453. The quarterfinals, here we come! (Part 3)

Today, I saw that the three starting cores of the Chinese team were wearing training clothes, what does it mean for the starters to wear training clothes during the four-game winning streak?

Tekoglu looked at the bench across from him, and after a few moments, he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth...... Seeing Yao Ming's creepiness, he didn't expect that one day he would be able to get hairy because of other people's smiles, you must know that even in the face of Duncan and Rashid Wallace, in the stage of competing for smiles, he is not false at all!

China never thought that it would be able to see the picture of the group stage of the men's three balls.

Today, Chinese fans have seen it!

Although I couldn't see Sun Ce playing with the two NBA insiders, whether it was the fans in front of the TV or the more than 3,000 Chinese fans on the scene, they were all very happy, they never thought that they could see Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian taking turns to rest in the World Series!

As for the Chinese fans who came to the scene, there were only more than 3,000 people, because today's opponent was the host, and the Turkish team had more fans of its own.

And the Chinese team is resting in turn, and the Turkish team is also happy to win all the qualifications!

The Turkish team is currently very similar to the Chinese team, both are nouveau riche.

On the Chinese team's side, there was an unexpected core point guard like Sun Ce, plus the original three highs, and they became a strong team both inside and outside.

On the Turkish side, they were too weak to do it in the last four years, the Turkish men's basketball team has been established for more than 70 years, plus this World Championships, the number of times they have played the World Championships is not enough, as the host can win the group stage, it is like a dream.

The Turkish team is also an upstart, in the 04-05 season, their center Oku finally played in the NBA, averaging 13 points and 7 boards per game, and in the same season, Turkoglu was traded to the Magic, averaging 14+6+3 per game, and also played, they set the best record in team history in the 2005 European Championships and the 2006 World Championships, entering the golden age of Turkish basketball.

Seeing the Chinese team resting in turn...... They can't wait! Turkoglu made a mistake when he saw Yao Ming, he used to play at the peak of his performance in the NBA when he was on the Magic team, and every time the Magic team played the Rockets, as long as Yao Ming was healthy, their Magic team was miserable.

In the past eight years, Yao Ming has played 11 times with the Magic, the Rockets are 9-2, Yao Ming is averaging 23.3 points and 10 boards per game and shooting 56 percent from the field, and Howard is averaging 12 points and 9 boards per game and shooting 45 percent from the field.

Howard played so badly that Howard's one-star four-shot tactics naturally couldn't be opened.

Tekoglu was almost stunned when he saw Yao Ming.

I can't be happy.

Not to mention, after giving a team a complete and strong core, ordinary players seem very confident and feel that they have a backer behind them!

In today's game, Sun Yue made 3 of 5 three-pointers, scored a double-double for the first time in his national team career, got 14 points, 5 boards and 4 assists, plus Wang Zhizhi with 15 points and 7 boards, the Chinese team was stunned and Turkey just had half a game, and the difference was only opened in the second half.

The strongest three members of the Chinese team are resting in turn, and there is naturally a big gap between their strength and Turkey.

67-95, the Chinese team's winning streak in the group stage ended, ranking second in the group stage with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss and advancing to the finals!

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After the last match on the night of the 3rd, the group stage was over.

Ranked by points and goal difference:

In Group A, Argentina, Serbia, Australia and Angola advanced to the finals.

In Group B, the United States, Slovenia, Brazil and Croatia advanced to the finals.

In Group C, Turkey, China, Greece and Russia advanced to the finals.

In Group D, Spain, Lithuania, New Zealand and France advanced to the finals.

The remaining eight countries will qualify for 17 to 24 places.

After the group stage, on the 4th, the countries that advanced to the finals will have a day off and play group divisions.

Group C will be in the same zone as Group D, and the countries from Group C and D will play each other until the semi-finals.

In the first round of the knockout round, the first in Group C will play the fourth in Group D, the second in Group C will play the third in Group D, and vice versa.

After the first round, the winner of the first and fourth place will play the quarterfinals against the second place winner of their third group, which means that the first and second place places in the same group will not meet before the semi-finals, after which the draw for the semi-finals will be held.

The same rules are for Group A and Group B.

China will be lucky enough to meet New Zealand in the first round.

Group D is also weak, with Canada winning 0-5 and Lebanon losing 1-4, making it to the finals for the third time in New Zealand's history.

Compared with the Australian men's basketball team, which is also a double hero in Oceania, New Zealand is now in decline, in 2002, the New Zealand men's basketball team entered the World Championships for the first time in history, and it went all the way to the fourth place in the world, but then it became more and more bad, more and more NBA players from other countries, and they currently have no NBA players, 3-2 record, two wins by winning Canada and Lebanon, and one by the Spanish team only scored two points in the third quarter to send warmth.

The Chinese team was fortunate to have lost one game in rotation, and New Zealand, which played third, played much better than France, which played fourth.

Although the French team is like a sports car without an engine due to Parker's withdrawal from this World Championship, they are all hot-tempered and mostly dirty with several NBA players, Florence Petrus, Batum, Dior, Ian Mashinmi, and Nando De Corlo, who has not been reported since being drafted by the Spurs in 2009.

If they beat New Zealand in the first round, China will face the winner of Spain and Russia in the quarterfinals.

After the knockout schedule came out, the Chinese team began to prepare for the first round of knockout in the afternoon.

This time, Sun Ce also felt the nervousness of his teammates, including himself.

Unlike the group stage, the next game, if you lose, you will be eliminated!

Moreover, in the group stage, the Chinese team qualified ahead of schedule due to the first two wins, and the mentality of the third and fourth games was very relaxed, because there was no pressure to qualify.

But in the first round of the knockout round, the tension and pressure are all back.

Sun Ce finally learned that the reason why NCAA March Madness is sought after, this feeling, even the players feel excited!

Because no one can say whether they will win or lose, even Spain can be upset by New Zealand!

However, the 4-1 group stage record also makes the Chinese men's basketball team very confident!

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In the finals, the 16 teams that qualified were all concentrated in Ankara, and there were two matches a day, from the 5th to the 8th, and the first round was played in four days.

The Chinese team was lucky from the draw and drew a weak team, but the schedule was very unfriendly, and it was regarded as the opening team by Turkey, which will kick off the finals at 5 pm on the 5th.

The match between the Turkish team and the French team was only played on the 8th, and there was extremely sufficient preparation time, and the advantages of the host were fully revealed.

The preparation time for the Chinese team's tactical training and tactical discussion is only one afternoon and one morning, and on the afternoon of the 5th, they have to start warming up and preparing for the game, and they also have to rest and recuperate, and the time is very tight.

But from a different perspective, finish the first round early, and then have 3 days of rest, and you can sit back and wait for the opponent in the quarterfinals.

But, first, we have to win against New Zealand!

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Time passed quickly, and the warm-up began at two o'clock in the afternoon on the 5th, and at half past four, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the court together, and after 48 hours, another game came.

And it's a win-or-lose!

The Chinese team is very scrappy, and the New Zealand side is also scrappy.

In the 06 World Championships, New Zealand's peak has passed, although it entered the finals, but lost in the first round, lost all the ranking matches, and bid farewell to the World Championships in Japan in 16th place, and did not qualify for the 08 Olympic Games.

Originally, the New Zealand team thought that it was just a companion to enter this World Championships, who knew that it would enter the finals, and it was normal to win against Lebanon, but I didn't expect the Canadian team to be so weak, 0-5, and I didn't expect to beat Spain.

Anyway, after entering the finals, the New Zealand team has already earned, and the next game is a game, even if there are three NBA players on the other side, Spain also has several NBA players!

After entering, Sun Ce took a look at a group of players on the other side...... I really don't know any of them, if you want to talk about the characteristics, the strongest is actually a few post-70s, that is, the main force when they won the fourth place in the World Championships in 2002, eight years have passed, and they are all thirty-four or five, and they are still the main force of the New Zealand team.

"Sean Kenny, 37 years old, 187 cm tall, 83 kg in weight, ability evaluation B+...... This World Championship group average of 18.2 points and 3.4 assists per game? Awesome! ”

Sun Ce looked at the players he needed to match today, and found that even a 37-year-old veteran should not be underestimated! After all, he is a former talented teenager who once reached the semifinals of the World Championships.

Even if the years are unforgiving, let them play in the league and their performance may be very unstable, but this kind of elimination game, do their best to matchup, who knows if they will break out.

In addition to this veteran, the five starters of the New Zealand team also have three players born between 72 and 75 years, they relied on this group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old boys, almost won medals, after the World Championships that year, most of those young players were absorbed by the teams of the European League, 8 years have passed, things are not people, as early as 06 years ago, most of them retired because of injuries or other reasons, and these players are still sticking to it, and slowly they have become veterans, and the younger generation of players are not accepted.

sighed at the cruelty of the years, Sun Ce made up his mind - this game will send them home to retire, sports competition is the world of young people! Don't be like Duncan, retire when you're old!

After paying attention to the opponent, Sun Ce found that there were many players from other countries sitting on the sidelines, and there were also many people from the American team.

Young players from four other clubs, Harden, Curry, Westbrook and Rose, also came to watch the game, teammates also came, Gasol Jr. and Gay also came to watch the game, the American team came with five, and almost the whole Spanish team came, because the team that advanced tonight will be their opponents in the next round.

Sun Ce saw these people, mainly the American team, envious, jealous and hateful! I heard that they directly rented a manor house in Istanbul as a "dormitory", and yesterday they came to Ankara and directly chartered a hotel, and the American team has a lot of money.

He glanced at little Gasol...... Really thin! Although it is still the size of a big white bear, the meat on its neck is actually gone!

Sun Ce felt that his team grass title was further threatened!

After the live performance, Sun Ce came to the sidelines and greeted: "Little brother Stephen, little brother James, Russell, Derek, Rudy, Mark, you are here......"

Wei Shao and Rose were very cold, nodding their heads as greetings, Westbrook wanted to communicate with Sun Ce about something, but he couldn't pull his face.

Guy greeted and encouraged Gasol Jr., although Gasol Jr. didn't want to meet Yao Ming in the knockout round, but still hoped that Sun Ce could go further in the World Championships.

Hearing Sun Ce's name, Curry turned his head away and ignored him.

Harden is quite happy, although he is four months older than Sun Ce, but his intelligence does not seem to have been opened up by players who love world peace, and he is still embarrassed.

"Come on Noah! Fight for the final with us! Harden grinned his trademark smirk.

You really think of us, no, you are so confident! I didn't even play the first round before I was thinking about the finals...... Sun Ce wanted to respond like this, but the other party did have the capital to talk about the championship before the start of the World Championships......

After saying hello, Sun Ce returned to the court to shoot hot, and there were more than 20,000 domestic fans on the scene today! The knockout round is just a few minutes away, and Sun Ce feels more and more excited!

At 4:58, the referee signaled for both teams to start.

Before going on the court, Wang Zhizhi gathered all his teammates together and said loudly: "The quarterfinals, we are here!" ”

This voice ignited the passion of his teammates, and he roared: "Top eight!" Here we go! ”