king of defenders

Chapter 1489 Free hot pot at the beginning

"beep"

Game start.

First, the jump ball, Xiang Long helped the Chinese team get the ball, Meng Yun came to the front court, and Alexander immediately greeted him.

Alexander was selected by the Hornets with the No. 18 pick in the first round of 11, and was later traded to the Thunder. In the past season, because Westbrook went to the Rockets, Alexander got more opportunities in the Thunder and played well. Very good, averaging 19+6+3 data per game, very eye-catching, and is regarded as the hope of the Thunder's rise.

Compared with Murray, Alexander is slightly taller at 198 centimeters, so Coach Nas asked him to play against Meng Yun, who can't play against Meng Yun without height.

Alexander has excellent physical talent, is good at handling the ball, and has a sharp breakthrough. However, after all, he is only 22 years old and has only been in the NBA for two years. He is still slightly thin. On the defensive end, he relies on flexibility, excellent height and wingspan.

But in the face of Meng Yun, Alexander still couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He is already very good among the first and second-year players. He can play nearly 20+6 in the second season, but compared with Meng Yun, the gap is still Too big to be a grade.

However, Meng Yun did not play singles, but passed the ball to Xiang Long.

Xiang Long took the ball in the low post, leaned his back against TT and glanced back, seeing that no one came up to help defend, he immediately played back singles.

The starting lineup of the Canadian team is TT, Birch, Barrett, Murray, Alexander, a lineup composed of all NBA players.

Xiang Long is facing TT. His defensive ability is very strong, his athletic ability is excellent, and his body is strong. Xiang Long pushes TT back twice and just retreats. This is not the first time Xiang Long and TT have played against each other. Knowing that he couldn't beat TT in terms of strength, so after taking two steps, it was a turnaround jumper with a little fallback. TT stretched his arms, but it was just in vain.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the ball goes in.

Guidance Gong meant to start from the inside, so Meng Yun directly gave the ball to Xiang Long. Xiang Long was their inside fist, and TT couldn't guard him.

Canada attacked.

Entering the defensive end, Meng Yun is not playing against Alexander, but is responsible for defending Murray. In the past season, Murray averaged 19+5+4 per game for the Nuggets. It seems that the data is similar to that of Alexander. , but data is not exactly equivalent to a player's ability.

Alexander is currently being cultivated in the Thunder as a hope of rising, and he doesn't have any strong teammates around him. He can play as he pleases and has a lot of ball and shot rights, so the statistics are naturally not too bad, but the team's The record is not so good.

And Murray also has Jokic next to the Nuggets. Jokic is the boss of the team. In addition to Jokic, there are outstanding players such as Millsap, Harris, and Button. Everyone will share For some ball and shot rights, Murray can't play as he wants like Alexander. He must consider the team as a whole and put the team's record first.

Therefore, the data cannot fully reflect Murray's strength, otherwise the Nuggets would not have given him a maximum salary contract.

Another point is that Murray is a rookie in 16. He has played in the NBA for 4 years. He is much more mature than a second-year player like Alexander. Therefore, Murray is the leader of the Canadian team. Therefore, Director Gong asked Meng Yun to be in charge. Guard Murray, not Alexander.

Murray looked at Meng Yun in front of him and couldn't help frowning. He didn't take any risks, but passed the ball to Alexander. The instruction given by Coach Nass is also to let them make more breakthroughs, and try to make Xianglong or easy and concise fouls as much as possible, so Alexander is directly making a breakthrough in a change of direction.

Fang Shuo knew how powerful his opponent was, so he defended very seriously. However, there was a huge gap in strength. He still failed to defend against Alexander, and was passed by Alexander.

But the Chinese team has long been prepared.

Director Gong also knows that what he has to worry about is not the three points of Xiang Long, Yi Jianlian and Meng Yun, but the 2nd and 3rd positions. Whether it is Fang Shuo + Zhai Xiaochuan or other players, his side There is some gap between the personal strength of the No. 2,3 player and the opponent's player. The opponent is an all-NBA lineup. With the experience of Coach Nurse, he will definitely take advantage of this.

So Director Gong made some preparations. Seeing Alexander playing Fang Shuo alone, Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian retreated to the three-second zone at the same time, forming a line of defense.

Thanks to FIBA ​​for not defending the three-second zone. Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian just stood in the three-second zone, waiting for Alexander to come over. TT and Birch had already pulled away and ran to the outside line. The purpose was to open up space for Alexander. It would be better to attract Xiang Long and Yi Jianjian.

It's a pity that Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian didn't go outside at all. After Alexander passed Fang Shuo, he met Xiang Long and Yi Jianlian.

This is a human wall, but Alexander is young, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He jumped up against the two and forced to score.

"Hmph." Yi Jianlian snorted coldly, and jumped up to block the cover.

Alexander was already prepared. He took the ball back in the air, exerted strength in his waist and abdomen, forced it to stay in the air, and switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand. He counterattacked in the air, avoiding Yi Jian's block, and held the basketball in his left hand and aimed at the basket. The basket was thrown out.

However, at this moment, a figure jumped up from behind Yi Jianlian. Xiang Long raised his arms high. He was about the same height as Yi Jianlian, but his bounce was better than Yi Jianlian. He was still enough to threaten Alexander through Yi Jianlian, and Alexander avoided it. Yi Jianjian, but no longer have the strength to avoid Xiang Long.

Snapped!
With a crisp sound, the basketball was blown away.

"Huh"

There was an exclamation from the audience.

Alexander was also stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.

"This kid is still too young. Do you really think that Xiang Long and Ah Lian's defense line is so easy to deal with?" Meng Yun smiled secretly, immediately activated, grabbed the basketball, and launched a quick counterattack.

Murray also reacted and launched a chase. Meng Yun turned his head and took a look, slowing down a little. When Murray caught up, he was not worried about Murray causing him any trouble. This kind of fast-break ball has the advantages of height and bounce. It's impossible for Murray to block himself, so it's better to wait for him, maybe he can play 2+1.

It's a pity that Murray is not as innocent as Alexander. When he saw Meng Yun slowing down for a layup, he also slowed down. He was more than one meter away from Meng Yun and did not rush forward.

"It's a pity." Meng Yun secretly said it's a pity, and scored with a light layup.

(End of this chapter)