Chapter 270: Final match between China and the United States at the World Championships
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The Americans have always paid little attention to the World Championships, so they rarely send a strong lineup to participate.
They made all the difference in the Olympics, but only won three championships in the World Championships. The last time was in 1994 with the Dream Team II.
This time the U.S. team did not send an Olympic lineup, but mainly young players. Although they are relatively "civilians", their strength should not be underestimated.
In this game, in the whole process of Durant's unsolvable offense, the host Turkey also quickly lost. Although the Turkish fans kept cheering for their own national players, the gap in overall strength was still irreparable.
Although Turkey once launched a counterattack, but at critical moments, Durant was always able to stand up and suppress Turkey's counterattack with a three-pointer and a mid-range shot.
The most important thing is that the U.S. team has too many players who can score. After Durant turned off, Derrick Rose immediately connected the firepower. Whether it was defense or offense, the U.S. team showed ease and comfort.
In the end, the US team easily eliminated Turkey with 89:70 in this game.
The Chinese team watching this game looked at each other in blank dismay. This is still the US team without big-name stars. At this time, they also understood that the current strength of the Chinese team still has a big gap compared with the US team.
Everyone also came out of the excitement of defeating Slovenia in the afternoon. Although they reached the final four, everyone was not satisfied. Although everyone did not think that the current strength of the Chinese team could beat the US team, but in the end At least we can compete for the runner-up, right?
The matchup in the semi-finals is also out.
The Chinese team played against Serbia.
United States vs. Lithuania.
Serbia's starting lineup: Teodosic, Lucic, Nemanja Bjelica, Velikovic, Pelovic.
The starting lineup of the Chinese team: Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi.
The Chinese team did not underestimate the Serbian team. They just defeated the previous world champion Spain with 92:89 in the quarter-finals.
In particular, Teodosic hit a decisive 3-pointer 3.1 seconds before the end of the game. Garbajosa made a mistake at the last minute. Serbia, who scored in double figures with six players, narrowly beat the defending champion Spain 92-89.
Although the Spanish team did not return to the World Championships this time, the overall strength has dropped a lot, but the Serbian national team is not neat.
In this game, apart from Lian Dao for the Chinese team, Yi Jianlian also broke out in the interior, attacking in the low post, grabbing rebounds, and shooting from the outside. Yi Jianlian provoked the backbone of the interior when Yao Ming was away.
On the outside, Velikovic couldn't stop Lian Dao's impact, but Teodosic, who is known as a European magician, clung to the score on the offensive end.
Until the end of the third quarter, the Chinese team did not draw a big score.
In the fourth quarter, Lian Dao hit a series of mid-range fadeaway jumpers as soon as he came up, and then took advantage of Serbia's opportunity to shrink the basket, and fired again from the outside and hit two three-pointers.
Finally, in the fourth quarter, under Lian Dao's unsolvable attack, the Chinese team extended the lead to more than 10 points.
Subsequently, Lian Dao continued to attack the Serbian defense line to the basket, thus creating opportunities for his teammates.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated Serbia 97:85 in this game.
They made it to the finals for the first time in history, and everyone hugged each other, roared, celebrated, and vented.
It also caused a sensation in the country again. The live broadcast of this game on CCTV directly set a ratings record. Everyone was in front of the TV to cheer for China to advance to the final.
On a hot summer day, in BJ's military nursing home, Lian Dao's seven aunts and eight aunts gathered together to accompany the old man to watch the match between the Chinese team and Serbia.
After seeing Lian Dao leading the Chinese team to defeat the Serbian team, the old man also smiled and couldn't help applauding.
Lian Dao's relatives couldn't help but praise Lian Dao too.
"Xiaodao is really good, second sister, how did you cultivate it?"
"That's right, Xiaodao is already on CCTV news, Xiaodao is now a real household name!"
"Sister-in-law, does Xiaodao have a date?"
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Everyone is raving about her praises, and my mother Zhao Ruoyun is also very useful. As a strong woman in the business world, she has heard countless compliments, but she has never taken those compliments to heart. Happy from the bottom of my heart.
"The Chinese men's basketball team has made a historic advance to the finals!"
"Turkey World Championships, the Chinese team is the biggest dark horse!"
"Chinese men's basketball team VS American men's basketball team!"
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The Chinese men's basketball team advanced to the finals of the World Championships, which caused a sensation in the world. Although this World Championships does not contain enough stars, it must be known that the Chinese men's basketball team is not complete. They also have the top NBA center Yao Ming because of injury Illness did not participate.
Moreover, the rise of Lian Dao and Yi Jianlian also let everyone see the new and old inheritance of the Chinese men's basketball team, as well as the future status of the Chinese men's basketball team in the world.
After a day's rest, on September 13th, the Chinese team VS US team final!
The starting lineup sent by the US team: Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, Lamar Odom and Tyson Chandler.
The starting lineup sent by the Chinese team: Liu Wei, Sun Yue, Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi.
I have to say that the strength of the US team is indeed strong. As soon as Kevin Durant came up, he used Tyson Chandler's cover to get rid of Lian Dao, and then hit a three-pointer.
The Chinese team did not show weakness. Lian Dao received a pass from Liu Wei, stepped into the three-point line, and suddenly stopped and retreated. Durant was staggered, but fortunately, he controlled his body this time and did not fall to the ground.
Although he didn't fall down, Durant, who was unstable, couldn't interfere with Lian Dao, and made a hit from outside the three-point line!
On the defensive end, Lian Dao also followed Durant stubbornly. In this World Championships, Durant played really well. Like Lian Dao, he scored 30+ points at every turn.
In the first quarter, Lian Dao perfectly restrained Durant, and the Chinese team also took the lead.
Although Durant was restricted by Lian Dao's defense, there are too many people in the US team who can score.
At the critical moment, Derrick Rose scored a layup after consecutive breakthroughs, helping the US team catch up to the score a little bit before the end of the quarter.
The end of the first quarter, 25:25.
The two sides draw!
In the second quarter, Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi didn't dare to rest and still played.
On the other hand, the U.S. team put on a rotation lineup: Stephen Curry, Westbrook, Andre Inguodala, Kevin Durant, and Kevin Love.
I have to say that Andre Yinguodala's defense is really strong. He is not afraid of physical confrontation at all. Even if Lian Dao faces him, he does not have the advantage of crushing in terms of strength.
Then in the second quarter, Durant and Stephen Curry's pick-and-roll cooperation also caught the Chinese team by surprise.
Especially at the beginning, Sun Yue didn't pay too much attention to this tall and harmless primary school student But the two consecutive three-pointers made Sun Yue dumbfounded. I have never seen someone who can practice the speed of the shot to such an extent.
No, there is! Sun Yue also suddenly remembered.
He was still very familiar with that person, it was Lian Dao, and both of them shot very fast.
Here, the US team took the lead in opening the situation in the second quarter.
After Deng Huade called a timeout, he arranged for Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian, and Wang Zhizhi to play pick-and-roll tactics.
The height of the U.S. team's bench lineup is not enough, which can just give play to the inside advantage of the Chinese team.
After playing again, the Chinese team also played a wave of 8:4 with the pick-and-roll cooperation of Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian, and Wang Zhizhi.
The end of the second quarter, 47:43.
The Chinese team trailed by 4 points.
But this point difference also made the fans in front of the TV very excited. It was beyond everyone's expectations to be able to score like this with the US team, the strongest basketball team in the world.
Not to mention whether they can beat the US team, but the fighting spirit of the Chinese team has already excited the fans in China.
During the half-time break, Lian Dao was also sweating profusely. In the first half of the fight, Lian Dao's physical energy consumption was also very large.
Not only Lian Dao, Yi Jianlian, but also Wang Zhizhi.
Lian Dao knew that the scariest thing about the US team was actually the second half.
Sure enough, except for Yin Guodala, the US team all replaced the main lineup.
In the third quarter, in the tide-like offense of the US team, the score was also stretched a little bit.
With 7 seconds left before the end of the third quarter, Durant fired again from the outside and scored a three-pointer, extending the lead to 12 points.