Chapter 333: Expedition for the Country
"May I ask Director Gong, do you have any specific goals for the journey of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Incheon Asian Games?"
Before the start of the first game of the Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team became the object of many media reporters.
Countless microphones were aimed at coach Gong Luming, who smiled as usual, "Our goal is to play at a level and a style." ”
"Don't you have any specific goals?"
"Of course, I hope the higher the ranking, the better."
Gong Luming's answer is not leaky, the character of the Chinese is like this, and they have never liked to say some bold words.
Although there is already a strong reinforcement like Deng Hongfei in the lineup, he also wants to leave some leeway.
The opponent of the first game on September 24 is Kazakhstan, which is not too much of a challenge for the Chinese men's basketball team.
It's just that after the loss to Taipei, no one dares to say that they have won.
This Chinese men's basketball team is a team that needs to revitalize Chinese basketball with actual performance, and it is a mourning soldier!
The London Olympics were defeated in five battles and defeated Manila.
The Chinese men's basketball team has reached an all-time low, and a series of previous records have long made fans feel discouraged.
For Gong Luming, he is under a lot of pressure.
He and his disciples need to prove to the outside world that Chinese basketball can still be saved.
"Coach Gong, Xi Relijiang replaced Li Muhao in the squad at the last moment and filled the vacancy in the No. 1 position in the men's basketball team, what do you think of this sudden change?"
'Xirelijiang is a good player and he can give us a lot of support.
"Deng Hongfei has also returned to the team recently, but he did not appear in the three friendly matches with Jordan, how is he doing now? How does it fit into the team? ”
'He's in great shape and he's integrated well with the team.
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September 24th.
The much-anticipated first game of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Games began.
The opponent is Kazakhstan, and the difference in strength between the two teams is relatively large.
But it still gained a lot of attention, and everyone wanted to see Deng Hongfei appear.
Before the game, the coach of the Kazakh men's basketball team highly praised Deng Hongfei in an interview and made it clear that he was afraid of the NBA star.
It's just that when the game started, to everyone's disappointment, Deng Hongfei just sat on the sidelines and talked and laughed with his teammates, and had no intention of playing.
Until the end, the Chinese men's basketball team won the game 95-78 and did not play for 1 minute.
The outside world's comment on this is that the Chinese men's basketball team is hiding its strength.
entered the national team, but did not play for a long time, which made many netizens itch in their hearts.
The major forums unanimously agreed that in the second game of the group stage against Chinese Taipei, Deng Hongfei will definitely play.
After all, the Chinese men's basketball team just lost to Taiwan Bay Province in Manila for the first time, and this encounter is bound to get the court back.
The lineup of the Taipei men's basketball team is still those familiar names.
Beast Lin Zhijie, pigtailed man Zeng Wending and other CBA players are among them.
It's just that Quincy Davis, a strong planner who caused huge trouble for the Chinese men's basketball team in Manila, did not participate in this Asian Games.
The main reason is because of the fine tradition of the stick country since ancient times - black box operation.
According to the organising committee, Davis has only lived in his new country for two months, which is less than the minimum residency required for non-Asian athletes. As a result, South Korea has been blamed for manipulating the rules in order to give the home team an advantage in winning gold.
Not only Davis, but also naturalized Filipino player Andre Braci was also disqualified for the same reason, despite FIBA's claim that he was eligible.
However, the organisers still insist that players must have lived in their home country for at least three years to compete.
In fact, not only basketball, but also the baseball country has also moved a lot of hands and feet in other sports, causing controversy, so I won't talk about it here.
The first beneficiary is the Chinese men's basketball team.
However, the Chinese men's basketball team did not take it lightly from top to bottom.
The starting list was released, and the main players of the men's basketball team gathered.
No. 1 position, Guo Ailun.
No. 2, Deng Hongfei.
No. 3, Zhou Peng.
No. 4 position, Yi Jianlian.
No. 5, Wang Zelin.
Deng Hongfei finally appeared in front of the long-awaited fans across the country.
He is like a savior who was born in troubled times, and the hopes of fans across the country are pressed on him.
On the Taipei team's side, the starting lineup is-
No. 1 position, Yang Jingmin.
No. 2, Ke Chihao.
No. 3, Lin Zhijie.
No. 4, Zhou Baichen.
No. 5, Zeng Wending.
Before the game started, on the sidelines, the Taipei head coach repeatedly strengthened the team's defense against Deng Hongfei on the sidelines.
He was well prepared and developed a defensive style similar to Jordan's rule against Deng Hongfei.
But as it turned out, it didn't work.
The gap is too big.
As soon as the game began, Deng Hongfei quickly showed strong destructive power.
He frequently made difficulties at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, bringing strong pressure to the Taipei team.
In the first 10 minutes, Deng Hongfei scored 12 points.
In the second and third quarters, Deng Hongfei and Yi Jianlian, two NBA-level players, played at the same time, making Taipei difficult to parry.
Without Quincy Davis's inside line, it's riddled with holes.
At the end of the game, the men's basketball team had a 15-point lead.
Deng Hongfei had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.
Yi Jianlian had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
The teenager Zhou Qi also performed well, playing 8 minutes off the bench and scoring 5 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks.
And the gong opened in the third quarter, and the situation collapsed directly.
The point difference widened so much that the third quarter ended and the fourth quarter went straight to garbage time.
Deng Hongfei returned to the bench in the middle of the third quarter and did not play again.
Deng Hongfei's performance was amazing, and he handed over 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in his debut for the national team.
It's just that the rules of FIBA made him a little uncomfortable, and there were some mistakes that should not have happened during the period.
Of course, these are not too many problems.
They entered the quarterfinals with a complete victory, and the first opponent was Mongolia.
This game was not too challenging either.
Deng Hongfei only played 10 minutes and ended with 8 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds.
In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team beat the opponent by 41 points.
So far, I haven't encountered much of a challenge, but everyone doesn't dare to take it lightly, because they know it.
The real challenge is coming.
The second game of the quarterfinals, a key battle related to qualifying, Japan!
Historically, the Chinese men's basketball team and the Japanese team have won all 6 meetings in the Asian Games, and most of them have been big wins, and the least one has also won by 9 points.
But now it is not what it used to be, Yao Ming retired, Wang Zhizhi also withdrew from the national team, and even Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue did not travel with the team. Today's Chinese men's basketball team is no longer the invincible division of Asia today.
Facing the Japanese team, the top four team of the last Asian Games, this game is a major test for the young Chinese men's basketball team!
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