19. Contempt of the world
Although it lost the first game of the group stage, the second Olympic group stage between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Russian men's basketball team still attracted a lot of attention.
The reason why domestic fans are paying attention to this game is of course because Wu Dawei finally took the long-lost starter in this game; and the reason why foreign media are paying attention to this is because of the negative reports Wu Dawei has produced before this.
However, no matter what it is, the group match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Russian men's basketball team did attract a lot of attention. There were also many fans who came to the stadium to watch the game that day, because there were still many Chinese students and Chinese students in London, England.
Even if the Chinese team's game cannot be compared with the host British team's game, it can be considered a game with a large number of people.
From this point, we can also see the enthusiasm of Chinese fans. Their expectations for this game are indeed extremely high.
All this is because of Wu Dawei, and Wu Dawei himself is naturally very excited about such a game. He is also looking forward to his first start-up game in the Olympics.
However, the Russian men's basketball team is still a very difficult bone for the Chinese team. After all, this is a team that has won the European championship, and last year they also won the third place in the European Championship, with excellent strength and form.
Even with Wu Dawei in this game, it is still a hard battle for the Chinese men's basketball team. After all, this is just the second game between Wu Dawei and his teammates in the Olympics. His cooperation with his teammates is a little unfamiliar. After all, he missed so many opportunities to practice together before this.
But the reason why this game attracted foreign attention is that people want to see if Wu Dawei, a superstar who is always in the NBA, is a big deal in the international arena.
After yesterday, the Spanish media has already portrayed Wu Dawei as an exaggerated superstar. It believes that although Wu Dawei succeeded in the NBA, he has left many problems with NBA superstars, that is, he is completely unable to adapt to the international arena. Just like the American Dream team at the Athens Olympics, although there are many reasons for their failure, it is undeniable that they are not adapted to the rules of Fiba and are also one of the reasons for their loss.
Such examples are everywhere, so when the Spaniard combines such examples and then looks at Wu Dawei's performance in the first game and the defeat of the Chinese men's basketball team, it is inevitable that some people who have not watched the first game between the Chinese and Spanish teams will believe it.
So although this game was the first time Wu Dawei started in the Olympics, the pressure on him was extremely huge.
However, Wu Dawei can always turn pressure into motivation well, otherwise he would not have been able to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to achieve the championship just in his third season in the league.
In this day's game, Wu Dawei also achieved great enthusiasm at the beginning. At the beginning, Wu Dawei performed well on both offense and defense.
The Chinese men's basketball team also took the lead by relying on Wu Dawei's state at the beginning. You should know that in international competitions, such as the Olympics or the World Championships, most of the time, the Chinese team is always at a disadvantage and behind the scenes at the beginning.
This is a manifestation of strength. Even the Chinese team that had Yao Ming at the beginning could not be regarded as a first-class team in the world. At best, it is only considered a second-rate team.
Wu Dawei can obviously bring more changes and enhancements to the Chinese men's basketball team. After all, the external players who can control the ball and a powerful inside player will definitely have different bonuses to the Chinese team.
According to the general weakness of the Chinese men's basketball team's outside line, it is obvious that an excellent outside player can bring them great help. Just like Wu Dawei, who started in this game, even if he has not fully recovered, it is enough.
At the beginning, Wu Dawei relied on his personal breakthrough and offense and Kirirenko's performance on the defensive end, and quickly established an advantage in the game.
Such a change is huge and also amazing. At least when the Chinese team relied on Wu Dawei's outstanding performance at the beginning and quickly scored 8:0, it not only surprised some Spaniards who were preparing to come to watch the jokes on the spot, but also scared David Blatt, the head coach of the Russian team on the side of the court, and was frightened in cold sweat!
He hurriedly requested a timeout at the beginning of the game, and was very dissatisfied with the team's performance, because this was not the basketball he wanted to see at all.
Such performance naturally made Chinese fans feel excited. Because Wu Dawei showed strong dominance at the beginning, this made Chinese fans feel that they had regained Wu Dawei who was killing all over the NBA!
But the good times did not last long. After the timeout came back, the Russian men's basketball team regrouped and completed the chasing points one after another. However, the Chinese men's basketball team, which had been smooth sailing before, seemed to be trapped in a quagmire.
The most important change in Russia is to start to double-team Wu Dawei. As long as Wu Dawei holds the ball and tries to attack, the Russians always firmly attack Wu Dawei. Wu Dawei has finally cooperated with these teammates today for a short time, and there are many places that don’t understand each other. More importantly, when Wu Dawei makes an open space, it is difficult for the outside players to send the basketball into the basket.
This situation made the Chinese team's head coach Deng Huade very anxious. He quickly replaced several pitchers, and even Zhang Zhaoxu, the insider's flesh shield, replaced Wang Zhizhi. However, the Chinese men's basketball team seemed to have been inaccurate today.
Except for Yi Jianlian, it is difficult for everyone else to score goals. As the core of the inside of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yi Jianlian's opponent will definitely not give him so many opportunities to shoot empty spots.
The frequent sound of irons made the Russians seize the opportunity and fight back frantically. Although Wu Dawei tried to save the game alone, his double-teaming gradually changed from the initial double-teaming to the inhumane three-teaming.
Due to the inaccuracy of the outside players, the Russians became more determined to Wu Dawei's double-team! This led to Wu Dawei's frequent setbacks on the offensive end. As he had no choice but to contribute to the team on the defensive end.
But later, people could clearly find that Kirilenko's touches decreased, and he went from offensive finisher and organizer to a transitional station for basketball transfer!
On the defensive end, as Kirilenko frequently ran to the weak side, Wu Dawei's threat of assisting defense also plummeted. Although he was still able to make contributions, complete steals or blocks after the defense, and then help the team launch a counterattack, it seemed a drop in the bucket!
It's like a famous saying, if you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a teammate like a pig. The Chinese men's basketball team's inaccuracy in the outside world today made the Russians crazy attack on Wu Dawei. In addition, Wu Dawei himself was injured and did not dare to use all his strength. The situation of the Chinese men's basketball team in the game naturally became worse and worse!
The score soon changed from being 8 points ahead of the Chinese men's basketball team to being tied by Russia until it overtakes. Then at the end of the half, the Russians had already led the Chinese men's basketball team by 8 points! When it entered the halftime break, everyone was disappointed.
However, the fifteen-minute break did not allow the Chinese men's basketball team to regain their shooting status. Wu Dawei still encountered the Russians' inhumane double-team in the second half!
The situation of the Chinese team suddenly became even more precarious, but head coach Deng Huade seemed to have no way to do this. The outside line was always in a state of inaccuracy, and it was useless no matter how he adjusted and changed his tactics.
This situation seems to have gradually lost the suspense of the game. A start with a start and a missed end is undoubtedly something that makes domestic fans feel even more disappointed.
Because at the beginning, Wu Dawei's performance once gave fans hope, but the Chinese team personally ruined such a great situation!
The opponent changed the formation and Wu Dawei was attacked. Other players were unable to stand up and support him well. This became the key reason for the Chinese team's failure in this game!
In the end, the Chinese team lost the game by a 7-point gap.
This is undoubtedly something that makes countless people feel extremely disappointed! What does two consecutive losses mean? It means that if the Chinese men's basketball team still wants to make a difference in this Olympics, then they must win at least two games in the remaining three group matches!
Australia, Brazil and the United Kingdom are still three difficult bones to crack!
If the Chinese men's basketball team still has a lot of room for losing the first game, but if they lose two games in a row, the situation of the Chinese men's basketball team becomes precarious.
Both games were in the same position, and the Chinese men's basketball team and the host British team tied for the last place in Group B...
This result not only makes the situation of the Chinese men's basketball team very dangerous in the group, but also makes countless people more unscrupulous in laughing at Wu Dawei and his Chinese team.
The trouble Wu Dawei caused before this made him even more embarrassing at this time, because the Spaniard could seize this matter and laugh at him for his slim prospects with the Chinese team.
It is said that Wu Dawei is just a verbal move that can only speak loudly. Wu Dawei has no way to refute this. Even if his performance in this game is not counted, so what if he scored 20 points, 4 assists, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks on the court, so what if he scored 33 minutes of the game, the Chinese team lost the game.
As the team leader, Wu Dawei naturally bears an unshirkable responsibility. Although domestic sensible fans know that this is not about Wu Dawei's business at all. Under the attack of two or even three opponents, Wu Dawei has performed very well.
If the Chinese men's basketball team's outside shooting percentage of the entire game was not just 18, even if it was higher, the Russians would not dare to double-team Wu Dawei so unscrupulously!
This is a vicious cycle.
"This is a bad game. We played very well at the beginning, but we didn't keep it up in the end. We regretted losing this game, but the Olympics are not over yet. We must abandon our frustration and work hard to play the next game!"
After the game, Wu Dawei was very disappointed and self-blame when interviewed by domestic media. Although everyone knows that he has worked hard enough, as a wounded, Wu Dawei played for 33 minutes and is still a dominant performance on the defensive end.
However, it still failed to stop the decline of the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympics, which made Wu Dawei still blame himself.
But as he said, they cannot be too immersed in this defeated game, because the third group match between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Australian men's basketball team will begin soon!
On August 2, after a day off, the Chinese men's basketball team will continue to fight with their opponents on the same basketball court, but this time the opponent was replaced by the champion Australian men's basketball team from Oceania.
This is still a strong team, but compared to the Russian team, Australia is obviously easier to chew on the bones, but for the Chinese team, Australia is still very strong.
This will still be a difficult challenge for the Chinese men's basketball team; but what makes them feel even more unacceptable is that the Chinese men's basketball team, after two consecutive losses, seems to make their opponents unable to take their energy...
Australia's NBA center Bogut, who has always been arrogant in character, openly stated before the start of this game that they are bound to win this game, and they have begun to focus on the next game. Before the start of the game against the Chinese team, they are already preparing for the game against the Spanish team!
Such a despicable Chinese men's basketball team feels angry!
As a member of the national team and the leader of the Chinese men's basketball team, Wu Dawei certainly empathized with Bogut's remarks and was very unhappy with this feeling. However, Wu Dawei was very familiar with and used to this feeling, because in the previous league, Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers were also ridiculed and disdained by the outside world!
However, he launched the strongest counterattack at the beginning, and this time, Wu Dawei would not give up! Faced with the ridicule of the Spaniards and the contempt of the Australians, Wu Dawei vowed to fight back!rs!.
Chapter completed!