I’m Really Playing Basketball

From Chen Xiao’s enviable gossip, return to the World Championships itself.

In this World Championship, the Chinese team is divided into Group D with five teams: Italy, the United States, Puerto Rico, Senegal, and Slovenia.

As the number one favorite in this World Championship, the Chinese team came to the World Championship this time to win the championship.

After all, the Chinese men's basketball team has already won two world championships, the Olympic Games and the Diamond Cup. The three major world championships for the men's basketball team are now just short of the World Championships.

As long as they win the World Championships, the Chinese team will become the first team in basketball history to complete the World Series Grand Slam.

The Chinese sports community has always attached great importance to the Grand Slam of its own events.

For example, in badminton and table tennis, these are the dominant sports of the Chinese team. The highest goal of the players is the Grand Slam.

The current Chinese men's basketball team is at its peak.

Chen Xiao is now at the peak of his power, Yao Ming has just won the FMVP and has become a recognized superstar, and Brother Bage and Brother Wang are still at their peak. Arab League has also become a starter in the NBA and is on his way to the top, and Xiaozhu is now also The NBA accepts a year of training.

Let's put it this way, the Chinese men's basketball team is now in a historical opportunity.

In this historical opportunity, the goal of the Chinese men's basketball team is to win as many championships as they can, because they may never win again in the future.

However, although the goal of the Chinese team in this World Championship is to win the championship, in addition to winning the championship in this World Championship, the Chinese team also needs to train for the 2008 local BJ Olympics.

Why does the Chinese team need training?

Of course, this is because although Wang Zhizhi and Battelle are at their peak now, they may not be in two years.

In order to deal with this situation, the Chinese men's basketball team needs to find players who can take over from Wang Zhizhi or Battelle.

Whether young players are timid or brave in the World Series needs to be tested in the game.

Therefore, in the team meeting after the start of the World Championships, head coach Faye Wong has been emphasizing that the Chinese team needs to win this time and also train. In this World Championships, the UAE will get a lot of opportunities.

This time the Chinese team is training mainly with the Arab League.

In addition to the Arab League, the Guangdong team's young defender Chen Jianghua is also the focus of the investigation.

Why does Faye Wong's director plan to reuse these two newcomers?

The main reason is that Faye Wong, like Jordan, hopes that Chen Xiao can play shooting guard.

Chen Xiao's versatility can make the team make up for any shortcomings.

But it would be a waste of Chen Xiao's talent to play inside or point guard.

As the most stable three-point player in the Chinese team, letting Chen Xiao play inside and fight hand-to-hand with those big white brothers in Europe is a waste of Chen Xiao's outside threat.

Let's put it this way, apart from Chen Xiao, the Chinese team didn't have a few stable three-pointers outside. Of course, Faye Wong didn't want Chen Xiao to keep playing inside.

It's just that Wang Zhizhi's defense is not very good, and Ba Ge is too slow, so there is no way to ask Chen Xiao to play inside and partner with Yao Ming.

If Ah Lian proves that he is Dayao's qualified partner in both offense and defense in this World Championship, Chen Xiao can be liberated from the inside.

Chen Xiao, liberated from the inside, can play point guard, but Chen Xiao, who plays point guard, will definitely face double teams when holding the ball. This is endless entanglement and waste.

Faye Wong hopes that the Chinese team can have more point guards who can control the ball and organize, so that Chen Xiao can do it without having to control the ball for a long time. With Chen Xiao's scoring ability of 44 points per game in the NBA, he can directly Drying is the best way to use it.

It is precisely because of this that in this World Championships, the first group match between the Chinese team and Italy, the Chinese team's starting lineup was Yao Ming, Arab League, Xiaozhu, Chen Xiao and Hua Zai.

I have to say that Faye Wong's guidance is really bold.

Seeing the starting of the Chinese team, Zhang Reasonable, the commentator of the game, was sweating for the Chinese team and the two young people of the Chinese team.

"The Chinese team hopes to use this World Championships to find more available players for the 2008 Olympic Games. With the rise of world basketball, competition in the Olympic Games will become more and more intense in the future, and the challenges for the Chinese team will also become more intense. Come bigger.”

"Although the Chinese team needs more young players to step up, Arab League and Hua Tsai don't have to put too much pressure on themselves. The Chinese team has two pillars, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming. No matter what, the sky will not fall!"

"And this is why Faye Wong dared to start two young players in the World Championships. Faye Wong believes in Chen Xiao and Yao Ming's ability to lead the team."

Now the Chinese men's basketball team is recognized as the strongest team in the world basketball circle.

But the Chinese team has never been complacent because of such flattery.

From the head coach to their own stars, they are actually very humble and motivated. Instead of resting on their laurels, they hope to use the dominance of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming to see if they can bring out more excellence. young people.

And this also led to the match against Italy, which suddenly started the UAE and Chen Jianghua.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, how would the Chinese team dare to train against a strong team of Italy's level!

In the past, even if the Chinese team went all out, they might not be the opponents of Italy, let alone use Italy to train troops.

For the Chinese team to use their own training, Italy’s Recalcati certainly didn’t know before the game. Italy’s performance in the Olympics two years ago was very good. It was one of the strongest teams in the Olympics two years ago. This caused great trouble for the Chinese team. The matches between the Chinese team and Italy were both tough battles.

But Italy is not very optimistic about this World Championship, because the team's star player, this year's NBA hot rookie Bargnani is absent, and refused to play for the national team for the sake of the NBA.

According to the statement of the Italian Basketball Association: "Because Bargnani needs to be responsible for his NBA team, this will inevitably conflict with his participation in the World Championships. Therefore, he will not be able to participate in this World Championships."

I have to say that Italy is also quite powerful in terms of bulk packaging.

Bargnani just led the team to win the Italian championship a week before the draft. Logically speaking, with the domestic champion plus the top five NBA rookies, it is time for Bargnani to determine his new Italian brother.

Unexpectedly, he refused to play for the national team in the end.

Because of Bargnani's absence, Marco Belinelli, who is only 20 years old, got a chance.

In short, because Bargnani, the future of Italy, refused to lead the team to the World Championships, Italy's morale was greatly hit. Neither the world nor Italy itself is very optimistic about Italy's World Championships.

However, if you are not optimistic about it, you are not optimistic about it.

No matter how good Italy is, it is still a world-class team.

It's okay if the Chinese team doesn't start Wang Zhizhi in this game. Yi Jianlian's performance in the NBA is still very good, so it's understandable to replace Wang Zhizhi.

But what happened to the 17-year-old young defender Chen Jianghua?

What about Liu Wei, Asia’s No. 1 point guard?

Doesn’t this look down on us Italy too much?

Looking at Chen Jianghua's thin and tender appearance, the Italian players felt as if they were offended.

Want revenge!

Want to prove yourself!

But no matter how much the Italian players wanted to prove themselves, seeing Yao Ming standing in the center circle jumping the ball, the Italian center Macnado felt that he was under great pressure.

Although in the NBA, Dayao's jump ball is bullied by everyone, in the international arena, Dayao's jump ball is still quite advantageous.

Dayao's height is simply too tall. In FIBA ​​competitions where floor-based basketball is the dominant player, his height is simply the best when it comes to jumping balls.

Without any suspense, Yao Ming made the first attack of the game for the Chinese team.

In the first attack of the Chinese men's basketball team, after receiving Yao Ming's jump ball, Chen Jianghua faced the Italian players with great strength. Chen Jianghua, who played the first international competition for the first time, immediately looked at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao signaled Chen Jianghua not to be timid and dribbled the ball through half the court.

I have to say that although Chen Jianghua's official age is only 17 years old, he is a little tender. As the starter of the World Series for the first time, he is really not timid when facing the pressure of Italian players.

No matter how strong he is, his mentality is indeed quite beyond Chen Xiao's appreciation.

Brother Wei's original strength was just like that. Didn't I also use the experience card to feed him the ball?

Chen Xiao's requirements for the teammates of the Chinese team are very simple. They are not that strong and can be trained, but the mentality must be good.

If you don't have a good mentality, no matter how strong you are, you will still be undercover for other teams, and the stronger you are, the more undercover you will be.

Chen Jianghua dribbled the ball without any rhythm to break through the Italian defender's press. After halftime, he came to the three-point line and quickly hit the ball into Chen Xiao's hands.

Facing Belinelli's defense, Chen Xiao took a very light step back and dribbled the ball, put on the tank cap, boarded the tank, rushed straight to knock Belinelli away, and then slammed into the mid-range unguarded Successful jump shot.

Seeing Chen Xiao's style of play, Teacher Zhang next to him laughed directly.

"Chen Xiao's strength is too strong. Belinelli is still too young and his defense is a bit too tight. Chen Xiao is an outside player who can top the inside line in the NBA."

"Not only is he the top outside player in the NBA, Chen Xiao is even one of the five power forwards in the NBA!"

Xiao Su next to him said with a smile.

Chen Xiao's bullying of young people is really cruel.

On the court, Chen Xiao was indeed bullying Belinelli, who looked young and thin.

Who made him guard so tightly?

Since you want to defend me to the death, don't blame me for my breakthrough.

So, defense should never be extreme and must take both internal and external considerations into account.

Unless you meet Xiao Zhan in the 2007 and 2011 finals in history, or you meet a player like Alphabet Song, then you can safely bet, let him vote, let him vote, and you are unlucky if you are voted to death by them !

To be honest, even if Belinelli is an experienced veteran, Italy does not expect Belinelli to be able to guard Chen Xiao.

With Chen Xiao's height, wingspan, and shooting ability, he plays on the outside and standing outside the three-point line is simply a bug in FIBA.

Even everyone in Italy felt that Belinelli's defense was good this time, using his thin body to lure Chen Xiao into a collision instead of directly making a three-pointer.

At least, just 2 points behind instead of 3 points.

According to FIBA's competition rules, it would be a nightmare to play against Chen Xiao.

Especially when Chen Xiao has Yao Ming by his side.

As long as there are Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the Chinese team will not challenge tactics at all, as long as the teammates around them can dribble the ball across the half court when attacking, and don't lose their positions so much when defending.

There is no doubt that Chen Jianghua's offense is qualified this time.

He successfully dribbled the ball across half court and handed it to Chen Xiao.

It was Italy's turn to attack. The first wave of Italy's attack asked Belinelli to use the pick-and-roll to hit Chen Jianghua. After Belinelli used the pick-and-roll to get stuck in position and break through Chen Jianghua, he encountered a very strong defensive block from the United Arab Emirates. Belinelli, who was about to make a mid-range jumper like Chen Xiao just now, could only throw the ball out. He didn't have the ability to handle interference shots as Chen Xiao did.

Facing Chen Xiao's defense from outside the three-point line, Basilei first tried to deceive Chen Xiao with a triple threat, but after being unable to shake Chen Xiao for a long time, he could only forcefully pull out the shot.

but!

Snap!

This kind of three threats can't be hidden in front of Chen Xiao's God's Eye!

It can only be said that the Italian players either don't believe in evil, or they don't know Chen Xiao well enough.

Chen Xiao, who blocked Basley from beyond the three-point line, didn't look back. After falling from the air, he ran over Basley and rushed out.

Bang!

A beautiful counter-attack fast-break dunk ignited the enthusiasm of all the audience on the sidelines!

Amid the clear screams and cheers of Chen Xiao's beautiful Korean female star support team, Chen Xiao got off the basket and extended his index finger to the Arab League in the backcourt.

The UAE did a great job in defense this time.

In the FIBA ​​competition, because the Chinese team has Yao Ming sitting at the basket, there is actually not so much that the UAE needs to do.

When Yao Ming is sitting under the basket, Yao Ming can sweep around Yao Ming to help defend. Without Yao Ming going back and forth, consuming physical energy in and out, Yao Ming can huddle under the basket with peace of mind, then it is considered a success.

I have to say that compared with the Arab League who first came to the national team two years ago, the current Arab League has been training with the Jazz for two years, and its defensive awareness is indeed much stronger.

Ah Lian's physical fitness and athletic ability can play Bosh's role next to Yao Ming.

It's mainly a matter of consciousness.

And Jerry Sloan is definitely the head coach who can best cultivate players' defensive awareness in the entire NBA.

Chen Xiao has played against the Jazz. The reason why Sloan's Jazz has always been so difficult to play is because Sloan's team is always super defensive. It is difficult for you to have a real open space every time you attack. The Jazz's defense rate is extremely high.

In this game against the old Olympic rival Italy, the Chinese team did not start with Wang Zhizhi and Liu Wei. The Chinese fans in front of the TV were very worried.

Isn't it a little too careless?

Although the Chinese team is the strongest team, Italy should not be underestimated.

But all the worries before the opening, all disappeared after the opening.

The performances of Chen Jianghua and Yi Jianlian after the opening were impressive.

"Chen Jianghua is obviously so young, but he is not stage fright at all on such a big stage!"

"Yi Jianlian was obviously an offensive player in the past, but now his defensive awareness has become so good!"

"The Chinese men's basketball team really has a successor now!"

As the match between the Chinese team and Italy progressed, whether it was Mr. Zhang at the scene or the Chinese audience in front of the TV, they were full of confidence in the future of the Chinese team.

At the same time, I am also full of confidence in the 2008 local Olympics.

In the end, in the match between the Chinese team and Italy, the Chinese team defeated Italy 99-84.

Italy actually played very well in this game. It can be said that three-pointers were raining down.

Especially the Italian defender Basley, who was defended by Chen Xiao. Under Chen Xiao's defense, Basley made 5 of 9 2-pointers, 4 of 5 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws. 27 points.

In this game, with Yao Ming and the United Arab Emirates completely blocking the penalty area, Italy threw 14 three-pointers in the whole game, and the shooting rate exceeded 50%.

However, in this offensive match between the Chinese team and Italy, the Chinese team is more efficient!

Yao Ming made 12 of 17 free throws and 6 of 7 free throws, efficiently scoring 30 points and 9 rebounds.

As a shooting guard, Chen Xiao made 15 of 26 in the game, 9 of 20 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws. He scored 45 points in the game!

Chen Xiao didn't have any other skills in this game's offense. Apart from fast break and flirting with the young man Belinelli to knock him open for a mid-range shot, Chen Xiao could only shoot from outside the three-point line.

There is no hesitation in receiving the ball. No matter whether there is a defensive player in front of him or who the defensive player is, Chen Xiao just shoots.

Taking 20 three-pointers in a game is unreasonable for any player.

But when it appeared on Chen Xiao, it was so reasonable.

It’s really impossible to prevent it!

Chen Xiao's offense was too easy in FIBA ​​games!

After defeating Italy, the Chinese team defeated Puerto Rico 107-90, Senegal 130-83, and Slovenia 98-77.

In these three games, Chen Xiao still took at least 20 three-pointers in each game.

It’s simply the three-point shooting machine in the World Championships!

After 4 games, Chen Xiao has made 44 three-pointers!

Chen Xiao's performance in these five games is like an alien!

So much so that even the American media is exclaiming about Chen Xiao's performance in this World Championships.

"The earth can no longer stop the magic of Wonder Boy!

The only ones who can protect the earth now are the American Dream Team 7! "

Facing the exclamations from the American media, Xiao Zhan and the US team were under a lot of pressure...