In the other semi-final that ended earlier, the United States won comfortably against Lithuania, with Durant scoring 38 points and dominating the game, and European powerhouse Lithuania was defenseless against the United States. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Prior to this, the Dream Nine team was considered the weakest dream team, but now it seems that this dream team is not as people think, and at least so far, no team can threaten the supremacy of the Dream Nine team.

On the World Championship stage, the U.S. team has not tasted the world championship for 16 years. In 1994, the Dream II team easily won the World Championship in Canada, and in the 1998 World Championships, because of the suspension of the NBA, the United States team did not form a dream team, and no NBA player participated in the World Championships, so the United States team did not win the World Championship that year.

The Dream Five team played at home at the 2002 World Championships in the United States, and finally only finished sixth, and then the Dream Six team lost the championship of the Athens Olympics, the Dream Seven team lost to Greece at the World Championships in Japan, and the Dream Eight team suffered Zhang Guan's stunner, it can be said that after 1994, the United States team only won one world championship in the Sydney Olympics.

This year's Dream Team, although it is made up of young people, does not affect their desire for a championship in the slightest, and they are very desperate to bring a championship back to the United States.

"Boys, our opponent in the final is the Chinese team!"

This is Shashewski's opening remarks.

"Team China, great!" Curry said excitedly, and he couldn't wait for the game to start as soon as possible.

However, no one paid attention to Curry, who has as many as four point guards on the Dream Nine team, and Curry, who has only played in the NBA for one year, is the fourth one. Before him, there were Billups, Rose, and Westbrook, so the current Curry can only be regarded as a water cooler manager in the Dream Nine team.

Curry sat down a little embarrassed, and Shashewski continued: "I think you all know that two years ago, we lost to the Chinese team and lost the Olympic championship. It's been two years, and I've been thinking about revenge all the time, and finally, our chance has come! It's time for the Dream Team to wash away their shame! ”

"Do you remember? Before we set out, we were called the weakest dream team ever, and everyone thought that our path was full of thorns, and everyone thought that our road was difficult to navigate. But we use our strength to tell the world that we are the strongest! No matter what the opponent is, we will crush the victory, including the next Chinese team! ”

"Compared with two years ago, the Chinese team is stronger, Yao and Yi, you should be familiar with them, the existence of the two of them makes the Chinese team have the strongest inside combination in the World Championships, especially Yao, although I don't know how he is recovering now, but as long as he appears on the court, it is an existence that we can't solve, which has been verified many times in the NBA."

Shashefsky said, looking at his disciple, his expression became more and more helpless, because none of the twelve people in the Dream Nine team could resist Da Yao.

In the previous Dream Eight team, there were Howard and Boozer, and there was only one real center in the Dream Nine team, Tyson Chandler, an existence that has been beaten by Da Yao in the NBA.

For Chandler, Da Yao can be said to be the shadow in his heart. The two first met at the 1998 Amateur Sports Federation National Tour when Da Yao was 18 and Chandler was 16, and then Chandler was blown up. After entering the NBA, Da Yao's high-lifting and accurate mid-range shooting and 10-centimeter height advantage could only make Chandler sigh. Every time the Hornets (now the Pelicans) met the Rockets, Chandler had to rely on the help of other players to help him deal with Da Yao. Although Chandler's statistics in the face of Da Yao are quite remarkable, it is a fact that he can't prevent Da Yao.

Chandler on the scene can average 10 points per game, but the Dream Nine team has no shortage of people who are good at offense, and they don't need Chandler to provide firepower, they need Chandler's defense, and when Chandler's defense is unreliable, it is really difficult for Shashewski to have a reason to use him.

In addition to Chandler, the big man on the Dream Nine team has a Kevin Love.

Lefou, who has played for two seasons, has already shown signs of brushing data, with an average of 14+11 data per game that looks very dazzling, but at this time, Lefou's defensive level can be described as miserable. A sophomore, expecting him to defend Da Yao is undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Shashewski also felt that Chandler and Love were unreliable, so in the Dream Nine team, the starting center was Odom.

Now Odom is still the best sixth man in the NBA, he only married Kardashian at the end of last year, he has not been abolished, as a forward player, Odom also has the ability to play as a center and scoring guard, whether it is scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, Odom's statistics are very good. So Odom gained Shashewski's trust and became the starting center of the Dream Nine. With Odom's physical fitness, facing the center forwards of those European teams, although he can't take advantage of it, he can't suffer a big loss. With someone to help defend, Odom can still handle the central striker position.

But now that he has to face Da Yao, the situation is completely different, and Shashewski can no longer put Odom in the center position.

Use Odom to defend against Da Yao, someone once tried this trick, that is, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson. At that time, the Lakers' starting center, Bynum, couldn't prevent Da Yao at all, so the Zen master asked Odom to play center, and the result was of course very unsatisfactory.

Chandler, Love and Odom were all unusable, and Shashewski suddenly fell into a dilemma where no one was available, which was also the first headache for Shashewski.

And the second headache for Shashefsky is, of course, Zhang Guan.

"Zhang Guan will not only break through, but also shoot!" Thinking of this, Shashefsky couldn't help but sigh.

The guards on the Dream Nine team are Rose, Westbrook, Curry, Eric Gordon and Billups. However, the defense of the top four is unreliable, Curry, who has only played in the NBA for one year, is obviously the worst defensive one, and Gordon's defensive level is also miserable. Rose and Westbrook have already shown the potential to be superstars, but the two have only played in the NBA for two years, and the defensive ability of sophomores is qualified, and they are still far from being excellent.

The only thing Shashefsky could count on was Billups.

Billups has made the NBA's All-Defensive Second Team and is much more reliable defensively than those young superstars. Because of this, after Shashewski's Dream Nine, Billups has always occupied a starting position.

"Let Billups defend Zhang Guan?" Shashewski is still a little weak-hearted, he recalled that in the Olympics two years ago, Kobe Bryant was not able to stop Zhang Guan's offensive pace, in terms of defensive ability, Kobe Bryant is far stronger than Billups, so Billups alone wants to defend against Zhang Guan, which seems to be a bit of a fool's dream.

"The forward strength of the Chinese team is relatively average, and it really can't be done, so let Iguodala help defend! If two people defend against one, they can always prevent it! Shashewski thought silently.

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"The Dream Nine team's tactics are strange, their lineup is to a certain extent to abandon the center. In the previous games, their starters were Odom, Durant, Iguodala, Rose and Billups. There is no center in this lineup, and there is not even a pure power forward. Coach Deng Huade continued: "However, the results of this squad are very good. ”

"Odom is only 2.08 meters, maybe it's not enough, I really didn't expect him to become the tallest person on the American team." Wang Shipeng opened his mouth and said.

"The tallest is Durant, but that guy doesn't admit that he is seven feet to death!" Zhang Guan said.

"It's true that I felt like Durant wasn't shorter than me for a while." When the UAE said this, he laughed: "I remember when I was taking pictures in my rookie season, I stood with him, Durant and I were about the same height, and I felt that I was taller than him and only had longer hair. ”

"Really? Durant is about the same height as you? You can play center. But his skills are so good! Zhou Peng's eyes widened in surprise.

"So he was able to be the core of the Dream Nine team! The skill of the guard, the body of the forward, the height of the center, this is Durant! Deng Huade then added: "Our number one opponent in the Dream Nine team! ”

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There are only three All-Stars on the Dream Nine team, Billups, Durant and Rose, and of course this refers to 2010, not the future. In addition to them, the other lifesavers are Westbrook, Rudy Gay, Iguodala, Granger, Curry, Eric Gordon, Love, Odom and Chandler.

Before the Dream Nine team set out, three major problems were listed by professionals.

The first is the team's interior emptiness. Only one Tyson Chandler is considered a pure center, which is even worse than the previous Dream Eight team.

The second is the team's shortage of shooters, Rose, Gordon and Guy are all relying on breakthroughs to run rampant in the NBA, and the young Wei Shao and Curry are not as perverted and accurate as they will be in the future, even Durant is regarded as a "blacksmith" who often strikes iron.

The third point is that the players are too young, with only two veterans, Billups and Odom, and the average age of the team is only 25. Durant, Westbrook, Curry, Rose, and Love are all only 22 years old, and such a young team gives the impression of inexperience.

Whether it is the domestic media in the United States or the international media, they generally look down on the Dream Nine team. The media believes that a Dream Nine team that lacks an interior line and mainly relies on breakthrough ability to score cannot cope with the joint defense of European teams; And the young players can't do the tacit understanding of the traditional European powerhouses, even in the game, the rating of the Dream Nine team is only B.

Of course, the score B is not the second grade, there are B+, A-, A and A+ above B, and the equal score B can only be regarded as the fifth grade, from this score, it can also reflect everyone's disapproval of the Dream Nine team.

However, in Durant, he gave a "god-killing" performance. Under his leadership, the most watery dream team in history has also become the most underrated dream team in history.

The Dream Nine team was indeed young, but it represented the strongest talent in the world at the time. Young players are much better at learning than older players, and participating in tournaments can also allow young players to grow quickly. For example, those young people in the Chinese team can be greatly improved through one game, and the top talented young people of the American team have grown even faster. So the Dream Nine team is getting better and stronger the more they play, and they are getting stronger and stronger.

The "cohesion" of this Dream Nine team is also very good, because there are no superstars in the team, the sharing of the ball is more fluid, and the cooperation between the players is more tacit. In the previous Dream Eight team, although Kobe Bryant was the boss, James may not be convinced of him. And between James and Anthony, they must be dissatisfied with each other, everyone wants the ball, plus Paul, Wade and Delon, all three of them need the ball, so the distribution of the ball in the Dream Eight team is a headache. The Dream Nine team does not have this problem, and the players are willing to share the ball with each other, which makes the Dream Nine team's offense more fluid.

Defensively, the Dream Nine team also relies more on the team than on individual ability. The U.S. team has always disdained to use joint defense tactics, because the individual ability of the players is too strong, and one defense and one can easily deal with the opponent. However, the Dream Nine team began to use joint defense tactics, coupled with excellent physical talent, even without a center, but the Dream Nine team's defense was almost impeccable.

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Americans originally didn't pay much attention to the World Championships, firstly, because there were no superstars in the Dream Nine team, which greatly reduced the attraction to the audience; Second, because the U.S. team has not won the World Championships for many consecutive years, and the Americans have no expectations for this; The third reason is that in addition to basketball, Americans have many other sports to follow, which also diverts a lot of viewers.

However, when the final opponent was decided, the American media suddenly became excited, and the topic of the World Championships also appeared in the main sections of the major media.

Revenge! The word is shown to be the subject of news media hype. Two years ago in the Olympic Games, a group of NBA superstars formed the Dream Eight team was defeated by the Chinese team at the last moment, and now the young Dream Nine team wants to avenge their predecessors!

Revenge is always a favorite topic. In Europe, from the best-selling of "The Count of Monte Cristo" to the canonization of "Hamlet", all of them are based on revenge. Compared with the famous works of the East, they are not so subtle, and their revenge is more direct, and when the storyteller tells that Wu Erlang slaughtered Pan Jinlian with a knife in his hand, it will always be accompanied by a burst of applause. Even in contemporary times, the sentence "Don't bully the poor youth" also carries the ardent expectations of countless readers for the moment of revenge.

The revenge battle of the American team, this gimmick is attractive enough, and it quickly mobilizes the attention of the Americans. Fans all over the world remembered that two years ago, on the last day of the Olympic Games, the Chinese team unbelievably defeated the powerful Dream Eight team.

After two years, the two teams met again. Zhang Guan is still the absolute core of the Chinese team, while the twelve players of the American team have become different faces.

Can Team Dream Nine avenge their predecessors?

Everyone is looking forward to ...... (To be continued.) )