The Fifth Point Guard

  Chapter 589 Top of the World (4.2k)

  According to the ranking of each group, the top 16 matches are out.

  The opponent that the Chinese men’s basketball team met in the eighth-finals was the fourth place in Group C, Australia.

  After confirming the opponent, Australia shivered.

  Especially their center Andrew Bogut.

  One Yao Ming is enough to make him a headache, plus a Shentong, Bogut feels very headache, after all, when in the NBA, these two people left him with very painful memories.

  Before fighting, the heart is already timid.

   Carrying Yu Wei from the group stage, the morale of the Chinese men’s basketball team is booming.

  With the leadership of Shentong and Yao Ming, the other players seem to have found the backbone.

  Even in the hearts of young people like Sun Yue and Chen Jianghua, Shentong is a Jordan-level existence.

  As long as there is Shentong, we will not lose!

  As soon as the game with Australia started, Yao Ming rewarded Bogut with a super hot pot.

  Shen Tong used this counterattack opportunity to get free throws and made two free throws.

  The offense of the Chinese team in the first quarter was very fierce.

In the    positional battle, Li Nan and Liu Wei hit three-pointers one after another, while Yi Jianlian took Yao Ming's two-pointer and made a large two-pointer.

  The Chinese team started with a 10-2 spurt.

  Australia was forced to call a timeout shortly after the opening.

  After the timeout, the attacking rhythm of both sides began to decrease.

  The Chinese team took the opportunity to take advantage of Yao Ming's point to continuously beat Bogut to succeed.

  Bogut, who was continuously scored by Yao Ming, finally became angry and hugged Yao Ming's hand with both hands during Yao Ming's attack.

  Yao Ming, however, was hugged, and he used his left hand to throw the ball to the basket with his left hand.

  The ball hits the inside of the front edge of the basket, rebounds to the backboard, and then falls into the basket.

  This ball made Bogut want to cry without tears.

  After the first quarter, China established a double-digit advantage with 23-12.

  In the second quarter, Australia increased its defense against Yao Ming and Shentong.

   But this gives other Chinese players a chance.

  Zhu Fangyu took the opportunity to start a three-point rain outside the three-point line.

  He played the role of a killer in the Chinese team's three consecutive offenses, hitting three consecutive points.

   However, Australia did not call a timeout, but used the tough Mark Worthington for close single defense.

  Perhaps because of the anxiety behind the score, Worthington made great defensive moves several times, but they were ignored by the referee.

  Zhu Fangyu’s temper is not very good either.

  In an opportunity, Worthington's palm even directly greeted Zhu Fangyu's face, and the referee did not even sound the whistle, which made Zhu Fangyu a complete eruption.

  The right hand locked the ball firmly to the waist, and the left hand suddenly screwed Worthington's cheeks, and said viciously in English: "I told you to be dishonest, let you try the feeling of being slapped in the face!"

  Worthington is notoriously popular in the Australian League, and their domestic status is like Artest or Wallace in the NBA.

  Can you bear this breath?

  Even if you are Bruce Lee, I have to return the venue.

  So, the boy also immediately stretched out his left hand, and squeezed Zhu Fangyu's cheek fiercely, with a large extent, almost half of Zhu Fangyu's face.

  Although his cheek hurts, Worthington still pretended to be calm and said: "Did you not eat? Let's let you feel the power of our Australians!"

"Hehehe." Although Zhu Fangyu's tears were about to come down, she still smiled forcefully, "Are you kidding? We Chinese are a nation that pays much attention to etiquette. Just now I only used 20%, since you want to try Try, I'll use 50% of my strength to give you a try."

  Worthington’s right cheek was about to be twisted into a ball by Zhu Fangyu, and his skin began to turn red gradually.

Worthington, gritted his teeth, refused to admit defeat verbally, and replied: "It's ridiculous. I only used 10% of my strength just now. Since you used 50%, I will spend 40% to play with you!"

  The two of them struggled with each other's mouth, their hands pressed hard, and there were tears in their eyes.

  Until the players of both sides arrived and the referee intervened, the two sides were separated.

  Zhu Fangyu and Worthington both left purple five-fingerprints on their faces.

  The referee directly expelled the two of them from the field.

  For the two teams, Worthington's role in Australia is much greater than Zhu Fangyu's role in the Chinese team.

  As the overall strength is not as good as that of China, Australia's strength is passively reduced again.

  In the fourth quarter of the game, the difference between the two sides has reached as much as 30 points.

  In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Australian team by a score of 101-70. The 31-point difference also created the biggest victory China has achieved against Australia.

  After the game, the Australian media collectively silenced, and only a few media reported the game in large length.

  For the Chinese team’s Shen Tong and Yao Ming, the Australian media expressed their admiration for these two world-class stars in an enviable tone.

  As for Bogut, he was repeatedly criticized by domestic basketball seniors, admonishing him that only a down-to-earth effort can truly gain a foothold on the world-class stage, and do not continue to stay high.

   In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team ushered in a strong enemy German team.

  Under the leadership of Dirk Nowitzki, Germany achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. The only game to lose was the powerful Spanish team.

  In the eighth-finals, the German team had just beaten the dark horse Nigeria, 78-77, with one point that escaped the game.

  Before the game, the German media praised the incredible speed of the Chinese men’s basketball team, and the combination of the three generations of players from the old, middle and youth is very reasonable. In the future, it will be a force that cannot be ignored in the world.

Nowitzki is also very modest to say that the German men's basketball team has improved in recent years compared to before, but the magnitude is far less than that of China. German players need to take a long-term view and strive for more players to be able to enter a world-class league like the NBA. Go play and improve.

"Let’s take a look at the Chinese men’s basketball team. Their biggest change is to provide a lot of capable players to play in the NBA. Shen Tong, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and others have all improved by leaps and bounds after playing in the NBA, and they still have some young players. Players are also about to log in to the NBA, such as Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, etc. I can’t help but feel a little worried about our German men’s basketball team. We also need more players to play in the NBA.”

Before the match, Nowitzki was criticized by many German media when he said this kind of seemingly ambitious remarks, but Nowitzki said that this is the case. The reality may be more unacceptable, but he is a German. As the leader of the men's basketball team, he must raise these questions for the reference of the German Basketball Association.

  As for the game, Nowitzki said that the German men's basketball team will go all out.

  Being able to say this kind of thing, we can already predict the end of the German team.

  On the Chinese team, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi took turns to fight Dirk.

   and Nowitzki used to be the same team, Wang Zhizhi is very familiar with Nowitzki's style of play, and Wang Zhizhi's style of play is not at all disappointing with Nowitzki.

  So when two 2.14-meter big men are fighting each other, the Chinese team has already won half of the victory.

  After all, in the two strong points of Shentong and Yao Ming, the German team does not have comparable players that can compete with them.

  85-65, the Chinese team defeated Germany by 20 points and entered the semi-finals of the World Championships.

  Shentong scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Yao Ming had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Wang Zhizhi had 14 points and 8 rebounds.

   Nowitzki had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Haman had 17 points and 7 assists.

  The performance of the Chinese team after entering the knockout round is even better than the group stage.

Zhang Weiping, who is in charge of the live commentary of domestic games, commented on this Chinese men’s basketball team: “It can play tough games and dare to fight tough games. The Chinese team is no longer the previous Chinese team. The players always keep their focus on the court and use them as well. Talented efforts have done everything for victory on the court. This men's basketball team is really eye-catching and completely new!"

  After the Chinese team took the lead in breaking into the semi-finals, three other teams breaking into the semi-finals have also emerged one after another.

  Two teams with championships, the United States and Spain, met in the quarter-finals ahead of schedule.

  Pau Gasol sprained his ankle in the eighth-finals and needed a week of recuperation. Without Pau Gasol, the Spanish team's strength was obviously affected, especially when it was against a team of the American Dream VII level, Spain lost a spiritual leader like Pau Gasol on the field.

  From the beginning of the game, the Spanish team was obviously very nervous.

  And James, Anthony, Howard and others played their own style at the beginning of the game and established a leading advantage.

  It wasn't until the second quarter that the Spanish team began to play steadily, and it was 55 open with the United States on the court.

  Marc Gasol, who replaced his brother as the team's starting center, did not lose the wind in the duel with Howard, but his movement speed was obviously not as good as Howard.

  Using Wade's breakthrough, the US team played two breakthrough air-receiving tactics.

  Howard, who has continuously completed empty dunks, is happily like a child.

  James is the core of this American men’s basketball team. When Spain launched a counterattack in the second half, he used his personal ability to stabilize the situation.

  Continuous breakthrough layups and strong fouls, James almost swept the US offense on the court for a while.

  Lack of self-confidence and the absence of Pau Gasol, the US team eventually defeated the Spanish team 89-77 and broke into the semi-finals.

  In a focus battle of the semi-finals, last year's Olympic champion Argentina faced Turkey, the biggest dark horse in this competition.

  Although Nigeria has been surprising enough, it is still much inferior compared to Turkey.

  Europe's new army Turkey team was eye-catching in the group stage.

  They have achieved 4 wins and 1 loss in Group C with strong teams such as Greece, Lithuania, Australia and Brazil.

  Facing Argentina, the Turkish media chanted the slogan of "Keep the Olympic champion down".

  But unfortunately, facts are always very different from good expectations.

  The Argentine team didn’t have much effort to beat Turkey 83-58.

  The true color of the dark horse disappears with the wind.

  As the Olympic champion two years ago, Argentina is eager to prove its strength in this year's World Championships.

  Led by Ginobili, Scola, and Nocioni, the Argentina team performed well, appearing in Group A with a record of 5 wins and 0 losses.

  After making the dark horse into a prototype, Argentina raised its head and entered the semi-finals.

  The last seat of the semi-finals is between Greece and France.

  Before the start of this World Championships, Dream Seven's Carmelo Anthony told the media that their most worried opponent is the offensive and defensive Greek team.

  Anthony’s worries are not entirely unreasonable. Although the dream is bright, the Greek who is good at defense and shooting accurately is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

  If Greece can beat France, then the US opponent in the semifinals is Greece.

  France did not organize a decent resistance.

  The French team with Parker and Dior has a very luxurious lineup, but in the face of a strong European champion, it was quickly defeated.

  73-56, Greece cut off France cleanly, and then concentrated on the next semi-final against the United States.

  After the end of the competition on August 31, the list of the top four will be formed.

  China, the United States, Argentina, and Greece became the top four in this world championships.

   In the semifinals, China played against Argentina and the United States played against Greece.

  September 1, the first scene.

  Mengqi's match with Greece started first.

  This is a contest between spear and shield.

  The data shows that the Dream Seven team has an average of 25 points per game against their opponents in the current World Championships.

  The overall strength of the European champions Greece is strong, especially their defense is quite good.

  This semi-final is definitely not an easy game for the Dream Seven team.

  As a result, the Greek team, which Mengqi has always remembered, created a myth.

  They defeated the Dream Seven team 101-95 and blocked the Americans from the finals.

  The last three World Championships, the Dream Seven team failed to win the championship, the last time they ruled the roost at the World Championships in 1994.

  Rockets guard Spanoulis scored a team-high 22 points, Katiosis had 15 points, and "Little Shark" Shots Sanitis had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

  On the American side, Anthony scored a team-high 27 points, Wade scored 19 points, James scored 17 points, Howard scored 10 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks.

  The news that Mengqi missed the finals quickly hit all major Internet portals.

   An angry American reporter shouted on the spot: "The last fig leaf of the Dream Team is lost! We must face a problem. The United States is no longer the dominant basketball hegemon."

  James underwent tremendous pressure after the game, including Anthony, Wade and others.

  Some experts say that these young people still cannot represent the highest level of the American team, because their strongest person has not come.

  Everyone knows that they are talking about Kobe.

  Americans caught in the quagmire need a savior.

  Kobe can only play such a role, giving them the last hope.

   Coach K took all the responsibility for the loss on himself in the press conference after the game.

"They are very good and have enough strength to compete for the championship, but we must face it up. The level of basketball in all countries in the world is advancing by leaps and bounds. We cannot look at the world from the previous perspective, except for Greece, which defeated us today, including China, Argentina, and Spain. When the team is growing rapidly, we need to work harder and harder to regain the feelings we once felt. There are two years, and it’s time for the Olympics, I will consider persuading players like Kobe and Duncan to rejoin the dream team ~www.ltnovel.com~ Then we will attack the world champion again."

  China played against Argentina in the semifinals.

  In the last Olympic Games, it was Argentina who narrowly won by 1 point and blocked China out of the finals.

  But the feng shui turns. In this World Championships, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and even Yi Jianlian have made considerable progress compared to the last Olympic Games. Shentong has also become the strongest player in the NBA.

  The two teams are playing hard to distinguish.

  Sometimes the audience can even get dazzled.

  Shentong, Ginobili, Scola, the three laps who turned around on the court were dazzled.

  Feng Shui turns around.

  The last time Argentina narrowly beat China, this time Goddess of Luck is on China’s side.

   Near the end of the game, Shen Tong made a sudden stop and turned a jumper for the Chinese men’s basketball team to exceed the score.

   Ginobili's breakthrough buzzer and layup then circled the rim and then marked the rim.

  The Chinese team defeated Argentina 81-80 and joined Greece on the top of the world!

  (End of this chapter)