Chapter 289: Group Qualification
Yunas held his forehead in distress, and Yunas was very familiar with the two teams running on the court. The side was the Chinese team he had coached, while the other side was the team of his own motherland.
Before the game started, Yunas knew that this would be a fierce battle. But what he didn't expect was that the game would actually be in the direction of yi's downward direction.
In the last World Championships in Japan, the Greek team passed the hurdles and reached the finals, but they lost to the Spanish team that was in full swing in the finals. This year, Paul Gasol did not participate in the World Championships, and the Greek team came to Türkiye with ambitions.
But today, this first group match in Ankara, Türkiye, made the Greeks' confidence a big blow.
In the first game, the Greek media all agreed that their team could undoubtedly have a good start. The only guy who needs attention is Anjie.
As it turned out, the Greeks only guessed half of them correctly. Anjie did cause them a lot of trouble, but Yi Jianlian's performance was also dazzling.
At the beginning of the game, Greece and China played very fiercely. The scores of both sides were anxious and had offense and defense. However, after Deng Huade changed his defensive strategy in the second quarter, the entire attack of Greece suddenly collapsed.
"We defend the joint defense and let them shoot from the outside, An! Strike their inside attack!" Deng Huade drew on the tactical board. This joint defense arrangement is not complicated, but it is enough for Greece today.
So in the second middle, the situation of the game changed drastically. An Jie and Yi Jianlian's inside combination defended the basket, forcing the Greek team to fail to attack in the inside several consecutive times.
Greek center Shore Chanitis is a guy who aims for nBa. He also has a bad nickname, "Little Shark".
The reason why he got this nickname is because this guy is strong and has huge strength, and his playing style is mostly rampant, which is completely different from a European inside player.
But the "little shark" of the Lakers was so helpless that Anjie had no choice. What kind of storm can this little shark in Greece cause?
On the offensive end, he was not in the upper hand and planned to use his strength and tonnage to eat Anjie. He tried several times to help the Greek team dig a gap in the inside, but Anjie also used two consecutive blocks to make this guy feel sorry for this guy. Basketball cannot be won by just being strong. Anjie admitted that even if he puts his strength in nBa, it is still very outstanding, but in other aspects... it is simply unbearable!
In Greece you are a little shark, and in front of Angel, you are just a little goldfish.
Afterwards, the Greek team's guard group also launched an impact on the Chinese team's inside line. However, under the protection of Anjie and Yi Jianlian, their efficiency in breaking through and attacks was extremely low. FIBA did not have a three-second defense rule, so Anjie could shrank the basket, leaving the Greek team's inside line offense helpless.
Helplessly, Yunas could only look for opportunities on the outside. But the cold touch of the Greek team today added their deaths. The defense of the Chinese team's outside players was not very good, but today the Greek team just couldn't score goals. Perhaps the frustration of the inside offense also affected their outside feel.
The Greek team's offense has stagnated, and China's offense is no worse than defense. With Anjie's support, Yi Jianlian's men have benefited more than just him.
Liu Wei's interspersed running position will always be found by An Jie, so this national team's veteran qualification also has many opportunities for overhead baskets. Wang Shipeng has repeatedly gained room for fire from Yi Jianlian's off-ball pick-and-roll. If the Chinese team used to organize attacks by point guards, their passes might be too early or too slow, which would make the opportunity was wasted. But now when the Chinese team relies on An Jie to operate, this situation has not resurrected.
As long as Wang Shipeng is empty, basketball will always find him in time. The only thing this small forward needs to do is to throw the ball into the empty basket.
As for Yi Jianlian, his internal communication and An Jie are even more exquisite. Of course, what makes the Greek team the most trouble is An Jie's independent attack.
Since the beginning of the game, Anjie has only missed the ball, and that ball was Anjie's mid-range shot from the open mid-range shot, which has nothing to do with Shore Chanitis' defense.
It can be said that as long as Anjie wants, he can score! The Greek team's little Sharks are not comparable to Bynum, not to mention that even if Bynum comes, it cannot stop Anjie's attack.
Although the Greek team was still insisting and although Yunas was still roaring on the sidelines, in the end, they still failed to survive the butcher's destruction.
Yunas used all his trump cards and tried to fight the Chinese team to the end at all costs. But Anjie did not give them a chance. He used yi's basket dunks and violent blocks to completely shatter the Greek team's dream.
All Greek fans were stunned and could not believe their eyes. They, who were second in the World Championships last year, lost to the Chinese team that was not favored before the game! The person who caused this was not Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, who were familiar to them, but An Jie!
The feeling of winning in the national team uniform is completely different from that of nBa. Although An Jie will not talk about patriotism all day long, this sense of honor for winning glory for the country will come to him.
28 points, yi 5 rebounds, yi yi assisted and blocked 5 blocks, and Anjie won a large triple-double. You should know that this is the data that Anjie did not get with all his strength. If he was asked to show his state in the playoffs with the Lakers, it would probably be impossible for him to score 4o2o.
The Greek little shark threatened to go to nBa this summer, but this game obviously made him feel the difference between himself and nBa.
Although Angel is so much higher than him, Shore Chanitis' agility and degree are not as good as Angel. Apart from brute force, he has no point in being called an advantage. Like Su Wei, this guy also shows that there is a huge gap between himself and nBa.
In addition, under the organization of Anjie, everyone scored in double digits. On the bench, there were roughly 2 points.
8yi to 99, the Chinese team dominated the game since Deng Huade used joint defense and ended. The last time the Chinese team beat Greece in an international competition dated back to 24 years ago. Unexpectedly, the situation has been completely changed because of Yi's personal appearance.
The Chinese team not only won the game, but also won the game with a huge difference of 18 points. Greece is also an international strongman, but in front of the Chinese team led by Anjie, they are simply unable to stand the attack!
In the first game of the World Championships, fans not only saw Anjie, who had a brand new body, but also saw an incredible Chinese team. They beat Greece, and many Chinese fans just thought casually before the game. Unexpectedly, this casual thought actually became a reality.
"He is such a guy, and I knew An would play well for a long time." This was the comment from Anger's teammate when the media interviewed Durant. If anyone knows Anger's strength best in this World Championships, it is undoubtedly Durant and Westbrook.
"The Chinese team is not a weak team. As long as we are there, we must be careful even if we play with the Chinese team." Westbrook naturally gave Anjie a high evaluation.
Just as there were overwhelming cheers, on August 29, the Chinese team expected to win again.
Faced with the Ivorian team, which is recognized as the weakest in the group, the Chinese team did not underestimate the enemy or have no mercy. As an unknown team in the African region, Ivorian was more about experiencing the atmosphere of the competition at the World Championships. Victory is just a luxury for them.
Since the beginning of the second quarter, the Chinese team has been ahead of their opponents. This lead has been maintained by the Chinese team until the end.
In the entire fourth quarter, Deng Huade did not even let An Jie play, but the Chinese team still easily won the game.
Yi Jianlian scored a game-high 26 points. Anjie didn't play in the fourth quarter, but he also scored 20 points and 8 rebounds. The Ivory Coast had no way to compete with the Chinese team, the Asian champion, and finally lost the game 85-73 without any suspense.
It was easy to see that the Chinese team won two consecutive victories in the group stage, and the difference in winnings in two games was above yio points. The group qualifying situation was great, and An Jie became famous again.
Before the World Championships began, people were worried about the Chinese team without Yao Ming. But now, Anjie has completely filled Yao Ming's vacancy. Even in terms of supporting football, Anjie has done better than Yao Ming.
The Yi era has not really begun, but the An era has arrived.
However, basketball has never been a personal sport. No matter how powerful An Jie is, he cannot greatly change the current situation of Chinese basketball with his own strength. Some people have been stunned by the Chinese team's two consecutive victories, and even began to shout that the current Chinese team can fight Meng Jiuyi. But the calm fans also made a dissatisfaction.
Deng Huade brought six defenders in this game, but they can only be regarded as a general from a short man. The weak backcourt of the Chinese team has always been a difficult problem. If An Jie were not available, I really couldn't imagine what the Chinese team's offense would be handled.
In the third game afterwards, the Chinese team met another strong opponent. The Russian team is also one of the international strong teams, and there are also nBa-level players such as Mozgov in their team. Although in terms of personal strength, no one in the Russian team can challenge Anjie, in terms of overall strength, the Chinese team is also much worse than others.
Under the leadership of Anjie, the Chinese team and the Russian team were very anxious. Even in the fourth quarter, the Chinese team led the Russian team by nine points.
Just as five minutes left in the fourth quarter were about to end, the problems of the Chinese team were completely exposed. Under the tough defense of the Russian outside players, Liu Wei and Sun Yue made several low-level mistakes, giving the opponent the opportunity to easily switch points.
Relying on the mistakes of the Chinese defenders, the Russian team forced a yiwaii attack of 2. With such an attack, the morale of the Russian team was greatly boosted. Since then, the Russian small forward Voroncevic has made consecutive three-pointers from the outside and completely killed the game. If he cannot receive the pass from the defender, Anjie cannot swing it out no matter how powerful he is.
89 to 83, after two consecutive victories, the Chinese team eventually lost to Russia and ushered in its first group stage defeat.
It was not until this time that the Chinese fans woke up from their dreams. The gap between substitutes was huge, and the shortcomings of the slightly poor level of the defender group were finally realized by everyone. Although the Chinese team lost in this game, the Ivorian team defeated Puerto Rico unexpectedly. In this way, the Chinese team with 2 wins and losses will appear no matter how they play in the next game.
It can be said that Deng Huade has completed the task given to him by the Basketball Association. However, fans definitely hope that the men's basketball team can enter the quarterfinals and even create history.
So in the last game of the group stage, Deng Huade let all the substitute players play and let all the players sit on the bench. In this way, the substitute players can not only get exercise, but also get a chance to breathe.
But the result of this is naturally that the host Turkey defeated China without any effort. An Jie only scored 7 points in 5 minutes in this game, and Deng Huade planned to save his ace until the knockout stage before going out.
84 to 68, facing China, which has no desires and no desires, Türkiye, which also has no desires and no desires, easily won the irrelevant victory in the game.
Although they lost two consecutive games, it is an indisputable fact that the Chinese team qualifies as the third in the group. In this regard, the men's basketball team led by Anjie ended their five-day group stage journey. During this period, the Chinese team brought surprises to everyone and also gave them some disappointments.
But no matter what, at least An Jie and Deng Huade have completed the tasks given by the top leaders without any danger. Whether they can continue to make breakthroughs depends on their own.
Chapter completed!