Basketball glory

If we talk about the significance of friendly matches, they can be divided into three levels.

In the first level of strong teams, it makes no big difference whether a team like this competes or not. For example, the United States is going straight for the Olympic gold medal, overlooking all living beings with its first position.

The second level is the weak team level. Countries such as Nigeria and Venezuela want to find the weaknesses of other teams through friendly matches, improve their own strength, and temporarily hold on to their strengths.

The third level is the Brazil-China level. In Brazil, the basketball culture is not particularly strong. Their dedication to basketball is far less than that of football. They participate in the competition more for cultural exchanges.

China, a huge ancient country, has the largest number of basketball fans, and basketball culture continues to develop in China. However, the Chinese national team is not in direct proportion to the expectations of the Chinese people.

From An Ran's point of view, the national team players felt more like they were on vacation when they came here. Although they were almost frightened by the old coach K, it did not help this friendly match at all.

If the competitive spirit cannot be aroused, the Chinese men's basketball team will lose. An Ran thought with some distress.

An Ran was warming up, but found that his teammates were not actively preparing for the competition as he thought. Although it was just a warm-up match before the Olympics, there was no need to go up to the stars of the American team to get autographs.

Didn’t you see that the person on the other side was impatient and even approached me for an autograph? You should also warm up, okay?

"Come back, come over and warm up, the game is about to begin. Mu Hao, Guo Ailun, Shi Peng?" Ju Ran shouted.

Seeing the three of them gathered around the American bench asking questions, Ju Ran finally couldn't help it anymore and yelled at them.

An Ran glanced at Ju Ran, who was looking angry, and then silently picked up his basketball for shooting practice.

It was also his first time to participate in the Olympics. Although Ju Ran didn't understand much about it, he still knew that he should prepare well for the competition.

Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng and Zhou Qi are all training intensively, but the other four or five people don't show any competitiveness at all. It's strange that people don't feel angry.

Both Yi Jianlian and Zhou Peng look like good old guys, but when Ju Ran's temper gets worse, they don't care. Who cares if you are an old man or a newcomer, you have to criticize them when you need to.

"I just asked them for an autograph. Irving is my idol. He is so good at handling the ball." Guo Ailun was called back and was a little dissatisfied. He danced and imitated Irving's turning movements, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Is it about to arrive?" Ju Ran asked with a frown.

"Yes, he has promised me." Guo Ailun said happily.

"Then why don't you come and warm up? It takes so long to get an autograph? Can't you tell that people are already impatient?" Ju Ran said with an unhappy look on his face, his anger still lingering.

"Who said they were impatient? After I asked for the autograph, I just asked about the Cavaliers' plans for next season, their lineup, etc. I didn't pay attention to the time."

Ju Ran laughed loudly and said sarcastically: "What does the matter about the Cavaliers have to do with you? Why don't you play with the Cavaliers if you care so much?"

Hearing this, Guo Ailun was a little unhappy. He didn't understand why Ju Ran suddenly attacked him. Isn't it normal to ask for an autograph?

Guo Ailun quickly retorted: "Why did I offend you? Are you talking so unpleasantly?"

Guo Ailun turned his head and leaned closer, wanting to talk to Ju Ran for some reasoning. He muttered, "Really, I have to ask for an autograph now."

"Can't you go after the game? Didn't you see that we are all warming up?" Ju Ran laughed angrily at him, and then said with a smile.

When he smiled, Guo Ailun felt a little uncomfortable, and seemed to realize that he was wrong, so he turned his head and wanted to walk away.

Zhao Jiwei was watching the show on the sidelines. When he saw Ju Ran looking towards him, he hurriedly wanted to turn his head.

Zhao Jiwei thought that he was the one who went up to say hello first, but since he was coming back soon, he probably wouldn't be scolded by him.

Fortunately, Yi Jianlian noticed the unpleasantness here and hurriedly came over to separate everyone. Then he said that everyone should focus on the game and so on. This made a few people calm down. However, after being interrupted by this, the entire team atmosphere became weird.

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"Forget it, why do you care about others? Just play well by yourself." An Ran was a little speechless. After all, we can't ask everyone to turn into a training madman. Although Ju Ran said this is a bit excessive, it can make the people on the team feel at ease.

It's also good.

An Ran noticed that after practicing shooting for a while, Cousins ​​was sitting on the center line, folding his arms and looking over here. The sight of his bulging biceps made people feel numb.

Seeing their bodies live is a completely different concept than watching it live on TV. Even defenders like Thompson and Irving are as strong as ordinary forwards.

Physical madmen like James and Cousins ​​make people feel scared at a glance.

An Ran took a look at Yi Jianlian, the strongest member of the team, and found that even he was far behind the American team members. He couldn't help but wonder if this confrontation would break everyone up.

Can the restricted area guarded by such a muscular maniac really be broken through?

An Ran suddenly felt that the American team in front of him felt invincible.

It seems that his teammates have known about this situation for a long time, and most of them have no hope of winning.

The jump ball started and James took the lead in getting the ball.

The U.S. team sent a lineup of Irving, Thompson, James, Davis, and Cousins.

The Chinese team sent a lineup of Zhao Jiwei, Guo Ailun, Li Gen, Zhou Peng, and Yi Jianlian.

An Ran sat down and watched the game honestly. Knowing that he was going to play against these top basketball players in the world next, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

At the beginning of the game, the U.S. team showed a strong offensive power. James took the first ball and signaled a singles.

An Ran felt relieved. He was not familiar with Li Gen, and he didn't know if he could guard against James.

Don’t worry for three seconds, the results will come out.

Facts have proved that there may be people who can guard James alone, but they are definitely not on the Chinese team. James rushed to the basket with Li Gen in disguise. Zhou Peng, who was assisting in defense, did not pay attention and was directly charged with a defensive foul. James

Steady two free throws.

An Ran swallowed and had to admit that it was really impossible to guard against this kind of singles. The first ball already showed a strong physical difference. Li Gen was already one of the strongest in the team, but he couldn't guard against James.

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This kind of forceful eating based on the body is still somewhat damaging to morale. An Ran saw Li Gen helplessly shaking his head, as if he was annoyed with himself.

Then An Ran understood in an instant that Li Gen's mentality was already broken. Even if he could hold on to fight, it would not be of much use on the court.

Except for the head coach and substitute players, no one can be seen in the Basketball Hall of Nottingham University, because tomorrow is the opening ceremony. All representatives are rehearsing their formations, and bursts of sound can be heard from time to time from the football stadium not far away.

, but the atmosphere in the basketball hall was a bit heavy.

Irving held the ball past half-court, handed James the top position to organize, and handed a lob to Cousins, who was stationed in the low post. The latter caught the ball and hit Zhou Peng with his back, then turned around and scored a two-pointer.

"Good shot!" Coach K shouted from the sidelines, cheering for the American team.

An Ran glanced at him and found that this wise old man was holding a tactical board and was writing something, and he suddenly became interested.

The U.S. team seems to be very strong now, but the few goals they scored were all based on individual abilities, and the ball was moved no more than 5 times in each attack. I wonder if he has also seen the current situation.

He turned around and glanced at the score again. He was only three points behind at 9:6. The starting rhythm of this game was very good. An Ran sighed sincerely.

Although Li Gen couldn't guard James and allowed him to score consecutively, he still hit the target in one of his shots. As long as he kept it up, he might be able to hold on to the score.

A bold idea emerged from Enron's head. Is there still hope of winning?

"An Ran, prepare to come in and replace Zhao Jiwei at point guard."

I don't know when Gong Luming came over, walked to An Ran and gave instructions.

"And Zhou Qi, you also come on the field to replace Zhou Peng. Irving on the opposite side is too strong in breakthrough ability. You give them a threat under the basket and try to help defend as much as possible. Their outside touch looks average today, I would rather let them shoot than let them

Easily break through." Gong Luming said.

After that, Gong Luming glanced at Li Gen on the court and shook his head. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't take him off the court immediately, which proved that he still had value on the court.

Even Li Gen couldn't guard against James, and the result would be the same if he put anyone else in. Gong Luming saw this very clearly.

Not only James, but the entire US team is at the top level in every position. This is really a game with no suspense. Although Gong Luming was encouraging, he already knew that he would fail.

Everyone else thought the same way, except An Ran.