masters-orleans Chapter 364 The Undefeated God Chapter of the Dream Team is Broken
Chapter 364 The Undefeated God Chapter of the Dream Team is Broken
Chapter 364 The Undefeated Myth of the Dream Team Broken
83:94
In the end, the Huaxia team still lost to the US team by 11 points, ending the group stage.
This result is actually not unacceptable.
After all, this is the US team, this is the dream team!
In this game, Wang Hao still played very well, with 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 blocked shots.
All along, his task is mainly to organize the offense, but when he needs to score, he can really score.
It's a pity that the Huaxia team still needs to continue to improve.
To be honest, if it wasn't for Yao Ming's foul problem, the result of today's game would be really uncomfortable.
In the second half of the game, Yao Ming was troubled by fouls, and his performance dropped a lot.
In the end, he scored 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocked shots.
However, 14 points and 8 rebounds were obtained in the first half of the game, and he failed to play well in the second half.
As for the performance of other people, they are also a little unstable.
The only good news is that the Huaxia team has 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, and has steadily entered the rematch.
Next, they will have a day's rest before starting the rematch.
In Group C, the Huaxia team ranked No.2 with 1 wins and 2 loss. No.1 was naturally the US team, which had won all three games. The German team kept the last promotion spot.
Meanwhile, their opponents in the rematch will be their opponents in Group D.
In Group D, Argentina ranked first in all three games, followed by New Zealand and Russia.
As for the other two groups, the competition has all ended.
In Group A, Spain, Yugoslavia, and Angola from Africa advanced to the semi-finals.
Group B consists of Brazil, Puerto Rico and Türkiye.
The Huaxia team's next schedule is as follows. They will face three opponents on September 9rd, 3th, and 4th.
Because the record of the group stage is included in the record of the rematch, that is to say, the Huaxia team has a little advantage.
They need to guarantee at least one victory, which is relatively easier.
Of course, one victory is the bottom line, and it is not safe.
If the Huaxia team wants to advance steadily, they must win at least two games.
For the next three opponents, except for the Argentina team, they are actually not very familiar with them.
After all, it is rare to play a game in the international arena. Even if we played last time, there may be substitutions this time.
That is the Argentine team, which has been very popular in recent years.
On September 9, the Huaxia team ushered in their first opponent, the New Zealand team.
To be honest, in everyone's impression, New Zealand is a small island country with a small population.
I don't really have much impression of New Zealand's basketball team.
On the contrary, the Australian team is more impressive. In fact, of course Australia has not risen yet.
In recent years, the New Zealand basketball team has been stronger.
Today's New Zealand team is actually just an NBA player, who still can't play.
It's just that, in the New Zealand team, there are many stars from New Zealand's local league.
Not only that, even if the excellent players of the New Zealand team can't play in the NBA, they will go to Europe to play.
Today's European Basketball League is full of gold.
The player who plays in the NBA is called Sean Marx, a center with good strength and confrontation.
It's a pity that the height is a bit short, less than 210 centimeters.
In addition, in the previous group stage, the most outstanding performance was Keke Penny.
This guy is amazing.
Playing in European leagues all year round, he is also very adaptable to the international arena, which can be said to be like a fish in water.
In international competitions, it is easy to average 20+ per game.
In the 2010 World Championships, Kok Penny even won the second place in the scoring list with 24.7 points.
However, for today's game, the Huaxia team is very confident.
Yuan Shikong, in this game, the Huaxia team actually has a good chance.
Li Nan scored 6 three-pointers in the whole game and scored 33 points, which can be regarded as a classic battle of his national team.
Unfortunately, the game was lost.
In fact, until the fourth quarter, the Huaxia team had a double-digit lead, but lost at the last moment.
There are three problems, the first is physical fitness, the second is the pressing that is not suitable for high-intensity confrontation, and the last is that no one handles the ball outside.
For the first problem, Wang Hao can't do anything, but he can solve the latter two problems.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the first quarter, the Huaxia team blossomed and took the lead in an instant.
Although Li Nan did not start, Hu Weidong, who started the game, performed well, scoring 2 three-pointers in a single quarter.
In the first quarter of the game, the Huaxia team was 35:14, leading by 12 points.
In the second quarter of the game, New Zealand wanted to use the outside projection to counterattack, but suddenly found that the outside line was misfired.
Kok Penny, who had been brilliant in the group stage, was completely blocked by Wang Hao.
In the second half, New Zealand tried to find a way to press the whole game and force the Huaxia team to make mistakes.
Wang Hao simply asked everyone to go to the frontcourt, and he dribbled the ball from the backcourt alone.
New Zealand players do not believe in evil, but also want to press.
As a result, Wang Hao suddenly exerted force, pushed the defender away, and took the opportunity to speed up.
Without any hesitation, he went straight to the basket.
Seeing it, Sean Marx stood in front of the basket without any hesitation, and he wanted to guard the basket.
At this point, Wang Hao is naturally not afraid.
I saw Wang Hao jumping high, and at the same time, Sean Marx also jumped up, trying to stop Wang Hao.
I have to say that as a center forward, his confrontation is not bad.
When the two bodies collided in mid-air, Wang Hao's body was a little out of balance.
Especially the basketball in his hand was a little out of control, which forced Wang Hao to grab the basketball with both hands.
It's a pity that Sean Marx is still a little short, and his physical talent is also very average.
After their bodies collided, Sean Marx inevitably landed from midair.
But at this time, Wang Hao stayed in the air as if he was stuck in the air, and then smashed the ball hard into the basket.
To put it simply, Wang Hao just jumped up, confronted the defender, and then waited for the defender to land before he dunked.
The body was fighting in mid-air, and he had already lost his balance. After Sean Marx landed, he inevitably fell backwards.
But at this time, Wang Hao grabbed the basket with both hands, taking the opportunity to stabilize his body balance.
"Boom!"
At this moment, in addition to the creaking of the basket, there was also boiling in the audience.
"My God! My God!"
"Wang dunked the defender, it was just unbelievable."
"Now I declare that this is definitely the most exciting goal of this World Championship."
……
Not just the live DJs, but also the live fans.
In addition to them, there are actually some teams in the arena, paying attention to the teams in this game.
At this moment, these players are also holding their heads with their hands. They are simply unbelievable for this goal.
It was Wang Hao's words that seemed to directly shatter New Zealand's confidence in this dunk.
In the next game, they never launched a counterattack, but were oppressed by the point difference to the point of death.
99:74
The Huaxia team won the game with a huge difference of 25 points.
To be honest, when seeing this point difference, a group of Huaxia fans dreamed of going back to the Asian game.
In Asian competitions, the Huaxia team often played such a point difference, and there were even more exaggerated ones.
However, in the international arena, it is really unheard of.
In other words, even if there is such an exaggerated difference in points, either they are abusers or they are victims.
However, this time, it was a tragedy they created on their own initiative. How could this not excite the fans!
More importantly, the record of 3 wins and 1 loss, especially the victory over New Zealand, a key opponent.
The Huaxia team is basically determined to enter the quarterfinals.
Because, the two main competitors of the Huaxia team, the German team and the New Zealand team, the best record will only be 3 wins and 3 losses.
In the direct dialogue, they all lost to the Huaxia team, and when the score was small, the Huaxia team won.
If you have to consider extreme cases, it's another matter.
In this game, Li Nan came off the bench, but still played brilliantly, hitting 4 three-pointers and scoring a game-high 24 points.
In addition, Yao Ming had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Wang Zhizhi had 14 points and 4 rebounds, and Hu Weidong had 12 points.
Wang Hao clocked out of get off work in three quarters, scoring 13 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, another quasi-triple-double.
I have to say that in this World Championships, Wang Hao's transition was very successful, especially in the passing organization, which made him see a lot of surprises.
Today's top assists list in the World Championships has already explained the problem.
However, the Huaxia team was not happy for too long. In the next game, they were hit again.
Facing Argentina, they lost again.
It's still the same, facing the strict defense of strong teams, the Huaxia team has too little to rely on.
Wang Hao can score and pass the ball, but unfortunately, the Huaxia team's old problem of instability has recurred.
In the first half of the game, Li Nan, who performed well yesterday, made 3 of 0 shots, and Hu Weidong also made 2 of 0 shots.
If the shooting state is not good, he will hesitate when taking the shot, and the shooting rate will only get worse.
Not only that, but when hesitating, it is also the time when it is most likely to make mistakes and make mistakes.
Wang Hao even completed the task supernormally. Ginobili was defended by him and scored 6 points in the game, but it was useless.
Because in this game, the Argentine team had a lot of success, and the four scored in double figures to solve the Huaxia team.
On September 9, the rematch continued.
In the final game, the Huaxia team will face the Russian team, which is at the bottom of Group D.
It used to be that the Soviet men's basketball team was strong.
It's a pity that although Russia has inherited most of the legacy of the Soviet Union, it has not inherited a strong sports.
In terms of sports, it seems that Eastern European countries are better at it.
In fact, it was a bit of luck for Russia to appear in the World Championships. They narrowly beat the French team and won the last ticket.
It's a pity that only one victory in the group stage is really eye-catching.
Today, after losing to the US team and the German team in the rematch, the Russian team is definitely out.
In this case, Russia actually doesn't have much heart.
Sure enough, under the fierce pursuit of the Huaxia team in the first quarter of the game, the Russian team saw that the point difference was too large, and they decisively lost their minds.
The few thoughts of wanting to win originally dissipated.
90:68
It was another big victory with 22 points. The Huaxia team's performance in this World Championship is really surprising.
Of course, Wang Hao was the most pleasant surprise.
With 13 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, he contributed a triple-double performance for the first time in the international arena.
And the record of 4 wins and 2 losses also allowed the Huaxia team to advance to the quarterfinals without any suspense.
This is also the first time since 1994 that the Huaxia team has broken into the top 8 at the World Championships.
More importantly, the Huaxia team's journey is not over yet.
After the game, the Huaxia team did not leave in a hurry, but went to the stands to enjoy the last game.
The battle for the top spot between Argentina and the United States.
Anyway, they have already advanced. Is there a big difference between No.1 and No.2?
Big in fact.
Because the other rematch group matches have all ended, Yugoslavia is ranked third.
In the group stage and the rematch, Yugoslavia lost to Spain and Puerto Rico successively.
However, the loss to Spain is 2 points, as is the loss to Puerto Rico.
Rather than saying that Yugoslavia is not strong enough, it is better to say that their luck is not very good.
Anyway, among the favorites to win this year's World Championships, besides the US team, is Yugoslavia.
Even strong teams such as Argentina, Spain, and Puerto Rico have to go to the back row.
Neither the United States nor Argentina hope to meet Yugoslavia too early.
After all, in the knockout rounds, it's really over if you lose one game.
As soon as the game started, there was a wonderful offensive and defensive performance between Argentina and the US team.
Under the leadership of Ginobili, Argentina actually has a group of players with good athletic talents on the outside.
Their athletic ability, as well as their confrontation ability based on the European league, are completely worthy of the US team.
Argentina actually really limited the offensive and defensive conversion of the US team to a large extent.
Unable to play a quick counterattack, the US team could only play positions and fell into singles again and again.
On the other hand, the Argentine team has a clear tactical cooperation and constantly conducts air cuts.
87:80
No one expected that the American team would actually lose.
The Argentines created a miracle, they defeated the mighty American Dream Team.
Dream team, this is a belief for Americans, but it was shattered at this time.
The undefeated myth of the dream team dissipated.
"My God! Is this the American Dream Team? Where are our really good players?"
"This group of people is not qualified to represent American basketball, and they are even less worthy of being a dream team."
"Our players should care more about national honor than professional basketball."
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After the loss, the players on the U.S. team thought that the U.S. media would criticize them crazily.
This kind of thing is really familiar to them who have been playing in the United States.
They are even ready for criticism.
However, the reality is that the media did not criticize them at all, because the media felt that they were not worthy of being selected for the dream team.
Yes, this is ignorance, blatant ignorance.
This is the most hurtful thing, they are not worthy of being selected for the dream team, so what is the point of their hard work?
There is nothing more sad than heartbreak. At this moment, the players of the US team really feel this way.
They seem to find no meaning in serving the country.
(End of this chapter)