Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 483 Advancing to the Quarterfinals of the World Championships

Looking at the back of Yao Ming getting up and rushing to the coaching bench, Zhou Yu felt mixed emotions. He remembered that when he first joined the national team, he was as young and shy as Yao Ming, surrounded by his brothers. Difficult, now, he has also become an older brother, and it feels quite comfortable to have a younger brother who is willing to serve him.

"Coach Wang, I plan to come on stage early to solve problems for my teammates."

Yao Ming walked up to Wang Fei and volunteered.

Wang Fei was startled, and subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yu who was not far away. He really thought about sending someone to play early, but that person was Zhou Yu, not Yao Ming.

Since Yao Ming took the initiative to ask for a fight, he was too embarrassed to refuse outright. It would hurt his self-esteem too much, so he forced a smile and said:

"Yao Ming, although you have not been in the national team for long, your courage is commendable and worthy of praise. After you come on the field, your main tasks are inside defense and rebounding. But remember, while doing these things well, you must also pay attention to controlling the number of fouls. We still have a crucial fourth quarter to play."

"Okay, coach, I remember."

Yao Ming nodded obediently, and then began to do warm-up exercises.

After Yao Ming came on the field, the defense of the Chinese team really improved. Although Yao Ming lacks defensive experience and defensive skills, he is tall, long, and covers a large area. threaten.

Zhou Yu, who was watching the game off the court, secretly admired Yao Ming's performance. Although Yao Ming moved a little slowly, he had a very good defensive awareness and was good at taking advantage of the natural advantages of height and wingspan to interfere with the Australian players' shots.

Driven by Yao Ming's defense, the Chinese team's outside three-pointers also began to pick up. Li Nan and Zhang Jinsong hit consecutively, causing the two sides to freeze the score at "65:63" at the end of the third quarter. points ahead of the Australian team.

At the start of the fourth quarter, both sides chose their main players to play, and Zhou Yu, who returned with full blood, once again formed the inside "twin towers" with Yao Ming.

The inside defense of the Chinese team is very solid. During this period, the inside players of the Australian team challenged Zhou Yu and Yao Ming many times. Moving Great Wall".

In desperation, the Australian team had no choice but to strengthen the outside attack. It has to be admitted that the outside shooting ability of the Australian team is better than that of the Chinese team. Their outside players not only shoot fast, but also have good anti-interference ability, and they can always make some shots. Difficult ball.

When Zhou Yu saw that the situation was not good, it was definitely not the best strategy to fight the Australian team on the outside. It was necessary to strengthen the inside offense.

Thinking of this, he immediately turned on the "kaleidoscope" inside scoring technique, frequently scoring points near the penalty area, and Yao Ming was not idle. Although the scoring level was not as good as Zhou Yu's, fortunately, the shooting rate of the "small hook" was still remarkable. ordered.

Under the strong performance of the two, the scores of the two sides have been biting tightly and have never been really opened.

The game came to an end unknowingly. When there were only 2 minutes and 33 seconds left before the end of the game, the score of the two sides was rewritten as "84:83", and the Australian team overtook the Chinese team by one point.

The game has really reached the moment when every ball must be contested. The more this time comes, the more able to show the heroic qualities of the team's star.

The sad reminder is that although the overall strength of the Australian team is good, the team lacks a real superstar, or the star of the team is not good enough.

This is not the case for the Chinese team. Zhou Yu is definitely a superstar, even in the NBA.

In the last two minutes or so, the Chinese team relied on Zhou Yu's consecutive scoring to defeat the Australian team with a four-point advantage of "91:87".

Perhaps it was due to the excessive physical exertion in the first game. In the second group match that followed, when facing the European powerhouse Spain, the Chinese team as a whole performed abnormally. "76:91", a big loss to the Spanish team, seems to be suspected of being beaten back to its original shape.

In the third game, the Chinese team played against the Italian team, which is also a strong European team. In the end, they still failed to fully adapt to the European style of play, which is extremely technical and tactical. In the end, they narrowly lost the Italian team with a three-point disadvantage of "76:79". Had to swallow the bitter pill of two consecutive defeats in the group stage.

Despite this, the great progress of the Chinese team is obvious to all, and it has initially possessed the confidence to wrestle with the strong European and American teams.

In the fourth game, the Chinese team can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because it is about to face the weakest opponent in this group - the "African Brothers" Angola.

As expected, the Chinese team easily defeated the Angola team with a huge advantage of "85:69" and 16 points, and achieved a good record of two wins and two losses.

Even so, the record of two wins and two losses is not enough to ensure that the Chinese team advances to the top 16. Only by defeating the last opponent in the group stage, the South American powerhouse Brazil, can they ensure that they will qualify for the group stage.

Although the Brazilian team's style of play is also technically streamlined, its tactical literacy is still slightly insufficient compared with the strong European teams. There are many talented players in the team, and most of them play alone.

Taking advantage of this weakness of the Brazilian team, the Chinese team played an overall attack of "both internal and external", and finally narrowly defeated the Brazilian team by "79:76", a three-point advantage, and ended the group stage with a record of three wins and two losses.

After all the matches in Group C are over, the rankings will also be released.

The Spanish team ranked first in the group with a record of five victories;

The Italian team ranked second in the group with a record of four wins and one loss;

The Chinese team ranked third in the group with a record of three wins and two losses;
Although the Australian team has three wins and two losses, but because they lost to the Chinese team, they ranked fourth in the group;
Brazil ranked fifth in the group with a record of two wins and three losses;
The Angola team lost all five games and was at the bottom of the group.

Spain, Italy, China, and Australia successfully advanced to the top 16 of the World Championships, while Brazil and Angola were eliminated.

The Chinese team faced the Lithuanian team in the knockout round of 16. The Lithuanian team is also a world basketball powerhouse. If the Chinese team wants to beat them, it will not be easy.

When they actually played against the Lithuanian team, Zhou Yu and the others were shocked to find that these European teams played basically the same style, with quick passes and quick shots. The overall coordination was smooth and smooth, and various tactics emerged in endlessly.

However, the Chinese team has encountered the Spanish and Italian teams with similar styles of play before, and has a certain degree of "immunity". Therefore, when facing the Lithuanian team, they calmed down a lot.

The Chinese team is still based on inside and outside. Zhou Yu is obviously better in the matchup, and Yao Ming's iron-blooded defense is also very powerful.

It is precisely because of the stable performance of the two that even if the Chinese team encounters a strong veteran team Lithuania, they still play inextricably with them.

When it was more than two minutes into the last two minutes to decide the outcome of the game, Zhou Yu continued to start the individual singles mode, but this time he was caught by the Lithuanian team's crazy double-team defense, and it was basically impossible to win by solo show.

In desperation, Zhou Yu had no choice but to distribute the ball to his teammates on the outside. It was time to test the stability and "big heart" of the outside shooter.

Fortunately, Li Xiaoyong and Wu Qinglong were competitive enough, and they hit an open three-pointer one after another, making the Lithuanian team completely helpless. The Chinese team finally defeated the Lithuanian team by "85:79", with a six-point advantage, and advanced to the World Championships. powerful.

The quarter-finals of the World Championships has refreshed the best record of the Chinese men's basketball team. In the past, there were only 16 teams participating in the World Championships, and they could enter the quarter-finals by qualifying in the group stage. Today, the Chinese team not only successfully qualified in the group stage, but also broke the record. Winning a knockout match is definitely a major breakthrough.

After the game, the Chinese Basketball Association and the General Administration of Sports sent congratulatory messages to congratulate the Chinese men's basketball team on their historic entry into the top eight of the World Championships. They hoped that they would make persistent efforts and continue to create brilliance for Chinese basketball.

(End of this chapter)