Because Jin Feng is in charge, before the start of this World Cup, it is true that many people have expectations for the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team in this World Cup, but now few people can think that the Chinese men's basketball team will break into the quarterfinals, and maybe it will go further......

The host advantage will indeed benefit the Chinese men's basketball team a lot, but this is not the main factor, this World Cup from the group stage to the knockout round, there is no doubt that it is the absolute hard power that supports the Chinese men's basketball team.

Perhaps even if the Chinese men's basketball team has advanced to the quarterfinals, their overall strength is still not comparable with those top teams in the United States, but there is no doubt that this Chinese men's basketball team is already a new rising force that cannot be ignored in the international basketball world, and in the future, perhaps, everything is possible.

"We just keep trying to play at our pace, we know very well what the Chinese men's basketball team lacks now, but we also know what the advantages of this Chinese men's basketball team are."

'We are young and we can keep working hard to improve ourselves and that's the main reason why we were able to qualify for the quarter-finals'

After the game, everyone in the men's basketball team was full of smiles, and it could be seen that every player was very excited at this time.

Of course, this is understandable, it is not easy to achieve such results in such a top-level competition.

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When the Chinese men's basketball team unbelievably broke into the quarterfinals, the next thing people are looking forward to is how far this young Chinese men's basketball team can go in this World Cup?

There is a popular saying: dreams are meant to be made, what if they come true?

Before the start of this World Cup, people's dream is to hope that the Chinese men's basketball team can achieve so many victories in this World Cup.

When the Chinese men's basketball team won three consecutive victories in the group stage and advanced to the round of 16 by finishing first in the group, people's dream was to hope that the Chinese men's basketball team could beat the German men's basketball team to advance to the quarterfinals.

And now, when the Chinese men's basketball team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, people's hope is that the Chinese men's basketball team can go further.

It's not greed.

It's a dream, it's an expectation, and it's a fan's heart.

Of course, if you want to go further, the next draw for the top 8 has become particularly important, for the Chinese men's basketball team, almost none of the teams that can finally advance to the top eight are soft persimmons, but if you want to go further, you still need to avoid some teams, such as the United States men's basketball team, the Spanish men's basketball team and other top teams.

Two days later, the list of teams that advanced to the quarterfinals was released, namely, the United States men's basketball team, the Canadian men's basketball team, the Spanish men's basketball team, the French men's basketball team, the Serbian men's basketball team, the Brazilian men's basketball team, the Chinese men's basketball team, and the Australian men's basketball team.

These eight teams do not seem to have a dark horse, if you have to say the dark horse, that is, the Chinese men's basketball team with the advantage of the host, the other teams are all traditional powerhouses in the international basketball world without exception.

Before the start of this World Cup, the official website of FIBA released a list of odds to win the World Cup, in which the United States men's basketball team with many NBA stars ranked first, the European hegemon Spain men's basketball team was second, the Australian men's basketball team ranked third, and the Chinese men's basketball team was only ranked 18th.

The odds list may not be absolutely accurate, but it is at least an objective view of the strength of a team.

From the perspective of the Chinese men's basketball team, it is natural that they do not want to meet the team that is higher in the odds list in the draw for the quarterfinals.

However, sometimes, fate is always so wonderful, and a day later, the results of the draw for the quarterfinals were released, the Chinese men's basketball team vs the United States men's basketball team.

That's right, it's the U.S. men's basketball team.

Or rather, it's the U.S. men's basketball team again.

In the World Series, it seems that the Chinese men's basketball team can always meet the American men's basketball team, and it is very embarrassing, it seems that it has not won a game.

The first is the defeat of all four matches in the Olympic arena.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the men's basketball team lost to the United States 70-133, and the 63 points were also the second loss in the history of the men's basketball Olympics; The Chinese men's basketball team and the American "Dream Three" team are in a group, and the Chinese men's basketball team beat Angola and Argentina in this Olympic Games, breaking into the top 8 of the Olympic Games for the first time in history, which is also the peak moment of the "golden generation". And the Dream Three team is also one of the strongest teams in the history of the American team, which can be said to be star-studded.

Members of the Chinese team: Shan Tao, Battle, Wang Yezhi, Gong Xiaobin, Wu Naiqun, Liu Yudong, Sun Jun, Hu Weidong, Zheng Wu, Li Nan, Wu Qinglong, Li Xiaoyong

Team USA members Charles Barkley, Anfernee Hardaway, Grant Hill, Carl Malone, Reggie Miller, Hakiem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Gary Payton, Scott Pippen, Mitch Richmond, David Robinson, John Stockton, Glenn Robinson

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the men's basketball team lost to Dream Four 72-119; This year's Chinese men's basketball team has entered the era of the mobile Great Wall of the three centers, while the lineup of the American team is not very strong compared to the Dream Three team, and there are some second-rate stars entering, which is also regarded as the decline of the Dream Team.

Members of the Chinese team: Sun Jun, Zheng Wu, Battle, Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yudong, Li Nan, Li Xiaoyong, Zhang Jinsong, Li Qun, Guo Shiqiang, Hu Weidong, Yao Ming

Team USA Members: Raheem, Ray Allen, Vin Baker, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Tim Haddawi, Alan Houston, Jason Kidd, Antonio McDyce, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Pay, Steve Smith

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the men's basketball team lost to Dream 8 70:101, and 31 was the smallest gap in history. The Chinese men's basketball team once again broke into the top 8, and this is also Yao Ming's last Olympic Games, and the Chinese men's basketball team has since entered the post-Yao Ming era. The U.S. men's basketball team due to the failure after 2004, sent a star team composed of superstars in 08, Kobe, James, Wade, Howard, etc. are at their peak, plus Kidd and other veterans are sitting on a strong lineup, and the Dream Eight team is also regarded as a team comparable to the Dream One team.

Members of the Chinese team: Chen Jianghua, Liu Wei, Zhang Qingpeng, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Li Nan, Yi Jianlian, Wang Lei, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, Zhou Peng

Team USA Members: Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, TayXia Ann Prince, Deron Williams, Michael Reed, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Chris Bosh Jason Kidd, LeBron James, Carlos Boozer, Devin Wade.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the men's basketball team lost to the American Dream 12 team 62:119, which is a young men's basketball team, basically based on the Asian Championship lineup, and the United States team Although Harden, James, and Westbrook were not in the team, they still won the championship with absolute strength.

Members of the Chinese team: Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Zou Yuchen, Li Muhao, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei, Sui Ran, Zhou Peng, Zhai Xiaochuan, Ding Yanyuhang, Li Gen.

Team USA Members: Durant, George, Green, Klay Thompson, Cousins, Butler, Jordan Jr., Anthony, Lowry, DeRozan, Harrison Barnes, Irving.

This was followed by the World Championships (before the World Cup restructuring) without a win in five games!

In the World Championships, the Chinese and American men's basketball teams are still like "friendly games", and the huge gap in strength is difficult to change the status quo, in 1982, the men's basketball team met the United States team for the first time in the World Championships, and finally they lost 73-96, losing by 23 points; At the 1986 World Championships, the famous coach Qian Chenghai led the team to fight the United States team, but in the end, the men's basketball team still lost by 26 points 81-107.

At the 1994 World Championships, the U.S. men's basketball team sent the Dream II team to participate, and superstars such as "Big Shark" O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Joe Dumas and Mourning played one after another, and finally the Chinese men's basketball team lost 77-132 by 55 points. In the 2002 World Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team and the United States team met again, which is undoubtedly the worst dream team in history, in that game, they only finished sixth, facing the Chinese team, the United States men's basketball team fell behind by 12 points in the first quarter, but in the end they still used their innate strength to win 84-65, but 19 points is already the smallest loss of the Chinese men's basketball World Series against the United States team.

At the 2006 World Championships, Yao Ming led the Chinese team against the United States, Yao Ming scored 21 points and 10 rebounds on the spot, but it was difficult to beat the wolves, and the Chinese men's basketball team finally lost 90-121.

Of course, among the nine encounters in total, there is no doubt that the most impressive is the 2008 Beijing Olympics Chinese men's basketball team vs the United States men's basketball team.

Before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team was undoubtedly still the favorite to win the Olympic title, and the opponents they faced could be roughly divided into two types: one called sworn enemies and the other called old enemies. The latter team is special in that they frequently play against the United States in the Olympic men's basketball group stage, and they have the indecent name "group stage rivals".

For the United States, the Chinese team is the most typical group stage rival. In the past seven Olympic Games, the Chinese and American men's basketball teams have played against the United States men's basketball team four times in the group stage, one more than Angola.

To be honest, China is not on the same level as the United States. Looking at the Olympic records of the two sides, the Chinese men's basketball team loses by an average of 48 points per game. In 1996, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the "Dream Three" with 63 points, which was the seventh largest score difference in the history of the U.S. men's basketball team in a single game in Olympic history. Whether the Chinese team is in the era of "small and fast" or the era of "moving the Great Wall", there is nothing the Chinese team can do with the United States.

But the Chinese men's basketball team also has no shortage of highlight moments. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Hu Weidong staged a flat basket dunk in front of defensive expert Pippen in a counterattack, which left the "Dream Three" head coach Lenny Wilkens and head assistant coach Jerry Sloan, who were sitting on the sidelines at the time, speechless.

Before the start of the men's basketball group stage of the Beijing Olympics, due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, the media was mostly optimistic about the United States team before the game. "Reuters" believes that although the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming has the ability to cause trouble in the game, the "Dream Eight" is still too strong for them. The only discordant voice in contrast to this optimistic argument comes from Joe Pastyushek. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, he has covered most of China, speaks good Mandarin, and provides scouting reports for many newcomers to China. Pastusek questioned more about the structure of the American "Dream Eight": "How did Crongello's player selection work? In particular, his choice of interior players is questionable. I don't want to say how short Boozer is, how skinny Bosh is, how tender Howard is, I'm going to say more than that: how do they protect the basket? And, have they found a way to break down the opponent's defense? If the U.S. team can't beat China by a big score, it means that Crongello has once again succeeded in pinching together a flawed team. ”

The American players were not swayed by Pastyushek's words, but they did not let their guard down. Although the "Dream Eight" team claims to have the strongest lineup since the "Dream One" in 1992 - with the world-renowned LeBron James, Kobe, the offensive firepower of Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, and the experienced Kidd pressing lineup, they know that the "Dream Eight's" Olympic redemption journey will not be easy to complete.

"The Chinese team is not an easy opponent to deal with," Wade said soberly. "Dream Eight" coach Coach K also said frankly: "I played the Chinese team in the first game, and I am not sure if it will be beneficial or disadvantageous for us. ”

The game was at its climax from the start. Although Bosh thought he had found a way to deal with Yao Ming before the game, the latter scored in the opening game, and it was a three-pointer. "I took my shot and the ball went in." Yao Ming said. At the Wukesong Gymnasium, "Dream Eight" was visibly uneasy at the start of the game, and they could only shake their heads when they saw Yao Ming happily accepting the cheers of the fans in the stadium. In the 404 NBA games Yao played at the time, he had only hit one three-pointer — and they were more accustomed to Yao's defensive and rebounding abilities. Soon, Yao Ming used his usual way to stop the American team. Bryant once cut in from the left and tried to make a layup with a lever in the air, only to be slammed down by Yao Ming from the air, and this scene once again exploded the whole court. "I thought this guy was going to give up that defense because he had just been injured." Bryant said.

China has Yao Ming, but most of his teammates aren't doing as well, with the exception of point guard Chen Jianghua. More than three minutes before the end of the first quarter, Chen Jianghua used his speed to pass Kobe Bryant, and broke Bosh's pinch basket while walking. After the game, when a reporter asked, "Did you think of Allen Iverson at that moment," Bryant just shrugged his shoulders and chuckled.

There is also Sun Yue who flashed. Bryant had said in an interview with the media before the game: "A team always needs motivation. The defeat in Athens left us frustrated and frustrated. Even though our team is looking better now, we still have to double our efforts against the game and we can't take any opponent lightly, especially the first game against China. So, what is this incentive? At the 2006 World Men's Basketball Championships in Japan, Anthony's layup was covered by Sun Yue, so before the game, the American team made a bet: whoever can dunk above Sun Yue's head will get a prize of $500,000. But in the end, Howard suffered a hot pot from Sun Yue, and this huge bonus was exclusively enjoyed by Kobe.

70-101, which has created the smallest point difference in the history of the Chinese and American men's basketball teams. In the face of the NBA's star-studded "Dream Eight", which has been preparing for three years, the one-sided scene of the Chinese men's basketball team has never appeared, and the intensity of the whole game is surprising. At one point, they held the lead with 5:20 left to play, and the two sides were tied four times until midway through the second quarter, when the tie was broken. Since the formation of "Dream Eight", there are few opponents who can compete with it for a quarter and a half.

Five minutes before the end of the game, Yao Ming proudly raised his arms when he was substituted. After the game, he once again showed his outstanding oratorial talent: "I knew we could play beautiful and strong basketball. When I came off the pitch, there was only one thing in my mind, and we ended up showing what the Chinese team really looks like. On the other side, Coach K also said solemnly when he walked out of the passage: "If the game only lasts 24 minutes, then the Chinese team will be a world-class team." ”