Chapter 140: The Redemption Team
After being caught, Enzo lost all momentum and Robinson won the match with an 8-0 wave.
Although the process was a little twisty and tortuous, Robinson still won without danger.
Robinson, who returned to Rum's side, was very proud, pointing to his seat and saying, "I've been there a long time ago, and I can't really sit in this position except me." ”
"Good performance." Rum raised his fist, and the two came to a fist collision.
After losing the game, Enzo was still ranked 55th, and the free battles were all over, only the rankings of Mu Chenfeng, Enzo and Henry did not change.
What makes the Top 10 famous in the United States is not only their strong individual ability, but more important is the terrifying power they generate when they become a team.
In last year's U16 World Cup, Rum led the team to win the trophy with a winning record, and Rum was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) with an excellent performance.
The outside world was not optimistic about this team before the game, as the basketball strength of other countries continues to grow, the United States team has become much less dominant in the basketball program, and this year's U16 is known as the "redemption team", the purpose is to regain the championship lost the previous year.
But this team was full of problems in the early days of its formation, the same endowment, the same blood and strength, the players compared each other, and they all thought that they were the strongest, but there was only one basketball.
If you can't grind ten people into one team, then you will only repeat the mistakes of the past.
Rum was appointed captain of the "redemption team", how could the others be convinced? So in order to convince the others, Rum took the lead in a team heads-up, and whoever can stand last is the captain, and everyone must obey the arrangement.
The proposal had been put forward and everyone had agreed.
Rum was the first player to accept the challenge, and his first opponent was Robinson, who was already the hottest center in the United States, and the American team once boasted that Robinson was the world's No. 1 center among players of his age.
With the blessing of the "first center" buff, Robinson did not intend to give up the captaincy position so easily, but the result of the confrontation with Rum was unexpected, and Rum defeated Robinson by a huge score.
Robinson still remembers that game.
But Robinson was not convinced.
In that wheel battle, Rum defeated all the players in the top 10 and continued to captain the team.
There was less than a month left for the U.S. team to run in, and after a short run-in, the team made an appointment with other countries for training matches, and after narrowly beating Italy by one point, they lost to Spain and France in a row, which instantly froze the atmosphere in the team.
Some people directly criticized Rum's captaincy, and some people blamed each other, and under internal worries, the American team decided to cancel all warm-up games and switch to intra-team confrontation.
The 10 players were divided into two balanced teams according to their positions, and as a result, Rum's first team managed to defeat Robinson's second team, after which Robinson was completely convinced by Rum, who scored a game-high 28 points and delivered a triple-double of 10 assists and 10 rebounds.
Rum established himself as the heart of the team.
In the first game of the U16 World Cup, against the Japanese team, the United States team showed extremely terrifying dominance, scoring, rebounding, and assists were more than double that of the opponent, and the final score was fixed at 150:59, and the Japanese team's performance was "failing".
In the second game, the Australian team encountered stubborn resistance, and Rum's play was greatly limited under the opponent's copper wall, but under the play of other teammates, the United States team played a wave of 24:0 attack climax in the third quarter and won the game in one fell swoop.
After two games, the U.S. team fully adapted to the pace of the World Cup, and the win made the U.S. team more and more determined to have a roster centered on Rum and Robinson.
The third opponent of the World Cup is the French team, the United States team has lost to this team in the warm-up game, the new and old hatred of the battle together, the United States team has been leading from the first goal of the opening game, the first quarter of the single quarter difference of 10 points, the second quarter of the single quarter difference opened to 15 points, the third quarter of the single quarter lead of 20 points, the last quarter in the main rotation of the second team still won 10 points, and finally the United States team won the game with a 55-point advantage.
Next, the U.S. team entered the semifinals without any suspense.
The opponent in the semi-finals is the Chinese team.
This Chinese team is known as the most endowed team in Chinese history.
It was this team that nearly kept the U.S. out of the finals.
As soon as the game began, the Chinese team showed their attitude, making a highly targeted defense against Rum and Robinson, forcing them to hand over the ball and let the other players score.
The defense worked well, and the U.S. team led by just one point at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the situation changed abruptly, the Chinese team sent bench bandits, constantly attacking the basket of the American team, and while scoring points, they also continued to cause fouls to the American team.
This bench bandit is called Li Long.
The U.S. team at 16 points has never been led in a single quarter.
The U.S. team, which was behind, fought hard to catch up and finally tied the score at the end of the third quarter, and the short five-point gap allowed the U.S. team to spend a full quarter.
In the last quarter, the Chinese team's old problem of poor physical fitness was committed again, and in fact, being able to fight with the American team for three quarters has made the Chinese team gain enough respect, but it is really unwilling to be close to the finals.
At 105:102, the U.S. team only won by 3 points, and these 3 points stopped the Chinese team in the semifinals.
The final against the United States was Spain, the winner of the last U16 World Cup.
Although the faces have changed, the flags on the players' jerseys have not changed.
The championship is the only goal of the redemption team, and they will win no matter who is on the other side.
The core of Spain is the Mario brothers, who have the strongest basketball talent in all of Spain.
In the finals, the Mario brothers took the lead and helped the team take the lead, the American team suddenly fell silent, and Rum struggled to support it alone, and the American team lost by 10 points in the first quarter.
Seeing that last year's tragedy was about to repeat itself, Rum called a crucial timeout, and it was this timeout that woke up the sleeping American team, and they worked together to erase the deficit in the second quarter, and gradually grasped the initiative from the third quarter onwards.
Rum was at the helm and controlled the priorities of the game very well, causing great difficulties for Spain at one point.
Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
Spain coach Paulo. Gasol was the coach who led the last U16 trophy, and at the critical moment, he unloaded the burden on the Mario brothers and completely released their endowment, and the two brothers lived up to expectations and competed with the entire American team until the last minute of the game.
88:88。
With the two core and the best team in the United States, Spain have done the best they can.
In the last shot, Rum hit the first goal in the history of the U16 World Cup to help the United States complete the redemption.