king of defenders

Chapter 1514 An Alternative Lineup

"The score was tied."

"I didn't expect it to be tied."

"During this period, the Chinese team played very well and chased a lot of points. Meng Yun's two three-pointers were also crucial. Oh, no, this is a 3+1."

"Come on! Team China, come on!"

The auditorium was noisy.

Meng Yun walked to the free throw line and steadily made an extra free throw, and the Chinese team took the lead by one point.

This is the first time for the Chinese team to overtake. Many people, including Director Gong and Yao Ming, did not expect to be able to overtake.

Meng Yun walked to the sidelines, and his teammates surrounded him and surrounded him: "Haha, your two three-pointers are really awesome."

"Brother Meng, you will be my elder brother from now on, you are too awesome."

"Yigao is so bold, I wouldn't dare to do that if I were changed."

"That's you, Meng Yun can be like you? Meng Yun is sure, his three-pointers are not worse than Curry."

The teammates are very excited.

This was beyond their expectations. They didn't expect to be able to play like this, and even overtake the US team, which is an all-star team with super giants.

Director Gong coughed lightly, and said with a straight face: "Don't be so busy being happy, this is only the second quarter. Although we have overtaken the score, the key is whether we can hold it."

"Uh" everyone's face turned bitter.

It's not easy to hold on to the lead.

Meng Yun smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, do your best, don't have any burdens, just play the game we should have."

"Ah."

"it is good."

The crowd responded in unison.

Not far away, the US team rest area.

Mr. Popovich's face is not very good. Meng Yun made a three-pointer and a 3+1. There is nothing to say. He won't blame his players for this. Meng Yun's strength is indeed very strong. He did this. It's not surprising, and it's not that the players didn't defend well.

But during the previous period, the Chinese team chased a lot of points, and once chased the point difference to 4 points. This is what makes Popovich unhappy.

The original score difference of more than ten points was chased to 4 points, what happened?

If the point difference hadn't been narrowed to 4 points, Meng Yun would not have been able to overtake even with seven points.

"Cheer up, everyone. The Chinese team is not a weak team, and the weak team will not make it to the final." Popovich said in a deep voice, "Wait for a substitution."

The pause ends soon.

There wasn't much time left in the second quarter, Yi Jianlian was replaced, Meng Yun and Xiang Long were still on the court, and the fans couldn't help but click their tongues, this is really planning to play the first half.

But when they saw the lineup of the US team, the fans were taken aback.

"Why such a lineup?"

"The five players are all strikers. What kind of routine is this?"

People were amazed.

The players on the Chinese team were also very surprised, but Meng Yun thumped in his heart. The five players are all strikers, and the lineup consists of five All-Star strikers. No wonder Popovich has James and Durant In addition, George, Tatum, Butler and others were selected.

It turned out to be this plan.

I saw that the five players on the U.S. team were James, Durant, George, Butler, and Tatum. All five players were small forwards. Except for Durant, the other four were all about the same height. The figure looks very different.

No inside, no guards!
Yao Ming also frowned when he saw it, and suddenly remembered that Meng Yun and himself had a chat and talked about the best NBA lineup in each other's minds. At that time, the best lineup Yao Ming gave was O'Neal, Duncan, Barkley, Kobe, Jordan.

What Meng Yun gave was a relatively different lineup. All five players were small forwards, Kaka, Bird, Pippen, Durant, and James.

Yao Ming was surprised at the time. He didn't expect Meng Yun to choose such a lineup. There were no insiders, no guards, and all small forwards.

The answer given by Meng Yun is that the future of basketball requires players to be more comprehensive. Movement speed, jumping, strength, explosive power, and skills must be comprehensive and balanced. Therefore, the best lineup is that everyone on the team is balanced and balanced. Comprehensive, powerful and with no glaring weaknesses.

Such a few people form a lineup, everyone can rebound, everyone can pass, everyone can score, everyone can fast break, they are all-round, and they will make the defender helpless, because you can't guard anyone One, and no matter which one is matched, it is a misplacement.

Moreover, when such a few players are combined, there is not much difference between them, there will be no situation of being targeted after the defense is changed, and the defense can be changed quickly. It is a bit similar to the "small lineup" of the Warriors, but it is smaller The lineup is much stronger defensively.

Yao Ming just smiled at that time, saying that this is impossible.

However, now he has seen such a lineup with his own eyes, five small forwards, they are strong, versatile, and have no shortcomings.

"This is troublesome." Meng Yun sighed secretly, and was also very surprised. He didn't expect that he would go with Mr. Popovich.

James, Durant, George, Butler, Tatum.

How to prevent this, who will defend whom?

On the Chinese side, the teammates looked at each other, and finally all looked at Meng Yun.

Meng Yun quickly said: "Stop playing man-to-man, play zone defense."

If the opposing lineup is man-to-man, the Chinese team can't defend at all. They can't defend against anyone one-on-one.

But the opponent's five players are all small forwards, there is no inside line, and there is no three-second defense in the international league, so the zone defense is a good choice.

James held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing that the Chinese team had switched to zone defense, he felt something, glanced at Meng Yun, and then passed the ball to Durant.

Durant didn't break through after taking the ball, and it was a three-pointer.

The zone defense can better protect the inside and deal with breakthroughs, but the restrictions on outside shots are relatively weak, so Durant didn't break through and directly pulled.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

The Chinese team counterattacked.

Unlike the Chinese team, the U.S. team is still man-marking. Meng Yun passes the ball to Xiang Long. The opponent has no inside players, and Xiang Long has an advantage in height.

But as soon as Xiang Long got the ball, someone from the U.S. team came forward to help defend, and when Xiang Long passed the ball, they immediately retreated. Although the U.S. team does not have a height advantage, it moves fast and has excellent defensive capabilities. Xiang Long didn't take much advantage of it.

The ball returned to Meng Yun's hands again, Meng Yun broke through, dribbled a step forward and then made an emergency stop jump shot.

But when they turned around, the U.S. team immediately returned the favor. James made a breakthrough and passed it to Durant. Durant made a breakthrough again. In his hand, George made a three-pointer.
(End of this chapter)