Chapter 737
Chapter 737
The Dream Team's starting lineup today is Li Weisi, Magician, Jordan, Barkley and Robinson. It can be seen that no matter how the starting lineup changes, these three big guys are basically starting.
In the jump ball with Croatian center Dino Radga, Robinson defeated his opponent without any surprise, but the person who got the ball was not one of the three defenders, but Barkley.
The last game against Angola made Barkley the target of criticism from all over the world. Various reports about him emerged one after another, almost describing him as a heinous sinner.
Therefore, holding his breath, he seemed to want to vent on the court, so the moment he got the ball, he jumped out.
It is difficult for any player to have both Barkley's weight and Barkley's speed. Therefore, the Croatian players obviously cannot adapt. The inside line did not keep up with Barkley's footsteps. What's the effect? As soon as Barkley exerted force on his body, Kukoc, one of them, flew away.
With two people laying up, Barkley took the lead for the Dream Team in just three seconds of the opening.
However, Barkley is not destined to be the protagonist. Compared with this fat man, people are more concerned about the performance of the European rising star Kukchi in the face of the superstars of the Dream Team.
Croatian point guard Zveticanin dribbled the ball past half court and handed the ball to Petrovic.
At this time, Petrovic's status in European basketball is equivalent to that of Jordan without Li Weisi.
Whether in Europe or in the NBA, Petrovic has achieved the best results that European players can achieve so far.
But at this time, when Petrovic took the ball, it was Jordan's fierce eyes.
Since joining the NBA in 89, Petrovic has played in the NBA for 4 years. For Jordan's eyes, he knows very well that this guy is serious.
However, Petrovic didn't feel intimidated by it. On the contrary, looking at the serious Jordan, Petrovic was also eager to try.
In terms of physical talent, ten Petrovics tied together are no match for Jordan, but basketball is not all about talent, otherwise, Li Weisi might not even be able to enter the NBA.
Petrovic first tested Jordan with a tentative step, but Jordan was unmoved, his eyes still fixed on Petrovic's waist.
Finally, Petrovic made a move. Without being able to get rid of Jordan, Petrovic forcibly broke through. However, although he broke into the inside line in this way, he couldn't create a shooting space at all.
Therefore, Petrovic could only distribute the ball to Kukoc on the way. It can be said that the first duel between Petrovic and Jordan ended in failure.
Although Petrovic dumped the blame on Kukoc, Kukoc was also uncomfortable. Even under the oppressive defense of the magician, his performance was not as good as Petrovic!
At least Petrovic has adapted to the oppressive defense of the NBA, but Kukoc has played in Europe for a long time and has no experience in this area at all, so he is very uncomfortable being defended by the magician.
Playing professional games in Europe for the past two years, Kukoc can rely on his superior height and exquisite skills to play well in the European arena.
But the magician is not much lower than Kukoc in height, and at the same time has a clear advantage in strength. In terms of skills and experience, the magician surrounds Kukoc in all directions. Therefore, although Kukoc wants to make a difference, but Under the defense of the magician, there was no chance at all. In the end, he could only end this offensive round with a futile strike.
The rebound was easily pocketed by Robinson, and then a long pass found Li Weisi in the frontcourt, and the dream team's murderous fast break hit again.
Although this is only the second game of the Dream Team Olympics, people have concluded that the most important weapons of the Dream Team are full-court pressing and fast-break counterattacks.
It can be said that as long as the dream team sacrifices these two weapons, almost no team will be their opponent.
And this time the counterattack was launched by Li Weisi. He simply dribbled the ball behind his back and successfully tricked Zvetchanin who was defending him. Cameraman sitting facing the baseline.
Behind him, a black shadow leaped high and caught the basketball ejected from Li Weisi's backboard. This elegant figure was none other than "Flying Man" Jordan.
At this time, he really seemed to be flying in the air, almost his whole body was floating in the air, his head was almost touching the basket, and the Croatian defender Frankovic was completely under Jordan's crotch at this time, It looks like Jordan is going to leap over him.
"Bang!" Jordan slammed the ball into the basket with one hand, and he finally leaped completely over Frankovic to complete the stunning dunk.
"Wow……"
When did the European fans see such a dunk, such an alley-oop, and for such a perfect fast break from Qiao Li's connection, everyone at the scene had no other words to describe it except exclaimed.
Although the ball was dunked by Jordan, Li Weisi basically put it on. After all, when Jordan flew to dunk, the shot of Li Weisi celebrating in advance with his arms open was really cool.
At this moment, Jordan, who was still happy about his dunk just now, couldn't help but said to Li Weisi, "The pass just now was a little too high."
"No, if it's someone else, it will be high, but you won't!" Li Weisi shook his head, denying that he made a pass error.
But after hearing Li Weisi's words, Jordan was not annoyed. Instead, he was happy because Li Weisi seldom praised himself. When he was happy, he even showed a magician's smile and said, "You're smart!"
Although the dream team's fast break was really murderous, but as the second seed in the tournament, Croatia's strength, of course, would not be as defenseless as Angola.
The players also relied on the performances of Petrovic and Kukoc on the offensive end. In the end, Kukoc passed Radja in seconds, and Radga dunked with both hands, winning two points for Croatia.
However, even though Croatia was not frightened by the fierce defense of the dream team and resisted tenaciously, this still could not avoid the gradual widening of the gap between the two teams.
The Croatian team knew before the game that they would not be able to win the Dream Team, and even the head coach did not specially arrange corresponding tactics. The purpose of their hard work was just to keep the point difference within 25 points.
It's a pity that the sky didn't come true. After all, it was still difficult for them to achieve their goals. Just at the end of halftime, the dream team had already led the Croatian team by 64 points with 38:26.
(End of this chapter)