All-round Athlete

Chapter 774 First World Championship Victory

The attention of the Men's Basketball World Championships is far less than in previous years, and it even has a taste of taste. Many NBA superstars such as Kobe Bryant and James collectively "withdrew" from the World Championships, while Parker, Nowitzki and other core players of national teams did not participate in the World Championships due to various reasons. Without the stars, naturally there would be no motivation to attract.

Professional basketball clubs have always resisted the World Championships, especially the American NBA teams. The regular season of more than 80 games in a season has already made the players very tired. If the playoffs are added, Even those players with super physical fitness will feel physically and mentally exhausted, and in order to allow the stars to play in the new season in the best condition, and at the same time to avoid star injuries, NBA teams require international players not to participate in the World Championships. An unspoken rule inside.

Compared with the lucrative salaries that clubs can offer players, the World Championships offer nothing but patriotism and a desire to win. Foreigners have never paid much attention to "dedication", and the Chinese have passed the age of "dedication". Nothing makes players feel more secure than the colorful banknotes given by clubs and a series of "zeros" on bank accounts. The so-called food for the king is worrying about the king's worries. It is understandable for athletes to take the club's money and spend all their thoughts on the league.

Under the pressure of reality, this year's World Championships is like Shandong cuisine without salt, Sichuan cuisine without spicy, bland and tasteless. Even the Dream Nine team in the United States does not have a top NBA superstar.

In fact, this Dream Nine team is not without top superstars. If it is placed in three years, several NBA superstars can be found. At least the three names of Durant, Curry and Westbrook are representatives of the NBA in the future; besides, Rose has grown into a first-line point guard in the NBA; the second-year Love will also start his own next season. "Journey to brush data"; veteran Billups can bring enough experience to the team; Odom has not been discarded by Kardashian; Granger has just played his most comprehensive season; Chandler Le and Iguodala can make the team's defense tougher; Rudy Gay and Eric Gordon are also good firepower additions to the team's backcourt.

But it is a pity that it is only 2010, and these future superstars are still young. Among the entire team, only Billups, Durant and Rose have been selected as All-Stars. Still all substitutes. And Durant, who just won the NBA "scoring champion", has become the tactical core of the Dream Nine team.

Because of this, the Dream Nine team was generally underestimated. Whether it was the media in the United States or Europe and the United States, they were not optimistic about the performance of the Dream Nine team in the World Championships.

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The group stage of the Turkish Men's Basketball World Championships is divided into four cities. Among them, Group A is held in Kayseri, Group B is held in Istanbul, Group C is played in Ankara, and Group D matches are held in Izmir. After entering the knockout round, all the games will be held in Istanbul.

The national team is divided into Group A, so it will be held in Kayseri. Kayseri is a city in central Turkey. The population here is not large, and it is not even comparable to some counties in the east of the country, but it is a famous tourist attraction in Turkey. Resort. The Temple of Artemis and the Mausoleum of Mauselus are here, in addition to Yalova Hot Springs and Lake Kush, as well as the famous Cappadocia Stone Forest.

After the national team came to Kayseri, they didn't care about visiting the scenic spots at all. On the second day of arrival, the national team entered intense training.

"According to the rules of the World Championships, the top four in each group will qualify. In the first round of the knockout round, the first in Group A will play against the fourth in Group B, the second in Group A will play against the third in Group B, and the third in Group A will play against the second in Group B. The fourth in Group A is against the first in Group B. The U.S. team is in Group B, and there are Slovenia, Brazil, Croatia, Iran and Tunisia in the same group as the U.S. team, so the U.S. team's first qualifying should be guaranteed. It is." Coach Deng Huade said, raised his head, and continued: "If we want to go further in the knockout round, we must not get fourth in Group A, otherwise we will have to meet the US team. "

Everyone nodded, no team wanted to meet the US team before the final.

"Among our Group A, the most powerful team is without a doubt Argentina. In the latest world ranking given by FIBA, the Argentine team overwhelmed the US team and became the number one in the world. Although this time Ginobili did not participate, but they still have NBA players such as Scola and Delfino in their team, and their strength is still strong. The Serbian team has a strong momentum of rise in the past two years, after all, their predecessors are Yugoslav men. Basketball, the former overlord of the international basketball world, recovery is also a normal thing, the latest world rankings, they are also ranked fourth." Coach Deng Huade said here, looked at the crowd, and then said: "It can be said that we want to It will be very difficult to win against Argentina and Serbia."

"If we want to secure the third place, we must beat the German team, Angola and Jordan, the most critical of which is the game against the German team. Nowitzki also did not participate in this year's World Championships, so We have a chance to win against Germany. As long as we beat the German team, we have a great hope of securing third place in Group A."

Deng Huade said, took out the schedule, and continued: "Our first game is on August 28, against Jordan. Jordan's overall strength is not as good as ours, so this is a good warm-up for us. Chance."

"Our second game is on August 30, against Argentina, and then we have back-to-back games on August 31, against Germany, which will be our most important game in the group stage. , and the back-to-back schedule is also a big test for us." Deng Huade continued: "And then on September 1, we will face Serbia, and on September 2, we will play Angola. In other words, starting from August 30, we will have games for four consecutive days, and you must be mentally prepared.”

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The match between the Chinese team and the Jordanian team did not attract much attention from the local people, and the match time was in the local afternoon. Many people needed to work, and there were more Chinese and overseas Chinese in the audience.

"Both Zhang Guan and Dayao came to Turkey this time. The performance of the Chinese team is really exciting! In the Olympic Games two years ago, they led the Chinese team to defeat the United States and win the championship. Maybe this time You can also win the championship!"

"The championship should be impossible. Dayao has undergone such a major operation and has been recuperating. He has not played for several months. Zhang Guan is even more outrageous. The last time he appeared on the basketball court was in the Olympic Games two years ago. I don’t know how much strength the two of them have left. I think it’s more practical to rely on the United Arab Emirates instead of relying on the two of them.”

"I think the possibility of the championship is not very high. Although the Dream Nine team in the United States is not favored, Durant was the NBA scoring leader last season, and there are Spain and Argentina. The Chinese team can get a medal Even if it’s a pretty good grade.”

"In any case, Jordan is a weak team, perhaps the weakest of the twenty-four teams. In today's game, there should be no suspense for the Chinese team to win!"

It is the first time for the Jordanian team to participate in the World Championships. They got the ticket to the World Championships by virtue of their third place in the Asian Championships. In terms of overall strength, the Jordanian team is naturally inferior to the Chinese team. In terms of height, the Jordan team is at a disadvantage. The tallest center in the team, Zaid Akas, is only 2.08 meters. Facing China's tall insiders, he can only be blown out. Except for Akas, there are only two members of the Jordan team who are 2.05 meters tall. It is not an exaggeration to say that the small forwards of the Chinese team can compete with the center forward of the Jordan team.

However, the backcourt strength of the Jordan team is stronger than that of the Chinese team. The reason is that the Jordan team has an American naturalized player Raheem White.

Raheem White was born in the United States and later naturalized in Jordan. He is the top scorer and tactical core of the Jordan team. He is 191 cm tall and weighs 95 kg. He can be said to be a very strong guard. He used to be the top scorer at the University of District of Columbia, and he is also a well-known figure in the NCAA secondary league. In the 2009 Asian Championships, White once caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese team. It can be said that the Chinese team's backcourt players were blown up. White's most offensive weapon is after breaking through with the ball, and he is good at pulling the bar up to counter the blue, which can effectively prevent inside players from blocking shots, and his strong body is very lethal to defenders. But his shooting ability is very average. Even his free throw percentage can only be regarded as barely qualified. It can be said that White is a typical American guard. And this kind of American defender, even if he is not ranked in the United States, can indeed beat the Chinese defender in terms of strength.

In addition to White, Jordan's forward Said Abbas is also familiar to the majority of Chinese fans, because he is an Asian foreign aid in the CBA league and has entered the starting lineup of the CBA All-Star Game in the future. Due to the CBA regulations, only the bottom five teams in the league can introduce Asian foreign aid, so Abbas has been playing for the weak teams in the CBA, but whichever team he joins will make the playoffs. However, the rules Forced, he can only join another top five team, so his CBA career is to change a team every year. Since 2009, Abbas has helped Shanghai, Beijing, Fujian, Shandong, Tianjin and other teams reach the playoffs, which is also dubbed "Abbasi's Law".

Apart from these two, it is difficult for the Jordan team to find a third scoring point. For the Chinese team, as long as they can restrain these two, it is tantamount to controlling the entire game.

In fact, it is not good news for the Jordan team to meet the Chinese team in the first game. The world doesn’t know much about the Jordan men’s basketball team. If it’s another opponent, they don’t know the Jordan team’s tactical arrangements or the Jordan team’s player characteristics. The Jordan team can take advantage of this and catch the opponent by surprise.

However, the Chinese team and the Jordan team are both Asian teams. They have already competed with each other many times, and they know their players better. Even if the Jordan team uses some surprise tactics, it will not have any effect. But what's worse is that the first game will completely expose the Jordan team's player characteristics and tactical arrangements. When other teams meet the Jordan team again, they can also make targeted adjustments and arrangements.

Similar situations are very common in sports competitions. The most recent example is the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The North Korean team faced Brazil for the first time and lost 1-2 in the end. They only lost one goal against Brazil and could score one goal. The big reason is that the Brazilian team at that time had no understanding of North Korea. But in the second game, the North Korean team was crushed by Portugal 0-7. Is Portugal better than Brazil? The answer is definitely not. The game between North Korea and Brazil exposed the tactics and the characteristics of the players. For Portugal, as long as they are slightly targeted, they can easily crush North Korea.

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In this game, the five players who started the Chinese team were roughly, Ah Lian, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue and Liu Wei. Both Zhang Guan and Dayao sat on the bench and had no plans to play, which disappointed many fans at the scene.

The Jordan team also felt like a punch. In the pre-match preparations, most of the Jordan team's preparations were directed at Zhang Guan and Dayao. After all, the two are the "dual core" of the Chinese team, and the Jordan team prepared various tactics to deal with them. . But the two did not start the game, which made Jordan's pre-match preparations a waste of more than half.

Jordan coach Palma's face looked very ugly, and his pre-match preparations did not work. The two main players of the Chinese team Xuezang are also deliberately retaining their strength, which makes Parma feel underestimated.

Since both sides knew each other better, there were not too many temptations, and the game started with real knives and guns. The Chinese team relies on the inside to score consecutive points. It is roughly the same as the UAE's inside duo, and it still has a lot of experience in playing against the Jordan team. The Jordan team is also focusing on White. In last year's Asian Championships, White caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese team. So in the World Championships, Coach Palma repeated his old tricks and prepared to continue to play White's strengths.

White's memory of the Chinese team still stays in last year's Asian Championships. At that time, he alone turned the outside players of the Chinese team upside down. Preventing White from taking whatever he wants, so today's White is ready to copy last year's successful experience, but soon, White found that his tricks are not as effective as last year, and the Chinese team's defense is much tougher than last year.

Although Deng Huade's tactical level is not very good, the strategy of "playing chicken blood" has an immediate effect on the improvement of the national team's defense, especially in the first game, the players' physical fitness is relatively abundant, even as a veteran. Liu Wei is also very hard on defense, which greatly limits White's personal ability and makes his breakthrough with the ball frequently blocked.

Abbas, another core member of the Jordan team, is also very out of shape today.

Abbas, who plays in the CBA, is very familiar with Chinese players, so no matter who he faces, he will feel at ease, except Dayao, Zhang Guan and Ah Lian, because none of these three people played in the CBA . In the game, Abbas, who is the power forward of the Jordan team, directly faced the UAE.

Abbas and the Arab League once played against each other in the Asian Championships last year, but the current Arab League is mixed with the NBA after all. The growth in the NBA and the growth in the CBA are completely two concepts, especially for young players. The NBA seems to have completely changed in one year, and the UAE, which is one year older, is also more mature and stable than last year. Also because of this, Abbas did not play a normal level when facing the UAE, especially in the second rebound, which was completely suppressed by the UAE.

In the first quarter, the Chinese team led by 7 points 21-14. After the start of the second quarter, the Chinese team replaced several young people, and the effect of "fighting chicken blood" became more obvious. Although the young players also made several mistakes, they always maintained the score gap. At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led Jordan by 10 points 41-31.

After the start of the second half, the score between the two sides has been hovering around 10 points. White's offense was blocked, Abbas couldn't play well, and the game began to become less suspenseful. In the last two minutes, the eight-point gap also let the Jordan team know that the game was hopeless.

The score was finally fixed at 81-73, and the Chinese team defeated their first opponent without any surprises.