I’m Really Playing Basketball

For Australian basketball, the day of August 27, 2006 was definitely a day of despair.

On this day in history, Australia lost 73-113 to the Dream Seven team of the United States in the 2006 World Championships round of 16.

Because of Chen Xiao and the Chinese team, the US team is second in Group D, and the Australian team has no chance to beat the US in the eighth.

This also allowed them to escape the destruction of the US team.

However, although they escaped the destruction of them by the American team, they are now replaced by the destruction of them by the Chinese team.

And it was even more brutal torture!

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Japanese male spectators who cheered for Australia at the beginning were stunned.

As the Japanese commentators at the scene said: "The Japanese audience at the scene cheered Australia the most enthusiastically before the game started. After the game started, the Japanese audience at the scene was in a daze the whole time!"

Before the game, the audience in Japan had great expectations for Australia.

Because Australia played Japan in the warm-up match of the World Championships this time, Australia can be described as devastated in this warm-up match with Japan.

There is no other way, treat Japan as the Chinese team, especially Bogut, who cannot abuse Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, and it will be the same if Japan abuses you. You are all yellow, and you all look the same.

Therefore, in the warm-up match with the Japanese team, Bogut was like a combination of O'Neal and Duncan.

And Australia is also very strong.

In this World Championships group match, Japan lost the most game to Spain, 55 to 104, losing 49 points.

In the warm-up match against Australia, the Japanese team lost by 55 points.

Therefore, in the eyes of many Japanese viewers who usually only watch baseball and football, Australia seems to be even better than Spain.

So as long as Australia plays seriously, they will definitely be able to defeat Chen Xiao.

Australia's ace Bogut said before the game that he will go all out in this game.

Since you are giving your best, you must be competing seriously.

But looking at the scoreboard on the sidelines at this time, 119-70.

The Japanese audience at the scene was confused.

Is this what Bogut meant by going all out?

Is this Australia serious about competition?

Is this the team that beat Japan by 49 points?

Such a team lost 49 points in front of the Chinese team.

How many points will the Japanese team, which lost 49 points to such a team, lose in front of the Chinese team?

At least 58 points, right?

I have to say that the Chinese team's 49-point victory over Australia in this game was quite shocking to the Japanese audience at the scene.

Australia has a great reputation in Japan because it has abused Japan. In the minds of Japanese audiences, the Australian team is after the American team and the Chinese team.

Now. The Australian team was actually so vulnerable in front of the Chinese team.

In fact, this game not only shocked the audience at the scene, but also shocked other teams in the entire World Championship.

In front of the TV, American players such as James, Britney, and Pao, Spanish players such as Gasol, and Argentinian players such as Ginobili Scola all looked shocked at this moment.

"The Chinese team in this World Championships is really strong!"

"Especially the wonder kid, who made 14 of 27 three-pointers. He can take 27 three-pointers in a game and hit 14 of them!

This constant, this quality, incredible! "

"I have never seen a player like Wonder Boy in an international competition!"

It doesn’t matter if you have a high three-point shooting percentage, and the volume of the three-pointers is huge!

In fact, in the NBA arena, Chen Xiao really cannot take so many three-pointers with high quality and quantity, but in the international arena, because the three-point line is basically the NBA's mid-to-long distance two-pointer, many of the shots are actually mid-range in the NBA. This is different.

In fact, Chen Xiao didn't do much at all, he just transferred his 44 points per game average in the NBA to the international arena.

With such a translation, two points become three points.

This is too bumpy.

Just say that this time he made 14 of 27, which is 14 three-pointers and 42 points in the international arena.

But in the NBA, there are 5 three-pointers and 9 mid- and long-range two-pointers, resulting in only 33 points.

The one above has a shooting efficiency of 78%, while the one below has a shooting efficiency of 61%. The difference is 16%, which is the gap between rookie Westbrook and peak Jordan.

So it does look scary.

After all, although Australia was a bit weak in this World Championship, the team's defense is still quite good. In this group stage, it was 68-76 against Turkey, 69-72 against Greece, and 57-57 against Lithuania. 78, none of which allowed the opponent to score more than 80 points.

But in this match against the Chinese team, Australia's defense was stunned by Chen Xiao's shot on the outside, and smashed by Yao Ming on the inside.

Chen Xiao and Yao Ming's internal and external actions directly overwhelmed Bogut, the core of Australia's defense.

Australia's defense collapsed in this game, which means that Bogut collapsed.

In fact, Bogut was really miserable in this game.

It's okay to be pulled out by Chen Xiao and Yao Ming's pick-and-rolls and be trained by Chen Xiao.

Can't prevent Chen Xiao's small fight against big ones, and Bogut can't prevent Yao Ming's big fights against small ones either.

In this game, Chen Xiao made 18 of 31 shots, 14 of 27 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 53 points.

Chen Xiao's inside partner, Yao Ming, scored 11 of 15, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 8 of 10 free throws. He also scored 31 points.

Chen Xiao and Yao Ming scored 84 points together in this game.

Let Australia's defensive core Bogut serve as the backdrop for the entire game.

So much so that at the end of the game, Bogut, who had been trained by Chen Xiao and Yao Ming for a whole game, looked as if he was stupid.

Seeing Bogut's stupid expression on TV, Gasol felt that he should be happy. After all, this Australian is really annoying, and he has also been sprayed by Bogut.

But from the perspective of the team's interests, he couldn't be happy.

The Chinese team is too strong!

The previous Chinese team was very strong, after all, it was the Olympic champion, but this year's Chinese team is even stronger!

After Yi Jianlian replaced Wang Zhizhi, the Chinese team's interior defense became significantly stronger. Yi Jianlian's assist defense and single defense are not comparable to Wang Zhizhi's.

With Yi Jianlian's sweep, Yao Ming can always sit under the basket and never come out. In the end, not only will Yao Ming's physical exertion be reduced, but his defensive deterrent will be greater. Go to the basket to challenge Yao Ming?

This is basically the level of a longevity star hanging himself.

By replacing Chen Jianghua with Liu Wei, the Chinese team's offense became even sharper.

When Liu Wei was a point guard, because he had no organizational skills and no offensive destructiveness, in the end Liu Wei still had to leave it to Chen Xiao and Yao Ming for the entire half day. After Liu Wei made a lucky move, the defense had already stood firm. , Double-team when it is time to double-team, and focus when it is time to take care of them. No matter how strong Chen Xiao and Yao Ming are, the offense is not very easy to play.

But Chen Jianghua is completely different. He won't tell you about formations or martial ethics at all. A sneak attack is a sneak attack. If you are not careful, it will hit you hard in the heart.

If you don't pay attention, I'll slap you several times.

Chen Jianghua may not score many points, assist a lot, and make a lot of mistakes, but Chen Xiao's offense is really alive!

The more active Chen Xiao's offense is, the easier it is for Yao Ming's offense. Yao Ming's offense is easier, Yi Jianlian's and Zhu Fangyu's offense are easier. In the end, the entire Chinese team's offense is brought to life.

It can be said that in this World Championships, the Chinese team has reached a higher level in both offense and defense.

Therefore, it is really not an accident that the American team was pushed to the ground by the Chinese team in the group stage. The Chinese team is really strong now!

"How should we fight against such a Chinese team?"

How should such a Chinese team play?

It's a very interesting question because Gasol knows that none of the teammates and coaches around him will have the answer.

"That's not the answer we should be considering, you know, it's not the answer we should be considering."

After Gasol finished speaking, the Spanish player next to him fell silent.

Yeah, that's not the answer we should be considering.

The current Chinese team has reached another level.

When the Chinese team reaches this level, this is the answer that the so-called dream team needs to consider.

At this time, Coach K, who was in front of the TV, was indeed thinking about this issue.

Just like Gasol watched this game and already thought that when he met the Chinese team, he would be trained by Chen Xiao and Yao Ming in turns, Coach K is now also thinking about how to deal with the Chinese team led by Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

The defense can be trapped. Facing the trapped defense, he needs the most accurate three-point shooter. He needs Ray Allen.

The offense can switch quickly. Facing the Chinese team's crazy fast switch, he needs an equally crazy leader, such as Kobe. Kobe can stop the speed of the Chinese team led by Chen Jianghua.

This does not include the opposing defenders of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming.

The US team needs to find a suitable defender. Chen Xiao can let James defend, but what about Yao Ming?

Moreover, how to break the pick-and-roll between Chen Xiao and his teammates?

Team USA couldn't even have a single defensive hole on the court.

Therefore, everyone on the US team must have the ability to defend Chen Xiao.

Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Ron Howard, James, Howard?

Or is it Wade, Kobe, Ray Allen, Ron Howard, James?

Or, Wade, Ray Allen, Ron Howard, James, O'Neal?

The more Coach K thinks about it, the more he feels numb. It is not that easy to invite some of the players in his mind back to the US team.

Fortunately, the Olympic Games is much more attractive than the World Championships, so he has a chance.

However, this World Championships...

Coach K looked at the young people around him...

They work hard.

In the middle, there are also two direct descendants of Duke, Boozer and Jay Williams, who can work hard for him.

But in this World Championship, facing the Chinese team, their dream team couldn't beat it, and there was nothing they could do.

I really can’t beat him, and I really can’t do anything about it!