Chapter 917 The World Cup on Good Friday for Strong Teams!

The Chinese men's basketball team played in the group stage in Japan, and everywhere they went, there were really boos.

Thanks to Chen Xiao's defeat, the Chinese men's basketball team played six games in Japan and was booed in six games.

However, coming to Seoul, South Korea for the knockout round this time, there are two completely different feelings.

If Chen Xiao came here alone, he would definitely be booed.

But who told Xiao Xiao Chen to come here with Chen Xiao.

The Korean audience really likes Xiao Xiao Chen.

After all, Xiao Chen’s mother is Korean, and the whole world knows this.

The birth of Xiao Chen in 2003 caused quite a stir.

Entertainment news across Asia is reporting on this incident.

Then 19 years have passed. The former little baby has now grown into the first prince in the basketball world. He has become the NCAA champion, MOP, and the prince of the NBA. He has become the protagonist in the Men's Basketball World Cup.

To say that Xiao Chen has become the protagonist of the Men's Basketball World Cup is not because the Korean audience is giving gold to himself and Xiao Chen, but that in this year's World Cup MVP rankings, Xiao Chen has always ranked first. .

He is the player with the most points and assists for the Chinese team in this World Cup.

If the Chinese team successfully wins the championship, Xiao Chen will definitely be the MVP.

How awesome is this.

Better than Korean football star Sun Ge.

After all, Xiao Chen is really handsome. There is controversy over who is the second handsomest man in the history of men's basketball team, Xiao Chen or Chen Muxin, but they are both very handsome guys, so they must not run away.

He is handsome and powerful, his mother is Korean, and he himself can speak Korean fluently.

Every year when I have free time, I go back to Korea to visit my mother and grandparents.

His mother is now the queen of the Korean entertainment industry, and the news is public, so every time Xiao Chen comes back, it is made very big.

Especially after he started to become famous after he turned 17.

After all, no matter how much they hate Chen Xiao, Korean audiences feel that Xiao Chen is innocent.

The favorability towards Xiao Xiaochen is really full.

Smecta in South Korea didn’t treat her as an outsider at all.

Chen Xiao actually doesn't care about this. His son grew up in China and received Chinese education. There is no problem with his recognition at all. You guys can grab whatever you want, and you can do whatever you want. .

So, something interesting happened.

When Xiao Chen came to South Korea, it was really full of applause. When the Korean team failed to qualify in the first group stage, the Chinese team with Xiao Chen became the home team of the Korean team.

As Xiao Chen's biggest competitor, Dongcic enjoyed the same boos as Chen Xiao in Japan when he came to South Korea.

This made Doncic himself not understand what was going on.

To be honest, Doncic doesn't feel that he is very famous in South Korea, nor does he feel that he has any bad reputation in South Korea.

As a player who studied at Chen Xiao Basketball University abroad, he also knows some of the stick memes that are popular in China.

Therefore, after being booed when he came here, Doncic didn't care and didn't take it seriously.

If anything is done well, it won't be a surprise.

However, Doncic had no idea that he was booed by the Korean audience simply because he was Xiao Chen's biggest competitor for the World Cup MVP.

In this World Cup, the best performing player so far is Doncic, who led Slovenia to the quarterfinals. He was 'Kerry' in almost every game of the six games. He had 40+ kills in three of the six games. There are still three games left with two 30+ games.

This performance is comparable to that of Chen Xiao, who led the team with Yao Ming.

Let's put it this way, in terms of personal performance alone, Doncic is definitely unique so far.

Therefore, many people say that as long as Doncic leads the team to the semi-finals, the MVP of this World Cup will not be the second choice.

Of course, in this World Cup, Slovenia's opponent in the quarterfinals is the French team. This opponent is a bit difficult.

Therefore, when Doncic is unable to lead the team to the semi-finals, Xiao Chen, who has the best performance besides Doncic and is also the leading player of the Chinese team, has the opportunity to win MVP.

Although Zhou Qi does not care so much about the honor of World Cup MVP, whether it is Xiao Chen or Gao Bo, it is still very important to the fans.

After all, for many fans, the more powerful the stars they support, the more powerful they become.

Especially Korean fans, this kind of mentality is particularly sick, which is why the incident of booing Doncic happened.

In short, playing in Japanese teams is one kind of flavor, but when you come to Korea, playing in Korean teams is another kind of flavor.

Moreover, although the Korean audience paid more attention to and supported Xiao Chen, compared to the audience, the girl idols in Korea really gathered in response after Chen Xiao and the Chinese team came to Korea.

Let’s put it this way, as far as the idol industry is concerned, South Korea will definitely be able to blow away Japan’s scum.

Regardless of the number of people or the level of boldness, the girl idols in Korea are definitely superior to those in Japan.

Therefore, after Chen Xiao brought the Chinese team to South Korea this time, he really enjoyed unprecedented enthusiasm.

So much so that when many South Korean media talked about Chen Xiao's welcome in South Korea, they said sourly that starting from the quarterfinals, Chen Xiao would never play in the World Cup again.

If Chen Xiao can stand on the sidelines and coach without having weak legs, Chen Xiao is considered great.

Obviously, these people still lack understanding of Chen Xiao.

On September 6, the quarterfinal match between the Chinese team and Australia officially started at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul.

Australia has always been a strong team in the world of men's basketball over the years. In these years, Australia is the only team that has defeated the United States.

It can be said that in recent years, if the entire world men's basketball team wants to become a recognized world team, it must compete with the United States team.

I have to say that in the past twenty years, the American team has been really miserable in FIBA.

And Australia this year is indeed said to be strong.

The team is led by 34-year-old veteran Patty Mills, Yao Ming's former teammate in the Heat, who is also playing in the World Cup for the last time.

After all, at the age of 38, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to appear in the World Cup as a defender.

However, he may still participate in the Olympics two years later, so this World Cup is not his farewell game.

Of course, in terms of player status, Mills is a superstar in FIBA. He should be on the same level as Rudy Fernandez and one level behind Milicic.

Therefore, his farewell grade should be similar to Fernandez, and it is impossible to mobilize the entire FIBA.

Speaking of which, FIBA's player levels, such as Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, and Durant, are Goat-level players in FIBA ​​history, super giant players.

TO level.

Players of this level such as Milicic and Arab League are historical giants who can compete for the top ten levels in FIBA ​​history.

Milicic is one of the strongest centers in FIBA ​​history, and UAE, a ten-time champion and FIBA ​​MVP Grand Slam winner, is the number one power forward in FIBA ​​history.

This is T1 level.

Then there are players such as Gasol and Ginobili. They are well-deserved super giants of FIBA. Although they do not have so many honors, they have led their teams to rank among FIBA's super teams all year round. And in the main game of the World Series, they defeated the American team many times head-on.

They are FIBA's well-deserved super giants.

Then below this level, there are the top players of strong teams like Mills who have defeated American teams, or the top second players of super strong teams like Rudy Fernandez.

In short, the NBA has a set of NBA evaluation standards, and FIBA ​​has a FIBA ​​set of evaluation standards.

For example, many superstar-level players in the NBA, such as Lillard, can be directly crushed by FIBA ​​superstars such as Mills when put on FIBA. However, most of these FIBA ​​superstars such as Mills are just ordinary role players in the NBA. That’s all.

Therefore, in the preparation meeting before the game against Australia, the Chinese team emphasized the most not Australia’s biggest player, Houston’s star defender Simmons, but the 34-year-old veteran Mills.

Simmons, a tall guard who can't shoot and attacks at the basket, has very limited damage to the Chinese team.

Although his position in the NBA is several levels better than Mills.

But in FIBA, Mills' strength is also several levels better than him.

This is a very interesting thing.

By the way, this is the first time Simmons has represented Australia in the World Series this year. In every competition, Simmons is affected by injuries.

I don’t know if it’s a real injury or a fake one.

I guess it's half and half.

However, his willingness to participate in the World Cup this time should be related to FIBA's current rising prestige.

In the past, NBA stars looked down on the FIBA ​​World Cup or World Championships, looked down on FIBA ​​games, and were only interested in Olympic games. But now, the US team has not won a World Series in 22 years from 2000 to now. Champion.

Even the title of Dream Team has been taken away by the Chinese team.

Twenty-two years is a very short period of time. For basketball, it is only one-sixth of the time since the birth of basketball.

Basketball has been around for 130 years, and 22 years is really nothing.

But from another perspective, 22 years is a long time. It was 1936 when the men's basketball team entered the Olympics. From this year on, basketball began to truly become a more formal sport.

Calculated this way, the time it took for basketball to become a standardized sport was actually just over 80 years, and 22 years is only a quarter of the time.

For a quarter of the time in the basketball world, there was no longer the voice of the United States, only the voices of various powerful FIBA ​​players beating the United States.

This is quite shocking to players who came from American basketball, such as Simmons.

Just like Gobert, the leading center of the French team and the leading player of the Jazz, looks down on American players, now, the entire basketball world is really divided between offense and defense.

Maybe, if the US team loses for another ten years, I am afraid that the US team will really compete in the World Cup with all its main players. This is no joke.

Therefore, in the future, on the world stage, I am afraid you will be able to see more and more American NBA stars competing.

For example, Wiggins failed to qualify in the second stage of the group stage with Canada.

Wiggins also participated in this World Cup, but unfortunately his performance was average and he failed to lead Canada to the knockout rounds.

In this game against Australia, the Chinese team is still very afraid of Australia's small defenders. Patty Mills and Dellavedova are both very capable players.

The Chinese team's lineup as a whole is very large.

Just like the Bulls led by Jordan were afraid of small guards like Little Flying Squirrel in history.

The Chinese team is actually quite wary of small guards who can shoot and drill.

In fact, in this game, Australia did create a lot of trouble for the Chinese team with its small defenders.

In this game, Mills and Dellavedova scored 50 points together, leading Australia and China to struggle for three full quarters.

It wasn't until the second half of the fourth quarter that Australia couldn't hold on.

In the end, Australia lost the game 90-98 in the quarterfinals.

This game is also the most difficult game the Chinese team has played in this World Cup.

It was more difficult than the game against Argentina.

The Australian men's basketball team is also very aggressive, strong in defense, and very tough in defense. At the same time, its offense is so unique that it is understandable that it is harder to beat than Argentina.

By the way, Australia took the starting small forward position in this game. Simmons replaced Ingles as the starter, but his starting performance was not good. He scored 6 points in 2 of 8 shots.

This performance is not even a qualified role player.

Well, an NBA All-Star player is worse than a role player when it comes to FIBA. This is really another living example.

If it weren't for Simmons, perhaps the Chinese team would have had a more difficult time.

Can Chen Xiao be forced to play?

This is not easy to say.

In short, there are few simple teams that can defeat the American team.

What's more, compared with Argentina, which is in decline, Australia is still at its peak of strength.

After defeating Australia, the Chinese team's semifinal opponent was the winner of Puerto Rico and Germany.

In the end, the German team in the semi-finals of the European Championship defeated Puerto Rico and reached the semi-finals.

The German team performed well in the European Championship. The German team, led by Schroeder and NBA role players such as Wagner Jr. and Daniel Theis, performed like a dark horse in the European Championship.

In this World Cup, they were also very lucky. All the strong teams were transferred to the Chinese team by Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. For example, Spain, which defeated them in the semi-finals of the European Championship, was even cheated and did not even enter the knockout rounds.

In this World Cup, although Germany did not encounter strong teams along the way, they defeated strong teams of the same level, one or two levels higher, and they did not encounter them until they played the Chinese team.

In the end, the Chinese team easily defeated the German team 106-93.

This semi-final can even be said to be the easiest game that the Chinese team played in this World Cup.

Do you think Japan and South Korea are cheating or not? Is it bad or not?

There is no game that gets easier the more you play it.

It’s no wonder that Spain, Argentina and other powerful teams that were hacked complained about Japan and South Korea after they were eliminated.

There is simply no lower limit!

This World Cup is said to be a Good Friday for strong teams, but in fact there is no problem.