Chapter 343: Two Consecutive Victories
Chinese fans once again took out the basketball association and scolded it, but Canadian fans were jubilant, in the first game of the Olympic Games, the Big Three lived up to expectations, and only used three quarters to beat the not weak host, making them more confident in their team.
Ji Guoqiu got 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu had 24 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks, and Nash had 15 points and 4 assists.
In the first game, the Canadian Big Three were more eye-catching in terms of individual counts, except for Ji Guoyi, the other two were ordinary, which was related to the fact that the three of them played too little, and the three of them did not play in the last quarter, if you calculate the efficiency, it can be seen that the efficiency of these three is much higher than that of the rest of the players of the two teams except Yao Ming.
With the first game over, Canada will next face European powerhouse Greece on August 11.
The Greek men's basketball team has participated in the World Championships four times, finishing fourth in the World Championships in 1994 and 1998 and finishing second in 2006 against the American Dream VII.
The pinnacle of this team was at the 2006 Men's World Basketball Championships, when the Greek team faced a strong and undisputed championship favorite in the semi-finals - the American Dream Seven team.
In the end, Greece defeated the U.S. men's basketball team 101-95 and reached the final of the World Basketball Championship for the first time in history.
However, in the final, when public opinion was unanimously optimistic about the Greek team before the game, they met the more peak Spain, and the Greek team was affected by the fierce battle with the United States. How to shoot and how to shoot three-pointers in the previous game in the finals. It seems that all of them were lost to the American team in the last game. The exhausted Greeks played erratically in the final, losing 47-70 to the missing core player Paul. Gasol's Spain and Greece won the silver medal at the World Championships.
It's always a sentence, Greece is not easy to play, and they are far more difficult to deal with than the Chinese team.
After the game, Sina Sports reported the first game of the Chinese team the next day, with the headline: Canada is as tough as the United States, and China was beaten back to its original shape at halftime!
The head coach of the Chinese team, Younas, commented after the game: "Our problem is a little nervous. We made a lot of mistakes and some players were too hesitant on the pitch and it cost us control of the game. β
In yesterday's game, the first to collapse was Yi Jianlian, after the start of the second quarter, he was cut off by Nash in an offensive and went straight to the fast break. In the following minute and a half, Yi Jianlian also had a physical foul on Bonner and a useless three-point shot, and head coach Younas immediately replaced Yi Jianlian.
Yao Ming also seemed very dissatisfied with Yi Jianlian's appearance, especially in an offensive coordination, the latter did not follow the tactical formulation, and directly handed the ball to Yao Ming on the inside. As a result, there was a mistake and was countered by Canada. Yao Ming excitedly gestured to Yi Jianlian after the mistake, saying that he should pass the ball to the unmarked shooter on the outside.
Younas said: "I have in my notebook what Yi Jianlian said about the following period: he missed a three-pointer. Missed a 2-on-2 fast break. The foul on Bonner was so rough that the thugs could be heard even in the upper stands area. And when Ji Guosha made a fast layup, Yi Jianlian stood there completely and didn't move, letting his fox brother break through.
In the end, he shot 2-of-11, grabbed four rebounds, had four fouls and three turnovers, and failed four of his three-point attempts.
Team USA tuned in to watch the game live today, with former teammate Michael Murphy . What does Reed say about his former teammate?
'Yi's appearance is not good, but he is very positive and as a young player you definitely like to see this energy in him. He's got a lot to improve and he's going to be terrifying. But when it comes to the Yi Jianlian trade, Reed's words may be more believable, and the Bucks boss is very happy to say: "We're so happy, we've finally made the team stronger, we've finally done it, we've finally done it, we've done it." β
The Canadian Globe and Mail reported after the game: Yi Jianlian's first game was terrible, and he was the source of the collapse of the Chinese team.
In the game between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Canadian team, in addition to Yao Ming, another player in the Chinese team who has attracted much media attention is Yi Jianlian. Unfortunately, Yi Jianlian's performance in this game was not ideal, and the Canadian media commented that Yi Jianlian's performance was generally described as sad and struggling.
In the spotlight battle between China and Canada, Nets president Rhodes Brown. Thorne and scouts were also on the scene. The former head of the U.S. men's basketball team and now the president of the Nets will find it hard to believe that the Chinese player, who was traded to the Nets this summer, looks to be the worst on the court.
In the entire first half, Yi Jianlian hit only one of his 6 shots. Perhaps, I don't know where to go on vacation former U.S. men's basketball player Richard . Jefferson would also shake his head and wonder: 'Why would a star like me let the team be sent away for such a guy?' β
Even the most polite evaluation of Yi Jianlian's table in this game, I'm afraid I can only use the word "terrible", it's terrible!
Although Space Yi rebounded in the fourth quarter, the outcome of the game was determined long before that.
After the Reasonable Masters, he criticized the Chinese team for not being bloody and responsible. He commented on the game and said: "At the beginning of this game, the Chinese team still had a certain amount of confidence and morale, and I think this also needs to be faced, that is, the Chinese team played well at the beginning, and Canada was also a little bit bit of each other's bites, and the United Arab Emirates also broke through Ji Guosha with the ball once, and he was quite confident, but he was unlucky and did not improve." But later, once the opponent entered the sports battle, the players instantly found that our strength was far from the opponent, and this gap would make the Chinese team players feel as if this ball was not to say fighting, and they didn't even have this kind of idea, so they could only say that they would finish the forty minutes smoothly, and we would prepare for the next game against Germany. β
The other side. Canada after a win over the host country, China. The whole team picked up the good ones. Even Yi Jianlian has become an occasional bad in their mouths, and the superstar will be sluggish, but the Canadian team is the Chinese team that took shit luck to win.
Nash turned his attention to the second game after the game, Canada's second opponent was Greece, the opponent's backcourt was very strong, one was the European MVP, the Greek eagle Spanoulis, and the other was voted the best defensive player in the Europa League for five consecutive seasons. In 2007, Diaman was awarded the European Basketball of the Year. Dietis.
"The Greek team is definitely better defensively than the Chinese team, but I believe that as long as we play to our advantage on the inside, we can still get enough opportunities on the outside," Lao said. β
Canada's head coach, Triano, who is a bit of a puppet, said of the Greek team: "Greece has always emphasized the whole, played as a team and defended well. Giannakis is generally a man-to-man defence, supplemented by a zone-to-man defence, but will occasionally press at half-court intervals. Occasionally, full-court pressing is used to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm. But there is Nash Cun zΓ i. I believe that the pressing of the Greek team will not have much effect, and we may use two defenders at that time. Either way, we have a stronger interior line and the upper hand in terms of overall strength, so as long as we don't have any problems, Canada can get a good standing. β
In fact, it is true that Canada should not have much problem qualifying from the group. Unlike China, who are trying to qualify, Canada's goal from the start has been to get a good position and make it easier for them to play in the quarter-finals.
The next day, the entire Canadian squad watched Spain's match, and several strong teams, including the United States and Spain, were in attendance to watch their last opener to see up close what the third seed at the Olympics was like. They were also on the scene today to see how strong Spain are in the same group.
The number one star of the Spanish team, of course, is Paulo of the Lakers. Gasol, which is still the neighbor of the two brothers, was the opponent in the last playoffs.
Gasol will be nicknamed "soft" in the NBA, and in the FIBA arena, Gasol's all-round skills are beyond the reach of many NBA tough guys. Gasol is the number one star of the Spanish team, but Spain is not completely dependent on Gasol, and in the 2006 World Championship final, Pau Pau was the star of the Spanish team. Pau Gasol was absent and Spain still won the title.
Most of Spain's main and main substitutes are from NBA players, even if they don't play in the NBA, these people have the strength to play in the NBA, and the last World Championship champion is by no means in vain.
It is worth mentioning their golden boy Ricky. Rubio, born in 1990, is the youngest basketball player to be drafted at the 2009 NBA. This Olympics is due to the fact that Ricky. Rubio's excellent table at the European Youth Championships, led by Sergio "Spanish Chocolate" at the World Championships. Rodrigues was not selected for the Olympic squad in the end, which shows the strength of this golden boy.
Ricky. Rubio began his career in 2005, when he was 15 years old, making him the youngest player in the history of the Spanish Basketball League. In 2006, Rubio led his team to win the 2006 European Under-16 Championship, and Rubio scored 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and seven steals in a victory over Russia, establishing himself as a basketball prodigy. In that tournament, Rubio had a total of 1 quadruple-double and 2 triple-doubles, and was the leading scorer, rebounder, assist and steal leader in the entire tournament, and deservedly named the Most Valuable Player and the future leader of Spain.
The Spanish media has been playing up Rubio for the past two years, believing that he is the only peerless genius who has the ability to keep pace with the Chinese twin brothers in the future, and fans of the two countries have long been looking forward to Canada and Spain to play each other to see how god the so-called Spanish golden boy is?
The American media has always been very unaccustomed to Europe boasting about Rubio all day long, and feels that the talents of the NCAA can achieve such results in Europe, and the golden boy they are just a waste of fame. Just look at the stars in the NBA to know who didn't become famous at a young age by cutting off the perverted number jΓΉ in the lower leagues when they were young?
Let's just say that the Clippers just signed the sick man Beal. Wharton, who was also known as Carter's second in high school, is not yet the patron saint of the water cooler who can only get a basic salary?
But on the other hand, many teams are disdainful, but they are drooling and want to put the golden boy in the bowl, after all, there are already two demons of Chinese twins, which makes many people feel that among the young players born in the 90s, a group of talented players may emerge again, just like the 03 generation.
And this batch of geniuses is likely to mature faster than the older generation, just look at the two guys on the Clippers to know that it was a year earlier than the Magic won the championship and won the FMVP, isn't it a monster?
Spain played Angola on August 10, and the result was a light game to beat the opponent by 48 points, creating another massacre in the Olympics!
Canada said they couldn't see how strong Spain had been, Angola were too weak, and the group was the best team.
Paul. Gasol had 31 points and nine rebounds. Fernandez 14 points, Juan. Navarro 12 points, Rodriguez 11 points, Mark. Gasol had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Rubio, the golden boy who is the global media is watching, did not get much playing time in this game, only played 10 minutes, got 4 points and 2 assists, and it can be seen that Spain is not in a hurry to let the talented man show his head too early, they are now strong in the backcourt, Rubio belongs to the future and not the present.
Canada withdrew early after watching the third quarter of the game, and they now have to prepare for tomorrow's game against Greece.
It's right to be careful, on August 11, Canada's second game, the whole team tried their best and played an overtime to rely on Brother Panda's air relay to defeat Greece and narrowly beat the runner-up in the World Championships.
In this game, most of the media, including the major betting groups, were optimistic about Canada before the game.
As a result, Spanoulis expressed dissatisfaction, the European superstar who was not accustomed to the NBA, scored 25 points and 8 assists in this game against Nash, and played the style of "European Kobe", the first person in Greece.
Another ace defender of the Greek team, Diaman. Tidis broke up all of Canada's guards, scoring 22 points to make Canada almost lose Jingzhou.
Nash's game exposed his defensive weaknesses again, although the defensive awareness and enthusiasm were enough, but in the face of Spanoolris, who was younger and had just been resurrected in place after a year of NBA depression, Lao Gao was blown up.
However, even if Nash is blown up on the defensive end, he can also blow it up on the offensive end, so the two teams in the No. 1 position are mutually explosive!
Canada is unlucky in the number two and three positions, and in both positions, they have been blown up and unable to fight back.
In this game, the Greek team really used team defense to try to force the Canadian players to make mistakes, but Nash's 20 points and 10 assists told people that it was useless to press, Lao Tzu can still hold the ball in the left circle and the right circle in your penalty area at will.
Ji Guoqiu is no longer as low-key as in the last game, in this game, the two brothers turned the clouds and rain on the inside, and the twins were full of firepower, and they also told the Greek team - if you explode my outside line, I will do your inside line and see who is so popular.
The final score was 98:97, and the two teams did not distinguish the winner in the regular season, and in overtime, Brother Panda's last attack and Brother Fox played an aerial relay to complete the kill.
Ji Guoqiu scored 24 points, 20 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks in this game, Ji Guoqi scored 31 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, Nash 20 points, 10 assists and 3 steals, and the big three worked together to score 75 points and beat the runner-up in the last World Championships together, winning two in a row. (To be continued......) R1292