Chapter 25 Make history!
Under Zhou Mubai's crazy output, Russia finally gave up. He only played half a quarter in the fourth quarter and then stopped the army. Blatt is not a fool. He knows that he can't do it but is not just a warrior, but also a fool.
The shock this game gave people was completely different. After all, it was a complete team before, but this game was entirely carried by Zhou Mubai alone. Such a lonely heroic victory was more shocking than anything else.
Zhou Mubai once again proves what a miracle is.
Since then, the Chinese team has won four of the five group matches and scored eight points. Except for Turkey, other teams have not lost at least one of them, and they all lost to the Chinese team. Even if the Chinese team loses to Turkey, they can still rank second, which has met Zhou Mubai's expectations.
So when Deng Huade asked Zhou Mubai to take a rest in the next game, Zhou Mubai agreed. It wasn't that he needed to rest, but he just felt that it was unnecessary.
In the fifth game between China and Turkey, Türkiye faced the Chinese team in the remnant team, which was considered a point. They also wanted to save some energy to deal with the next game.
The second day after the ranking, the Chinese team ranked second in Group C, according to the rules, against New Zealand, ranked third in Group D, and the game was held on the second day.
He played against the entire New Zealand Chinese team. Wang Shipeng and Yi Jianlian, who had been resting for a few days, were in great shape. Under Zhou Mubai's pass, he was almost perfect. He made a shot without any suspense at the half-time game and went straight to the quarterfinals!
This has already tied the best result of the Chinese men's basketball team in international history!
The opponent in the next game also appeared. The opponent in the next game was Lithuania, which defeated Argentina. Lithuania is the old opponent of the Chinese team. The three warm-up matches made each other very familiar, but whether it is familiar, strength is the ultimate decisive factor. The Chinese team defeated Lithuania and advanced to the semi-finals!
This is a new record for the Chinese team, and this is already the best result in the history of the Chinese team!
Before that, the Chinese team only entered the eighth place four times in international competitions. The eighth place is like the point that China can finally reach and can no longer save.
But at the 2010 Türkiye World Championships, the Chinese team finally advanced to the semi-finals under the leadership of Zhou Mubai. This is a brand new world!
Chinese fans cheered and encouraged everyone to celebrate, but none of them expected the Chinese team to reach the finals because the next opponent of the Chinese team is the United States.
But no fan felt regret. After all, it was already amazing that the Chinese team was able to reach this level. This was a historical breakthrough. As for defeating the United States and entering the finals... orge on, although a man is a teenager until his death, a man is not a fool, that is the American team!
I don’t know if the NBA in the United States is unwilling to cultivate an opponent for themselves or because I don’t look down on the World Championships at all. Anyway, every time I come to participate, there are very few NBA super giants who will show up together.
Especially now, there is no Kobe, no James, no Howard, and no Chris Paul... Among the best five-man recognized by the league, this Dream Team is missing four, and it is not impossible to call it "American Team 2", but this Dream Team cannot be underestimated.
No matter how low-key they are, these people are all NBA players after all!
There are one or two NBA players in other countries who are used as leaders, while the US team is all NBA players. How can we compare the overall advantages?
So Chinese fans joked: "I admit that this Chinese men's basketball team is very strong, but if someone tells me that he believes this Chinese men's basketball team can defeat the American team, my advice to him is to add a few more dishes, otherwise it will be easy to get drunk."
The Chinese commentator was even less optimistic. Teacher Zhang Weiping said it very directly: "Don't talk about winning or losing with the US team. This is a good opportunity for us to learn. Just lose less and win. We fans don't yell at defeating the US team or something. Now our Chinese men's basketball team is so successful that it is to enter the semi-finals. You should eat and drink, celebrate and be happy. Don't think about the others."
Some angry young people who don’t understand football criticized Teacher Zhang for admiring foreign countries and bewitching foreigners. They surrendered before they even fought. This is surrenderism.
But in fact, those who really understand the ball are very clear. The strength of the Chinese team is illusory strength, and it is supported by Zhou Mubai alone. The strength of the American team is not only strong in individuals, but also strong in the overall situation. This is all-round strength!
Anyone who has played the ball knows that there is actually a way to limit the opponent’s strength, but if each opponent is strong, it will make people desperate.
Of course, it is not just domestic fans and commentators. Foreign commentators believe that the Chinese team has no hope of facing the United States, which is determined by absolute strength.
In fact, let alone the fans and commentators, there is a feeling of satisfaction in the Chinese men's basketball team, and they are also proud of it. After all, they have created a historical record of the Chinese men's basketball team. As for defeating the US team to enter the finals, they dare not think about such a thing. They think it is natural to lose. It is not a crime of war, because the opponent is too strong.
Of course, you still have to fight hard. Although you don’t have a big chance of winning, you can lose less if you lose less. If you really get beaten by fifty or sixty, it would be really embarrassing!
Zhou Mubai is quite satisfied with this emotion.
When facing an enemy, the most feared thing is to be afraid before you fight.
Although the players now think they will lose, they still retain a desperate mentality. This state is actually quite good, and the pressure is not too great. In this case, they will perform better.
If you are determined to win and your opponent is too strong, the players will be very nervous and play very restrained, which is difficult to achieve, because nervousness is a natural enemy for basketball far-distance mobilization.
If a sharpshooter is nervous, he will have a high probability of not being able to make a shot that he usually scores every time. At this time, the so-called big heart is very important.
But it is impossible for everyone in the Chinese team to have a big heart, so it is actually quite good to maintain this mentality now.
Deng Huade looked very happy. In his opinion, the Chinese team has already reached this point. It is too difficult to pass the United States, so difficult that he dare not even think about it.
Deng Huade didn't even talk to Zhou Mubai about tactics. He felt that there was no need for this. If he achieved this result, Deng Huade had already achieved success.
Zhou Mubai saw Deng Huade's mentality, and he just smiled and said nothing.
Chapter completed!