Chapter 345: The Asian Games for Koreans

"I'm going to go...... This bounce! Are you still human......" Sun Tonglin in the audience opened his mouth directly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Offensives from the bench.

Li Gen, who was relieved, was still not convinced, and as soon as Li Muhao sent the ball on the sidelines, he signaled his teammates to pull away and eat Tang Hao.

Li Gen was short, his center of gravity was low, and he changed direction quickly, and he continued to shake to try to get rid of Tang Hao.

But just as he changed his direction, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him, and then with a "snap", the ball was cut off from his hand.

Li Gen's center of gravity was not controlled for a while, and he almost fell out, but Zhao Jiwei reacted and chased after him.

Zhao Jiwei is characterized by good passing and fast speed, his center of gravity is low at this time, and he is chasing Tang Hao hard.

But something happened to surprise his teammates again, Tang Hao dribbled the ball and threw Zhao Jiwei away in an instant.

Then, in the surprised expressions of the players, he rushed to the bench team and jumped one step inside the free throw line in the backcourt, holding the ball in his right hand and jumping straight up.

"Bang!"

With a heavy dunk that slashed Huashan, Tang Hao pressed the ball into the basket with his right hand.

The whole arena fell silent all of a sudden.

Breaking the buckle between people, taking a big risk head-on, ruthless stealing, one-handed splitting buckle......

If Tang Hao hadn't stood in front of them, they would never have believed that an Asian could behave like this.

And it still looks so casual and leisurely.

It's incredible!

They also began to understand a little bit why Gong Luming had to arrange Tang Hao in the position of starting small forward as soon as he came up, because there was no need to hesitate at all, even if it was someone's grandmother to lead the team, it would not be stupid enough not to let Tang Hao play the starter!

In the following training, Tang Hao not only showed the physical fitness that an Asian player, even most American players did not have, but also showed his accurate shooting ability, which completely convinced this group of teammates of the national team at once.

At the end of this training session, I could clearly feel that the spirit of this group of players came up at once.

Gong Luming formed such a completely young team, and he was under a lot of pressure, but in fact, the pressure on the shoulders of the players was never small, which was reflected in the fact that they were timid on the court, looking forward and backward, but the appearance of Tang Hao made them unload their mental baggage at once, and they were not afraid of making mistakes on the field, and they played more boldly and actively.

It can be said that the addition of Tang Hao has made the construction of this new team enter the regular as early as possible.

The two-month training time was very fast, and the tacit understanding between Tang Hao and this group of players improved rapidly.

Time flies, and the new Asian Games is about to open.

The venue of this Asian Games is Incheon, South Korea, which is also the third time in the history of South Korea that it has won the right to host the Asian Games.

Going to South Korea is a lot of pressure for the rest of Asia, if nothing else, because South Korea's home stadium is world-class.

This world-class is not about its high-altitude home stadium like Denver or Bayern's home stadium, but its referees.

The most famous in the history of South Korea is the 2002 Korea-Japan Football World Cup, the South Korean team eliminated the favorite Italy and Spain with the help of the home referee, and broke into the semi-finals of the World Cup in history, creating the best result of an Asian team in the football World Cup.

The last time we experienced this world-class treatment was the top football teams that broke into the World Cup, and this time, it was the turn of the Asian teams.

Tang Hao: His main identity is a national basketball player.

This is his second time participating in the Asian Games, the last time he participated in the Asian Games, he participated in archery and swimming, and this time, he signed up for basketball, swimming and track and field.

Basketball is the main sport, and the reason why he participates in track and field and swimming is because he needs to accumulate honor points to upgrade his fleas.

The opening ceremony of the Asian Games is on September 19, but the basketball and football events are held before the opening ceremony because of the long schedule.

The teams also resisted Incheon in advance.

Incheon is one of the most developed cities in South Korea, and the streets here are full of all kinds of artificial beauties, and you can see plastic surgery advertisements and various Korean male and female troupes within a two-step walk on the street.

Of course, whether it is a prosperous plastic surgery culture or a women's group culture, Tang Hao and his teammates have no time to feel it.

After resisting Incheon, the Chinese men's basketball team, like the men's basketball team of other countries, threw itself into training early.

Although the Asian Games are not directly linked to the World Championships and the Olympic Games, as one of the highest-level basketball events in Asia, countries attach great importance to the competition.

Iran, South Korea, Island, Philippines, and China, the favorites to win the championship, all sent their all-main teams.

Before Yao Ming's injury, the Chinese men's basketball team was in an absolute dominant position in Asia, but with Yao Ming's injury, the Asian Championship defeat to Iran, the Manila tragedy, the Chinese men's basketball team is not dominant, and other countries are taking advantage of the situation, the most representative of which is the Iranian team and the Philippine team.

The champion and runner-up of the last World Championships, the Iranian team is also determined to win this Asian Games.

The core of the Iranian team, known as the "No. 1 center in Asia", Haddadi, after resisting Incheon, did not shy away from saying bluntly that the team came to Incheon to win the championship, and he did not think that any team in this Asian Games could prevent the Iranian team from winning the championship.

Haddadi is full of confidence, and the defender of the Philippine team, Romeo, is also aiming to win.

When asked by reporters whether the Philippines could continue the form of the World Championships in Manila, break into the final, and even win the championship, Romeo replied with a rhetorical question, why not?

Romeo admitted that after the Spanish Men's World Basketball Championships, the Philippine team's ability has been greatly exercised, and the morale has also been greatly improved, whether it is the host South Korean team or the Iranian team, they cannot stop their confidence to go further (to win the championship).

When asked by a South Korean reporter whether the Chinese team would pose a threat to them, the small defender showed a mysterious smile, and then said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The Chinese team is now like an elephant stuck in the quagmire, who would think it will bring trouble?" ”

An imagery metaphor that already reveals the Filipino player's true thoughts.

The Chinese team has not achieved results for many years, and there is no need for them to be the main competitor of such a team.

In addition to the Iranian team and the Philippine team, the South Koreans, who have always felt good about themselves, also made a declaration before the game.

Kosuke Takeuchi, the core of the team, said in an interview with the media before the game that the team missed out on the championship in the last Asian Games, and this time playing at home, winning the championship is their only goal.

It can be said that in this Asian Games, the competition for the championship is not inferior to the Asian Championships.

In contrast, the Chinese team is low-key, except for a mobilization meeting held before the trip, there is no major movement.

Coach Gong Luming also said in an interview with the media that the Chinese men's basketball team is a new team, and winning the championship is the ultimate goal, but compared to winning the championship, playing every game well is what should be considered at the moment.

The arrogant attitude of the opponent, the Chinese team is unprecedentedly low-key, even in China, it is generally bearish on this team, if it were not for Tang Hao to join, it is estimated that no one would take a look.

This invisible pressure from the outside world did not make these boys of the men's basketball team feel angry, on the contrary, they were full of energy in their hearts to prove themselves.

This time, the Asian Games format has undergone some reforms, with the 16 teams divided into four groups, with the Chinese team in Group C and the same group opponents being Chinese Taipei and India.

The other three groups were:

Group D, Republic of Korea, Jordan, Kazakhstan.

Group E: Iran, Philippines, Hong Kong, China.

Group F: Island nations, Qatar, Mongolia.

Four groups, take the top 2 and then divide into 2 groups, and then play the top 8 knockout rounds.

The two groups are round-robin, although the format has changed, but the principle is basically the same, the higher the ranking in the group stage, the smoother the road to promotion in the knockout round.

China's opening match was against India.

India's basketball is far behind China's, and there is no yet formed system, the Chinese team has played against the opponent several times, basically winning the opponent every time, but in July this year, the national Olympic team lost to the opponent 58-65, and that game almost lifted the last fig leaf of the men's basketball team.

Although it is not the same team, Zhao Jiwei and Zhou Qi have participated in the previous games, and it can be said that these young men are all energetic against the Indian team.

In this game, Gong Luming did not arrange for Tang Hao to play, and chose to let him watch from the wall.

The first group stage of the Chinese team was held in the afternoon, and the audience was pitifully small, and it was estimated that there were only about 100 people, most of whom were Chinese.

However, this did not affect the fighting spirit of the boys.

After the start of the game, the Chinese guys on the field showed the Chinese fans a perfect and different style of play, they actively scrambled, selflessly shared, and even played a lot of tactics in the game, giving people a refreshing feeling.

In the end, with Guo Allen's 21 points and 3 assists, six Chinese men's basketball players scored double-doubles, defeated their opponents 87-54, and successfully took revenge.

Although he did not play, after the game, Tang Hao still applauded the players one by one.

He was still very pleased with the positive performance of his teammates.

In this game, the Chinese audience watching the game was very cool, but there was not much coverage in China, and the victory over the weak team was not much to show off.

At the same time, Iran defeated Hong Kong, China 105-21, creating the largest margin of points in a continental competition.

In an interview with South Korean reporters at the end of the game, Haddadi also ridiculed the results of the game, saying that this is China's current level of basketball, other countries are improving, but the Chinese suddenly can't play after losing Yao Ming.

After a one-day break, the Chinese men's basketball team will welcome another opponent in the group, the Chinese Taipei team.

The Chinese men's basketball team's record against the Chinese Taipei team is 23 wins and 5 losses, and three of these five losses were concentrated last year, starting in Manila, when the men's basketball team lost to the Taipei team by nearly 20 points and stopped in the quarterfinals.

This time we played again, not to mention the fans and players, even coach Gong Luming also attached great importance to it.

He arranged Tang Hao in the activation list, but did not arrange a starter, but a substitute.

In this game, the audience was still not very large, only four or five hundred people, and basically all of them were Chinese audiences.

However, compared to the audience at the scene, the audience on the hotline was unusually active, and the fans discussed-for-tat on the hotline, which made the audience of the game skyrocket.

With this kind of attention from the Chinese people, the match between the two sides was staged at the Samsan World Stadium in Incheon, South Korea.

The Chinese team sent their strongest lineup except Tang Hao, with Guo Allen and Ding Yanyuhang on the back line, Zhou Peng and Yi Jianlian on the front line, and Zhou Qi on the inside.

The Taipei team also played the main team, with Lin Zhijie and Yang Jingmin on the outside, Liu Zheng on the small forward, and Zeng Wending and Davis on the inside.

On paper alone, the strength of the Chinese team is much stronger than that of the Taipei team, but the players who have lost three times in a row do not dare to take it lightly.

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match between the two sides.

Zhou Qi won the ball for the Chinese team to take the lead in attacking, and Guo Allen advanced to the front court with the ball.

The Chinese team began to run Gong Luming to bring the biggest tactics to this team, Ding Yanyuhang and Zhou Peng ran around the bottom line from the right wing to the left wing, Ding Yanyuhang contained the defense, and Zhou Peng who came out got a good opportunity to shoot.

Guo Allen's pass followed, and Zhou Peng took the ball and threw it.

This ball tactic was played, but unfortunately it was a little unlucky, and the shot popped out of the frame, and the rebound was grabbed by Zeng Wending.

Taipei's Lin Zhijie launched a fast attack.

Lin Zhijie, an old player, has a very accurate grasp of the court, and after seeing that the Chinese team has loopholes in the defense, he directly accelerated from the Chinese team's defense and rushed into the interior, and then scored 2 points for the Taipei team with a step layup.

The Taipei team took the lead.

"Retreat faster, faster!" Old coach Gong Luming shouted on the sidelines to remind his young players.

Guo Allen organized an attack again, and the same tactic was choked by the Taipei team, and he beckoned Yi Jianlian to mention the outside blocking and dismantling, and directly rushed to the inside line to make a layup.

The Taipei team contracted its defense, and Guo Allen was blocked and fouled, but the referee on the sidelines did not blow it.

The ball was grabbed by Liu Zheng of the Taipei team, Liu Zheng launched a fast attack, and saw that Davis was fast in the run, followed by a long throw, Davis received the ball, and directly made a low-handed layup, scoring another 2 points for the Taipei team.

Gong Luming shook his head helplessly at this time.

The opening few rounds also became a microcosm of the game between the Chinese team and the Taipei team.

The Chinese players played very actively, but the offensive efficiency was not high, and on the defensive end, the young players did not retreat in time, and the problem of inaccurate prediction was quite obvious.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Chinese team had already trailed the Taipei team by double digits 10-21.

The Chinese team's 4 consecutive defeats against Taipei seem to be imminent.