"Doon is actively preparing for the Men's Basketball World Cup, becoming more and more courageous, and helping the men's basketball team win three warm-up games!"

"Disappointing! Doon was not in good shape, shooting only 5 of 42 three-pointers in four warm-up games! ”

"Doon's form is picking up, but time is running out for Doon!"

"Will Doon be able to get his shooting touch back in time? This has become the key to the men's basketball team's final results in the men's basketball World Cup in Spain! ”

After Doon's comeback in the men's basketball team, it is less than a month away from the start of the group stage of the men's basketball World Cup.

During this time, the men's basketball team had friendly exchanges with the four teams participating in the Men's Basketball World Cup.

Under Doon's leadership, the men's basketball team won three of its warm-up games.

Although the strength of the opponent is not good, it does not hurt that the men's basketball team can win and build some confidence to win before the men's World Cup starts.

It is worth mentioning that after the test of these four games, it is obvious that Doon's competitive form is getting better and better.

Not only is Doon recovering quickly, but he's also making some progress in his shooting.

While the shooting percentage of 5-of-42 shooting was quite stretched, Doon was able to re-shoot three-pointers, which is not a bad thing.

Doon's form has definitely gotten better with each passing day.

As long as the men's basketball team can successfully drag the time to the stage of advancing to the group stage, it may be possible to see Doon who has regained his shooting ability and explodes in the knockout round.

After all, at this stage, in order to ensure scoring efficiency, Doon is playing under the basket.

Because it is true that the shooting ability has not yet recovered, after two warm-up games, there has been a situation where Doon took the ball outside the three-point line, but instead of anyone stepped forward to wrap it, he was directly released by the opponent and let Doon shoot.

This situation has both advantages and disadvantages for the men's basketball team and Dhorn.

Once opponents accept the impression that Doon is now too good to shoot, then Doon may be able to use open three-pointers to help the men's basketball team quickly pull away the score.

But if Doon can't re-train his three-point shot, he will be vulnerable to defending and pinching in the low post.

Once this happens, Doon is like O'Neal at the peak, he can't get the ball and has the strength, and it's in vain.

In addition, there is no three-second zone in the international league, and it is obviously not so easy for Doon to rely on his physical talent to score under the basket.

Therefore, if the men's basketball team wants to achieve results, Doon must get the basket back.

The problem is, time is running out.

On August 30, the first day of the Men's Basketball World Cup, the men's basketball team ushered in the first game of the group stage - the opponent was the Croatian men's basketball team, which is also in Group B.

It is worth mentioning that in this Croatian men's basketball team, there is also Doon's NBA teammate who has never met - Bojan Bogdanovic.

As early as a month ago, Bojan signed a rookie contract with the Bulls, which means that he will officially land in the NBA in the new season.

Although Bojan has the ability to play in the NBA, perhaps because of his lack of qualifications, he did not play as a starter.

However, the Croatian men's basketball team does not lack such a shooting point as Bojan, and after the game starts, the outside firepower is obviously stronger than that of the men's basketball team.

Fortunately, Doon plays the inside line, and he still has a lot of physical advantages.

The Croatian men's basketball team is dominated by Stanko Balaczy, a second-round pick who didn't officially enter the NBA, and Damjan Rudez, who was an undrafted pick and is not known for his physicality.

Even though the two were squatting in the paint area, Doon started with his back in the low post, and still relied on his footwork and game experience to complete the offense again and again under the basket.

Of course, although the level of the men's basketball team has not been good in recent years, Yi Jianlian has not been injured, and Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue and others can still play a dozen.

In the first half, although the overall level of outside shooting of the men's basketball team was not as good as that of the Croatian men's basketball team, it was not much behind.

And Doon relied on low-post offense and rushing rebounds to help the men's basketball team establish some advantages.

By the end of the first half, the score was 48-37, and the men's basketball team had an 11-point lead.

However, the men's basketball team has always had physical problems, and in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, it is easy to have holes on the defensive end and no results on the offensive end.

Now Doon's physical strength is not guaranteed to be able to play a full high-intensity, high-quality game.

is also because the situation of this game is still grim, and after the start of the third quarter, Doon immediately opened fire.

Regardless of whether or not you have the physical strength to play in the fourth quarter, you must always make sure that you build more leads in the third quarter.

On the Croatian men's basketball team's side, after playing the first half, they also figured out the strength of the men's basketball team - mainly relying on Doon and Yi Jianlian to score.

Doon's low-post singles are the most important part of the men's basketball team's offensive system, and once the Croatian men's basketball team hits Doon in the low post, Yi Jianlian may cut the basket from the other side.

Just because Doon doesn't shoot well doesn't mean he doesn't have a good passing touch.

Of course, even if the quality of the pass has declined, Yi Jianlian is not a butter player, and it is still no problem to catch the ball in the air cutting process.

After the halftime break, the Croatian men's basketball coaching staff figured out that they could not pinch Doon, but they had to cut off Doon's contact with other teammates.

Then, it is necessary to pinch the outside ball carrier of the men's basketball team in advance and cut off the passing route with Doon.

After the third quarter officially started, the Croatian men's basketball team attacked Guo Allen, which directly caused Guo Allen to make a mistake and successfully played into a conversion.

Doon realizes that the situation is not right and takes the initiative to run to the top of the arc to get the ball.

Perhaps the Croatian men's basketball team got the news that Doon would not shoot now before the game, and did not send someone to lead the defense, but took the initiative to set up a two-three joint defense to strengthen the protection of the penalty area.

Doon can hold the ball and kill the basket, but if he doesn't get out, he will take the initiative to plunge into the net laid by the opponent.

In this situation, Doon can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, try to break through the ball, and see if the other teammates on the outside feel are not strong.

After all, Zhu Fangyu is still a veteran player, and he can still be relied on.

Within three minutes of the start of the third quarter, Doon had two assists.

Although the point difference did not open quickly, this also made the Croatian men's basketball team anxious.

Judging from the strength of the teams in Group B, the men's basketball team is undoubtedly the weakest team.

And the Croatian men's basketball team is not Group B strength, it is a situation of not being up or down.

If the Croatian men's basketball team loses tonight, it also means that they are likely to lose the possibility of advancing to the knockout round.

So, the outcome of tonight's game is important to them. Of course, it's also important for the men's basketball team.

As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

The men's basketball team is in the lead, and it is not a firm seat in the Diaoyutai, but it will not panic.

The Croatian men's basketball team can only blindly rely on three points to chase points, and the result is that the shot is too urgent, the hand is not good, and the iron is frequently hit.

The men's basketball team relied on protecting rebounds, slowing down the pace of the game and taking the initiative of the game into their own hands.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 66-51, and the men's basketball team had established a 15-point lead, which can be said to be a victory in sight.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Doon did not play for the first time, and the men's basketball team let Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue lead the team, strengthen the defense, slow down the pace, and slowly drag out the time.

However, the Croatian men's basketball team slowly found some touch and made two three-pointers.

Doon had to return to the court early to create better scoring opportunities for his teammates with his own low-post attacking threat.

It is worth mentioning that Doon's already significantly degraded passing ability is also much better than his own defender.

After Doon came on the court, the men's basketball team no longer made some low-level mistakes, and it could also ensure that the ball could be passed to Yi Jianlian's hands, allowing him to attack in the low post.

Yi Jianlian was physically exhausted, and after the scoring efficiency declined, Doon stood up again to force a breakthrough and create a kill, although the free throw shooting rate was only five or six percent, at least it also helped the men's basketball team complete the scoring.

Time passed quickly, and the fourth quarter of the game ran out.

81-74, although the men's basketball team did not play well enough in the fourth quarter, it also won the final victory by lowering the pace of the game and delaying time.

After winning this game, the men's basketball team is much more likely to advance to the knockout round. (End of chapter)