Chapter 243: Final Rehearsal

After passing the Chinese taibei team, the whole Chinese team was in a good mood. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I am happy not because I have reached the semi-finals to retain the possibility of competing for the championship, but because I am facing the Iranian team again, and the whole Chinese team is very excited, because there is no such perfect championship script, revenge on the Iranian team, reach the finals, and win the championship again.

The Iranian team is known as the biggest favorite to win the Asian Championship, and all markets are also optimistic about the Iranian team. In the group stage of this Asian Championship, the Iranian team had a rare opponent and defeated Malaysia, South Korea and China one after another. The group stage was a tough opponent, giving the Iranians immense confidence. In the second stage of the game, there were bloodless victories against India, Bahrain and Kazakhstan, and no one could stop them. Successfully reached the top 8, thinking that the Jordanian team could create some difficulties for the Iranian team, who knew that Iran bloodied the opponent with 44 points.

The brutal performance of the Iranian team has frightened the teams, and many media and experts have regarded the Iranian team as the strongest in Asia, claiming that the Iranian team has truly replaced the Chinese team and entered the "Iranian era" in Asia.

Many people think that the Iranian team's strength improvement in recent years can be called rocket speed, and it has been the belly of Asia for a long time, and now it is still the hegemon of Asia, which has to be embarrassing.

The real rise of the Iranian team began in 2002, which was the year of Iranian basketball and the first year of modern Iranian basketball. Iran hired a number of basketball technical experts and consultants, and after discussion, they came up with a detailed plan, a plan called "Iran Rise". Over the past decade, Iran has built a complete three-tier league system. In Iran, the professional basketball league is divided into three levels, with 16 teams in Division A, 20 teams in Division B, and 20 teams in Division C, with 20 registered players per team. Because of the government's "paying" and the support of some big conglomerates, the Iranian league is becoming more and more popular, and the income of players is getting higher and higher, and players with good standards can earn $600,000 a year.

The echelon of Iranian clubs is very well-established, there are three levels of U14, U16 and U18, each level will have a regular league, plus inter-school competitions, a child will play at least 100 games a year.

While continuing to increase the development of the domestic league, the Iranian Basketball Association is also using the strategy of "going out", which requires a lot of courage and boldness. Iran is a relatively closed country for political reasons, but when it comes to basketball, they are wide open. According to statistics on the official website of the Asian Basketball Federation, a total of 6 Iranians play in the United States. Although Haddadi has not played in the NBA, his progress is obvious to all. In 2009-12, future star Kazmi played for NCAA Rice University, and in 12-13 he moved to the University of Oregon to help the team reach the Sweet 16.

In addition, there are players who play in leagues in countries such as Germany, Puerto Rico, Portugal, etc. In fact, this is only the data of the national team players, and outside of the national team, many young players also play in foreign leagues.

In the space of ten years, Iranian basketball has gone from obscurity to becoming the hegemon of Asia in 2007 and 2009, and this progress has gone far beyond the concept of talented players and the basketball system.

From the development of players, to the construction of the league, and the preparation of the national team, Iranian basketball has only one purpose, and that is to keep improving and get more wins. Compared to other professional basketballs, Iranian basketball is more pure. Perhaps this is the real reason why Iranian basketball has disrupted Asia in the past decade.

In terms of the team's playing style, the Iranian team has completely stepped out of a style that is different from that of other Asian countries. They are completely biased towards European style. On the one hand, Iranian players are more physically similar to European players, but more importantly, they believe that American basketball can make individual players strong, while European basketball can improve the basketball level of the entire country. For ten years, the league system of Iranian basketball was exactly the same as that of European basketball. The current Iranian team is like the European team in Asia, emphasizing defense and wholeness, as head coach Besirovic said, "Asian basketball used to be more offensive, but now we prefer defense, and this is the key to our success." ”

Despite the emphasis on teamwork, the Iranian team is very capable of individual combat. In the starting lineup, center Haddadi, small forward Bahrami, and guard Kamni are all top in Asia. In this Asian Championship, Haddadi averaged 17.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, Bahrami averaged 12.8 points, 4.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game, and Kamni averaged 10.3 points and 6.6 assists per game. All three can be among the best players in almost every position in this Asian Championship.

The strength of the Iranian team is not only manifested in these three people, these three people are just the soul and bones of the team, and other characters make up the flesh of this team.

In this Asian Championship, in addition to these three, veteran Al Fah averaged 11 points per game, forward Sahajin averaged 8 points per game, and backup center Kadost averaged 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game......

As the future hope of the national team, Kazmi was not selected for this national team, which made many people fear the dominance of the Iranian team.

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The strength of the Iranian team, for Sun Xiaotian, only stayed in the group stage. The Iranian team gives itself the impression that they like physical confrontation and have excellent blocking and pick-and-roll ability. However, to say powerful, Sun Xiaotian does not think so.

"The Chinese team doesn't lose to anyone, they are not as strong as they imagined, the group stage is for them, one of the reasons is that we are still in the run-in, as the game deepens, we have a good chemistry, we are getting stronger and stronger......" This can be regarded as Sun Xiaotian's positive response to Haddadi's remarks!

Although the Chinese team's record in recent years is not as good as that of the Iranian team, to find a team that can compete with the Iranian team that is currently at its peak, the whole of Asia is still the Chinese team.

First of all, in the big forward position, Yi Jianlian's strength is unrivaled in Asia, and Wang Zhelin, Li Xiaoxu and others in the center position are fighting against Haddadi, although they are still at a disadvantage, but this experience is a good thing for young players and can help them grow rapidly. Naturally, there is no need to mention the scoring guard, the group of players in the same position on the other side are not at the same level as Sun Xiaotian at all, like the difference between bronze and gold saint seiya. The other differences in the same location are not very large.

There is not much difference in staffing, and the key to affecting both sides is the use of tactics. After his last game against China Taibei, Giannakis will rely more on Sun Xiaotian, who he also sees as a weapon against Iran. Everyone understands that if Iran is passed, the Chinese team will almost win the championship, so the battle between China and Iran can be called a rehearsal for the final. (To be continued.) )