That meant that on offense, France Team could have all three big men camped under the basket while everyone else took shots. If they missed, there would be someone there to grab the rebound.
Their whole strategy hinged on one thing: maximizing their chances of scoring.
On defense, both Wemby and Antoine could guard the three-point line.
Gobert couldn't guard the three, but he could stay under the basket and fight for rebounds.
So this three-tower lineup would have an advantage on both offense and defense. On offense, in particular, they would have a huge advantage.
At the thought, Wang Yi's brows drew together slightly.
It looked like the other team was going to play for high-percentage shots.
Wang Yi had figured that out, but the others hadn't.
Watching from the sidelines, Morant shook his head. "Three towers? Won't that slow the game down? Is France Team trying to kill themselves?"
Edwards thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know what the French coach is thinking. Tony Parker was a guard, so you'd think he'd be better at using a small lineup. But now he's got all these big men on the court. Does he even know how to use them?"
As they spoke, France Team began their attack.
Instead of letting the shorter Cordiniye handle the ball, they had the 2.11-meter-tall Durant bring it up.
This Durant wasn't that Durant, but he had clearly picked up a few of Durant the Grim Reaper's moves.
He used a huge change of direction to wrong-foot Zhang Yu, who was guarding him. Then he made another wide change of direction to the right, putting three meters between himself and Zhang Yu.
Then he calmly took the shot.
This time, though, it didn't go in.
But with their three towers guarding the