453.8 Strong, Here We Come!
Today I saw that the three core cores of the Chinese team are all wearing training uniforms. What does it mean for the starting team to wear training uniforms during the four-game winning streak?
Turkoglu looked at the opposite bench, and couldn't help but smile from the corner of his mouth after a while... Yao Ming was terrified. He didn't expect that one day he would be terrified by other people's smiles. Sid Wallace, in the stage of the competition for smiles, he is not in vain!
China has never thought that it can actually see the picture of the men's three-ball group match.
Today, all Chinese fans saw it!
Although Sun Ce could not see the game with the two major NBA insiders, both the fans in front of the TV and the more than 3,000 Chinese fans at the scene were very happy. They never thought that they could see Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian take turns in the World Series!
As for the Chinese fans who came to the scene, there were only more than 3,000 people, because today's opponent is the host, and the Turkish team has more fans.
While the Chinese team is resting, the Turkish team is also happy, and they are about to win and qualify!
The Turkish team is currently very similar to the Chinese team, both of which are upstarts.
On the Chinese team side, unexpectedly having a core point guard like Sun Ce, coupled with the original three highs, has become a strong team both internally and externally.
As for the Turkish team, they were extremely weak four years ago. The Turkish men’s basketball team has been established for more than 70 years. The unbeaten group stage appeared, like a dream.
The Turkish team is also an upstart. In the 04-05 season, their center Okur finally played in the NBA, averaging 13 points and 7 rebounds per game. In the same season, Turkoglu was traded to the Magic, averaging 14+6+3 per game. , also played out, they both set the best record in team history in the 2005 European Championship and the 2006 World Championship, entering the golden age of Turkish basketball.
Seeing the Chinese team take a break...they can't wait! Turkoglu felt guilty when he saw Yao Ming. He played the peak performance in the NBA before with the Magic, and every time the Magic played against the Rockets, as long as Yao Ming was healthy, the Magic would be miserable.
In the past 8 years, Yao Ming and the Magic have played against each other 11 times. The Rockets have 9 wins and 2 losses. Yao Ming averaged 23.3 points and 10 rebounds per game and shot 56% from the field. Howard averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds per game and shot 45% from the field. .
Howard played so badly, the one-star four-shot tactic based on Howard naturally couldn't be opened.
Seeing Yao Ming, Turkoglu was almost stunned.
It's not a good time to be happy.
Not to mention, after a team has a complete and strong core, ordinary players appear very confident and feel that they have a backer behind them!
In today's game, Sun Yue made 3 of 5 three-pointers. The national team scored in double figures for the first time in his career. He scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. In addition, Wang Zhizhi, who scored 15 points and 7 rebounds, the Chinese team just finished halftime against Turkey. , the point difference was opened in the second half.
The three strongest players in the Chinese team take turns, so the strength is naturally far behind that of Turkey.
67 to 95, the Chinese team's winning streak in the group stage ended, ranking second in the group stage with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss to advance to the finals!
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After the last game on the night of the 3rd, the group stage ended.
Ranking by points and margin of victory:
In Group A, Argentina, Serbia, Australia, and Angola advanced to the final round.
In Group B, the United States, Slovenia, Brazil, and Croatia advanced to the final round.
In Group C, Turkey, China, Greece, and Russia advanced to the final round.
In Group D, Spain, Lithuania, New Zealand and France advanced to the final round.
The remaining eight countries will qualify for the 17th to 24th places.
After the group stage, on the 4th day, the countries that advanced to the finals will have a day off to divide into groups.
Group C will be in the same division as Group D in the division, and until the semi-finals, the countries in Group C and D will play against each other.
In the first round of the knockout round, the first in Group C will play the fourth in Group D, the second in Group C will play the third in Group D, and vice versa.
After the first round, the winners of the first and fourth places, and the second place in another group will play against the winner of the third place in their own group in the quarter-finals, that is, the first and fourth place winners of the same group. The two will not meet before the semi-finals, after which the semi-finals will be drawn.
The same rule applies to Group A and Group B.
The Chinese team is lucky and will meet New Zealand in the first round.
Group D is also very weak, with Canada with 0 wins and 5 losses and Lebanon with 1 win and 4 losses. New Zealand entered the finals for the third time in the history of the World Championships.
Compared with the Australian men's basketball team, which is also the duo of Oceania, New Zealand is now in decline. In 2002, the New Zealand men's basketball team entered the World Championships for the first time in the history of the team. No, there are more and more NBA players in other countries, but they currently don’t have any NBA players. They have a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. Two victories depend on winning Canada and Lebanon, and one depends on the Spanish team only scoring two points in the third quarter. Distribute warmth.
Fortunately for the Chinese team, they lost a game during the rest. New Zealand, who played third, played much better than France, who played fourth.
Although due to Parker's withdrawal from the World Championships, the French team is like a sports car without an engine, just looking gorgeous, but several of their NBA players Florent Pietrus, Batum, Diaw, Ian Ma Simmi, as well as Nando De Colo, who hasn't been reported since being drafted by the Spurs in 2009, are short-tempered and mostly dirty.
If New Zealand is defeated in the first round, the Chinese team will play against the winner of Spain and Russia in the quarterfinals.
After the knockout schedule came out, the Chinese team began to prepare nervously for the first round of knockout in the afternoon.
This time Sun Ce also felt the tension of his teammates, including himself.
Unlike the group stage, in the next game, if you lose, you will be eliminated!
And in the group stage, the Chinese team won two games first and qualified ahead of schedule. The mentality of the third and fourth games was very relaxed, because there was no pressure to qualify.
But in the first round of the knockout round, the tension and pressure all came back.
Sun Ce finally understands the reason why NCAA March Madness is so popular, this feeling makes even the players feel excited!
Because no one can tell the outcome, even Spain can be upset by New Zealand!
However, the group stage record of 4 wins and 1 loss also makes the Chinese men's basketball team very confident!
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When it came to the final round, all the 16 advanced teams gathered in Ankara. There were two games every day, from the 5th to the 8th, and the first round was completed in 4 days.
The Chinese team was very lucky from the point of view of the lottery, drawing a weak team, but the schedule was very unfriendly, and Turkey was regarded as the opening game team, which will kick off the finals at 5 pm on the 5th.
The match between the Turkish team and the French team was played on the 8th, so there was extremely sufficient preparation time, and the advantages of the host country were fully displayed.
The preparation time for the Chinese team's tactical training and tactical discussion is only one afternoon and morning. On the afternoon of the 5th, they have to start warming up and preparing for the game, and they have to rest and recharge their batteries. The time is very tight.
But from another perspective, if you finish the first round earlier, you will have 3 days to rest and wait for your opponents in the quarterfinals.
But first, New Zealand has to be won!
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Time passed quickly, and the warm-up started at 2:00 pm on the 5th. At 4:30, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the stadium together. After 48 hours, another game came.
And it's a game to win or lose!
The Chinese team has a lot of fighting spirit here, and New Zealand has the same fighting spirit.
In the 2006 World Championships, New Zealand had passed its peak. Although it entered the finals, it lost in the first round and all the ranking matches. It bid farewell to the World Championships in Japan with 16th place.
Originally, the New Zealand team thought that the finalists for this World Championships were just as an accompanying runner. Who knew that they actually entered the finals. It is normal to win against Lebanon, but they did not expect the Canadian team to be so weak, with 0 wins and 5 losses, let alone an upset defeat Spain.
No matter what, the New Zealand team has already made money by entering the finals, and the next one can be a game, even if the opponent has three NBA players, doesn't Spain have several NBA players!
After entering the field, Sun Ce took a look at the opponent's players... I really don't know any of them. In terms of characteristics, the strongest ones are those born in the 70s, that is, when they won the fourth place in the World Championships in 2002 Eight years have passed, and all of them are in their thirties, and they are still the main force of the New Zealand team.
"Sean Kenny, 37 years old, 187 centimeters tall, 83 kilograms in weight, ability evaluation B+...Average of 18.2 points and 3.4 assists in the group stage of this World Championship? Awesome!"
Sun Ce looked at the players he needed to match up with today, and realized that even a 37-year-old veteran should not be underestimated! After all, he was a former genius boy who had reached the semi-finals of the World Championships.
Even if the years are not forgiving, their performance in the league may be very unstable, but this kind of a knockout game, a showdown with all their strength, who knows if they will break out.
In addition to this veteran, the New Zealand team has five starters and three players born between 1972 and 1975. At the beginning, they relied on these 18-year-old boys and almost won the medal. After the World Championships that year, most of those young players Being recruited by the European league team, 8 years have passed, things have changed, as early as 2006, most of them retired due to injuries or other reasons, and these few players are still sticking to it, slowly They have also become veterans, while the younger generation of players is weak.
After lamenting the cruelty of the years, Sun Ce made up his mind-send them home for the elderly in this game. Sports competition is the world of young people! Don't everyone be like Duncan, okay, just retire when you get old!
After paying attention to his opponents, Sun Ce found that there were many players from other countries sitting on the sidelines, and many people from the US team also came.
Harden, Curry, Westbrook, Rose, four young players from other clubs came to watch the game, teammates also came, Gasol Jr., Gay also came to watch the game, the US team came five people, the Spanish team Almost the whole team came, because the team that advanced tonight will be their opponent in the next round.
When Sun Ce saw these people, mainly the American team, he was envious and jealous! I heard that they directly rented a manor in Istanbul as a "dormitory". When they came to Ankara yesterday, they also directly rented a hotel. The US team has a lot of money.
I looked at the little Gasol... really thin! Although it is still the size of a great pyrene bear, the flesh on the neck is gone!
Sun Ce felt that his title as team grass was further threatened!
After the live performance, Sun Ce came to the sidelines to say hello: "Little Brother Stephen, Little Brother James, Russell, Derek, Rudy, Mark, you are here..."
Westbrook and Rose were very cold, nodding their heads as a greeting. Westbrook really wanted to exchange some things with Sun Ce, but he couldn't hold back.
Gay greeted Gasol and gave some encouragement. Although Gasol did not want to meet Yao Ming in the knockout round, he still hoped that Sun Ce could go further in the World Championships.
Hearing Sun Ce's name, Curry turned his head away and ignored him.
Harden was quite happy. Although he was four months older than Sun Ce, his intelligence seemed to have not been opened up by players who love world peace.
"Come on, Noah! Try to play the final with us!" Harden said with his iconic smirk.
You really think highly of us, no, you really have confidence! I was thinking about the final even before the first round... Sun Ce really wanted to respond like this, but the opponent did have the capital to talk about the championship from before the start of the World Championships...
After saying hello, Sun Ce returned to the court to shoot hot shots. There were more than 20,000 domestic fans at the scene today! The knockout round is about to start in a few minutes, and Sun Ce feels more and more excited!
At 4:58, the referee signaled the two teams to start.
Before playing, Wang Zhizhi gathered all his teammates together and said loudly: "Final eight, here we come!"
This voice ignited the passion of the teammates, followed by shouting: "Final eight! Here we come!"