All-round Athlete

Chapter 793 ICBM

"A magical three-pointer! It was a shot from the middle circle, and it went in from such a long distance!"

"Zhang Guan saved the Chinese team again! It's unbelievable to shoot from the front of the center circle. I don't think even the strongest pitcher in the world can guarantee a hit rate in this position, but Zhang Guan made it!"

"This three-pointer is really lucky. Usually, it's not bad to throw seven or eight balls at this position and score one!"

"Billups, who was in charge of defending Zhang Guan, obviously didn't expect that Zhang Guan would shoot a three-pointer from Zhang Guan's position. He was just one step away from Zhang Guan, and he had no ability to stop Zhang Guan from shooting!"

"To be honest, the risk of this goal is too great, but the risk is great, and the reward is also great. Now it's time to play the third overtime game!"

"At the last 1.1 seconds, the U.S. team should call a timeout, at least arrange tactics, maybe we can kill it!"

"Probably the old coach K also felt that 1.1 seconds is no longer enough to play any tactics. After all, it is a baseline serve, and it is almost impossible to score in 1.1 seconds."

During the break, people in the arena began to discuss.

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"This game was played so hard, three overtimes will be played!" Krzyzewski sighed lightly, but Zhang Guan's super long-range three-pointer just now flashed in his mind.

That can no longer be described as a super long-range three-pointer. Standing in the middle circle and throwing the ball, if there is a four-point line on the field, this is not an exaggeration.

"It should be a coincidence, or the potential that exploded out of desperation. For a three-pointer at this distance, six points depend on ignorance, two points depend on luck, and strength can only account for two points." Shashevs Ki comforted himself.

At this time, Krzyzewski suddenly regretted it. He felt that at the 1.1 seconds just now, a timeout should be called, maybe a timeout, which may kill the Chinese team.

According to the rules of the World Championships, after a timeout, you need to serve from the baseline. It takes 1.1 seconds to serve from the baseline. There are only two ways to attack. , playing an alley-oop.

However, both of these offensive methods are quite unreliable. There is no difference between throwing the opposite basket directly from the backcourt and being blind. In the alley-oop, the US team does not have a height advantage.

"The game has been played so far, and Zhang Guan has not rested yet. Even if he is an iron man, he should be exhausted by now. If I called a timeout, wouldn't it help him relieve the pressure on his physical strength? Anyway, 1.1 seconds is very difficult. If the goal is not forced, it must not be called a timeout!" Krzyzewski thought of this, and said: "We will double-team Zhang Guan as much as possible later, and consume more energy. As long as Zhang Guan can't hold on If we stay, we will win!"

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"Zhang Guan, can you hold on?" Deng Huade asked anxiously.

The game has been played for two overtimes. Zhang Guan has been on the field from the beginning of the game, only timeouts and regular rest time, to recover a little bit of physical strength. In contrast, among the starting players, Wang Shipeng, who has not yet been sent off, is already exhausted and paralyzed on the bench, and I am afraid that he has no energy to fight the third overtime game.

Although Sun Yue was sent off, his legs were trembling uncontrollably at this moment. Now he would feel light even if he was standing, which was a manifestation of excessive physical exertion.

Playing time is only one aspect of the reason, and the intensity of confrontation is the most critical. Faced with the intensity of confrontation at the NBA level, it is indeed difficult for these players who play CBA on weekdays to adapt, and this is also the situation that Deng Huade is most worried about. Four of the five starters have been knocked down, and now there is only one Zhang Guan. If Zhang Guan can't hold on, the Chinese team will collapse directly.

"It's okay, I can hold on." Zhang Guan continued: "I want to reduce the physical confrontation and increase the number of long-range shots. Next, everyone prepare to grab rebounds!"

Shooting is obviously a relatively energy-saving offensive method, especially for some long-distance shots, there will be much less physical confrontation, and there will not be too many movement trajectories, which saves energy. It's just that the farther you are from the basket, the lower your shooting percentage. At this time, grabbing rebounds becomes the key.

For young players, grabbing rebounds mainly depends on hard work. At this time, Deng Huade suddenly found himself useful again. The biggest advantage of his "fighting chicken blood" is that it can encourage young players to fight desperately.

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The third overtime began, the US team replaced the starting lineup, Odom, Durant, Iguodala, Rose and Billups. As for the Chinese team, except for Zhang Guan, the other five players are substitutes.

Although the US team's starting lineup is not high, it is flexible, fast, and very impactful. Krzyzewski's lineup is obviously not going to give the Chinese team another chance, and wants to play. Waves of rapid offensive waves, defeat the enemy and win the battle.

The Chinese team also changed their defensive strategy, replacing Billups with Liu Wei, and Zhang Guan with Rose.

Although Liu Wei's defensive ability is not very good, he has rich experience and is 30 years old. He is also at the peak of a guard, and he can barely handle Billups. Of course, if Billups could be two years younger, Liu Wei might be blown away easily.

Facing Zhang Guan's defense, Rose was more helpless. The fast breakthrough he was good at was useless in front of Zhang Guan's speed. The other members of the US team knew this well, and they never passed the ball to Rose mean.

In the front line confrontation, the two young players of the Chinese team are Ding Jinhui and Zhou Peng. Head-to-head with them, this desperate defense made the US team a little uncomfortable.

The US team finally scored two points by relying on free throws, but these two points were more difficult than the previous scores.

Zhang Guan pushed forward with the ball, and Billups gestured to Iguodala, indicating that he was going to double-team Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan's footwork is not fast. He dribbles forward while waving to his teammates, as if he is directing his teammates to move. The other players of the Chinese team are also very cooperative, walking around in accordance with Zhang Guan's gestures.

Coming to the center line, and at the top of the arc of the center circle, Zhang Guan suddenly stopped and jumped up to shoot.

"It's here again!" Billups never imagined that Zhang Guan would still shoot from this position.

"This is not a life-and-death ball, why is he shooting at the top of the arc in the middle circle again! Did Zhang Guan take the wrong medicine? Although there is no one to mark the shot at this position, but such a long distance is basically due to luck and blindness. May head in!" Billups thought, looking back.

Go in!

"What? Going in again!" This time, not only Billups, but the entire US team was amazed.

"Isn't this still blind? But two consecutive goals like this, if it's blind, it's a bit unreasonable. Could it be that Zhang Guan can really shoot in the middle circle? Even in the NBA, it is impossible for anyone to have such a long shot." Range!"

"Luck, this must be luck. If Zhang Guan can really shoot a three-pointer from this position, then what's the point of playing the game? Just disarm and surrender! Zhang Guan's speed is already so fast, plus the middle circle position No one can defend against three-pointers!"

Although the players of the US team were shocked, the offense did not stagnate in the slightest. The continuous pass allowed Durant to find a gap, and then scored two points with a jumper.

Next, Zhang Guan repeated his old trick and once again threw the ball at the top of the arc in the middle circle.

"Still shooting?" Billups turned his head with a guilty face, but the ball bounced out of the frame.

Billups let out a long breath: "If I go in again, I really call the police! I just said, it is impossible for someone to maintain a hit rate in this position! If I guessed correctly, the last overtime In the last game, Zhang Guan made a shot from this position and felt good, so he tried again and got lucky and scored another goal. But luck can’t go on like this forever. If you shoot from this position, you don’t score. That's normal! Next time, Zhang Guan probably won't vote again!"

The US team scored another goal and already gained a three-point lead, Krzyzewski's heart also settled down.

However, when it was the turn of the Chinese team to attack, Zhang Guan once again chose this ultra-long-range shot at the top of the arc in the middle circle.

"Dare to shoot here! Is Zhang Guan addicted to shooting?" Billups immediately looked at the basket, only to hear a "boom", and the ball bounced out of the hoop again.

"I knew it was impossible to enter." Billups showed a disdainful smile on his face.

However, the ball bounced farther away. Zhou Peng and Durant, who were relatively close, rushed towards the ball at the same time. Perhaps because they knew that they could not catch Durant, Zhou Peng did not choose to control the rebound, but directly hit the ball. The ball is dialed to the midfield direction.

Zhang Guan grabbed the basketball with a stride, then jumped up and shot again.

"Three-pointer! Go in! Another ultra-long-range three-pointer! 122 to 122, the Chinese team tied the score again!"

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, but Krzyzewski frowned on the bench of the US team.

"In this overtime game, Zhang Guan made 2 of 4 shots, 50% of his field goal percentage. Judging from the standard of three-pointers, this percentage is already very high, but his shooting positions are all on the three-point line. Three meters away, such a long-distance shot, let alone a 50% hit rate, even a one-third hit rate is enough for us to have a headache! Zhang Guan has always been so persistent in shooting this ultra-long-range three-pointer , Does he really have this ability?" Krzyzewski hesitated for a while, and decided to observe again.

Iguodala's breakthrough caused a foul again. Two free throws were made. Then Zhang Guan also chose to shoot just after crossing the center line. He still didn't make a shot. The Chinese team made another offensive rebound and passed the ball to Zhang Guan. , Zhang Guan still tried a super long-range three-pointer, but also failed to make a shot.

The American team breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Guan missed two shots in a row, which seemed to confirm that the previous few shots were blind.

Odom's shot was roughly interfered and went wide of the basket. After the Chinese team grabbed the rebound, Zhang Guan still chose a super long-range three-pointer just past the center line.

"Go in! It's this kind of super long-range three-pointer! 125 to 123, the Chinese team overtook it by two points!"

"Is it one of three shots after two of four shots? Add up to seven out of three, 42% shooting rate, even for three-pointers, this shooting rate is already very scary, let alone still This kind of ultra-long-range three-pointer just past the center line! If Zhang Guan’s ultra-long-range three-pointer in this position can really achieve a 40% hit rate, it will be really difficult!” Krzyzewski His expression became serious.

This kind of ultra-long-range three-pointer shot just past the center line is simply impossible to defend against. If Zhang Guan is not fast, he can also choose to go up to defend in the midfield, but with Zhang Guan's breakthrough ability, it is very difficult to defend in the midfield. It is easy to be passed by Zhang Guan in one step, forming a five-on-four situation.

"Since there is no way to defend, then it is impossible to defend. The worst is to compare who has the better scoring ability!" Krzyzewski made up his mind. He was going to call a timeout to rearrange his tactics, but considering Zhang Guan The physical problem, or hold back.

Back on the court, Durant returned a three-pointer and re-established a 1-point lead for the US team.

At this time, there are 43 seconds left in the third overtime, and theoretically both sides still have a chance to attack.

Zhang Guan decided to rush to shoot a three-pointer, but the shot was missed. When the US team grabbed the rebound, there were 32 seconds left in the game.

The U.S. team was preparing for the final attack. Billups deliberately slowed down the pace, dribbled the ball for more than ten seconds, and then suddenly launched a breakthrough. He had room for a layup, and with a flick of the wrist, Billups sent the ball to Durant with a touchdown pass.

Durant reached out to catch the ball, and at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from Durant's armpit and pushed the ball aside.

It was Zhou Peng's hand. He is not a very talented player, but he is very serious and hardworking, especially in the defense. He can always make contributions to the team and is deeply loved by Deng Huade. At the same time, it is also a young player who Deng Huade focuses on training.

At this critical moment, Zhou Peng also repaid Deng Huade's trust with his performance. Although this time the steal did not control the ball, it did not allow Durant to receive the ball.

The basketball flew out of bounds, and Iguodala, who was closest to the ball, rushed up immediately, and rescued the ball with a motion of fishing for the moon in the air.

"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded, indicating that Iguodala stepped on the line, and the subsequent slow motion showed that Iguodala's toe did step on the sideline in this save.

"Football! Iguodala hit the ball! The Chinese team has the ball!" CCTV's commentator roared excitedly: "There are still 13 seconds, enough for us to play an offense! As long as a two-point goal is scored, The score is overtaken!"

Coach Deng Huade decisively called a timeout. After the timeout came back, the Chinese team served in the backcourt.

This time, Zhang Guan didn't dawdle, dribbled the ball quickly across the center line, and then passed the ball to Liu Wei who came up to meet him, and Liu Wei immediately passed the ball back to Zhang Guan.

I saw Zhang Guan holding the ball with both hands, lowered his body, and deliberately put on an appearance of trying to break through. And this posture made Billups hesitate, he didn't know whether he should step forward to defend.

"What should I do? This is the position. Zhang Guan has already made three of seven shots. No matter what he says, he might still shoot a super long-range three-pointer! But if he goes forward to defend, he will break through again! Now we are only leading One point, the Chinese team only needs a two-pointer to overtake the score, that’s right, defending against two points and allowing three-pointers, Zhang Guan must not be allowed to break through!”

While Billups was thinking, he was also silently calculating the time in his mind.

In the stadium, the red countdown has already started, and the audience at the scene have already stood up and shouted the countdown numbers together.

"5, 4, 3..."

Zhang Guan did not make a breakthrough, but chose a super long-range three-pointer.

"Three-pointer!"

The audience at the scene let out an exclamation.

On the field and on the bench, players, coaches, team leaders, team doctors, everyone's hearts were raised in their throats at this moment!

At this second, the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell firmly into the basket.

"Score! Three-pointer! Super long-range three-pointer! Another super long-range three-pointer! 128 to 126, the Chinese team overtook the score! Lore? Is it a lore? The referee is watching the video playback, It is still uncertain whether it is a lore or not. If it is a lore, the Chinese team will win the championship!"

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"Really scored! He even scored again! In the third overtime, Zhang Guan made a total of four ultra-long-range three-pointers! I have never seen any player with such a long range! A super heavy artillery! No, 'heavy artillery' can no longer describe this terrifying range, it should be called 'missile'!"

"I think it's more appropriate to call it an 'intercontinental missile'. It was the weapon with the longest range in the world at that time, and it also had very high accuracy. Zhang Guan's ultra-long-range shooting is worthy of this nickname!"

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On the sidelines, the players of the US team were in mourning. They were still waiting for the referee's final decision to see if they could turn back their watches and give the US team some more time. However, even if the watch can be returned, it is still a dying struggle for the US team. After the suspension of the World Championships, the ball has to be served from the backcourt. This rule makes it almost impossible to achieve the lore within 1 second in the NBA.

There is only one person who is not like this, and that is Stephen Curry sitting at the end of the bench. At this time, his eyes are shining and waiting for Zhang Guan.

"Shooting in the middle field can guarantee the hit rate. I didn't expect that basketball can be played like this! Just relying on crazy three-point shooting, the Chinese team can beat us! Didn't people say before that shooting alone can't kill us? Is it human?"

"Three-point shooting is also my housekeeping skill. If I can achieve Zhang Guan's level, then I can also become the core of the team! I can also win the MVP, and I can also win the championship! Yes, it’s a three-pointer! A completely unreasonable three-pointer! An insanely accurate three-pointer! This is what I need!”

At this moment, Curry's heart was like a frenzy, and he seemed to feel that a brand new window was opened...