Chapter 447
"Myth busted! The American Dream Team lost to the Chinese men's basketball team and returned home with a fiasco-defeat in the opening game of the group stage! ”
"The Rise of Asian Basketball! Tough Chinese men's basketball team! ”
"Another little giant! Chinese center Hao Peng slashed 31 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks, leading the Chinese men's basketball team to defeat the American Dream Team! ”
Within a day, the news of the Chinese men's basketball team's victory over the American Dream Team has been flying all over the world, which is an out-and-out big news, and its shock is even greater than the American team's big score to win gold! After all, it is a matter of course for the Dream Team to win the championship, and it seems so incredible that they were defeated, not to mention the Chinese men's basketball team whose basketball level is at the middle and lower levels of the world?
The Chinese men's basketball team has become completely popular, and it has become the hottest news in the Rio Olympics, and Hao Peng has also become popular.
Previously, although Hao Peng was also very popular because he was elected as the NBA champion, he was much worse than his predecessor Jeremy Lin, who had already made a name for himself in the NBA, especially when Jeremy Lin gave up his American citizenship and returned to China, he faintly became a representative figure in the Chinese sports world.
But in this game, Hao Peng's performance was too explosive, with 31 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks, completely dominating the court, compared with Jeremy Lin, who cut a triple-double and scored 17 points, 14 assists, 10 rebounds and 4 steals.
And the scene of Hao Peng guarding the basket made people feel as if they saw Da Yao at his peak.
It's not dark or blown, although the current Hao Peng has not fully grown up, but in terms of strength, he has surpassed Da Yao, after all, even if Da Yao is at his peak, he can't do it like Hao Peng to guard the basket and deter the American team No one dares to enter the inside line easily.
After this battle, no one dared to underestimate the Chinese men's basketball team, and at the same time, as the head coach of the team, Wang Xiao's reputation also reached a peak again.
Everyone knows what kind of team it was before Wang Xiao coached the Huaxia men's basketball team, which took turns to suffer in international competitions, and it was impossible to maintain its former hegemony in Asian competitions, when the Chinese men's basketball team was called the darkest period of the post-Yao era.
But with the arrival of Wang Xiao, everything is different.
Although it is said that the Chinese men's basketball team has brought a qualitative leap, in fact it is Cheng Jie, Wang Meng, Hao Peng and other NBA-level players, but these players are all out of Wang Xiao's training camp without exception, and they are all the backbones personally selected and cultivated by Wang Xiao one by one, which shows how powerful Wang Xiao is.
After defeating the United States team in the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team immediately became one of the favorites to win the championship, which is of course logical, after all, not any team has the strength to defeat the American men's basketball team.
The loss to the Chinese men's basketball team made the whole team of the United States team very unhappy, and such an unhappy mood was also carried over to their opponents in the next round.
On August 9, the U.S. team played against Venezuela, the game was turned into a massacre, the U.S. team was full of firepower throughout the game, and the first quarter of the game exploded with a score difference of 33:8, and the next three quarters of the game also had a big point difference, and finally 113:55, 58 points of blood against Venezuela.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the United States team is spreading the anger of losing to the Chinese men's basketball team on other teams, and Venezuela can be regarded as innocent.
On the other side, the Chinese men's basketball team, which was also playing on the same day, played against the French team.
Again, it was a tough game.
The French men's basketball team has always been ranked high in the world because of the number of NBA players in the team, such as Tony of the Spurs' GDP. Parker, Hornets forward Batum, and Wang Xiao's disciple, Wizards defensive titan Rudy. Goebel.
Compared with the U.S. team, which mainly relies on strong individual ability to score, the French team's team cooperation is obviously very tacit, and a very efficient offensive system has been created around Parker's French team, but unfortunately Parker has faced Jeremy Lin.
Jeremy Lin's speed is not as fast as a guard in the NBA, mainly due to the Kidd growth template card bound to him.
Kidd himself is not a speed guard, and Kidd was able to resist James in strength during his Mavericks, but struggled against a small point guard who moved fast.
Of course, that's just the reason why he doesn't have the explosiveness he used to have when he's old, in fact, although Kidd at his peak is not very fast, he can keep up with most of the speed point guards in the league with his excellent explosiveness, which is why he can get so many defensive moments.
Jeremy Lin used Kidd's growth template card, and his physical fitness has gradually moved closer to Kidd over the years, and his muscles have become stronger and stronger, and the same previous speed has begun to decrease due to the increase in muscle and weight, but even if it is a growth template card, it is impossible for two people to become exactly the same.
If you compare carefully, then you will find that the current Jeremy Lin is still slightly inferior in weight compared to Kidd at his peak, if the two fight, Kidd is likely to win in strength, but at the same time, Jeremy Lin is afraid that he can also beat Kidd in the duel of speed.
Relying on this, Jeremy Lin did not particularly struggle to defend Parker, and even easily pressed Parker on the offensive end because of his height and weight over Parker.
If it weren't for the overall strength of the French team, I'm afraid the French team would have been pulled apart from the beginning.
Wang Xiao could see that the French team had made sufficient preparations before playing against them, and it was obvious that the battle with the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States team scared them.
Gobert, as a defensive player who is not inferior to Dunn too much, also has teammates to carry out targeted defensive packages when marking Hao Peng, and they attach great importance to Hao Peng.
Thanks to the rules of international basketball, the French team can use zone defense when defending Hao Peng on the inside, setting up a lot of barriers in the three-second zone.
As a European country, the French team, which has adapted to the rules of European basketball, is obviously more comfortable with using joint defense than the United States.
In the first two quarters of the game, relying on this, the French team and the Chinese men's basketball team played on a par, but with the end of the first half of the game, after the start of the second half, Wang Xiao made some adjustments to the tactics, and the main attack point began to shift from Hao Penglin to Cheng Jie.
The best way to break the joint defense is to shoot from a distance, the court is so big, a team can only play five people at the same time, when the regional defense is deployed, it is impossible to do everything.
Wang Xiao arranged a large number of outside shots for Cheng Jie, and asked Hao Peng to pull out the outside line to pull space for his blocking.
Cheng Jie did not disappoint Wang Xiao, in the third quarter of the game, he shot 4 of 6 three-pointers from the outside, plus free throws to score 16 points in a single quarter, helping the Chinese men's basketball team establish a nearly 10-point advantage in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Wang Xiao did not give the French team any chance, Hao Peng, Jeremy Lin and Wang Meng teamed up to form an iron wall defense that made the French team's attempt to launch a counterattack fail to make any waves.
At 88:79, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the French team by 9 points and won the second victory in the group stage.