Turkey and China still have a five-hour time difference, but fortunately, after adapting to the change in time difference, the players of the Dragon II team can return to normal form.

However, to regain peak form, that is not enough.

Therefore, in some large-scale sports competitions, the athletes of the host country have an advantage.

After entering Istanbul, Chamberlain and others got off the plane, and found that most of the reporters who came to pick up the reporter were Caucasian, that is, European reporters, and the number of domestic reporters was not large.

They had just finished their teaching match against Serbia, and this time the Dragon II team lost to their opponents, and Oxlade-Chamberlain went to play soy sauce on the field.

The teaching competition is different from the official competition, which is divided into five sessions, each session is ten minutes, and the last ten minutes is the time to really test the learning results.

Little Nelson lost without pressure, and when he was on the plane, he looked triumphant and asked Chamberlain: "Z, how do you think I did?" ”

Chamberlain was confused and said, "You mean our overseas training? I don't think it's very good, and the outside world doesn't comment on us very much right now......"

Hearing this, little Nelson suddenly laughed, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This is my purpose, Z, I have been studying the art of war recently, this is called showing weakness to the enemy, understand?" ”

After getting off the plane, the reporters paid the most attention to the table of the second team of the dragon in the overseas training.

At this time, Nelson Jr. will not say that we are showing weakness, he sternly said that his opponents are very strong, the Dragon II team lacks run-in, and in the next few days, he needs to hurry up to run in this team.

Chamberlain was not in the mood for an interview because of the time difference, but he was the most popular one on the scene, and many Turkish fans were there to welcome him when he learned that the Dragon II team arrived in Istanbul today.

Before waiting for the airport bus, Chamberlain had a simple interaction with the fans, which was nothing more than a group photo.

The reporters wanted to be interviewed, but Chamberlain left time for the fans, and they couldn't make it up.

Later, when he was about to go back to the hotel, Li Qun told Chamberlain to let the reporters get on the bus together, and the latter found that only four or five domestic reporters were present, so he agreed to be interviewed on the bus.

After getting on the bus, Chamberlain was most puzzled by why there were so few domestic reporters, and Li Qun, who led the team for "Sports Weekly", couldn't cry and laughed, saying: "Many media are not funded enough, or can't get sponsorship fees, so they didn't come to Turkey, and some of them want to come later, so they can save some money." ”

Chamberlain couldn't cry or laugh, Li Qun explained to him, he knew that if a sports reporter wants to go abroad to interview, he has to pull advertisements by himself, how much money is needed, just pull up how much sponsorship, and if he can get it, he can apply for a visa immediately, and if he can't pull it, then stay in the rear to watch TV and pick up online manuscripts.

Seeing Chamberlain's surprised face, a reporter who claimed to be "Ludong Sports Daily" smiled bitterly: "Actually, this is not absolute, the newspaper and the TV station are okay, they are relatively rich, but the website is not good, so they need to pull sponsorship." ”

Li Qun covered his mouth and smiled, and said to Chamberlain: "Actually, this also blames you, you are too popular in the NBA, and the news about you is particularly popular in China, so during the NBA games, many media have to send people, which accounts for a large part of their expenditure." ”

Chamberlain was very helpless, spread his hands and said, "Then blame me for playing too well?" ”

The people in the car laughed, the atmosphere became much more enthusiastic, and the interview was easier to conduct, basically in a chatting environment.

got out of the car, that is, when the gap was displayed, the second team of Long entered a five-star hotel, and the reporters wanted to go back to their own small hotel, Li Qun was the best, she and Chamberlain had already lived together, so they went directly into the hotel with Chamberlain.

Liu Wei and Wang Zhizhi were veterans who squeezed their eyebrows at Chamberlain, and Wang Shipeng stretched out his thumb and said, "Brother, you hold it!" ”

This time it was Chamberlain's turn to smile bitterly, he spread his hands and said: "Li Qun is taking care of my life, you said that during the competition, can I touch her?" ”

The Chinese men's basketball team was almost the last to go to Turkey, and the other teams basically went there a long time ago, because Chamberlain participated in the joint training relatively late, so the overseas training arranged by the Chinese men's basketball team was also relatively late.

After the arrival of 24 powerful teams in Istanbul, the ranking of their strength was also released.

The Dream Team is always at the top of the rankings, as evidenced by the USA's all-win table in the warm-up matches, especially against arch-rivals Greece, who dominated all sides, showing that the prospects of such a Dream Team have been underestimated until now.

But what frightened American fans was that there were too many recruits participating in the competition this time, and the core were all players who joined the NBA after 07, such as Durant, Mayo, Rose, Oden, etc., and the 03 generation was busy huddles, which they were severely ridiculed.

In second place is the Spanish team, who have only lost one game in the warm-up game, or a one-point loss to the United States, this team is known as the first team of FIBA, and their team played unusually united under the leadership of Pau Gasol.

The third place is the Chinese men's basketball team, although their warm-up game is called 'playing like ****' by many media, but as ESPN said, as long as Chamberlain is in which team, that team has the possibility of winning the championship, after all, they are the Olympic silver medal.

Fourth, Greece is also a powerhouse in the World Series, but the team is currently plagued by injuries and the big defeat against the United States has shaken people's confidence in him, but the European powerhouse has not fallen as much as we thought.

In fifth place is the Argentine team, which fell so low in the ranking because their former ace core Ginobili failed to participate in the World Championships due to physical reasons.

Argentina have won all three of their last four-nation matches, including an extra-time victory over hosts Turkey, and are now relying on Carlos Delfino and Luis Scola, but neither of them is good at tackling tough battles, and Ginobili is more useful in this regard.

In sixth place is Serbia, whose latest news is the brawl against Greece, and it is unclear what kind of situation Christic will face.

Serbia still have 13 names on the squad and are waiting for FIBA to be released. If the impact of this on Serbia is minimized, then their position on the list will remain unchanged.

The Chinese men's basketball team can rank third, thanks to the victory against Serbia in the warm-up game.

In seventh place is Lithuania, which have just made a surprising decision to cut Lukoschis.

Judging from the list, the Lithuanian team did not play their main role, because they are more interested in the European Championships to be held on their home soil next year, and this time the World Championships may be abandoned. However, Lithuania's domestic league is getting better and stronger, and they will show it at this World Championships.

The eighth place is the German team, the current German team is quite young, but unfortunately the ace core Nowitzki is missing, but this also shows the strength of the German team, without an ace, they still beat Puerto Rico twice in the warm-up matches.

The German team is the most pragmatic team, they will use this World Championships to train, two years later in the London Olympics is the main battlefield, before the German coach released that this event can enter the knockout round to achieve the goal.

As it stands, it should not be a problem for Germany, who are in good form and in good spirit, to stand out in Group A.

In ninth place is the South American Eagles Brazil, this team is very strong, but it is very unlucky, if you want to choose the most unlucky national team of the year, it must be Brazil.

Brazil's strongest game was their inside line, and as a result, Nene Hilario and Anderson Vallejo both withdrew from the national competition due to injury, so they were devastated, but the Brazilian team did not die and put the two in the twelve-man squad.

The tenth place is the host, the Turkish team. In the recent Four Nations Tournament, they defeated Lebanon and Canada, two fringe teams in the round of 16, but they lost to Argentina, a team that is a bit like the Thunder in the NBA, playing inconsistently, and the dream team that can play when they are ferocious, but maybe the next place will become a soft persimmon.

Eleventh place was Croatia, who were more stable during the warm-up match, but lost to Russia on the Zadar warm-up tour, leaving the Croatians a bit humiliated.

In twelfth place is Slovenia, which, like Croatia, are also a decent team, and the return of veteran Besilovic will help them somewhat.

As for the rest of the roster, it is not surprising that the European Fourth will make a difference at this World Championships, led by Besilovic and the likes of Dragic and Nakba.

The thirteenth Australian team is also unlucky, their ace Bogert also retired due to injury, this year's World Championships, it is true that the stars are dim, too many international superstars are absent from the game, if it is not for Yao Ming considering that he will not have much time to play in international competitions in the future, then even he wants to withdraw from the game.

However, Australia were quite good in the warm-up table, with 8 wins and 1 loss, with their only defeat coming against Slovenia in the Sri Lanka Cup. They also beat Brazil and France in back-to-back warm-up matches, and their pace was quite solid.

The fourteenth place is the Russian team, the current international status of this team is somewhat embarrassing, when the collapse of the Soviet empire, which once swept the world, their sports strength has also declined sharply, and basketball, an outdoor sport, is not very popular in cold Russia.

So, since the nineties, the Russian team has never become the hegemon of the top three in the world.

In this warm-up match, what team did Russia win? Jordan, New Zealand, and Ivory Coast, winning these teams is not as good as the Russian team.

Fifteenth is Lebanon, a team from Asia who have been preparing for the World Championships on a low profile but have been in good news lately, with a win over Canada and just seven points in Argentina.

In Group D, Spain and Lithuania should have no problem winning the top two, but the battle for third place has become a scuffle between Lebanon, France and Canada.

The competition for the sixteenth place is more fierce, Puerto Rico, Canada, France, ****** and other teams, the strength is almost the same, and it makes little sense to rank in this position.

The Chinese team was placed in Group C, against Turkey, Russia, Greece, Croatia and Puerto Rico, and they have basically determined the top spot in the group, after all, the goals are different, except for Greece, the other teams in Group C are aiming to qualify.

Even Greece, the goal is nothing more than to reach the last four. And the Chinese men's basketball team, the goal is to win the championship!

It just so happened that in the first game of the Chinese men's basketball team in this World Championships, the opponent was Greece, and these two teams are also old rivals.

In the past, the Chinese men's basketball team has played against Greece 5 times in the World Series, with a record of 1 win and 4 losses.

And the victory game has to be traced back to 24 years ago, in that game, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Greece 112-111 thrillingly, which used to be a thing worthy of boasting and emotion by Chinese fans.

The '94 World Championships lost 61-77, the '96 Olympics suffered a heavy 75-115 defeat, and the '06 World Championships lost 64-95 to Greece, who were runners-up at the time......

So this time, the Chinese men's basketball team not only wants to win Greece, but also to win the beautiful show.