In the blink of an eye, on July 17, the Stankovic Cup continental basketball tournament began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A total of four teams participated in this year's Sri Lanka Cup, namely the host Chinese team, the Russian team, the Angolan team, and the Serbian team.

Among them, the Russian team and the Angolan team are both participating teams in this Olympic Games. The Serbian men's basketball team is a former basketball powerhouse, and its predecessor, the Yugoslav national men's basketball team, has won the European Basketball Championship five times, won the Olympic gold medal once, and won the European Basketball Championship eight times.

Unfortunately, with the breakup of Yugoslavia into several small countries, basketball has also been in the doldrums.

Serbia is Yugoslavia's main successor, and their national men's basketball team did not even make it to the main draw at the 2008 Olympics.

At 15:30 on the afternoon of July 17, the first Si Cup match started.

The warring parties are Angola and Russia. The result of the match was an 8*9-70 victory over Russia for the first victory.

Zheng Xiao and his teammates watched the game.

Angola's toughness left a deep impression on the boys of the Chinese men's basketball team.

"I didn't expect African basketball to be so good." Liu Xiaoyu said.

"If you look at the basketball superstars in the NBA, aren't they also overwhelmingly black? Black people are just better athletic, and that's recognized all over the world. Wang Zhizhi said with a smile.

"It seems that they will probably be the biggest opponents of our Si Cup championship." Yi Jian Liandao.

"Moreover, they are still in the same group as us in the Olympic competition, and if we want to achieve the competition goals set by the General Administration of Sports, if we don't defeat Angola, I'm afraid it will be more difficult." Yao Ming's face was a little solemn.

Zheng Xiao did not speak.

He is a man who knows the trend of history, and he naturally knows that Angola won the championship in this tournament with three wins in three games.

The match between China and Angola was quite close, and in the end it was a one-point loss to the African basketball champions.

"It doesn't matter, we have Zheng Xiao, and our strength has improved a lot, and I think that now Angola is no longer on the same level as us." Li Nan said with a smile.

"That's it, that's it! With Zheng Xiao, let's not talk about defeating Angola, I think we can hit the final Olympic champion! After all, we're fighting at home! Sun Yue said at this time.

As he spoke, he smiled and nodded to Zheng Xiao.

"Let's work together, I still need a lot of advice from my seniors, I still lack experience in basketball. However, as long as everyone believes in me and supports me, I also believe that we will be able to play at a high level. Zheng Xiao said humbly.

After watching the match between Angola and Russia, the players of the Chinese men's basketball team quickly left the court, went back to eat, received some pre-war training from Younas, and then rushed to the court.

That night, the game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Serbian team will start at 19:30.

The starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team is as follows:

Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Zheng Xiao, Sun Yue.

In fact, according to the original plan, Yao Ming was not among the starters. Because in February 2008, Yao Ming was seriously injured in an NBA game and missed all subsequent NBA games, and he did not recover from the injury until the end of July.

Then, he was sure to compete in the Olympic men's basketball competition.

This also made the basketball center let go of the heart that had been lifting.

For the Chinese men's basketball team, Yao Ming is the anchor of the national team. Without Yao Ming, it would be almost impossible to complete the goal of the game to protect eight and fight for six.

The reason why Yao Ming entered the starting position in the first game of the Si Cup was his own request.

He said that he hoped to have a good run-in with Zheng Xiao.

And if you want to run in to the tacit understanding and skill, you must play a few more games and experience in actual combat.

How to say, Yao Ming was aroused by his ambition, he wanted to improve the Olympic performance of the national men's basketball team by a large margin, which can be regarded as a historic achievement in his career.

That's why he took the initiative to ask to start.

There are almost no big stars in the Serbian men's basketball team, only Kostic from the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, and the others are young.

Such a team may have a lot of momentum, but it is far from being in terms of technique and experience.

In the cheers of more than 10,000 fans, the game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Serbian men's basketball team began.

Jump the ball by Yi Jianlian and the opposing center.

Yi Jianlian dialed the ball to his own player, Zheng Xiao got the ball and advanced quickly, seeing that Yao Ming had already stuck a position under the basket, Zheng Xiao immediately passed the ball to the opponent, so that Yao Ming could comfortably hook up and score a layup.

This is also the first time that Yao Ming has scored in an official competition after nearly half a year.

"Thank you, Zheng Xiao! This ball is very comfortable to pass. Yao Ming gave Zheng Xiao a thumbs up.

He was very happy and scored as soon as he started, which was a sign that he was in good hands.

After a major injury, it can be difficult to get back to the old form.

"Yao Ming, I'll pass you more balls later, come on! You're still the best center! Zheng Xiao cheered Yao Ming on.

In the first quarter of the next game, Zheng Xiao almost didn't make his own shots, he controlled the overall offensive situation of his own team, and frequently sent wonderful passes.

In just one quarter of the game, Zheng Xiao sent 7 assists, 5 of which were given to Yao Ming, which allowed him to score 12 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the first game, the Chinese men's basketball team played Serbia 27:8, surpassing the opponent by 19 points in a single quarter, which was quite a disparity.

"Cool! Zheng Xiao, your passing is so comfortable, you always pass just right. Yao Ming said happily to Zheng Xiao as he walked down the field.

He was really excited.

Anyone who has been suffering from injuries for half a year will be so happy to have such a good performance on the field for the first time.

During the break between the first and second quarters, according to Younas's arrangement, he wanted Yao Ming to come down and rest, after all, the score was quite different, and Yao Ming was the first time to participate in the game after a long injury, so he needed to take it easy.

But Yao Ming was obviously excited and unwilling to rest off the court.

He told Younas that he could play one more quarter, continue to expand the score of the two teams, and rest from the third quarter.

So, in the second quarter of the game, Yao Ming appeared again.

The Chinese men's basketball team had the first offensive opportunity in the second quarter, Zheng Xiao saw Yao Ming get an empty opportunity under the basket again, and he immediately passed the ball to him without thinking.

Yao Ming turned around and wanted to make a one-handed violent buckle.

It was also at this time that the young center forward of Serbia was repeatedly abused by Yao Ming, and he may have been a little angry, he pulled Yao Ming's arm violently, and pulled Yao Ming to the ground.

Yao Ming fell to the ground in pain and immediately covered his right knee.