king of defenders

Chapter 1488 The Olympics is coming, the first opponent

mid-August.

The Chinese men's basketball team and various Olympic teams rushed to Tokyo to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.

Along with the men's basketball team is the women's basketball team. The men's basketball team and the women's basketball team have always been closely related. If there are no games at the same time in international competitions such as the Olympics, the women's basketball team will usually form a team when the men's basketball team has games. Cheer for them, and when the women's basketball team has a game, the men's basketball team will also form a team to cheer for them.

Even in the usual training process, the two sides will have some intersections, but this time the training bases of the men's basketball team and the women's basketball team are different. The two sides had no chance to contact before.

A group of female team members were not reserved at all, and they surrounded Meng Yun when they met, asking for autographs and group photos, which made Meng Yun a little helpless.

Xiang Long is similar, even more popular than Meng Yun.

This point has always been something that Meng Yun couldn't figure out. Xiang Long has a cold expression all day long. It's unreasonable why so many girls like it.

A group of female basketball players chattered along the way, Meng Yun could only cope with it with a smile, and in the end he simply pulled Zhao Rui and Fang Shuo over and was able to get away.

The Tokyo Olympics is approaching, and delegations from various countries gather here, making the city lively.

However, Meng Yun and others did not have the opportunity to experience the hustle and bustle of the city. When they arrived at the Tokyo Palace, the guide gave them an order not to go out.

Zhao Rui shouted depressed, but Meng Yun didn't care, there was nothing to see anyway, and he came here for a competition, not for fun.

After two days of rest, the Olympic Games opened, and the Chinese men's basketball team also ushered in their first opponent in the group stage - the Canadian team.

The four teams in Group B are China, Greece, Japan, and Canada.

Among them, China, Greece, and Canada are all very strong, and the Japanese team is far behind. They can get the places because they are the hosts. Otherwise, it is impossible for them to qualify for the Olympic Games with their strength.

Last year's Basketball World Cup Canadian team did not perform well, but the lineup they sent was not their strongest lineup. The only NBA players were Ken Birch from the Magic and Corey Joseph from the Pacers. None of the other players were NBA players. .

But in fact, there are many Canadian NBA players.

The older generation of Canadian NBA players is represented by Steve Nash, and now the younger generation is represented by Timberwolves' Andrew Wiggins, Nuggets' Jamal Murray, and Thunder's Shai Gilgeous. -Alexander, RJ Barrett of the Knicks, Nikhil Alexander-Walker of the Pelicans, Clark of the Grizzlies, and Ken Birch of the Magic.

In addition, among young players such as Nash and Murray are Tristan Thompson of the Cavaliers, Corey Joseph of the Pacers, Olynyk of the Heat and others.

It can be said that Canada has always produced nba players, basically there is no fault, and the younger generation is even more talented. Wiggins, Murray, Alexander, Barrett and others have already achieved results in nba.

The Canadian national team did not send the strongest lineup for the Basketball World Cup last year, but this time they attach great importance to the Olympics, and they sent a very strong lineup, including Murray, Barrett, Alexander, Walker, Birch, Joseph, TT, etc. players.

Except for Wiggins who did not enter the Canadian men's basketball national team list due to personal reasons, almost all active Canadian NBA players are there.

So this time the strength of the Canadian team is not weaker than that of the Chinese team and the Greek team with Antetokounmpo.

It is a challenge for the Chinese team to meet the Canadian team in the first group match. If they win this game, it is almost inevitable that they will qualify for the group stage, and they may even appear as the first in the group; but if they lose, then everything will be lost. It's hard to say.

Of course, the same is true for the Canadian team. There is a weak team in Group B, Japan. Both the Chinese team and the Canadian team can easily win. The key is the game against the other two teams. It is tantamount to benefiting from an invincible position.

Therefore, both sides are bound to win this game.

The game hasn't started yet.

The Canadian players surrounded the head coach and listened to the head coach's pre-match arrangements.

The head coach is Nurse, the head coach of the Raptors, a very good nba coach. With a calm expression, he spread out the tactical board and said while drawing the tactics: "The opponent's internal strength is not weak, and Meng Yun is on the outside, but The other two points are their weaknesses, the strength of the players in the 2nd and 3rd positions is much worse than the other three, we must make good use of this point, and try our best to play one-on-one singles.”

"In addition, we need to break through more and try to inflict damage on the opponent's inside line."

A group of players nodded to express their understanding.

The FIBA ​​rules are very different from the NBA, because there is no three-second defense, and the three-point line is shorter than the NBA, so the inside line is often crowded, and the Chinese team has two outstanding inside players like Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian. The inside line has become a restricted area.

Of course, if the Canadian team has inside players who can shoot three-pointers, or support, and can open up space, it will not be a big problem. It can completely attract the inside players of the Chinese team to the outside.

But they didn't.

A few players, TT, Burch, etc. do not have enough three-point shooting and coping capabilities. If they go to the three-point line, Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian will not move. Anyway, TT and Burch are not a big three-point threat. We Standing in the three-second zone, you break through and you are like a human wall, let's see what you do.

Therefore, Coach Nas emphasized the need to create as many fouls as possible by the inside players of the Chinese team. As long as Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian commit some fouls, the game will be easy to play.

The Chinese team here.

Director Gong was also making arrangements, with a serious expression on his face, he said, "Let's play according to what we did during training, we have to start from defense and from the inside." He looked at Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian, "You two have to play Take the initiative and play more low-post games."

"Ah."

"Yes." Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian agreed repeatedly.

Because the advantage of the Canadian team lies in the outside, and several outstanding players, such as Murray and Alexander, are all outside players, so the most reasonable approach for the Chinese team is to start from the inside. The Chinese team has an advantage in the inside players. of.

Afterwards, Director Gong looked at Meng Yun, Fang Shuo, and Zhai Xiaochuan again: "Meng Yun, Murray will be entrusted to you. Your task is relatively heavy, and you can adapt accordingly. Fang Shuo, Xiaochuan, your task is to do a good job of defense. The defense must be active. Also, when there is a three-point opportunity, you must shoot resolutely, just like when we were training and during the warm-up match, you know?"

(End of this chapter)