Chapter 552: Dark Horse (1)

It was a day of celebration for Chinese fans, and as night approached, the streets were filled with celebratory fans.

The news of the Chinese team's defeat of the Argentine team was overwhelmingly publicized by major media, and the headlines of major portals were quickly spread all over the streets.

Wang Shipeng, a player who was not very famous before, quickly became the hottest athlete name in China.

This lore is too classic, looking through the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, I have never encountered such a heart-wrenching victory, and it was Argentina that was defeated, the king of the world two years ago!

The Chinese men's basketball team finally has a chance to win a medal of its own.

There is no doubt that everyone in this men's basketball team has become heroes, everyone's name has begun to be known, and the number of fans has skyrocketed. Similarly, a large number of fans of the Chinese team, the legendary national fans, began to care about the last game, the tickets for the final of the Chinese team, to see if they could go to Saitama to watch the final of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team went all the way to the finals as a dark horse, which surprised countless basketball experts and commentators.

One of the main discussions about the Chinese team now is, will they still be able to go on? Will they be able to win the championship creatively?

"Impossible!"

An expert from ESPN said: "It is impossible for the Chinese team to beat the American team, because the Chinese team relies on individual ability basketball, not overall basketball like Argentina, the Chinese team can beat Argentina and beat the team with individuals, but it is impossible for the Chinese team to beat the United States, because the individual ability of the American team is too strong." ”

"Impossible, the athletic talent of the American team is much better than that of the Chinese team, the oppressive force of the American rotation defense is stronger, and the strong interior attack of Yang Di and Yao Ming, the United States can also be cracked by the inside and outside defense, no matter how strong Yang Di and Yao Ming are, it is impossible to beat five players of the same level as the two of them."

After the game, American experts denied that the Chinese team could beat the American team, after all, in the group stage, the Chinese team still lost nearly 20 points, or almost lost so many points at halftime.

The Chinese team has left, and the Saitama Super Arena will usher in the next game of the semifinals, the United States against Greece.

The data shows that in the first seven games won by the Dream Team in the World Championships, they won an average of 25 points per game, beating Senegal by 45 points and Australia by 40 points.

Greece has not lost any of its seven games, and is one of the top teams in European basketball.

When the two top two meet, the winning side of the American team is still much higher than that of Greece, after all, after looking at the previous games, this year's American Dream Team took this event seriously, made sufficient preparations, and the players were also screened to a certain extent.

After the Chinese fans cheered and celebrated for a while, many of them continued to pay attention to the next game, which was related to who the opponent of the Chinese team was in the final.

Team USA starts Hinrich, Joe Johnson, James, Anthony, Elton Brand.

The starting team of the Greek team is a group of players who are not familiar to Chinese fans, such as Diamante Dis, Fortesis, Papado Pols and so on. Vasrith Spanoolris, known as the "European Kobe", has heard of it, after all, in July, Spanoulis just signed with the Rockets and will be a Rockets player in the NBA next season.

The result of the game was a big surprise, and the Greek team actually won 101-95 against the American Dream 7 team.

Spanoulis scored a game-high 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-5 three-pointers and 7-of-9 free throws, in front of a big-name player in the NBA.

The game's top scorer was U.S. Captain Carmelo Anthony with 27 points.

The U.S. team Wade scored 19 points, James 17 points, Hinrich 12 points, Dwight Howard 10 points, and the rest of the players did not score double-doubles.

Without defending for three seconds and with less space in the restricted area, this is a conundrum that the U.S. team will not be able to solve for the time being, as they need to attack the basket.

The Greeks made accurate three-pointers, controlled backcourt rebounds, reduced turnovers, and dragged the game into a positional battle, and won unexpectedly hard.

The Greek fans went crazy, the Greek players hugged each other, gathered in the stadium, and celebrated wildly, they beat where the loss is also always recognized as the number one in the world!

This is the third time that the U.S. team has played Waterloo in the World Series, and James and Anthony, as captains, have lonely backs and leave the field gloomily.

What awaits them may be an overwhelming flood of criticism and reports after returning home.

In a world series like the World Championships, the last time the U.S. team won the championship was in 1994, and this day became the most disappointing day for American basketball fans.

The ensuing discussion, is American basketball really still the world's No. 1 basketball?

The losses in the past few years have taught the Americans that a new order in world basketball is being established, and it is not easy to win the championship if you can't have a more advanced basketball concept and a more important attitude.

Chinese fans are the happiest, and after the defeat of the United States, the final will be China against Greece.

Although Greece won the United States, in the eyes of most people, no matter how you look at it, Greece is strong, but the American team is stronger, and it is easier for the Chinese team to beat Greece than to beat the American team.

The players of the U.S. team even wanted to leave Japan directly, and such an outcome was difficult for them to accept.

Wade is also not happy, although he is not the captain, but he is also the main force of the American team, this year's finals have lost to the Warriors, in the world competition, I thought I could win a championship Chong Chongxi, but I didn't expect to lose again.

"Bad year."

There are also a bunch of young people like Chris Paul and Howard, because they have very short playing time, only about 10 minutes, and it is even more uncomfortable to watch the loss.

In a game like the World Championships, it doesn't matter if you lose one or two games in the group stage, the main purpose is to qualify, and as long as you lose one game in the knockout round, the rankings are very different.

The Chinese team reached the final with 7 wins and 1 loss, while Spain won 7 wins and 1 loss but could only compete for 5th or 6th place.

"This year's competition is mostly dark horses, the winners are unexpected, and the final champion may also be unexpected by us."

"The Chinese team has Yang Di and Yao Ming, and the two have become the sharpest axes of the Chinese team all the way."

Experts from various countries did not dare to speculate on whether the Chinese team won or the Greek team won.

The strength of the two teams is strong on the surface, but the Chinese team has been a dark horse all the way to the present, and several stronger than them have fallen under their iron hooves.

The final will be held on September 3 local time.