Li Yuanwei's self-confidence is not only due to the FIBA rating, but also because of the performance of the Chinese team in a series of previous warm-up games.

This time, the World Championships was held in Japan, and due to the small and small number of basketball venues in Japan, many warm-up games were played in China.

Therefore, most of the warm-up opponents of the Chinese team this time are the official national teams of this World Championships.

As an Olympic champion, as long as it is in a different group, the other teams will want you to play him!

It's like in history, playing against the American Dream Team is like an honor!

Then, after a series of warm-up matches, the Chinese team did not lose a single record!!

Especially after Sun Hao returned to China, the Chinese team won quite easily.

This made the fans enthusiastic at the same time, but also gave Li Yuanwei enough confidence.

Treat the World Championships as the Asian Championships!

This is a bit proud, and it's also a bit poisonous, but it's the capital!

In fact, when Su Qun directly used this sentence as the title of the article in "Basketball Pioneer", domestic fans collectively climaxed.

"This is the Chinese men's basketball team!"

"The Chinese Dream Team!"

"No, no, let's not dream, we are the golden generation."

"Hehe, I heard that the NBA has begun to pay attention to Sun Yue, and our basketball talents are now one after another!"

"It's a virtuous circle! Now the domestic youth training is also flying! ”

"It's not just youth training, because of Sun Hao's influence, there are more and more people who are willing to train their children to play, and I heard that the CBA is already planning the draft!"

"The good thing is that as long as the base becomes larger, the draft can also select good seedlings, which is the real virtuous circle!"

"Okay, don't talk too far, let's talk about this World Championships!"

"There's nothing to talk about anymore, China is the champion!"

"Big brother, you're inflated!"

"Where is the swelling?"

"How do I think there's a car driving by."

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The grouping of the World Championships has been determined a long time ago, and the Chinese team has been divided into Group B, the specific grouping is as follows:

Group A: Argentina, Serbia and Montenegro, Nigeria, Lebanon, France, Germany

Group B: China, Japan, Australia, Slovenia, Puerto Rico, Senegal

Group C: Spain, Italy, Angola, Panama, New Zealand, Venezuela

Group D: United States, Lithuania, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Qatar

It is worth mentioning that this year's World Championships is different from previous years, with a total of 24 teams participating, with a difference of four groups and six teams in each group.

Then the 6 teams will play an intra-group round-robin, and the top four teams in the group will advance to the round of 16, and then follow the order of A1 vs. B4 to play a follow-up single-elimination game until the final champion is determined.

This format is the first of its kind since the World Championships, and it has a lot to do with luck in the draw.

Like Qatar and Turkey in Group D, they are not to mention the United States, Lithuania and Greece are European champions, even Brazil? Now it's also their golden generation.

In contrast, the host team Japan was more comfortable, and the same teams Slovenia and Puerto Rico did not qualify for the qualifying round and entered the tournament with wild cards.

What is a wild card?

Officials spend money to sell places? What is the price? It's a wild card.

Some people may ask why Japan's luck is so good.

Of course, it's metaphysics, right? Do you think there are others!

Well, that's what Japanese fans think, they are favored by Lady Luck.

But compared to Japanese fans? Chinese fans are even more hilarious!

Li Yuanwei said that the World Championships will be played as the Asian Championships? Okay, now we're in a group with Japan!

This is the real lucky.boy!

And you may not believe it, the opening match of this Group B is China VS Japan? Battle of the Spotlight.

After the Chinese team arrived in Japan, they started a more relaxed training mode.

The strength of the Chinese team has reached this point? Is it more mental? He didn't want the players to have too much pressure before the game.

Soon after Sun Hao arrived in Japan? I went with Nowitzki to experience the local characteristics.

What do you think? Of course, there is something like island country...... Not to buy it now.

They went to eat Kobe steak.

This steak can only be eaten in the most authentic here? The two of them ate it and felt that it tasted really good.

And when the two were eating, they unconsciously talked about a topic, Kobe and Kobe.

This is a story that many people know.

Kobe's father, Joe Bryant, was still playing for the 76ers, and he and his wife ate a very delicious steak at a Japanese restaurant in Philadelphia.

The English name of that steak is "Kobe.beef", which is also known as Kobe steak.

So they agreed that after the child was born, it would be called Kobe.

Is this an interesting story? But as he chatted, Nowitzki couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Was O'Neal and Kobe Bryant at odds before? Now he is also a little helpless with Kobe.

He has sacrificed a lot for the team's results in the past two years? But last year, the team was hit too hard by Black Eight.

Do you want to know such a thing as Black Eight? It's much rarer than a championship or something.

"He's like a kid who doesn't grow up, he always likes to do things his own way, and he doesn't think much about the feelings of the people around him."

The first time? Sun Hao heard the voice complaining about Kobe Bryant from Nowitzki's mouth.

However, this is already rare, if the husband and wife do not get along well, there will be many conflicts after getting along for a long time, not to mention between teammates.

"Didn't you say you were going to change the manager?"

Sun Hao did not agree, Kobe's personality change needs a moment, but not now.

And Kobe Bryant doesn't have to change his personality, he has the strength to maintain his character.

The bigger problem for the Mavericks now is the head coach, if it is still coached by Nelson Sr., the Mavericks have a high probability of guaranteeing the Western Conference semifinals.

As for going up, it depends on the opponent and the performance.

"Mark has a lot of trust in Avery."

Nowitzki shook his head, then sighed.

Sun Hao, I really feel a little sorry for the old driver.

You can't change your teammates, you can't change your coach, it's hell.

No, not necessarily.

"You didn't try to talk to Mark?"

Sun Hao is very curious, Cuban's love for Nowitzki can already be called doting.

If Nowitzki speaks, nothing is non-negotiable.

"No, I wouldn't do that."

Nowitzki's answer was crisp.

Sun Hao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled helplessly.

It really doesn't look like what Nowitzki would do.

You've heard a lot about Cuban doting on Nowitzki, but you've never heard about Nowitzki asking Cuban to do something.

If James is one extreme, Nowitzki is another.

"Dirk, I have a feeling that if nothing changes, the Mavericks could have a big upheaval next season."

Sun Hao opened his mouth and said.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't say that, because it sounded a bit of a crow's mouth.

But because it was Nowitzki, he said what he really thought.

When people encounter difficulties, taking the initiative to change is the best way to solve them, and if they remain unchanged, they are likely to be changed by external factors.

Before, he just felt that Kobe Bryant might go to the Clippers, but now listening to the recent situation of the Mavericks, this possibility is really not small.

Some would say the Clippers didn't have trade chips.

Anything is possible in the NBA, like who would have thought the Clippers would be able to trade for Pau Pau in the offseason?

It's nothing more than pulling in a third party.

For example, pulling the Heat, Brand sent to the Heat who lacked an inside line, Odom went to the Clippers, and the Heat's first-round California added a large number of draft picks to the Mavericks to exchange for Kobe, isn't the Los Angeles "Lakers" formed?

"That's not something I can change, I'm just playing."

Nowitzki's words sounded very depressing.

Sure enough, people change with the environment, and when the Lone Ranger was still a Maverick, how happy it was when he and Nowitzki fought side by side.

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The opening match of the World Championships was Argentina vs. France.

It is an indelible fact that Stern's influence on world basketball is enormous.

With the global promotion of the NBA, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, and now China have all given birth to their own golden generations.

Argentina and France, two teams with very different styles, have a lot of NBA players in their teams.

Ginobili, Nocioni, Oberto, Delfino, Parker, Dior, Petrus......

If you don't take into account the jerseys they're wearing, it's an NBA smash brawl.

In the end, it was the overall strength of the Argentine team that was better, and the victory of the game was already established at the end of the third quarter.

After all, they have the FIBA killer Ginobili.

Parker is mixed up in the NBA, but in the FIBA game, he is still just a younger brother in front of Ginobili.

Not to mention the existence of Scola's FIBA internal bug.

However, no one on the Argentine side was happy after the game.

FIBA doesn't think badly of them, but their ambitions clearly don't stop there.

The championship is the only goal of this team now.

Lost to Yugoslavia at the World Championships, runner-up;

Lost to China in the Olympics, or runner-up!

They are at their peak, but it won't last long, and the desire for the championship in their hearts is visible to the naked eye!

In the evening, the arena is full.

The match between China and Japan will start soon!

More than half of the people sitting at the scene were Japanese fans, and the remaining nearly half were Chinese fans!

Across the sea, even if Japanese fans had organized a rush to buy tickets before the game, they were still grabbed so much by Chinese fans!

This kind of competition, which can be witnessed with one's own eyes, is a hundred times stronger than watching it on TV.

When the Chinese team entered, the Chinese fans at the scene couldn't help but start cheering excitedly.

It's as if this is their home turf!

But that's the Chinese fans!

And the Chinese men's basketball team does have the capital to make them confident now.

Look at the guys warming up on the field!

Wang Zhizhi, Warriors rotation player!

Zhu Fangyu, a Chinese forward who hit 4 three-pointers in a single game in the finals! NBA Championship Members!

Yi Jianlian, NBA All-Star Eastern starting power forward!

Yao Ming, the NBA's No. 1 center!

Sun Hao, the first active person in the NBA!

This, that's it, everyone has to float!

And when I was warming up before the game, a very interesting thing happened on the field.

At the instigation of Sun Hao, Sun Yue performed several visually impactful dunks during the warm-up.

His bouncing is also on display to a great extent.

This also made many NBA scouts present quite satisfied.

Q: Why are there NBA scouts on site?

Chinese players are now the biggest bait in the NBA, and many players are looking for the next player to land in the NBA.

Because the experience of the Mavericks, Lakers, Wizards, and Warriors tells them that having Chinese players can get a big piece of the Chinese market.

Because Sun Yue often goes to the United States to train with Sun Hao, he will naturally have a lot of exposure, and now he is the next object they focus on.

Sun Hao knew that Sun Yue would not have much playing time as a newcomer to the national team, so this was to let him show it in advance.

Judging from the results, it's very good.

Halfway through the warm-up, Zhang Weiping came down to interview the players.

Although he is old, he is still full of insight, and went directly to interview Sun Yue.

"I won't call you Xiaosun, because we call Sun Hao Xiaosun, let's call Xiaoxiaosun."

Confirmed the tone, it was Zhang Guiding himself.

Sun Yue smiled and nodded, his face shy and slightly shy.

Before learning how to make the car vibrate, Sun Yue was still a sunny and shy boy.

"This is your first official game for the national team, how was it? Are you nervous? ”

Zhang guides psychological suggestion.

"Well, I'm very nervous, but Brother Hao told me to take out the state of chasing girls for the first time, and I feel much better."

Zhang Weiping was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then couldn't help laughing.

Sun Hao's words are very spiritual!

Of course, what is even more interesting is that Sun Yue actually said it without moving on from what he said!

Both of these are very interesting.

But don't say it, Sun Yue's external image is already very good, and with this answer, there are countless female fans in a flash.

"Well, tonight's game against the Japanese men's basketball team, which is also our old rival, do you think the team can beat them tonight?"

Zhang Weiping then asked.

When Sun Yue heard this question, he was a little shy before, and suddenly became excited.

"That's for sure, ...... Xiao Ri"

Sun Yue was only in his early 20s at this time, and it was when his blood was strong, and the mantra blurted out in a second.

Sun Hao, who was still behind him, patted him on the shoulder, interrupted him while speaking, and sold a cute look at the camera by the way.

Sun Yue was also quite clever, and only remembered where the game was when he was interrupted.

If this blurts out, it will be a big problem, and maybe you will have to get into trouble after the game.

But he had a bright mind and a quick response.

"The Japanese players who have had a good life, their strength is very good, but I believe in Brother Hao, we will win the game."

There is a thrilling answer.

"Why do you have to win 30 points?"

However, Sun Hao's next words made Sun Yue speechless for a while.

It's better to let him blurt out in front!

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Hao finished speaking, there were Japanese fans on the sidelines boosing.

Zhang Weiping also wants to remind that this is the home of Japan, not at home.

But Sun Hao had a very indifferent expression.

It's quality not to swear, but do you need to be polite to Japan?