456. Semifinals? No stress!
Back on September 9th, that night made Chinese basketball fans ecstatic.
After defeating the Russian team, the Chinese team reached the semifinals!
At this time, the players of the Chinese team began to dream of the world championship?
Thinking of an epic championship?
The remaining six teams that have not yet played are the top two teams in each group, and there are also Argentina and the United States, and the Chinese players should be very nervous now? Scared? Overly nervous?
However, this is not the case after the actual game.
After the game, the Chinese team and most of the fans at the scene did not leave, anyway, there was still a period of time before the next game started at eight o'clock, Guo Allen didn't know where to get the microphone, and began to rap in the cheers of the fans.
"Hey, yo, we reached the semifinals tonight, I'm in a bit of a good mood, I'm going to wait for glory in my hometown ......" After singing a few words, Allen Guo seemed to have no words, and began to jump and roar: "I said basketball, you said yes...... Basketball ......"
The fans at the scene were still very face-saving and interacted with each other: "Yo ......"
"Basketball ......"
"Yo ......"
Sun Ce looked at Allen Guo's performance painfully, Nima, just finished playing basketball, and started singing and dancing rap?
What the hell is going on in the basketball world? Why do you want to develop as a singer one by one?
However, Sun Ce can understand, he is also very excited, and he has reached the semifinals, which has far exceeded expectations for the Chinese team.
China's three major men's balls, the previous best record was the fifth place in the world in the men's volleyball team, after the Chinese men's basketball team won the Russian men's basketball team, no matter how they play next, they will definitely be heroes when they return home.
Although he despises singing and dancing rap men, Sun Ce is in a similar mood to his teammates.
Originally, Sun Ce thought that it would be good to get the top 8 in the World Championships, before he was ready to enter the finals as the third or fourth place in the group stage, and then see which opponent he met in the top two of the other three groups, pick a card to use, and hit the quarterfinals, after the quarterfinals, if there is still a chance, try to impact the semifinals.
As for whether he can advance to the semi-finals, this is not important at all, if he enters and creates a new history, Sun Ce must be very happy; But not into the ...... It's not a big problem, but what can be done if you can't beat it?
The foundation of Chinese team sports, not to mention compared with the NBA, even with European basketball, South American basketball and even Oceania basketball, there is a big gap.
It's just that I didn't expect to win four consecutive wins in the group stage, and I could win the first round of the knockout round.
When he reached the top 8, he had already fulfilled his initial expectations, but after the opponent in the quarterfinals became Russia, he found that he could lie down and enter the semifinals, and Sun Ce and his teammates did their best to seize the hard-won opportunity to lie down and enter the semifinals.
But because of this, you feel like you can't do it? Do you feel invincible in the world and have to compete for the championship?
Come on, the players all know that from the beginning of this World Championship to the present, except for Turkey, there has not been a strong team once.
Of course, in the next game, it will definitely be fighting, but the players are very relaxed and relaxed to ...... Pray with Sun Ce that the United States and Argentina will be killed......
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On the evening of the 10th, there were no upsets, and the Chinese team drew the United States team in the semi-final draw after all the quarterfinals.
The expectations were disappointed, and they met the strongest American team, basically no hope of winning, and the Chinese players didn't find it difficult to accept it, playing the semifinals! It doesn't matter if they win or lose, what matters is that they are on the stage of the semi-finals!
After watching the last game of Turkey's defeat of Serbia and the draw for the semifinals, the players of the Chinese team happily went back to school together, rested for one night, and played the United States tomorrow night!
The Chinese players were very happy, it was completely different from the previous meeting with the United States, meeting the United States in the group stage, the first round of the knockout round and even the quarterfinals, and meeting the United States in the semi-finals...... The grades are all different.
Only Sun Ce, who was hanging behind and holding his little sister and was ready to send his mother and little sister back to the hotel first, was in a complicated mood now.
When the lottery results came out, the system prompt also came!
"Because the host helped the Chinese men's basketball team reach the semifinals of the World Championships like a groundbreak, and met the United States team in the semifinals, the Waterloo of the special event dream team was triggered."
"Waterloo of the Dream Team (*):
Event Objective 1: Defeat Team USA.
Goal 2: Score the highest score in the next match against the United States.
Event Rewards: Complete Goal 1 and reward a random star experience card for the 2010 World Championship USA players; Complete Objective 2 to reward a Mystery Shard.
Failure Penalty: None. ”
It's a simple and crude description of the event, and the rewards are simple and direct, although the overall strength of this American team is definitely far inferior to the dream team that returned in 08, but it is also a group of potential new stars, as well as stars like Durant and Odom, and the reward for the first target is not bad.
It's a reward for another goal...... Sun Ce wants it very much!
There are already 9 mysterious fragments, and this one is just one short
There is no penalty for failure, which means two situations, one is that this event is an additional event, and it does not involve issues of honor, face, etc.; The other scenario is that the event is basically difficult to complete.
This time, Sun Ce felt that the two situations had come together.
Unexpectedly entered the semi-finals and met the American team, so there was such an incident.
After the old mother and the inexplicable extra sister were sent back to the hotel, Sun Ce was very melancholy on the way back to school.
Originally, I thought that lying in the top four like this would save the S-level stage outbreak and star experience card, but now...... It seems that there are more reasons to want to kill the American team.
"Forget it, whatever, try to win if you have a chance to win, and don't force it if you don't have a chance...... Let's cut the highest score first? ”
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After a night's rest, Sun Ce got up early as usual.
This time, Yi Jianlian didn't ask Sun Ce to wake him up, he set an alarm clock, and when Sun Ce got up and finished washing, Yi Jianlian also got up.
"Yo, Brother Alian, so early?" Sun Ce greeted warmly.
The response received was an "um" from Yi Jianlian.
Sun Ce was a little surprised, he had to bang Yi Jianlian's bedroom door before, so that the other party would get up unwillingly, and he didn't care about people for a long time, but this time he actually got up by himself, and he also responded, he felt that Yi Jianlian was in a good mood.
Yi Jianlian got up so early today, mainly because he wanted to enjoy two more hours of "winner's time", he won all the games he played in this World Championships, and he took turns to rest when he lost to Turkey, so he has been in a winning state, this is the first time he has felt like this since he joined the NBA, so he wants to enjoy it a little more.
It's not just that Yi Jianlian is in a good mood!
After Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian finished their morning run and went to the school cafeteria to eat breakfast cooked by the chef brought by the national team, they found that all their teammates were in a good mood.
Sun Ce likes this feeling very much, don't make it look like you're going to go to the battlefield if you want to play the American team tonight, how tired!
Representing the national team is to win glory for the country, which is a happy thing, and if the opponent is evenly matched, or slightly stronger than your own side, it is understandable that you want to go to battle.
But the opponent is much stronger than your side, then there is no need.
It's not really a fight, just do your best, it's not that if you lose this game, your basketball career will be over.
On the contrary, winning or losing this game actually does not matter at all, and it is an honor to represent the national team in the World Championships.
However, being in a good mood and relaxing does not mean that you will just play casually.
When I came to the rented stadium at nine o'clock to train, everyone got serious.
Playing the United States, or the semi-finals, of course, you can fight!
It's one thing to fight hard or not, anyway, do your best, at least don't lose so ugly.
With Yao Ming here, the Chinese team can be almost a quarter away from the American team when Yao Ming is at full strength, which is the experience of the Beijing Olympics.
However, that time Yao Ming was full of firepower from the beginning of the game, and he almost ran out of physical strength when he reached the halfway point of the second quarter, and Yao Ming could only run back and forth slowly.
After Yao Ming ran out of physical strength, Wang Zhizhi couldn't deal with the inside line of the American team, Yi Jianlian was still tender, and the score difference began to be quickly stretched to thirty or forty points in the second half of the second quarter.
In the team meeting, Sun Ce confirmed his thoughts in the analysis of the coaching staff, and their side has a great advantage on the inside!
The U.S. team only sent 3 interior players this time, Odom, Love, and Chandler.
Odom was the starting center, with Love and Chandler both on the bench.
Odom is strong, averaging 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.8 steals per game.
Lefu didn't perform well, the offensive end of the interior line can't play can only pull away to shoot, there is no running ability, the defensive end is a colander, so Durant plays the starting power forward position, Lefu plays 10 minutes per game, and the old K coach would rather use a small lineup than send Lefu up for too much time.
Chandler...... The role of the U.S. team is like that of Howard in 2008, with a weakened athletic ability and a tall version, a strong role under the basket, and a combination of blocking and pick-and-roll defense.
But Chandler never defended himself when he met Yao Ming, Yao Ming played against Chandler 15 times in the NBA, and he averaged 20+10 in 31 minutes per game, which was very easy and comfortable.
And Chandler has no threat on the offensive end, unlike the NBA, there is no defense for three seconds, Chandler pulls out the three-second zone to block and dismantle, and people can not come out, this is what James is good at blocking and dismantling in the international arena, and the center is not used when he pulls it out!
If he plays, even if Yao Ming has no physical strength on the offensive end, he can just stand under the basket and guard the basket card position on the defensive end to help a teammate grab the board.
No matter which inside line Yao Ming plays against the U.S. team, he is crushing, the kind that plays casually, and the problem to be considered is the distribution of physical strength.
In terms of pure interior, the Chinese team has an absolute advantage.
But Durant plays power forward...... There's no way to prevent it!
It's the ultimate weapon on the international stage comparable to Anthony, and he's a pitcher, so it's no problem to play the whole game.
Yi Jianlian, who may be known as the No. 1 forward in this World Championships, can deal with Durant on the offensive end, but it is completely impossible to limit Durant.
As for Argentina's Scola, although he won the scoring title, because the Argentine team did not have a center in this World Championships, Scola played the center position.
For the Chinese team, the most difficult thing to solve is the outside rotation lineup composed of Billups and Curry, Iguodala, Gay, and Granger.
Westbrook, Harden, and Rose were given for nothing when they arrived on the international stage, Rose and Westbrook went to the international arena, similar to the weakened version of James in 04 and 06, and the quasi-fourth grade in 06 is about to lead the Cavaliers to the finals.
At that time, James could still use confrontation to defend, and he could also rely on his body to play power forward to grab rebounds.
FIBA doesn't have a three-second zone, and Rose and Westbrook have a lot of caps on their heads.
Harden ...... belongs to the mascot, basically has little playing time, and he was selected because Eric Gordon, a glass man, was injured.
After analyzing it, it was found that only Curry, Billups, Iguodala, Gay, Granger, Durant, and Odom played well this time......
That's seven people, too!
Sun Ce wants to flip the table! Hit a hammer!
Other basketball powerhouses, such as Argentina, have performed well in Scola, Oberto, and Delfino, and the others are foils.
Turkey also relies on three NBA players, and Serbia relies on the twin towers of Milicic and Kostic.
And the U.S. team, after counting for a long time, saw that they Rose, Harden, Westbrook, Love, and Chandler performed poorly, and they dragged their feet on the court, and they were just ready to be happy, but they still had seven cores......
The only thing to be thankful for is that the game is 5 against 5, so when Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming are on the field at the same time, the inside advantage is extremely huge.
Sun Ce looked at his prop space.
1 one-time physical energy potion, a physical energy potion charged version (usable), a star experience card of elderly Joe, and an S-level phased outburst that can play a direct role in the game, just these four props, the other props in the playoffs have been used up.
The rest is some strange things, such as advancing to the finals as the second in the group stage, getting a B-level lottery card, and drawing a "Hamilton's mask", Sun Ce thought it was a bonus prop for endurance or mid-pitching, but he thought too much, and the effect was "ignoring the painful effect caused by the broken bridge of the nose after wearing".
This mask, Sun Ce really wants to give it to Nash, Nash's nose bridge is broken once every three or two years.
The question now is which star experience card to use, and whether to use it or not?
Absolutely!
Even if you can't win, you have to score the highest score in the game and open the exchange section of the mysterious shard.
Playing the U.S. team is not like playing those weak teams, the confrontation is definitely more intense, the consumption will be greater, and the A-level stamina may not be enough.
Sun Ce had used a phased burst before, and found that it was only an increase in strength, and his physical strength should be dropped, but fortunately, there were two physical potions that could be used.
Old man Joe's last comeback, the first season of his comeback, Old Man Joe played the first mid-range shooting in history, and the fourth in the league that season was second only to Nowitzki, Kobe, Alan Houston's mid-range shooting efficiency, and the biggest problem was also physical strength.
After thinking about it for a while, Sun Ce decided that there were still a few hours before he played the semifinals with the American team...... Whether you win or not, you have to give each other a big surprise anyway!
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PS: There is no update in the afternoon, I have to go to the venue in the afternoon after lunch, and I see the situation in the evening, if the work ends early, go home early, it is estimated that there will be an update, if it is late, forget it, not reluctantly, and then make up for it after it is busy.
Anyway, it's just two or three days, and it's over tomorrow when it's over.
Thank you for your understanding.