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Chapter 499 Fierce Group Competition
Italy fought until the last second, and finally lost 68 to 94.

这一战，白已冬得到19分7篮板6助攻4抢断2封盖。

Others such as Liu Wei and Wang Shipeng scored in double figures per capita.

This is an atypical victory, because the Chinese team has never defended a European team like this. This is the change brought about by Bai Jidong.

The world has yet to figure out how much of an impact one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA can have on the World Championship landscape.

What Bai Jidong has to do is to continue to expand this influence. His defense allowed Italy's rising star Belinelli to make 16 of 3 shots and score only 7 points.

After the game, Belinelli commented on Bai Jidong's defense: "I have never seen anyone who can have such a big impact on me. He is the best defensive player I have ever seen."

"Bai Sang, what do you think you need to improve?" A reporter from TV Tokyo asked.

Bai Jidong smiled and said: "A lot, the overall cooperation, the stability of shooting, if our three-pointers can be more stable, we can score 100 points in this game."

"You have been to Japan many times. Is there any place that impresses you?" The reporter asked a rambling question.

Bai Jidong replied: "There are many places that impress me, but I can't remember them at the moment."

This game was Jonas's first World Championships led by the Chinese team. He won very well. He was surrounded by reporters from various countries.

Many people want to know how he feels about coaching Bai Jidong. European Kaiser said with a smile: "Coaching Baiwolves is not difficult. Although his worth is more than the sum of all the Chinese team members, he has never performed well." A little bit of arrogance. When training, he is always strict with himself and takes the lead. You can see that everyone in our team has full trust in him. He is the best leader. It is easy to work with him. Another pleasant thing."

Bai Jidong returned to the hotel with his teammates, and there were people talking about the game on the way.

Bai Jidong leaned against the seat, rested with his eyes closed.

Yi Jianlian sat beside him, silent.

Bai Jidong likes him very much, because this way he won't be disturbed by others.

Under normal circumstances, introversion is a disadvantage, but now, introversion is Yi Jianlian's advantage.
Bai Jidong loves his advantage to death.

"Brother Bai." Yi Jianlian said suddenly.

Bai Jidong raised his eyes and looked, "What's the matter?"

Yi Jianlian looked at the scenery outside the window and asked absently: "What is the NBA like? Is it more intense than tonight's game?"

Bai Jidong changed his posture, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"I want to go to the draft next year, what do you think?" Bai Jidong didn't want to know why Yi Jianlian suddenly confided his heart.

Bai Jidong turned his head to look, "Next year?"

"I'm not young anymore." Yi Jianlian said.

Although Yi Jianlian's official age is only 18, Bai Jidong knows that he is indeed "not young".

Yi Jianlian said: "If I go to the draft, what preparations do I need to make?"

"Psychological preparation." Bai Jidong's words were both a joke and the truth.

Yi Jianlian really needs to be mentally prepared. Unlike other leagues, the NBA gathers the best basketball players in the world. If he is not mentally prepared, it is easy to lose himself in that league full of masters.

Yi Jianlian asked, "Apart from psychology, what preparations do we need?"

"I've told you all about technology and confrontation." Bai Jidong was no longer sleepy, "Your physical fitness is very good, even if you put it in a black man, it is excellent physical fitness. But your strength is terrible, if you Going to the NBA now, you get dunked every night, and you have to work hard on the confrontation."

In most cases, Yi Jianlian kept a straight face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

In fact, it's not that complicated, after getting along with him a lot, Bai Jidong knew that he was a simple person.

Although not good at communicating, he has his own ideas.

Some people say what they think of, and some people say it for the sake of saying it.

The next day, the Chinese team ushered in the second match of the group stage, and their opponent was the American Dream Team.

The myth of the dream team was broken as early as the Athens Olympics, when they lost to the Argentine team led by Manu Ginobili.

This dream team is composed of the 03 generation, and the team has gathered Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and Kirk Hinrich.

In addition, there are Arenas of the Wizards, Stoudemire of the Suns, Joe Johnson who has just transferred to the Eagles, Chris Paul of the Rockets, Howard of the Magic and so on.

Although the strongest lineup has not been assembled, the US team is still the most powerful championship contender in terms of book strength.

In the World Championships, no team can match the US team in terms of talent.

Looking at their wing roster, every team will be thrilled with their athleticism.

Although Bai Jidong strongly challenged to fight, Yunus did not agree.

On the grounds that there is no need to go all out in this match, Yunus puts Bai Jidong on the sidelines and lets Bai Jidong sit on the sidelines.

Therefore, Bai Jidong wore the uniform and saw these guys who were beaten by him in the NBA to doubt their lives, beating the Chinese team madly.

James and the others had a tacit understanding, and every time they completed a dunk, they would run past Bai Jidong.

That means "Why aren't you playing yet?"

Bai Jidong held back his anger and watched the American team massacre the Chinese team.

In the end, the US team beat the Chinese team 121 to 80.

James said triumphantly after the game: "I didn't expect the White Wolf to choose to avoid the battle. He should stand up, just like he did in Minnesota."

Bai Jidong didn't respond to James' ridicule, he kept his anger inside and waited until the game two days later to vent it out.

One day off, on August 8, the Chinese team played the third match of the group stage.

Bai Jidong's anger completely exploded.

In the first quarter, Bai Jidong scored the first 14 points of the Chinese team, and then made several 1V1 steals in a row, counterattacking and assisting his teammates to score.

After the first quarter, Puerto Rico only scored 7 points.

The reason why Puerto Rico was suppressed was that their outside double guns Arroyo and Ayoso were suppressed by Bai Jidong.

Puerto Rico has always won more games than lost games against the Chinese team. Before the game, they had a lot of confidence.

However, the flames of Bai Jidong's anger made all this disappear. Like a wild beast, he bit off the flesh of Puerto Rico piece by piece.

After the third quarter, the Chinese team has led by 30 points.

Puerto Rico refused to give up, so Bai Jidong continued to kill.

终场，中国队112比74屠杀波多黎各，白已冬轰出本届世锦赛第一个三双——38分15篮板10助攻7抢断。

That night, Bai Jidong became the focus of the competition.

Everyone ran over to interview him, "Bye, how are you feeling now?"

"I will continue my anger to the next game." Bai Jidong said.

No one asked the reason why Bai Jidong was so furious, everyone knew it.

Therefore, every reporter asked questions about the game. Bai Jidong also knew that this was not the NBA. He was representing the Chinese team. He could not answer as he wanted in the United States, and he would not answer if he did not want to. Say something pleasant to the eye, and choke if he is not pleasing to the eye.

The next day, the Chinese team played the fourth match of the group stage against Senegal from Africa.

Senegal is recognized as the worst team in Group D, and it is the experience baby of each team.

Now the Chinese team has defeated Italy and Puerto Rico, qualifying ahead of schedule like the US team.

In the game against Senegal, the Chinese team did not fight to the death. Jonas took advantage of this game to try different personnel combinations.

Bai Jidong only played for 10 minutes, and Yunus deliberately let him rest more.

Bai Jidong also knew that he didn't need to go all out in this match, so he just had a casual moment and didn't put in much effort.

Except for Bai Jidong, the rest of the Chinese team had the mentality of taking advantage of the opponent's weakness to quickly collect data.

Even Bai Jidong couldn't stand it anymore: "You guys are so active in swiping data while I'm not here!"

"White Wolf, you are the captain, you must focus on the overall situation." Yunus said.

Bai Jidong pointed at Yao Yueban: "What about Yueban? He is the vice-captain."

"Here, Yao needs to find more touch." Bai Jidong had nothing to say with Yunas's excuse.

Without any suspense, the Chinese team defeated Senegal 105 to 83. Yao Yueban scored a game-high 31 points and 10 rebounds.

Zhao Li, who came off the bench, also played brilliantly. He is a landscape of the Chinese team, because he is only 17 years old, but he can shine in such a short playing time at such an age, leaving a deep impression on people.

"You are so young, but you can show your characteristics in a world-class adult competition. Will this competition make you more confident?" The Japanese, who has always been enthusiastically curious about talented teenagers, interviewed Zhao Li.

Zhao Li replied in fluent English: "My confidence was already overwhelmed before the competition, so this competition did not give me any confidence."

"Where's Sogas?" Zhao Li's interview style made Bai Jidong worry about his future.

August 8.The Chinese team ushered in the last game of the group stage.

game against Slovenia.

Slovenia, as a strong European team, can also be regarded as a major spoiler in Group D.

In the game against the Chinese team, although Slovenia persisted until the end, they had no chance in the whole game.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Slovenia 98-88 and advanced to the top 4 with a record of 1 wins and [-] loss.

According to the matchup relationship, the Chinese team will face Turkey in Group C in the quarter-finals.

China is generally optimistic about this game, because Turkey is slightly stronger than Slovenia in Group D.

In most cases, the media's predictions are usually unreliable, otherwise there would not be so many so-called upsets.

So Bai Jidong never looked at these predictions, he only played well the game in front of him, and the rest would depend on the situation.

(End of this chapter)