FIBA ​​rules, and the American team's inside player is Howard, a guy who has almost no offensive ability outside the 3-second zone.

So Yao Ming can completely live in the 3-second zone. He just stands under the basket and doesn't move.

The 226-centimeter Yao Ming really makes James somewhat afraid.

Seeing that there was not much time left for the attack, James could only dribble the ball two steps inside, and then suddenly pulled up and shot a mid-range jump shot.

"Boom!"

After a dull thud, the basketball bounced off the rim and missed. Yao Ming protected the rebound and swung his elbows back and forth several times. After completely scaring Howard away, he calmly passed the ball to Lin Tian.

Judging from the current personnel configuration of the Huaxia team and the talents of the players, the most suitable style of play for them is positional offense and defense! That is to slow down the rhythm and grind one ball at a time.

Once you can't keep up the pace and start running, it's hard to say who will win or lose!
Who gave the American team such overwhelming physical fitness?
Lin Tian came to the front court leisurely, and after watching his teammates move out completely, he passed the ball to Yao Ming in the paint without thinking.

There are many inside players that Yao Ming has never been able to beat or is not very good at dealing with, such as Al Jefferson, Boozer, Okur, the peak period of Shark, etc.

But there is a super center, and playing against him is as easy as eating for Yao Ming.

Howard!
With his back to Howard, Yao Ming suddenly exerted force. Howard could not withstand Yao Ming's exaggerated lower limb strength and retreated towards the basket. As he retreated, Yao Ming immediately turned around, made an easy matchbox bounce and a side hook shot, and scored the first goal for the Chinese team!

Looking back, the American team's offense was finally a little smoother this time. Paul no longer waited for his teammates to pick and roll and chose to break through on his own. Although he was completely covered by Lin Tian, ​​the speed he relied on for survival had no advantage in front of Lin Tian, ​​and his size was completely two sizes smaller than Lin Tian, ​​but Paul was ultimately a top guard.

Even though there was no space at all and even though he was completely blocked, he still found Anthony on the wing in the chaos and passed the ball to Anthony with one hand.

Facing Al-Farouq Aminu's defense, Anthony didn't care and just threw the ball after getting it!

It was his signature jump shot!
"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, Anthony scored the goal very easily!

When Paul and James have not yet practiced their shooting, he is the only player in the current starting lineup of the US team who has the ability to catch the ball and shoot and make a quick stop jump shot.

As for the team's other stable shooter, it is Battier, a pure catch-and-shoot turret.

As a result, the US team played quite awkwardly in the next few minutes.

There is not enough space, the speed is not enough, the basket cannot be driven, and the shooting is not stable enough.

Due to these four shortcomings, the US team's starting lineup was completely suppressed in the first collision between the two sides!
There is no way, because Paul is not the master of mid-range and long-range shooting now.
Paul is now a breakthrough expert whose 3-point shooting percentage is less than %, and his mid-range shooting is also hit or miss. He relies entirely on his talent and speed.

James' mid-range and long-range shooting, especially the pull-up jump shot and dribbling shot, are completely blank, without any related skills.

As for Battier, his open shots are indeed very accurate and he is really good at it.

But the prerequisite for an open shot is that there must be an open space first, right?
The Chinese team now has Yao Ming sitting under the basket. The tiger won't come out of the cave. No matter what other players throw from the outside, he will just ignore them.

Al-Farouq Aminu went all out against Anthony. Although his current level is still far behind Anthony's, the same thing applies: with Yao Ming in the interior, he can be more aggressive!
Alian's defense was very strong, and he stuck to Anthony on almost every ball.

This kind of defense makes it difficult for Anthony to shoot comfortably, but if he wants to break through and pass Yi Jianlian, it is quite easy and he can leave Yi Jianlian behind with just one acceleration.

But in the 3-second zone was the extremely aggressive Yao Ming. Even if he passed Yi Jianlian, he could only choose a difficult long 2-point shot.

Therefore, even though Anthony is the best basketball player in the starting lineup, it is difficult for him to maintain high efficiency all the time.

As for Paul and James, these two are now the type who have absolutely no off-ball skills. After they pass the ball, they can basically only stand there and watch, waiting to see if the basketball can come back to their hands.

But even if the basketball comes back to them, these two guys don't have many options.

Including being completely covered by Lin Tian, ​​he couldn't find any chance to break through or score.

As for James, Zhu Fangyu just let him take two steps. If you want to throw the ball, it’s up to you. If you want to break through, Zhu Fangyu will just follow you and drive James towards Yao Ming!

The Chinese team's targeted defense played a very obvious role in the first 6 minutes of the first quarter.

They beat the US team 6:13 in just 5 minutes!

They were leading the US team by 8 points after half of the quarter!
Although this score may not seem like much, considering that this is a FIBA ​​game with a single quarter lasting only 10 minutes, and that the Chinese team played a rather slow and dull positional battle, an 8-point lead at this time is already quite good!

As for Coach K, he obviously didn’t really want to win the game. He didn’t make any adjustments until the first official timeout. Then the top college player said, “How is it? Do you feel the completely different FIBA ​​game style?” (End of this chapter)