Chapter 146: Quarterfinals
Gao Dazhuang played the "god-level" data on the sixth day of the World Youth Championships, and the domestic and international media also frantically reported on this rising "supernova".
Many domestic media not only visited the Shanghai Shark Basketball Club, but also rushed to Hunan University to visit Gao Dazhuang's former life.
However, the tall man in Latvia did not feel these distractions, and at the moment he was quietly playing with his magical second-hand mobile phone in the room.
I don't know since when, Gao Dazhuang no longer can't wait to check the data and scores in his mobile phone after every game, Gao Dazhuang has fully adapted to this high-paced life and competition, and now Gao Dazhuang pays more attention to the game process, rather than data.
At this point, the "Basketball Miracle" game shows:
Character "Amazing" level 4
47 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers
Result: Victory
The event level coefficient is 3
Triple Double Bonus: +20%
Score over 40: +15%
The overall score is 251 points
The total number of points reached 1068
With the increase in the difficulty coefficient of the event, the ability of tall and strong to obtain points is getting stronger and stronger, and unconsciously the points of tall and strong in the "basketball miracle" have returned to 1000 points again.
In a relaxed and peaceful environment, the Chinese national youth team ushered in the last opponent of the quarterfinals - the Croatian youth team.
Between this game, the Chinese national youth team has locked the quarterfinals in advance, but it still has to fight for its own qualification, while the Croatian youth team was defeated by the United States youth team and Serbian youth team in the first two games, and has completely lost the hope of qualifying.
In this game, Wang Huaiyu, the head coach of the Chinese national youth team, boldly used the rotation lineup at the beginning, and many players who played less time got good playing time.
Unexpectedly, the rotation lineup of the national youth team also played a good level of competition, full of momentum, especially Li Muhao on the inside and Wang Zirui on the outside, the two teamed up to score 30 points.
At the end of the first half, the Chinese national youth team maintained a narrow lead.
In the second half, the Croatian youth team fighting for honor launched a counterattack, but the Chinese national youth team had no reason to lose, and Coach Wang Huaiyu successively sent Guo Allen, Zhai Xiaochuan, and Wang Zhelin three starters.
62:67
In this game, the core players of the Chinese national youth team are tall and strong, and the whole field is watching from the wall, even so, with the concerted efforts of the whole team, the Chinese national youth team still defeated the Croatian youth team by 5 points, and won five consecutive victories in the World Youth Championship.
This is the end of the quarterfinals.
Combined with the group results, the U.S. youth team is ranked first in Group F with six wins, the Chinese youth team is second with an unexpected five wins and one loss, the Lithuanian youth team is third with four wins and two losses, and Serbia is fourth.
Brazil, Russia, Latvia and Argentina qualified for the other group.
The Chinese youth team not only defended the glory of Asia, but also was the biggest dark horse in this World Youth Championship, and its core player Gao Dazhuang also temporarily ranked first in the MVP list.
According to the arrangement of the organizing committee, the first match of the quarterfinals: the Latvian youth team that won the second place in Group F and the third place in the VSE group.
On the day of the game, not only tens of thousands of Latvians on the pitch, but also the majority of national youth team fans in China were also following the game through various channels.
The Chinese national youth team has made people more optimistic about this team with their excellent performances in the previous games, especially when its core players are tall and strong, and they have also won the support of many enthusiastic Latvian fans.
"Even at home, you can't stop us," said the tall and strong Latvian youth team players who were warming up on the field.
The Latvian youth team is also a dark horse, and last year few expected Latvia to win a bronze medal at the Under-18 European Youth Championships.
But the success of the Latvian youth team last year has led to a belief that this team can succeed if passion, teamwork and a good mix of players are good.
Their key player is 18-year-old Davis Bertans, who plays for Slovenian United Olympia FC.
Davis Bertans has also been featured in the NBA draft with his NBA templates: Austin Daye and Kyle Korver, though he is clearly ready to play in Europe for a few more years.
Davis Bertans has many advantages: he is 2.10 meters tall, has a sharp shot, has the potential to play multiple positions, and has excellent shooting skills, especially known for his high shooting point and fast shooting speed.
In addition, he has a wide field of vision and impressive passing ability, plays quite aggressively, and plays tough at both ends of the court.
In addition, the Latvian youth team has a trident of two other strong players.
Edmonds-Duculis and Yannis-Tima.
Duculis plays for Boyce State University in the NCAA Division I and is the team's main center.
Shooting guard Yannis Tima plays for Latvian side BKVentspils.
Tima averaged 13.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in the Latvian league this season to help BKVentspils win the championship, and Tima herself was voted the MVP of the finals.
"Come on, come on, make history," the players of the Chinese national youth team roared in a circle.
With the referee's whistle, the quarterfinals of the World Youth Championships officially began.
Wang Zhelin, the center of the Chinese national youth team, jumped the ball successfully, and the Chinese national youth team took the lead in attacking.
"Hey" Gao Dazhuang used his ass to resist the opponent's quarterback Yannis Tima to ask for the ball on the baseline, and Guo Allen immediately threw the ball high to the tall and strong inside after hearing the sound.
Seeing the incoming ball, Timma, who was standing behind Tall Zhuang, turned sideways and wanted to go around to Tall and Strong in front of him to steal.
Tall and strong accurately predicted Tima's movements behind him through body contact, and with a bow of his body, two strong arms tightly stuck Tima behind him.
"Bang", as soon as the tall and strong received the ball, his head looked back, a slightly deceptive feint, the whole person turned in the opposite direction, and stepped under the basket with an arrow step.
Gao Dazhuang opened the scoring for the Chinese national youth team and scored first.
The two sides exchanged offense and defense, and Tima of the Latvian youth team also took the initiative to ask for the ball, after all, no one wanted to lose face in front of the audience.
Tima is tall and strong with the ball in singles, and pushes the inside line just as strongly.
What can embarrass Tima is that although Tima is a little stronger than Tall Strong, Tall and Strong is a cut above Tima in terms of physical fitness and consciousness.
Under the strict defense of the tall and strong, Tima could not take a step forward at all.
At this time, Tima suddenly turned around and sank his shoulders, and just when everyone else mistakenly thought that he was going to force a breakthrough, Tima suddenly stopped his forward body and jumped and shot directly.
Step-back shot, Tima opted for a step-back jumper when the frontal attack failed.
There was a loud "pop", and a tall figure rose into the air, and when the basketball had not yet reached the highest point, it flew the ball out fiercely.
It was tall and strong, and the terrifying bounce of the tall and strong allowed him to shoot Yannis Tima straight back to the seal.
After the "fast break" fanned off Timma's shot, the tall man ran forward with a shout, and Tima came back to her senses and chased after her.
"Drink" Guo Allen grabbed the covered basketball, yelled and threw the ball to the front court.
At this time, the tall and strong excellent physical fitness was undoubtedly revealed, and he surpassed Tima and others who returned to the defense in a few steps, and there was only one Latvian point guard in the entire frontcourt in front of the tall and strong.
But the guard was short, tall and strong, ignoring his existence, and after receiving the ball, he forcibly rushed directly to the basket and made an easy layup.
Although Latvia's point guard tried his best to defend, the difference in height and bounce made it impossible for him to prevent the tall and strong from scoring.
Fortunately, it stopped in time and did not accompany a foul.
Tall and strong in the opening state of the fiery state.