191: The dream team is just bad(1/3)
For the World Championships in Indianapolis, in a basketball country like the Ugly Country, and in a basketball city like the Big Cornfield, the attendance rate was unexpectedly low.
In the first few games, even the Dream Team games, there were huge gaps in the stands.
After all, there are only so many people in this city who have time to watch the game.
And most importantly, Indianapolis fans are simply interested in their hometown team.
The World Championships is such a thing. You might not recognize any of the players from many countries. It’s just a clue.
For the Indian fans who often watch games at the scene, they don't even bother to join in the fun.
FIBA has learned a lesson and cannot put everything like this in one folder.
The next time the World Championships are held, it will have to be jointly organized by several cities to make money quickly.
But on September 1st, in a group match of Group B, the stadium was completely full!
Because today, the two group stage opponents are the Chinese team and the Dream Team 5!
Previously, both teams had won both games.
Although the Dream Team 5 has been criticized as the weakest Dream Team in history, it has still shown the dominance that a world hegemon should have since the beginning of the World Championships.
In the first game, they defeated Algeria with 50 points, and in the second game, they defeated the German tank driven by Dirk with 17 points.
Even experienced drivers may overturn their cars when driving.
However, in the eyes of everyone on the Chinese team, this record is nothing remarkable.
Because Algeria, Germany and the Chinese team also won.
In the first game of this year's World Championships, the Chinese team's opponent was the German team.
In the 2001 World Championships in original history, the Chinese team was brutally beaten by Germany.
Because they were generally unable to participate at the time, the Chinese team had no one at the fourth position, and could only use Battelle and Yao Ming, who had not played in the NBA, to take turns guarding Dirk.
Yao Ming is still too young, and Battelle's speed rival Dirk is equivalent to riding a small electric donkey to chase the goddess sitting in the passenger seat of a Lamborghini.
This is no longer a problem of speed, this is directly a disease of the brain.
But it is different now. It has not disappeared for the most part. Yao Ming has also been tempered by a year of NBA games.
In addition, the Chinese team also has Li Ang!
So facing Germany again, the Chinese team won 97-86.
Li Ang and Yao Ming teamed up to defend Dirk, while Yao Ming wreaked havoc on Germany's weak inside line, scoring 23 points in the game.
Thinking back to that year, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese team went through great efforts to defeat Germany.
Now, the Chinese team directly beat Germany by double digits.
The second game against Algeria was even easier. After all, the strength of the two sides was not at the same level.
In this game, Silver Fox Harris also sent young players like Ah Lian and Zhu Fangyu to experience the atmosphere of an international competition. As a result, the young players dared to fight hard.
Ah Lian came up with a dunk, while Zhu Bayi came up with a left kick and a right whip kick.
Soon, he was replaced by Harris.
Harris was stunned at the time. Damn, this person is called Zhu Fangyu, right?
He then turned around and asked the assistant coach: "Is he that young Chinese shooter?"
"Yes." The assistant coach replied simply.
"Why do I look like a thug?"
"Oh, you can also be a thug. Today's athletes are all well-rounded."
After listening to this, Harris couldn't help but sigh at the power of Chinese sports.
In short, the Chinese team was very competitive against its two opponents, Algeria and Germany.
Therefore, the Dream Team’s undefeated record is not bluffing at all.
It’s as if no one has a perfect victory record.
Today, the eyes of the United States are focused on this.
Fans shouted wildly in the stands, cheering for the dream team.
Outsiders say that this is likely to be the first defeat in the history of the Dream Team.
With this gimmick, there is no need to worry about selling tickets.
Ugly fans still don’t believe that the dream team will lose to China.
Not to mention losing, if you don't win by 20 points, it doesn't count as a win.
Before the game started, Li Ang and Ben hugged each other. In this year's World Championships, Ben is the team's main center.
But all he can think about is teaming up with Li Ang to make trouble next season, and is not particularly concerned about the World Championships.
"Li, I heard that after you finish playing in the World Championships, you have to play in the Asian Games?" After the hug, Ben asked with concern.
"Well, so I might come a little later to pre-season training camp."
"Damn, then you won't get a rest all summer."
"Don't worry, it won't affect next season. We still have great things to do together."
Although Ben is very friendly to Li Ang, others are not like that.
Ugly people have never paid much attention to the World Championships, but they still have the most basic desire to win.
Dream Team 5 no longer has any super giants, and they are still fighting under the name of Dream Team.
They don't want the golden name of the Dream Team to fall into their hands.
In the Olympic Games two years ago, although the Dream Team struggled, they even almost lost to Lithuania.
But at least we still won the championship and kept the glory of the dream team.
This year, the Dream Team is still playing at home and cannot lose the championship.
The game is about to begin and both sides are ready.
The five tigers on the Chinese team are Guo Shiqiang, Clairvoyance, Li Ang, Wang Zhizhi and Shunfeng Er, which are basically the same as two years ago.
On the Dream Team 5 side, the five tigers are Karen Mok, Finley, Pierce, Brand and Ben.
Li Ang looked at the opposing lineup, and for the first time he felt that the dream team didn't seem so scary.
Mok Wenwei was just his spare tire back then. Pierce was a person who no longer dared to shout "You all go away, I want to challenge him" in front of Li Ang.
Brand, Leon beat him to death when he was in college. As for my senior brother, he is just an offensive genius.
It can be said that these people all have unique skills.
Even so, it cannot be taken lightly.
After all, they are part of the dream team, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming won the first offensive ball from his brother.
All the fans were shouting "defense". The Ugly Chinese would never accept their team losing at their home court.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Pierce quickly posted on Li Ang: "You didn't cry after the playoffs last season, did you? Sorry, I was a little harsh."
A few months ago, the Celtics eliminated the Raptors in the playoffs, which can be said to be Pierce's turnaround.
He finally came out of Li Ang's shadow.
Coupled with the fact that Greencaps ranked first in the Eastern Conference in the regular season last season, this made Pierce call himself the strongest forward in the Eastern Conference.
In the original history, the Nets were number one, but they only had three more wins than the Green Kai. So after the next try, it is actually normal for the Green Kai to counterattack.
Li Ang ignored Pierce. To be honest, if Li Ang hadn't been alone in that series, he wouldn't have lost to the Boston Twins.
What the hell is the first place in the Eastern Conference? It took six games to decide the winner against the remnant Raptors.
But it’s hard for Li Ang to refute. He did lose last season.
The only thing he can do is to find a way to fight back!
Although Li Ang now has 81 ball control ability, one thing is for sure, Pierce's defense is not bad either.
With only a ball-handling ability of 81 and no ball-handling badge, it would be difficult to beat Pierce alone with the ball.
So, Li Ang handed the ball to Dayao, who was on the screen, and then quickly cut in.
According to the plan, Yao Ming could form a screen by standing still after getting the ball.
But Pierce was so excited when he met Leon. Unless he had diarrhea on the spot, he would definitely fight with Leon to the end.
Pierce then quickly bypassed Yao Ming and continued to run in front of Li Ang.
After all, Yao Ming was still young, so he thought Pierce hadn't stepped back yet.
Therefore, when Yao saw that Ben and Brand had been pulled out, he directly threw the ball into the air and passed an alley-oop to Li Ang!
"Damn, that's too much!" Pierce was angry, "Yao Ming, Yao Ming, I find you are a bit disrespectful!"
To be continued...