Chapter 141: Someone is always going to win the championship
At the end of the game, most of the players rushed to celebrate, and Xu Yong and Yao Ming were also shouting excitedly from the bench.
Reaching the semi-finals before seemed to be a matter of course, but in the finals, the picture that originally stayed in anticipation and imagination was finally done by them!
Domestic fans are even more crazy, the World Series finals, which has always been only associated with women's basketball, this time it is the men's basketball team, a lifetime series!
Of course, they were not so surprised.
Because this men's basketball team is compared with the 08 men's basketball team, Yao Ming's strength has declined but not much, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue's strength has grown to the peak, Zhu Fangyu, Liu Wei, and Wang Zhizhi are also on par with the original, coupled with Wang Shipeng's hot state, the overall strength is obviously much stronger.
In fact, in the history that Xu Yong is in, this year's Chinese men's basketball team (lacking Yao Ming's version) only won one game, and the media people led by Yang Yi wantonly smeared Deng Huade, resulting in fans having a very bad impression of them, and few people really paid attention to how they played.
However, if you actually look at their results: 81 to 89 Greece, 83 to 73 Ivory Coast, 76 to 84 Puerto Rico, 80 to 89 Russia, 67 to 78 Lithuania.
If Yao Ming is not injured, it is a high probability event for the men's basketball team to reach the quarterfinals, and the chance of breaking through history is also not small.
Of course, the most important thing now is Xu Yong, who was still close to soy sauce in 08, and is now the best rookie in the NBA, tough James, a potential star who completes the black eight, and even a FIBA killer like Durant.
In addition, the quality of the teams in this year's World Championships, including the United States team, is much weaker than the 08 Olympic Games, and this result can be said to be a result of the normal performance of the Chinese team.
You think the group stage win over the United States was a surprise, but it's actually a sign of strength.
In the stands, Durant's expression looked excited.
He participated in the World Series for the first time this year, but he didn't know what the 08 men's basketball team was, who was stronger or weaker, he just felt that the Chinese team reached the finals, and this was the result he wanted most.
The World Championships have always been unattended by domestic fans, and the stars are reluctant to participate, and in the end, the Dream Nine team got the worst lineup in history.
As a result, fans in the U.S. don't think they can do anything.
So Durant's first and only goal in this World Championship is to lead this dream team to the top.
However, he lost to the Chinese team in the opening game of the group stage, which gave him a blow to the head.
Although they quickly adjusted and regained their form, they always felt that something was missing.
Now he understands that there is a lack of a chance to win it back.
Well, now everything is God's best arrangement.
Thinking of this, and seeing that the celebration of the Chinese team on the court was almost underway, Durant went straight down to the court to find Xu Yong.
Xu Yong had just finished chatting with Zhang Weiping at this time, and was about to look for Thibodeau in the stands, when he looked up and saw Durant walking towards him.
He was a little surprised.
"Wonderful performance." Durant stepped closer and praised him for his performance tonight.
"Thank you." Xu Yong politely thanked him.
"But the championship is ours, and as I told you, I won't make the same mistake a second time." Durant continued.
Xu Yong now knows what Durant is here for, and it seems that he feels that he has waited for the opportunity to take revenge, and he can't wait for Durant.
He didn't get angry, but still smiled and said, "There is always someone who wants to win the championship, why can't it be us?" ”
Durant was stunned for a moment, Xu Yong's non-arrogant and humble answer was completely unexpected by him.
When he came to his senses, he threw down the phrase "See you in the final" and turned to leave.
"What did he talk to you about?" In the next second, Yao Ming noticed what was happening here and came over to ask.
Xu Yong saw that it was Yao Ming and didn't want to trouble the other party, so he replied with a smile: "It's nothing, he asked me to do it lightly." ”
Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, and then gave Xu Yong a roll of his eyes, I believe you are a ghost.
But he was so smart that he probably guessed what Durant was here to do at this time, looked up in the direction of Durant and said, "This is our best chance." ”
Xu Yong also looked in Durant's direction and nodded.
Defeating the Dream Team, especially in the knockout stage, depends on the quality of the Dream Team, in addition to being strong enough.
Just dream of a team, your king Lao Tzu may not be useful.
But Dream Five and Dream Six, who were defeated later, were much worse in color.
This Dream Nine is the worst in history, and the clear division of roles is false, and it is nothing if you take Durant away.
What's more, the Chinese team won the group stage against their opponents, and they also have a psychological advantage.
As for the London Olympics, Kobe, James, and Anthony will all return to the team, plus Durant, the Chinese team has little chance.
So like Yao Ming said, this is the best opportunity, and it's the kind that if you miss this village, you won't have this store.
"Brother Yao, there is something I will discuss with you." After retracting his gaze, Xu Yong spoke.
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World Championships final, Sino-American battle.
These words alone are enough to detonate the attention of domestic fans.
Those who watched the ball this night or didn't watch the ball stayed up all night waiting in front of the TV.
This is the final of the men's event with three balls!
If this really wins the championship, it will be no less than a Chinese winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter race, not only to create history, but to flaunt history!
And at the final venue in Istanbul, eighty percent of them were Chinese/Chinese fans.
The "home field" of the Chinese team is back after disappearing only one night.
However, in addition to the fans, there were also many players from other national teams at the scene, and some of them were brought by the head coach of the national team with the whole team.
The strength of the Chinese team in this World Championship is obvious to all, and they are the only team that has beaten the United States, and if anyone can beat this dream team, it is they who are the only ones.
Half an hour before the start of the game, players on both sides entered the field one after another to start the final warm-up, and then the opening ceremony.
When the U.S. team came on the stage, the audience burst into cheers.
The NBA's influence on the world is now at its peak, because of Xu Yong and Yao Ming, and even more so in China, so looking at this familiar star, cheering is instinctive.
Even the most inconspicuous Curry enjoyed a wave of cheers.
This made the players of the American team feel very good, and Durant was even more smiling and enjoying himself.
It's just that when the Chinese team came on the stage, the difference in decibels made him quickly put away his smile again.
Especially the appearance of Xu Yong and Yao Ming, it was deafening.
Feeling the enthusiasm of the fans, Xu Yong and Yao Ming glanced at each other after appearing, and then nodded in unison.
After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of the two teams were released one after another.
Chinese team: Sun Yue, Xu Yong, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming;
Team USA: Billups, Iguodala, Durant, Odom, Chandler.
Because it was a rematch, the U.S. team sent the best team that played the Chinese team in the previous group stage, which also shows the completely different importance of Lao K and the group stage.
"Toot!"
As the whistle blew, Yao Ming turned the ball back to the Chinese team's half, and the game officially began.
The Chinese team still played Yao Ming at the beginning, and the American team resolutely attacked, and Yao Ming decisively divided Zhu Fangyu from the outside.
Zhu Fangyu received the ball and made a three-point shot.
"Huh!"
Hand up and knife down.
In the last semi-final, the Turks can be said to have fully enjoyed the home bonus, and this time it is the turn of the Chinese team.
Switching offense and defense, Durant ran without the ball, but Xu Yong used the dog's footwork to be inseparable from him, and when he couldn't run outside the three-point line to catch the ball, Xu Yong was still close to the defense, not giving him room to start at will.
When he tried for a while and didn't have a chance to return the ball to Billups, and tried to run without the ball again, Xu Yong continued to stick to him like a dog skin plaster, and he couldn't shake it off.
This is much more rigorous than in the group stage, and it is the kind that does not count physical fitness.
He finally stopped helplessly and looked at Xu Yong speechlessly: You kid isn't going to score tonight, are you?
Xu Yong ignored Durant's gaze and just kept the defense pressing.
The U.S. team's offense was ultimately futile, and the rebound was protected by Yao Ming.
However, the U.S. team learned to be smart after being beaten once, and instead of blindly rushing to grab frontcourt rebounds, they quickly retreated and did not give the Chinese team a chance to counterattack.
There was nothing wrong with this choice, but it was a different feeling in the eyes of the other players.
After all, if the U.S. team can be forced to this, there will only be the Chinese team in this World Championships.
The two sides entered a positional battle, and the Chinese team's style of play did not change much from before, using Yao Ming's containment on the inside to create opportunities for the outside, and the American team's response was also to pinch Yao Ming and then pinch a few key points.
The difference is only that they did not leak Zhu Fangyu like in the last round.
However, there will always be leaks in the pinch, and this time Yi Jianlian was empty.
Yao Ming passed the ball over, Yi Jianlian took a look at the three-point line at his feet after receiving the ball, and then made a three-point shot.
His shooting speed was already not fast, and this habitual action was even slower, but the American team seemed to know that he couldn't shoot, and they didn't rotate it at the first time.
This is in and out of the wrong way, and by the time Iguodala pounced, Yi Jianlian had already made a move.
"Huh!"
Yi Jianlian threw the ball in!
Xu Yong couldn't help but smile when he saw this.
The strategy he discussed with Yao Ming before was actually very simple, that is, he was responsible for locking Durant, and Yao Ming was responsible for leading the team's offense.
Because after the run-in, the strength of this dream team is indeed a notch stronger than in the group stage, but they still can't get rid of the problem of over-reliance on Durant.
So it's more useful to restrain Durant than to do anything else.
The Lithuanian team actually thinks the same way, but they don't have someone like the Chinese team who can limit Durant.
Judging from the opening two rounds, because of the hot feeling of the Chinese team's outside three-point hand, the effect is even better than expected.
Durant didn't believe in evil, and after arriving at the front court, he ran around the half court in a row, but when he looked back, Xu Yong's handsome face was still in front of him.
This is really "you run and I chase, you can't fly with wings".
However, at this time, he started passively, and he could only play hard.
After taking the initiative to catch the ball at the three-point line, he didn't make any extra moves, and shot directly at Xu Yongyan.
However, Xu Yong's ball showed another defensive move of Tony Allen, slapping the ball.
Shoot the ball in the process of lifting the ball and shooting, it is best to drop the ball to complete the steal, and if you can't shoot it, it will also make your shot incoherent.
This strategy really worked, although Durant's core strength controlled the ball steadily, but the strength of the shot was obviously a little too large.
The ball finally smashed on the back edge of the basket and missed, and the rebound was successfully protected by Yi Jianlian.
The U.S. team opened with two consecutive rounds without scoring!
"Hey, Xiao Xu restrained this Durant to death today, and the American team is a little out of luck~" On the side of the commentary seat, Zhang Weiping said happily.
At this time, everyone who understands the ball has actually seen the strategy of the Chinese team, Zhang Weiping can see it, and Lao K naturally knows it.
It's just that seeing it is not the same thing as being able to respond.
Because the pick-and-roll cover didn't work for Xu, Durant's one-on-one effect didn't look very good tonight.
And when a person only focuses on defense, his defense is actually stronger than normal.
This is really like what Zhang Weiping said, a bit out of tricks.
The Chinese team's offense, Yi Jianlian once again got a three-point opportunity, this time the American team changed the defense quickly, and he did not have a direct chance.
He gave the ball to Sun Yue at the top of the arc, and then went over to block it.
Sun Yue took advantage of Yi Jianlian's blocking and dismantling to meet Odom's defensive three-point shot.
"Huh!"
There are even more!
The Chinese team opened with three points and three consecutive hits!
They made up for the three-pointers they missed in the last game, and they made up for it in tonight's game!
Seon lost his horse, how do you know if it is a blessing?
Lao K couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe his sweat on the sidelines, and the three points of the Chinese team were something he couldn't have imagined no matter what.
And Lao K then got up and signaled tactical adjustments, and the U.S. team gave up playing Durant after attacking the front court again.
Billups was playing, Iguodala came out to catch the ball without the ball, and then caught the ball and attacked the basket, shooting is not his specialty.
However, in the face of Yao Mingzhen's basket, Iguodala's throw finally deflected off the basket.
At this time, there was already a sound of heckling at the scene.
The dream team can't even score points!
And after the continuous offensive and defensive failures, the morale of the American team obviously collapsed, and the speed of the ball retreat was far less fast than before.
This gave the Chinese team a chance, and Yao Ming took the defensive rebound and threw it to Xu Yong.
Xu Yong quickly attacked the front court and knocked the ball to Sun Yue, who followed up, and at the same time pushed Billups out of the baseline.
Sun Yue knew that this was a show opportunity for him, so he jumped high with the ball and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.
11 to 0!
The Chinese team beat the United States team 11-0 at the beginning of the World Championships finals!
This is not only because the fans at the scene are excited and crazy, but Zhang Weiping on the commentary seat can't take care of it so much at this time.
"Someone has to win the championship, why can't it be us!"
Yes, when Xu Yong and Durant were chatting, he was standing aside!
The next chapter is the World Championships
(End of chapter)