pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 519 Fighting for the Country
Iran, the first opponent in the Asian Cup group stage, and the Chinese team have been enemies for many years. The two teams have divided up most of the Asian championship titles. This encounter is also full of highlights.

Compared with the silence of the Chinese team in the past few years, the Iranian men's basketball team has ushered in their most glorious era. There are many players with NBA experience in the team. Today, Iran is still the overlord of the Asian basketball world. In the past three years, the Iranian men's basketball team has won 2 championships and 2 Asian championships in the top Asian competitions. The record is remarkable.

In contrast, the record of the Chinese men's basketball team is much inferior. The best result is to enter the final once, but lost to Iran.

With the retirement of the older generation of players, the Chinese men's basketball team finally injected a group of strong fresh blood, especially the collective appearance of several talented players, which gave the Chinese men's basketball team the hope of returning to the top of Asia.

The 32-year-old big center Mohamed is the absolute core of the Iranian team. He has played in the European League, NBA and CBA. He is one of the few figures who can gain a firm foothold in the three major leagues.

The reason why he is called a "character" is because the playing styles and styles of the three major basketball leagues are different, and it can even be said that they are very different. Therefore, there are extremely high requirements on the personal ability and applicability of the players. Although Muhammad is not the main center in the NBA, he averaged 8.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game as a substitute player in his five-year career. He is a qualified blue-collar player and won a championship with the San Antonio Spurs. After that, Muhammad Muhammad's worth has also increased, and many teams have offered him an olive branch. Just when everyone felt that he would continue to chase the championship in the NBA, Muhammad chose to leave the NBA for five years and go to Europe.

In Europe, Muhammad’s style of play has obtained the most suitable soil for development. His strong style of play makes him perfectly suitable for the European arena, and his height of 2.16 has caused a lot of trouble for European players. He has played in the European League for 3 seasons. Mohamed has achieved 20+10 data for three consecutive seasons, and has been selected as the best team and All-Star for three consecutive years. A player who has achieved this.

This allowed the team to immediately offer Muhammad a three-year maximum salary contract after completing his three-season contract, but Muhammad refused to renew the contract because of his family relationship. At the age of 29, he brought his basketball talent back to Asia and joined the CBA.

However, the Europa League was his peak.

After playing in the CBA for many seasons, Muhammad has never been able to reach the peak level in terms of statistics. He averaged 18.8 points + 9.8 rebounds per game, which is at best qualified for a foreign player.

The outside world attributed Muhammad's performance to the "acclimatization" of the CBA league. Among the three major leagues, only the CBA is still in the stage of perfection. This is also why it is difficult for some players who are good at strength and body to display their talents.

Although his performance in the CBA was not satisfactory, Muhammad did not disappoint the audience’s expectations in the international arena. In the Iranian men’s basketball team with him as the absolute core, Muhammad’s national team statistics are very exaggerated. He averaged 28.5 points per game and ranked first in the team. He averaged 15.5 rebounds per game.

The Iranian team, like the Chinese team, has the tradition of a center core.

In Asia, no one knows how to use their height advantage to win better than them.

They have the same goal as the Chinese team in this Asian Cup, which is the direct quota for the Olympic Games.

There is only one direct quota, and a fierce fight is inevitable.

In the Asian arena, when the team has an absolute commanding height, then the team's performance will definitely not be bad.

The same is true of the Chinese team's previous style of play. From Wang Zhizhi to Yao Ming to Yi Jianlian, the core of the Chinese men's basketball team has always been in the penalty area. However, with the exit of the golden generation, the "moving Great Wall" that once brought China countless glory no longer exists.

The inside line of the men's basketball team has no advantage in Asia.

The first thing Fang Tianzheng did when coaching was to abandon the idea of ​​the men's basketball team focusing on the inside. At the national team level, no one in the men's basketball team could compete with Muhammad, so Fang Tianzheng immediately established a dual-core lineup of Mu Chenfeng + Li Tianlong, and around these two were also equipped with powerful players such as Zhang Jianing, Qiu Fei, Ye Lin, Su Miao, and Liu Tianyu.

This is undoubtedly an extremely risky attempt. The men's basketball team has never really used the outside as the core.

But Fang Tianzheng has full confidence, he really knows the abilities of these players too well.

This is a team full of possibilities, because there are several players who can create incredible things.

The opening game of the group stage was held on time, and the teams were fighting for the Olympic places.

This is the first time for Mu Chenfeng to wear the national team jersey, but Liu Tianyu and others are no strangers to the national team jersey. They have worn the national team jersey when they were U16. Although it was not an adult group game, it was also full of glory.

"That's the taste." After three years, Ye Lin put on the national team jersey again, feeling very emotional. He never thought that he would have the opportunity to wear the national team jersey again to fight for the country.

If it weren't for Fang Tianzheng, these players might not have had the chance to enter the national team.

"You can't slap me in the face." Fang Tianzheng issued a "military order" and personally promised that he would lead his team to win the championship.

But now, whether Fang Tianzheng's face can be saved depends on the performance of these players.

The "9" of the national team has finally ushered in its new owner.

The moment Mu Chenfeng put on the jersey, he felt a heavy weight on his shoulders. His basketball has never been so closely connected with the motherland. Today, they bear the honor of the whole country on their shoulders.

Mu Chenfeng gathered all the players and coaches together, and used an NBA-like opening to motivate his teammates, "Brothers, we can't lose this game today, and we won't lose either."

(End of this chapter)