Chapter 348: Entering the Final Four

ps: Today's three watches, ask for all kinds of tickets!

"Artest actually ran to the Thunder, history is really messed up, what to do with the Rockets this year? What about the Lakers next year? Ji Guoyi browsed the NBA's official website and was surprised to see the trade report that the name was officially changed from "Seattle SuperSonics" to "Oklahoma City Thunder". … β‰¦οΌŒ.

The two of them came to Beijing and have been paying attention to the NBA news, and now it is the most lively time for summer transfers, and there are countless versions of the big and small transactions every day, especially those big-name free agents, their every move has involved the management of each team and loyal fans, some people can say a fart, and many team fans will shout: "Scrape over, scrape over, I seem to smell LBJ's fart, my emperor must be our man next season." ”

Ji Guozhi looked at the rocket news with the most reports, and found that Moggie also quoted a price for Artest, but the latter didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of offer, Houston and the Clippers can only open a middle-class contract for the beast, of course Artest will not pay attention, people jump out of the contract is to seek a 10 million contract pension, and it is better to go to the Rockets than to stay in the Clippers.

Ji Guoqiu also thinks that the Lakers are too pitiful, but this is not necessarily a bad thing, so that the Lakers have less choice to make, and they are likely to keep Ariza, who will officially become a defensive leader this year, but the Rockets are the worst.

"By the way, how big is Ron's contract?" Ji Guoqiu asked with interest.

"Not a lot, $50 million for 5 years, and the player option in the last year, this guy really got a big contract. Enough for the elderly. ”

Ji Guo said disapprehantly: "It's not thanks to us. He was the Clippers who left with a championship aura. Of course, someone is willing to pay him a high salary. But what to do with the medical insurance card and the beard, Ron still has the strength, he and Tiedu teamed up, plus the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it is not possible to bring the supersonic into the playoffs. ”

"People have changed their names to the Thunder, and I think it's enough to make the playoffs, even if they have Artest and Durant, but the other players still can't. Ibaka won't be here until next year, and I guess it's still the winner of the lotto. But even if they can't make the playoffs, the Thunder's record must be better than ours in that time and space, and eighty percent of them won't be selected by then. ”

Ji Guoyan turned the topic to his own team and said with a smile: "Sometimes it's really providential, Crawford and Barnes actually arrived at the Clippers, but they came a little earlier, I heard that Little Jordan's physical measurement is not worse than us, and his jumping ability is better than ours, I don't know if this kid will be suppressed by us." In the end, it couldn't be played. ”

"It's up to him, we haven't lost the quality of our team this season. Crawford has been doing well as a sixth-man player, Afflalo has grown up to be a quasi-All-Star caliber player, and with Barnes and Garcia who are excellent defensively, our overall strength in the second and third positions is stronger than last season, and now I am looking forward to the new season. ”

"You haven't gotten to the point, I think the strength of the two of us will be better than last season, this is the reason why the Clippers are better than last season, we must defend the title this season, strive for a triple championship, and play with a dynasty."

If Ji Guoyi's words are heard, I don't know if the media will say that he is whimsical, or praise him for his ambitions?

On 17 August, Canada comfortably defeated Angola, the weakest team in the group, with the Big Three finishing the battle at half-time, with Canada leading the African champions by as much as 15 points in the first half.

Ji Guoyi saw that he only scored 8 points in the first half, and took the initiative to ask to continue to play in the second half, on the grounds that a 15-point lead could not guarantee a victory, and they must not underestimate the unexpectedly losing game, and finally could not qualify as the first in the group.

What he said sounded good, but in fact, it was a naked request for points, which was extremely shameless!

Triano knew Ji Guoyi's calculations, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only vaguely remind - it's okay to brush points, but you have to be careful and don't get hurt for the sake of brushing points.

Ji Guo said shamefully that you are so worried, I am much more afraid of death than you imagined, you can rest assured!

In the end, Ji Guosha continued to play in the second half, and let him brush a 20+10 out, which made many people who paid attention to Canada secretly scolded the dead fox for scoring shamelessly!

At the end of the game, Ji Guoqiu got 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, and Nash 14 points and 6 assists.

After Canada's victory over Angola, all the group stages were completed, and the record was five wins in five games, and Shun Lì became the first place in Group A.

In the five group games, Ji Guoqiu averaged 12.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 3.4 blocks per game, shooting 58.1% from the field and 90% from the free throw line.

Ji averaged 23.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 3.4 blocks per game, shooting 50.6% from the field, 45% from three-point range, and 100% from the free throw line.

On August 18, all the matches in the two groups ended, and Group A ranked: No.1 Canada, No.2 Spain, No.3 Greece, and No.4 China.

Yao Ming finally didn't have to shave for a year, the Chinese team won three losses, they defeated Germany and Angola to enter the knockout round, but in the face of the United States, which is the first in Group B, everyone knows that the Chinese team can only fight for honor, they can lose the game, but they can't lose dignity, this is what the Chinese team should do at the moment.

Canada qualified first in the group, which is not an upset, they were originally the third seed, in addition to the victory over the United States is an upset, the victory over Spain can only say that Canada really lived up to the pre-match media optimism. Their knockout opponents are also out, and fourth in Group B is Australia, which was made up of 2005 NBA draft No. 1 pick Andrew Brown. The team led by Bogut is ranked 11th in the world in terms of strength and the Chinese team.

After knowing his opponent, head coach Triano confidently said to the media: "We are playing better and better in this Olympic Games, the team is now full of confidence, although Australia has the champion Lang Bogut, but their overall skills are still very rough, we are confident that we can beat the opponent and enter the semi-finals." ”

The Australian head coach said: "Canada has three All-Stars. There are also two NBA mainstays. Our strength is at the bottom of the line. But we're not going to be scared, and we're going to do everything we can to get respect, even against the U.S. team. ”

Well, it's nice to say, the idea of feeling Australia and the Chinese team is similar, they don't want to win, they just want to win dignity, then it's easy to do!

Canada were given two days off after qualifying from the group. Their match was on the afternoon of the 20th, and the venue was still Wukesong Stadium.

Like many Olympic sports, the basketball venue of the Beijing Olympics was divided into several cities, and the Wukesong Stadium is undoubtedly the best of the several competition arenas for the men's basketball team, which is also used by the Chinese and Canadian teams.

Both teams play on the same day, in the afternoon and evening.

On August 20, Canada's quarter-knockout match was scheduled for 2 p.m., and their opponent was Australia, led by Bogut.

The two brothers rarely play at this time, and most of the NBA games are in the evening, at the earliest, around five or six o'clock in the evening.

Bogut wasn't as low-key as his coach before the game. He said that he would lead the team to look good for Canada, and Australia is not as weak as the media imagined!

Ji Guoyi, the guy who likes to fight the most before the game. This time, I didn't bother to deal with this brainless subordinate defeat!

Last season, they beat the Bucks twice on the Clippers, and Bogut took less than half a advantage in the first face of his brother, and was directly beaten by the panda brother for the second time. In particular, Australia is the fourth out of the group, to put it bluntly, it is the first from the bottom, and it is embarrassing to be hard-mouthed, this champion does not seem to know how to write ugly words

Bogut's arrogance is pure unwarranted arrogance, this kind of clamor is incomprehensible, the rampant of the little fox is based on his own strength, even if you hate him, but people have this strength, what they say can make it difficult for you to refute, you can only be angry half to death!

But Bogut's unreasonable domineering is pure two hundred and five!

The two brothers told SΓΉ Bogut in this game, what is called "how big feet are and how big shoes are worn", so ambitious, unrealistically pursuing too high goals, in the end will die very ugly!

The game began with Ji Guoyi's first opening ball facing Australian defender Bruton's one-handed slam dunk, and the Foxes' offense completely destroyed Australia's interior defense in the first quarter.

Ji Guoyi, who averaged 23 points per game in five games, is the most attacking player in this Olympic Games, although there are many stars in the United States team, but these big names only have seven or eight points left in the Olympic Games, and it is difficult for them to enter their best state after the playing time is cut by many stars.

This time against Australia, Ji Guoyi scored 18 points in just half a game, plus five rebounds and two blocks.

Ji Guoqiu continued to keep a low profile + strategy, and made very few shots on the offensive end, only getting 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in the half; Nash also didn't do much to make a difference, shooting only two three-pointers from the outside in the first half, finishing with six points and three assists.

But even if the Big Three didn't play to their full strength, Canada still led Australia by as many as 14 points after half-time.

In the second half of the game, when the Big Three were resting off the field, the Australian team still did not have much advantage in the face of Canada's substitute inside.

Bogut did not rest in this game, and the champion was very motivated and tenacious, but in the face of Joel. Anthony's defense, Bogut found himself still not easy to score.

Joel. Anthony has become more confident on the defensive end with Canada's victory, and I don't know if he learned something from the two brothers, his foul count on the defensive end is gradually decreasing in these games, whether in the NBA or in the Olympics, this is a very important point, fewer fouls can stay on the court longer, and it is not easy to get opponents to the free throw line.

The third section is from Andy. Laudines and Matt. Bonner's two consecutive three-pointers allowed the Canadians to continue to pull the score away. After that, taking advantage of the advantage of height, the combined tactics of the Canadian team inside and outside began to exert its power, and the shooting percentage of mid-range shots continued to maintain the excellent table that has been high since the beginning of the Olympic Games, and Ji Guoqiu, as the "central axis", also turned his assist count into 3 in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, the Canadian team reduced the opportunity to shoot from the outside and opted for a more secure inside attack, but it is worth mentioning that Andy . Lautings, Oulu. Fam Timmy and others have limited the opponent's outside play very well, making it extremely difficult for Australia to shoot on the outside, the three-point shooting rate of the Oceania hegemon in this game is only 25%, and Canada's single defense is not good, so they use joint defense to make up for it, at least when dealing with Australia, the effect is not bad.

The final score was 82:65, and Canada beat Australia by 17 points.

Ji Guoqiu got 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu 28 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Nash 12 points and 6 assists, Matt. Bonner 9 points, Joel. Anthony had five points and four rebounds.

Australia's core Bogut, who played 40 minutes in the game and handed over 16 points and 10 rebounds, this table is not bad, and although this champion is arrogant, today's momentum of not admitting defeat and never giving up is still respected by the Canadian team.

However, just like the Chinese team, Australia was limited by the limited overall strength, and only lost to Canada by less than 20 points in this game, and the result was not ashamed, and their dignity was preserved. (To be continued......)