On September 1, the semi-final match between Dream 7 vs Greece was the first to start in the afternoon, at the Hokkaido Comprehensive Stadium in Saitama City.`

The Greek team was shockingly unpopular, and their performance blinded countless fans' eyes, defeating the United States 1o1-95 and leading the final.

The Dream 7 team has five players scoring in double digits, and it is still hard to hide the overall shortcomings. The players' playing time is too scattered. The way they played the game before was like playing the All-Star Game. Once they encountered a tough battle, the cooperation between the players seemed very unsatisfactory.

Their offense is not bad, but their defense has serious problems, which makes Greece, with average attack power, score over 100 points.

Some American hardcore fans who came from the United States to Japan to watch the ball were disappointed.

After the game, a young fan was interviewed outside the stadium and said angrily: "Is this Dream Seven team a top star? Their performance is not as good as Wang Jun and Yao Ming."

Someone shook his head and sighed: "It's so bad. Except Anthony, everyone else is so bad."

No one is satisfied with the performance of the Dream Seven team. Journalists from various countries interviewed these fans out of bad taste and were happy about the depravity of American basketball.

Americans are too arrogant, especially in basketball. They can't get crazy this time.

When Mengqi players left the stadium, they all lowered their heads, looking like losers. When they first arrived in Japan, they were like gold medals hanging around their necks.

The Dream Team's lineup has a big problem.`

First, there was a lack of experienced point guards. Chris Paul scored 3 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists and was beaten by Greek defender Papalucas, who scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

As a point guard, Paul's greatest contribution was to score six backcourt rebounds.

Another is the center. Coach K actually let Brand serve as the center in this game. Anthony played as the power forward, and the starting point was the small ball tactic. Brand played for 12 minutes in the whole game, without a single point, only two rebounds.

It feels a bit difficult for a person who is short of power forwards to play center.

He can shoot three points to open up space. Jamison, who has a good time, did not get a chance to play in the whole game and guarded the water dispenser with veteran Miller.

Excellent blue-collar Dwight Howard has excellent defense and strong athleticism. He only played 13 minutes in the whole game. Lao K didn't give him much chance to perform.

So for most of the time, the US team had no center on the court, and James played guest appearances for a while.

Under the attack of the Greek team's internal and external team, the US team could not defend at all, and Spanoris scored the highest 22 points.

James claims to be able to defend five positions. It’s just that the media is making nonsense to praise him. Being able to guard does not mean that he can defend well. But Lao K took this scene seriously.

On the offensive end, several stars are trapped in Greece's joint defense. James, Wade and Paul all like to break through in the middle and are easily double-teamed. Only Hinrich guarantees three-point shooting percentage and makes 4 of 7 shots. Anthony's three-point shooting with 3 of 8 shots is still working, and Bathir, Joe Johnson, and James are all silent.

James performed the worst, with 4 shots from outside the three-point line, and his body had a clear advantage. He was put on the outside but couldn't make the shot, which was embarrassing.

Now, what David Stern feared the most was the case. Team USA was eliminated again, and the strength of the local stars is even more doubtful.

Coach K is also helpless. There are many problems with the selection this time, and there is no insider available. Brad Miller is too bad. Howard is just the second year rookie and his performance is unstable.

The veterans in the team are Bathir, Jamison and Miller, and none of them have championship experience.

This defeat has a huge blow to the Americans. Gone are the absolute dominance of NBA players in the 90s when adults beat children.

From 1992 to 1996, the three major competitions that Meng 123 participated were completely playing the championship, and it was suspended in 1998. The United States could win the third place with only a group of NBDL players. However, since O2, Americans could no longer find a group of NBA players to reserve a championship like before.

Losing Dream 7 will make it more exciting for China and Argentina.

Everyone in both teams saw the opportunity to win the championship. Even if Greece beats the United States, it gives people the feeling that it is confusing. Playing 5 times may not necessarily win once, which is much easier than dealing with the United States.

The leaders of the Chinese Basketball Association immediately organized a meeting for all members, demanding that they work hard and strive to reach the finals, and must not have any intention of underestimating the enemy or lack of concentration.

At this point, who would underestimate the enemy except for mental retardation? How is it possible to underestimate the 2oo4 Olympic champion Argentina? Meeting is a waste of time, but the matter on the surface has to be done.

When the officials left, Yunas quickly emphasized the tactics. "The offensive end is combined with inside and outside, Wang goes to the bottom corner after being covered by Yi without the ball. Liu Wei can give Yao a lob on the right and stand on the outside. If Wang runs the position and his opponent slows down, pass the ball to the right bottom line for him to play singles. Wang attracts double teams and can pass Yao to the middle and go to Yao."

"I understand!" Wang Jun shouted loudly.

Others also shouted that everyone was very motivated and the temptation to advance was too great.

The tactics are similar to before, and the key points have changed a little. Wang Jun didn't have many times at the bottom line before, and he mainly attacked in the middle. Argentina will definitely not relax his defense against him. It is more convenient to give Yao Ming a lob to the bottom line.

Argentina also did a lot of mobilization work, mainly for defense of Wang Jun, and required that someone in front of him interfere with the shooting, and other positions depended on rotation.

The coach doesn't believe that Ginobili can defend himself. If he double-teams Wang Jun and defends Yao Ming, it depends on the center in the team.

The game begins after the warm-up.

The Chinese team's offensive end was opened as soon as they came out. Wang Jun and Yao Ming cooperated more and more tacitly. As long as the internal and external dual cores are not messed up, it is easy to create a one-on-one opportunity.

Wang Jun relied on cover to avoid Ginobili in the middle, and once the ball was received on the right, it was misaligned to attract Scola to defend. As long as Scola was slower, Wang Jun could shoot or pass the ball to Yao Ming on the ground, and then go to the bottom corner to pull it open.

Scola dared not double-team Yao Ming, so he had to go with Wang Jun. Yao Ming hit Oboto two times in a row, turned around and shot in the middle, and once squeezed out the opponent and turned to the basket and dunked with both hands.

The two are not the same tonnage, and Yao Ming can easily bully his opponent.

When Scola thought Wang Jun would pass the game for the third time, Wang Jun turned around and stepped on his right side, and made a breakthrough with his left foot. Scola and his defense were blocked by Yao Ming.

Wang Jun broke into the basket, pulled the rod and avoided Oberto's defense block, and went in with a basketball in the backhand.

Then Wang Jun beat Scola with one-on-one at the bottom line, dribbling under his crotch, jumping in one step, and scored with a 45-degree swipe.

Argentina only relied on Nosioni to break through and scored two points, opening 8-2.

Argentina's offense was unfavorable and the penalty area was blocked by the Chinese team.

Because Obotto lacks attack power, Yao Ming can comfortably stand at the basket and wait for Scola to attack, and the other four are responsible for defending the periphery.

Wang Jun pestered Ginobili and kept close to him, making him unable to catch the ball comfortably. In the fierce confrontation, both of them were stars, and the referee did not call a foul. Compared with strength, Wang Jun obviously surpassed Ginobili.

Ginobili looked for pick-and-roll. If it was Oboto's cover, Wang Jun would go to double-team, and there was no need to worry about the outside. Scola covers, Wang Jun would change defense and leave it to Yi Jianlian, and at the same time, the people from the side should assist in defense.

Argentina is a team with balanced offense and defense. Facing the Chinese team, this balance has been broken.

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