Four Hundred Fifty-Six. Semi-Finals? No Stress!

Time goes back to September 9th, the night that made Chinese basketball fans ecstatic.

After defeating the Russian team, the Chinese team reached the semi-finals!

At this time, the players of the Chinese team began to imagine the world championship?

Just thinking about an epic championship tour?

The remaining six teams that have not yet played are all the top two teams in each group, and there are also Argentina and the US team. The players of the Chinese team should be extremely nervous now? Scared? Overwhelmed?

However, this is not the case after the actual game.

After the game, the Chinese team and most of the fans at the scene didn't leave. Anyway, there was still some time before the next game started at 8:00.

"Hey, yo, we reached the semi-finals tonight, I'm in a good mood, I'm going to bring glory to my hometown..." After singing a few lines, Guo Ailun seemed to be out of words, and began to jump and break his voice Roaring: "I said basketball and you said yes...basketball..."

The fans at the scene were still very face-saving, and interacted: "Yo..."

"basketball……"

"Yo..."

Sun Ce looked at Guo Ailun's performance in pain, damn, just finished playing basketball, and started singing and dancing rap?

What happened to the basketball world? Why does everyone want to become a singer?

But Sun Ce can understand, he is also very excited, reached the semi-finals, for the Chinese team, it has far exceeded expectations.

The Chinese men's three major goals, the previous best record is the fifth place in the world of the men's volleyball team. After the Chinese men's basketball team won the Russian men's basketball team, no matter how they play next, they will definitely be heroes when they return home.

Although he despises men who sing and dance rap, Sun Ce is in the same mood as his teammates.

Originally, Sun Ce thought that it would be good to get to the top 8 of the World Championships. Before the World Championships, he was ready to enter the finals as the third or fourth place in the group stage, and then he met the top two in the other three groups. For any opponent, choose a card to use, and hit the top eight. After the top eight, if there is still a chance, try to hit the top four.

As for whether he can advance to the semi-finals, this is not important at all. Sun Ce must be very happy if he enters and creates a new history;

The foundation of Chinese team sports, not to mention compared with the NBA, even compared with European basketball, South American basketball, and even Oceanian basketball, there is a big gap. Training or college team sports are too bad.

It's just that I didn't expect to win four consecutive victories in the group stage, and to win the first round of the knockout round steadily.

By the time they reached the quarterfinals, they had already fulfilled their initial expectations. It was just that after the opponent in the quarterfinals became Russia, they found that they could enter the semifinals lying down. Sun Ce and his teammates fully grasped this hard-won Chances of lying in the Final Four.

But because of this, you feel that you are terrible? Do you feel that you are invincible and must compete for the championship?

Come on, the players all know that from the beginning to the present of this World Championship, except for Turkey, they have never encountered a strong team.

Of course, in the next game, we will definitely have to fight hard, but the players are very relaxed, so relaxed that... together with Sun Ce, we pray that the United States and Argentina will be killed...

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On the night of the 10th, there was no upset situation, and the Chinese team drew the US team in the semi-final draw after all the quarter-finals.

Expectations were in vain. I met the strongest American team. I basically had no hope of winning. The Chinese players didn’t find it too difficult to accept. Playing in the semi-finals! Winning or losing is not important, the important thing is that they reached the stage of the semi-finals!

After watching the last game in which Turkey defeated Serbia and the semi-final draw, the Chinese players happily went back to school, rested for a night, and played against the United States tomorrow night!

The players of the Chinese team are very happy. This is completely different from the previous meeting with the US team. Meeting the US in the group stage, the first round of the knockout round or even the quarter-finals, and meeting the US in the semi-finals... the level is different.

Only Sun Ce, who was hanging behind and holding his little sister, who was about to send his mother and little sister back to the hotel, was in a complicated mood now.

When the lottery result comes out, the system will prompt you!

"Because the host helped the Chinese men's basketball team enter the semi-finals of the World Championships, and met the US team in the semi-finals, the Waterloo of the special event Dream Team was triggered."

"Dream Team Waterloo:

Event Objective 1: Defeat Team USA.

Goal 2: Get the highest score in the next game against the US team.

Event Rewards: Completing Objective 1 will reward players of the 2010 World Championship Team USA with a random star experience card; completing Objective 2 will reward a Mysterious Fragment.

Failure penalty: None. "

Such a simple and rough description of the incident, and the rewards are simple and straightforward. Although the overall strength of this American team is definitely far inferior to that of the returning dream team in 2008, it is still a group of potential new stars, as well as Durant and Odo For a star like Mu, the reward for the first goal is not bad.

It's a reward for another goal... Sun Ce really wants it!

There are already 9 mysterious fragments, and this one is missing

There is no penalty for failure, which means two situations. One is that this event is an additional event that does not involve issues of honor, face, etc.; the other is that this event is basically difficult to complete.

This time, Sun Ce felt that the two situations came together.

Accidentally entered the semi-finals and met the US team, so there was such an incident.

After returning to the hotel with his old mother and the inexplicably extra younger sister, Sun Ce was very melancholy on the way back to school.

Originally thought that lying in the semi-finals like this would save the S-level staged explosion and the star experience card, but now... it seems that there are extra reasons to want to hit the US team.

"Forget it, forget it, whatever you want, try to win if you have a chance to win, and don't force yourself if you don't have a chance... First get the highest score and then talk about it?"

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After a night's rest, Sun Ce got up early as usual.

This time Yi Jianlian didn't ask Sun Ce to wake him up, he set the alarm clock himself, and when Sun Ce got up and finished washing, Yi Jianlian also got up.

"Hey, Ah Lian, it's so early?" Sun Ce greeted warmly.

The response received was Yi Jianlian's "hmm".

Sun Ce was a little surprised. He had to knock on Yi Jianlian's bedroom door before, so that the other party would get up unwillingly and ignore him for a long time. This time he got up by himself and responded. He felt that Yi Jianlian is in a good mood.

Yi Jianlian got up so early today, mainly because he wanted to enjoy two more hours of "winner's time". He won all the games he played in the World Championships this time. He took a break in the loss to Turkey, so he was always in a winning state , this is the first time he has felt like this since he joined the nba, so he wants to enjoy it for a while.

Not only Yi Jianlian is in a good mood!

After running in the morning, Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian went to the school restaurant to eat breakfast made by the chef brought by the national team, and found that all the teammates were in a good mood.

Sun Ce likes this feeling very much, don't make it look like you are going to fight the US team tonight, how tiring!

Playing on behalf of the national team is to win glory for the country. This is a happy thing. If the opponent's gestures are evenly matched, or slightly stronger than his side, it is understandable to look like he is going to the battlefield.

But if the opponent is far stronger than his side, then it is unnecessary.

This is not a real war, just do your best. It doesn't mean that if you lose this game, your basketball career will be over.

On the contrary, winning or losing this game is actually not important at all. It is an honor to represent the national team in the World Championships.

But being in a good mood and relaxing doesn't mean you just hit it casually.

When they came to the rented arena for training at nine o'clock, everyone became serious.

Playing against the United States is still the semi-finals, of course you can fight as much as you can!

It's one thing to fight hard or not, anyway, try your best, at least don't lose so ugly.

With Yao Ming around, the Chinese team was able to match the U.S. team by just one quarter when Yao Ming was at full strength. This is the experience of the Beijing Olympics.

But that time, Yao Ming was on full fire from the very beginning of the game, and he was almost exhausted in the middle of the second quarter, and Yao Ming could only run back and forth slowly.

After Yao Ming lost his physical strength, Wang Zhizhi couldn't deal with the inside line of the US team, and Yi Jianlian was still young. The point difference quickly opened up to 30 to 40 points in the second half of the second quarter.

In the team meeting, Sun Ce confirmed his thoughts in the analysis of the coaching staff. Their inside line has a great advantage!

The US team only sent 3 inside players this time, Odom, Love, and Chandler.

Odom is the starting center, Love and Chandler are both off the bench.

Odom is strong.

Love did not perform well. On the offensive end, he couldn’t move inside and could only open shots. He didn’t have the ability to run. The defensive end was a colander, so Durant played the starting power forward position. Love only played about 10 minutes per game. , the old coach K would rather use a small lineup than spend too much time on Love.

Chandler... on the U.S. team is like Howard in 2008 with weakened athletic ability and tall stature. He has a strong defense at the basket and can defend against pick-and-rolls and zone defenses.

But Chandler has never been able to guard against Yao Ming. Yao Ming has played against Chandler 15 times in the NBA, averaging 20+10 in 31 minutes per game, which is very relaxing.

And Chandler has no threat on the offensive end. The international arena is not like the NBA. There is no three-second defense. Chandler pulls out of the three-second zone to pick and roll. Pulling out the center is useless!

If he plays, Yao Ming will have no physical strength on the offensive end, and the defensive end will just stand under the basket and defend the basket to help a teammate grab the rebound.

No matter which inside line of the American team Yao Ming is playing against, he will always crush and play casually. The problem to be considered is the distribution of physical strength.

In terms of pure insiders, the Chinese team has an absolute advantage.

But Durant playing power forward...can't be guarded!

This is an ultimate weapon comparable to Anthony in the international arena, and he is a pitcher, so it is no problem to play the whole game.

Yi Jianlian, who may be known as the No. 1 power forward in this World Championship, can deal with Durant on the offensive end, but it is completely impossible to limit Durant.

As for Argentina's Scola, although he won the scoring title, but because the Argentine team has no center in this World Championships, Scola played the center position.

For the Chinese team, the most difficult thing to solve is the outside rotation lineup composed of Billups, Curry, Iguodala, Gay, and Granger.

Westbrook, Harden, and Rose are free when they go to the international arena. Rose and Westbrook go to the international arena, similar to the weakened version of James in 2004 and 2006. The quasi-fourth grade in 2006 is about to lead the Cavaliers. James, who reached the finals, delivered food in the international arena, not to mention Westbrook and Rose. These two people may not be as good as James in shooting, and they do not have James' height and defense.

At that time, James could still use confrontation to defend, and he could also rely on his body to play power forwards and grab rebounds.

There is no three-second zone in FIBA, and Rose and Westbrook broke through and got a lot of caps.

Harden...belongs to the mascot and basically has no playing time. He was selected because Eric Gordon, the glass man, was injured.

After analyzing the pass, I found that only Curry, Billups, Iguodala, Gay, Granger, Durant, Odom played well in the US team this time...

There are seven of them now!

Sun Ce wants to flip the table! Hit the hammer!

In other basketball powerhouses, such as Argentina, only Scola, Oberto, and Delfino performed well, and the others were foils.

Turkey also relies on three NBA players, and Serbia relies on the twin towers of Milicic and Kostic.

As for the US team, after counting for a long time, they saw that Rose, Harden, Westbrook, Love, and Chandler performed poorly, and they were slowed down when they played. They were just about to be happy, but they still have seven cores...

The only good thing is that the game is 5v5, so when Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming are on the court at the same time, the inside advantage is extremely huge.

Sun Ce looked at his prop space.

1 one-time physical potion, a rechargeable version of the physical potion, an old Joe's star experience card, an S-level stage burst, which can directly play a role in the game, just these four props, other props in the playoffs It's all gone.

The rest are some strange things, such as advancing to the finals as the second place in the group stage before, getting a B-level lottery card, and drawing a "Hamilton mask", Sun Ce thought it was stamina or CIC The bonus props, but I thought too much, the effect is "ignore the pain caused by the broken nose bridge after wearing it".

Sun Ce really wanted to give this mask to Nash. Nash's bridge of nose was broken every three or two years.

The question now is which star experience card to use, and whether to use it or not?

Of course it has to be used!

Even if you can't win, you still have to get the highest score in the game and open the exchange section for the mysterious fragments.

Playing against the U.S. team is not like playing against those weak teams. The confrontation must be more intense, and the consumption will be greater. A-level stamina may not be enough.

Sun Ce had used staged bursts before, and found that it was just an increase in strength, whether the physical strength should be dropped or not. Fortunately, there are two physical potions that can be used.

Mr. Joe came back for the last time. In the first season of his comeback, Mr. Joe made the most mid-range shots in history. That season, he was fourth in the league in mid-range shooting efficiency, second only to Dirk Nowitzki, Kobe Bryant, and Alan Houston. The problem is also physical strength.

After thinking about it, Sun Ce made a decision. There are still a few hours before the semi-final against the US team... No matter whether you win or not, you have to give the opponent a big surprise anyway!

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ps: There is no update in the afternoon. I have to go to the venue again in the afternoon after lunch. I will check the situation in the evening. If the work ends early and I go home early, there will probably be an update. If it is late, forget it. I don’t force it. .

Anyway, it's only two or three days, and it will be over when I finish my work tomorrow.

Thanks for understanding.