roccoschili Chapter 107 The Group of Death (seeking Subscription, Monthly Pass)
Chapter 107 The Group of Death (seeking Subscription, Monthly Pass)
Chapter 107 The Group of Death (seeking Subscription, Monthly Pass)
Half a month before the start of the Olympic Games, the grouping results of the groups were finally announced.
Li Nan took the message from the State Sports General Administration and called the team members to come and watch.
"Everyone, come on, the group results are out." Li Nan shouted loudly, and all the players put down their training and ran towards him.
"How is it?" Yao Ming asked.
Li Nan handed the envelope to Yao Ming and asked him to read it in front of everyone.
Grouping has been a matter of metaphysics since ancient times. A good grouping can determine the fate of a team.
Lin Yue also wanted to know the result. 18-year-olds always like to challenge the limit.
Being young means hope and going all out. Lin Yue, no matter what group he is in, he feels that the current Chinese team has the strength to surpass it.
The training during this period made Lin Yue disappear, and he could only contact Curry, Li Mengyao and his parents by phone every day.
Not long before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the basketball team now lives in the training bureau, and they have applied not to live in the Olympic Village.
The pressure before the big game was unprecedented. Lin Yue didn't have this kind of atmosphere in the NCAA knockout rounds at all, and the whole team was in a bad state.
However, in the training game, the moment the players got the basketball, the mentality of the players changed qualitatively.
Whether it is a foreign friendly match or a match against a team composed of the remaining elites from the CBA, the Chinese men's basketball team has defeated its opponents with overwhelming momentum.
Yao Ming is far more powerful than what Lin Yue has seen on TV. He has a large defensive area, high offensive efficiency, and both back and front frames are offensive threats. No wonder he is called the top few centers in the league.
During his heyday, he was the number one center in the NBA.
Lin Yue tried to layup against Yao Ming's defense several times but was blocked.
"Is this the so-called basketball dream? Fuck it." Lin Yue once again felt that his opponent was helpless. The last time he saw Stephen Curry's bullfighting was the first time.
It is also under the leadership of Yao Ming that the Chinese men's basketball team has an excellent record in training matches. Everyone is looking forward to the Olympics, and maybe there is a chance to break through the limit at home.
Yao Ming opened the envelope, took out the group information inside, and looked at it for a while, his face changed slightly.
"The opponent in the same group, the US team."
When they heard the "American team", everyone was a little surprised at first, and then smiled at each other. This must be unbeatable, and there is nothing they can do if they encounter it.
"Spain."
Spain is not easy to play. Lin Yue has seen the rosters of other teams before. Spain has several NBA players, such as Gasol, Kobe's good teammate, All-Star center, Gasol Jr., Rubio, Fernandez, Navarro and many other powerful players. Before the game, they were predicted to be the biggest competitors of the US team.
However, Spain is strong on the inside, and the Chinese team is also strong on the inside. Although it is not easy to play, it is not that there is no chance.
"Angola."
Everyone's stern expressions finally showed a smile. Angola from Africa is not a strong team, and the underdog Chinese team of this level is still easy to beat.
A group of 6 teams can qualify for 4 teams. Now there is a team that is almost at the bottom. As long as there is another underdog, they will have a chance to enter the top 8.
"Greece."
"Greece?" Lin Yue seemed to have a little impression of this team.
The rest of the people looked bad, and it was not difficult to read from their faces that Greece is a strong team.
"Is Greece great?" Lin Yue asked.
"The champion of the World Championships two years ago defeated the US team." Liu Wei said.
The difficulty of defeating this team is no lower than that of Spain.
"There is one last spot left, I hope a well-managed team will come." Everyone was looking forward to it. From the current point of view, this group can be said to be a group of death, and several strong teams are here.
"Germany, country." Yao Ming said slowly.
Speaking of Germany, Lin Yue immediately thought of the head star of the Mavericks, the historical power forward Nowitzki in the NBA.
That's right, this German team is led by Nowitzki to compete in the Olympics, and their goal is to enter the finals.
Nowitzki can be said to be the best shooting big man. He was the MVP of the 2007 NBA regular season. Facing such an opponent, the situation for the Chinese team to qualify is grim. Apart from Angola, it seems that there is no other team that can beat it.
"Isn't this the death group? How will the game be played?" Sun Yue expressed the feelings of the crowd. It is a taboo to speak discouraging words before the game, but no one would deny the truth of this sentence.
"We can do it." Yao Ming said, as a leader, he must stand up to stabilize the morale of the army.
"Believe in ourselves, we have a more ambitious goal, and we will have the opportunity to enjoy the cheers at the door of our home if we succeed in qualifying. We must not let our parents down."
Li Nan's words calmed down the whole team. Such news was indeed enough to dampen self-confidence.
But the invisible pressure intensified again, and everyone went back to training silently.
The more it is at this time, the less you can panic, keep your feet on the ground, and do what you should do.
In addition to the Chinese team, the media also learned the news.
Headlines like "Chinese men's basketball team is coming to the death group again" emerge in endlessly, fans are worried, and there is a lot of discussion on the Internet.
Fortunately, the closed management allows them to get rid of external interference. Although the pressure is great, they cannot destroy themselves.
For the remaining half month, the team members worked together and redoubled their training.
With the gradual tacit cooperation, Yao Ming recovered from his injury in a good state.
Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi also tried to play inside at the request of the coach, shooting from the outside and handing over the task of attacking the frame to Yao Ming, which was too much pressure.
After the mandatory request, the two of them played much tougher.
At first, Jonas was most worried about the position of the point guard in the Chinese team. Liu Wei performed well, but if he wanted to compete with the point guards of strong teams, he had no advantage.
There is no need to worry about the team's offense, but there may be few people in the organization.
Liu Wei's well-regulated style of play cannot help the team escape from the death group.
After repeatedly watching Lin Yue's NCAA video, Jonas found that the data really can't lie, and there is a reason for his average assists in double digits.
Lin Yue's coping ability is very strong, he has a good passing vision and a high ball quotient.
This ability to handle the ball can be used against strong teams. He believes that Lin Yue's organization will make the team's offense much smoother.
But Lin Yue's dribbling worried him a lot. He couldn't say how good it was. He had a high center of gravity and was about 2 meters tall to play a point guard. He needed talent. Lin Yue was not a magician.
Yunus intends to use Liu Wei as a fake starter, find someone who dribbles the ball across the half court, and hand the ball to Lin Yue's organization. Once the team's transmission becomes faster, the chances of attack will increase.
Although there is no three-point shooter of Curry's level here, Zhu Fangyu is not much worse than him, and his physical fitness is even stronger. Except for Wang Qi and Zhu Ba, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi are all in the three-point range.
Even Yao Ming, who doesn't shoot three-pointers in the NBA, can turn his steady two-pointers into three-pointers in the international arena.
With the addition of Lin Yue, Yunus can use many tactics.
Thinking of this, Jonas has hope for the Chinese team to qualify for the group stage. The top four in the group can advance to the quarterfinals.
The task at home this time is to keep eight out of four. If they want to qualify for the group, Germany, Spain, and Greece must squeeze out a place.
If they play well, this is still very promising, organized and offensive, defending Yao Ming and guarding the inside, Lin Yue has excellent defensive awareness, Zhu Fangyu is not bad in physical fitness, and can withstand the opponent's striker.
As long as the perimeter defense is done well, the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team must not be underestimated.
"What's the matter with the death group, I'm the elite." Lin Yue said angrily while training from beyond the three-point line.
(End of this chapter)