Chapter 113 - Two consecutive wins in the Diamond Cup
With the momentum of winning the Stankovic Cup, the Chinese men's national basketball team once again competed in the FIBA Diamond Cup in Nanjing. X
This time, the Chinese men's national basketball team needs to face much tougher opponents than the Stankovic Cup, in addition to Angola and Serbia, the two opponents that have already played each other, there are also Argentina, Iran, Australia, these three strong teams.
Not to mention Serbia and Angola, Australia and Iran and Argentina have all sent their strongest teams.
Australia was led by '05 champion show Andrew. Bogut led the way, and later Da Yao's teammates during his time with the Rockets, David Anderson, Brad Newley, and a series of good players, and even had Patrick Mills as a rising star in this team, of course, he is still a member of the Australian bench.
Iran, the Asian team that has risen in recent years once squeezed the Chinese men's basketball team from the top of Asia, Li Yao can remember the previous life 07,09 Iran won the Asian Cup twice, which also made the Chinese men's national basketball team bear a lot of infamy, Li Yao vowed that whether it is the Diamond Cup or the upcoming Olympic Games, to give Iran a lifelong unforgettable lesson, let them know who is the boss of Asia in basketball.
Argentina, as the gold medalists of the last Olympic Games, they are determined to defend their title, and the squad is also unprecedentedly strong. Scola, Fabirio Oberto, Carlos Delfino, Andres Nocioni and other well-known NBA stars of the team, the strength can be imagined, coupled with their relatively high lineup integrity, the last Olympic Games gold medalists have not changed much, in Li Yao's opinion, the Argentine men's basketball team will also be the strongest opponent in this Diamond Cup.
Time came to July 29th, the opening game of the Diamond Cup was played by Argentina against Iran, as the protagonist of the second game, the Chinese men's national basketball team also watched the two Group B opponents in the venue, in particular, the Diamond Cup is divided into two groups, Group A is composed of China, Australia, Angola, Group B is composed of Serbia, Argentina, Iran, because each group has two teams, so in Li Yao's view, there will be a team in the opening game to become the opponent of the Chinese men's basketball semifinals, as for the Serbian men's basketball teamNow they no longer have the glory of the past, and even the Diamond Cup quota this time is to replace Russia's quota.
The outcome of this opening game did not surprise Li Yao, the Argentine men's basketball team won easily, and even Li Yao, who wanted to roughly estimate Argentina's bottom line, did not gain anything, and Haddadi, who had been shouting that he was the No. 1 center in Asia, simply disappointed Li Yao, and fell silent in Argentina's tidal attack and ironclad defense.
"Brother Yao, Space Yi, is this guy clamoring that he is the No. 1 center in Asia?" Li Yao turned his head to look at Da Yao and Yi Jianlian suspiciously.
"Shut up, no one will sell you like a dumb person if you don't speak." Da Yao glared at Li Yao viciously, Yi Jianlian's face also looked very embarrassed, no way, who led the team to win the Asian Cup last year and trampled the Chinese men's basketball team under his feet.
Li Yao looked at the general aggrievedly, but found that the general face was not very good-looking, and Sun Yue on the side gently pulled Li Yao's arm and explained softly in Li Yao's ear.
This made Li Yao react, and he said before that he would teach Iran a lesson and let them know who was the boss in Asia, but he turned his head and forgot about it, and Li Yao couldn't wait to give himself two slaps.
Now that the opening game is over, it will be the turn of the Chinese men's national basketball team to make its debut in the Diamond Cup.
As the old rival of the Stankovic Cup, Angola, did not be able to hinder the Chinese men's national basketball team again, the Chinese men's basketball team won the opponent with a score of 87-62, Li Yao even appeared in this game for less than 10 minutes, under the premise of a big advantage, Younas is also very decisive to send a substitute to experience the feeling of the game, so that the main players can get rest, after all, these games are practice, and the focus is on the next Olympic Games in Beijing.
The next day, the Chinese men's basketball team ushered in the first rival of the Diamond Cup, the Australian men's basketball team.
This Australian men's basketball team with a relatively complete lineup is the first team that Li Yao has met after participating in the national team. Under the premise that Bogut's offense and defense were completely exploded by Da Yao, the Australian men's basketball team decisively played a small fast-break lineup under the guidance of head coach Bolkean, which made the Chinese men's basketball team on the court happy, and head coach Younas also waved his hand to replace the second lineup prepared by the Chinese men's basketball team during the training camp, and under the leadership of Li Yao, the Chinese men's basketball team played a wave of 17/2 ** in just over three minutes, led by Li Yao and Sun Dasheng and Space Yi The fast attack and the air connection made the audience fascinated.
"That's the national team we want to see." An old fan said with tears in his eyes, how long has it been, although the Chinese men's basketball team has been standing on the top of Asia, but to be reasonable, the ornamentation of the Chinese men's basketball team is really criticized.
"Champion, champion." Even on the second day of the Diamond Cup, the fans were already chanting the slogan of winning the championship.
Coach Bolkeen was also blinded by the Chinese men's basketball team's set, and hurriedly called a timeout and sent Andrew again. Bogut.
But just relying on a Bogut to save the game, Li Yao can only say that Coach Bolkean is a little whimsical, at the insistence of Li Yao, Younas did not send Da Yao to sanction Bogut, and still used this set of lineup to face Australia, the result can be imagined, the Chinese men's basketball team's defensive intensity suppressed Australia, let alone play the inside, to be able to hand over the ball to Bogut has become a luxury.
After another wave of 11/3 small **, Australia's point difference behind the Chinese men's basketball team has come to 23 points, and Coach Bolkien decisively called a timeout again after seeing that the situation was irreparable, replaced all the substitutes, and announced that he would give up the game.
As a state of etiquette, China of course has to give face to its opponents, and Younas also waved his hand, and when the training time came, he sent some candidates who were not on the Olympic list in his mind.
These players also probably understand Younas's approach, they did their best at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in order to play the last time of the national team, which also made Li Yao look sideways, and Australia, which was obviously superior in bench strength, was still pressed by the Chinese men's basketball team bench, although the score did not further expand, but it still remained at about 25 points, so that Li Yao, who was sitting on the court, couldn't help but applaud these players.
When the Chinese men's basketball team finally won the game 107-81, the stadium sounded louder cheers than yesterday, in these cheers, Li Yao not only heard the voice of Da Yao, but also heard a lot of voices shouting his name, which moved Li Yao, used to seeing the "China Lee" cheers of the fans in the NCAA, and the cheers of the standard pronunciation of "Li Yao" moved Li Yi even more.
Li Yao vowed that at the Beijing Olympics, he must make this voice louder and let the whole world hear the name of "Li Yao".
"By the way, your kid can't do well today." On the way back to the hotel, Da Yao couldn't help but say to Li Yao.
"Nani?" Li Yao looked at Da Yao dumbfounded, he did a good job today, why did he become a bad performer in Da Yao's eyes?
Even the other members of the Chinese men's basketball team looked at Da Yao with a dull face, Li Yao's performance when leading the second team They all watched it, it can be said that they won the Australian men's basketball team today, and Li Yao's second team is the biggest hero. And although Li Yao is the starting point guard of this national team, in the first lineup, it is still around Da Yao, Princeton's new style of play is roughly the starting point, and the second lineup is Li Yao's power period, in their opinion, Li Yao has done it perfectly enough, why does Da Yao still say that?
"I remember that your kid ended up with a dunk in the NCAA, and even played the free throw line jump in a game, and all kinds of howls have become your signature signature, why did today's fast break end up with a layup in addition to feeding his teammates?" Da Yao's original serious face can no longer be pretended, after all, today can easily win Australia's fierce rival, Rao is used to seeing big scenes Da Yao is also very happy, which also confirms the feasibility of their two sets of tactics and the improvement of the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team from the side.
"Cut." Hearing Da Yao's explanation, everyone who was originally a little worried was suddenly speechless.
"That's right, Li Yao, why haven't I seen you dunk today's fast breakback counterattack? It won't hurt. Roughly worried, in his opinion, how could a young man of Li Yao's age refuse the pleasure brought by the fast attack and violent buckle? Unless Li Yao has something unspeakable.
Hearing the rough words, the other teammates of the men's basketball team suddenly became nervous, after this period of getting along, everyone fell in love with Li Yao, a little brother with a sense of humor, even the point guard group in the competitive relationship with Li Yao was also nervous, although they were competitive, but Li Yao used his strength to conquer them during this time, and they also hoped that under the leadership of Li Yao and Da Yao, the Chinese men's basketball team could make an unprecedented breakthrough, after all, this will also add a thick ink to their future results.
"Li Yao, is it?" Da Yao's whole person felt bad in an instant, originally after winning Australia, his confidence was unprecedentedly strong, but if Li Yao really has an injury, then the current change in the Chinese men's basketball team may become a phantom.
"Don't, don't, don't, Brother Yao, don't be misled by Brother Rough, the reason why I don't dunk is because I really don't have passion, and the opponent is too weak to be interested at all." Li Yao hurriedly stopped Da Yao's words, why didn't he say a few words and turned out to be injured, and he still had to rely on the Beijing Olympics to make money, bah, relying on the Beijing Olympics to correct his name, but he couldn't be injured like this.
"Poof." Everyone present was amused by Li Yao's shameless words.
"Well, this is the arrogant NCAA Final Four MOP I know, and I don't even think you have been transferred for your performance in the national team during this time." Da Yao said with a serious face.
"Poof." Except for Li Yao, who looked embarrassed, the rest of the people laughed out loud.