The United States came out of the group stage cleanly and finished with a 5-0 record, while hosts Turkey and Lithuania, a traditional European powerhouse, also entered the knockout rounds undefeated. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Chinese team finally won by a small score to enter the round of 16, although entering the round of 16 is good news, but bad news also followed, the opponent of the Chinese team in the knockout round is the leader of Group D Lithuania, in the past matchup, the Chinese team is also at a disadvantage, if nothing else, the national team should stop in the round of 16.

At this moment, Griffin is on a transatlantic phone call with Sam.

"Blake, did you play negatively at the World Championships? I've seen some unfavorable comments in the U.S., saying that you didn't do as much as you did in the NBA, and you didn't do your best to play for your country. ”

"Well, I'm quite dedicated, isn't it just a little more in the middle of the pitch, and then I didn't go into it much." Griffin himself said this and seemed a little weak-hearted, what netizens said was true, Griffin really felt that such a game was boring, and his tactical position was almost none, so he blocked a few, deducted a few, shot a few, occasionally played a fast attack, and the basketball was not very grabbed.

First of all, the sense of belonging is poor, and the tactical division makes Griffin feel like he is a blue-collar worker, and the right to shoot and the offensive arrangement are almost initiated and completed by the outside, and he is really sleepy, plus Griffin does not have the sense of honor to fight for the country, so it looks a bit of a grinder.

In the knockout round that ended on the 4th, Croatia narrowly defeated Serbia 73:72 by one point and advanced to the top 8; Immediately after the No. 5 Spain defeated Greece, Slovenia bloodied Australia; In the No. 6 game, the United States defeated Angola 121-66 to easily advance, and Turkey on the other side also defeated France by a big score; On the 7th, Russia defeated New Zealand, and China also lost to Lithuania as expected, losing by 9 points and unfortunately stopping in the round of 16; The final day of the tournament saw Brazil, which had once cornered the United States, lose to Argentina by three points.

So far, the top 8 of the World Championships have been produced, and the Brazilian team, which is rumored to be a huge threat to the United States, has not made it to the top 8, and so far Blake Griffin has averaged 8.2 points per game, shooting 46 percent from the field and 5 rebounds per game during the World Championships. The percentage of inside scoring has dropped significantly, and the feeling on the court is that he has been shooting, but fortunately, Griffin does have excellent shooting training as reported by the media, and now there are some clues on the court.

Ahead of the Final Four, Griffin has made the final touches on his first generation of signature sneakers, which are expected to be unveiled at the start of the new season, and are currently in the final stages of design and promotion.

After Griffin's opinion, the name of the sneaker will revolve around "Fliying", Griffin originally meant to include his favorite animal, the tiger, but considering that the name may be a bit cheesy and incomprehensible, it was eliminated.

Even when the new sneakers were about to come out, Griffin did not show much enthusiasm on the court, Griffin only scored 4 points on 1-of-7 shooting against Russia, and only grabbed 3 basketball balls.

The next day, in the distant United States, the matter was added to the fermentation, and authoritative sports weekly magazines such as "San Francisco Daily" and "New York Sports" immediately expressed their dissatisfaction with Griffin.

Most of the dissatisfaction is in these aspects, the first is that Griffin shows indifference, disregard for national honor, and his usual performance in the NBA, and secondly, Griffin's style of play is out of the box, which is simply fantastic and hurts the team.

But Griffin at least now doesn't know about these negative news about himself, in addition to playing games, Griffin also likes the city of Turkey, gentle, cozy, beautiful, like a girl charming, I have to bring my mother and father to see it when I have time in the future.

After talking to Sam, Griffin also understood that his performance had made some domestic industry insiders and fans a little dissatisfied, but now that the U.S. team has reached the quarterfinals, it is time to get serious.

In fact, Griffin's disbelief of Allah is reflected in the style of play, for example, he used to be just inside, and these international games Griffin is outside, more like training shooting, well, is practicing shooting, and then there is Griffin's magic weapon rebounding, there is no intention to grab at all. But there is still an attitude, and it is still necessary to fight for it, and every star in the American team is very serious, not saying that it is a big-name grinder.

The next opponent of the United States is the Russian team, and the Russian team with enough height does not pose a threat to the United States, the lack of outside firepower and the shortcomings of not keeping up with the rotation of the United States have made Russia have been pressed and beaten in the game, there is nothing to say, 89:79, the United States advanced to the semifinals.

The semi-final opponent is the Lithuanian team that defeated the Argentine men's basketball team, basketball is Lithuania's traditional strength, the five positions on the court are very balanced, offensive and defensive, 3 points are excellent, etc., these are Lithuania's magic weapons.

The semi-finals were preceded by a 5-8 qualifying tournament, with Spain beating Slovenia and losing to Argentina and Russia beating Slovenia after losing to Argentina, so Argentina finished fifth at the World Championships in Turkey, followed by Spain and Russia.

On the 12th, the United States team ushered in the semi-finals, before which Turkey had defeated Serbia to reach the final, and the United States knew its final opponent in advance, and it was not surprising that the host team would achieve good results, even if your opponents were Spain and Argentina.

Lithuania played a good half, and at halftime they were three points ahead of the United States, but in the second half, the United States strengthened their defensive intensity and repeatedly played defensive counterattacks, and Griffin also benefited from scoring 12 points in a single quarter, and six points were deducted from dunks alone.

In the end, the United States defeated Lithuania 89-76, so Lithuania will also compete with Serbia for third and fourth place, and the final result is that Lithuania won the third place in this World Championships, and Serbia missed out on the medal.

The news of the U.S. team's entry into the finals didn't even cause much stir in the U.S., with most U.S. fans saying, "Is there anything to say about this?" It's basketball! And on the other hand, in addition to the World Cup this summer, the super-large earthquake caused by several transfer news in the NBA has attracted more attention.

Teammates talk about these trades during the game, as if they were chatting and joking, but Griffin thinks that athletes are really competitive, and the first thought is how to beat you rather than praise how strong your opponent is.

Especially Kevin Durant, his temperament is too unique, with the cold energy that he usually doesn't talk much, he really has the feeling of a chivalrous man in a martial arts movie, Durant played very seriously in this World Championships, he is the best performer in the American team and the World Championships, and he took on the outside firepower of the American team.

Soon the day of the finals came to the Turkish team, with three NBA stars on the team, Ilyasova of the Bucks, Asik of the Bulls, and Turk Turkeglu, who only moved to the Suns in July.

The starting lineups of both teams did not change, and the doubts about Odom before the game slowly disappeared as the World Championships gradually came to an end, Odom proved that he was versatile, proficient from the outside to the inside, not only using his own attack to expand the defensive line, but also holding the ball to promote the organization of the attack, which is a perfect fit on the international stage.

However, even so, Odom's playing time was controlled in the early 20s, because Coach K always left about 15 minutes of playing time for Griffin, although there was not much communication, but Old K's attention to Griffin was still obvious to all.

Griffin is still ready to play normally in the last game, after all, it is about the gold medal, and it is also the first World Championship gold medal in the history of the American men's basketball team.

So after the opening, the U.S. team quickly entered the state, Durant alone swept 8 of the first 12 points of the U.S. team, and the hand was extremely hot, but Turkey was not panicked, focusing on the interior, Asik and Iliazor attacked and defended, and the U.S. team's 2 rebounds were faintly controlled, which was the first time in the game.

Especially the big tall man Asik in the Turkish team, the center who entered the NBA after a delay of two years showed excellent rebounding skills, Tyson Chandler was a little unbearable, after all, he still had to look at Ilyasova on the side, Odom's interior defense was a little weak.

Soon entered the rotation stage, and the old K coach put the inside combination of Griffin and Lefu on the field, which made the commentators a little surprised.

"We saw the U.S. team bring on Griffin and Love, the two rising stars are very talented and capable individually, but they are tall... Slightly weaker. ”

However, this is not the case, Griffin finally let the audience see how he played in the NBA, as long as it is a second rebound, there is no Griffin and Lefu can not pick up, Lefu card ability is extremely good, Griffin used his own prediction can be said to be Turkey's interior to cry.

The consequence of this is that the outside group of the United States is happy, and the people who are already prodigal are even more prodigal, and if one of them breaks out, it will be terrible, and unfortunately, there is more than one outbreak in the United States.

Therefore, in the third quarter, the United States played a wave of 28:10 super shockwave that directly beat Turkey to tears, Griffin and Lefou's interior combination shined, although the defense was slightly poor, but Turkey's interior line did not have a strong point, Griffin and Lefou's interior offense and secondary rebounds made Turkey collapse.

Finally survived to the end, Tekoglu and others came up and reluctantly hugged and quickly exited, the host was won by almost 40 points, which is indeed not a glorious thing, and the United States team finally lifted the championship trophy of the World Basketball Championship for the first time! Kevin Durant won the MVP of the World Championships!