Chapter 17: Bombardment Showdown
Zhou Wenhai turned around and left the seat. Zhou Yiyi didn't think much about it. The game was about to break at halftime, so it was normal to go to the toilet.
After Yang Mo made the three-pointer, the Mingyang team quickly served the ball, trying to hit a buzzer beater, but Liu Wei missed the shot.
Just like that, the second quarter ended. Although the Mingyang team still had a lead at this time, everyone knew that the balance of the game was heavily tilted towards the Jinding team. You know, Yang Mo only played for less than a minute, and he scored a small climax of 7 to 0. The next two quarters added up to 20 minutes.
Yang Mo returned to the bench and sat in the center with his arms and legs spread out. Several national team members had no objection to Yang Mo's arrogant behavior. Now everyone knew that Yang Mo was the key to winning. If they still competed with him at this time, wouldn't that be going against money?
After Yang Mo sat down, Wang Yuhuai quickly took a tactical board and squatted over to explain the tactics: "Next, you will fight against Bateer in the interior..."
Before Wang Yuhuai could finish his words, Yang Mo interrupted him bluntly: "Daba won't play in the third quarter. He doesn't have much energy left. Didn't you see that he couldn't even run just now? And they also know that Bateer can't beat me, so they will definitely use a lineup of one big and four small players next time."
"Run and gun?" Wang Yuhuai said with a frown.
"Run and gun is better, so they won't have any rebounding advantage." Yang Mo copied the tactical board with one hand and said as he drew, "I'll take care of Yi Jianlian later. Dazhi, you take a rest and save your energy for the fourth quarter. Zhu Fangyu, you play, Harris, Sun Yue and Chen Jianghua. The five of us will try to outrun them and shoot when we have the chance. You don't have to worry about the rebounds."
No one had any objection to Yang Mo's tactical arrangement. These players all loved to attack the basketball, and Dazhi's physical strength had indeed reached a critical point.
Yang Mo looked around and found no objections. He then put down the tactical board and said proudly, "Since you have no objections, just follow me and I will lead you to victory."
Yang Mo's words sounded very much like a big brother, even though he was totally unqualified to say this given his seniority. However, at this moment, in the hearts of these national team bosses, there was actually an absurd feeling that "following Yang Mo would give you meat to eat."
This is probably what leadership qualities are.
Soon, the whistle sounded and the game continued.
Just as Yang Mo expected, the Mingyang team really changed to a lineup of one big and four small players. Bateer was replaced by Li Nan, who is famous for his three-point shooting. It would be strange if this lineup didn't play a run-and-gun game.
However, the Jinding team also plays fast break now, and has more advantages than Mingyang, at least they have more three-point shooters and are faster.
When the referee blew the whistle, Yang Mo quickly passed the ball to Chen Jianghua, and then the entire Jinding team rushed to the front court like crazy. The Mingyang team obviously didn't react. When Yang Mo rushed into the penalty area, there was no one defending inside. Chen Jianghua quickly lobbed the ball in, and Yang Mo received the ball and simply did a one-handed slam dunk.
Although Yang Mo's jumping ability is not the best, his long arms are too terrifying. Only Yang Mo can reach his knees. His height of 1.94 meters and wingspan of nearly 2.2 meters are "outrageous" even among black people. Therefore, dunking is not a big deal for Yang Mo.
After Yang Mo dunked, the audience on the sidelines had no time to react, and the entire Jinding team had quickly returned to the backcourt and took up defensive positions. By the time the Mingyang team had all come over for a fast break, it was already too late.
There was no other choice but for the Mingyang team to launch a positional attack.
The most important thing in running and gunning is the point guard. Although Liu Wei is the best point guard in China, he has been playing with Yao Ming since he was a child, and his first choice is always to attack from the ground. Therefore, it is always a bit abrupt for him to control the running and gunning tactics.
Chen Jianghua is different. He is the fastest guard in China, bar none. What people criticize him the most is that he always accelerates and never slows down, but precisely because of this, the most suitable tactic for him is run-and-gun.
Use your strengths to attack his weaknesses, and when you compare the two, you will immediately know who is better.
After Liu Wei slowed down, he immediately passed the ball to Yi Jianlian. In his opinion, Yi Jianlian's height was more than enough to beat Yang Mo. However, he overlooked one point, Yi Jianlian's back-to-the-basket singles were very unreliable, even if he was as petite as Yang Mo, he couldn't beat him.
So, he could only attack head-on.
When Yi Jianlian received the basketball, turned around and was about to shoot from the front... bang!
Yang Mo was quick-witted and slapped the basketball that Yi Jianlian was holding tightly in his hand. Yi Jianlian felt his arm go numb and his hands lost control of the basketball. Then he saw Yang Mo running towards the front court like a leopard with his ball.
When he looked back again, all the players of the Jinding team were running forward like crazy.
He hurriedly wanted to catch up to defend, but Yang Mo had already passed the ball. Yang Mo passed the ball to Harris outside the three-point line. Harris took a look and quickly shot... bang!
The basketball bounced high, and Yi Li rushed to the basket and was about to grab the backboard, but suddenly he felt a strong wind behind him. Then, a black shadow passed through the sky, and the basketball that was about to fall into his hand was intercepted in the air...Bang!
Yang Mo slammed the basketball into the basket so hard that the basket shook.
Looking at Yang Mo hanging arrogantly on the basket, Yi Li was stunned. He felt like he was dreaming... This guy was clearly outside the three-point line just now, how come he suddenly flew over my head and smashed the basketball into the basket?
Yi Li felt like he was dreaming. The audience had already started shouting wildly. They had only seen this kind of dunk in NBA highlights, and now it was happening right before their eyes. How could they not be excited?
The audience was so excited, Powell was so excited that he wanted to stand up and dance. With a trembling right hand, he wrote "extremely keen rebound prediction ability" on his notebook and then marked five stars at the end.
Yi Li may not have understood the ball just now, but Powell, as a bystander, saw it clearly. From Yang Mo passing the ball, to Harris shooting, to Yang Mo rushing in for an alley-oop, the total process took less than two seconds. These two seconds of prediction were enough to distinguish a player's keen sense of rebounding . What surprised Powell even more was that Yang Mo could actually predict the trajectory of the basketball, which was so rare.
Compared to those who rely on height and jumping ability to grab rebounds, those who rely on intuition and judgment to grab rebounds are even rarer. Unfortunately, since Rodman retired, there are already very few players in the league who are so talented in rebounding.
In Powell's eyes, Yang Mo is definitely a rebounding genius. If he receives professional training for a few months, he will definitely become a rebounding master.
As for height, it doesn't really matter. Isn't Charles Barkley only 1.94 meters tall? Didn't he still win the rebounding title? Rodman wasn't much taller than this guy. What's more, this guy's strength is much stronger than Barkley and Rodman, and his long arms are not inferior to both of them.
"I have discovered such a good seedling. Mr. Riley will definitely give me a double bonus at the end of the year." Powell muttered happily, his lips almost blooming with a smile.
