Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

On July 7, the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team came to Manila, Philippines.

This Asian Championship was originally scheduled to be held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, but considering the tense situation in Lebanon, it was finally changed to Manila, Philippines.

On August 8, the 1 Asian Men’s Basketball Championship officially kicked off.

From joining the national team to going to Manila and ushering in the opening of the Asian Championships, Zhuang Yu only stayed at the training base for a day and a half. He only had brief contact with people in the team and teammates, and did not even have time to participate. Confrontation training.

It was too hasty for him.

Therefore, Coach Gong clearly told Zhuang Yu that he would be a substitute and might not play much playing time in the group stage. After all, Zhuang Yu had only been here for such a short period of time that he hadn't even figured out the team's tactical system, let alone integrated into the team's tactical system.

However, Coach Gong said that he will try his best to get playing time for him. As for whether he can get more opportunities in the future, it depends on his performance in the limited playing time.

Zhuang Yu can understand this situation, but he is still a little depressed.

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On August 8, the China Men’s Basketball Team faced its first opponent in the group stage, the South Korean team.

A total of 15 teams participated in this Asian Championship, divided into 4 groups ABCD. There were originally 16 teams, with 4 teams in each group, but the Lebanese team was punished for violating the ban and was not able to participate, so there were only 3 teams in one group.

The group stage is divided into two rounds. In the first round, the ABCD group will play a round-robin competition. The top three teams in the group will qualify, and a total of 12 teams will qualify.

The 12 teams in the second round were divided into two groups EF, the teams that qualified in group AB were divided into group E, and the teams that qualified in group CD were divided into group F.

There are 6 teams in each group, also in a single round-robin.

However, teams that have played against each other before will no longer play against each other in the second round. In the last one and two rounds, the group points are accumulated, and the top four teams in points gain the right to qualify, which is the quarterfinals.

After entering the quarter-finals, there will be a cross-knockout system, quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals, and finally the champion will be decided.

Of course, teams that are eliminated after entering the quarterfinals still need to play ranking matches to determine the final ranking.

In the first round of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team was placed in Group C. The teams in the same group included Iran, South Korea, and Malaysia.

Except for Iran, the other teams in this group are not very strong. The outside world is generally optimistic about the Chinese men's basketball team. As long as the Chinese men's basketball team can defeat Iran, there is a high probability that the Chinese men's basketball team will qualify first in the group; even if it loses to Iran, at least it will Should be second in the group.

Anyway, qualifying in the first round is no problem.

After all, there are four teams in a group, and the top three will qualify, and only one team will be eliminated. The Chinese men's basketball team is the dominant player in Asia, so it can't be the last, right?

In the first game against South Korea, there were many people in the audience, many of whom were Huaxia fans. They were enthusiastic, holding support boards and banners, looking forward to watching the Huaxia men's basketball team beat the stick.

When the game starts, players from both sides take the field.

The China Men's Basketball Team has sent a veteran combination of Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, and Sun Yue as the starters.

Zhuang Yu is sitting on the bench. He doesn't know if he will have playing time today. If the point difference widens early and the China Men's Basketball Team determines victory early, then he may have a chance to play.

After all, it is the first game of the Asian Championships. As a rule, when the victory is confirmed, the coach will replace everyone one by one to show his face.

"It's a pity that I only showed my face several times." Zhuang Yu was depressed.

......

On the court, the game has begun.

From the beginning, the core of the team, Yi Jianlian, scored consecutively in the paint. The Korean team's starting players are generally half a head shorter than the Chinese men's basketball team, and they are even weaker in the paint. Therefore, facing Yi Jianlian's fierce offensive, they were completely unable to parry.

Within a few minutes, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team established a lead.

No one is surprised by this result. The Korean team does not have players comparable to Yi Jianlian, and they are generally short in height. The Chinese men's basketball team has an absolute advantage in the interior. As long as they play well in the interior, they can win, while the Korean team can only rely on outside shooting and quick counterattacks to score.

However, the South Korean team quickly adjusted its strategy and began to shrink its defense and double-team Yi Jianlian, forcing Yi Jianlian to hand over the ball and reduce his personal offense.

Originally, this was nothing. If the opponent double-teamed Yi Jianlian, then other players of the China Men's Basketball Team would be able to get opportunities.

Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, and Sun Yue are all capable of outside shooting.

But the result was shocking. The Huaxia Men's Basketball team kept hitting shots from outside and failed to score a single goal for several minutes.

It is precisely because of this that the Korean team clung to the score.

Yi Jianlian encountered double-teams and continued strikes from the outside, making the players anxious on the court. Coach Yannakis made routine substitutions, gradually replacing veterans with young players during the rotation, but the effect was even worse.

After several young players came up, they also couldn't make shots from the outside. Wang Zhelin in the inside also failed to take advantage of his height advantage. Instead, he was unable to protect the frame on the defensive end and was hit by the opponent's basket to score one after another.

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This is not the worst. The worst thing is that when the game is not going well, the players become impatient, have problems with coordination, and make mistakes one after another.

Before the first half was over, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team had made more than 10 turnovers.

This makes it difficult for fans to understand that they are just playing against a Korean team, so how can it end up like this?

Coach Yannakis couldn't understand either. He scolded the players with a black face, but it had no effect.

After entering the second half, the Chinese men's basketball team still failed to gain anything from the outside, and the Korean team still clung to the score. Until the last quarter, Yi Jianlian broke out and changed his offensive strategy. He no longer actively distributed the ball, but played individual singles when he got the ball.

He scored 11 points by himself in the final quarter with consecutive shots and penalties. However, his teammates were too weak, and for some reason, he couldn't shoot from outside the three-point line.

Even several veterans, including three-point shooters like Zhu Fangyu, are the same.

Moreover, in the final stage of the game, the veteran's physical fitness declined and the defense began to fail to keep up, allowing the Korean team to seize the opportunity to overtake the score.

Coach Yannakis saw the problem and quickly adjusted, replacing Zhou Peng, hoping to use the young and physically strong Zhou Peng to make up for the defense.

But after Zhou Peng came up, he made another service error. Although Wang Zhizhi caused a foul on the offensive end, he made two free throws at the free throw line, saving a glimmer of hope for the team. But the key ball Wang Shipeng made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by the South Korean team. Chen Jianghua tried to block the opponent's quick counterattack, but was called a physical foul, causing the Chinese men's basketball team to completely lose hope.

"drop......"

In the end, at the end of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the South Korean team 59:63.

Zhuang Yu didn't play for a minute and sat on the sidelines. When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, he felt very uncomfortable. He noticed that when the game ended, Yi Jianlian walked to the sidelines with his head lowered. His face was full of emotions. Loneliness and unwillingness.

Today Yi Jianjian scored a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds, but none of his teammates scored in double figures. He made 14 of 0 outside shots and missed a three-pointer.

What a disaster!