In the next few days, Zhou Quan trained with the national team.

Not only did he conduct tactical drills for the national team, but his own shooting drills were also carried out as usual, and the coaching staff arranged for three sparring partners to pick up and pass the ball to him.

The members of this men's basketball team include Shan Tao, Liu Yudong, A Dijiang, Gong Xiaobin, Hu Weidong, Ji Mingshang, Sun Jun, Zhang Jinsong, Wu Qinglong, Wu Maoqun, Zheng Wu, and Zhou Quan.

He came once last year and invited them to dinner once, so he knew most of them.

Among this group of people, he thinks there are indeed a few good people, such as Hu Weidong, who Liu Yumin mentioned many times, as well as Sun Jun, Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin and others.

He and Hu Weidong are about the same age, more than two years younger, more talkatively, he lives in the men's basketball dormitory these days, and Hu Weidong lives in a room, knowing that Hu Weidong not only has mild myopia, but also more serious astigmatism, he is a half-blind man on the court, and his shooting is all based on his hand, which makes him admire this guy very much.

On the 25th, Zhang Li came over and invited him out to dinner.

During the meal, Zhang Li inadvertently talked about the house, he now lives in his parents' house in Qinghua University, which is a bit small and not very convenient, and wants to buy a commercial house in the capital.

"In the past two years, I have been a commentator, and I have saved a little money in my hand, but if I don't buy it now, the money will be spent in the future, and I won't have a house, so I just made up my mind to buy a set."

"Is it enough, not enough for me to lend you?" He knew that Zhang Li didn't have much money in his hand, so he immediately asked.

"It's almost, it's almost enough for my parents to make it up for me." Zhang Li said with a smile.

"Brother Zhang, as soon as you say that, I also want to buy a set, do you have a suitable house to introduce?"

Zhou Quan's heart moved, he will inevitably come to the capital in the future, it is better to buy a house here, anyway, there is no shortage of money, the house in China is very cheap now, and there is no property tax, so he discussed it with Zhang Reasonably.

However, Zhang reasonably suggested: "Xiao Zhou, you have money, what are you doing to buy a commercial house?" If I want to have money, I will buy a courtyard house, down-to-earth, how good! ”

"Quadrangle?"

He thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anything for sale?" ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "Yes, from the Forbidden City to the second and third rings, it is all the old city, and there are many of them. The day before yesterday, I heard that someone sold his own set of one-entry yards for more than 100,000 yuan, which is in the second ring road.

You have the money, buy a bigger one, a better quality one. Prince Gong's Mansion can't be bought, and there are many other three-in-three-out yards, and the general ones are this kind of yards.

One in and two in is the courtyard of ordinary people. There are also some of the four enters, who used to live in high-ranking officials and nobles. There are not many of those Baylor Mansion and County Princes in Wujin, and there are not many in the whole capital. ”

Zhou Quan asked curiously, "How many people did you say enter the Gong Palace?" ”

Zhang Lili laughed and said: "That is not for sale, the mansion of Hekun in the past, now it is a cultural relic, it used to be thirteen in and thirteen out, and now it should be seven in and seven out, covering an area of nearly one hundred acres." ”

Zhou Quan also laughed and said, "That's okay, Brother Zhang, you are a local, help me inquire, there is a good yard, it is the kind of yard that can live in people, there is no need for major repairs, I want one."

It's okay to have a few in and a few out, you can help me negotiate the price, I don't know the market, and I have become an intermediary fee of five points for you. ”

"A word?" Zhang said happily.

"It's a deal." Zhou Quan nodded.

On August 27, the men's basketball team arrived in Toronto, Canada.

The men's basketball team's group opponents include the United States, known as the Dream II team, the South American champion Brazil, and the European powerhouse Spain.

Let's not mention the dream second team, Brazil and Spain are both very strong, and the men's basketball team is not sure of any of them, so they can only fight, and there is no second way.

The first group opponent is Brazil, and the men's basketball team is particularly lacking in confidence.

Because just a month ago, at the Friendship Games in Moscow, the men's basketball team had just lost to Brazil, losing by 49 points.

But the reason why he lost by 49 points was because of Jiang Xinquan's plan, and he hid several leading scorers in order to confuse the Brazilian team.

Therefore, in this World Championships, the men's basketball team only has two tasks, the first is to defeat the Brazilian team, and the second is to get out of the group stage because of Zhou Quan.

On September 1, the men's basketball team and the Brazilian team began.

Liu Yumin and Jiang Xinquan were very nervous, because this was Zhou Quan's first game in the national team, and they didn't know how it would work.

The rules of the NBA are different from the rules of the FIBA, although Zhou Quan played in the NCAA is also an international rule, but after three years of playing in the NBA, it is definitely not suitable for international rules, and they are mainly worried about this.

The biggest difference between the two rules, one is that the NBA does not have joint defense, and the biggest restriction of joint defense is to break through with the ball, and Zhou Quan is a point guard with the ball to break through, so the joint defense will suppress him greatly.

The second is that international basketball is very strict about walking, wrist flipping, and physical contact, especially physical contact, Zhou Quan is used to strong confrontation in the NBA, and it is easy to foul.

In fact, their fears were right, and in the first half, Zhou Quan was picked up for three fouls, one offensive foul, and two violations, one for walking, and one for a wrist turn.

But Zhou Quan still relied on his strong comprehensive strength, shooting 7 of 10 in the first half alone, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scoring 20 points, while also sending 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, but the turnovers were as high as 4 and 3 fouls.

But the men's basketball team still relied on his performance to lead the opponent by 14 points at halftime.

After the first half, Liu Yumin and Jiang Xinquan were relieved.

In the second half, Zhou Quan made persistent efforts and scored 13 points, 7 assists and 2 steals, and there was only one foul in the second half and no mistakes.

Under his leadership, the men's basketball team defeated Brazil, won by 19 points, got off to a good start, and completed the first task of this World Championship.

"Lao Hu, you played well, follow me to play in the NBA in the future."

After the game, Zhou Quan praised Hu Weidong, who scored 21 points.

Of his 13 assists, 4 came from Hu Weidong's fast-break scores, and the two worked together quite well.

When Hu Weidong heard this, he immediately became excited.

But he soon became depressed, because he was different from Zhou Quan, he was trained by the provincial team and the national team, if he wanted to go to the NBA, he had to be like Ma Jian, desperate to sneak away, otherwise the national team would not say anything, and the provincial team would not let him go.

And when Liu's mother single-handedly got him into the national team and trained him with all her might, how could he leave like Ma Jian?

"By the way, Zhou Quan, how is Ma Jian now?" He asked.

When he asked, the others looked at him as well.

Zhou Quan said: "I played at Detroit Community College for two years, and this time I got him to UCLA. Look at his own ability, he wants to play in the NBA Draft next year. ”

"Do you think he has a chance?" Hu Weidong asked.

Zhou Quan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The performance is average, so there are no scouts who pay attention to him, at most at the end of the second round." ”

The meaning of his words is very clear, there is not much hope, so Hu Weidong's desire to go to the NBA has dropped a little.

At the beginning, Ma Jian's strength was still good in the national team, but now that it has been three years, it is difficult to be selected by the NBA, so he might as well stay in China, the CBA has been almost done, and it is likely that it will start next year, and it should not be bad to stay in China.

……

The men's basketball team's second group stage opponent is the Dream II team.

This year's Dream Nation team, because David Stern wants to show the NBA to the world, sent different stars from the Dream Team, all of whom are new faces.

They are Larry Johnson, Sean Kemp, Joe Dumas, Alonzo Mourning, Steve Smith, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson, Reggie Miller, Derek Coleman, Mark Price, O'Neal, Wilkins.

The head coach is Don Nelson, the current head coach of the Warriors.

The night before the game, the men's basketball team held a special tactical meeting, which everyone attended.

"Xiao Zhou, we don't have any information about these people, you should know something, right?" At the beginning of the meeting, Jiang Xinquan said.

"Okay, I'll tell you about it."

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "Larry Johnson, big forward, although he is not tall enough, he has strong strength, his turnaround jumper after arching in is good, and his basket skills and low-post offense are good." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled again: "I know him best, the No. 1 pick in '91, and I entered the NBA one year, and we were also tied for the best rookie that season." ”

He didn't say anything else, like the conflict with Larry Johnson and so on.

Then he introduced: "Sean Kemp, known as the first person in the NBA's fierce beast stream, has a very strong physical fitness, can jump and dunk, and against him, our interior line will inevitably be dunked."

And he also likes to do some provocative moves after a dunk, so be careful about this and don't get provoked by him. But if he goes too far, I don't mind teaching him a lesson. ”

When he said this, a strange look appeared on the faces of Liu Yumin and the others, and they all thought of some of Zhou Quan's identities, such as the executioner in ice hockey, as well as the professional heavyweight boxer.

Zhou Quan continued: "In addition, his mid-range shooting is also good, he is not a person who can only dunk, and he is also good at carrying defenders into the restricted area after receiving the ball, completing violent dunks or throwing small hooks or something, and his skills are very comprehensive." ”

"Looks like they're very strong on the inside!" When Shan Tao heard this, he became worried.

"Where is this?" Zhou Quan laughed.

"And even more ruthless characters?"

The faces of Shan Tao, Liu Yudong, Gong Xiaobin and several other inside players changed.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "Alonzo Mourning, the 92-year-old star show, averaged 20+10 per game, 3 blocks per game, and in only two seasons, he became a famous top center in the NBA, which is only a little worse than the four super centers." If he is a little taller, he is definitely the fifth super center. ”

A few people look at me, I look at you, and they have no interest in talking.

Liu Yumin knocked on the hammer and said: "Don't worry, in the game against the American team, we have to retain our strength, and our task is not them." ”

As soon as she said this, everyone's mood relaxed.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "There is a powerful center forward in the back, the 90-year-old champion show, and he is also a 20+10 role, no worse than Mo Ning." ”

"Is there anything more powerful?" Shan Tao asked in a broken jar.

"Yes." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"And?"

Shan Tao almost bit his tongue.

Zhou Quan said with a smile: "O'Neal, the champion of 92, he often dunked rebounds and ripped off the basket, and in just one year, he became one of the four super centers, whether it was Mourning or Coleman, he couldn't show the limelight in front of him." ”

"Rebounds are all dunked? Is that still human? Hu Weidong and the others' eyes widened.

A few inside players shook their heads, and they had no interest in talking.

Zhou Quan smiled: "They are not bad on the outside, Reggie Miller is my UCLA alumnus, good at defense, breakthrough scoring, three-pointers, and trash talk."

Joe Dumas was my teammate at the Pistons, one of the outside cores at the time, who was better defensively than Reggie Miller and more capable than Miller.

Dan Marley and Kevin Johnson have been the Suns' guard partners for many years, with good offensive and defensive organization, and Kevin Johnson can even compete with Magic Johnson in his prime.

Mark Price is good at playmaking, and Wilkins is one of the four flyers on a par with Jordan, known as the essence of human cinema, and his dunks are fantastic. ”

In the end, he concluded: "In short, Liu Chu is right, our target is not them, but we really can't beat them. ”

He doesn't know that he can beat this Dream Second Team alone, this Dream Second Team has no weaknesses, the inside line is super strong, just one person can go up and beat Shan Tao them, the same is true for the outside line, the defensive three-point breakthrough is omnipotent, even if he can blow up the No. 1 position, the other four positions will all lose.

……

On the 3rd, the men's basketball team ushered in the Dream Second Team.

"Hey, Iron Fist."

In the player passage, the second team of China and the United States met, and when they saw Zhou Quan, Joe Dumas, Reggie Miller, O'Neill and others greeted one after another.

Zhou Quan responded one by one, and only Aunt and Yuren in the Dream Second Team had a bad relationship with him, and the others were not friends, and the relationship was not bad.

In the end, the men's basketball team lost, 85:105, a full 20 points.

Zhou Quan played 30 minutes and scored 31 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

On the 5th, the men's basketball team welcomed the Spanish team.

In this game, Zhou Quan once again hit 30+, sent 12 assists and 6 steals, led the men's basketball team to defeat the last group stage opponent, and entered the knockout round with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

This is also the first time that the men's basketball team has reached the group stage, and the bottom is the eighth place in the world, making history.

Under the excitement of the domestic media, they shouted that this men's basketball team is a golden generation.

In the knockout stage, the first opponent of the men's basketball team is the Canadian team.

In the match, Zhou Quan faced 20-year-old Steve Nash.

Nash, who was selected to the Canadian national team in '93 and is now a regular point guard, has played football, basketball, ice hockey and is a three-time world chess champion at Santa Clara University in the NCAA.

For Zhou Quan, the NBA Finals FMVP, the future Son of the Wind is still too tender, and Nash was completely blown up and exploded into scum.

Zhou Quan exploded 37 points, 10 assists and 7 steals on Nash and his two benches, causing them to make a total of 14 turnovers, and the men's basketball team also defeated Canada and reached the knockout round to reach the Final Four.

In the semifinals, the men's basketball team played against the European powerhouse Russia, and Zhou Quan tried his best, but unfortunately lost the game.

In the last game, the men's basketball team competed with Croatia for third and fourth places.

In the end, the men's basketball team finished fourth.

Although it was only fourth, it had already made history repeatedly, so Zhou Quan's first trip to the national team was very successful.

After playing the World Championships, he went straight back to Seattle to continue his shooting drills.

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(End of chapter)