I’m Really Playing Basketball

After completing the four group stages of the World Championships, the Chinese team defeated the host Turkey and successfully completed five consecutive victories in the group stage. With 5 wins and 0 losses and 10 points, the Chinese team successfully entered the top 16 with the first place in the group. .

In addition to the Chinese team, the first of the remaining three groups is Serbia in Group A. Serbia and Argentina both have 4 wins and 1 loss. However, Serbia defeated Argentina 84 to 82 in a direct contest with Argentina, so it won the First.

Serbian super center Milicic performed very well in this World Championship. He averaged 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.2 blocks per game. He can be said to be the most outstanding inside player in this World Championship. .

In fact, in the 2006 World Championships, the 21-year-old Milicic already performed very well, averaging 16+10+3 blocks per game.

Four years have passed and he has played in the NBA for seven years. The 25-year-old Milicic is indeed more mature, and as a combination of Garnett and Nowitzki, he is indeed suitable to play FIBA ​​games. In FIBA ​​games, he is really invincible.

In this World Championship, the four players who performed the best and seemed the most unsolvable were Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, Milicic and Durant.

In addition, the first team in Group B is the United States. In this weak Group B artificially created by Turkey, the United States successfully won the first place in the group with five consecutive victories.

The first place in Group D is Lithuania. In Group D, which includes Lithuania, Spain, France and New Zealand, Lithuania has won five consecutive victories and dominated the competition. On the contrary, Spain, another favorite, performed mediocre in the group stage this time, only 3 Wins and 2 losses, the same record as New Zealand and France, almost falling to third or even fourth place.

If Spain really wants to fall to third place, I'm afraid Turkey will cry.

Therefore, after the group stage, the top 16 matches were also announced.

Serbia plays Croatia, Spain plays Russia, Slovenia plays Australia, China plays France, the United States plays Angola, Turkey plays New Zealand, Lithuania plays Greece, and Argentina plays Brazil.

Given the current status of the Chinese team in the world of basketball, the knockout matches will certainly not be about the Chinese team hiding or fearing anyone. The current situation is that other teams are afraid of the Chinese team.

Take the French team for example this time.

After it was determined that the Chinese team would be played in the knockout round, the leader of the French team, the Spurs player Diaw, felt uncomfortable. In fact, it was not only Diaw who felt uncomfortable for the French team, but also all the French team players.

After all, France, New Zealand and Spain all have 3 wins and 2 losses. All three teams lost to Lithuania. The three teams all have wins and losses against each other. However, France is ranked fourth and wants to play China. Who can bear this?

Anyway, the current French team is really worried about gains and losses.

At two o'clock in the morning on September 6, 2010 BJ time, the match between the Chinese team and the French team officially started.

The playing time of this game is very unfriendly to Chinese fans.

No way, who made this the World Championships in Europe?

Although it is 2 a.m. BJ time, it is indeed prime time for Turkey and Europe.

As the first team in this world championship and the leading team, the Chinese team's match time in the knockout round will probably be at 2 o'clock in the morning or 2:30 in the future.

It's 2 o'clock in the morning, it's Monday again. Logically speaking, the ratings of the game between China and France should not be that high according to CCTV's estimates.

In fact, this game is indeed not high in terms of ratings, only 6.5%. For the ratings of the Chinese men's basketball team in recent years, if it is less than 9%, it is a failure. The ratings of the Chinese men's basketball team in the world games are usually The rate is above 10%, especially in the knockout rounds, it is even higher.

It can be said that this game between China and France has set a record for the lowest ratings of the men's basketball team in the CCTV knockout international competition in recent years.

But at the same time, this game also set a record for the viewing share of a men's basketball game. In this game, the men's basketball viewing share accounted for more than 90%.

In other words, more than 9 out of 10 viewers watching TV at 2 o'clock in the morning are watching the men's basketball game.

You know, even the Spring Festival Gala’s viewing share is less than 50% now.

In the history of the 2016 Olympic Women's Volleyball Finals, the viewing share of the women's volleyball girls' game was about 75%, which is also very impressive. After all, it was a game at 8 a.m., and the time was not friendly.

Of course, the Chinese men's basketball team has already surpassed 75% of the collection share before.

However, this is the first time that it exceeds 90%.

Therefore, the viewing share of the men's basketball game in this game made all CCTV staff know who is now the leader in the Chinese sports world.

"After all, if I win the championship this year, I will be the sixth international champion."

After a CCTV staff member praised it, others nodded in agreement.

If the time goes back to the 1980s, when the women's volleyball girls won five championships, when they were competing for six championships, I'm afraid the ratings would be similar.

I have to say that in the current Chinese sports world, the spirit of the men's basketball team can indeed be ranked as the national spirit in the sports circle alongside the spirit of the women's volleyball team.

Chen Xiao and the Chinese men's basketball players certainly didn't know that these early morning games in Turkey would cause such admiration in the country.

In this game against France, the French team's head guard Parker did not play in this World Championship due to injury. Therefore, although the French team is led by NBA players such as Diaw, Batum, and Pietrus, it will not be able to compete with the Chinese team. There is indeed a gap.

However, although the players of the French team were worried about gains and losses before the game, they still played very hard after the game started.

Don't look at this game. The French team lost to the Chinese team by 28 points 77 to 105.

But in fact, after the two teams played in the first quarter, the Chinese team only led by 5 points, 29 to 24.

However, just like the Chinese team in history was able to maintain a stalemate with the American Dream Team for one quarter thanks to Yao Ming's performance, after the second quarter, the French team was somewhat unable to keep up.

The thing is indeed like this. Super teams like China and the United States can maintain the same level of competition and intensity for an entire game. Top teams such as Spain, Lithuania, and Argentina can also barely maintain the same level of competition. Same intensity throughout.

But when a slightly inferior second-tier team like France faces super-strong teams like China and the United States, it is difficult to maintain high intensity for an entire game.

It's okay if your hand feels good. After all, hand feel is really important in basketball games.

If the hand feels average and the state is not explosive, then losing 5 points, 6 points, 8 points, 9 points in a game, the score in a game will be more than 20 points.

This is what happened to the French team in this game. They were cut with a meat knife by the Chinese team, and they really had no temper at all.

The best player of the Chinese team in this game was Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao played for 25 minutes. He made 10 of 14 three-pointers, 4 of 7, and 6 of 6 free throws. He scored 30 points, the highest of both teams in the game. Plus 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Yao Ming played 18 minutes in the game, making 8 of 10 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 19 points.

The Arab League played for 28 minutes, making 5 of 11 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 16 points.

As the three giants of the current Chinese team, Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and the Arab League did not actually have that much playing time in this World Championship.

The playing time of the three people is staggered in pairs.

For ordinary teams, three people and two people can cope with all situations.

This is also to maintain the health and fitness of the players.

Especially in the knockout rounds, such rotation becomes particularly important.

I have to say that the current Chinese team does have such capital. Who allows the Chinese team to have three real All-Star players?

UAE was the All-Star starting forward last season.

Moreover, not many people in the United States are criticizing the All-Star Arab League. After all, he has led the Jazz to the playoffs for two consecutive years, and his scoring average is close to 20 points per game.

The current Arab League feeling with the Jazz is a bit like Gasol's feeling with the Grizzlies in history.

He can lead the team to the playoffs, but there is basically no competitiveness in the playoffs. His personal strength is good, and everyone recognizes him as an All-Star player. But, similarly, most people also think that this person His strength is only that of an All-Star, and he is a bit soft. Being the boss of a team that is ambitious is not interesting. He feels like a top-notch second or third boss.

This is the evaluation of the United Arab Emirates in the United States and the NBA.

Compared with Chen Xiao and Dayao, this evaluation is indeed not high. However, if you can get such evaluation in the NBA and the United States, you are actually one of the 50 strongest basketball players in the world.

In fact, historically, the UAE's performance in this year's World Championships was really good. This year is also considered to be the beginning of the UAE's peak.

In 2010, with Yao Ming's injury, the United Arab Emirates led the team for the first time in an international competition. Against Greece, he made 9 of 15 shots and scored 26 points and 14 rebounds. Against Cote d'Ivoire, he scored another 26 points and 9 rebounds. Against Puerto Rico, he scored another 24 points. , played against Russia, 14 points and 9 rebounds. In the last game against Turkey, because the team had already determined to appear fourth in the group, the United Arab Emirates did not play, and the Chinese team was defeated 40-87 by 47 points.

You know, in the Arab League games, although they lost against Greece, Puerto Rico and Russia, they only lost by eight or nine points at most, which was still very close.

In the round of 16 against Lithuania, the United Arab Emirates faced the defense of a powerful European team and made 4 of 9, scoring 11 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. In the end, they lost 67-78. Although they lost in the end, to be honest, they were ranked first in Group D. 1. Lithuania, ranked third in the World Championships, has performed very well.

After all, Lithuania then defeated Argentina 104-85, and defeated Sevilla 99-88 in the third place battle.

The Chinese team lost much better than Argentina and Sevilla.

It can be said that in this World Championship, the Arab League has historically produced the strongest single-core leadership performance of the Chinese team in the World Series except for Yao Ming.

In this World Championship, the Chinese team's group grouping is not very friendly, and the schedule is not friendly. It is basically a strong team along the way. The United Arab Emirates still averages 20.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, ranking fifth in the World Championship. He ranks first in rebounding and is the only player with 20+10 points in this World Championship.

With the strength of the Chinese team this time, it has been able to reach this stage. As long as the UAE plays in every game, it will fight to the end. It makes the Chinese people feel that the men's basketball team is not much inferior to those strong European and American teams. It makes everyone feel that if Yao Ming is here, The Chinese men's basketball team can even go very far. It can be said that all this is the feeling brought by the superb performance of the UAE on both ends of the offense and defense. Therefore, it is unreasonable to say that the UAE is the number one power forward in this World Championship. Not an exaggeration.

If Yao Ming is not injured, the Chinese team can indeed go further in this World Championship. After all, the Chinese men's basketball team was very strong in the 2008 Olympics, and the Arab League was not at its peak at that time.

The peak Arab Lian + peak Yao are indeed very imaginative.

It's a pity that the peak UAE never met the peak Yao Ming, and the peak Yao Ming never met the peak UAE.

Of course, this is historical.

In this time and space, the 26-year-old Ah Lian not only met the peak Yao Ming, but also had the peak Chen Xiao beside him.

The single-core team led by the United Arab Emirates, which was at its peak in history, was inextricably matched with strong European and American teams such as Lithuania, Russia, Puerto Rico, and Greece.

Not to mention that the current Arab League is stronger than in history. Plus Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, let’s put it this way, the three of them compete in pairs. Before they meet the American team, not many can withstand it. .

Let's put it this way, in terms of hard power, in this World Championship, Chen Xiao is the number one defender, Yao Ming is the number one center, and the Arab League, if not the number one power forward, is definitely among the top three power forwards. .

Next to the three of them are Hua Zai, Xiaozhu, Sun Yue, Wei Ge and other powerful role players. Even if the three of them are separated in twos, they are still invincible.

Therefore, in the quarterfinals, facing Slovenia, which defeated Australia 87-58 to advance to the quarterfinals, the Chinese team defeated them again 105-78.

Chen Xiao played 23 minutes in this game, making 5 of 9 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 8 of 10 free throws. He scored 20 points in the game.

Dayao played 19 minutes, made 9 of 11 shots, and scored 22 points.

The Arab League played 27 minutes, made 7 of 13 shots, and scored 19 points.

Even though there was not much time for the three players in this game, at least one of the three players was on the Chinese team's court every minute.

With the UAE now reaching its peak, even if only one of the three players is on the court, the Chinese team plays with great intensity and strength.

After all, this staggering of the three people can ensure that the three people's physical strength is always at its peak.

This means that they are in the strongest and most physical state on the court.

This kind of rotation and play style of the Chinese team is definitely the best play method for the Chinese team before encountering a super strong team. It ensures victory while minimizing consumption and eliminating the need to worry about injuries.

On September 12, 2010, the Chinese team faced Serbia in the semi-finals, 103 to 89. After defeating Serbia with a 14-point margin, the Chinese team once again reached the final of the World Championships.

In 2002, 2006, and 2010, the Chinese team has reached the finals of three consecutive World Championships.

In the three World Championship finals, the opponents were different, and this time, the Chinese team's opponent changed from Yugoslavia at the beginning to the American team.

"No matter who the opponent is or how strong the opponent is, we are determined to win the six-time crown!"

"We must prove once again that now is still our time!"