Chapter 148: Before the Great War
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When the song of singing the motherland was sung again in the Wukesong Gymnasium, the Chinese men's basketball team had just defeated the European powerhouse Croatia 72-65, achieving a breakthrough in the top four of the international competition for the first time in China's three major men's ball events.
Sun Yi, a young player with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, has become the team's scoring champion for two consecutive games. His sudden appearance of an outside strong point makes the Chinese men's basketball team, which has an inside superstar, Yao Ming, look unstoppable.
On August 22, in the semifinals of the Olympic men's basketball team, the Chinese team once again encountered the world champion Spanish team.
In fact, the current group of national players in the team are very fond of a team with a delicate technical and tactical style of play like Spain, and they are afraid of some tough and tough 'savage' opponents. For example, a 'dirt dog' team like Australia.
The two teams who know the bottom of the matter, as soon as they come up, they don't need to test at all, and they start scoring against each other directly. The success of Yao Ming in the last game limited Gasol Jr. in the center forward position. So far, the physical condition of the Chinese little giant has been getting worse and worse. In the 1/8 finals with Croatia, this Shanghai man, who regards national honor in his heart, almost all gritted his teeth and fought hard. But this time against the young and strong Mark. Gasol does have a feeling of powerlessness.
And Yi Jian even faced Paul. Gasol is at an all-round disadvantage both offensively and defensively. The only bright spot is that his fast-break awareness and ability are very good.
In the small forward position, Younas used the veteran Li Nan to play against Spain's outside killer Fernandes. One is experienced, the other is passionate.
The back line is partnered by the 'second grandson' to meet the challenge of CalderΓ³n and Navarro. This position, on the contrary, has become the only place where the Chinese team has an advantage in the game.
The attack points of the two teams were very clear as soon as they came up, Spain dominated Pau Gasol, and the Chinese team was controlled by Sun Yi......
In the first quarter, 24-22, Spain led by 2 points. When Sun Yi came off the break in the 10th minute, the Chinese team still had a 4-point lead......
Second quarter, 48-48. The two sides were tied, and the old Lithuanian man simply let the national team rookie stay on the field.
In the third quarter, in order to accumulate energy for the sprint stage of the game, all the starting players of the Chinese team were given more than four minutes of rest. 69-62, Spain led by seven points heading into the fourth quarter.
When the game entered the fighting stage, the two teams invariably changed to the strongest lineup in their respective hands.
Sun Yi, a young player who has scored 24 points in the first three quarters, hit a three-point shot on Calderon's head as soon as he came up, setting off a wave of counterattacks by the Chinese team.
Under the frantic cheering of nearly 20,000 fans at the scene, Yao Ming, who had an average hand before, used his teammates' blocking and splitting balls to constantly kill opponents in the middle distance.
Mark. Gasol looked at the big player with a soft touch and a helpless expression. This NM, I have to step on the bench to interfere with the opponent!
Within four minutes, the Chinese team played a wave of 12-4 offensive and reversed the score on the field! 74 to 73!
In desperation, the Spanish team had to ask for a timeout and rearrange their tactics!
"Mark! You and Paul swap places! "Gasol Jr., who seems to be good at hand-to-hand combat under the basket, can't cope with the Rockets' super center who starts to shoot.
When the game restarted, veteran Wang Zhizhi replaced Yi Jianlian, who performed quite well. The experienced Younas has seen the weaknesses of the opponent's interior defense and is ready to continue to break down the world champion's psychological defense with his shots.
"Sun Yi's pass, Dazhi! Dazhi's defense of Gasol Jr. outside the three-point line. Oh, just cast it! The ball is in! The Chinese team is playing more and more smoothly. Now we are 6 points ahead and there are 3 minutes left in the game! β
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"Li Nantou or not? didn't throw, he passed the ball to Sun Yi, who was empty. Oh, it's going to go to the basket. Pretty! 2+1οΌ The two points were effective, while also putting the core player of the Spanish team, Paulo Brown. Gasol struck down. β
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"There are 15 seconds left in the game, and the Chinese team, which is leading by 8 points, is not attacking! Let's celebrate the historic breakthrough of the Chinese men's basketball team in advance......"
"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, and the victory song is so loud......"
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Whew! The sleeping snoring of his roommate made Sun Yi, who was lying on the bed, unable to sleep for a long time! Less than an hour before the end of the thrilling semi-finals, these young men, who are destined to be remembered in the history of Chinese basketball, returned to their respective athletes' apartments as quickly as possible to rest.
Even Sun Yue, who is energetic on weekdays, has not heard any of his plans for hunting Yan for a long time as the game progresses. No, stick to the bed and go!
This kind of intensive schedule of two days and one battle made Sun Yi, who has always been confident in his physical fitness, also have a headache. Especially in today's game, the playing time reached an astonishing 40 minutes, and the fatigue that has not been seen for a long time appeared on the young man's tempered body.
This is still a competition system, and there is no need to travel tirelessly. When it comes to the NBA, not to mention the intensity of the game, I'm afraid that the plane alone will make people vomit. It seems that physical training must be persistent.
Thinking of this, the guy's thoughts drifted to the superstars of the American team again. Paul, Williams, Wade, Kobe...... These people are likely to face each other in the final the day after tomorrow.
Sun Yi! Can you handle it? β¦β¦
It seems that everyone is a difficult character for him to deal with now. The guy who thought about it for a long time finally came to such a depressing conclusion.
Alas! I don't want to, I have a headache! That girl, I don't know if I've rested, let me harass her.
Since that day's 'birthday battle', because of the intensive schedule, the two have never had the opportunity to be alone again. Every day, I can only talk through phone calls and text messages to comfort my thoughts in love.
"Sweetheart! Did you sleep? Under Tamara's repeated emphasis, Sun Yi still accepted and got used to this somewhat fleshy title.
The text message was sent out for half a day and there was no response, hey! The girl is probably sleeping.
Ding dong! The phone's prompt rang suddenly.
"Cowboy! Your princess has just finished taking a bath! Any thoughts? β
Hey! What a sultry goblin!
"Why did you clear your name so late?"
"It's not because of you! Hum! Nasty guys! β
The innocent guy hurriedly replied. "I'd like to bully you again like I did that day, no, many times! It's a pity that I never had a chance! β
"Cowboy! Miss Ben won't give you another chance!! Because! I'm by your performance today!! β
Ha ha! I see!
"Hey, hey! How can you blame me for this, who called you Spanish men too useless. Tell you, your man hasn't used all his strength yet! "You don't have to pay taxes to brag, I'm afraid that guy is sore now.
"Alright! I'm very much looking forward to an all-out Oriental cowboy who can beat those arrogant Yankees all over the ground the day after tomorrow! If your performance can satisfy this girl, I will consider giving you a chance to show your 'ability'! β
Hey! Girl, you can tease me well! When the time comes, don't cry and shout like you did that night, begging me to stop!
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The Chinese men's basketball team defeated the world champion again and advanced to the second day of the Olympic finals. Almost all the media are reporting on this milestone victory!
"A Historic Breakthrough Is Just Around the Corner......
"The Chinese men's basketball team, which has repeatedly defeated strong opponents, intends to drink horses and five pines"......
"Yao Sun Combination, the strongest in history, there is no one"......
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The overwhelming three-dimensional bombing reports have focused the attention of 1.3 billion Chinese people on this group of bloody men's basketball players. Especially the rookie of the national team, who is handsome and has a flowing style of football, has become the darling of almost all the people......
Boss Wang of Tenglong Shoes has been unable to sleep peacefully for several nights. The sales volume of the 'Sun Generation' has shown explosive growth in the past week. If it weren't for the fact that there was a lot of inventory in the early stage, I am afraid that the current production capacity would be in short supply. The 'Sun Generation' is currently available on the market in two price ranges. The best-selling one is the 288 pairs of all-people, which are perfect for playing on hard courts. Another professional model with a unit price of 888 is mainly aimed at consumer groups who are shoe lovers who have a hobby of collecting. As Sun Yi's performance became better and better, the sales volume of professional models increased most significantly.
Although 70% of the profits of the 'Sun Series' are owned by the spokesperson, the brand value of Tenglong has increased dozens of times in a short period of time. The shrewd Wang Weimin will not do a loss-making business.
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The day after the big game, and the only day before the final, there was a full day off.
The boys of the men's basketball team, who got up at 8 o'clock in the morning, first had a half-hour recovery jog in the training hall, judging from the heavy pace of the players, the intensive schedule was a huge test of their physical fitness.
At the end of the jog, the players who were sweating and sweating began a painful and happy experience after a simple bath. In the makeshift treatment room, the howling of wolves can be heard everywhere......
People who don't know why may think that these young men who have earned honor for the country are going through what kind of inhuman torture......
The Chinese men's basketball team, which has historically reached the finals of the Olympic Games, has become the heart of the Chinese delegation. In order to let these athletes who are fighting for the country be able to have a good performance in tomorrow's competition. Many well-known massage masters and Chinese medicine experts were specially invited to use traditional techniques such as massage and Chinese herbal hot compress to restore physical strength and relieve fatigue for the players.
When the boys of the men's basketball team walked out of the physiotherapy room, their expressions were much more relaxed. This kind of recovery method must be a fantasy to say that the players' physical strength can immediately return to full state. The effect is really obvious, these extremely mentally exhausted young men, after such a lively recovery process, the tight string in everyone's brain has relaxed a lot......
Sun Yi, who has the best physical fitness, moved his joints, and this feeling of being energetic is really not too good. Thinking of the agreement with Tamara last night, the restless little heart couldn't help but speed up again.
Of course, the girlfriend's reward is just a perk that comes with it. The young man who grew up under the five-star red flag, the determination to win honor for the country, that cannot be exchanged for anything......
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"Kobe, how are you preparing for tomorrow's finals?" As the U.S. team entered the final again, many media from across the ocean also came to join in the fun. It's not, just finished training the captain of the Dream Eight team Kobe Bryant. Bryant was stopped by a reporter he knew well.
"Ugh!" The Lakers star, who had been thinking for a moment, shrugged his shoulders. "It's a tough schedule, but everyone looks good."
"There are media reports that the Chinese team playing at home has been taken care of too much, what do you think?" These reports are basically from the hands of the Spanish media, after all, they are world champions, and they were defeated by a 'weak team' that has struggled for the top 8 positions for many years, and they have hit the street twice. This kind of psychological gap is really unacceptable.
"Oh! Oh, my God! Have you ever seen a team that has made it to the final of a major tournament of this caliber with just the help of a referee? Kobe Bryant had an incredible expression on his face, and seemed to feel that his words were not convincing enough, so he added another sentence. The Koreans in the '02 Football World Cup didn't do it! Having grown up in Italy, he was also an avid football fan, and once again the infamous Goryeo stick was the subject of ridicule.
"Alright! I wish the U.S. team a wonderful performance and good results in the finals! β
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"LeBron, tomorrow is against the hosts. What is the impression of this opponent who has beaten in the group stage? "As the favorite NBA player of the American media, James must be interviewed.
"It's two teams!" Glancing at the puzzled reporter in front of him, James explained: "The Chinese team with Sun is a completely different team. β
"Sun? The Lakers? Or is it Nicks's? Although Sun Yue was drafted by the Lakers in the second round in 07, she did not sign a contract. As things stand, he is likely to sign a professional contract with the Purple and Gold this summer.
"Haha! Nabs! Don't you watch the NCAA? At least I watched Sun play when he was a junior in high school. Full of talent, but not lacking in passion, an unbelievable guy. "A person with high emotional intelligence like James has only better evaluations, not the best.
"Haha! I was just kidding! It's finally time for the Knicks to get up and running this year. β
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Knicks owner 'Dwarf' James. Dolan was in his lavish office watching the Olympic performance of Chapman's team's Flower Show, which Chapman had put together for him.
"Haha! Yes, a fun little guy. "Dolan, who is 1.68 meters tall, always likes to call those players who are younger and older than him 'little guys'.
Chapman, who knew that the boss had something to say, looked like he was listening with low eyebrows.
"It seems that my vision is still good. Aha! Is that right? My old fellow! β
I rub! This is a talented player that I have personally followed for 5 years, how did you become a good eye.
Actually, Dolan is right. If he doesn't have this 'old guy' in charge of the team's basketball affairs, I'm afraid this year's Knicks draft will be planted again! (To be continued.) )