2023-09-02 14:33:49
Although David failed to overthrow the giant Goliath in the end, Montenegro did scare the United States into a cold sweat. As Montenegro head coach Boško Radović said in his post-match interview, Montenegro has a population of only 600,000. Luo, played the best performance in team history in this battle.
The United States swept the fallen leaves with the autumn wind. The preliminaries were all victorious, with an average margin of 34.3 points. It was the trailing side. After the easy basket, the United States played a 13-8 spurt to overtake the score in the middle of the third quarter, and held firmly in the fourth quarter. Tickets to advance to the quarter-finals.
Although David failed to take down the giant Goliath in the end, Montenegro did scare the United States into a cold sweat, as ifMontenegro head coach Boško Radović’s post-match interviewMontenegro, with a population of only 600,000, played the best performance in team history in this battle.
The Four Towers of Montenegro are powerful It’s a pity that the strength of the defenders has fallen
The U.S. team, led by coach Steve Kerr, was originally a small ball team. Especially following facing Jordan’s starting lineup in the last game and replacing Brandon Ingram with Josh Hart as power forward, the U.S. starting lineup The combination is equal to four defenders with a center forward. On the other hand, Montenegro has plenty of players in the penalty area. The three positions in the frontcourt have a certain degree of advantage in height or tonnage. Therefore, Montenegro’s goal is also very clear, which is to attack the weak penalty area defense line of the United States.
In Montenegro’s half-court battle, the “Zipper” or “Iverson Cut” is mainly used as the opening move to help the flanks come out to respond. At the bottom line, the third and fourth positions are used to replace the center forward at the same time. “Cross Screen” to make the opponent switch defenses Create dislocations and form a triangle on the strong side, and the center can get low singles opportunities. Since the United States adopts four small and one big teams, if they choose not to switch defenses in the face of “Cross Screen”, the weak side and low post will also be dislocated. Montenegro can manage the opponent’s penalty area through fast transmission.
In the first two quarters, Montenegro continued to create low-post singles opportunities for players in positions 4 and 5 through the implementation of the above-mentioned tactics. The starters Nikola Vučević and Marko Simonović were tried and tested repeatedly. Although the substitutes Bojan Dubljević and Nemanja Radović had rough offensive skills, they still Can use the size advantage to mix or make up the basket at the basket.
Although the United States has tried many changes, including putting on the combination of Paolo Banchero and Bobby Portis, or using the 7-footer Walker Kessler who did not play many games in the first few games, it is still difficult to alleviate the disadvantage of the penalty area. In this campaign, the Montenegro team grabbed 23 offensive rebounds and scored in the second wave to crush the United States 22-3.
It wasn’t until the second half that the United States finally found a way to respond, using more active front positions to prevent the opponent’s long men from receiving the ball. Both Josh Hart and Austin Reaves did a good job in implementing the instructions of the coaching staff, supplemented by narrowing the team’s defensive circle , Compressing the opponent’s attack space in the penalty area, only slightly limited Montenegro’s rampage.
After the United States strengthened the consolidation of the penalty area, Montenegro reduced the frequency of center forwards touching the ball in the low post in the last two quarters and replaced it with more P&R. The problem is that Montenegro’s defenders fell behind in all aspects to the United States, which eventually led to the defeat.
Nikola Ivanović, Petar Popović and other guards are not ideal in the timing and position of the pass following the pick-and-roll and the ability to finish. Although the naturalized player Kendrick Perry has good physical fitness, he seems to be unable to grasp the scale of the whistle in this game, and his performance is a bit abnormal. The point is that the decision-making ability and vision of Montenegro’s defenders are not good. As shown in the video below, the transmission seems to be smooth, but in fact the ball always stays on the same side, and there is no transfer of the strong and weak sides. In the end, it has to rely on Vučević bomb defuse.
It doesn’t matter if the organization fails, and Montenegro’s swingman’s gap is also very low. Obviously there are so many big magnets in the penalty area to attract help defenses, but the team only made 5 of 20 three-pointers. Montenegro’s outside shooting did not suddenly lose focus. So far, the team’s three-point shooting rate is 29.7%, ranking only fifth from the bottom in this tournament, and even the second worst among all teams that have advanced to the top 16.
In addition, the Montenegro team had too many unforced errors in this campaign, which was also one of the main reasons for the defeat. The team made 22 turnovers in this battle, 10 times more than the United States, so they lost 17 points, which became a watershed between victory and defeat.
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