Chapter 914 Another FIBA ​​Legend Forever!

After becoming the No. 1 pick in the draft and playing a very exciting first game as the outside core of the Chinese team, Xiao Chen now has a feeling of a general trend. Whether it is basketball programs in China, the United States or elsewhere, Xiao Chen is discussing Xiao Chen's past and future.

To be honest, this kind of discussion is definitely not the bloody discussion about the plot of the 2K23 career mode.

You, the No. 18 and No. 19 picks, have the same value as the No. 1 pick and the No. 2 pick.

Fans who know a little bit about the NBA will be embarrassed after watching the plot of the 2k23 career mode.

Therefore, after the 2k23 expansion pack came out, fans are now complaining about Xiao Chen in 2k.

The protagonist's fight with Xiao Chen can cause a sensation. The protagonist's fight with a destined opponent with the 19th pick can cause a sensation. This is how to look down on the intelligence of NBA fans and the media.

Amid the complaints from fans across the United States, 2k, which has just released the 2k23 career mode expansion pack, is now extremely embarrassed.

Of course, it's embarrassing. As for whether to change it or not, it definitely won't change.

Anyone who doesn't know the plot of 2k's career mode is stupid.

Isn't it just a reskinned game to cheat on Krypton? Why do so many complicated things?

As long as there are Chen Xiao, James, Curry, Durant, Jordan, Kobe, Wade, Ron Howard, and even Xiao Chen in the game, can you still buy it?

So when fans across the United States used Xiao Chen to make crazy complaints about 2k, 2k officials directly announced Xiao Chen's ability value in 2k23 in a very interesting way.

Xiao Chen's ability value in 2k23 is set at 85.

I have to say that this ability value is quite high.

Because everyone who has played the 2k series knows that an All-Star player with an ability value of 85 can compete in the game to be selected as an All-Star.

Therefore, the wave of 2k has increased the popularity of Xiao Chen and his own games.

After all, everyone knows that this ability value is indeed very high.

After all, this year's No. 2 pick, Paulo Banchero, and No. 3 pick, Chet Holmgren, only have ability values ​​of 78 and 77.

In short, Xiao Chen is really popular in the basketball world now.

Although Xiao Chen is a little stone Buddha and he doesn't make any publicity, but with a father like Chen Xiao, and with himself showing enough strength, the spotlight on him is really hot.

On August 28, 2022, the Chinese team continued to face its second opponent in the group stage, the Slovakia team led by Doncic, at the Saitama Stadium in Japan.

In the last game between Slovenia and Serbia, the two teams played a very amazing game.

Slovenian star Doncic made 15 of 23 in the game. After playing almost the entire game, he scored a crazy 47 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. A terrifying stroke, and finally led Slovenian. Nia defeated Serbia 88-82.

And Jokic, the head player of the Serbian team, actually performed quite well in this game. The Lakers' center forward scored 36+15 in this game, but in the end, he was still unable to turn the tide and was eventually defeated by Dong. Cic and Serbia were defeated.

In the first round of this year's World Cup, several international superstars performed very well. Not only Doncic and Jokic, but Bucks superstar Antetokounmpo also scored 40+ in the first game.

Plus Xiao Chen from the Chinese team.

It can be said that in the first round of this year's World Cup, a bunch of international superstars went crazy. On the contrary, this year's civilian American team did not perform so strongly. There were no such strong superstars in the first game.

Back to this match between Serbia and Slovenia.

For Serbia, which is in the group of death, losing the game against direct rival Slovenia is very hurtful.

Let's put it this way, it doesn't actually matter if the three teams of Argentina and Serbia and Slovenia lose to the Chinese team, as long as they don't lose by many points, that's fine.

Because other teams can’t beat the Chinese team anyway.

But between them, if they can not lose, they must not lose.

After all, 32 teams are divided into eight groups, and the top two teams in the group advance. This promotion model, to be honest, is very cruel for Argentina, Serbia and Slovenia.

As the Chinese team's opponent in this game, Slovenia, which defeated Serbia in the first game, has actually taken the initiative to qualify.

It doesn't matter if they lose to the Chinese team in this game. As long as they can beat Argentina in the next game, they will definitely qualify.

Therefore, in this match between Slovenia and the Chinese team, Slovenia did not work as hard as they did against Serbia. Doncic played almost the entire game.

In this game against the Chinese team, Doncic only played the first three quarters, played 25 minutes, easily scored 20 points and did not play again.

In fact, before the start of the fourth quarter, Slovenia was only 10 points behind.

But since Slovenia surrendered on its own initiative, the Chinese team did not kill them.

In the end, the match between the two teams actually ended in a friendly manner. In the end, the Chinese team defeated Slovenia 95-85 and emerged from the group first with a two-game winning record.

In another match between Argentina and Serbia, Argentina also defeated Serbia 95-85.

In this game, Argentina was almost certain to win even after half-time, because after half-time, Argentina led by 15 points.

Although in the second half, Serbia relied on the explosive performance of Jokic and Milicic and once caught up with only 6 points at the last moment.

But one is that there is not enough time, and the other is that Argentina is indeed too sophisticated.

Let's put it this way, Argentina's team's dark and sophisticated style of play is very unfriendly to most teams.

Even if a team like Serbia has the advantage of a big center, if you are blocked by Argentina on the outside and no one can pass the ball to the big center inside, it will be in vain.

In the end, the reason why Serbia was able to chase the points was because Serbia desperately used the double centers of Jokic and Milicic to fight hard.

If Milicic could be a few years younger, maybe the outcome of this game might change, but there is no way, Milicic is indeed old.

It can be said that Serbia's performance in this year's World Cup is the time when Milicic needs to call it a day.

After all, Milicic is already 37 years old this year, and has already passed his 37th birthday and is heading towards the age of 38. As a big center, he can still maintain such a strong combat effectiveness when he is 38 years old. It can only be said that Milicic Xiqi is already very, very talented.

This player who came to the NBA in 2003 has played in the NBA for 19 seasons.

In these 19 seasons, although Milicic has not won a championship, he has been an All-Star, a first-team player, 30,000 career points, the youngest player in NBA history to score 1,000 points, a top 75 player in NBA history, etc.

It can be said that Milicic is definitely recognized as one of the strongest centers in NBA history.

He is also the greatest player in Raptors history.

It can be said that this legendary star of the Raptors is a true legend.

And this World Cup is also the last World Cup and the last international competition for this legend. After playing this World Cup, Milicic will retire.

Not only retiring from FIBA, but also retiring from the NBA.

Therefore, before the match between China and Serbia on August 30, FIBA’s president and secretary-general all appeared on the side of the court.

In addition, there is Nash, the head coach of the Raptors, and Nelson, who single-handedly transformed Milicic, made Milicic a success, and transformed Milicic into a combination of Garnett and Nowitzki. All appeared on the sidelines.

After all, this game between Serbia and China is the last game of Milicic's career.

After the first two games of the World Cup group stage, Serbia has been determined to be eliminated from the group.

Therefore, this game against the Chinese team is the swan song of Milicic's career.

Being able to use such a game as the swan song of his career is, to be honest, a very happy ending for Milicic.

Especially Chen Xiao, who had not played in the previous two games, actually appeared on the court in this game, and brought the players of the Chinese team to give Milicic his own applause, looking at Chen Xiao, the god of basketball. With the players of the Chinese team applauding him, the Japanese audience, who had little affection for him, also put down their boos towards Chen Xiao and applauded him.

To be honest, Milicic's eyes were really red at this time.

I think when he entered the NBA in the 2003 draft, many people said that he was extremely talented and could achieve high achievements in the NBA in the future, but he really did not expect that his achievements could be so high.

Even if there is no championship or MVP in his career, he is still recognized by everyone. He has been an All-Star, an All-NBA player, the No. 1 center in the NBA, has won 70 games in a season, and was also selected. NBA's 75 top stars, he fought with the greatest group of stars for more than ten years in the greatest era of NBA.

Let's put it this way, in this greatest era of the NBA, he, like Chen Xiao, Durant, James, Wade, Ron Howard, Kobe and others, is also the founder and creator of this era.

When people recall this era decades later.

The protagonists of this greatest era are indeed Chen Xiao, Wade, Duncan, Ron Howard, James and Durant, but Milicic is also a name that cannot be avoided.

Therefore, it is precisely because of his great achievements in this era that even the god of basketball Chen Xiao gave him enough respect in this game.

Milicic is proud enough to receive such special treatment from the basketball god Chen Xiao.

In fact, in this match between the Chinese team and Serbia, the outcome has no significance.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the entire game is immersed in a nostalgic atmosphere.

For example, Chen Xiao, who started the game in this game, did not just show off, but actually faced off against Milicic many times during the game. Watching Chen Xiao’s face when facing off against Milicic on the court The smile on his face and the excited smile on Milicic's face made even the CCTV commentator Xiao Su moved and said: "This is a duel of an era!"

Yes, this is a showdown of an era.

A duel like this between Chen Xiao and Milicic definitely deserves this title, whether in the NBA or FIBA.

In the past 20 years, the FIBA ​​world champion has been either China or Serbia.

In the past 20 years of the NBA, the three recognized No. 1 centers in the NBA are Yao Ming, Milicic and Chen Xiao.

It can be said that these 20 years have been the 20 years of international players, and among the international player leaders in these 20 years, Chen Xiao is first, Yao Ming is second, and Milicic is definitely the third.

Such players can no longer be simply evaluated as NBA champions or MVPs.

A player like Milicic deserves everyone’s respect.

Therefore, not only Chen Xiao, but also Gao Bo and Zhou Qi, the two major insiders of the Chinese team, paid tribute to Milicic in this game.

Even Xiao Chen deliberately went to the basket and hit Milicic from behind in the second half.

In the end, Xiao Chen relied on his flexible turn to successfully beat Milicic in a single, and finally broke through Milicic and dunked.

After Xiao Chen, who succeeded in dunking, came off the basket, he did not celebrate, but smiled and hugged Milicic.

To be honest, anyone who knows Xiao Chen and has watched Xiao Chen's competition knows that Xiao Chen rarely smiles during competitions.

Being able to make Xiao Chen smile like this during the game shows that for Xiao Chen, Milicic is also a very respectable senior.

In the end, in this game full of nostalgia and dignity, the Chinese team defeated the Serbian team 100-90.

In this game, Milicic, who was about to retire as a basketball player, made 16 of 28 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 8 of 10 free throws. He scored 42 points and 15 rebounds in the game.

For a 37-year-old player like Milicic, there is no doubt that this is a perfect ending.

Although in the end he was unable to bring any victory to the team in his last World Series.

But again, in terms of Milicic’s achievements in Serbia and FIBA ​​over the years, as the only team leader in the Chinese men’s basketball era to lead a team to win the world championship, in fact, victory or defeat has little regard for him. It doesn't matter anymore.

Just like FIBA's evaluation of him after the game: "He is one of the greatest centers in the basketball world and a true legend in the basketball world. Tonight, we will bid farewell to an eternal legend!"

There are many legends officially recognized by FIBA, but there are not so many eternal legends.

The last time FIBA ​​said goodbye was when it said goodbye to the UAE.

The last time was when I said goodbye to Yao Ming.

After all, Milicic is also a player who can compete for the top ten in FIBA ​​history.

It can only be said that FIBA ​​has really filled its cards with Milicic's farewell.