ATPnovel Chapter 355
Chapter 355
The hearing in Washington is still wrangling.
The Stankovic Cup is over.
The result of the game can be said to make countless domestic fans extremely angry.
"What the hell is this playing!"
"Greece, Germany, France, these are all European powerhouses!"
"I heard that Brazil's basketball is also very good!"
"But why can't even Australia win!"
"Pooh!"
"Nothing even Australia can win."
"We have won the World Championships before."
"Before the Olympics, we only lost to the US team."
"Think about who was on the U.S. team at the Athens Olympics!"
"Kobe, O'Neal, Malone, Payton, they just won the NBA championship that year!"
"Miller, O'Neal, Artest, they are also the main force of the strong team that has just reached the finals!"
"Kidd, Ray Allen, Iverson, Duncan, Garnett, these are also the bosses of their respective teams!"
"It's no shame to lose to this kind of American team!"
"But if you look at it now, it's just a Stankovic Cup."
"There are only 6 teams in total, and we are ranked sixth!"
"Is there anything more shameful than this?"
"I don't think you should go to the World Championships anymore, shame on you!"
"It's okay to lose someone once, there's no need to go to Japan and lose someone again!"
Faced with the overwhelming dissatisfaction of the fans, the Basketball Association can only pretend to be deaf and dumb for the time being.
No way, the World Championships will be here soon.
The national team is already the best group of players that can be found in the country.
Except for Zhou Yao who is still staying in the United States.
There is no one who can replace anyone in this group of players.
As for the head coach.
It is even more irreplaceable.
Not to mention Wang Fei's previous achievements.
Not to mention that it was impossible to find a suitable coach in a hurry.
Changing coaches at this time is obviously to take the blame for the fiasco of the next World Championships.
No matter whether it is a domestic coach or a foreign coach, no one wants to dip into this muddy water now.
Even if there is a coaching change, we have to wait until the World Championships are over.
……
quickly.
The World Championships have also started.
The first scene is against the European powerhouse Italy.
The fans seemed to be lacking in confidence.
On the one hand, the Stankovic Cup fiasco.
On the other hand, many fans who care about the men's basketball team also know it.
Not long ago, the national team went to Europe for training.
Once a game lost to Italy by 23 points.
If this wasn't a national team game, CCTV probably wouldn't want to broadcast it.
It's just that no one thought of it.
The hero of the previous World Championships and Olympic Games, who has stayed in the NBA, but Wang Zhizhi, who has been only able to play as a substitute, ushered in an explosion.
He made 19 of 13 shots and 6 of 5 free throws.
Scored a game-high 35 points.
Zhou Yao scored 12 points, 14 assists, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals.
82: 64.
An 18-point victory over Italy.
The enthusiasm of the fans also began to pick up.
But everyone also knows that the next day they will face the Dream Team Seven.
……
8 month 20 day.
Sunday.
06:30 in the evening.
A very good point in time.
On weekends, it’s time to just have dinner, or to be preparing for dinner.
The Chinese team beat the US team.
Wade, one of the captains of the US team, made 13 of 9 shots, 26 points and 4 assists.
The other two captains.
Anthony had 16 points and 4 rebounds.
James had 11 points and 5 rebounds.
The leading figures of the 03 generation played well.
It's just that after the game, the head coach Larry Brown was almost instantly scolded by the fans on the hot search.
"I know you will be 66 soon, but are you really old and confused?"
"There are so many people available in the national team, look who you are using!"
"Even if you never cared about high school basketball."
"But wasn't the head coach who directed the Knicks last season just a guy who looked a lot like you?"
"Or is it that you don't care about anything other than your own team?"
"Everyone in the world knows that Chris Paul will be blown away by Zhou Yao!"
"Look at his performance today, 1 steal, 7 turnovers, 5 fouls."
"If I hadn't known that he couldn't beat Zhou Yao, I would have thought he was an undercover agent sent by the Chinese team!"
"Zhou Yao scored 10 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds, 9 steals, and 4 blocks."
"Do you want Zhou Yao to get a five-double in the World Championships?"
It's a pity that these words, at least temporarily, cannot be seen by Larry Brown.
His habit is to never pay attention to things on the Internet during the competition.
However, the loss in the second game of the group stage still cast a shadow over the Dream Seven team's next journey.
……
"Fuck!"
"Who can tell me what happened?"
"Is the Stankovic Cup just an exhibition match?"
"I couldn't even beat Australia before, but now I actually beat the US team!"
The group stage has only played two games, and some fans can't sit still.
"Your Excellency is a fake fan!"
"We were the world champions four years ago, okay?"
"We beat Team USA four years ago, okay?"
"You know, with Zhou Yao and without Zhou Yao, they are two different teams."
"Besides, Wang Zhizhi was the scoring leader in the last World Championships."
"The true international basketball killer!"
……
On August 8, against Puerto Rico.
Arroyo, the opponent's main player, was interviewed before the World Championships.
When asked about the opponent in the same position as the Chinese team, he said that he did not know who the defender of the Chinese team was at all.
And when he was told that the starting point guard of the Chinese team was Zhou Yao, he had a completely terrified expression.
Perhaps, he also watched the Stankovic Cup.
Although he is also an NBA player.
However, he also knows that being able to play in the NBA is not the same as being a core player in a championship.
The result is that in the game, Arroyo was completely suppressed.
The national team easily won the third game, and it has been completely determined to qualify for the group.
Then, they defeated Slovenia and Senegal successively.
Overwhelming the United States, the group is the first to qualify.
……
8 month 27 day.
It's another Sunday.
The ratings are absolutely guaranteed.
12 o'clock noon.
Saitama.
114: 67.
The Chinese team beat Australia.
Avenged the previous Stankovic Cup.
"Sure enough, the best way to get revenge is to report it in the current month!"
After defeating Australia, the national team will enter the top 8 of the World Championships.
No one mentioned the game that was lost before.
……
8 month 30 day.
Then the German team led by Nowitzki was beheaded.
The national team successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
The goal specified by the Basketball Association before the expedition was achieved.
And earlier, the US team lost to Spain 79:80.
It's a shame that they didn't even make it to the semi-finals.
After the game, fans all over the world saw Gasol roaring to the sky.
8 month 31 day.
The national team beat Greece again and advanced to the final.
However, the biggest news of the day was the United States' 96:101 loss to Turkey.
When losing to China, it was Paul and coach Brown who were scolded the most.
Anthony, who was scolded the worst after losing to Spain, blamed him for making wild shots at critical moments.
This time, the scapegoat who was thrown out was James.
The reason is that he didn't score much himself, but refused to pass the ball to Wade at the critical moment...