The 2006 World Basketball Championships will be held from August 19 to September 3 in Saitama, Hiroshima, Sapporo and Sendai.

Lin Fei and his teammates from the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, under the leadership of the team, took the first class of a civil airliner to the island country three days before the start of the game, landed at Tokyo International Airport, and stayed at a local high-end hotel in advance.

All the expenses of the 2006 Men's Basketball World Championship are sponsored by the Anta Group, and compared with the 04 Athens Olympics, the players' travel and living conditions have been significantly improved.

In the two years since Antar signed Lin Fei, his brand influence has been greatly improved, and then he signed a jersey contract with CBA.

Today, the jerseys and training equipment of the men's national basketball team are also sponsored by Anta.

Unlike the Li Ning brand, which focused on the 08 Olympic Games, Antar now focuses entirely on the field of basketball and has achieved great success.

It is precisely because of Lin Fei, Da Yao and roughly three men's basketball players who are competing in the NBA that the men's basketball team participates in the world competition today.

The number of Chinese fans who pay attention to it and the overall influence have begun to match the national football team.

Tokyo is only 24 kilometers away from the city of Saitama, and the opening match of the men's basketball group stage of the Celestial Dynasty will be played at the Saitama Super Arena, which will be played against Slovenia, who are also in Group D.

Due to the influence of Lin Fei's butterfly effect, the grouping of the 24 teams and the four groups of ABCD in this men's basketball World Championships,

There is a certain degree of difference from the original world, and the Celestial Empire men's basketball team is not in the same group as the United States Dream Seven Points, so it also avoids meeting in the group stage.

In this year's Men's Basketball World Championships, the FIBA Federation issued a total of 2.9 million US dollars, of which the championship prize was 300,000 US dollars.

This prize money is even less than one-tenth of the men's football World Cup, you must know that in the World Cup that ended just a month ago, the total prize money of the league was as high as 270 million US dollars.

This is almost 100 times the prize money of the World Men's Basketball Championship of the island nation......

It is precisely because the global attention and influence of the Men's Basketball World Championship is very limited that sponsors are unwilling to buy it, and the price of tickets cannot be sold.

That's why many big-name stars in the NBA are reluctant to play in the World Championships at all.

Of course, as an international FIBA event, the World Championships is more for the honor of the country.

Domestic fans have heavier patriotic feelings, coupled with the popularity of the 08 Imperial Capital Olympics, sports rejuvenation has become a slogan.

Therefore, tens of millions of Celestial Empire fans, especially the older generation of basketball fans, are very concerned about this World Championships.

I hope that under the leadership of Lin Fei and Dayao, this year's Celestial Empire men's basketball team can break history and create the best results in the World Championships.

The Celestial Empire men's basketball team began to participate in the World Championships in the 80s, when the national team's scoring champion was still Zhang Wei, who averaged 25 points per game in the World Championships, ranking second in the overall scoring list.

In 1994, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, which had Hu Weidong and Liu Yuliang, made a historic appearance in the top 8 of the World Championships, which was also the only time that the Celestial Empire men's basketball team reached the quarterfinals in the World Championships.

Unlike domestic fans who are enthusiastically following the World Championships, fans in the United States are more concerned about the turmoil in the free market in the offseason.

Lin Fei's new owner has not yet been determined, which also gives major media reporters a great opportunity to fabricate hype trading news and reveal exclusive insider information to attract traffic.

#爆林已和新泽西篮网总经理范德维奇达成口头协议, will join the Nets with the highest salary, and team up with Jason Kidd to form a backcourt, Vince Carter may be traded#

#太阳总经理史蒂夫 Kerr is determined to sign Lin, claiming that Lin's arrival will be a seamless fit with the Phoenix Suns' tactical system#.

#热火总经理帕特 Riley publicly announced his reputation in front of the media, thanking Lin for his great contribution to the Heat in the past two seasons, whether Lin chooses to renew his contract with the Heat or not, the team will promise to retire Lin's No. 22 jersey in the future#

#森林狼球星凯文 Garnett posted the team's championship-winning lineup in 04 on his personal Twitter, and looks forward to teaming up with Lin again in the new season#

#费城体育早报为76人管理层提出重建思路, send away Allen Iverson to the Nuggets, sign Lin with the highest salary, and form a new lineup with Lin, Andre Miller, and Iguodala as the main body#

#爆林已在旧金山秘密购置别墅房产, or will join the Golden State Warriors with the highest salary, and join forces with coaches Nelson Sr. and Byron Davis to form a championship team#

#尼克斯老板詹姆斯 Dolan intends to hire Stan Van Gundy as the coach of the team for 5 years and 52 million US dollars, paving the way for Lin's joining#

All kinds of fabricated trade rumors are unknown and endless, but they have received a lot of attention from fans.

Which team's jersey Lin Fei will wear in the new season has become a topic of most concern to fans at home and abroad in the offseason.

There is a steady stream of discussion posts on major sports website platforms.

"Don't guess, Lin Fei is definitely going to join the Phoenix Suns, he and Nash are good friends, and when the backcourt combination of Lin Fei and Nash, plus Stoudemire and Marion, these big four, can also win three championships for the Suns, right?"

"If Phineas goes to the Suns to be the boss, and with the assistance of Nash, the assist master, the average points per game in the new season will not be at least 35+!"

"It's better to go to the New York Knicks, who can refuse the charm of a megacity? As the boss of the Knicks, even if Lin Fei can't lead the team to win the championship in the first two years, the results will not be too bad, and the personal honor will be taken first, and the commercial value will definitely skyrocket! ”

"If the Knicks sign Lin Fei and Da Yao with the highest salary at the same time, and then use the middle-class contract to win the rough, the three Heavenly Dynasty stars will meet in New York, this picture is not too beautiful!"

……

The time soon came to August 19, and the 2006 Island Country Men's World Basketball Championship officially kicked off.

In the first match between Group B seed Mi Guo and Puerto Rico, Mengqi played an overwhelming victory under the leadership of Dwayne Wade.

With a score of 109:61, he beat the Latin American team Puerto Rico and avenged the humiliation of losing to the other party in the 04 Athens Olympics with a strong attitude.

Among them, Wade easily scored a team-high 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in less than 30 minutes, dominating the offense and defense, showing the demeanor of the captain of Dream Seven.

The two veterans, Ray Allen and Billups, both performed well, especially Junzi Lei, who was willing to play as a substitute for Wade, was very efficient, scoring 16 points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting.

In contrast, LeBron James did not adapt to FIBA's joint defense and penalty scale, and only scored 6 points on 2-of-7 shooting and free throws.

On the whole, this year's Dream Seven of the United States is much more reasonable than the Dream Six lineup that participated in the Yadian Olympics in 04.

Moreover, Wade, James, Anthony, Bosh and others have made a very huge improvement compared to 04.

In addition, in terms of the configuration of the coaching team, although Stan Van Gundy is not a master tactician, he has a set of personnel after all, which is far better than the pedantic Larry Brown.

This was followed by a match between the island nation and the South American side Venezuela, the hosts of Group A.

During the 06 period, the level of basketball in the island country was far inferior to that of the Celestial Empire, but it still had the level of the top five in Asia.

The 36-year-old veteran Takehiko Orimo in the team can be described as a living fossil in the history of basketball in the island country, and his high school basketball career in the island country is even more legendary than Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Although the overall level is not as good as that of Venezuela, the host still relied on the convenience of the whistle and finally narrowly defeated the opponent 67:65 and got off to a good start.

Next is the match between the Celestial Empire men's basketball team and Slovenia in Group D, and the match was broadcast simultaneously with the Celestial Empire five sets and one set.

The attendance rate of this game reached 95%, which was more popular with fans of the island country than the previous game in the United States, and the atmosphere of the scene was straight to that of the NBA.

Lin Fei looked at the audience, and at a glance he could see many fans wearing his Heat No. 22 jersey.

Several beautiful fans not far from the front row couldn't help but stand up, waved and screamed at Lin Fei on the field, shouting something excitedly in island language.

Although during the Mavericks locker room conflict during this year's Finals, there was a period of boycott of Lin Fei and the NBA.

But Lin Fei's charm in the NBA is undoubted.

With winning the championship again in the finals and being crowned FMVP, Lin Fei's popularity once again broke through the shackles, allowing him to have a greater influence among the fan base of the island country.

Slovenia has not played in the NBA at this time, and the substitute Gran Dragic has just turned 20 years old and is in his prime, and he has supported the star appearance of this World Championship together with Lin Fei and Gasol.

In the original world, Slovenia, which only played in the last game of the group stage of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team, was able to advance to the top 16 with Wang Shipeng's magical kill.

Now with Lin Fei, an open-minded super defender, coupled with Da Yao's peak strength, his self-confidence has been roughly improved.

The overall level of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team has naturally soared to a whole new height.

The starting five Tigers of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team sent by Younas are:

Point Guard (PG): Liu Wei,

Scoring Guard (SG): Lin Fei,

Small Forward (SF): Zhu Fangyu,

Power Forward (PF): Roughly.

Center (C): Da Yao.

Coupled with Zhu Fangyu, who played for the Mavericks last season, the starting five Tigers of the current Celestial Empire men's basketball team can be said to have 4 NBA players, and the gold content has surpassed that of most European teams.

What's more, Lin Fei and Da Yao are both NBA All-Star starters, and this card completely killed the Slovenian team in seconds.

In the opening game, Lin Fei launched an attack with the ball on the outside, facing Slovenia's starting quarterback defense.

With the help of a quality cover raised by Da Yao, after the lateral dislocation, he took advantage of the opponent's white center to change the defense in time, and took a step outside the three-point line to jump out of the position.

"Huh!"

It wasn't too easy to score.

With the one-month run-in training, Lin Fei and the players of the national team have a very good tacit understanding, especially with the Heat teammates, as well as various blocking and dismantling cooperation with Da Yao.

It will be the main tactic of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team in the offense.

At the same time, under Lin Fei's ball-holding organization and conduction, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan, Wang Shipeng and others can also get more opportunities to catch the ball on the outside.

Although on the defensive end, except for Lin Fei, the defense of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team in several other positions is not very good, and even the joint defense is prone to mistakes.

But these weaknesses are enough to fully compensate for in the scoring on the offensive end.

After all, it was a group stage, so Lin Fei also didn't use all his strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

He only played 22 minutes in the first three quarters, shooting 8-of-10 from three-point range, plus 28 points from the free throw line, while having seven assists, two steals and one block.

Although Lin Fei didn't score much, he revitalized the whole team, in addition to Da Yao's 21 points and 9 rebounds, roughly, Zhu Fangyu and Li Nan also scored double-doubles.

Driven by the five players of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team scoring double-doubles, the final quarter of the game was reduced to garbage time early.

In the end, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team (108) :(85) Slovenia.

defeated the opponent by 23 points and won the opening of this World Championships.

"I feel that the overall strength of this year's Celestial Empire men's basketball team is obviously stronger than that of the 04 Athens Olympics, although Lin Fei does not score much, his role in the team is getting bigger and bigger!"

"At the Athens Olympics in 04, Lin Fei at that time could only shoot three-point shots, dribble and pass the ball, and even the defense often dropped the chain, which would be blown up by Ginobili!"

"The current Lin Fei is a three-point defense, and he switches between personal offense and organizational tandem at will, and really plays the temperament of a leader and a superstar!"

"Brother Fei in 04 can lead the Celestial Empire men's basketball team to the finals and win the silver medal, this year's World Championships, it's not too much to look forward to the championship, right?"

"It's not very difficult to reach the semi-finals, and there are dramas in the finals, but if you want to win the championship, it's still more difficult, after all, the team's overall defense still has a big hole!"

"The infighting in the 04 Olympics was prominent, and the head coach Larry Brown was not in charge, these are the reasons why we were able to beat the United States in the semi-finals!"

"But this year's Mi Guo Dream Seven team, under the leadership of Wade, feels very united as a whole, the old and young players get along well, the tactics are used appropriately, and the strength is obviously much stronger than the Dream Six!"

"That's right, although Lin Fei and our Celestial Empire men's basketball team are stronger, but Dream Seven is also stronger than Dream Six, I don't know if I can win if I meet Dream Seven in the knockout round!"

"Wade and Lin Fei's pinnacle duel in FIBA, whether you win or lose, this game is an absolute classic!"

"In addition to the dream of the United States, Spain, Argentina, Greece and France are also stronger than 2 years ago, and it is indeed quite difficult to win the championship!"

In the discussion and expectation of tens of millions of Heavenly Dynasty fans, the Heavenly Dynasty men's basketball team reported another victory two days later.

With Lin Fei's 30 points, 9 assists and 5 steals, as well as the fast break after stealing Kreiza 1 minute and 18 seconds before the end, he chased down the ultra-long three-point shot,

The Celestial Empire men's basketball team finally defeated the seeded team Lithuania in Group D 99-92 and won two consecutive victories in the group stage.

Under the effect of the magnetic glove, Lin Fei delivered 5 steals in this game, 4 of which directly helped the team convert into points.

After two group stage games, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team gradually got better under the leadership of Lin Fei and Da Yao, and won 102:83 again in the subsequent game against Brazil.

Immediately afterwards, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team easily won the weaker Australia and Qatar, and advanced to the top of the group with a record of 5 wins.

In the subsequent 16-8 knockout round, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team will face the Turkish team led by Tekoglu.

With a strong attitude of an average net win of 26 points per game, the United States Dream Seven also won all 5 games in the group stage and easily advanced.

Dwayne Wade is a top breakthrough master who breaks the defense, averaging 27 points per game and the second in the scoring list of the World Championships.

second only to Lin Fei's average of 28.2 points per game.

The third, fourth and fifth stars in the scoring list are Dirk Nowitzki of the Deutsche Nacional team, Pau Gasol of the Spanish team, and Da Yao, who averages 24 points per game.

Among the top five scorers, there are two Celestial Empire players, Lin Fei's average of 28 points and 7 assists per game and Da Yao's 24 points and 9 rebounds, fully supporting the strength of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team.

In the latest championship probability list officially launched by FIBA, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team also jumped directly to the fourth place, second only to the United States Dream Six, the Spanish team and the Agen suspension team.

In June, FIBA's latest World Basketball Country Power Rankings, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team ranked 7th.

Although Lin Fei and Da Yao are strong enough, the overall strength of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team is still significantly lowered by role players and bench seats, showing an unbalanced situation.

As the World Championships enter the knockout stages, new player signings and trades are constantly taking place in the free market on this side of the NBA.

On August 23, the Cleveland Cavaliers announced the signing of free agent Jason Terry to protect LeBron James.

On August 25, the New York Knicks officially renewed the contract of the team's role player Trevor Ariza for three years and $9.5 million.

On August 29, the Philadelphia 76ers officially announced a trade to send Allen Iverson in exchange for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round picks from the Denver Nuggets.

At this point, Allen Iverson's ten-year career with Philadelphia finally came to an end.

However, Denver fans are starting to boil, looking forward to the golden twin guns of Iverson and Anthony in the new season.

Anthony, who is participating in the World Championships in the island country, also called Iverson on the United States side to welcome Iverson's arrival.

The day after the Iverson trade was made, the NBA trade market made waves again.

The Houston Rockets re-signed Da Yao with a five-year, 75 million max salary contract, but then quickly reached a blockbuster deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers sent Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and a '07 first-round pick to get Da Yao from the Rockets and officially teamed up with Kobe.

In this deal, both the Lakers and the Rockets made a risky and bold attempt, and the combination of Kobe Bryant and Da Yao made Los Angeles and Celestial Empire fans think about it.

At the same time, although the Rockets lost Da Yao and the Celestial Empire market, they got together the starting lineup of Roy, Maddy, Odom and Bynum, and also got an extra first-round pick in the 07 draft, which is also worth looking forward to.

The trade of Iverson and Da Yao has changed the landscape of the West dramatically, and fans are looking forward to the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets in the new season.

And for tens of millions of Celestial Empire fans, their love for the Houston Rockets has since been brought to the Los Angeles Lakers with Da Yao being traded.

"Oh my God, Da Yao actually signed with the Rockets and then traded for the Lakers, this wave of operations is too crazy, right?"

"Da Yao teamed up with Kobe, this dual core is worth imagining, at least it's stronger than Yao Mai's combination, right?"

"Why hasn't Lin Fei's new owner been decided yet? Is this a deliberate attempt to whet the appetite of the fans? How good it is to sign directly with the Suns with a maximum salary, and win the championship with Nash next season! ”

"The pattern in the West is getting more and more chaotic, the Nuggets and Lakers may explode in the new season, and the Spurs, Mavericks and Timberwolves are traditional Western giants, so why bother to wade into troubled waters? If you want me to see it, it is more suitable for Phineas to join the Knicks or Nets in the East! ”

In the island nation of Hiroshima, the time soon came to September 1.

As the knockout rounds progress, the final four finalists of the World Championships are all produced:

They are the United States team led by Dwayne Wade and James, the Spanish team led by Gasol, the Celestial Empire men's basketball team led by Lin Fei and Da Yao, and the European powerhouse Greece team.

The semifinals played at the Hiroshima City Gymnasium tonight are the Celestial Dynasty men's basketball team VS the old rival Spanish men's basketball team.

In the previous 8-in-4 knockout round, Lin Fei faced his rival Dirk Nowitzki in the finals,

In the face of strict defense and trapping throughout the game, he still shot 9 of 13 three-pointers, plus 6 of 6 free throws, and scored a game-high 33 points.

At the same time, he used his strong containment to deliver 10 assists and led the team to score four double-doubles, plus 4 steals and 2 blocks.

beat Dirk Nowitzki's 31 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and helped the Celestial Empire men's basketball team defeat the German men's basketball team 103:91 and successfully reach the semifinals of the World Championships when Da Yao left the court with six fouls in advance.

In the latest World Championships scoring list, Lin Fei still ranks first with an average of 30.2 points per game, ahead of Dwayne Wade and Nowitzki.

As the two most outstanding superstars in this World Championships, Lin Fei and Wade can be described as peerless.

Fans of the two countries are also looking forward to the Celestial Empire and the United States being able to defeat their opponents in the semifinals and finally meet in the final......

With the 7 World Championships played, coupled with daily training, Lin Fei's free attribute points have been added to the layup attribute, and now the layup attribute has just reached 60 points of the passing line.

However, in the previous group stage and two knockout games, Lin Fei did not score a breakthrough layup and dunk in the fast break and positional battle.

In other words, so far, Lin Fei has not scored a two-point goal in a sports battle.

Of course, this is not that Lin Fei has no chance, but deliberately wants to use this to confuse the next opponent.

This semi-final against Spain was a very tough one, with the two teams alternating leads on several occasions.

Although the men's basketball team of the Celestial Empire is led by two superstars, Lin Fei and Da Yao, the overall level of the other players is relatively poor.

And the Spanish team, led by Gasol, Fernandez, Navarro, Reyes and others, the overall strength and bench depth of the team are very terrifying.

Under the continuous overturning of Navarro, Fernandez and others, Lin Fei's outside hand was not good tonight, only 5 of 10 shots in the first three quarters, and the shooting rate barely remained at 50%, only scoring 19 points.

However, after Da Yao learned that he was traded to the Lakers by the Rockets, he was in a very good state tonight, and he carried the team's offensive banner with roughly the team.

In the last quarter, Lin Fei also frequently blocked and dismantled with Da Yao on the outside and gave wonderful assists.

Spain are also targeted on the offensive end, and Gasol is comfortable in the face of rough play,

In the outside offense, Lin Fei can only defend one, while Navarro and Fernandez always have one who can put the basketball into the basket.

In the tense atmosphere of the Hiroshima City Gymnasium, the game quickly reached the last 1:02 of the final quarter.

As Fernandez's outside run took away Lin Fei's attention, Gasol responded to Navarro's empty cut layup in the high post.

"Huh!"

Spain also managed to overtake by one point.

Celestial Empire (89) :(90) Spain.

Younas, for his part, called a timeout and laid out the next crucial attack.

Lin Fei leaned into Younas's ear and suddenly whispered a few words.

Younas's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Okay, just do it!" ”

After the pause, in the tense atmosphere of the whole court, the Tianchao men's basketball team served and attacked.

Lin Fei faced Fernandez's defense in the front court, and Navarro on his side was ready to let go of Zhu Fangyu at any time.

Zhu Fangyu's outside three-point shooting tonight was not good, only 1 of 5 shots, which was also a big reason why the Celestial Empire men's basketball team failed to win the game in advance.

Lin Fei pressed the time to attack with only 5 seconds left, and suddenly summoned Da Yao's upward cover, and after the misplacement, he saw that Navarro and Fernandez came to cover him.

So he quickly passed the ball to Da Yao who went down.

"Whoosh!"

Da Yao received the ball in the high post, and Gasol, who was guarding the basket, quickly stepped up to make up for the defense.

At this time, Lin Fei, who was on the outside line on the left side, suddenly accelerated with a reverse run, and directly threw off the defender and rushed into the penalty area.

"Whoosh!"

On the left side of the basket, Yima Pingchuan was unguarded at this time, and Da Yao and Gasol were in the high position of the axis area.

And the starting center of the Spanish team also quickly went down to the bottom line on the right side to see the rough, not allowing him to receive the ball easily.

Fernandez went back to guard Zhu Fangyu in the bottom corner, and Navarro chased after Lin Fei unhurriedly, obviously an attempt to pinch him and run back to the outside.

At this moment, the Spanish team's defense can be described as extremely targeted, and they are not afraid of Lin Fei cutting into the penalty area directly for a layup.

Because of the three seasons in the NBA and the eight games in the World Championships, Lin Fei has never scored a layup.

The timer shows that the offensive time of the Celestial Empire men's basketball team is only 2 seconds left.

Director Zhang, who was in the stands to comment, also frowned at this time:

"Spain's defense is very successful this time, even if Lin cuts and catches the ball in the air, it is difficult to have time to pass out of the three-point line, and there is not enough time!"

In the next moment of nervous suffocation, Da Yao suddenly turned sideways to avoid Gasol's interference, and quickly hit the ball to the basket.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei, who threw off Navarro on the left, stepped into the penalty area, grabbed the basketball that bounced off the ground, his feet were suddenly full of strength, and his body soared into the air like a rocket.

Seeing the basket close at hand, Lin Fei was almost at the same level as the basket above his head, his body was like a full bow, he grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it to the sky, and smashed it down with a roar.

"Boom!"

(End of chapter)