38. Champion after six years
In the first round of group stage, the Chinese team defeated their opponents in three games without any blood. Bahrain, the Philippines and Lebanon did not cause any difficulties to the Chinese team.
The Chinese team basically won with a huge advantage in three games. Even the Philippine team, which had previously shouted that they would strive to win the championship, was defeated by the Chinese team without any blood.
The net score in three games was above 20 points. When facing Bahrain, the Chinese team even completed the game with a 40-point advantage.
The Chinese team easily entered the second round of group stage. Although the Chinese team often struggled in the world competitions, they still seemed very comfortable in intercontinental competitions in Asia.
Even without Yao Ming, the Chinese team is still ahead of most Asian teams. Moreover, although the current Chinese team lacks Yao Ming to be in the inside, Yi Jianlian, who has played in the NBA, has once played in the NBA, and he can dominate in Asia, and few people can compete with it.
With the addition of Wu Dawei, a forward guard, the Chinese team's strength has even increased a bit!
A total of 16 teams participated in this year's Asian Championships, and the 16 teams each ranked 4 groups to play single-round games. The top three in each group entered the next round of round-robin competition.
A total of 12 teams enter the next round of round-robin matches, and the second round-robin match is divided into two groups. Each group has 6 teams, and then after a single round of matches, the top four in the group enter the knockout round.
China entered the second round of round-robin as the first in Group D group. In the second round of round-robin, the Chinese team was divided into the same group with the Philippines, Jordan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.
The second round of group stage started on September 19, and the Chinese team still did not encounter any obstacles. They were very calm and stood out from the second round of round-robin matches and took the lead in qualifying to the knockout stage.
The reason why the Chinese team was able to play so smoothly in the group stage is because of the team's outstanding strength. Wu Dawei's joining has brought the Chinese national men's basketball team, which is already the best in Asia, to a higher level in strength; the second is because they were not in the same group as other Asian basketball powerhouses in the group stage.
Iran and South Korea, these old Asian teams, are all assigned to another group. In this way, the Chinese team's chances of meeting them will become great in the knockout round.
In the first round of the knockout round, that is, the eight-to-fourth game, the Chinese team encountered the fourth place in another group. The Lebanese team did not cause any difficulties to the Chinese team in the game.
The huge advantage of 48:78, 30 points allowed Wu Dawei to play for only about 20 minutes in the whole game. He was placed on the player's seat by head coach Deng Huade until the end of the game.
Asian games are not as good as Europe, and even in the knockout stage, there will be large-scale defeats. The Chinese team easily advanced to the semi-finals at home, and what is a little surprised is the powerful Iranian team in West Asia.
Before the start of this championship, Iran's core Haddadi admitted that their goal would only be the champion, and no team could stop them from winning the championship. However, in the first round of knockout round of eight to four, the Iranian team suffered a disaster.
88:84, Jordan's continuous score at the last minute of the game helped them eventually eliminate the favorite Iranian team to successfully enter the semi-finals.
In addition to the Chinese team and Jordan team entering the semi-finals, the other two teams are the Korean team and the Philippines team. In the semi-finals, the Chinese team will face challenges from their old rivals South Korea.
Although there is a Korean businessman who has played in Europe with NBA and even NCAA, it is obvious that his resume may be quite dazzling in South Korea, but it is not worth mentioning in China.
At least in the game, he was at an absolute disadvantage whether he was playing against Yi Jianlian or Wu Dawei.
The Chinese team also defeated their old rival South Korea with a 74:52 and 22 points in this semi-final match. Wu Dawei's playing time increased slightly, but after only 25 minutes of appearance, he was replaced by head coach Deng Huade from the court to rest.
Because even in the semi-finals, there was not much suspense at the end of the third quarter. Deng Huade naturally felt that Wu Dawei had no need to play at this time.
Although fans all hope that Wu Dawei can play longer, this Asian Championships is also related to Deng Huade's coaching career in the Chinese men's national basketball team.
Therefore, he naturally did not want core players like Wu Dawei to waste their physical fitness on pleasing fans.
The Chinese team has been moving forward in the Asian Championships, with a net victory over the opponent in each game reaching a score of nearly 30 points per game. Such a score is incomparable to other participating teams in the Asian Championships.
In this way, the time comes September 25, which is the final day of this Wuhan Asian Championship. The Chinese team, who is at home, will face the dark horse team Jordan, the Asian Championships dark horse team in the Central Stadium in Wuhan!
Jordan eliminated Iran in the quarterfinals and revealed the biggest upset of this event. Next, they retreated to the Philippines without any bloodshed.
But even so, before the start of this final, except for West Asia and some media with ulterior motives, most people were more optimistic about the Chinese team at home.
The reason is very simple, just like Charles Barkley said when talking about the Asian Championships that are in full swing in a recent TNT sports program. Wu Dawei's joining is like a college student playing a primary school league...
Although this metaphor is very inappropriate, it has attracted many criticisms from Asian media, but Fatty Ba cannot hold his mouth recently, so of course he will not care about these criticisms. And the fact is indeed as he said, in the past 8 Asian Championship games, Wu Dawei averaged only 23 minutes of playing time, and was able to contribute 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocks to the team...
His shooting percentage is even close to 60%, and even the three-point shooting percentage he is not good at in the NBA is actually about 35%.
In the small forward position, the average number of players who played against Wu Dawei in the past eight games was 5 points, and the shooting percentage was only about 30%. Wu Dawei almost exceeded the tonnage of more than 110 kilograms of Asian inside, and the height of 203 cm in many Asian insides, which made Asian players who played against Wu Dawei complain. In addition, Wu Dawei's outstanding flexibility really made the players who played against Wu Dawei feel like they were desperate...
In this case, there was no improvement in the Asian Championship final. Jordan team played against Wu Dawei with Abbas, a player who played for CBA. This player who contributed 20+10 to the team in CBA midfielder, only scored 8 points in the final that night.
The Chinese team even had an absolute advantage in two positions, and finally destroyed the dark horse who tried to be the last one with a final advantage of 89:69 and 20 points.
While the Chinese team won the Asian championship again after six years, they also won the ticket to the London Olympics next year. This is the only ticket in Asia, and the runner-up Jordan team will eventually have to participate in the dangerous and extremely dangerous play-offs.
Wu Dawei undoubtedly became the MVP of this Asian Championship. He stressed his teammate Yi Jianlian and won the highest personal honor in this Asian Championship. At the same time, he was also selected as the first team of the Best Team with Yi Jianlian.
However, even though Wu Dawei and the Chinese team performed so well in this Asian Championship, there are still people who complained. However, it was not Wu Dawei who complained, but Wu Dawei's teammates in the Chinese national team. Wu Dawei's average data in this Asian Championship is not much different from his ended NBA playoffs. The only thing that is less is his assists.
So the complaints about Chinese fans are that although the Chinese team has two players, Wu Dawei and Yi Jianlian, who are extremely excellent even in the international market, it is still difficult to achieve something at the London Olympics next year. Because other Chinese players have not had a high ability to seize opportunities.
This complaint was also mentioned by the host when Wu Dawei participated in some TV station interviews in China, but of course Wu Dawei would not complain about his teammates like fans.
Wu Dawei, who had achieved great merit in the Asian Championships, was not ready to stay in China after the Asian Championships. He was preparing to return to the United States. Although the employer and the labor dispute are still quarreling with the laborers, and the league will not be able to start for a while, Wu Dawei still has his own things to do.
His summer training plan is also on the agenda.
Before going to the United States, Wu Dawei originally planned to take his parents to the United States together this time, but the two elders were more willing to stay in China. After persuaded for a long time but failed, Wu Dawei gave up this plan. Instead, he bought a house in his hometown. After settling down and taking care of everything in China, in October, Wu Dawei took a plane back to the United States.
He still took the flight he originally came from Shanghai to Los Angeles. The location of the summer training he planned was also arranged in Los Angeles.
Because compared to Cleveland, Los Angeles obviously has better conditions in all aspects.
Chapter completed!