Chapter 427: Prepare for the 1/8 finals

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When Zhang Kong scored the 34th point of the game and set his own world championship record, the lineup on the Turkish side had given up resistance, and the Chinese team took advantage of the moment when the opponent was lax and played a wave of 14-3 attack**, turning the lead of four points into 15 points in one fell swoop...... Although in the end, the Chinese team collapsed as Zhang Kong thought, but such a big hole is no longer something that Turkey can fill, and finally Guo Allen, who substituted Zhang Kong, threw the basketball high into the air, and the game officially ended. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the game ended, the original noisy boos also quieted down instantly, although the Chinese team won the game more ugly, but winning is winning, the Turkish fans in the audience looked at the Chinese team players who were celebrating the victory below, they could only sigh helplessly, the folk customs on the Turkish side are more strong, leaving people with the impression that they can't afford to lose.

If you dare to beat us on our home turf, you don't want to leave the stadium, which is one of the reasons why the big stars are reluctant to come to Turkey for the World Championships, and of course this reason is just privately reported.

Now that the Chinese team has won Turkey, Turkish fans have no radical actions except for the action of wiping their necks in the stands, and I have to say that Turkey is really a ...... Interesting, I can't afford to lose!

The Chinese team won their last opponent in the group stage 100-92, Zhang Kong scored a game-high 34 points, plus 13 assists, 8 blocks, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, Yao Ming won the first 20+10 after participating in the World Championships, got 25 points and 11 rebounds, Yi Jianlian also got 15 points and 6 rebounds today, Sun Yue 14 points became another main attack point of the Chinese team, the Chinese team only scored double-doubles, However, it still officially entered the knockout stage as the first in Group C, and when the match between the Chinese team and Turkey ended, the rankings of the other three groups had already ended, and the opponents of the Chinese team in the knockout round officially appeared! The next games will be even more troublesome than in the group stage.

The 16 teams currently in the knockout stage are ranked first in Group A: Serbia, Argentina second, Australia third, and Angola fourth. Group B 1st USA, 2nd Slovenia, 3rd Brazil, 4th Croatia.

In Group C, China is the first, Turkey is second, Russia is third, and Greece is fourth. The first place in Group D is Wantao, the second is Spain, the third is New Zealand, and the fourth is France, so the first round of the matchup table appeared.

Serbia, Croatia, Spain and Russia are divided into Zone 1, China, France, Slovenia and Australia are in Zone 2, the United States, Angola, Turkey and New Zealand are in Zone 3, Lithuania, Greece, Argentina and Brazil are in Group 4, with Zones 1 and 2 determining the places in the finals and zones 3 and 4 determining the places in the finals.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the first round is the French team without a leader, and the French team actually has many familiar NBA stars.

For example, rookie Batum, as well as the all-round power forward Dio who played the fourth position in the Bobcats, of course, their leader was Tony Parker before, but Parker did not participate in the World Championships this year, which also made France a little helpless, although it reached the knockout round, but the players on the French side were not happy, and everyone was generally optimistic about the Chinese team in the Sino-French war in the outside world.

This time, the tournament was not held in Kaorla, but was moved from the capital of Turkey to the largest city in their country.

Istanbul came to be held, and the Chinese team was one of the final teams, so they were officially arranged to play on the third day.

In other words, the Chinese team has two days off, which is a very good thing for the Chinese team, at least they can relieve the pressure in the group stage, and Deng Huade also gave the Chinese team a half-day holiday.

Let them have a good look at the legendary city of Istanbul, as for the football star village, Zhang Kong still did not stay.

Because moving in proves that he is going to say goodbye to his girlfriends, to be honest, he is really a little reluctant now.

Istanbul is familiar with him, probably because of the European Cup, once here, the Reds Liverpool fell behind by two goals at home, scored three goals in the second half, swept AC Milan away, and since then Istanbul has become a nightmare for the Rossoneri, but now that the Chinese team is here, it feels like one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe is a very good city.

Except for the climate, the rest of the place is very much in line with Zhang Kong's standards, and the coastal areas of the north, west and south of Turkey all have a typical Mediterranean climate, which is hot in summer and cold in winter.

However, Zhang Kong, who came from Harbin, was naturally not afraid of such weather conditions, and he survived more than 30 degrees below zero, not to mention now, and there are more famous attractions here in Istanbul than in their capital Ankara.

Topkapi Palace, Sulemaniyah Mosque, Hagia Sophia Grand Coach, etc., there are many attractions, and it is precisely because of this that many foreign tourists come here to play, and now the knockout round of the World Championships is also held here, which has attracted many fans from other countries to cheer for their national teams, and the whole Istanbul is thriving.

However, the most unacceptable thing for Zhang Kong is the food here, because 98% of the people in Istanbul are Muslims, so Zhang Kong can only eat mutton here, let alone pork, even beef is rare.

If you want to eat pork, you have to go to the national team's cafeteria, because there are nutritious meals made by chefs brought by the national team.

There is pork there, but pork for a nutritious meal...... Zhang Kong is not interested at all, so it is better to eat mutton.

Zhang Kong here is wandering around Istanbul, plus tasting the delicious snacks here, while on the other side of the United States, there is one person who is more annoying...... This guy is also an NBA star, but now he needs to choose.

Choose a contract that you need, and then play for the team next season and try to do well.

Now there were three contracts in front of this man, and these three were all about the same amount, so he hesitated.

"Actually, you don't need to hesitate at all......" A staff member in the Knights' overalls looked at the big white man in front of him and smiled, hearing the words of this Cavaliers staff, the big man opposite raised his head curiously.

Looking at this short hair, handsome face, and earrings on his ears, this man Zhang Kong also knew that he was his teammate at the beginning of the Pacers, but now he has been cut by the Pacers, known as the big bug Darko Milicic.

"What do you mean by that?" After the end of last season, Milicic, who performed quite well on the defensive end of the Pacers, has attracted everyone's attention, of course, this attention is still much worse than Zhang Kong.

But it's also enough to attract the favor of some teams who want to strengthen their interior line, like the Heat who have just restructured, and the Timberwolves who are building a new roster in Lefu and the core, and finally the representative who is sitting in front of the big man now, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

All three are interested in the big bugs, and the offers are similar, $21 million for four years, $15 million for three years, and $20 million for four years with the Cavaliers, it seems that these contracts are about the same, so Milicic will hesitate.

But what the staff of the Cavaliers said now still made the big worm feel a little surprised, what does it mean that he doesn't have to choose?

"Look at this!" The staff looked around left and right, and the place where the two were currently negotiating the contract was in the private room of a café near Milicic's house, so the staff still needed to see if anyone was eavesdropping nearby.

Seeing that there was no one nearby, the staff member took out a copy of the contract paper from his briefcase.

There was only one page with nothing else on it, just two signatures and a string of data, and the rest were text terms.

"This is ......" Milicic curiously took the contract paper in front of him, and then looked at it carefully, and when he saw the signature of the person at the bottom, his eyelids couldn't help jumping, and then he slapped the contract paper on the table.

"Are you sure?" Milicic looked at the Cleveland staff in front of him, his eyes glowing with excitement.

"Of course!" The staff smiled, he now somewhat believed Huang Jianhua's words, and Milicic, who had been hesitating, really had such a big reaction after seeing this piece of paper, which was still unexpected by this staff member.

"I'm coming in, but I need to change my contract, and in the last year I asked for a player option!" Looking at the staff, Milicic said lightly, hearing Milicic's words, the staff next to him smiled, put away the contract on the table, and then took out another contract from his briefcase, which was exactly the contract that Milicic requested.

"Looks like you're prepared! All right! Milicic glanced at the content of the contract, it was still the same, a four-year contract, worth $20 million, except for these, only one thing was changed, the last year was a player option, only this one.

Seeing that there was no problem with this, Milicic signed his name directly at the autograph, almost without the intention of asking himself for the opinion of his agent, for him, he could join the knights for one reason entirely.

If Zhang Kong saw his contract, he would definitely be surprised, because this contract is the contract that Zhang Kong signed at the beginning, the 3-year $120 million sky-high contract, Milicic joined the Cavaliers, it can be said that it is completely because of Zhang Kong.

(To be continued)