Chapter Twenty-Seven: The First Battle of Italy (The Second Shift Asks for a Monthly Pass)

China's first group stage opponent was Italy. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The Italian team has always been an important force in European basketball. He has participated in the World Championships seven times, with a best finish of fourth place.

In recent years, the strength of the Italian men's basketball team has gradually improved, and in the 04 Athens Olympics, it even reached the final, but finally lost to Argentina and won the runner-up. Last year's European Championship narrowly beat Germany by two points. Although he did not enter the semi-finals, he still won the ticket to this World Championships as the fifth place.

It is worth mentioning that Bagnani, who just won the first draft pick in '06 this year, did not participate in the World Championships with the team.

Before the start of the game, the Italian reporter kindly asked Zhou Zheng if he had any advice to tell the rookie Bagnani, and Zhou Zheng smiled and said: "Enjoy the game, enjoy the basketball." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't even know what Bagnani looked like, this was the limit of what he could answer.

Subsequently, the Italian reporter asked Zhou Zheng about his prediction for the game, and Zhou Zheng politely rejected him: "Let's see the result after the game is over." ”

Judging from the analysis of the battle situation, the probability of Italy winning is far higher than that of the Chinese team. Whether it is the historical record or the lineup, the Chinese team does not have an advantage.

The biggest advantage of the Chinese team is Zhou Zheng, the best rookie in the NBA, but this year it was absent from the NBA's first-class center Yao Shu, when Yao Shu was there, the best ranking of the Chinese team was only the eighth place in the 04 Olympic Games, but Italy was the runner-up that year.

"Audience friends, welcome to the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Championships. The Chinese team came to the Hokkaido Gymnasium early today for training, and we interviewed Coach Harry before the game, and he said that he is very confident in the game and will put out a new starting lineup......"

The host of the live broadcast at the Hokkaido Gymnasium is Zhang Weiping, and his commentary style is mainly based on reading the players' back numbers and names.

The game started quickly.

The starting lineup sent by the Chinese team is... Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Zhou Zheng and Chen Qihua.

The lineup on the Italian side on the opposite side is... It's Luca Gali, Gianluca Basray, Belineri, Fabio, Maknado.

Italy's style of play is dominated by projection, whether it is inside or outside, it has super three-point shooting ability.

Drip!

Syllable!

Yi Jianlian got the opportunity to take the lead in attacking for the Chinese team, Zhou Zheng quickly launched a fast attack, Lucagali tried to pursue, but could not keep up with Zhou Zheng's footsteps at all, and when Bailey Neiri intercepted, Zhou Zheng's basketball has been directly stuffed to Chen Qihua, who was fast sprinting, Chen Qihua held the ball and rushed into the penalty area like a gallop, picking up a basket to score.

Once Chen Qihua sprinted, his speed was not much slower than Zhou Zheng...... But the sad thing is that at the moment he only has accelerators.

In less than 5 seconds of the opening game, the Chinese team scored the first point.

Then Italy went on the offensive.

The Italian style of basketball is known for its quick attack, and the three-point shot is their traditional weapon.

In fact, D'Antoni's run-and-gun was based on his years of experience in Italy, and he brought the 'Italian Cannon' to the NBA in an attempt to make a name for himself with this, but he didn't expect Stanford to take the lead in making a run-gun name.

Now the Italians have come across the original run-gun system.

Swish!

Italy's veteran Gianluca Basray hit a three-pointer on Zhu Fangyu's head...... The Italian attack was very fast.

However, the Chinese team is faster.

In the blink of an eye, the basketball was handed over to Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng had already run to the center line with the ball. Without waiting for the opponent to defend over, he threw the ball to Chen Qihua, Chen Qihua sprinted with the ball and handed it to Wang Zhizhi, Wang Zhizhi received the ball and threw it...... Swish! His shot from beyond the three-point line easily cut through the Italian's Nets.

The Italian then picked up his pace again and Lucagalli hit a pull-up jumper near the free-throw line.

The two sides have come and gone, at a very fast pace, and the focus is on ...... The inside line basically doesn't go into the inside line, and the things that can be solved on the outside line will never be dragged to the restricted area.

When two teams run wildly, the team with a good point guard naturally has a greater advantage. Lucagalli is a good defender in the FIBA system, but not enough to compare with Zhou Zheng, and his control and creativity are a few notches lower.

So, gradually, the Chinese team opened the score.

The game was played beautifully, and Italy often threw in wonderful three-pointers. However, in terms of efficiency, it is far inferior to the Chinese team, and the Chinese team has blossomed more, so it is not lively.

At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese team led by 7 points at 29:22.

"The Chinese team played a very eye-catching game tonight, and under the leadership of Mr. Zhou Zheng, they played a completely different style of play from the previous Chinese team. They were able to shoot faster and more accurately than the Italians. Such a Chinese team is really loved. ”

The Japanese commentator sitting next to Zhang Weiping guiding praised the Chinese team in an excited tone.

"The Hokkaido Arena was full of spectators tonight, and this was something that the Dream Team didn't enjoy. Mr. Zhou Zheng is an amazing basketball player who attracts women who don't love basketball at all, he is the first foreign player to make Japanese women so crazy, and he reminds me of Kaede Rukawa from 'Slam Dunk'. ”

"Our national actor Yui Xinheng also came to the stadium, and last night she was treated by Mr. Zhou Zheng as a victim of being tailed by gangsters during filming, and then a beautiful misunderstanding occurred. We really hope this is not a misunderstanding, after all, only a woman like Shinheng Yui and a man like Mr. Zhou Zheng are together to be a real man. ”

"We also saw Avril Lavigne in the front row, the most popular Canadian singer in Japan. She has a very close relationship with Mr. Zhou Zheng, we can always see her arguing and debating with Mr. Zhou Zheng's rumored girlfriend in the news, she seems to have the supreme say in deciding Zhou Zheng's girlfriend, how much I want her to be good friends with Xinheng Yui. ”

“…………”

Throughout the pause, the Japanese commentator was explaining in detail the scandal of Mr. Zhou Zheng, as well as eagerly hoping that Yui Xinheng and Mr. Zhou Zheng would have a wonderful marriage.

At the same time, Director Zhang Weiping seized the time to broadcast the data of each player, and the Chinese audience immediately understood that Zhou Zheng had scored 6 points, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in a single quarter, and Chen Qihua's data was also eye-catching, 7 points and 3 assists, which is almost his usual data in a game. Wang Zhizhi scored a Chinese team's highest score of 9 points. Although Yi Jianlian only scored 4 points, the data of 6 rebounds strongly proved his presence.

"It's okay for the Chinese team to play fast offense."

After watching the game, Chinese fans basically had this thought in their heads.

At this time, the thoughts in Zhou Zheng's head were... Surprise, what a surprise.

Avril really brought Scarlett over anyway.

"I need to rest for the second quarter." Zhou Zheng talked to Sani.

Sani knew Zhou Zheng's game habits, so he nodded, and hurriedly went over to make new arrangements and make personnel adjustments.

Drip!

The whistle blew and the game resumed.

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- (To be continued.) )