Chapter 508: Rise to Fame (1/3)

Tang Shuai was hit by the players one after another, and he just raised his hands high.

The moment he saw the ball scored, he was indescribably excited.

This is different from the NBA, he is wearing a jersey printed with the logo of the Chinese team, and he is playing on behalf of the country, and this sense of honor is not at all comparable to NBA games.

"Lift up! Lift it up! Allen Guo shouted loudly there.

In the next second, Tang Shuai felt that he was lifted up, and then he was thrown into the air in the shout of "1, 2, 3".

A feeling of weightlessness came out, and he closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

The celebration lasted for several minutes before it ended, and when Tang finally made contact with the ground, he saw that the French team and the French fans were gone.

There are always winners and losers in the game, and when the final whistle blows, there are always people happy and some people sad, Tang Shuai did what he said at the timeout, making the Chinese team the one who celebrated.

In the battle with the French team, the Chinese team scored four double-doubles, Tang Shuai contributed the highest 29 points and 3 assists, Yi Jianlian scored a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Zhou Qi contributed 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks, which was particularly impressive.

Zhai Xiaochuan, Guo Allen, Zhao Haoyan, and Zhou Peng all scored points, although there were not many scores, but their performances were remarkable.

This stop is of great significance to the Chinese men's basketball team, defeating the French team that has never been defeated before, and after two games, one win and one loss, 4 points temporarily ranked third in the group, and most importantly, this game is played, the morale and mental state of the Chinese team have undergone qualitative changes, just like the reversal of the South Korean team in the Asian Championships, similar changes are happening in this team.

Tang Shuai also became famous.

Contributed 29 points, scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, and a 3-point kill in the middle of the field, all of this is an absolute superstar performance, and it is the French team, which I am afraid no one will believe before, it is a yellow-skinned Chinese.

The name Tang Shuai is rapidly becoming known all over the world.

At this time, the happiest person is Duffy, after the match between the Chinese team and the French team, he received calls from more than a dozen large companies at once, including from all over the world, with only one purpose, that is, to find Tang Shuai to endorse.

The biggest difference between a big game like the Olympics and the NBA is its audience, because it is a global event, 80% or 90% of the countries in the world have teams, even if you are not a basketball fan, you will pay attention to the event, and its influence is definitely more than that of the NBA.

Duffy is happily screening sponsors who can cooperate with him, and he will sign a contract as soon as Tang Shuai finishes his Olympic campaign.

However, Tang Shuai himself obviously didn't have time to pay attention to these, and he and the Chinese team members put their energy into the game non-stop after a short celebration.

And because some African athletes are infected with the Seka virus, the players are strictly forbidden to go out, and all they can do in the Olympic Village is to train and train again.

The most energetic person in training is Zhao Haoyan, because the key three-pointer he hit in the last game made Gong Luming's opinion of him fundamentally change, and he also saw another possibility for the team's style of play.

After a day's rest, Tang Shuai and his Chinese team welcomed their third opponent of the Games, Venezuela.

Venezuela were the dark horses of last year's Americas Championship, and they went all the way to the end, knocking out the biggest favourites Argentina in the final.

There are no stars, and the European-style team play impresses the fans.

However, the biggest problem of this kind of team is that there are no stars, similar to the NBA Hawks, they can cause upsets in lower-level games, but when it comes to the Olympic Games, they quickly become the target of mermaids.

In the first game against Canada, the old enemies met, the Canadian team went straight in the third quarter and finally won more than 20 points, and in the second game against the United States, they were tyrannized by more than 40 points, losing an average of more than 30 points per game, and their morale and the state of the team were close to freezing.

The Chinese team has just beaten the French team, which can be described as full morale, and the result can be imagined when it meets the worst form of the Venezuelan team.

Under the leadership of Tang Shuai, the Chinese team ended the game in three quarters.

The most eye-catching thing in this game is not Tang Shuai, but Zhao Haoyan, in the few minutes of partnering with Tang Shuai, he got a total of 4 empty three-point opportunities, and directly hit 3 of them with a big heart, and the 9-point score in the whole game is also the most on the bench.

From the decisiveness of his shot, it can be seen that the three-point shot against the French team made him have a qualitative transformation.

In fact, basketball players have been training very hard like this, but after hitting a key shot, maybe there will be a qualitative change, not to mention the NBA, it is Wang Shipeng at the beginning, who is the representative of this type of player.

Zhao Haoyan's change is definitely a windfall for the Chinese men's basketball team.

After winning Venezuela, the Chinese team is in third place in the group with 7 points from 2 wins and 1 loss, and at this pace, as long as Australia and Canada win the next match, they have already advanced to the quarterfinals.

Australia, in particular, after losing to the United States, France, and Canada in a row, the only chance for them to advance is to beat China, then win Venezuela, and then hope that China will lose to Canada.

So the next game against the Chinese team is a game that the Australians absolutely cannot afford to lose.

Australia's consecutive losses have a lot to do with the squad, the injuries of Bogut and Exum, and the absence of Simmons have a great impact on the overall strength, but as Australian coach Andre Lemanis said, they will give everything to win the game against China.

Although I don't know what this so-called giving everything involves, it is obviously not a good signal for the Chinese team, and it will definitely not be easy for them to win this game.

With two consecutive wins, the morale of the Chinese men's basketball team at this time is already high without mobilization.

In the warm-up training before the game, because of the key to this game, a CCTV reporter interviewed Gong Luming, the coach of the Chinese team.

"Gong Dao, first of all, congratulations to the national team for winning two consecutive victories, and then we are about to face our old rival Australia, we have opened the previous head-to-head record, but in the face of the Australian national team, we are not dominant, this time, do you have any targeted adjustments?"

"It's still the same as in the past few games, and the adjustment is a little bit, but the most important thing is to see how the boys play." Gong Luming was still very official when he faced reporters.

"Are you confident of winning?" The reporter asked.

"Yes, of course, this is for sure, our boys play well, the French team can win, right?" Gong Luming asked with a smile.

"Well, yes." The reporter nodded, and then continued to ask, "We know that Australia's coach and coach Lemanis, who was also the coach of the previous warm-up game, said in an interview that he will give everything to win and the next game, we all know that Australia's style of play is very strong, will this cause you trouble?" After all, the teams they played against before had injuries of varying degrees. ”

"If this were me, I would say the same, since we came to the Olympics, there is no team that is not trying their best to play, as for the problem you said, I believe the referee will control it, if it is really dangerous, I will reflect it to the technical table as soon as possible, after all, we are here to play, not to play people." Gong Luming said jokingly.

"Well, but it's a real concern, have you ever thought about protecting the main players, after all, there is still Canada to play after all." The reporter continued to ask.

Gong Luming shook his head and said: "The people who came here have already been released, just like Tang Shuai said in an interview before, these young men are not afraid of the Seka virus, and they are afraid of confrontation?" And judging from the rest of the game, if we lose this one, we will probably not even be able to get into the top eight, so like the Australians, we will give everything to win the game. ”

"Thank you Gong Dao for your answer, and I wish the team to make persistent efforts and win three consecutive victories." The reporter finally said.

Gong Luming waved his hand, smiled at the camera, and then turned around and continued to lead the team to train.

Unlike the previous two games, this time the match between China and Australia was scheduled at 2:15 p.m. local time, because the game was followed by the focus of the United States and Canada, and the Chinese team had previously beaten the French team, these factors were sandwiched together, making the attendance of this game unprecedentedly high.

The Brazilian basketball stadium, which can accommodate up to 30,000 people, is full at this time, most of them are occupied by Chinese, and the remaining half of the Brazilians are also coming for Tang Shuai, except for some Australians, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is the home of the Chinese team.

The time, place, and people are favorable, and the Chinese team occupies all of this game.

The only fly in the ointment is that because of the time difference between Brazil and the Chinese team, Brazil is at 2:15 in the afternoon, which is exactly 1:15 in the morning in China, which brings a lot of trouble to domestic fans to watch the game, after all, the next day is still a working day.

However, after the game really started, the live broadcast room was still full, and the enthusiasm of the fans for such a critical game was no less than watching the European Cup.

After the final warm-up, players from both sides took the field.

The Australian team still fielded the same starting lineup as in the previous game, with Aaron Baines and David Anderson with NBA resumes on the inside, Joe Ingles on the small forward for the Jazz, and Dellavidova and Patti Mills on the outside, who have NBA rotation-level strength.

The Australian team's reputation has weakened a lot due to the absence of many big names, but their strong style of play is something that no opponent dares to take lightly.

The Chinese team's starting list came out, which also confirmed the small adjustment that Gong Luming said in an interview, he put Zhao Haoyan directly into the starter, and put Guo Allen into the substitute lineup.

ps: Today's three watches, the activity continues, I hope that the brothers will vote enthusiastically and strive for the third and fifth watches~~ (to be continued.) )