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37. Asian Championships

Since this year's Stankovic Cup will be divided into two games, China will eventually play 8 games in these two games.

From August 1 to August 9 to 8 consecutive games, physical fitness is definitely a great test for Chinese men's basketball players. It is well known that the Chinese team's poor physical fitness is long ago. This is just like the Chinese team's defender cannot pass the half-time dribbling, which is one of the problems that bother China to become a world-class team.

However, the Chinese team performed quite well in these eight games this year, with 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games, which can be said to have created the best record since the Chinese team's Stankovic Cup!

In addition to losing to Russia and Australia, the Chinese team won all other games. In the end, they really won the Stankovic Cup for the first time before the game, as head coach Deng Huade said!

In eight games, there were Chinese team games, and every game was full. There were countless fans wearing Wu Dawei's Cavaliers jerseys in the stadium. The amazing performance in this year's NBA league has increased a large number of fans.

Wu Dawei also lived up to expectations in these eight games. He started all eight games, averaged nearly 30 minutes per game, and contributed 21 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists to the team, and had 5 steals and 4 blocks!

The height of 203 cm and the weight of nearly 120 kilograms make Wu Dawei really invincible in the inside. If the opponent takes a player of a large tonnage to defend Wu Dawei, then Wu Dawei will run to the outside to shoot. While moving speed makes the opponent helpless, Wu Dawei's outstanding feel will also make the opponent unable to defend.

Wu Dawei, who shined in the NBA league, was able to say that he met gods and killed gods and Buddhas in this Stankovic game! His average score was one-third of the team, and his average rebounds even exceeded one-third... His average steals and blocks accounted for two-thirds of the team...

The outrageous performance status is an important reason why the Chinese team can win the Stankovic Cup championship.

This also made Chinese fans who spent money to watch the game in these nine days exclaimed. Even Yao Ming, who was at his peak, could not dominate the game on both offense and defense like Wu Dawei.

Although the Stankovic Cup is still relatively watery, who will care about so much at this time?!

Fans just know that with Wu Dawei's state, China will definitely win the Asian Championships in September! But this is just one-sided statement of Chinese fans, their one-sided view.

The importance of this year's Asian Championships is very clear and clear. Everyone knows that there will be only one place for direct promotion in Asia in the London Olympics next year. The other one left is the playoffs.

There is a great chance that the playoffs will meet a strong team that falls behind in Europe and the United States, which will make the hope of the playoffs slim. Therefore, as long as the teams that have the hope to enter the final finals, they will set their goals for the final championship without exception.

Even the Philippines, which claims to be a "Asian basketball power", expressed 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 home advantage in this year's Asian Championships, the situation they face is still relatively difficult.

In the Asian Championships, which even the Philippines vowed to win the championship, the water is really deep... And compared to the so-called "basketball power" like the Philippines that can only show off its mighty power in South Asia and Southeast Asia, the Chinese team of course pays more attention to their opponents in East Asia and West Asia.

The South Korean team is a veteran strong team in Asia, and their three-pointers have repeatedly made the Chinese team complain; and in recent years, West Asia's basketball has also developed very rapidly. West Asia's strong team represented by Iran has even won the title of Asian championship in the past two years.

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

"We come to Wuhan, and there is no other purpose except the championship! We are here to defend our Asian Championships this year!"

When the Iranian team arrived in Wuhan in late August, Iran's star Haddadi swore to reporters in an interview with the media that their goal to come to Wuhan was the champion, and this goal would not change due to 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 this will not change our goal of coming here. As the defending champion, we must defend our glory!"

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

"He is a very outstanding player!" Haddadi obviously didn't want to answer this question because he felt that the reporter was deliberately looking for trouble. Haddadi certainly knew who Wu Dawei was, and he was also a player of the NBA team, but he just couldn't play.

The reporter was obviously tempting him, but Haddadi turned around and walked away very cleverly. Humph, I won’t praise my opponent...

Many Asian basketball teams at this Asian Championships are full of confidence. As the host of this Asian Championships, the Chinese team naturally has more confidence.

"We have Yi Jianlian and Wu Dawei!"

When asked by reporters how confident he is in this Asian Championships, Deng Huade, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball national team, replied to the reporter that Wu Dawei and Yi Jianlian are all his reliances.

"Yi Jianlian is the leading inside player in Asia, and Wu Dawei's strength doesn't need me to explain anything to you. I believe that with his strength, he will play with ease!"

Deng Huade has sufficient confidence in Wu Dawei's strength, which all comes from Wu Dawei's amazing performance in the NBA last season. Wu Dawei, who returned to China, was also concentrating on preparing for the Asian Championships during this period.

The Cavaliers did not contact Wu Dawei during this period. It was not that they suddenly did not want to renew their contract with Wu Dawei, but that the labor-management dispute in the league was not resolved for a while. Before the new plan came out, even if Wu Dawei was willing, he would not be able to sign a new contract with the Cavaliers.

During this period, the players' union representing the Labor Party and the league representing the capital Party were quarreling for the new luxury tax, team salary cap and player contracts. Both sides have been unable to reach an intention, which has delayed the dispute again and again.

It was September soon. Wu Dawei was in China and had the task of the Asian Championships, so he naturally did not pay special attention to the labor-management disputes that had been arguing with even arguing about.

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

For this reason, the Basketball Association also sent officials to Wuhan with the Chinese team, obviously to supervise the battle. Generally, in the story, the military supervisor is not a good thing, and he looks arrogant and looks like a dog slave who has been ordered to be an imperial edict.

However, for Wu Dawei, the military supervisor did not look down on others. It was obvious that he had explained it before coming. After all, with Wu Dawei's current strength, he is definitely the official master of the Basketball Association, and he has the greatest hope of achieving results in a short period of time.

Otherwise, as soon as Wu Dawei delayed his return to China, the officials might have started to attack him.

However, these are not what Wu Dawei wants to pay attention to. What he pays more attention to is the current Asian Championships that will be opened, because this Asian Championships is related to the qualifications of next year's Olympic Games. Playing the Olympic Games on behalf of the national team is obviously what every basketball player hopes to do the most.

Wu Dawei is undoubtedly a good match for the national team, and if he wants to play in the Olympics, Wu Dawei naturally has to make efforts. After losing Yao Ming, although the Chinese team is still the top Asian team, the gap with other teams is not as big as before.

Wuhan is still quite hot in September, but the good thing is that the basketball game is played indoors.

In the Asian Championships, the Chinese team was in the same group as the UAE, the Philippines and Bahrain. They said they would finish the game with these three national teams within three days. For this preliminary round, the Chinese team, as the biggest favorite to win the championship, is of course extremely confident.

The game will be officially held on September 15, but the Chinese team arrived in Wuhan in early September. Active preparations are the attitude of the Chinese team to attach importance to this Asian Basketball Championship, just like the previous Stankovic Cup.

Tickets for the Chinese team in the Asian Championships were sold out soon after they started selling. Wu Dawei's performance in the NBA this season has accumulated a lot of popularity in China, and his outstanding performance in the previous Stankovic Cup has made Wu Dawei's popularity continue to rise.

Wuhan fans are already looking forward to the first game of the Chinese team. With such expectations, the Asian Championships finally officially kicked off on the day on the 15th.

Since last year, the domestic basketball craze led by Wu Dawei will be the first to represent the national team after Wu Dawei made a big splash in the NBA, and finally usher in high chaos!

At the Asian Championships held at the doorstep of this year, the Chinese team vowed to win the Asian championship again after six years!
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