43. Savage Defense
"You guys played great, guys, that's the basketball game I want to see! Look at the sidelines, guys, look at the happy expressions on our fans' faces, it's all because of your outstanding performance on the basketball court!"
During the timeout, Deng Huade said to all the players: "Continue to perform like this, and then the whole of China will feel proud of us!"
This is a reason enough to make the players feel excited. Who would not want to enjoy the support of thousands of people? Even the humblest professional athletes fantasize that one day, such a day will be possible.
And perhaps the situation and opportunities they are currently facing are the best in the past decade, so naturally there is no reason not to seize it!
Wu Dawei held the ball twice after the opening of the second half, one resulted in a direct score, and the other assisted Yi Jianlian to complete the alley relay in the paint area.
In fact, although these two attacks were good and were indeed exciting enough, they did not play any kind of offense. The only reason why the head coach of the Brazilian Men's Basketball Team, Ruben Maniano, was so angry.
It was because during the halftime break that the Brazilian players did not implement Wu Dawei's defense in the second half.
He still broke through to the inside very easily, and then completed the attack with a light hook. This is not Ruben Maniano's strategy to defend Wu Dawei in the second half during the break.
Once again, Wu Dawei broke through to the hinterland of the half so easily, which of course nine became something that Ruben Maniano could not tolerate. This is also why he couldn't wait to request a timeout less than two minutes after the second half of the game started.
Compared with the praises and suspensions of the players by the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team Deng Huade during the suspension period, Ruben Maniano was already very polite without swearing swearing to the players of the Brazilian men's basketball team.
Because in his opinion, the players' performance is completely absent-minded. This is definitely not a winning attitude, especially the one who is currently leading the opponent.
Although the win or loss of this game will not actually affect the situation of Brazil's qualifying, in fact, they have already qualified. However, if they want to win medals, avoiding the US men's basketball team in the first round of knockout matches is their best way.
And if they cannot win this game, even though they still have one game, their opponent will obviously not be the Chinese men's basketball team, which is not strong in their eyes.
This is the best opportunity for the Brazilian men's basketball team to rank up in the group stage, at least Ruben Maniano thinks so much that when the team performs poorly in this game, he will be so angry.
He hopes that the team can cheer up and get back to form in the second half as soon as possible, and regain the lead in his hand. However, reality seems to have always played the opposite tune with him at this time, so Ruben Maniano is so angry.
However, within one minute of the timeout, Ruben Maniano was not entirely scolding Brazilian players under his command. After all, the game has begun, and he does not want the players to play with emotions.
A big stick and a handful of sweet dates is the best way to combine it.
So after scolding the players, Ruben Maniano instead encouraged everyone, and at the same time, he once again emphasized his strategy for defending Wu Dawei in the locker room in the second half.
"You must give him some color!"
This is what Ruben Maniano said to everyone as the suspension is about to end.
The game soon started again after the timeout, and neither side made any adjustments in personnel. The ball returned to the Brazilian at this time, with the score of 48:43, and the Chinese men's basketball team still led the Brazilian by 5 points.
Although during the suspension, Ruben Maniano emphasized to Brazilian players one point about Wu Dawei's tough strategy in defense. Before that, they must score this goal first and then talk about the next defense.
After all, they are at a disadvantage now. As chasers, if they cannot get points, then even the best defense is in vain.
Leonard Barbosa is still the main attack point of the Brazilian. In the first half, the wind-like defender has scored 12 points for the team, and his shooting percentage is extremely high. In the second half, it is obvious that Barbosa will still be the main attack point of the Brazilian.
Marcelo Helsta passed the half. After passing the ball, he handed the ball to Barbosa. Barbosa held the ball on the wing, and then Diego Split in the low post mentioned the high position to make a pick-and-roll for him. Barbosa cut in horizontally quickly, and Sun Yue was thrown behind him. Then Barbosa wiped his body into the paint area, faced Yi Jianlian's block, successfully avoided the latter, and picked the ball into the basket again.
Barbosa's performance in the second half was quite good. At least on the offensive end, he had already scored 4 points in a row. If it weren't for his performance on the offensive end, the Chinese team's current leading score wouldn't be just that.
Barbosa's successive scores gave the Brazilian hope to catch up with the score. At least at this time, they were close to the gap to only 3 points. Next, it depends on their defense.
Whether he can play the defense he wants to see like the head coach of the Brazilian men's basketball team, Ruben Maniano, said, depends on the next defense.
After the Chinese team's point guard Liu Wei dribbled the ball through half the court, he once again chose to hand the ball to Wu Dawei. No matter how the Brazilian changes, the Chinese men's basketball team always chose to hand the ball to Wu Dawei without hesitation.
Wu Dawei held the ball at a high position and faced Larry Taylor's defense. Wu Dawei once again tried to cooperate with Yi Jianlian in the high position to play a pick-and-roll with him, and then he cut into the paint area horizontally. The Brazilian men's basketball team's surround quickly surrounded him.
However, Wu Dawei was not panicked. He always encountered opponents' crazy double-teams in every game, so Wu Dawei was very experienced in this. He could handle it with ease. After all, Wu Dawei could forcefully squeeze through his opponents' double-teams with his outstanding physical fitness, and this is not the first time he has done such a thing.
However, when Wu Dawei tried to forcefully squeeze through the Brazilian attack this time, Wu Dawei was not as relaxed as before. The two opponents closed the door very firmly, almost as if they were stuck together. Wu Dawei hit the two of them and fell to the ground.
The referee's whistle also sounded resolutely at this time, and the Brazilian team blocked the defensive foul.
Boos sounded at this time in the stadium, but the head coach of the Brazilian men's basketball team, Ruben Maniano, who was standing on the sidelines, was very satisfied with the players' defense this time.
Although the result is not so satisfying, at least in Maniano's opinion, the players have shown the tough attitude he wants to see on the defensive end.
This is how it plays. As long as Wu Dawei dares to break through to the inside to try to cause damage to the Brazilian men's basketball team, then he has to give him some colors!
When Wu Dawei fell to the ground, he heard the referee's whistle. At the same time, the cheers of Brazilian men's basketball coach Ruben Maniano were heard in his ears.
This surprised Wu Dawei. After he stood up from the floor with the help of his teammates, he looked back at the head coach of the Brazilian men's basketball team, Maniano standing on the sidelines, with thoughtful eyes.
What surprised Wu Dawei even more was that when he turned around to look at Maniano, Maniano actually looked at him, and at the same time he also gave him a provocative look!?
This surprised Wu Dawei. Obviously he did not expect to be provoked by the opponent's head coach. However, this also made Wu Dawei feel some fresh taste. This was the first time he was provoked by the opponent's head coach.
In this regard, Wu Dawei smiled at Maniano inexplicably, but that's all the intersection between the two people at this time, because the Chinese men's basketball team is about to serve on the sideline.
Although it was just a flash of sparks, it obviously would not end easily like this.
The Chinese team served again outside the border, and Wu Dawei once again held the ball at a high position. Looking at the players of the Brazilian men's basketball team who were eyeing him, Wu Dawei knew that the reason why they had such a big change on the defensive end before was definitely the reason why Brazilian coach Maniano ordered it.
If you continue to choose to force yourself to break through the inside, the Brazilian will definitely still use very bad defenses to stop him.
Thinking of Ruben Maniano's provocative gaze before, Wu Dawei looked at the situation on the basketball court and continued to wave to Yi Jianlian, it seemed that he still wanted to choose to break through to the inside.
After seeing this scene, not only Maniano was confident, but even the players of the Australian men's basketball team on the sidelines were looking forward to it, especially Andre Bogut. He hoped that Wu Dawei would be knocked down by the Brazilian's barbaric defense again.
But at this moment, just when everyone thought Wu Dawei was going to choose to attack the basket again, Wu Dawei suddenly jumped out of the three-point line!
Taking advantage of the gap between the opponent's defense change due to the pick-and-roll defense, Wu Dawei jumped up suddenly and then made a three-pointer in a place beyond the reach of Brazilians!
With a blink of an eye, the ball came into the net! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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