37. Asian Championships

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Since this year's Stankovic Cup will be divided into two tournaments, in the end, China will play a total of eight matches in these two tournaments.

Playing 8 games in a row from August 1 to August 9 is definitely a great test for the players of the Chinese men's basketball team. The poor physical fitness of the Chinese team has long been a well-known thing, which is one of the problems that plague China to become a world-class team, just like the Chinese team's defenders who cannot dribble through the half.

However, in the eight games this year, the Chinese team has performed quite well, with 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games, which can be described as the best record since the Chinese team participated in the Stankovic Cup!

With the exception of one loss to Russia and one game each to Australia, the Chinese team won all other games. In the end, they really won the Stankovic Cup for the first time as head coach Deng Huade said before the game!

Eight games, there was a game of the Chinese team, which was full. There are countless fans wearing Wu Dawei's Cavaliers jersey in the arena, and the amazing performance in this year's NBA league has made Wu Dawei, who is already well-known in China, surge a large number of fans.

Wu Dawei also lived up to expectations in these eight games, starting all eight games, playing an average of nearly 30 minutes per game, and contributing 21 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 steals and 4 blocks to the team!

With a height of 203 centimeters and a weight of nearly 120 kilograms, Wu Dawei is really invincible on the inside. And if the opponent takes a big-tonnage player to defend Wu Dawei, then Wu Dawei will run to the outside to shoot, and at the same time, the opponent is helpless in terms of movement speed, and Wu Dawei's excellent hand feeling will also make the opponent defenseless.

Wu Dawei, who shines in the NBA league, can be described as a god and a Buddha in this Stankovic game! He averaged one-third of the team's points per game and more than one-third of his team's rebounds per game...... Steals and blocks per game account for two-thirds of the team......

Outrageous table xiàn state. It is an important reason why the Chinese team can win the Stankovic Cup.

This also makes it possible to do so in these nine days. Chinese fans who paid to watch the game were hooked. Even Yao Ming at his peak. You can't dominate the game on both ends of the floor like Wu Dawei.

Although the water in the Stankovic Cup is still relatively large, who will care so much at this time?!

Fans just know that with Wu Dawei's state, China will start the Asian Championships in September. It's definitely going to be a sure thing! But this is just a one-sided statement of Chinese fans, and it is their one-sided view.

The importance of this year's Asian Championships is very clear to all the strong basketball teams in Asia, and everyone knows that there is only one direct qualification place left in the whole of Asia in the London Olympics next year. The other one left is a play-off spot.

The play-offs have a great chance of encountering strong teams left behind in Europe and the United States, which will make the play-offs have little hope, so as long as there is hope that the team can enter the final finals, they will all set their goals on the final championship without exception.

Even the Philippines, which prides itself on being an "Asian basketball powerhouse", said in front of the media that it hopes to win the championship in this year's Asian Championships......

Therefore, it can be seen that although the Chinese team has the advantage of being at home in this year's Asian Championships, the situation they are facing is still relatively difficult.

In an Asian Championship where even the Philippines vowed to win the championship, the water was really deep...... And compared with the Philippines, a so-called "basketball power" that can only play prestige in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Of course, the Chinese team still pays more attention to their opponents in East and West Asia.

The South Korean team is an old powerhouse in Asia, and their three-point shots have made the Chinese team bitter many times; In recent years, basketball in West Asia has also developed very rapidly. A strong team in West Asia represented by Iran. He even won the title of Asian champion in the last two years.

Although the Chinese team at home in this Asian Championship will still be the number one favorite to win the championship, the rise of West Asian basketball should not be underestimated. What's more, Iran is still the defending champion.

"We came to Wuhan for no other purpose than to be champions! We're here to defend this year's Asian Championships! ”

When the Iranian team arrived in Wuhan in late August, the star of the Iranian team, Haddadi, told reporters in an interview with the media that their goal in Wuhan was only to win the championship, and this goal would not be changed by any external factors.

"Then what do you think of the Chinese team?" A reporter asked.

Haddadi shrugged his shoulders and said, "China is very powerful, but that won't change what we're here for." As the defending champions, we have to defend the glory that belongs to us! ”

"Then do you know Wu Dawei? What do you think of him? The reporter continued to ask.

"He's a very good player!" Haddadi apparently didn't want to answer the question, because he felt that the reporter was deliberately finding fault. Of course, Haddadi knows who Wu Dawei is, he is also a player on the NBA team, but he can't play.

The reporter was apparently trying to lure him, but Haddadi was witty enough to turn around and walk away. Hmph, the old man won't praise his opponent......

Many Asian basketball teams in this Asian Championship are full of confidence, and the Chinese team, as the host of this Asian Championship, naturally has more confidence.

"We have Yi Jianlian, and Wu Dawei!"

When asked by a reporter about his confidence in this Asian Championships, Deng Huade, head coach of the Chinese men's national basketball team, replied to reporters. Wu Dawei and Yi Jianlian are all he relies on.

"Yi Jianlian is Asia's leading interior player, and Wu Dawei's strength doesn't need me to explain anything to you at all. I'm sure he'll be able to play with all his strength! ”

Deng Huade has full self-confidence in Wu Dawei's strength, which all comes from Wu Dawei's amazing performance in the NBA league last season, and Wu Dawei, who has returned to China, is also concentrating on preparing for the Asian Championships during this period of time.

During this period of time, the Cavaliers did not contact Wu Dawei. It's not that they suddenly don't want to renew the contract with Wu Dawei, but the league's labor disputes have not been resolved for a while, and before the new plan comes out, even if Wu Dawei wants to, he can't sign a new contract with the Cavaliers.

The players' union, which represents labor, and the league, which represents management, are at loggerheads during this period over a new luxury tax, a team salary cap and player contracts. It has always been difficult for the two sides to reach an agreement, which has dragged on and on.

The time soon came to September, Wu Dawei was in China, and he still had the task of the Asian Championships, so naturally he did not pay special attention to the labor disputes in the United States on the other side, which had already been disputed and even wanted to fight.

Before the start of the Asian Championships in September, the Basketball Association had already given the team's head coach Deng Huade a hard target, that is, he must win this year's Asian Championships, regain the title of Asian champion, and get the ticket for next year's London Olympics.

For this reason, the Basketball Association also sent officials to follow the Chinese team to Wuhan, apparently to supervise the game. Generally speaking, the prison army is not a good thing in the story, and the appearance of being high up is like a dog slave who has been ordered by the Holy Order.

However, for Wu Dawei, the supervisor is not so dog-eyed and low-looking, obviously he has explained before he came. After all, in terms of Wu Dawei's current strength, he is definitely the official of the Basketball Association, and he has the greatest hope of producing results in a short period of time.

Otherwise, as early as the moment when Wu Dawei postponed his return to China, the officials and masters might have started to crusade against him.

However, these are not things that Wu Dawei wants to pay attention to, he is more concerned about the upcoming Asian Championships, because this Asian Championships is related to the qualification for next year's Olympic Games, and representing the national team to play in the Olympics is obviously what every basketball player hopes to be able to do.

It is undoubtedly appropriate to play Wu Dawei on behalf of the national team, and if you want to play in the Olympics, then Wu Dawei naturally has to work hard. After the loss of Yao Ming, although the Chinese team is still the top team in Asia, the gap between the other teams is not as big as before.

Wuhan is still relatively hot in September, but the basketball game is good because it is played indoors.

The Chinese team, which was in the same group as the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines and Bahrain, in the Asian Championships, said they would play their matches against the three national teams in three days. For this preliminary round, the Chinese team, as the biggest favorite to win the championship, is of course extremely confident.

The competition will be officially held on September 15, but the Chinese team rushed to Wuhan in early September. Active preparation is the attitude of the Chinese team to attach importance to this Asian Basketball Championship, and it is the same as the previous Stankovic Cup.

The tickets for the Asian Championships related to the Chinese team were also sold out quickly after they went on sale. Wu Dawei's performance in the NBA league this season has allowed him to accumulate a lot of popularity in China, and his outstanding performance in the previous Stankovic Cup has made Wu Dawei's popularity continue to rise.

Fans in Wuhan have been looking forward to the first game of the Chinese team, and with such expectations, the Asian Championships finally kicked off on the 15th.

Since last year, the domestic basketball fever led by Wu Dawei is also about to represent the national team for the first time after Wu Dawei became a blockbuster in the NBA, and finally ushered in Gao Chao!

At the Asian Championships held at their doorstep this year, the Chinese team vowed to regain the Asian championship after six years!