king of defenders

Chapter 713 A Surprise for the Croatian Team

The game started soon. The Chinese team started with Zhou Qi, Yi Jianlian, Ding Yanyuhang, Guo Ailun, and Meng Yun. The original Li Gen was replaced by Guo Ailun.

Seeing the start of the Chinese team, coach Petrovic laughed and became more relaxed. It is expected that Meng Yun will start. Even if he is injured and his strength has dropped, Meng Yun can at least act as a spiritual leader. He must start. And Guo Ailun's entry into the starting lineup further verified that Meng Yun's injury has not healed, which means that his left hand is not very easy to use, and it is no longer enough to undertake organizational tasks, so Guo Ailun needs to come up to organize.

First it was a jump ball, Zhou Qi patted the ball to the backcourt, Ding Yan Yuhang took the ball and passed it to Guo Ailun.

Guo Ailun pushed forward with the ball, and Meng Yun came directly to the frontcourt. When Guo Ailun came over, Meng Yun opened his hand to ask for the ball, acting as if he wanted to play singles.

"Heh, it's another bluff, trying to attract the defense by itself and create opportunities for teammates?" Petrovic sneered without cutting, "We are not as stupid as Serbia."

Croatia did not double-team, it was one-on-one, with defender Luka Babić defending Meng Yun.

The starters for Croatia today are Dario Saric, Marko Arapovic, Mario Hezonja, Luka Babić, Krunoslav Raimon, Dario Saric And Marko Arapovic in the interior, Mario Hezonia at small forward, Luka Babić and Krunoslav Raimon at guard.

Luka Babic defended Meng Yun alone, and the others matched up with other players of the Chinese team. It was clear that they would not double-team or even assist in defense.

When Meng Yun was injured and his strength declined, the threat was no longer that great.

Of course, this is just what Croatia thinks it is. Meng Yun's injury has healed, and Luka Babic alone cannot prevent Meng Yun.

I saw Meng Yun suddenly speeding up, the first step was very fast, and Luka Babic was caught off guard, Luka Babic quickly retreated, but it was still a bit late, and he was secretly annoyed: "I didn't expect this guy He even chose to break through, thinking that he was just acting as a spiritual leader, passing the ball at most, not attacking."

Croatia is indeed not Serbia, but Croatia's judgment is not correct. For example, Luka Babić preconceived that Meng Yun's injury has not healed, and he only acted as a spiritual leader. At least at the beginning, he definitely didn't participate in the attack. , so he was unprepared, and was passed by Meng Yun in one step.

However, Croatia is not completely unprepared. The internal defense line moves quickly to form a barrier. In addition, the outside players also shrink in time.

At this time, the encirclement circle had not yet been fully formed, but Meng Yun did not choose to shoot, but split the ball and passed the ball to Guo Ailun on the outside. Guo Ailun missed a three-pointer.

Coach Petrovic's expression was calm, and he didn't even remind Luka Babić to be more serious about defending because Meng Yun chose to pass the ball. Why did he choose to pass the ball?Of course it was because he was injured, even if he passed Luka Babic, he was not sure to score, so he could only pass the ball outside.

Is this really the case?

of course not.

Meng Yun can fight by himself, but the opponent's encirclement circle is formed immediately, and the difficulty of scoring is not small, and the opponent shrinks the defense line, Guo Ailun has an open opportunity in the bottom corner, his position is very good, Meng Yun is not a fool, of course he will choose Give it to the teammate with the best position. Now the game has just started, and it is not a critical moment. You have to come by yourself.

It's just a pity that Guo Ailun failed to seize this opportunity and missed the shot.

Croatia launched a counterattack. After the ball reached the frontcourt, it was transferred twice, and then it was given to Saric. Saric played singles. After being double-teamed, he split the ball and gave it to the outside.

Afterwards, the Chinese team attacked and the ball was given to Meng Yun again. Luca Babic became serious, bent down, lowered his center of gravity, stared at Meng Yun's shoulder, and guarded against his breakthrough.

Like Teodosic back then, Luka Babic also chose to let go of the left side and directly defend the right side.

Meng Yun pinched the ball around his waist, tapped his right foot in front of him, and took a tentative step. Luka Babich subconsciously moved a little to his left. He was still worried that Meng Yun was going too fast. , although it can only break through from the right side, but Meng Yun's speed is about to increase, and he may not be able to stop it.

The next moment, Luca Babic was stunned, and Meng Yun jumped up and pulled out directly.

Luka Babic didn't even come to remember to jump up, and stayed in place, and then there was a soft "swish". As he galloped by, he felt he had been fooled.Yes, being fooled by Meng Yun, and this is already the second time.

Everyone else was also surprised that Meng Yun would directly make a draw, and it was still a three-pointer. The key is that he still made the shot.

A group of Croatian players looked at the head coach Petrovic, didn't you say that the injured Meng Yun is not to be feared?

Petrovic's face was dark. I said he was not a big threat, but I didn't say that he was no threat. What I told him was to guard the right side when he broke through, and I didn't say that he didn't need to guard against his shots.

"Luka, don't let him shoot." Coach Petrovic shouted towards the field.

Luka Babic nodded, stared at Meng Yun viciously, and secretly swore in his heart that he must not give Meng Yun such a chance again in the future, and he must be prevented to death.

However, Luka Babic quickly found that he simply could not do it.

Meng Yun took the ball again and suddenly lifted it up. Luka Babic stepped forward, did not take off easily, kept interfering, and always remained on Meng Yun's right side, blocking Meng Yun's breakthrough route.

The next moment, Meng Yun put down the ball, and then accelerated the breakthrough. Luka Babic watched Meng Yun pass by him, because Meng Yun did not break through from the right side, but from the left side.The Croatian team moved quickly inside. Saric stepped forward and also blocked Meng Yun's right side. Then a figure flashed in front of him. Meng Yun strode forward from the left side without changing hands, still holding the ball with his left hand. , sideways past Saric, and scored a layup.

"Left hand?" Coach Petrovic's face changed slightly.

Ten seconds later, Meng Yun received a pass from his teammate and pretended to break through from the right side. Suddenly, he changed direction and switched to his left hand.

After two rounds, Meng Yun took the ball from outside the three-point line, took a step forward, then suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back, switched the ball to his left hand, then took a step back, stepped back outside the three-point line, and raised his hand for another three-pointer. point.

With a sound of "shua", the hollow hit.

It's not over yet, Ding Yanyuhang missed a shot, Meng Yunfei rushed inside, grabbed the basketball, feinted for a while, then jumped up, made a backhand layup with his left hand, the defender couldn't stop it.
(End of this chapter)