Chapter 917: We, the Strongest

All doubts and criticisms disappeared the moment the Chinese men's basketball team finally stepped on the podium.

The so-called team from the third basketball world country has proved with their own efforts that they also have the strength to tactically top the podium.

This is also the first time in history that an Asian team has won the men's World Basketball Championship.

Chamberlain won the first World Championship MVP of an Asian player, and his toughness eclipsed all the stars, even in the history of the World Championships, he was one of the best.

"Even if Jordan, Bird, Sabonis all run, then the best player in the World Championships is Chamberlain, in the World Championships, Chamberlain is a player at the top of the pyramid, and the others are players below." - USA-TODAY "Now we can say that there are two kinds of players at the World Championships, one is called Chamberlain and the other is called other players. -- "People's Daily" "If a person defeats a team and defeats the world's top ace division, then Chamberlain can obviously be said to be the king of aces!" -- BBC Sport reported that Chamberlain scored 68 points and 25 rebounds, saying that he beat the Dream Team alone, which is not excessive, and his two numbers are unprecedented in the World Championships, and even, if he did not break this record himself, probably no one in the next 50 years will be able to do it.

Considering that from the next Olympic Games, the FIBA field will expand the penalty area and the three-point line, it will be difficult for Chamberlain to break his own record again, and this scoring record may become the record of the century like Willt Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game.

Standing on the podium, the moment Chamberlain received the MVP trophy, the Dream Team players with the silver medal had a complicated face, and Durant's eyes were even more wandering......

Originally, Durant's table at this World Championship was perfect, he was the first core of the dream team in the true sense, whether it was the invincible Dream One or the successful Dream Eight of revenge, whether Jordan, Bird, Johnson or Iverson, Kobe, James, they have never been the only core of the Dream Team.

Durant accomplished this feat, and he lived up to the expectations of his teammates and fans, averaging 22 games per game in nine games. 7 points, ranking third among all players, in addition to 6. 11 rebounds and 1. 44 steals.

After Chamberlain broke the previous FIBA player scoring record, Durant also broke that record, scoring a total of 205 points in nine games, which is quite remarkable.

You must know that from Dream One to Dream Eight, no player can achieve an average of 20+ per game in a World Championship, but Durant did it this time, contributing an average of 22 per game. Durant, who scored 7 points, played a magical number in this World Championship.

Durant's unique skill is to diversify his offensive methods, whether it is 3-pointers, mid-range shots or breakaways, he is proficient in everything.

What's more valuable is that the 22-year-old Durant has a maturity that does not match his age, and once he encounters difficulties, he will adjust his attack in time, and it is rare for him to be obsessed or reluctant to make a move.

Compared with his super scoring ability, Durant's insistence on the principle of putting the interests of the team first makes opponents feel more terrifying, and whenever his teammates appear in a better position, he will always pass the ball out as soon as possible, which makes this Dream Nine a team with strong team fighting.

But everything was ruined by Chamberlain, and Durant had the hope of recovering the MVP that the Dream Team had not touched for sixteen years, but as a result, this honor was still snatched away by Chamberlain.

The scene of Chamberlain lifting the MVP trophy embarrassed the American players, their last FIBA MVP was won by the big shark O'Neal in 1994, that year Durant was still an ignorant child, Curry, Westbrook and other rookies still don't know the fun of basketball!

However, Durant is not without success, he is the best scoring guard in the World Championship team, and the other four are Chamberlain and Luis Scola, Teodosic, and Turkglou.

There's no doubt that Oxlade-Chamberlain is the best player in the centre-forward position, while Scola is the No. 2 leading scorer at the World Championships, averaging 27 per game. 1 point, he has 7 per game. With 88 rebounds, he finished fourth on the rebounding charts.

Turkglou helped hosts Turkey to a big win at the tournament, scoring 12 per game. 3 points, 3. 44 assists, 4. 22 rebounds, 1 steal. Serbia's Teodosic is the only all-defender in the All-Star team, averaging 10 per game. 7 points, 4. 8 assists.

In the end, it was Oxlade-Chamberlain who lifted the World Championship trophy on behalf of the team.

This year's championship trophy is very different from the past, there are four traditional Chinese characters on the championship trophy, these four Chinese characters made Chamberlain stunned, he didn't even know what was written on it.

Chamberlain looked at it after lifting the trophy, and recognized it, although it was a traditional character, but because his grandfather and maternal grandfather both came to the United States during the Anti-Japanese War, he did not learn simplified characters, and he was taught to use traditional characters since he was a child.

However, Chamberlain didn't know what these four traditional Chinese characters meantβ€”"Xu Meisi-Ning".

"What do you mean?" Chamberlain hurriedly asked Yao Ming, the media will definitely ask questions about the Chinese characters on it later, if he doesn't understand, then the fun will be great.

Yao Ming looked at it stupidly, and was a little dumbfounded for a while, and said uncertainly: "Is it the carver, made a mistake?" ”

Zhu Fangyu, who was on Chamberlain's right, turned his head to look at it, and said with a smile: "You don't know this?" Ning-Simei Xu, this is a person's name. ”

Chamberlain and Yao Ming were a little dazed, Zhu Fangyu suddenly realized, and hurriedly explained: "Oh, this is the name of Cantonese, according to Mandarin, it is Nai Smith!" ”

Nai Smith, the father of basketball.

In 1891, when Nai-Smith was teaching at the YMCA's International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, he invented basketball, a sport that would become popular all over the world, in order to implement the syllabus of winter physical education.

Therefore, for the sport of basketball, Nai-Smith is like the father who gave birth to him and raised him. For this reason, a lot of basketball memorials about Nai Smith are understandable.

Chamberlain frowned and said, "Isn't it Xu Meisi-Ning?" ”

Zhu Fangyu scratched his head and said, "From my direction, it's Nai Smith." ”

Yao Ming was depressed and said, "Grandma, this is according to the way of writing in ancient Chinese, that is, you have to read it from the right side to the left side." ”

Chamberlain scolded in his heart and greeted the person who wrote these four words fiercely, isn't this a trick?

Sure enough, he turned the trophy, surrounded by other fonts, which translated, Nai-Smith's name was engraved on all sides of the trophy in Latin, Arabic, and Egyptian scripts.

In fact, this year's World Championships championship trophy is still a special idea made by the organizing committee, and the four languages are written by authoritative experts in four fields, among which Chinese is inscribed by Cheng Wanqi.

Born in 1940, he has been the President of the Hong Kong Basketball Association since 1969, the Honorary Life President in 1989, and the President and President of the Asian Basketball Association (ABC) since 1972, a term that expired in 2002.

On 26 August 2002, the 17th International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was held in Indianapolis, USA. I。 B。 A。 At the fandom conference, he was successfully elected as the chairman of the board of directors from 2002 to 2006, becoming the only Chinese leader in the world basketball to hold the highest position.

Today, Mr. Cheng is an honorary citizen of Atlanta, New York, Seoul, Manila, Paris, Johannesburg, SΓ£o Paulo and many other cities around the world.

Cheng Wanqi was born in Vietnam and his ancestral home is Guangxi, but he has lived in Hong Kong for the longest time, so the inscription in Cantonese and traditional Chinese characters is also in line with his status as a Hong Kong citizen.

At the same time, the "Ning-Simei Xu" is written from right to left as "Xu Meisi-Ning", which is the traditional Chinese grammar, although now we are used to writing from left to right in typesetting, but the grammar from right to left is not extinct, and it mostly appears in the occasion of couplets and inscriptions.

These are still told by reporters to Chamberlain and others, and there are still experts who know the goods on the spot.

After the award ceremony, the players left the stadium one after another to prepare for the press conference for the final leg of the World Championships, the champions and runners-up.

The reporters obviously couldn't wait, they waited on both sides of the tunnel and stretched out their arms desperately to get the talk as soon as the players approached.

Chamberlain was the top priority of the reporters' interviews, and the excited reporters even broke through the security guards and directly surrounded Chamberlain.

If it were other big-name stars in the NBA, he would have been annoyed by these messy crowds, but Chamberlain just slowed down his pace and leaned down to meet their group photo request, with a faint smile on his face.

Yao Ming now has a purely American mindset when facing reporters, and if it was a press conference or an exclusive interview, then I would have responded to my request, but now they have no obligation to be interviewed, because it is their personal time.

Therefore, when Chamberlain was surrounded, Yao Ming, who was playing with the gold medal in his hand, said loudly: "Old Zhang, hurry up, there is champagne in the dressing room!" ”

Chamberlain has always been more cooperative with reporters, especially now that Li Qun and her colleagues are also in the reporter group, Chamberlain answered a few questions, and then took off the gold medal hanging around his neck and handed it to Li Qun, kissed it affectionately, and then ran into the players' tunnel.

Li Qunqiao's face was flushed, not shy, but anxious, Chamberlain's move can be said to be a source of trouble, and there is no doubt that now she has become a topic of conversation among her peers.

Sure enough, questions quickly surged up from all directions: "Li Qun, what do you think about Chamberlain's victory in the World Series this time?" ”

"Behind every great man stands a great woman, Li Qun, what have you done for Chamberlain?"

"When are you going to get married? When are you going to have a baby? ”

Li Qun shrugged helplessly and said, "I think, the most important thing now is to go to the press conference to occupy a good position, right?" You all have my phone number, and if you are interested in my experience, we are always available to communicate. ”

After celebrating in the dressing room, the players entered the press conference.

Old K was stunned to find that Nelson Jr. brought twelve people to the press conference this time, just like the press conference after the Beijing Olympics final, when he led all the players of the Dream Team to attend the press conference.

Nelson Jr. explained with a smile: "I know that it is an honor for the team to participate in the press conference, but I think we can win the championship, everyone in the team is a great contributor, we not only have Chamberlain, Yao, Yi, but also Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Wang Zhizhi, Guo Allen, etc., so if only one person is allowed to attend the press conference, I can't think of who this person is." ”

Old K smiled bitterly, he knew that this was Nelson Jr.'s revenge for his high-profile performance at the press conference of the Beijing Olympics final.

Basketball is supposed to be a sport that is so arrogant that it is arrogant, and on the court, even in a warm and watery heart, it will be eager to vent, and off the court, the same!

The players were interviewed one by one, and the reporters were happy because they had less competitive pressure and someone to answer their questions.

Chamberlain opened the remarks as a leader, saying: "We know how hard we've worked to get to this point, and now we've finally done it, it's a huge honour for us, not only did we prove two years ago that we could win the Olympic Games, but now we proved that we can win the World Championships, and I'm very happy that I'm part of the team." ”

A reporter asked: "After beating all the teams in the world to win the championship, do you think your team is now the top in the world?" The Chinese team, the world's top? ”

Yao Ming is no longer so low-key at this moment, he said heroically: "There is no doubt that China is a great country, and our team has always been a top team, and this championship proves this." We went into the arena and showed what we had and I can't describe how I felt right now, I'm really happy. ”

Liu Wei added: "I'm really happy now, we put in a lot of hard work to finally win the race, it's a really good feeling! ”

"You're a perfect team, but what do you think was the reason for your victory? Unite? Unity is strength? Twisted into a strand? A reporter asked.

The players looked at each other, and Wang Zhizhi, the most senior member of the team, answered the question, saying: "If we say that we won the championship because of unity, then this must be just a slogan, in fact, we can win the championship because we have the super big guy Chamberlain!" I've been playing for 30 years, but it's the first time I've seen such a great player as Chamberlain, and playing with him, every game is a new shock! ”

Although the previous two consecutive championships in the NBA have pushed Chamberlain to the top of the basketball world, because in the Warriors, he has teammates such as Billups, Iverson, West, and Curry, so the aura will inevitably be weakened in a certain way.

This time in the World Championships, Chamberlain has completely made a reputation, he is the strongest player in the world!

No matter how low-key Oxlade-Chamberlain was after the game, the World Championship final had sent the message that he was the best player and that he could have so much more.

He can have bigger scenes, bigger stakes, bigger accolades.

Now, the World Championship is his biggest stage, and he put on a flawless performance.