Chapter 370: Winning the Championship Easily
After this battle, the popularity of the men's basketball project of the Incheon Asian Games in China immediately rose like a rocket rising into the sky.
Major headlines and news media have devoted a lot of space to reporting the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Incheon Asian Games, and did not hesitate to give the greatest praise to head coach Wang Xiao.
"Facts have once again proved that Wang Xiao is worthy of being Wang Xiao, he has the ability to win three consecutive championships in the NBA, and naturally will not be stumped by a small Asian event, and the Chinese men's basketball team has been reborn under his coaching!"
"Now, no one doubts whether Wang Xiao can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to win the men's basketball gold medal at the Incheon Asian Games, and many people are more concerned about the world championship promised by Wang Xiao in his previous inaugural speech."
"The Olympic Games, the Men's Basketball World Cup, under the leadership of such an excellent head coach as Wang Xiao, can the Chinese men's basketball team fulfill the promise of Wang Xiao and win the championship in world-level events?"
Because of the poor performance of the Chinese men's basketball team, it lost its qualification for the men's basketball World Cup for 14 years, and the closest world-scale event is the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.
In the hearts of most people in China, compared with the men's basketball World Cup, the Olympic Games are undoubtedly a higher-level event, which can basically represent the highest honor of basketball.
The previous Huaxia's best result in the Olympic Games was only the quarterfinals, and even when Da Yao was at his peak, he failed to further improve this result.
Wang Xiao has now proven his coaching ability, so will he be able to do what he promised?
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In the semifinals, the difficulty for the Chinese men's basketball team is not even as difficult as the group round-robin of 1/4, after all, their opponent in the semifinals is Kazakhstan, which had 41 points in the qualifying round.
In the semifinals this time, the Chinese men's basketball team collected a little bit of strength and only won Kazakhstan by 18 points, which made the opponent's whole team breathe a sigh of relief.
After the 41-point defeat to Huaxia, the Kazakhstan men's basketball team was almost not sprayed to death by domestic fans, in the eyes of most fans, even if Wang Xiao coached the Chinese men's basketball team, the strength of this team in Asia has lost the glory of the Da Yao period.
No matter how strong a basketball coach is, it is impossible to replace the effectiveness of a top star on the team.
It's a pity that Wang Xiao's exception can't be understood by common sense at all.
If it loses the semifinals by a huge score again, the Kazakhstan men's basketball team will be shameless to face Jiangdong's father.
18 points, although it is not a small point difference, can be compared with 41 points, it is still a lot better.
The Chinese men's basketball team, which defeated Kazakhstan, advanced to the finals, and the opponent they faced in the finals was the host of the Asian Games, the South Korean men's basketball team.
The South Korean men's basketball team, which defeated its fierce rival Iran and successfully advanced to the finals, also did not have any joy.
Although he is very confident in his own strength and has the advantage of playing at home.
However, when the Chinese men's basketball team easily eliminated Kazakhstan and advanced to the finals, the whole South Korean men's basketball team couldn't help but feel a feeling of sadness.
Ah, the Kazakhstan team is finished, and then it's their turn......
As a team that has won glory for the country, there should not be such emotions.
But after watching all the games of the Chinese men's basketball team in the entire Incheon Asian Games, even the head coach of the South Korean men's basketball team who wanted to cheer for the players was silent.
The strength of this Chinese men's basketball team is too strong, and the head coach of the Iranian team is right, this is the dream team of the Asian competition!
The performance is as stable as ever, and the captain Yi Jianlian can drive the morale of the players.
The strength is terrible, and the super center Hao Peng, who is not in the same dimension as other interior strengths.
Cheng Jie, who shoots accurately and has strong offensive ability, is almost unstoppable.
The defense is fierce, and Wang Meng, who has never been dropped in one-on-one heads-up......
These fierce guys appeared on the field of the Asian Games, it was like cheating, and how did they let others play?
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"Let's congratulate the Chinese men's basketball team on defeating the South Korean men's basketball team 88-61 and winning the gold medal in the Incheon Asian Games, this gold medal is very important for the Chinese men's basketball team, which has suffered setbacks due to Da Yao's retirement in recent years, not only to regain confidence in the Chinese men's basketball team, but also the first championship won by head coach Wang Xiao under the coaching of the Chinese men's basketball team!"
In the host's slightly excited commentary, the Chinese men's basketball team stood on the podium of the championship and watched the Chinese flag slowly rise.
An Asian Games gold medal is nothing for the Chinese men's basketball team, after all, the champion of the first two Asian Games is also the Chinese men's basketball team.
But the same champion, the same gold medal, the championship of the 14 Incheon Asian Games seems to be of great significance.
Since the Chinese men's basketball team lost Da Yao, it has been bumpy, 12 London Olympics group stage losses were eliminated, 13 Asian Championships only fifth, and 14 years of men's basketball World Cup qualification.
This gold medal in the Asian Games is undoubtedly a powerful shot in the arm for the Chinese men's basketball team, which has lost repeatedly, and has doubled everyone's confidence.
Of course, this does not include Wang Xiao.
Winning the Asian Games is a matter of course for him.
It's just that when the Chinese men's basketball team won the championship, Wang Xiao was not particularly happy.
The system really didn't give back the information about the completion of the task, and it seems that the Asian-level event is still not recognized as a world-level event as Wang Xiao expected.
As a result, Wang Xiao wants to reactivate the upgrade system, and he will have to wait until after the end of the Rio Olympics in 16 years at the earliest.
"Two years...... It's a little longer. ”
Thinking about it, Wang Xiao was relieved again.
The 14-year men's basketball World Cup is close, but with the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, it is obviously far from the ability to compete with the American Dream Team, and it is necessary to give these players more time and opportunities to grow and become stronger.
Two years is a long time, but it is only a blink of an eye.
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The Chinese men's basketball team won the championship, so that the executives of the domestic basketball association did not know whether to be happy or angry.
The team's results are a good thing for them, but this is a real result, and it is also a political achievement for them to be promoted and make a fortune.
But because of Wang Xiao's incident, this matter has become a reason for Chinese netizens to ridicule and ridicule the Basketball Association.
In the past two years, the Chinese men's basketball team has lost consecutive games, and the head coach has been constantly changing, but the team's performance has not improved.
Previously, the Basketball Association could also use the reasons and excuses that the national team was too young, and it took more time to adapt to the loss of Da Yao.
But not anymore.
Wang Xiao won the championship and led the same team where most of the players had never played any games.
What does this mean?
Wang Xiao is a real cow, and at the same time, he is also more and more useless for the Basketball Association.