Chapter 326: After the Great War
First, Wang Shipeng scored a strong attack, and then Spanoulis shot and scored in response, Wang Zhizhi shook Gelinia Dakis for a layup under the basket, and then Fortesis shot to cause Zhu Fangyu to foul and hit both free throws, so that Greece still leads China by 10 points.
Later, Yi Jianlian made two free throws and one hit, Gerenia Dakis dunked and Wang Shipeng hit the shot again, and China began to work hard to chase the score. Immediately after Wang Shipeng hit another three-pointer, the Chinese team chased the score to single digits again.
But after all, the Greek team is much stronger than the Chinese team without Yao Ming and Chamberlain, and their outside line has also begun to exert its power, Spanoulis hit a 3-pointer in the bottom corner, and soon after Diamantildis hit a three-point shot from the outside, after Fortesis scored a layup, they played an 8-0 small **** and reopened the score.
In the last quarter, Sun Yue hit a mid-range shot as soon as he came up, and Yi Jianlian hit three points. Wang Zhizhi hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Chinese men's basketball team played with momentum and launched an attack with the Greek team, which took the opportunity to attack the interior of the Chinese team, which lacked the main force, and firmly controlled the score advantage.
After Wang Shipeng missed the shot, Wang Zhizhi grabbed the rebound and scored a second attack, and the Chinese team was still 12 points behind Greece. The UAE hit a mid-range shot, and shortly after that, he used a layup to make a foul and hit both free throws. Vasilopoulos hit a long-range shot and Spanoulis hit one of two free throws to give Greece a 14-point lead. In the last minute, Sun Yue caused the opponent to foul outside the three-point line, and after two of the three free throws, Papalukas used his teammate's long pass to score a layup, and the game entered the countdown, and the Chinese men's basketball team still did not catch up with the score and lost to the Greek team 80-94.
Greece played against the Chinese team, and after the game, it set off a storm in the world's sports circles.
Before, the European basketball world has not looked down on the Chinese men's basketball team, even if the latter has defeated Spain and Germany, but the stubborn Europeans still firmly believe that the Chinese men's basketball team is just lucky, and the combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the European powerhouses.
But after this game was played, European basketball experts kept their mouths shut.
Europeans have an advantage, that is, although they are stubborn, they are relatively above board, no matter whether the team loses the Chinese team or wins the Chinese team, as long as it is an upright game, they will support their team, and they turn a blind eye to how well the Chinese men's basketball team plays.
But this time is different, the Chinese men's basketball team may not have played very well in the first half, but from the second half of the second quarter and the first half of the third quarter, they played the world's top offensive and defensive battles, from 20+ behind all the way to single digits, the Chinese team showed strong resilience.
This is admirable enough, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that if the game goes on normally, the Dragons led by Chamberlain will definitely be able to overturn the Greek team in the third quarter, and the chances of the latter winning this game are slim.
But the Greek team won in the end, but the win made European fans feel shameless: the elbow of the little shark smashed the chivalry that Europeans are most proud of, especially the Greek men's basketball team, which is even more shameless.
At the end of the game, the fans in the Wukesong Arena stood up, including the European fans who originally cheered for the Greek team, they stood up together, and then gave applause to the Chinese men's basketball team, and at the same time crusaded against the Greek team in unison: "I can't afford to lose!" Get out of here! Can't afford to lose! Don't play! ”
The Greek men's basketball team had no joy of winning, and the scene of the little shark stunting Chamberlain became a shame that could not be washed away.
Nelson Jr. walked out of the arena with a blushing face, he refused to shake hands with Yannersky, and when the latter came up, he said forcefully: "No matter who your opponent is in the next round, I hope you will win, and if we can meet again, I will definitely make you regret it!" ”
The players of the Chinese men's basketball team also refused to hug their opponents, they silently packed their things, Papalukas sighed and wanted to take a photo with them, Li Nan calmly but firmly refused: "I don't think it's appropriate, you can think that we can't afford to lose, but I still want to say that we Chinese are willing to bow down to our opponents who beat us in the open, but we will never coexist with people like you who win by tricks." ”
Spanoulis walked up to Chamberlain and said apologetically: "Yao, I hope you can help me convey our apologies to your teammate Z, my teammate didn't mean to hurt him, that guy likes to be hot-blooded sometimes." ”
Yao Ming barely showed a smile on his face, but he didn't respond directly to Spanolys, just said lightly: "I wish you good luck." ”
Today's game is Yao Ming's most aggrieved game since the start of the Olympics, not only did Chamberlain leave the field early due to injury, but more importantly, Nelson Jr. firmly replaced him off the court after Chamberlain left, what does this mean? Could it be that the Chinese team has no Chamberlain, and there is no hope of fighting with the Greek team?
After saying goodbye to Spanoulris, Yao Ming looked unhappy, he did not stay in the mixed interview area as before, but walked back to the locker room with his head down, and in the face of reporters' interview requests, Yao Ming just said "I'm sorry" and hurriedly entered the player's exit channel.
Back in the locker room, Chamberlain was lying on the waterbed, and Winnie was massaging the back of his neck. As soon as Yao Ming and the others came back, they hurriedly asked him how he was, Chamberlain shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, I was a little dizzy at the time, and now that there is nothing to do, I will definitely not delay the next game." ”
Sun Yue sighed and said: "Alas, we could have won the second place in Group B steadily, but there has never been a team in Asia that has gone so far. ”
Wang Zhizhi interrupted Sun Yue's words with a tiger face, and shouted: "Don't say it, the game is over, it's useless to complain and regret, let's prepare for the next game." ”
In this way, the Spanish team, the Greek team, and the Chinese team are all two losses and three wins, in addition, the order of the three teams is that the Spanish team won the Greek team, the Greek team won the Chinese team, and the Chinese team won the Spanish team, so it is necessary to calculate the net score.
No one wants to be the fourth, as it means they will not only have to face Lithuania, the top team in Group A, but also a strong dream team before the final.
The goal of the Dream Eight team is the championship, which everyone knows, and now all teams are competing for the silver medal, and once they meet the Dream Eight team before the lore in advance, they will definitely be eliminated if they get a fart silver medal.
In fact, according to FIBA competition rules, even if the current Chinese men's basketball team loses to their opponents in the quarterfinals, they will lock up the seventh place in the Olympic Games, and this will also be the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympics and the World Championships.
In the past, this was enough to satisfy the men's basketball team and Chinese fans, but now it is not good, they can't look down on this result, they don't want anything seventh or sixth, they want to win medals, and they want to create a miracle in Asia, because in the previous World Competition, the Asian men's basketball team has never won a medal, and it is still blank.
To be more precise, the men's basketball team now has a bold expectation, that is, this time not only to win medals, but also to win silver medals at home!
The players chatted happily together, Chamberlain felt much better about him because of Zhang Qingpeng's flying kick, the two sat together, and he asked Zhang Qingpeng: "What are your plans after the Olympics?" ”
Zhang Qingpeng shrugged and said: "It's nothing, I take the time to practice and accompany my family, this time I found out about the Olympics, I am much worse than those foreign defenders." ”
Chamberlain suddenly became excited when he heard this, he patted Zhang Qingpeng on the shoulder and said: "That's right, I plan to have closed training after the Olympics, and even the coaching staff has been found, so let's invite your family to San Francisco to play, and you and I will participate in closed training together, how about it?" ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Qingpeng suddenly became happy, and he said in disbelief: "Really? No way? Your coaching staff probably won't agree, right? I'm a defender, you're a center, it's different. ”
Chamberlain waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's okay, why don't they agree?" Wouldn't it be nice to give them some extra money? Besides, it's not just you and me, but one of the guards we just drafted, Stephen Curry, he's going to have a closed practice, and you two can have a fight when the time comes. ”
Zhang Qingpeng's face was swollen and red, this kind of opportunity is hard to come by, because the coaching staff invited by Chamberlain is not something you can hire if you have money, and he follows this kind of coach for closed training for two months, which is more useful than training in China for a year.
He still wanted to be polite, but when Chamberlain saw little Nelson walking in, he waved his hand heavily and said, "That's it, let's go to San Francisco to train after the Olympics." ”
Zhang Qingpeng said embarrassedly: "Then I'm too naked, so let's do it, I also saved a little money, and I will pay for the additional expenses of the coaching staff, right?" ”
Chamberlain smiled: "No, but I didn't ask you to train in vain, after the Olympics, I'm going to Chengdu to play a charity match, how about you also participate?" There is no salary, it is completely a friendship to join. ”
Zhang Qingpeng nodded busily, in fact, he knew that Chamberlain had been taking care of him, and like closed training, this Chengdu Charity Game was full of NBA stars, and there were many big names such as Iverson and Billups, players like him were actually not qualified to play at all, Chamberlain invited him, this was to put gold on his face.
Nelson Jr. asked Chamberlain about his physical condition with concern, and after learning that he had recovered his condition, he took him to a press conference.
As soon as the two sat down, all the reporters focused on the two, over there Yanakis and Spanoulis nodded friendlyly, Chamberlain snorted coldly and didn't look at it, the little shark suddenly buried the hope of the Chinese men's basketball team to be out of the game as the second identity, and wanted him to forgive? Dream! He Chamberlain didn't have such a big heart.
The reporter first asked Chamberlain about his physical condition, and the latter said proudly: "I have fully recovered now, and the strong ones can go up the mountain to fight tigers, go down to the sea to slaughter sharks, especially European small sharks, and it is not a problem to kill them!" ”
The smell of gunpowder in his words was so strong that anyone who was not deaf could hear it, and the faces of Spanoulis and Yannasky were not good-looking.
A European reporter held his breath in his heart and said: "Mr. Z, I have studied your country's culture, and there is a saying in your culture called 'repay grievances with virtue'. ”
After asking this question, the reporter sat back in his seat with some pride, and he felt that his question would definitely make Chamberlain angry.
After hearing this question, Chamberlain suddenly showed a malicious smile on his face, then coughed, moved the microphone and said slowly: "Repay grievances with virtue, huh?" Man, it looks like you know something about my Confucian culture, don't you? ”