Chapter 776
Updated: 2013-05-18
Before the game, Yunas chatted with Lithuanian coach Ramnas Broadastas for a long time, and Stephen also greeted Jaskovihus. Unfortunately, Ilgoshkas did not come, otherwise he could face Yao Zhong.
Although Jascovius is the leader of their national team, there is another player who is better in the league than Jascovius in the Lithuanian team, that is Linas Creza, who was selected by Stephen by the Portland Trail Blazers in the same year and was immediately traded to the Denver Nuggets, where he spent three years of his career.
Linas Creza's progress is very obvious, especially last season, when she scored 41 points and nine extra rebounds in the home game against the Uta Jazz, including four of eight three-pointers, becoming an important role on the team's bench.
In the league, he was a substitute player and was also a substitute when he came to the national team. It was not that the head coach Broadas did not trust him. When Kreza was still very young, Broadas took a fancy to him and predicted that he was the "Bakley of the Lithuanian national team's future", because at that time the most dazzling player in the Dream Team was the only one who was Jordan and Barkley.
Whether in the third or fourth position, Butaistas still continues to let Siscoscas and Lavrinovic, perhaps because of the trust of veterans, or perhaps it may be out of the idea of protecting young players.
The center of Lithuanian team was Robert Sjavtokas. As soon as he came on the court, he actually scored two points with a small hook on Yao Ming, which caused an uproar on both sides and outside the court. Yao Ming also felt as if he was embarrassed. After coming back, he directly reached out to ask Stephen for the ball, and it seemed that he wanted to return Jafftokas.
Instead of doing what he wanted, Stephen got the ball and swayed it under the basket. When he turned around and returned, he suddenly passed the ball behind him. After receiving the ball, Yao Ming leaned directly on Jaftokas's small hooking hand and sent the ball into the basket.
The one who defends Stephen is Yunas Maxilis. He is about the same height as Stephen, but his strength is far inferior to Stephen. However, the Lithuanian team did not expect him to defend Stephen. The main reason is to limit Stephen through joint defense.
However, Stephen did not deliberately attack himself, but instead mobilized the Lithuanian team's defense line through threatening runs. His large-scale running made the joint defense less effective, and then helped his teammates create offensive opportunities in exchange for an increase in assist data.
In fact, Stephen actually plays the position of point guard in the national team. Due to the intensity of the game, Stephen is not as worried about his dribbling skills as in the league. Most of the time Stephen holds the ball in his hands.
Siscoscas made an outside three-pointer line, and when he came back, Zhu Fangyu also made a shot, but Jascovius also made a three-pointer from the outside. After Yijianlian missed the shot, Lithuanian team made another three-pointer from Yunas Malihus.
In this way, the gap between the two sides was widened. Although Yao Mingqiang then made Jaftokas' foul, Yao Ming rarely made one of the two free throws. When he came back, Siscoscas made another mid-range shot.
Yunas quickly called a timeout. The Lithuanian team's shooting percentage is terrible. If they keep shooting like this, they are likely to lose the game. Yunas plans to succeed in the Chinese team, at least win a medal and record it into the history of Chinese basketball. He does not allow him to lose the game so simply.
There was no problem with the Chinese team's defense. The reason why the opponent opened the score difference by seven points was because the opponent's feel was too good, and this feel was definitely unconventional. Just ask a timeout to interrupt and take a look.
After the timeout, Stephen scored a goal in the Chinese team. When Lithuanian served, Stephen suddenly went up to defend Jascovius in close combat. Jascovius suddenly failed to adapt and was cut off by Stephen.
But Stephen also failed to complete the foul because Jaftokas immediately fouled him, but fouls against Stephen was basically no different from giving away points. Stephen simply threw both free throws into the basket.
Lithuania continued to serve and attack, and Ravnovic easily avoided Yi Jianlian's defense and turned his body to score.
But after coming back, Stephen immediately hung the ball high to Yao Ming. Yao Ming took advantage of his height and weight to easily squeeze Jaftokas aside and scored with one-handed dunk.
Yao Ming's basket power is more terrifying in international arena than in the league, especially his defense. After coming back, Jaftokas came out and wanted to return Yao Ming, but Yao Ming was covered up with a palm.
Stephen grabbed the ball in the crowd again, and then carried the ball forward quickly. Jascovius was by his side trying to block his fast break, but Stephen kept pressing his own steps and ran very steadily. Until the moment of the final attack, Jascovius did not find a chance. When he wanted to foul, Stephen had already raised his hand. Fortunately, he shrank quickly and did not give the referee a chance to blow the whistle.
But Lithuania's hands are indeed very good today. Jaskovius missed the shot, and the rebound was obtained by Ravnovic, and then passed to Siscoscas at the three-point line. With Zhu Fangyu's defense, Siscoscas made a stable three-pointer.
The two sides played one quarter back and forth, and finally ended the first quarter with a five-point lead by Lithuania. After Yao Ming left the court in the second quarter, the Chinese team instead relied on Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian's consecutive three-pointers to overtake the score. At this time, Lithuania's feel decreased significantly.
Stephen is still persistent in creating opportunities for his teammates. Attacking from time to time will cause great trouble to the Lithuanian team, so Lithuania has never dared to relax its defense against him, but the Chinese team's offense is either at the basket or outside the three-point line, greatly reducing the power of the joint defense.
Sun Yue, who had just played, was too active in defense. In just two minutes, she received two personal fouls. Not only did she give the opponent two free throws, she was replaced by Yunas. Considering that Liu Wei had just left the court, Yunas replaced Chen Jianghua.
This was a relatively risky behavior, but it had a good effect. After Chen Jianghua came on the court, Stephen gave up the ball and ran without the ball, because Stephen keenly felt that Chen Jianghua might become a surprise soldier of the Chinese team.
Sure enough, Chen Jianghua, who was fully sprinting, was not the one who had old feet and legs, and was able to catch up with Jascovius, who was killed by Chen Jianghua to the basket to score points twice in a row, Butastas called a timeout and looked at Jascovius who was already a little breathing. In addition to sighing in his heart that time is unforgivable, he had to replace Jascovius.
If Jascovius had never been so tired because of two consecutive pursuits. He adjusted his physical strength very well, which is also the main reason why he was very average in physical talent but won the "King of Europe". However, now, he is really old and his condition is declining very quickly, especially his speed.
However, after the substitution, Chen Jianghua's raid could not be stopped. Stephen also took this opportunity to launch a counterattack and quickly surpassed the score.
Chapter completed!