The second key word of the Russian men's basketball team is the rise of the grassroots.

Originally, Russia's strength was slightly better than that of second-tier teams such as Puerto Rico.

However, in Russia's World Championship roster, six key players, including Kirilenko, were absent at the same time.

The Russians who have been absent from the World Championships for eight years are experiencing labor pains, and Chinese fans can especially understand this pain, before Chamberlain appeared, they also had such pain, but now, they have survived, and their efforts will eventually pay off, and the Dragons have soared into the sky!

With stars such as Kirilenko and Holden absent, the Russian men's basketball team still has a long way to go, and the team needs to find their new leader in the team from a group of "grassroots" players.

During the training camp and warm-up matches, Vitaly Frizon's performance was worth looking forward to, he was a late bloomer, in June 05, he led the national team to win the Under-20 European Championships, which became a signal for Russia's resurgence, but unfortunately did not make the Euro 07 squad, his unreserved hard work on the pitch will be the driving force for Russia at this year's World Championships.

And the appearance of Mozgov, a Russian interior player who signed with the New York Knicks this summer, at this World Championship is also worth looking forward to.

As an undrafted foreign player secretly contacted by the Knicks and quickly signed, Mozgov was recruited by the national team only after the start of the training camp, which shows the importance that the Russian men's basketball team attaches to him.

In addition, Monya, who has a short experience in the NBA and participated in the World Championships as the main team of the 07 European Championships, and Kurbanov and Zhukalenko, who are outstanding in the warm-up, will bear the heavy responsibility of Russia's offense and defense and carry the hope of qualifying from the group.

The Russian men's basketball team and the Chinese men's basketball team have not been a heavyweight, before 2008, the Russian men's basketball team did not take the Chinese men's basketball team in their eyes, and now, feng shui takes turns, and it is the turn of the Chinese men's basketball team to disdain to compare with them.

No matter how much the socialist official propaganda is, in fact, among the people, Sino-Russian relations have always been very bad, not to mention the Chinese land annexed and the Chinese people killed during the Tsarist era, let's just say that now with the start of trade between the two countries, how many Chinese migrant workers have been robbed and oppressed in Russia?

Some people say that the purpose of sports competition is to allow both sides with grudges to use violence to take revenge on the premise of being as civilized as possible.

In the past, the Chinese men's basketball team had no chance, but now, the opportunity has come.

Regardless of playing Greece, Puerto Rico, or Ivory Coast before, the Chinese fans who came to cheer on the banners and small flags displayed words such as 'Come on the Chinese team' and 'The Dragons rise', all of which were to cheer for the Chinese men's basketball team rather than cheer for the opponent.

This time, it's different.

Many of the fans who were present put up banners such as "Seek justice for Russia", "Russia, you are not a big country anymore", "Pay off the debt of the Soviet Union" and so on.

The starting lineup of the Russian team is: center Mozkov, scoring guard Monia, small forward Volončević, power forward Cowan, and playmaker Frizon.

In terms of the Chinese team, the starting lineup is still the same: Chamberlain + Yi Jianlian + Zhu Fangyu + Sun Yue + Liu Wei.

The jump ball was between Chamberlain and Mozkov, this time, Chamberlain did not give the opponent a chance, Mozkov is also a two-meter-one-long man, and as a result, in front of Chamberlain, the Raptor, he became a big white bear.

The Great White Bear is also fierce, but clumsy.

Chamberlain slapped the ball to Liu Wei, and now he was not in a hurry to run down, because he knew that Liu Wei could not enter the position with the ball so quickly.

Sure enough, Liu Wei retreated one after another, protected the ball, and then slowly ran forward.

Chamberlain feels that Liu Wei is now learning to play with Kidd, seeking stability, of course, he is a weakened version of Kidd, if you really give the Chinese men's basketball team a Kidd to match Chamberlain, it will be absolutely easy to dominate the world.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team naturally attacked Chamberlain for the first time, and the Russian side also knew it, so Mozkov and Cowan began to wrap Chamberlain.

Mozkov is the hope of the new generation of the Russian men's basketball team, while Cowan is the second hope, he entered the basketball world very late, it is hard to imagine that this bastard with five big and three thick faces turned out to be a top student at Moscow University.

Mozkov and Cowan flanked Chamberlain from the left and right flanks, and the latter probed back a little and found that it was more difficult to attack, worthy of a man from a fighting race, and it was unbelievably tough.

So Chamberlain took a step out of the ball and looked back at Yi Jianlian.

Although Chamberlain is not familiar with Russian players, after all, he has studied it, and he knows that Cowan is a rookie, and Chamberlain came from a rookie, and he knows what is the most effective way to deal with rookies.

In this way, as soon as Chamberlain made the posture of passing Yi Jianlian, Cowan became nervous and immediately withdrew from the penalty area to defend in advance.

When Russian fans saw this scene, they suddenly chuckled in their hearts, it's over!

Sure enough, Chamberlain didn't pass the ball at all, he just made a feint, and then turned around like a dragon whirlwind and smashed into the basket, his strong and burly body crashed into Mozkov, and he rose from the ground with lightning speed, and the shot was a heavy dunk!

It's true that Mozkov is a fierce man, but after all, he is just a rookie who has just been drafted by the New York Knicks, and he is not high in the pick, how strong can he be?

Chamberlain directly pushed him away, like a dragon out of the water, turned around and stood up, and slammed it with one hand!

After the dunk was successful, Chamberlain smiled coldly at Mozkov and said in a low voice: "Rookie, I'll give you a rehearsal of the NBA game in advance!" ”

One thing that is very powerful about the Russian men's basketball team is their team ability, because stars such as Kirilenko are not present - it can even be said that the main players of the last World Championship are all absent, so the Russian men's basketball team has no core, the only core is basketball.

Cowan first played under the basket, without Chamberlain's shot, Yi Jianlian got him, they all said that Yi Jianlian was soft in autumn, that was actually the impression flow, now after Winnie's training, coupled with a lot of hard work in the gym, Yi Jianlian's body is already very strong, and his personality is tough enough.

Cowan couldn't hit the back and immediately passed the ball outside, and the two-way guard Frizon took the ball and broke through as soon as his body was short, and hit a stop-and-go jump shot.

Liu Wei raised his arm with an ugly face to indicate that the ball was his mistake, Chamberlain served the ball to him, patted his ass when he ran over, and said with a smile: "That guy is as cunning as a loach, right?" ”

When he said this, he was looking for Liu Wei to go down the steps.

Liu Wei ran forward while dribbling, and said with a smile: "It's okay, he's a loach, then I'm an old fisherman." ”

Chamberlain turned around and said, "Let's have a beautiful one, I'll cover you later, and then run back, and finally insert it, you can just throw the ball with confidence." ”

The Russians didn't know what they were talking about, but they understood that Chamberlain was going to make a beautiful attack.

Therefore, Mozkov and Cowan still focused their defense on Chamberlain, and this time Cowan made up his mind to let Yi Jianlian shoot, so he would not leave the restricted area and focus on defending Chamberlain.

As a result, Chamberlain didn't go in at all, he stayed in a high position to help Liu Wei cover.

At this point, Mozkov and Cowan were in a hurry.

Chamberlain didn't know much about them, but they knew Chamberlain too well, and they knew Chamberlain's tough mid-range shooting ability, and in the NBA, Chamberlain and Billups dominated by pick-and-roll shooting.

Therefore, seeing that Chamberlain stayed on the outside and did not enter the inside, Cowan and Mozkov made a look and had to guard out.

As soon as Liu Wei reached the three-point line, he immediately started running, Chamberlain helped him block Frizond, and then instigated him to run inside together.

Chamberlain was extremely fast, and he immediately passed Cowan, who ran back, and followed Liu Wei to the basket with a left and a right, and now Mozkov was in a hurry, so he could only open his arms to defend Chamberlain.

At the same time, Frizon caught up with Liu Wei, and it seemed that the attack of the Chinese men's basketball team was going to end without a problem.

Chamberlain, however, turned around and ran back in advance, and suddenly left the penalty area again, so that Mozkov was also taken out by him, and the penalty area was empty.

After Mozkov ran out, Chamberlain turned abruptly, and the muscles on his thin and powerful calves tightened, and he took several big steps, like a gust of wind into the restricted area.

Seeing this, Cowan and Mozkov suddenly shouted in their hearts, and Liu Wei reacted faster than them, after all, he had agreed on the idea before, and as soon as he waved his hand, the ball flew to the hoop.

Chamberlain flew up, received the ball with a 'bang', and slid his arm down to dunk the ball into the hoop!

When the attack was successful, Chamberlain raised his arms and shouted, "Defend! Defend! Defend! ”

As he waved his arms, the fans shouted in a more uniform voice: "Defend! Defend! Defend! ”

The Russian team made an offensive mistake, and was stealed by Sun Yue when Frizon passed, but the Chinese team's fast-break layup did not succeed, the two sides missed the attack continuously, and the game went on for 3 minutes, Yi Jianlian broke the deadlock of the score, he cut into the basket with a cross, jumped into the restricted area, and came to a violent dunk.

Now that he has been with Chamberlain for a long time, Yi Jianlian has also become a violent general, in fact, his physical condition is extremely good, and he is much stronger than Yao Ming in a certain way.

The Russian team was about to take a timeout, and Nelson Jr. saw that the score gap could not be opened, so he replaced Yao Ming in advance.

As soon as Yao Ming came on the court, the situation suddenly changed, and with 7 minutes and 29 seconds left, Chamberlain hit a hook shot, and then Yi Jianlian hit a three-point shot on the right side to help the men's basketball team lead 10-4.

Because of the strengthening of the defense, the error rate of both sides is very high, the score is very low, the Russian team continues to make substitution adjustments, the Chinese team is also rotating on the outside, and the inside line is the three giants to cover the world.

After that, Yao Ming hit a strong shot under the basket, and Chamberlain created a chance to pass the ball Yao Ming hit again, and the Chinese team gradually began to open the score.

However, Russia's outside line is very violent, worthy of the German elite who could fight during World War II, and the nation that can make the US imperialists tremble during the Cold War.

Chamberlain relied on his strong individual ability to score four points in a row, but Russia relied on free throws to catch up with the score, and the score between the two sides was deadlocked, and Russia actually faintly controlled the situation.

At the critical moment, Chamberlain carried Mozkov to the basket and played a 2+1, and then on the defensive end, he turned the restricted area into a no-fly zone, covered Moronchevic's layup, and then switched offense and defense, and he got the ball again to throw and grab the rebound, helping China play a wave of 7-0 small climax.

Finally, at the end of the first quarter, China led 21-15.

The toughness of the Russian team was unexpected by China, but the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team was even more unexpected by fans.

Most people think that the Chinese men's basketball team should be able to sweep away Russia lightly, after all, the Russian team without Kirilenko and other main players is much worse than Puerto Rico, and the Chinese team is playing so hard.

As a result, the keyboard party once again turned into the emperor of the ball, and some people even asserted that the Chinese team is a pseudo-strong team, they are strong when they are strong and weak when they are weak, and it is the opponent who is helping them adjust their state, not themselves.