I’m Really Playing Basketball

On September 13, 2010, one day after the semi-finals, the World Championship final between the United States and China officially started in Istanbul.

As the two most popular teams in this competition, the Chinese team and the United States team met in the final, which can be said to be what everyone expected.

The Chinese team defeated Serbia easily, while the American team defeated Lithuania with some difficulty. Of course, these difficulties can only be said to be somewhat difficult, because under the sharp shooting of Durant, the star of the American team, Lithuania's resistance instantly melted. For nothing.

Playing 38 minutes, 14 of 25, 5 of 12 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, 38 points and 9 rebounds, Durant single-handedly broke Lithuania's resistance.

In fact, after the US team entered the knockout rounds, Durant has been in a random killing mode. In the round of 16, the quarter-finals, and the semi-finals, Durant scored more than 30 points in every game.

It can almost be said that one person carried the American team all the way to the next level.

Therefore, although the Chinese team seems to be more calm on the way to promotion, and its strength does seem to be still better than that of the American team, the invincible appearance of Durant of the American team in this World Championship is indeed amazing. Amazing.

In the history of the US team, no one has shown Durant's level and adaptability in international competitions. Not even Joe seems to be interested.

In FIBA ​​games, you can still get thirty points whenever you want. In the history of FIBA, only Chen Xiao has given people this feeling. Now, Durant also gives people this feeling.

Therefore, before the start of this game, the duel between Chen Xiao and Durant was also a big attraction. The on-site TNT commentators Chris Webber and Reggie Miller were almost in the pre-game warm-up. Chen Xiao and Durant have never left.

The two spoke highly of Durant.

"In the past eight years, every time we met the Chinese team, we would lose miserably. The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that the American team does not have a Chinese player who can match Yao Ming, the most critical reason is that we do not have a Chinese player like the Wonder Boy. Scorers who can be completely trusted at critical moments. I am not disparaging LeBron or Kobe. Wade is one of the greatest players. In the NBA, they can do anything, but we need to admit that FIBA ​​is different from the NBA. , the court here is smaller, the defense here is stronger, the inside here is more crowded, the defensive players here are more fearless and dirtier, many very good NBA stars, even superstars, cannot fully adapt to FIBA. Contest."

"Until Durant comes along!"

"His appearance gives us hope that the United States team will once again stand at the top of basketball. We can imagine when Wade, Kobe, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Oden are all standing on the court at the same time. , what a great picture that would be?”

"Now, I can't wait to watch the London Olympics in two years' time. That will be the moment when the American team returns again!"

Weber and Miller were quite excited before the game.

However, the two of them were excited and their minds were still clear.

Both of them said that the dream team with all the main players will return to the top of the world in two years.

As for the American team in this World Championships.

Although this American team is very surprising, compared with the Chinese team, it is indeed a bit difficult and it is difficult to win.

Before this final, the news from TNT and the United States was very loud and lively.

So much so that ESPN summoned a hundred experts and celebrities from the United States to rate the 24 players of the Chinese and American teams.

The final result is that the Chinese team has two players with A+ performance, Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, and one A-level player, Yi Jianlian, while the US team only has Durant as A+, Aldridge as A-level, and even Bice as A-. It's just Leigh and Iguodala.

Although Durant's performance in the US team this time is incredible, there are still many problems. There are still many players who are not very adaptable to the FIBA ​​competition environment.

For example, Granger, Chen Xiao's younger brother in the Bobcats, was graded E by ESPN. He was the worst performer on the US team and tied with Zhang Zhaoxu of the Chinese team for the worst.

This is not because he is not strong enough, but because his style overlaps so much with Durant. The US team has Durant, a big killer. At the critical moment, Durant will definitely be on the field. In the last game against Lithuania , Durant played 38 minutes, and in the knockout rounds, Durant played more than 36 minutes. What playing time can Granger have?

As the player with the fewest appearances on the U.S. team, he averaged 4.1 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game in very limited appearances. In fact, the data is not bad. If it were just like this, he would never be rated as the worst player on the U.S. team. The reason why This rating is only due to his complaints on Twitter.

As the champion player of this year's championship team, Granger feels that he should be the boss of the US team this time without a boss. However, coach K reuses Durant and Beasley. Do you think he will be happy?

Wanting to complain, but not daring to confront Coach K directly like Howard, Granger complained on Twitter, 'Why don't European players wear perfume? Why don't you spray deodorant? '

Although you are very resentful, you dare not complain about Coach K or the European living habits. This is a bit discriminatory and bad.

Just like if a foreigner asks why Asians squat to go to the toilet, why do they use chopsticks?

It’s okay if you don’t look at others because of their habits, but you have to respect each other’s habits.

Obviously, with Granger acting like this, he instantly became a thorn in the side of everyone in Europe and America.

Europeans feel that they have been discriminated against, but Americans, especially many white right-wingers in the United States, are unhappy. How dare you, a mere black man, to look down on our white European masters now?

Granger was originally just venting his grievances, but after this tweet was posted, it instantly became the subject of verbal criticism in both European and American sectors, and he was sprayed with blood.

However, he deserved it, and he was unscrupulous in his words. Although he apologized and deleted his tweets in the end, it was not easy to be forgiven, so the ESPN experts were crazy about Granger.

The Granger incident actually reflects some problems within the American team. Du's leadership needs to be strengthened. He cannot unify a team. At such a critical time, there is no way for his teammates to have only one voice for the time being.

In the Bobcats, Granger never checked Weibo or caused trouble at critical moments.

In the Lakers, under the leadership of Kobe Bryant, Artest was quite honest at the critical moment of the playoffs and did not cause any trouble for the time being.

In this World Championships of the US team, Granger was severely stepped on. It is understandable to say that Granger was the worst.

So the two D-s of Curry and Chandler, and the D of Griffin, are well deserved.

Let’s talk about Griffin first. In the group stage, Griffin was still able to make a comeback against the underdogs. However, in the knockout rounds, facing those teams with big men and strong strength inside, Griffin’s three knockout games In the game, he scored a total of 6 points and 5 rebounds. With his short hands, he couldn't make any splash under the basket, and he couldn't shoot. What can you do? Every time I go on the court, I’m very unhappy.

As for Chandler, he is considered to be the worst in the real American team. He has no offense, no rebounds, no assists, and no even defense. In the two knockout rounds of the quarterfinals and the semifinals, Coach K directly put him Abandoned. In the NBA, he can handle the basket by himself, but in FIBA, Chandler was very confused on the court. All he could see was the scene where he was bullied by Yao Ming ten years ago. Those big centers in front of him, Everyone is Yao Ming, everyone is the Great Wall of China, which makes him very tired.

Curry was able to tie with Chandler in this World Championship, D-, naturally it is not without reason. In this World Championship, it can almost be said that he encountered the same problem as he did in this year's playoffs, due to his physical condition It is thin and difficult to perform under high confrontation. Although he has gained weight in the past two months, FIBA's confrontation is much stronger than NBA's confrontation.

In addition to not adapting to the intensity of FIBA ​​competitions, Coach K really doesn't like him. He seems a bit out of place in the US team that emphasizes defense, and his coaching philosophy is very different from Coach K's.

Therefore, in this World Championship, Coach K's most important point guard is Billups.

Although Rose is a starter, like Curry, he is not reused and is a fake starter. Rose's problem is not defense, but offense. Rose's shooting ability performed very poorly in this World Championship. Rose has a lot in the NBA. He has a certain shooting ability, but the shooting environment in FIBA ​​is completely different from that in the NBA. As for the breakthrough that Rose is good at, he wants to break through, but with Durant, Beasley, and Aldridge in the position battle, Rose simply can't. He has no tactical authority for positional warfare and is basically an offensive dribbling defender.

Therefore, Rose only received a C rating, which is quite satisfactory. Guy also has the same problem, and Rose has the same problem. His shooting is poor, and he does not have the authority to hold the ball for breakthroughs. He can only play fast breaks and dunk. He didn't give him any chance to perform at the critical moment, and he didn't have any, so Guy is also C.

In the final analysis, Coach K still doesn't trust them enough.

It can be seen from ESPN's ratings of the 12 players of the US team that this time the US team is not a strong player in the NBA, but the players who have fighting ability and are completely trusted by coach K are Durant and Bis. Leigh, Aldridge, Billups, Oden, and Iguodala are the six.

Others are just playing on the sidelines and adding icing on the cake.

If such an American team can defeat the Chinese team, do you look down on the Chinese team, or do you look down on the 2008 American team?

The reason why this American team can sweep everything is not because of their strong overall, but because they have Durant.

So far, except for Durant, no one of the other 11 players on this American team has scored in double figures.

In the three games of this knockout round, the US team scored a total of 250 points, of which Durant scored 108 points alone, and the others combined for 142 points.

In the three knockout games of the US team this time, the US team made a total of 29 three-pointers, 15 of which were made by Durant.

If it weren't for Durant, this American team would have struggled to reach the finals, let alone the quarterfinals against Turkey.

This is no joke. In this quarterfinal match, the United States played Turkey. When Durant did not exert his strength, Turkey suppressed the American team.

Against Turkey, Durant scored 20 points in the half, while the US team only had 42 points.

If Turkoglu hadn't been suddenly injured in the second half, it wouldn't have been so easy for the US team to win.

This is the American team. Just like what Chen Xiao said to Dayao and the others, this American team needs the Chinese team to pay special attention to because of Durant. At the same time, this American team only has one Durant. .

They have no tactical system and no tacit cooperation. If they have any difficulties, they turn to Durant.

Because of Durant, the U.S. team reached the finals for the first time in the last three World Championships and achieved its best World Championship results in the past eight years.

However, this American team only has one Durant, James, Wade, Kobe, Paul, Ron Howard, these Optimus Primes of the American team are not here.

You are a one-man team. You can beat Turkey and Lithuania to death. That’s because Turkey and Lithuania don’t have Yao Ming or Chen Xiao.

The Chinese team not only has Yao Ming, but also Chen Xiao.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for this American team to defeat the Chinese team.

Therefore, despite the fact that the United States has made a lot of news about this final, everyone from experts to celebrities to fans has no hope for this game.

Their only expectation for this game is whether Durant will still have such incredible performance.

The U.S. team plays like a single-core team in the NBA. All the NBA star teammates around him are turned into role players and undercover agents. This is the only one like Durant in the history of the U.S. team.

These American audiences are looking forward to whether Durant's miracle in this World Championship can continue, especially when facing the Chinese team, the strongest opponent.

In fact, the match between the U.S. team and the Chinese team was exactly as predicted by these American experts. The U.S. team ultimately lost, a rather miserable 84 to 100, by a full 16 points.

At the same time, Durant's performance in this game was still very good. He made 13 of 25 in the game, 5 of 13 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, and 40 points in the game. Once again, he set a new record in the history of the American team. The highest score at the World Championships.

Durant scored 33 points, 37 points, 38 points, and 40 points in the four knockout games of this World Championship. Each game was breaking the US team's World Championship single-game scoring record. This is indeed extraordinary. .

However, other than that, the performance of other US team players was average.

Aldridge made 5 of 9 shots, Beasley made 4 of 11 shots, and Billups made 2 of 7 shots. Billups played shooting guard in this World Championship. He was okay in the group stage and averaged 13 points per game. In the knockout finals, In the previous two knockout games, he scored a total of 7 points. In this final, Billups scored 6 points.

In addition, Rose was 2 of 8, Gay was 0 of 2, Iguodala was 2 of 4, and Curry played 5 minutes, 0 of 1, and zero points.

Oden was 2-for-6 and scored 6 points. Griffin also scored 0 points and played 3 minutes. Chandler scored 0 points and played 7 minutes. Granger did not play in this game. Because Durant played the whole game.

After the World Championship finals, the audience on the US team felt that although the US team lost, they did not lose because they saw what they wanted to see. Durant was really so good in FIBA. .

For a time, Twitter was full of praise and praise.

Perhaps, at this time, only Barkley's tweet seemed a bit dazzling: "When can the American team cheer for losing and take it for granted that it loses to a team?"

As weird as ever, but in the end, Barkley added: "Congratulations to the Chinese team, they deserved the win. Congratulations to Chen, congratulations to Yao, congratulations to them for winning their sixth world championship, and congratulations to them for changing this basketball that originally belonged to the United States." world."

The World Championships are over.

The Chinese team got its wish and won the final championship.

Chen Xiao averaged 24.5 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game and won the final MVP.

Durant averaged 28 points per game, beating Scola's 27.8 points to win the scoring title.

Chen Xiao, Durant, Scola, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming were selected to the best team.

One guard and four frontcourts are consistent with the best lineup in history in 2010. That year, there was also one guard and four frontcourts, but there was no center, 3 small forwards, and one power forward.

Therefore, judging from this best lineup, it seems to be more reasonable than the best lineup in history.

By the way, the Arab League did not hit 20+10 like history in this World Championship. The data was only 17+8, while Yao Ming's was 20+9.

However, this is 17+8 for the champion and 20+9 for the champion. The gold content is completely different.

Therefore, when the news came that Chen Xiao, Yao Ming and Arab League were selected for the best team, it can be described as the whole country was excited.

Champion, MVP, three best lineups!

"This World Championships is perfect!"

“This summer is perfect!”

"The Chinese men's basketball team is also perfect!"

“Congratulations to them for once again breaking the history they created, we are no longer the five-time champions!

We have rewritten our destiny!

We are, now, six-time champions! "

Watching Teacher Zhang's choked roar on TV, many old volleyball girls in front of the TV couldn't help but feel moved.

"Six-time champion...the greatest team in the history of Chinese sports..."

Almost at the same time, many old women's volleyball players thought of this.

Because this is not their subjective opinion, this is an objective fact.

2 diamond cups

2 world championships

2 Olympic Games.

The Chinese men's basketball team completed two rounds of the men's basketball world championship Grand Slam.

The women's volleyball team has two World Championships, two World Cups, and one Olympic Games. It is indeed inferior to the men's basketball team in terms of quantity and gold content.

Therefore, on the second day after the World Championships, many domestic mainstream media and even the largest official media all labeled the team as "the greatest team in the history of Chinese sports".

finally!

"Under the leadership of Chen Xiao and Yao Ming, the Chinese men's basketball team has won its own era!"