Chapter 408: Advance to the finals
If it weren't for the next game, Zhang Guan would really shoot this "Basketball Vision". Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, Zhang Guan still decided to make a trailer first, just like Will Smith's spoof trailer. A trailer of three or four groups doesn't cost much, but the irony in it is enough to make FIBA sick for a long time.
Although Zhang Guan doesn't know anything about making movies, as long as he is rich, he can naturally find someone who understands to do it. Hollywood has countless screenwriters, directors, and hundreds of independent film production companies, as long as they are willing to pay for it, film production companies can provide one-stop services, screenwriters, directors, film production teams, and even the final distribution, can easily handle it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guan dialed Zhuge Wenbo's phone. Zhuge Wenbo once worked in CAA in the United States, and he also has a lot of connections in the Hollywood entertainment industry, so it is only appropriate for him to contact him for this kind of thing.
After ending the call with Zhuge Wenbo, Zhang Guan paid attention to the situation of the quarterfinals of several other groups.
In the second half, the U.S. team defeated Russia without suspense and advanced to the semifinals; Lithuania, on the other hand, eliminated Argentina by a large margin and will face the United States in the semi-finals.
As for who is in the working area of the Chinese team, the other semi-final place belongs to Serbia, who defeated Spain and advanced to the semi-finals.
Although this year's Spanish team does not have Pau Gasol, its strength is not weaker than two years ago, and even stronger. Because Gasol Jr., Rubio and Fernandez in the starting lineup have grown a lot after two years of experience, Gasol has become the absolute main force of the Grizzlies, and Fernandez has also become an indispensable member of the Trail Blazers lineup, and Rubio is about to officially land in the NBA next year. In addition, Gabajosa and Navarro, two NBA players who have played in the NBA, can be said to be the team with the most NBA players outside of the United States.
Compared with the traditional strong teams in Europe, this year's Spanish team is more inclined to the American style of basketball, which also represents the new trend of European basketball, and the Serbian men's basketball team, as the successor of Yugoslavia, has always maintained the traditional style of play of European teams, so this game can be regarded as a collision between the emerging style of play and the traditional style of play in European basketball.
In the end, Serbia defeated the Spanish team 92-89 and successfully qualified, and the Serbian team still had the last laugh in this competition of the top teams in Europe, Teodosic made a three-pointer 3.1 seconds before the end of the game to help the Serbian team win the final victory.
Serbia also became China's opponent in the semi-finals.
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FIBA's conference officials sat in the conference room, their expressions solemn, as if they had encountered a great crisis.
"Making a movie? Zhang Guan may just be talking, we don't need to be too nervous at all. He is just an athlete, and making movies is an actor's business, and Zhang Guan should not be unprofessional. A balding man spoke.
"It is precisely because he is Zhang Guan that he will not do his job!" A thin man with glasses next to him immediately objected: "If Zhang Guan is the kind of person who keeps to himself, he must still be running in track and field and running sprints steadily, how can he appear here!" Don't forget how many different projects he's tried now. ”
"Moreover, the referee's decision this time is indeed very unfair to the Chinese team." Another tournament officer immediately said: "Although it was with our acquiescence, there were several obvious miscalculations. If Zhang Guan hyped up this matter, he would be very passive to us. ”
"What are you afraid of, he's just an athlete, let's warn him, he'll definitely relent! Could it be that he still dares to fight with us in FIBA alone? The bald man said disdainfully.
"How dare he! Don't forget the president of the IAAF, Sebastian, who was disgraced by Zhang Guan two years ago. Besides, he's not just a basketball player, and even if we use punishment, it's limited to basketball. "We can't ban him from playing sports other than basketball, such as athletics, tennis, racing, boxing, and ice sports!" He's still the center of the media, and we'll be passive forever. ”
"So what do we do? Investigating world-related referees? Blowing the black whistle to help the home team advance? It would be a scandal, and it would be bad for us. The bald man spoke.
"But in this matter, if we want Zhang Guan to stop, we must give an explanation to the Chinese team." The man with glasses sighed, and then said: "I shouldn't have agreed to the conditions of the Turkish men's basketball team in the first place, otherwise there wouldn't be so much trouble now." ”
"We promised Turkey that the World Championships could be held even better, and they were the hosts. But they themselves are not angry, even with the help of the referee, they still can't beat the Chinese team, then we can't be blamed. The bald man spread his hands: "I don't think it's as good as this, in the next game between the Chinese team and Serbia, let the referee help the Chinese team, so that it will be even!" ”
"Great idea!" The thin man with glasses immediately nodded in support: "In the game with the Turkish team, the referee's misjudgment caused the Chinese team to suffer losses, and in the next game, we will let the Chinese team become the beneficiary of the referee's misjudgment, so that the Chinese team itself has taken advantage of the referee's misjudgment, and it can't be said about the misjudgment." ”
"Wouldn't that be sacrificing the Serbian team? In case the Chinese team really enters the final with the help of the referee, the Serbian team will definitely be unwilling, right? Someone immediately said, "We're using a mistake to fix it!" ”
"How many people are there in Serbia? And how many people are there in China? From a market point of view, it is more beneficial for us for the Chinese team to reach the final. Moreover, in the lower half, it will definitely be the United States team that will enter the final. We can have a big war between China and the United States again! Have you forgotten that two years ago, the final of the Olympics was also a battle between China and the United States? How many buzz was created by that game! How much benefit was given to us. The thin man lifted his glasses and spoke.
"That's right, if the final is a big battle between China and the United States, it will be a revenge battle for the American team, which sounds full of gimmicks! Such a game will surely attract the attention of the whole world. The bald man agreed at this moment.
"At the same time, we can also gag the Chinese team's mouth......"
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The Chinese team and the Serbian team once played each other in the group stage, and when Zhang Guan and Da Yao did not play, the Serbian team won the game without any suspense, so in the Serbian team, both the coach and the players have a contemptuous mentality for the Chinese team.
Especially after the victory over the Spanish team, the Serbian team's originally tense nerves were instantly relaxed, so on the day of the semi-finals, the Serbian team was still sleepwalking.
In this game, the Serbian team did not send Kostic as the starting center, because Kostic was only 2.13 meters, and it was too much to face Da Yao, and the Serbian team put Perovic on the field. Perovich, who used to watch the water cooler in the Golden State Warriors, is 2.18 meters tall and has relatively less losses in terms of figure.
But even so, the Serbian team's interior line was still blown up by Da Yao, and Perovic received two fouls in the first five minutes of the first quarter and had to go to rest. And Kostic, who was replaced on the field later, was also unable to stop Da Yao from wreaking havoc on the inside.
In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese team scored 20 points, which was a decent score, and the Serbian team had a poor feel and only scored 11 points.
Serbian coach Ivkovic shook his head dissatisfied, he could see that the Serbian team had not yet entered the game at all, facing an opponent who had easily defeated in the group stage, and it was very common to sleepwalk at the beginning of the game.
After the start of the second quarter, the Serbian team began to slowly enter the state, and Zhang Guan also took over the game at this time. European defenders are inherently weak in terms of physical confrontation, so many European defenders will not adapt to the soil in the NBA. If there were no joint defenses, the European teams would have been sieveed by the muscle stick of the American team. In fact, as the physical fitness of American players is getting better and better, the perverted devil muscle man has made the joint defense of European teams more and more pale and weak, that is, they can bully Asian teams like China.
However, there is Zhang Guan in today's Chinese team.
Zhang Guan no longer hides his shooting ability, and his offensive means are no longer limited to breaking, and the pull-up jump shot has become his most frequent scoring method. The Serbian team's defense line has also been torn apart by the Chinese team again and again.
At the end of the half, instead of chasing the score, the Serbian team fell behind by 12 points, 30-42.
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In the locker room, Teodosic looked confused.
"Is this really the Chinese team? How is it completely different from the last time? The last time they met, their defenders couldn't break through our joint defense at all, but this time, our defense was as fragile as paper paste in front of Zhang Guan! I feel like it's totally playing two different teams! With only ten days to go until that group stage, how can the Chinese team change so much? ”
Not far away, Coach Ivkovic was also carefully reviewing the statistics of the first half.
"Zhang Guan's offensive ability is really strong, this is the first half, and he has scored 18 points, which is almost half of the Chinese team's score. And he was very efficient in scoring, only conceding three shots. In the second half of the game, we had to focus on Zhang Guan. Ivkovic continued to look at the statistics.
'Rasic also committed two fouls, one of which I remember was a mistake by the referee. There was also Kostic who was beaten by the Chinese team once, and the referee stood next to him and didn't blow it. The referees of the World Championships are really not professional enough, and there are always misjudgments. Ivkovic shook his head, not paying much attention to the details. In his opinion, the most important thing is for the players to recover as soon as possible.
At the start of the second half, the Serbian team had a noticeable improvement.
"Teodosic, three-pointer! Ball in! 33-42, Serbia narrowed the score to less than 10 points! ”
"The Chinese team made a mistake in passing, Rasic, fast attack, shoot three points directly! Come in! 36-42, now the two sides are only six points apart! ”
Just one minute into the second half, Serbia chased six points in a row, and at this time, the morale of the entire Serbian team was also raised.
The UAE's shot was deflected, and Velickovic jumped to grab the rebound, then tossed the ball to Rasic, who was closest to him, and Rasic did not hesitate to rush to the frontcourt.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew and Rasic was awarded a penalty.
"Rasic walking? Probably because when I was just starting out, my footsteps slipped a little! In this case, you generally don't blow fouls, and it seems that today's referees are more strict. The narrator spoke.
Rasic reluctantly threw the ball to the ground. His steps slid a little, but it was at the moment of the ball, which is said to be not a walk, but since the referee blew the step, he couldn't do anything.
Coach Ivkovic looked quite annoyed, the Serbian team was just about to get up, but was stopped by the referee's whistle, which is like a wonderful TV series when it is at its most exciting, and suddenly inserts an advertisement, the audience's already brewing emotions come to an abrupt end, and if you want to mobilize your emotions, you need to brew again.
"Slow down!" Da Yao shouted at Zhang Guan. Years of experience in the NBA have given Da Yao excellent tactical standards and adaptability, which is enough to make him a commander on the court.
But Zhang Guan has already done this, Kobe's experience book brings not only the skills of the game, but also the accurate judgment of the game, so Zhang Guan also knows when to be fast and when to be slow.
Teodosic looked at Zhang Guan a little anxiously, he was feeling hot now, and he wanted to attack quickly, but Zhang Guan was there grinding and grinding, and he saw that the attack time was consumed to the end.
With five seconds left, Zhang Guan began to take off; In four seconds, Zhang Guan changed direction; In three seconds, Zhang Guan changed direction again; Two seconds, Zhang Guan jumped up and shot; At the last second, the ball is in! One set of actions in one go.
Zhang Guan returned the favor with a three-pointer, and the difference between the two sides reached 9 points. What's more, this goal also hit the morale of the Serbian team. Serbia, which had just gained momentum, seemed to have been poured cold water, and the raging anger in its heart also cooled down several points.
Coach Deng Huade breathed a sigh of relief, he originally thought that the Chinese team would encounter a crisis, and it was even possible to be tied by the Serbian team. But now it seems that this crisis has been overcome.
"Do you feel that the referee's penalty scale today seems to be more biased towards us?" Deng Huade whispered to the assistant coach next to him.
"It's like this, it's completely different from the last game against Turkey. I guess this may be a kind of compensation from the IAAF! The assistant coach whispered.
"Compensation?" Deng Huade nodded suddenly, and then he realized that having a relatively relaxed referee may be a rare opportunity for the young players of the Chinese team to exercise, at least the young players can have more opportunities to make mistakes.
Thinking of this, Deng Huade waved his hand and called several young players he was very optimistic about, and then started a new "chicken blood education".
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The Chinese team's lead has widened to double digits, and at this time, Deng Huade chose to make substitutions, let the main players take a break, and replace the young substitutes to adapt to the game.
The 10-point lead does not put too much pressure on the substitute players of the Chinese team, and the more the young players let go of the play without pressure, the more they can play their level, so the substitute players of the Chinese team performed like two in the group stage, they played more actively and more confidently.
The Serbian team is a little uncomfortable with this, the two teams just played each other ten days ago, and the Chinese team's substitute was almost beaten that time, and the Serbian team only needs to use relatively simple tactics to tear apart the Chinese team's defense. Today, the boys of the Chinese team seem to be a different person, each of them is vigorous, and the running without the ball is more frequent.
The scores of the two sides rose alternately, and when it came to the fourth quarter, the Chinese team still maintained an eight-point lead.
"Zhang Guan, three-pointer, score again! He's got 31 points! ”
"UAE, beat Velitzkovic, it's a pity, it didn't score, but it caused a foul on Velitzkovic! Two free throws. ”
"Da Yao, hook hands, there you have it! 80-69, the Chinese team's lead once again came to double digits! ”
In the final quarter, Serbia launched a ferocious counterattack, and even once forced the score to 5 points, and the Chinese team, several main players did not stop scoring, and they still blocked the Serbian team's Jedi counterattack.
"With three minutes to go, the 11-point advantage should be able to hold!" Zhang Guan looked at the scoreboard, and then looked at Da Yao beside him, frowning a little worriedly.
Da Yao looked very tired, he gasped heavily, his expression was still serious, and the painful look in his eyes was sensitively captured by Zhang Guan.
"He's holding on!" Zhang Guan realized this.
After all, Da Yao has not fully recovered, and since his comeback, he has never played such a high-intensity game, and now he is at the end of his power. Maybe the high-intensity physical confrontation has made his foot injury a little unbearable, so he feels painful.
"It's time for you to go down and rest!" Zhang Guan said.
"There are three minutes left, and I can still hold on." Da Yao said.
"We still have finals! We're going to play the U.S. team, we're going to win the gold medal. So, you have to go down and rest! Zhang Guan continued: "It's okay to have me on the field." ”
Da Yao was slightly stunned, and then nodded, he believed that with the existence of Zhang Guan, he could hold the last three minutes.
The Chinese team asked for a timeout, and Da Yao slowly walked to the bench, and the team doctor also stepped forward to check Da Yao's old injuries as soon as possible.
"There are three minutes left, and if we hold on, we can get to the final!" Deng Huade began to pour chicken soup for the soul into everyone, what to recall the past, grasp the present, and look forward to the future, which made the players feel encouraged. As for tactics, Deng Huade only said one sentence:
"Give the ball to Zhang Guan!"
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Now Deng Huade is familiar with the ultimate tactics of the Chinese team, and Zhang Guan did not disappoint him.
The end of the game sounded, and Serbia still lost 79-88.
The Chinese team advanced to the final of the World Championships for the first time in history, and they will undoubtedly face the most powerful American team in the world - the Dream Nine team! (To be continued.) )