Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 127 Going the other way
On September 2000, 9, in the final round of Group A of the Sydney Olympic Men's Basketball Team, the China Men's Basketball National Team played against the Italian National Team.

Verus still took Bonnie, Doug, Lily, Hu Bayi and others to sit in the old place of the arena, at the back of the top stand. The nearby Shenzhou fans knew them and greeted them warmly.

Shenzhou men's basketball coach Lenny Wilkens sent the starting lineup as follows:
13号中锋2.26米小巨人姚名、14号大前锋2米东山逍遥王巩彬、12号小前锋2.07米岭南队新人杜风、8号得分后卫1.98米江南飞人胡东、4号控球后卫1.89米申海刘伟

The Italian coach sent the starting lineup as follows:
8号中锋2.11米丹尼斯·马克纳托、7号大前锋2.15米格雷格尔·福卡、6号小前锋2.10米伽默·加兰达、10号得分后卫1.92米卡尔顿·迈耶斯、11号控球后卫2米安德雷亚·梅内津
Most fans tend to like to look at the score, and whoever scores more points thinks who is good, so Verus takes it for granted that this Italian team, the 7 European Championship mvp Foca who is a power forward with the height of the No. 99 center, and the outside Italy The first scorer Meyers is great, which is actually true. Italy's two main attack points are these two.

But can Marknato, No. 8, who was later called a celebrity in European basketball circles, really be ignored?Later generations, this great god is still fighting in the UEFA Champions League Men's Basketball League after he is over 40 years old. No one can ignore the talent and perseverance of this veteran.

And isn't the magical 2-meter point guard No. 11 Menezin good? One of the creators of the runner-up of the 97 European Championship and the champion of the 99 European Championship, the three musketeers composed of Foca, Menezin and Meyers are invincible in Europe. Among them, Foca has Slovenian blood and Meyers is from the United Kingdom. Among the blacks, only Menezin is an authentic Italian. Menezin, who doesn't score much but controls the situation on the field, is the most easily overlooked.

Head coach Lenny Wilkens has won more than a thousand games in the NBA. He has such a sharp eye. He watched the game videos of the A teams collected by Verus every day. It was he who first proposed the possibility that Italy could beat Lithuania.

Sure enough, the following group match verified his statement. In the first round of the group match, Italy defeated Lithuania 50:48. It was the Italian who had the last laugh in a hand-to-hand battle.

这支意大利男篮有一个特点、参赛12名球员没有1970以前出生的、也没有1975年以后出生的，整支球队全是25-30岁最当打年龄段球员组成，这也是为什么他们能艰难困苦、血拼干掉立陶宛的理由之一吧。

Laney expressed his approval to Verus's suggestion that most of the men's basketball teams in this year's Sydney Olympic Games had a small gap in strength. Basketball, China men's basketball team defeated Italy, what a mess.

Italy's most outstanding scoring ability is actually the short black Meyers, and the 99 European Championship mvp Foca, strangling these two points, basically Italy is turned off, and other players' scoring ability is limited. within Nico's controllable range.

Verus looked at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions on the Italian field, all of whom were over 2 meters tall, and couldn't help frowning. Although height does not represent strength, the oppression still makes people feel a little nervous.

The little giant Yao Ming will not be at a disadvantage against any center forward on this planet, and his basic height will not suffer, but Xiaoyao Wang Gongbin and Lingnan rookie Du Feng face the new European champion, and they are also European MVP-level opponents, let Verus stand for them Squeezed a sweat.

Lenny was always unexpected. Verus thought he would play like Lithuania played against Italy, sending Yao and Liu down slowly, using the first height on the field to slowly sharpen the opponent's spirit and physical strength, and then move up to win.

As a result, Lenny played a fast break attack, Verus opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a while, the 2.26-meter big Yao went down the fast break. One, it really doesn't hurt to look at the situation, the score is not behind, isn't it, the two sides are biting the score and leading each other alternately.

The Italian men's basketball team was the first to make the substitution. They replaced the exhausted No. 6 small forward Garanda with another scorer, the 1.93-meter-tall No. 12 Alejandro Alessandro. Biot, none of the 12 players in the Italian team can't play, and the depth of the European champion's bench is definitely ranked first.

Towards the end of the second quarter, Lenny played five ups and downs again. Verus is used to it. Mixed through the last few minutes of the first half.

神州男篮变阵为：15号中锋王志、11号大前锋刘栋、9号小前锋张松、10号得分后卫李南、6号控球后卫郭强。

After a whole summer of training and the torment of the devil, the physical condition and combat effectiveness of the entire Shenzhou men's basketball team are not the same. Even after a quarter and a half of fierce battles and fast break waves, the starting five generals did not show obvious fatigue. Compared with the Italian players on the opposite side, it was obvious Not above a physical reserve benchmark.

(End of this chapter)