Chapter 458: The Powerful American Men's Basketball Team
Next, in the second offensive round of the United States, Yi Dun directly left James, who was currently facing each other, and then found Kobe.
Judging from Kobe's posture tonight, his offensive desire is quite strong. He must ensure that he will not let Kobe enter the state. Once Kobe enters a rampage, it will definitely not be good news for the Chinese men's basketball team.
Seeing Yi Dun and Sun Yue switch defense, Kobe smiled on his face, which was exactly the scene he was looking forward to.
Although they knew Yi Dun was very strong, the two had never fought head-on. Kobe also wanted to test how valuable Yi Dun was.
Is it really high enough to make them win at all costs?
Compared with representatives of other teams, Kobe's willingness to recruit Yi Dun is not particularly strong. It is not that the Lakers are not interested in Yi Dun enough, but that Kobe does not think Yi Dun can really bring qualitative improvement to the Lakers.
The Lakers naturally covet Yi Dun. This team has always had a tradition of super centers. As long as there is a super center they can get involved in this earth, the Lakers will never miss it.
Although Yi Dun can't be considered a center, there is definitely no problem saying that he is a super insider, but this super insider also comes with the defensive ability of the super outside.
In addition, Yi Dun's commercial value is definitely something that no team cannot ignore.
Yao Ming has earned countless US dollars for the mosaic team in recent years. Although the Lakers are not short of money and have strong profitability every year, no one will think that they have too much money. Yi Dun is strong enough and has high business value, so he is definitely the best candidate to strengthen.
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Kobe waved at his teammates around him and signaled his teammates to scatter and wanted to play one-on-one match with Yi Dun.
Yi Dun couldn't help but feel happy. Who are you looking down on? You actually want to fight with him?
The players on the US team are also very proud of the veteran Kobe, and they scattered all the way. For them, the Olympics are often more like entertainment competitions.
Kobe stepped up and began to break through. Yi Dun immediately blocked Kobe's breakthrough path with his strong body.
Kobe has now entered the end of his career, and is suffering from injuries and his physical fitness is no longer the peak of his golden age. How can he survive Yi Dun's defense?
However, this situation can be encountered in almost every game in Kobe's career. If he can't beat his opponent, Kobe naturally has his usual solutions.
Emergency stop and backward jump shot.
Yi Dun, who had been waiting for the battle, jumped up the moment Kobe jumped, stretched out his arm to block Kobe.
With a "bang", Kobe's attack was directly shot by Yi Dun from the air. Although it was not a volleyball hat, nor did it catch the hat, it was enough to shock people.
Leaning back is undoubtedly an attacking method that is extremely difficult to block, but in front of Yi Dun, even Kobe, who is extremely good at leaning back, was defeated.
It is mainly because Kobe underestimated Yi Dun's bounce ability.
At first glance, Yi Dun's height and wingspan are at a disadvantage. With his height and wingspan, it is impossible for Kobe to block Kobe's backward action.
But if you think about Yi Dun's terrifying bounce ability carefully, this impossible becomes possible.
The ball was snapped by Yi Dun and finally fell into Sun Yue's hands.
Sun Yue was stunned. He was an outside player who was good at blocking shots. He knew better than anyone else how difficult it was for Yi Dun to block this time just now.
After a brief stagnation, Sun Yue passed the ball directly to Liu Wei, and he followed Yi Dun's footsteps to start counterattacking towards the frontcourt.
The US team returned to defense very quickly, and everyone except Chandler had already returned to their own half.
After Kobe was blocked by Yi Dun, his originally relaxed expression disappeared immediately. Looking at his solemn expression, he was obviously stimulated.
The number of viewers at the Olympics is extremely amazing. This is the only global event on the earth today. Especially for a popular event like basketball, the number of viewers is hundreds of millions!
Now that he was given a big hat at the beginning, it would be strange if Kobe's face looks good.
It was the Chinese men's basketball team's turn to get back the field. Kobe wanted to get back the game.
Liu Wei held the ball and stood outside the three-point line, waiting for the next instructions from Dazhi or Yi Dun. Facing the defense of Chris Paul, he did not dare to act rashly.
"High lob!" Yi Dun shouted directly.
Kobe has been entangled around him and wants a normal pass. Although he doesn't want to pass in, it's extremely challenging to pass the ball and the level of the receiver. If he is not careful, he will be intercepted by Kobe.
Yi Dun didn't want to miss any offensive opportunity, so he simply let Liu Wei pass the ball high and use his bounce ability and positioning ability to make mistakes, the chance of making mistakes would be much lower.
Liu Wei did not hesitate and directly hung the ball towards the basket. After Yi Dun squeezed away Chandler, he competed with Kobe for the high lob, but Yi Dun naturally won.
After getting the ball, Yi Dun turned around and took advantage of Chandler's body not being stable and another dunk was made.
At the beginning, Yi Dun dunked two consecutive times and actually led the Chinese men's basketball team to the lead.
"It's so strong. Yi Dun scored two goals in a row at the beginning and is now leading the US team with a score of 4:2. You must know that the opening is the US team's ball!" CCTV host exclaimed.
Zhang Weiping took over the conversation: "It's really amazing. He blocked Kobe at the beginning. There is no need to say more about the difficulty. How long has it been? Yi Dun has already scored 4 points and 1 block. Yi Dun will definitely be able to produce an impressive data tonight."
As the first Kemi on Earth, Zhang Weiping has almost changed his course and has become a die-hard fan of Yi Dun.
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He got the lead on the court. Although this lead cannot be considered a lead, he was just two points ahead of the game, it still excited Chinese players.
It turns out that the American men's basketball team is not that invincible, and they don't say they have no chance to defeat the American Dream Team.
At least they are the ones who stay ahead now!
It was the offensive round of the US men's basketball team again, and this time Kobe was still attacking. It was mainly because Kobe took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Paul was embarrassed not to give it to him.
After the ball was in Kobe's hands, Kobe did not choose to break through this time, but directly chose the high-level back-playing game that he was extremely good at.
Yi Dun was even more happy and played high-level back-attack in front of him. It seemed that Kobe really knew nothing about his characteristics.
Without the help of the gods, no player on this earth can play with a high position in front of him. This is Yi Dun's confidence.
Yi Dun and Kobe had physical contact near the three-point line, and Kobe's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
Although Kobe's strength is not the best among the outside players, it is definitely not bad. Generally, when using high-level backs in the match, it is always good to use it in the face of the match.
But today he encountered a tough guy. He was facing the strongest man in the world. When facing his back, Yi Dun did not move at all.
Even if you can't beat your opponent, how can you fight this back?
If it were someone else, the ball might have been passed by now, and the pass is obviously not in Kobe's option. ::
He turned over and took another step back. Although Yi Dun failed to block this time, Kobe's attack failed to hit.
The United States team started with three consecutive offensive rounds, all of which were Kobe Bryant's moves. As a result, under Yi Dun's defense, Kobe only made one of three shots and shots.
Yi Dun wanted to rush into the basket and compete for the rebound, but Chandler had already taken the lead and pushed Dazhi away from the basket and successfully played.
Yi Dun sighed in his heart. This is where the American men's basketball team is powerful. The five players on the court are not weak at all. Even Chandler, the weakest, is actually stronger than the strongest players of most teams.
Just like the current Chinese men's basketball team, if Yi Dun had not emerged, there would be no player in the team who could be stronger than Chandler.
Even though Kobe's shooting rate is bad now, the US men's basketball team still tied the score with the Chinese men's basketball team.
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It was the offensive round of the Chinese men's basketball team again, and this time Yi Dun could clearly feel some changes on the court.
In the previous two offensive rounds, the US men's basketball team's defense was not very close to it, but in this offensive round, Chandler, Kobe and Durant directly sandwiched Yi Dun in the middle, and it seemed that they didn't want to give Yi Dun the chance to receive the ball.
The US men's basketball team was actually ready before the game, which was to limit Yi Dun.
Everyone knows that as long as this Chinese men's basketball team is restricted by Yi Dun, everything will be easy.
Liu Wei saw Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian appear in an open position and immediately passed the ball to Sun Yue. Sun Yue immediately shot mid-range. Now hesitated to have such a good opportunity to take action at an open position. If he was still hesitant, he might not be suitable for basketball.
With a "bang", Sun Yue's open mid-range shot failed, and four people under the basket jumped one after another to compete for the rebound.
Yi Dun snatched the rebound from the crowd, mainly because Durant's joining made Yi Dun quite passive.
According to Yi Dun's naked eye, Durant's height is not even shorter than Chandler. It is hard to believe that this tall man with a tall arm is actually an outside player.
After grabbing the rebound, facing the double-team of the three, Yi Dun did not dare to entrust himself to play a second attack.
In the gap in the crowd, Yi Dun passed the ball to Yi Jianlian with difficulty.
Fortunately, Yi Jianlian scored a mid-range shot, which allowed the Chinese men's basketball team to achieve a victory in this offensive round.
Yi Dun was getting more and more troublesome. There were too many people under the basket, and his rebounding efficiency would be reduced a lot. He just grabbed that rebound, which was purely lucky, and he might not have such good luck in the future.
When the US team's offensive round was over, Kobe was no longer in a bad mood. Seeing Yi Dun staring at him, he simply passed the ball to Durant who was staring at him.
Durant made a move outside the three-point line and hit a precise three-pointer.
It can be said that in less than three minutes of the opening game, the game was quite enjoyable. Both sides played very fiercely and the offensive efficiency was very good. It scored 7:6 in a short period of time.
However, although the score is very tight, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Chinese men's basketball team is at a disadvantage.
The Chinese men's basketball team's offensive end cannot be defended. No matter how strong Yi Dun's defense is, he can only defend one opponent, and there are four All-Star players on the field!
As for the offensive end of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yi Dun is now sent by the opponent to guard it, so it can only look at the feel of other Chinese players on the court.
If other players feel good, then the Chinese men's basketball team can continue to keep the score tight.
And if the touch is not good, the Chinese men's basketball team is likely to fall behind in a short period of time.
In the next few minutes, the US men's basketball team found a more and more way to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team, which was to avoid Yi Dun's play on the offensive end and surrounded Yi Dun's play on the defensive end...
Chapter completed!