Chapter 240: Domestic debut, Yao Du combination
Doon returned home with an NBA championship and an FMVP trophy for the first time in history.
Moreover, there is no fan who does not want to see the men's basketball team fully fit.
It is precisely because of this that Doon's men's basketball debut has attracted widespread attention and heated discussions across the country.
When Doon arrived at the Jinling Olympic Sports Center, he saw that the outside of the stadium was already surrounded by water.
There was a large number of media reporters and advertising signs in the stadium, and it was realized that the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Championship Cup was getting too much attention.
Doon only played the first half of the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup and couldn't guarantee a win.
And now Doon is the well-deserved team boss of the men's basketball team, and he must take responsibility, even the main responsibility, for losing.
In order to avoid being kidnapped by morality, Doon must be vaccinated in advance, otherwise he will become a historical sinner at a certain stage, just like Liu Xiang.
Therefore, before the game started, Doon took the initiative to reveal some information in an interview.
"I've only been with the men's basketball team for a short time, and I'm completely new to my teammates, coaches, and the tactics to play in the game.
We've been training together for a while, but we don't see much for the time being.
Playing and training are completely different things, and training can't fully simulate the state of a game.
In my experience in the NBA, it usually takes 10 to 15 games for a new player to settle into a team.
I learned a lot of tactics in the NBA, but it was still unknown if my teammates would be able to work together.
In my opinion, if the men's basketball team plays around me, other teammates may not be able to keep up with my game.
Therefore, for the upcoming World Championships, if you want to produce results, I can only adapt to everyone.
In order to better serve the team and help everyone, I need more time to observe and learn.
The Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Championship is a great opportunity for our opponents to be of a very good level.
It's also to integrate faster, so I won't play too much tonight, so I'm basically just coming up and looking for the feeling of playing with everyone.
We are a team and I hope we can win tonight's game.
I'm not putting pressure on everyone, but I hope that everyone can perform better in front of me and in front of the national audience.
Basketball is a team sport, and you can't win a game alone.
In some ways, how much strength I put out depends on what level everyone shows. ”
Doon said that before the game, although it wasn't very appropriate.
However, in the early years, when Doon participated in the NBA draft, he dared to make nonsense in front of a national audience, and now it is relatively normal for him to do his own thing.
The audience in front of the TV has great expectations for Doon, and at the same time, because of Doon's honors in the NBA, he will be relatively more convincing and more tolerant.
And because the performance of the European men's basketball team some time ago was relatively stretched, some reporters immediately gave their own interpretations on the spot.
In the face of questions from different reporters, Doon's aggression was not so high, but he gave his teammates more expectations and tolerance, saying that they would overcome the difficulties that may arise in the future together.
Some reporters were not very satisfied with Doon's answer, but under the arrangement of the official staff on the spot, the pre-match interview ended quickly.
Speaking of this year's Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup, there are a total of six teams participating.
In addition to the men's basketball team, there are also the men's basketball teams of Greece, France, Australia, Germany and Brazil.
The first three are the teams in Group A, and the men's basketball teams of Germany and Brazil are in the same Group B as the Chinese men's basketball team.
The format of the Stankovic Continental Basketball Champions Cup is to play one game in each of the group stages, and then the final match will be decided by points.
The first in the group played the first in the group and competed for the championship and runner-up. The second place in the group is the second place in the group, and the third place and the semi-finals are divided. The third rookie in the group and the third rookie in the group pecked at each other.
In the first three days of the group stage, Groups A and B will play one game each day.
Group A tonight is Greece against Australia.
Group B will naturally have the men's basketball team as the host.
The opponent is the German men's basketball team, and the core of the team is Doon's opponent in the NBA Finals not long ago - Nowitzki, the big boss of the Mavericks.
If it weren't for Doon's advance that he wouldn't play too much tonight, the domestic media might have turned this game into an NBA Finals-level battle.
At that time, whether the game is won or lost, it is actually not the result that Doon wants.
However, after the vaccination, Doon could not predict what would happen after the game.
In order to avoid trouble, Doon decided to play next, or to be a little more serious, or at least to be a little better in terms of scoring.
After all, leading a team to play men's basketball is useless just organizing.
The men's basketball team must have someone who can C, the ability to play Jordan is undoubtedly the best, the ability to almost play Kobe, it is really not possible to play Wei Shao, but if it is Kidd, it will be over.
Getting back to the point, with the opening game of Greece playing Australia in Group A, it was soon the turn of the men's basketball team and the German team in the group stage.
The men's basketball team sent Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Du En, Wang Zhizhi, and Yao Ming's starting lineup.
As Wang Zhizhi stood in the middle circle and jumped on behalf of the men's basketball team, the game began.
was able to return to China to play, Wang Zhizhi performed more actively, and turned the ball back to the backcourt as soon as he came up.
It's just that Wang Shipeng doesn't seem to be very active, the German team players rushed forward to grab, and the ball that should have been in hand was dialed into the air, and then grabbed the ball.
Fortunately, Doon was quick and stepped forward to apply a physical confrontation, and completed the steal in the blink of an eye.
Considering that the fans at the scene were looking forward to his performance too much, Doon did not trouble Liu Wei and dribbled directly through the half.
"Don't block and dismantle, pull me away, I want to single!"
FIBA is crowded inside, but the only advantage of this men's basketball team is that there are no shortcomings in projection, and everyone on the court can shoot.
As soon as Doon came up, he was going to play alone, and the others naturally had no opinion, and they scattered and stood apart.
When the audience saw this scene, they immediately stood up from their seats excitedly.
In the past, did any Chinese outside line dare to hold the ball in singles?
Didn't they all watch Liu Wei slowly dribble the ball outside the three-point line and find an opportunity to pass the ball to Yao Ming?
Or directly Yao Ming ran high to receive the ball, used his own attraction to defend, and acted as a setter to give the ball to other teammates to better complete the finish?
It can only be said that after a long drought, Doon's skill of holding the ball and playing alone is too new for the men's basketball team!
Doon did not disappoint the audience at the scene and in front of the TV, as soon as he came up, he tentatively clicked on the step, and immediately put away the ball and jumped to shoot.
The FIBA's three-point line is much shorter than the NBA's, and Doon's three-point shots are more casual.
In addition, Doon's height is also quite buggy for FIBA games.
The men's basketball team is also known for its strength on the inside, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are waiting on the inside, and it is impossible for the German team to send a big man out to interfere with Dune's shooting.
As Dhorn pulled out his three-point shot, only a brush was heard, and the sound of the Nets was crisp and ear-catching.
"Too strong, is this Doon?"
"It's worthy of an NBA championship, and Doon is too strong, isn't it?"
"It's dawn, and there is finally hope for the men's basketball team!"
"I finally understand why Coach Zhang always emphasizes passing the ball to Doon, and Doon is reasonable to attack with the ball!"
As soon as Doon came up, he conquered the domestic fans with a steady and ruthless three-point shot.
However, the fans were not very happy with the performance of others.
The problem of the men's basketball team is not only that it is difficult to score in the second half, but there are also many things that need to be corrected in defense.
The entire men's basketball team couldn't find a few good defenses, and tonight Wang Zhizhi faced Nowitzki, just like Li Ghost met Li Kui, and was unilaterally beaten.
If Doon doesn't play, Wang Zhizhi can actually play a few Nowitzki with the ball.
The problem is that Doon is the first offensive choice of the men's basketball team, Yao Ming is the second scoring point, and there is nothing left for Wang Zhizhi.
The imbalance between offense and defense is the first problem exposed by the men's basketball team.
Fortunately, after a few days of intensive training, Doon has regained the feeling of playing the game, and the state is okay as soon as he comes up, and the outside shooting alone can make the German team drink a pot.
In the past, it was already great for a men's basketball perimeter player to score a 10 points in a game, but it seems that Doon doesn't need to use other skills, just relying on three-point shooting is enough.
But after all, it is a warm-up game, and Doon can't directly incarnate Jordan and Kobe, so it's more difficult to play like this, and secondly, he can't integrate into the team and inspire other teammates.
Pass the ball to Yao Ming, this kind of work Liu Wei can also do.
Now that Doon has come to the men's basketball team, he must do some more advanced work.
After shooting 3-of-4 three-pointers in the opening game, Doon began to play with his back to the basket in the high post, attracting the defense and finding opportunities to pass the ball to Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.
The German team can't get out of the basket inside, and Doon is not easy to burst.
Playing slowly with your back to your back can better mobilize the attention of the German team's defense.
The Germans don't know how long Doon will play tonight, but their idea is simple: to win tonight's game.
Given that Doon had just won the championship and FMVP in the NBA not long ago, it was natural that Doon paid more attention to it.
FIBA, on the other hand, rarely packs from the outside, so can only passively wait for Doon to get the ball into the elbow area and then pinch it.
Doon also calculated this, so after receiving a pinch, he immediately sent the ball to his teammates on the inside.
I have to say that Yao Ming's finishing ability under the basket is still very fierce, hooking hands, blocking dunks, and playing boards......
Interior players need offensive skills, and Yao Ming has no shortcomings.
After Doon took the lead with the help of conversion offense, and scored a double-double on the fast break, Yao Ming quickly became the second player on the men's basketball team to score a double-double.
It's just that the other players didn't have a chance to touch the ball, and Doon broke through the ball to Liu Wei and Wang Shipeng to let them try their touch, but they didn't take the opportunity.
When Doon plays on the court, he must lead the team to play to an advantage, so he doesn't have any intention to feed them a feel.
In this way, it will be difficult for other people's scoring data to make new breakthroughs.
Of course, under the leadership of Doon and Yao Ming, the men's basketball team scored 23 points in the first quarter, and the performance was still okay.
Germany scored 19 points, four points behind the men's basketball team.
In the second quarter, because Yao Ming didn't play much, he only played 4 minutes, and Doon only played 7 minutes.
Therefore, although the men's basketball team still maintained its advantage, it did not further widen the point difference.
At the end of the first half, the men's basketball team only took a five-point lead.
In the third quarter, Yao Ming only played for 5 minutes, and he didn't play in the fourth quarter.
It can be said that the men's basketball team in the second half mainly relied on Wang Zhizhi to lead the team.
However, Wang Zhizhi played against Nowitzki, and his offensive and defensive performances were average.
After the whole game, although the score was double-doubled, it was 4 of 9 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and got 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
As an interior player, this shooting percentage and scoring efficiency are obviously more average.
Not to mention that Nowitzki scored 23 points tonight, and most of the points were scored by Wang Zhizhi.
It was also because of the failure to defend Nowitzki that the German team relied on Nowitzki's excellent play in the fourth quarter tonight to win the final victory by 4 points.
82-78, although the men's basketball team lost the first game as the host, Doon and Yao Ming as the core of the men's basketball team are still worthy of recognition.
And Doon played 17 minutes in the first half, hitting 6 of 8 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
Except for some fans accusing Doon of not playing in the second half and watching the men's basketball team lose, there are actually not too many harsh sounds.
On August 13, the men's basketball team played against Brazil, and Doon scored 21 points in the first half.
also relied on the advantages accumulated by Doon in the first half, and the men's basketball team scored more and more difficult and less in the second half, and finally took a 3-point lead and won the game.
Can Doon be 20+ in the half, but not 40+ in the whole game?
In a FIBA game, it's only seventy or eighty points.
Doon's scoring explosiveness and super personal ability really make the little blacks have nothing to say.
Fans still say that the other players in the men's basketball team are not strong enough and are not worthy of being Doon's pendant.
Of course, there will still be a large number of fans, looking forward to the Yao Du combination being able to play the whole game.
However, until August 15, the day of the Stankovic Continental Basketball Champions Cup final, Doon still only played the first half.
And because the opponent French team was very good, and Yao Ming did not play the whole game, the men's basketball team failed to win the game under the leadership of Wang Zhizhi.
With the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup ending with one win and two losses, the men's basketball team finished its warm-up game before the start of the World Championships.
Now just wait for the World Championships to start!
The Yao Du combination, which is longed for by domestic fans, will also go all out on the stage of the World Championships.
(End of chapter)