After all, in the absence of Yao Ming, the Celestial Empire team is equivalent to losing a piece of the backbone, and originally thought that the strong rise of Wang Cannon would lead the Celestial Empire team to go down in place of Yao Ming, but in the Si Cup, Wang Cannon's dismal performance made people feel worried.

During the draw, the Celestial Empire team was drawn in Group B, where they will play a series of matches against Spain, Australia, Russia, Brazil and the United Kingdom to finish in the top four with the best records in the group.

In terms of the team's combat effectiveness, Group B and Group A are not much different, although Group A has strong teams like the United States and Argentina, but the strength of teams such as Spain and Russia in Group B is also not weak, and the Celestial Empire team wants to qualify from the group, and it is quite difficult.

What's worse is that the opponent of the Celestial Empire team's first game, Spain, the runner-up of the last Olympics, is also the team most likely to threaten the hegemony of American basketball.

After discovering that the opponent was only Spain, Deng Huade wanted to continue to hide Wang Cannon, after all, the gap between Spain's strength and the Celestial Empire team was too big, even if there was Wang Cannon's strong attack, it would be very difficult to win the game.

The point is that if Wang Cannon is exposed and fails to win a game, and other teams find that Wang Cannon is just pretending to be in bad shape, then the best chance will be lost.

Six teams finish in the top four, and as long as they can win three or even two of their five games, the Celestial Empire team will make it to the quarterfinals.

Deng Huade and team leader Zhang Xiong's goal from the beginning was to keep the top eight and fight for four, and they were already very satisfied to be able to keep the position in the top eight, and there was no need to take this risk because of the victory or defeat of a game.

Therefore, in the opening match with Spain, Wang Cannon did not make his debut.

"Hello audience friends, welcome to watch the men's basketball group stage of the London Olympics broadcast live by Imperial Court Channel 5. In the match between the Celestial Dynasty team and Spain, I am Yu Jia. Today, we are fortunate to have former national team athlete Yao Ming to conduct a live broadcast for you, Yao Ming welcomes you. Yu Jia, as always, made an almost cookie-cutter opening statement, no matter which guest sat next to him, it was this line.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yao Ming." Yao Ming said.

"Yao Ming. In today's game, do you think the Celestial Empire team has any hope of winning? Yu Jia asked, in fact, he also knew that he was asking nonsense, but he couldn't help it if the script required it.

"If you want to win, it's possible." Yao Ming naturally knows the unspoken rules, so he bragged as much as possible about the good of the Celestial Empire team, "But Spain is a strong European team after all, in terms of overall strength and individual player ability." They are all superior to the Celestial Empire team. ”

Hearing Yao Ming's unnutritious words, the audience sitting in front of the TV was like scolding their mothers, their overall strength and personal ability were not as good as others, how could they fight with others?

"I think that in this game, Wang Cannon will be the key point, and whether Wang Cannon can find his form will be the key to whether the Celestial Empire team can take advantage in the game." Yao Ming continued: "After all, Wang Cannon is the main player in the NBA. In terms of individual ability, even the Gasol brothers of the Spanish team. Ibaka Rubio and others are far from being opponents, but his form during this time"

Although Yao Ming didn't say anything further, no one knew what Yao Ming meant.

Now that the starting lists of the two sides have come down, sure enough, Deng Huade didn't dare to let Wang Dacang start. In the opening game of the Olympic Games, Deng Huade chose a slightly more conservative lineup, Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Sun Yue. Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi. Yu Jia looked at the starting list and said: "This lineup is the starting list that Coach Deng Huade has tried and run in many times, and it is a better table in the Si Cup, warm-up matches and other games, it seems that Deng Huade is not ready to give up this game lightly, after all, it is the opening game." ”

The start of the Celestial Dynasty team surprised Spain slightly, according to the idea of the Spanish coach, Wang Cannon will definitely start, although they have also heard that Wang Cannon in the national team's performance is not satisfactory, but in the defense of Wang Cannon, a nuclear-weapon-level player, as early as before the start of the Olympic Games, Spain's head coach has formulated several special tactics to defend Wang Cannon.

It's just that he didn't expect Wang Cannon to not play.

Equally unexpected were the media from other countries, including those in the United States.

The generals of the American team, who had just finished the opening match and easily defeated their opponents, were also surprised.

"Wang Cannon, what's wrong? Is it really that you don't adapt to the style of play in the national team? That's not right! Will Wang Cannon pick the team? What he's good at, which one can't be scored alone? He needs to see the lineup? Paul looked at the lineup of the Celestial Empire team and fell into deep doubt.

"Probably impossible, right?" Griffin said with some hesitation, Wang Cannon's performance in the finals is so good, there is really no reason for him to suddenly wither in the national team!

"Is it possible that he pretended, you say?" Anthony, who was standing next to Griffin Paul, said suddenly.

"Pretended?" Hearing this, Paul and Griffin were stunned for a moment at the same time, and then hesitated and said, "Probably not, right?" What's the point of this pretending? No matter how bad he pretends to be, no one can really despise him, right? After all, he's one of the top players in the league right now. ”

The relationship between Anthony and Wang Cannon has always been very ordinary, and when he heard Griffin say that Wang Cannon is the top player in the league, he snorted with some disdain, but he still said: "Say so, if Wang Cannon develops any perverted offensive skills during this time, is it possible?" ”

Hearing Anthony say this, Paul and Griffin looked at each other and said in unison, "It's really possible!" ”

Wang Cannon is already well-known for his mystery, this guy has been many times, and suddenly he showed a stunned offensive ability, the initial three-point shot, to the later dunk, breakthrough and the like, all of which had no spearhead at the beginning, and suddenly it was shown.

Many people have always been very confused about Wang Cannon, but they can't figure out what the principle is.

Usually asked Wang Dacang, Wang Dacang said that he had practiced hard for a long time to become like this, but they had never seen Wang Dacang practice hard.

Now think about it, if Wang Cannon really suddenly has some offensive ability, such as mid-range shooting. Or passing the ball or something, it's really possible to hit a surprise.

"Wait!" Griffin suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Why do you think that?" ”

"Do you even need to think about it?" Anthony sneered twice, "Which time didn't this tease do this?" It's not once or twice to make others think that he has a fatal shortcoming in a certain aspect, and then suddenly this shortcoming becomes his biggest offensive weapon in a key game. ”

"It's really possible." James was not far away overhearing a conversation between Anthony and Paul Griffin. I couldn't help but smile bitterly, "But if Wang Cannon really develops new offensive abilities, then it will be even more difficult for us to play next season!" ”

James's words are deeply recognized by his teammates, and he is a BUG-level figure in his own right, if he wants to develop new offensive capabilities, then what else are others playing?

Among the people present, I am afraid that only Paul and Griffin are not worried about this problem, because they and Wang Cannon are teammates.

Wang Cannon didn't know at this moment that the American team had already guessed him. Although it's just speculation.

He watched the game on the field and kept shaking his head.

That's right, Wang Cannon can only shake his head now, because the Celestial Empire team's watch is really too bad.

In the past training matches, Wang Cannon has always believed that although the strength of the Celestial Empire team is poor, the execution ability of the basic tactical system is still very good, even if it competes with those strong teams. At least there is a reasonable and complete tactical routine.

But these routines have always been well organized in the training match, in the process of playing against Spain. But it can't be used at all.

The audience is pressing! Spain used this tactic from the very beginning, and successfully used it to completely suppress the Celestial Empire.

In this game, for the sake of conservatism, Deng Huade has sent two point guards to start, one Liu Wei and one Sun Yue. In the league, they all play point guards, and their ball control skills are already the best players on the team.

But even so, it was still difficult to move forward in the face of Spain's full-court pressing.

Spain's two guards, Fernandez and Calderón, are both NBA players, although both are the kind of offensive guards. But when it comes to the Celestial Empire team, their defense is already strong enough.

Liu Wei and Sun Yue are very difficult to dribble under the defense of these two guards, and the operation of basketball is also very difficult. The two point guards of the Celestial Empire team were prevented from death, and the entire tactical system was completely unplayable.

Yi Jianlian felt very good today, but he could only fight alone, and he also knew that there was nothing he could do in today's game, so he was particularly desperate when playing, especially when competing for rebounds, even Ibaka and the Gasol brothers were slightly at a disadvantage.

In the first quarter of the game, although the Celestial Empire team was fully restricted, due to Yi Jianlian's hot hand and Spain's opening state was only average, the difference between the two teams was not large, 22-17. But in the tight three quarters of the game, the Celestial Empire team was completely pulled down the gap.

At 32:22, the Celestial Dynasty lost by 10 points in the second quarter.

At 19:20, the Celestial Empire team lost by 1 point in the second quarter.

In the fourth quarter, it may also feel that the score difference is too big and too embarrassing, and the players of the Celestial Empire team collectively burst the pipe and played a good offensive wave strongly, making the score gap slightly recovered.

However, the final result was that the Celestial Empire team lost.

Yi Jianlian's performance today can be called MVP, scoring 30 points and grabbing 17 rebounds at the same time, making Yao Ming call Yi Jianlian Wang cannon possessed.

However, the Celestial Empire team is also a little better at Yi Jianlian's count, in addition to Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi has 15 points and 3 rebounds, Chen Jianghua has 12 points and 5 assists, and only these three people have scored doubles in the whole team of the Celestial Empire team. It can be seen that there is still a huge gap between the strength of the Celestial Empire team and Spain.

Wang Cannon played for 3 minutes in this game, and played two soy sauces and left the game hastily, Deng Huade was afraid that Wang Cannon couldn't help but burst out and show his feet, but Wang Cannon himself was also very clear about the situation, he estimated it, even if he really fought, it was unlikely that the Celestial Empire team would want to win Spain.

If Wang Cannon is equipped with a Paul on the basis of the current country, Wang Cannon has absolute confidence to beat Spain, but unfortunately the Celestial Empire team does not have Paul, and Wang Cannon alone cannot go against the sky even if he is in Niucha.

As for Yi Jianlian's table, although it is very good, in Wang Cannon's opinion, it is not very useful, because in this game, Spain did not deliberately target Yi Jianlian.

To put it bluntly, the defensive pressure on Yi Jianlian throughout the game was negligible, and Spain spent most of their energy on locking the outside of the Celestial Empire team. After all, the Celestial Empire team has cultivated a group of players with excellent long-range shooting ability, such as Liu Wei, Zhu Fangyu and others, once their three-point shots are shot, it is really possible to shoot Spain alive.

Like the current situation, Yi Jianlian brushed out a very good number, but the Celestial Empire team was overturned by Spain without any ability to resist, which was very helpless, but this is also a fact.

Wang Cannon has every reason to believe that as long as he plays and shows that his form is not affected, Spain will definitely sacrifice double or even triple bags to limit himself.

Without someone who can help Wang Cannon share the pressure, Wang Cannon is not capable of playing against a team of Spain's level.

The Celestial Dynasty team lost the first game of the opening game, and the domestic reviews were mixed, some people praised Yi Jianlian for playing the dignity of the Celestial Empire in front of Spain's excellent interior lineup, and some people said very rationally that the Celestial Dynasty team itself is not Spain's opponent, and there is no way to lose, which is understandable.

Some people say so. "Where is the king cannon?"

That's right, in this game, Wang Cannon has become the target of everyone's attention again, the Si Cup, the warm-up game played soy sauce, and people put up with it, you still play soy sauce in the official games of the Olympic Games, you are really a little ashamed of such a perverted play in the NBA, right? Two All-Star MVPs in two years, a Finals MVP, and a regular season MVP, are all used to watch?

After the game, Deng Huade was once again sniffed about Wang Cannon's problem in an interview.

When Wang Cannon will appear has also become one of the most important issues.

When confronted with this question, Deng Huade's answer was short and easy to understand.

"In the next game, Wang Cannon will start!" (To be continued......)