Almighty Athlete Chapter 397: First World Championship win
Men’s Basketball World Championships are far less focused than in previous years, and even have a taste of tasteless. NBA superstars such as Kobe Bryant and James collectively "quit" the World Championships, and the core players of Parker, Nowitzki and other national teams did not participate in the World Championships for various reasons. Without the star, there is naturally no motivation for attraction.
Professional basketball clubs have always been very resistant to the World Championships, especially the nba teams in the United States, which had already dealt with more than 80 regular seasons in a season, which has already caused players to be very tired. In the postseason, even those players with super physical fitness will feel exhausted physically and mentally, and in order to make the stars play in the best season for the new season, and in order to avoid star injuries, the NBA team requires international players not to participate in the World Championships. It has become a hidden rule within NBA.
Clubs can provide players with generous wages, compared with the patriotic enthusiasm and desire for victory. Foreigners have never paid much attention to "dedication", and the Chinese have passed the age of "dedication". Nothing gives players a sense of security more than the colorful banknotes given by the club and the series of "zeros" on bank accounts. It is understandable that athletes took the club's money and spent all their thoughts in the league.
Under the pressure of reality, this World Championship is like Lu cuisine without salt, Sichuan cuisine without spicy, and tasteless. Even the American Dream Nine team does not have an nba top star.
In fact, this Dream Nine team is not without top stars. If it is placed three years later, it can find several superstars of nba. At least the three names of Durant, Curry and Westbrook are the representatives of the future NBA; moreover, Rose has grown to become the NBA’s first-line point guard; second-year Carrefour is about to start his own next season. "Data brushing trip"; veteran Billups can bring enough experience to the team; Odom has not been scrapped by Kardashian; Granger has just played his most comprehensive season; Chand Le and Iguodala can make the team's defense tougher; Rudy Gay and Eric Gordon are also a good firepower supplement for the team's backcourt.
But it’s a pity that it’s only 2010. These future superstars are still wearing green. The only team that has ever been selected to be an All-Star is Billups, Durant and Ross. Individuals, and they are all substitutes. Durant, who has just won the NBA "scoring king", has become the tactical core of the Dream Nine team.
As a result, this Dream Nine team is generally underestimated. Neither the US nor the European and American media are optimistic about the performance of the Dream Nine team in the World Championships.
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The Turkish Men’s Basketball World Championship group competition was split into four cities, with Group A in Kayseri, Group B in Istanbul, Group C in Ankara, and Group D in Izmir . After entering the knockout, all matches 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 county cities in the east of the country, but it is Turkey. Famous tourist attraction. The Temple of Artemis and Mausoleum are all here, in addition to Yalova Hot Springs and Kush Lake, as well as the famous Cappadocia Stone Forest.
After the national team came to Kayseri, they did not care about the scenic spots at all. On the second day of arrival, the national team entered into intense training.
"According to the rules of the World Championships, the top four of each group qualify, the first round of the knockout, group a first pair b group fourth, group a second pair b group third, group a third pair b Second, Group A is fourth and Group B is first. The United States team is divided into Group B, and the United States team also has Slovenia, Brazil, Croatia, Iran and Tunisia, so the first team of the United States team should be Make sure there is no doubt." Coach Deng Huad said, raised his head, and then said: "If we want to go further in the knockout, we must not get the fourth in group a, otherwise we will have to encounter Team USA."
Everyone nodded their heads, and no team hoped to meet the American team before the final.
"In our Group A, the most powerful is undoubtedly the Argentine team. In the latest world ranking given by the FIBA, the Argentine team beat the US team and became the world's number one. Although Ginobili did not play this time, they still have players such as Scola and Delfino playing nba, and their strength is still strong. The Serbia team has grown strongly in the past two years, after all, their predecessor It is the Yugoslav men’s basketball team, the former international basketball overlord, and recovery is normal. They also ranked fourth in the latest issue of the world ranking.” Coach Deng Huad said here, looked at the crowd, and then said: “Yes It is very difficult to say that we want to win a victory over Argentina and Serbia."
"If we want to secure the third place, we must defeat the German team, Angola team and Jordan team, the most important thing is the game with the German team. Nowitzki also did not participate in this year's World Championships Match, so we have a chance to get a win in Germany. As long as we beat the German team, we have great hope that we can lock the third place in Group A."
Deng Huade said, took out the schedule, and then said: "Our first game was on August 28, against Jordan, Jordan’s overall strength is not as good as ours, so this is a very great for us Good warm-up opportunity."
"Our second game is against Argentina on August 30, followed by a back-to-back game on August 31, and the opponent is still Germany, against Germany will be our most important in the group stage A game, and the back-to-back schedule, is also a big test for us." Deng Huade continued: "And on September 1st, we have to face the Serbian team, on September 2, we have to Play Angola. That is to say, from August 30th, we must have a game for four consecutive days, you must be mentally prepared."
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The match between the Chinese team and the Jordan team has not received much attention from the locals, and the game time is the local afternoon. Many people need to work. The audience in the scene is more Chinese and overseas Chinese.
"This time both Zhang Guan and Dayao came to Turkey. The performance of the Chinese team is really exciting! At the Olympics two years ago, they led the Chinese team to defeat the United States and won the championship, this time Maybe you can win the championship!"
"Championship is not possible, Dayao has undergone such a big operation, has been training, has not played for several months, Zhang Guan is even more outrageous, last appeared on the basketball field, or two years ago The Olympics. I don’t know how much strength the two of them have left. I think it’s better to rely on the United League than to rely on them."
"I don’t think it’s very likely to win the championship. Although the U.S. Dream Nine team is not optimistic, Durant is the best NBA scoring champion last season, and there are Spain and Argentina. The Chinese team can get it. A medal is a very good result."
"Anyway, Jordan is a weak team, perhaps the weakest of the 24 teams. Today’s game, there should be no suspense for the Chinese team to win!"
The Jordan team is participating in the World Championship for the first time. They got the ticket for the World Championship by virtue of the third place in the Asian Championship. Speaking of overall strength, the Jordan team is naturally not as good as the Chinese team. Not to mention, the Jordan team is more disadvantaged in height. The team's tallest center, Zaid Akas, is only 2.08 meters. In the face of China's tall insider, he has only been completely exploded. In addition to Akas, the Jordan team has only two people up to 2.05 meters tall. It is no exaggeration to say that the small forward of the Chinese team can compete with the Jordan center.
But Jordan’s backcourt is stronger than the Chinese team because the Jordanian team has an American naturalized player, Rahim White.
Rahim White was born in the United States and later naturalized to Jordan. He is Jordan’s number one scorer and tactical core. He is 191 cm tall and weighs 95 kg. He can be said to be a very strong defender. He was once the top scorer at the University of the District of Columbia, and he is also a popular figure in the ncaa second-level 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 exploded. White's most offensive weapon is after the ball is broken, and he is good at anti-blue on the drawbar, which can effectively prevent the blocking of inside players, and the strong body is very lethal for the defender. But his shooting ability is very general, even the 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 it is not ranked in the United States, but it can indeed win the Chinese defender.
In addition to White, Jordan’s pioneer Said Abbas is also familiar to Chinese fans because he is an Asian foreign aid in the cba league and has entered the cba all-star starting lineup in the future . Due to cba regulations, only the top five teams in the league can introduce foreign aid, so Abbas has been playing in the weak team of cba, but which team he joins, which team will enter the playoffs, however the rules Forced, he can only join another last five teams, so his cba career is to change a team every year. Since 2009, Abbas has helped Shanghai, Beijing, Fujian, Shandong, Tianjin and other teams to enter the playoffs, which is also known as "Abbas's Law".
In addition to these two men, the Jordan team is difficult to find the third scoring point, and for the Chinese team, as long as they can clamp the two men, it is equivalent to control the entire game.
In fact, the first match with the Chinese team was not good news for the Jordan team. The world does not know about Jordan’s men’s basketball team. If they are replaced by other opponents, they do not know the Jordan’s tactical arrangements or the characteristics of Jordan’s players. Jordan can use this to catch opponents by surprise.
However, the Chinese team and the Jordan team are both Asian teams. They have fought many times against each other, and they are more familiar with their players. Even if the Jordan team uses some surprise tactics, it will not have any effect. . But what's worse is that in the first game, Jordan's player characteristics and tactical arrangements will be fully exposed. When other teams meet the Jordan team again, they can also make targeted adjustments and arrangements.
A similar situation is 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 eventually lost 1-2. They only lost one goal in the face of Brazil and they can score A big reason is that the Brazilian team at that time did not understand North Korea at all. But in the second game, the North Korean team was crushed 0-7 by Portugal. Is Portugal better than Brazil? The answer is definitely not. The North Korea-Brazil game exposed tactics and exposed the characteristics of the players. For Portugal, as long as the following is slightly targeted, it can easily crush North Korea.
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In this game, the five players who started from the Chinese team are roughly, Arab League, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue and Liu Wei. Both Zhang Guan and Dayao sat on the bench and had no plans to play, which made many fans on the scene feel quite disappointed.
And the Jordan team also feels like punching an empty punch. In the preparations before the game, most of the preparations for the Jordan team are directed at Zhang Guan and Dayao. After all, the two are the "dual core" of the Chinese team. The Jordan team has prepared various tactics to deal with the two. But the two didn't start, and Jordan wasted a lot of preparation before the game.
The head coach of Jordan, Palma, looked very ugly, and his preparation before the game did not work. The two main players of the Chinese team Xuezang are also deliberately retaining their strength, which gives Palma a sense of being despised.
Since both sides know each other well, there is not much temptation. The game started with a real sword. The Chinese team relies on the inside to score consecutively, and roughly matches the United duo in the inside, playing the Jordan team quite well. The Jordan team also used White as the main attack. Last year's Asian Championships, White caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese team. So at the World Championships, Coach Palma reinvented his skills and prepared to continue to play White's strengths.
White’s memory of the Chinese team remained at the Asian Championships last year. At that time, he alone upset the Chinese team’s outside players. When Sun Yue was sent off for five offences, Wang Shipeng also fouled four times. But still can't stop White from getting what he wants, so White is ready to copy last year's successful experience, but soon, White found that his tricks are not as smart as last year, and the Chinese team's defense is much tougher than last year.
Although the tactical level of Deng Huade is not clever, the strategy of "playing chicken blood" is still immediate for the improvement of the national team's defense. Especially in the first game, the players' physical fitness is relatively abundant, even if they are veterans Roughly similar to Liu Wei, he is also very defensive, which greatly restricts White's personal ability and makes his ball breakthrough frequently blocked.
And Jordan’s other core Abbas~IndoMTL.com~ is not in shape today.
Abbas playing in cba is very familiar with Chinese players, so no matter who he is facing, he will feel at ease, except for the three people of Dayao, Zhang Guan and Arab League, because these three people are not in cba Play. In the game, Abbas, the Jordanian power forward, directly faced the United.
Abbas and the United League once played in the Asian Championship last year, but the current United League is after all mixed with nba, growth in nba and growth in cba are completely two concepts, especially young Players, playing nba for one year seems to have completely changed their personalities, and the one-year-old League is more mature and stable than last year. Because of this, Abbas did not play his normal level in the face of the Arab League, especially in the second rebound, was completely suppressed by the Arab League.
In the first quarter, the Chinese team led 21-14 with 7 points. After the start of the second quarter, the Chinese team replaced several young people, and the effect of "playing chicken blood" was more obvious. Although the young players also made several mistakes, they still kept the gap. At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led the Jordan team by 10 points, 41-31.
After the second half started, the score of the two sides always hovered around 10 points. White's offense was blocked, Abbas could not play, and the game began to become suspicious. By the last two minutes, the gap of eight points also let the Jordan team know that the game was powerless.
The score was finally fixed at 81-73. The Chinese team defeated the first opponent without fear or danger. (To be continued.)