Chapter 173: The First Battle Against Iran

May 19, Hyakka Stadium, Japan. Bubble*()

As the No. 1 basketball arena in Tokyo, Japan, it was chosen as the venue for the Japan International Tournament, and it was the time for the media and spectators to enter the stadium, after which two teams will be selected to play the first game, which is the opening game.

With the teams from all eight countries in place, it's time to wait for the media to set up their gear to begin the opening ceremony of The International.

Eight teams were looking at their rivals, and Johnson, of course, was searching for the man who had a different meaning to his life.

Huang Xiang and Johnson's eyes met, they smiled at each other, walked towards each other, and their big hands were tightly clasped together.

After the last battle, the two became friends from enemies, and the reason was what Huang Xiang said to him after the game.

After the game, Huang Xiang's encouragement to Johnson regained his confidence in this guy who was very low at the time, and there was Johnson at this time, a strong man who could fight on behalf of the country.

"Huang Xiang, you kid have to hold on to me until the end, I want to fight you in the finals, although I will fight in the first few games, but I still like the feeling of fighting with you in the finals." Johnson spoke fluent American English, looked at Huang Xiang and said lightly.

"Hehe, that's right, I'll see if you guys have regressed." Huang Xiang also said in English.

"Well, I heard you're going to be in the NBA this year? Hehe, I hope you don't be on the same team as me, otherwise it won't be interesting. Johnson patted Huang Xiang on the shoulder, looking at everyone around him was shocked, why are these two people so familiar?

"Okay, then we'll see." Huang Xiang laughed, and then saw that the door of the venue was closed, and an old man walked up to the stage with a manuscript and went back to his own camp with Johnson.

Everyone is paying attention to the old man on the stage at this time, he is not tall by 1.6 meters, and he is really tall in Japan, all of them are up to Yao Ming's navel.

The old man slowly walked up to the stage, coughed lightly, and then glanced at the nearly 10,000 people in the audience, and grinned.

"Hello everyone, welcome friends from all countries, this time there is the International Quarterfinals Invitational Tournament initiated by our country, thank you for your participation. I, on behalf of Japan, welcome you. The old man spoke slowly in Japanese, looking at the leaders of each country the same, and liked to speak slowly.

"Grass, who is this old guy, he speaks a bunch of Japanese, and he's bored." Hu Yunlong saw that the old man was talking a lot in Japanese, glanced at the old man on the stage who was still speaking bird language in disgust, and said dissatisfied.

"Who knows, let's play, really." Huang Zixiong was full of fighting spirit, he didn't want anything but the game, and he seemed to have become a battle maniac.

And the other members of the Chinese team listened to Huang Zixiong's words, and showed an expression of understanding knowingly, fighting? That's right, what the Chinese team needs at this time is to fight.

The old man was still speaking on stage, but few people listened to him except for the Japanese fans and their players.

Half an hour later, the speech continued, and many of the contestants couldn't stand it anymore.

If you listen to a foreigner who speaks a language you don't understand, and listens to it for half an hour, and you are not allowed to move, it is estimated that your performance is not much better than theirs.

"Okay, let's ask the leaders of each country to draw the order of each game, and in half an hour, the opening match will begin." An hour later, the old man bowed to everyone in the audience after the final finish, and then walked off the stage.

Just when Huang Xiang and the others were impatient to listen, they saw that the old man bowed and walked down, and with the applause of everyone, you damn old man, finally came down.

Feng Delun got up and stood up, made an OK gesture at Zhang Guijiang, and then walked onto the podium.

"What is Coach Feng doing here?" Ji Wufeng stabbed Liu Chuan beside him and asked.

"Draw lots." Liu Chuan replied excitedly, he was about to choose the lineup for this match, so he was looking forward to it.

A few minutes later, the draw was displayed on the big screen in the center, the letter drawn by the Chinese team was B, and the first opponent was Iran, which drew A, and the two teams were the teams that played today's opening game, which will be played in half an hour.

After seeing the matchtable, all the generals of the Chinese team jumped up and waved their arms excitedly.

The players from other countries all looked at the Chinese players with disdain, what happened to these people? Nerve seizure?

With the exception of the Chinese and Iranian players, the rest of the country began to withdraw from the field and they withdrew to the bench in anticipation of the upcoming match between China and Iran.

The two sides began to warm up, the media also set up cameras on the sidelines, and everyone was ready and waiting for the game to begin.

Domestic, the central five sets of live broadcast halls.

At this time, sitting in the hall are the famous Chinese sports critics, Yang Yi and Jiang Han, and the Chinese sports community attaches great importance to this competition.

"Hello audience friends, the scene has begun to warm up at this time, okay, the lineup has come out, let's see." Yang Yi smiled and talked about the camera in front of him.

the lineup of the Chinese team; Point guard Huang Xiang, scoring guard Wang Tao, small forward Liu Chuan, big forward Miao Zizhu, center Ding Han.

In China's lineup, there are 3 MVPs in Cuba, so you can think about its strength.

As for the Iranian team, the lineup is as follows: point guard Kadiria, scoring guard Kadiri, small forward Diabel, big forward Chisi, center Suga Haver.

When Huang Xiang's name came out on the point guard, the national fans were first shocked, and then they boiled, Huang Xiang is going to play as a point guard, so how many wonderful offenses will there be, oh my God, I am looking forward to it.

"The game is about to start, first of all, I want to ask Mr. Yang, what do you think of the two teams?" Jiang Han looked at Yang Yi, smiled slightly, and asked.

Yang Yi is a popular critic in China, and he once tracked and interviewed Yao Ming in the United States, which made his fame directly catch up with Zhang Weiping, a top sports critic.

"It's not that I'm praising our China, in terms of strength, the Chinese team is still much stronger than Iran, not to mention China at this time, even the team of Ocean University can compete with Iran." Yang Yi said with a smile.

"That is, for this game, we have basically laid the foundation for China to win?" Jiang Han asked again.

"Well, no surprise, this time the Chinese team will win." Yang Yi said confidently.

Returning to the field, the two sides have warmed up at this time, and the two sides are arranging tactics off the field.

Feng Delun and Zhang Guijiang looked at the starting five tigers in front of them and showed confident smiles, this is the strongest lineup after practicing these days.

"Today's first game was not a strong opponent, but it wasn't enough, remember how many points ahead of the American Dream Team when they played against other opponents? It's 30 or 40 every time, so I only have one requirement for this tournament, which is at least 30 points ahead of Iran. Feng Delun looked at everyone domineeringly, and then said.

What the? Thirty points ahead? Although everyone is very confident in their own strength, they cannot say that they are 100 percent sure of being 30 points ahead of a country and their opponents.

"What? If you don't have faith, there are still seven people waiting." Seeing that the first five tigers are not very confident, Feng Delun added.

What the? Replace them? After listening to Feng Delun's words, the first five people glanced at the excited substitute lineup and immediately shook their heads, and then expressed their confidence.

"Resolutely complete the task." The five shouted in unison.

"Very good, listen up, Huang Xiang, you have to control the situation in the field, and you must control the rhythm for me. The others opened every point for me, compared to Iran, our physical strength is still not very superior, but you don't have to think about saving me, bombing the opponent's basket hard, and the rest of the substitutes are not dry, okay, go, the first battle will be won. Feng Delun gave a passionate speech, and then waved his arms vigorously.

The five people stood up, gave each other a firm look, and then walked into the arena led by Huang Xiang.

The Chinese team wore red and white combat uniforms today, with red as the main and white as the base.

Huang Xiang is still wearing a red elbow pad today, and the wheat ears of the past are still neatly tied, and he is extremely handsome, and he doesn't know how many domestic fans have been fascinated.

On the Iranian side, their head coach is a gray-haired old man from the United States, who used to be an assistant coach at the Celtics. James. Borden.

Lei looked at the disciples around him, and said confidently: "The other party is a group of new college students, they can't be compared with us, look at their bodies, they all look like little thin monkeys." ”

And the Iranian players also cooperated with the glance at the Chinese players, all of them laughed, I didn't expect to meet such an opponent in the first game, although the Chinese team has a certain status in the international basketball world, but that was in the presence of Yao Ming, there was no big man, they were just a bunch of monkeys with weak physical strength.

And just like that, with contempt for the Chinese team, the Iranian team took the field.

This game adopts a three-referee system, one referee and two deputies.

The referee beckoned the center forwards of both sides to prepare to jump the ball, Ding Han walked to the middle of the field, glanced at the opponent's center forward, and squatted down slightly full of fighting spirit.

I am representing the country, hum, I must win this goal.

After the referee threw the ball up, Suga Haval and Ding Han all jumped up and ran to the basketball in the air, but Ding Han, who was bent on standing up, and Suga Haval, who was contemptuous, the final result was easy to think.

That's right, Ding Han finally had the last laugh, and he threw the ball to Huang Xiang steadily.

Huang Xiang received the ball in his hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly handed the ball from his crotch to his left hand, shook it over Cadia who was trying to block him, and rushed over with a gust of wind.

At such a fast speed, Kadia looked at Huang Xiang's back in surprise, what is the origin of this guy?

When Huang Xiang rushed over the halfcourt, he threw the ball to the inside line, and the inside seedling pillar pouted his buttocks, squeezed away the strange thoughts around him, smoothly took the falling basketball and then used his feet to dunk the ball into the basket.

The "Bang Dang" ball was scored, and in the opening 3.3 seconds, the Chinese team scored two points.

(Later, it will be changed at 8 p.m., otherwise the update of the two chapters will be too short.) )