The southeast is beautiful, with the three Wushu metropolis and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.

As a warm-up match before the men's basketball team, the Stankovic Cup started in the ancient city of Lin'an on the beautiful West Lake.

At this time, there are only 22 days left before the opening of the Olympics. Due to time constraints, the Stankovic Cup has been reduced from 6 teams in previous years to 4 teams.

The four teams are the national team men's basketball team, African champion Angola, and two European teams, Russia and Serbia.

However, Russia and Serbia only sent youth teams to participate in this Stankovic Cup, which is commonly known as the second team.

Only African champion Angola has sent all the main players to play in the men's basketball team because he is preparing for the men's basketball team competition in this Olympics and is in the same group as the men's basketball team.

On July 17, the first game of the Stankovic Cup of the men's basketball team started with Serbia.

When warming up before the start of the game, Li Rong noticed the situation of the Serbian men's basketball team opposite. The players were generally too young, and many people seemed to be even younger than him.

Facing such an opponent, Li Rong suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, just like an adult participating in a children's free fighting competition. Even if he wins, it is not a brilliant thing.

"Just get used to it!" Wang Shipeng whispered to him while warming up, "The warm-up competition is to find confidence for everyone."

Wang Shipeng didn't say anything about "Everyone" or Li Rong didn't ask.

In addition, the biggest significance of the game may be to get Yao Ming back to his game form as soon as possible.

Because of Yao Ming's comeback and Li Rong's joining, the attendance rate in the Huanglong Stadium in this game reached 90%, which was almost full.

However, Yao Ming did not appear, but sat on the bench.

Wang Zhizhi was replaced by Yao Ming. He and Yi Jianlian were partnered in the inside, while the three outside were Li Rong, Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu. Liu Wei, as Yao Ming's old partner, temporarily sat on the bench.

The pace after the game started was very fast. Facing the men's basketball team led by Li Rong to defend the iron barrel formation, the Serbian youth team seemed a little panicked and made continuous mistakes. They didn't score for four minutes at the beginning and made 4 mistakes.

After 8 minutes of the game, the Chinese team achieved a huge score advantage of 24 to 8 and forced the opponent to make 7 mistakes.

At 3 minutes and 59 seconds before the end of the festival, Yunas took the initiative to request a timeout for substitution, and Yao Ming immediately took off his training suit and stood on the sidelines.

The audience suddenly heard a thunderous cheer from mountains and tsunamis, and cheers were endless.

Yao Ming replaced Dazhi, who had a poor touch, and started his first national team game in 2O8.

There is basically little suspense in this game. The only remaining task for the men's basketball team is to feed Yao Ming and help him get back to form.

Unfortunately, Yao Ming's performance was mediocre after he came on the court and could not find his game state for a long time. At the end of the first quarter and in the first 5 minutes of playing time in the second quarter, Yao Ming failed all four inside singles, and even the free throws that were always as stable as a dog only made 2 of 4 shots.

After playing again in the second quarter, Yao Ming finally scored the first goal of the game on the right side of the penalty area.

In an instant, the audience was filled with joy.

Yao Ming clenched his fists after scoring the goal, and Yunas on the sidelines also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yao was still slowly looking for form, and his shooting percentage in the second half rebounded. In the end, he contributed 15 points and 4 rebounds in the whole game. The men's basketball team defeated his opponent 50 points with a score of 1o8 to 58.

If Junas hadn't replaced Li Rong in advance in the fourth quarter, the Serbian youth team's score would have been impossible to even be 5o.

He didn't make many moves in this game, only scored 12 points, but he contributed 18 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 9 steals on the defensive end, and 15 assists, which was simply a nightmare for the opponent.

What Li Rong did not expect was that after the game, Serbian players came over to sign a photo with him, looking like a die-hard fan.

Yao Ming naturally could not escape the fate of being surrounded by the players. He smiled and signed behind their jerseys while communicating in English.

Although he was in average, he was in an extremely happy mood. Li Rong's pass seemed to be tailor-made for him. The two even performed an all-match dunk after a pick-and-roll.

To describe Yao Ming's mood at this time, it is "comfortable". Li Rong's control over the passing timing is much higher than that of other national team guards. Even in the Rockets, no one has ever given him such a comfortable pass.

"Why don't you come to the Rockets?" Yao Ming joked in the locker room after the game. "I'll call Morey and ask him to inquire about the price of the Timberwolves."

"How do you say that?" Wang Shipeng said funnyly, "How many truths are spoken in a joke?"

"Hahaha……"

The locker room was filled with laughter.

"Before the transaction deadline, the Timberwolves and the Rockets reached a deal," Li Rong held a water cup in his hand and imitated the expression of the espn news broadcaster, saying seriously, "The Timberwolves sent player Li Rong to the Houston Rockets in exchange for... Rockets center Yao Ming, congratulations, Xiao Ming, your wish has come true."

"Oh my god... I'm so laughing to death! I can't breathe..."

The rest of the locker room saw Li Rong's funny look and laughed, and almost rolled on the ground with her belly in her arms.

After listening to the translation's explanation, Yunas couldn't help but show his happy expression.

The training period of the national team gathering was very depressing. It is rare for everyone to have a good mood after the game, and this kind of situation is rare.

After the game, media across the country reported on the game, saying that this game was one of the few major victories against European teams in the history of the national team.

"50 points to defeat the traditional European power, the men's basketball team's medal road is not far away" - NetEase Sports.

"The Giant's Return, the national team's Asian dominance cannot be violated" - Sina nba.

"The Olympics are coming, and the men's basketball team is ready to make a breakthrough in history's best results are just around the corner" - Tencent Sports.

"Shock! The national team's defense is so strong, what are you afraid of with the men's basketball team?" - uc shocked team.

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Of course, compared with the crazy popular online media, many conscientious writers are still very honest.

"The national team's big victory doesn't mean anything. I hope everyone will take it calmly. This time Serbia only sent youth teams to participate in the battle. What is worth celebrating is Yao Ming's state. The internal and external connection between Li Rong and Yao Ming is also commendable. The last game against Angola and the Diamond Cup behind is the moment to truly test the strength of the men's basketball..." - "Basketball Pioneer".
Chapter completed!