Once upon a time, the Dream Team was full of glory, and NBA stars were proud to be part of the Dream Team.

But with the defeat of the Dream Five and Dream Six teams one after another, it has obviously become a thankless task for NBA stars to play for the Dream Team.

After the Athens Olympics, Duncan announced in public that he would not participate in the Olympics, and the other core Iverson originally wanted to participate in the war again, but after returning home and being scolded as a dog, he extinguished such thoughts.

In addition, other NBA stars also rejected the invitation of the dream team on the grounds of striving for the NBA championship.

After all, once you lose in an international competition, not only your reputation will be affected, but your business value will also be damaged.

Playing in the NBA, the sports market in the United States alone is enough for them to eat a lot of money, and there is no need to open up the international market like Jordan and others.

At the end of the day, it's simple.

The predecessors planted trees and the later people enjoyed the shade.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

In addition, if a star is injured, not only will their own interests be seriously damaged, but the interests of the team will also be damaged.

Therefore, the team owner will also persuade his own star not to participate in the dream team.

However, some supernovas who haven't played in the NBA, especially young stars who haven't made the playoffs, will try to play on the Dream Team.

Especially when there are veteran stars leading the team like this year.

Anyway, if you lose, there are also veteran stars, and no matter how much you scold them, you can't scold them.

If you win, then let the capital behind it publicize more, and the benefits will naturally be many.

And the official Dream Team, after successive failures in the previous years, has repeatedly invited NBA veteran stars to participate in the World Championships this year.

Originally, Kobe, an NBA youth star with a championship in hand and an offensive and defensive integration, had already agreed.

Unexpectedly, the playoffs were too hard, and he was admitted to the hospital after the playoffs.

Although the surgery has already been completed, it has not caught up with the training camp a month ago.

In the end, this year's Dream Seven team was led by Kidd.

In addition, the Dream Team officially invited Byron Davis, the second leader of the Bulls who had just won the championship, and the 03 platinum generation, now the brightest new star in the United States - Flash Wade.

As for the peerless twin heroes James and Anthony, who also belong to the 03rd class, as well as the dragon king Bosh, they can only be regarded as additions.

Other additions include Paul and Howard, the two little brothers who carry bags.

And in order to avoid a repeat of the same mistakes, this year's Dream Team has more players who can defend.

Especially in order to be able to arrest Doon, flank defenders like Battier and Prince have joined the Dream Team.

The interior is a bit weaker, with only Brad Miller and Elton Brand.

Originally, the Dream Team officially invited Big Ben, but Big Ben refused to play for the Dream Seven team because of the defeat of the Dream Five team.

In the end, Elton Brand could only be invited to enhance the interior attack.

So, the members of the Dream Seven team are Kidd, Byron Davis, Paul, Wade, James, Anthony, Battier, Prince, Bosh, Elton Brand, Brad Miller, and Howard.

It is worth mentioning that in order to win the championship of this World Championship, the Dream Seven team did not choose to bring NCAA players.

Even Paul and Howard, the two juniors, have good defensive ability, at least not a drag.

Judging from the warm-up matches and group stage of the Dream Seven team, the Dream Seven team does have the taste of restoring the glory of their ancestors.

However, as an NBA player, Doon saw at a glance the shortcomings of the Dream Seven team.

"No basket, no basket, let Kidd shoot!"

Before the game, Doon introduced the lineup of the Dream Team to the rest of his teammates in the men's basketball team, emphasizing the lack of shooting ability of the Dream Seven team.

And tonight's Dream Seven starting lineup is Kidd, Wade, James, Prince and Howard.

Just looking at the defense, this lineup is actually quite good, and the player configuration is very suitable for Kidd to control the pace of the game, play defensive counterattacks, and push fast attacks.

But the problem is that none of these people have a consistent shot.

In a way, the Dream Seven team's starters are the best to shoot......

Kidd's nickname is known, and Doon asked Liu Wei not to go out too much, just continue to set up a joint defense.

It's not a big problem, Kidd is obviously still very confident in his shot, and when he saw Liu Wei make a step, he made a three-point shot directly.

Sure enough, Duang screamed, and then Yao Ming protected the rebound.

Yao Ming passed the ball to Liu Wei, but Kidd immediately pressed forward, and Liu Wei had to pass the ball to Doon.

James also found Doon and defended it tightly, but Doon was not in a hurry to get past James, but unhurriedly advanced with the ball, waiting for his teammates to settle down.

I saw Yao Ming walking slowly to the front court and falling to the left low position to ask for the ball.

Doon passed the ball to Liu Wei outside the three-point line on the left side, and let the latter drop the ball to Yao Ming, while he ran from the top arc to the right corner without the ball.

The Dream Seven team saw Yi Jianlian coming out of the corner position to block and dismantle the off-ball Doon, and thought that Doon was going to shoot a three-point shot in the bottom corner, and Prince immediately turned his attention to Doon.

At the same time, Yao Ming hit Howard with his back, and it was a clean hit.

Turn your back and hook your hand and score the ball.

Originally, Yi Jianlian wanted to cut to the basket and compete for rebounds, but when he saw the basketball hollow into the net, he turned around and returned to defense directly.

"Defend, defend, defend."

Du En knew that the Dream Seven team would definitely play a conversion attack, and immediately reminded when he saw Yao Ming's goal.

In Doon's vision, as long as the Dream Seven team is not allowed to play a transition offense, the men's basketball team can at least have a scoring advantage in the first half.

And that happened, as Howard slipped off the line and passed the ball to Kidd, who advanced with the ball.

Wade and James flew on both wings and went straight to the basket.

Fortunately, the other players in the men's basketball team were reminded by Doon, and after Doon blocked Wade, others also stopped James.

Then relied on the joint defense and successfully defended again.

Kidd passes the ball to Wade and lets Wade try it.

Wade asked Prince to come out to block the pick-and-roll, but Yi Jianlian didn't follow and helped defend near the free throw line.

Seeing this, Wade didn't pass the ball to Prince and let Prince shoot three points, so he could only force the basket by himself, but he was sandwiched by Wang Shipeng, Yi Jianlian and Doon, and there was a Yao Ming to protect the frame inside.

Seeing this, Wade burst into the outside of James.

"No baskets, no baskets, protect the rebounds."

James didn't choose to break through after getting the ball, but tried to shoot a three-pointer.

Doon lets James shoot while notifying his teammates.

As soon as Duan's words fell, there was a sound from Duang behind him, and Yi Jianlian, who contracted the basket, protected the rebound.

Yi Jianlian passed the ball directly to Doon, who continued to keep the pace of the game down and create respite for his teammates.

And the Dream Seven team saw that Yao Ming once again put on the attitude of eating, sleeping and fighting Warcraft, Kidd and Prince could only try to pinch Yao Ming and protect the inside line.

However, Yao Ming can not only play singles in the low post, but also pass the ball.

Seeing that the old guy Liu Wei was let go, he also chose to pass the ball to his teammates, believing in Liu Wei's ability.

Liu Wei immediately shot after receiving the ball, but before Kidd could pounce, he threw the three-point shot.

One thing to say, the projection of the men's basketball team in the first three quarters is trustworthy, and the overall three-point shooting rate is more than 4%.

This time, Liu Wei grasped the shooting opportunity well, and hit a three-pointer as soon as he shot, helping the men's basketball team continue to widen the difference.

Immediately afterwards, the men's basketball team quickly returned to defense under Doon's reminder.

Defending the defensive counterattack of the Dream Seven team prevented the attack of the Dream Team's starting lineup.

After three minutes in the first quarter, the men's basketball team played a huge advantage of 9-2, and the head coach of the Dream Seven team, Lao K, had to call a timeout to adjust.

Soon, Byron Davis, Anthony and Brad Miller replaced Kidd, James and Howard.

Yao Ming beat Howard with a handle, but when he beat Brad Miller, it is not that he can't fight, but the physical strength consumed will be relatively large.

So Doon led the change of play, holding the ball and playing blocking and dismantling with Yao Ming.

In order to take care of Yao Ming, Doon did not let Yao Ming run the three-point line to block and dismantle, although Yao Ming and Maddie would cooperate so much, but Yao Ming's physical strength was more important in the men's basketball game.

Therefore, Doon first played blocking and dismantling with Wang Shipeng outside the three-point line, and if Wade changed defenses, Doon would shoot directly with three points.

If Brad Miller is delayed, Doon will continue to play with Yao Ming.

However, because they are all NBA players, they attach more importance to Doon and despise other players in the men's basketball team.

The Dream Seven team saw that Doon played a high-post blocking and dismantling tactic that is more common in the Bulls, so they immediately chose to pinch Doon.

Doon had no choice but to pass the ball to Wang Shipeng, and the latter did not waste the opportunity, in the first quarter alone, he relied on 3-of-5 three-pointers to help the men's basketball team further widen the difference.

Of course, for Wang Shipeng personally, 9 points in a single quarter is also quite good World Championships data and national team resume.

Having said that, with plenty of physical strength, the men's basketball team still has a lot to do in this World Championships.

No one expected that after the first quarter, the score would come to 25-17! The side that is behind is still the Dream Seven team.

Under the tight defense of the men's basketball team, the Dream Seven team can really score Anthony, Battier and the little-known Paul.

However, in the second quarter, Wade also relied on Doon's absence to finally play the effect of staggered peak travel.

As for James, he doesn't even have the qualifications to travel off-peak.

The old K is very real in employing people, who can score and who will play on the field.

James, like Kidd, was directly emptied by the men's basketball team, but his shooting percentage was only 30%.

If there is too little sample of shooting data to see anything, what about initiating a walk, breaking through a walk?

Lao K has coached Duke for so many years, and it is not that he has never seen a player who has not seen a clear footsteps, but it is the first time he has seen a star who has not explained his footsteps clearly.

In order to avoid losing, the old K can only press players like Kidd and James to the bench first, and then give others more playing time.

Paul was able to play, which really surprised Lao K.

However, it is also true that NBA players do not adapt to FIBA rules.

I finally found a few that could shoot, but I couldn't shoot with just the eye.

And for scoring in the low post, Elton Brand alone can't do it.

The Dream Seven team needs more people to score under the basket, but the outside players are afraid of breaking through the joint defense, and they will have short hats when they break through the restricted area.

On the defensive end, the roster is too short and will be constantly shot by the men's basketball team, and this problem needs to be solved urgently.

However, just when Lao K didn't know how to win, the situation on the field slowly took a new turn.

In the third quarter, the men's basketball team generally couldn't find a shooting crosshair, and the score could only rely on Doon and Yao Ming to continue to block and dismantle.

However, Yao Ming made a lot of effort last night, even if he clocked in three and a half quarters, he scored 30 points after all.

Tonight, he played the Dream Seven team, and frequently sprinted and ran on the court to avoid dragging down the speed of the men's basketball team's defense, and Yao Ming, who played in the second half of the third quarter, was a little unable to play.

After this situation occurred, Younas could only replace Yao Ming with Wang Zhizhi.

But Wang Zhizhi's finishing ability under the basket is several grades worse than Yao Ming.

Even if Doon keeps feeding the ball, Wang Zhizhi has a shooting rate of about 5%.

And because the men's basketball team couldn't keep up with the speed of defense, it was beaten by the Dream Seven team into more and more switching offenses, reducing the pace of the game and continuing to increase the scoring efficiency, which is very important.

In order to be able to defeat the Dream Seven team in the group stage, Doon can only run low by himself and play the relatively weak interior players of the Dream Seven team with his back.

At this time, Liu Wei gave full play to his ability to pass the ball to Yao Ming over the years.

However, after Doon was caught in the middle, he passed the ball to Liu Wei, who failed to seize the opportunity and hit another three-pointer.

After all, most of his teammates are CBAs, and Doon can't force others, so he can only use his ability to score as much as possible.

Relying on Doon to score 11 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, the men's basketball team still stabilized the situation, 73-68 with a five-point lead into the fourth quarter.

However, in the fourth quarter, the Dream Seven team played faster and worked harder.

Doon's teammates were running slower and slower, and their concentration on the ball was getting worse and worse, and there were steals on serve and cross-passes.

For this reason, Younas can only shout a pause to emphasize and re-emphasize.

At the same time, he persuaded Du to send Chen Jianghua, Zhang Qingpeng, and Zhu Fangyu, these young players who have been sitting on the bench for a long time and still have physical strength.

Dunn knew that Yao Ming and the others could no longer fight, and in order to avoid them from being injured, he could only use the dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Chen Jianghua's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he is very energetic, but he lacks game experience and physical confrontation, and he can only break through and finish under the basket.

After squandering the ball twice, Doon had to let him play as a dribble guard, and after half court he took the ball himself to slow down the tempo.

Doon relied on his personal ability to withstand half a quarter, but Lao K also saw the lack of physical strength of the men's basketball team, so he let the players of the Dream Seven team hit Doon fiercely.

Doon could only play the ball to other teammates, and Zhu Fangyu made a three-pointer, but also missed two shots.

Although the scoring efficiency was okay, the Dream Seven team relied on grabbing rebounds to counterattack and scored 4 points.

The scales of victory continued to tilt in favor of the Dream Seven team, and Yao Ming had to return to the court to try to win tonight's meaningful victory.

It's a pity that in the last two minutes, Anidon stepped up and threw three mid-range shots in a row.

Doon responded, but was hampered and scored just four points in the final two minutes.

And Yao Ming was also sandwiched into a bun on the inside, although he also scored 2 points at the last moment, he also conceded two goals.

The victory was only between the first line, and the Dream Seven team relied on Wade's breakthrough layup to complete the stunner.

The men's basketball team finally lost to the Dream Seven team by 2 points 91-93.

At the end of the game, the men's basketball team was actually quite satisfied.

However, Doon, as the leader of the team, led the team to lose, and did not shoot a quasi-stunner at the last moment to help the team take the lead and win.

Naturally, Alexander, was unwilling to accept the result of this competition.

In Doon's view, the current strength of this Dream Seven team is limited and not invincible.

If the Dream Seven team can't beat it, then why should it play the Dream Eight team with a more luxurious lineup two years later?

'I'll admit that the defeat was my problem, I didn't make the key shots.

However, I don't admit defeat and don't admit defeat!

I think we are more than capable of winning tonight.

If our players were a little bit more physical, we wouldn't have needed young players to play for more time.

In the NBA, even if it is a 48-minute game, the fourth quarter is the main team fighting.

Why are our players not getting enough energy? Is it not good to eat, or not to drink, or not to train?

Eating barbecue, drinking, and smoking, let's not talk much about these habits, let's just talk about training, and sweat a little more, will it make you miserable?

I think everyone is still very motivated! When you go to a bar, soak in a hot spring, or go for a massage, why don't you see that everyone has a problem with your physical strength?

Why did you lose your stamina when you got to the game? It's all up to me and Yao Ming to attack and defend? Is the competition a matter between me and Yao Ming?

We have a lot of games to play ahead of us, and I hope you can think about it and go back and take stock of each other's problems.

We can do better, and we can become the pride of our people.

We go abroad to win glory for the country, not to laugh and laugh! ”

Doon shouted loudly, but after venting his emotions, he slowly eased his expression.

"I know that some of the players feel that they are satisfied to be able to play like this with the Dream Team.

But I have to warn you, this is not a league and it doesn't matter how many games you lose.

We wear the uniform of the national team and we have a completely different responsibility than in the league.

You can't afford to lose a game here!

If you don't want to win, leave this team and let someone who has the courage to take responsibility and work hard will do it.

Well, it's my first time leading the men's basketball team, and it's stressful to lose, so please forgive me.

I hope that every day in the future, I can talk to everyone with a pleasant face, not like just now.

Now, let's hug each other and feel each other.

We are a team, we are a collective, to understand each other, to respect each other! Everyone's right? ”

Doon put pressure on the rest of the men's basketball team in the locker room, but also regrouped and put their morale in order.

When they walked out of the locker room for the post-match interview, Doon and Yao Ming scrambled to take the responsibility for losing.

And the other players are mostly ostriches, muffled.

However, Doon and Yao Ming took the lead, and their mentality will change to a greater or lesser extent.

Losing only 2 points to the Dream Team, there's nothing to be proud of. To make the Dream Team lose the men's basketball team by 2 points is something to be truly proud of.

After being scolded by Dune, Dune's "not admitting defeat and not admitting defeat" did have a certain effect, motivating other players in the men's basketball team to play harder and play better.

In the next few days, the group stage of the World Championships continued.

The men's basketball team has lost and won because the dream team consumed too much, and then played Puerto Rico, which lost by 4 points.

However, he recovered and defeated Senegal and Slovenia in succession, and finally advanced to the round of 16 with 3 wins and 2 losses.

The time soon came to August 26, and the men's basketball team played against the third place in Group C.

Relying on Doon to score 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Yao Ming scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, and the men's basketball team defeated the Litao Bowl 79-73, 6 points to advance to the quarterfinals.

However, the next opponent will be the Spanish team, which should have won the World Championships and is about to usher in its heyday.

If the men's basketball team can beat the Spanish team, then not only will it be a problem to win a medal in this World Championships, but even winning a medal in the Olympic Games will no longer be a fantasy.

And on the way to the men's basketball World Championships, except for the finals, they will not encounter the Dream Seven team again, and it is even likely that they will not meet the Dream Seven team again in the finals.

The Dream Seven team has enough physical strength and is too capable of running, which belongs to the men's basketball team's style of restraint, while other teams may not have this effect.

In a sense, the quarterfinals against Spain are the finals of the World Championships for men's basketball!

"After this hurdle, the sea and the sky are wide, and the gold medal is in sight!" (End of chapter)