Duan returned to China with the NBA championship and FMVP trophy, which is unprecedented.
Moreover, no fan does not want to see the complete men's basketball team.
It is precisely because of this that Doone's men's basketball debut attracted widespread attention and heated discussion across the country.
After Du En arrived at the Jinling Olympic Sports Center, he saw that the stadium was completely surrounded.
There were a large number of media reporters and advertising trademarks in the stadium, and they realized that the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup had received too much attention.
Dunn only played the first half of the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup and could not ensure whether the game would be won.
Now that Duan is the well-deserved team leader of the men's basketball team, he must take responsibility, or even the main responsibility, for losing.
In order to avoid being kidnapped by morality, Du En must be vaccinated in advance, otherwise he will become a historical sinner at a certain stage like Liu Xiang.
Therefore, before the game started, Du En took the initiative to reveal some information during the interview.
“I have only just joined the men’s basketball team, and I am completely unfamiliar with my teammates, coaches, and the tactics used in the game.
Although we have been training together for a while, we can't see much at the moment.
Competition and training are completely different things. Training cannot completely simulate the state of competition.
Judging from my experience playing in the NBA, it usually takes 10 to 15 games for a new player to integrate into a team.
Although I have learned a lot of tactics in the NBA, it is still unknown whether my teammates can cooperate.
In my opinion, if the men's basketball team plays around me, other teammates may not be able to keep up with my pace of play.
Therefore, for the upcoming World Championships, if I want to achieve results, I can only adapt to everyone.
In order to better serve the team and help everyone, I need more time to observe and study.
The Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup is a good opportunity. Our opponents are all very high-level.
Also in order to integrate in faster, I won’t play too much tonight. Basically, I just come here to find out the feeling of playing with everyone.
We are a team and I hope our men’s basketball team can win tonight’s game.
I'm not putting pressure on you, but I hope you can perform at a better level in front of me and in front of the national audience.
Basketball is a team sport, not an individual alone can win the game.
In some ways, how much strength I bring out depends on how well everyone performs. "
Duane said this before the game, although it was not very appropriate.
However, in the early years when Duan participated in the NBA draft, he dared to speak nonsense in front of a national audience. Now it is more normal to go his own way.
The audience in front of the TV has great expectations for Duen. At the same time, because of Duen's honors in the NBA, they will be relatively more convinced and tolerant.
And because the European men's basketball team performed relatively poorly in training some time ago, some reporters immediately gave their own interpretations on the spot.
Facing questions from different reporters, Duen was not that aggressive. He just gave his men's basketball teammates more expectations and tolerance, saying that they would work together to overcome the difficulties that may arise in the future.
Some reporters were not very satisfied with Dun's answer, but under the arrangements of the official staff on site, the pre-match interview ended quickly.
Speaking of this year's Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup, a total of six teams participated.
In addition to the men's basketball team, there are also men's basketball teams in Greece, France, Australia, Germany and Brazil.
The first three are teams in Group A, while the German and Brazilian men's basketball teams are in Group B with the Chinese men's basketball team.
The format of the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup is that each team will play one game in the group stage, and then the finals will be decided by points.
The first team in the group will play the first team in the group to compete for the championship and runner-up. The second place in the group will play the second place in the group, and they will be divided into the third place and the semi-finals. The third place player in the group and the third place rookie in the group peck each other.
In the three days before the group stage, Group A and Group B each play one game each day.
Tonight in Group A, Greece plays Australia.
Group B will naturally have the men's basketball team as the host.
The opponent is the German men's basketball team, and the core of the team is Duan's opponent in the NBA Finals not long ago - the Mavericks' boss Dirk Nowitzki.
If Dunn had not said in advance that he would not play too many tonight, the domestic media might have turned this game into an NBA Finals-level battle.
No matter whether the game is won or lost, it is not the result Du En wants.
However, after getting vaccinated, Du En could not predict what would happen after the game.
In order to avoid trouble, Du En decided to be a little more serious when he played next, at least to perform better in terms of scoring.
After all, when leading a men's basketball team, just organizing is of no use.
The men's basketball team must have someone who can do C. Those who have the ability to play like Jordan are undoubtedly the best. If they are not good enough, they can play like Kobe. If they are really not good enough, they can play like Westbrook. But if they play like Kidd, it will be over.
Closer to home, after the opening game of Group A between Greece and Australia, it was soon the turn of the men's basketball team to play the group stage against Germany.
The men's basketball team sent out a starting lineup of Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Du En, Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming.
As Wang Zhizhi stood in the center circle and jumped the ball on behalf of the men's basketball team, the game began.
Being able to return to China to play, Wang Zhizhi was more active and put the ball back into the backcourt as soon as he came up.
However, Wang Shipeng didn't seem to be very active. The German team players rushed forward to grab the ball, but the ball that was supposed to be received was pushed into the air, and he quickly grabbed the ball.
Fortunately, Du En had quick eyesight and quick hands. He stepped forward to exert physical confrontation and completed the steal in the blink of an eye.
Considering that the fans at the scene were looking forward to his performance, Du En didn't bother Liu Wei and just dribbled the ball by himself.
"No need to pick and roll, just open it up for me, I want to play in singles!"
FIBA is crowded inside, but the only advantage of this men's basketball team is that there are no shortcomings in shooting, and everyone on the court can shoot.
Du En wanted to fight alone as soon as he came up. Naturally, the others had no objection and spread out.
When the audience saw this scene, they immediately stood up from their seats in excitement.
In the past, have any Chinese outsiders dared to play singles with the ball?
Aren’t they all watching Liu Wei slowly dribbling the ball outside the three-point line and looking for opportunities to pass to Yao Ming?
Or could Yao Ming just run high to catch the ball, use himself to attract the defense, and act as a setter to pass the ball to other teammates for a better finish?
It can only be said that after a long drought, there will be rain. Du En's skill of holding the ball in singles is really new to the men's basketball team!
Duan did not disappoint the audience at the scene and in front of the TV. As soon as he came up, he took a few tentative steps and immediately collected the ball and took off to shoot.
Fiba's three-point line is much shorter than that of the NBA, and Duan's three-point shots are more casual.
In addition, Duan's height is also quite buggy for fiba games.
The men's basketball team is famous for its strength in the paint. Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are waiting in the paint, and it is impossible for the German team to send big men out to interfere with Duan's shooting.
As Duen pulled out a three-pointer, he only heard a swipe, and the sound of the net was clear and ear-piercing.
"Too strong, is this Du En?"
"As expected of an NBA champion, isn't Duen too strong?"
"It's dawn, and the men's basketball team finally has hope!"
"I finally understand why Coach Zhang always emphasizes passing the ball to Du En. It is reasonable for Du En to attack with the ball!"
Duan conquered the domestic fans with a steady three-pointer from the beginning.
However, fans were not very satisfied with the performance of others.
The problem with the men's basketball team is not only the difficulty in scoring in the second half, but also the defense that needs to be corrected.
There are few good defenders in the entire men's basketball team, and tonight Wang Zhizhi faced off against Nowitzki, just like Li Gui met Li Kui, being beaten one-sidedly.
If Duan doesn't play, Wang Zhizhi can actually hit Nowitzki with the ball.
The problem is that Du En is the first offensive option of the men's basketball team, Yao Ming is the second scoring point, and Wang Zhizhi is the only one left.
The imbalance of offense and defense is the first problem exposed in the men's basketball team.
Fortunately, after a few days of training, Duen has regained the feeling of playing the game. His condition is not bad when he comes up. His outside shooting alone can give the German team a drink.
In the past, it was already great for a men's basketball outside player to score ten points in a whole game, but it seems that Duan does not need to use other skills, just relying on three-pointers is enough.
However, it is a warm-up match after all. It is impossible for Duen to directly transform into Jordan or Kobe. It would be more difficult to play this way. Secondly, he would not be able to integrate into the team or inspire other teammates.
Passing the ball to Yao Ming, Liu Wei can also do this kind of work.
Now that Du En has come to the men's basketball team, he will definitely have to do some more advanced work.
After making 3 of 4 three-pointers in the opening game, Duan began to post up and hit the basket, attracting the defense and looking for opportunities to pass to Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi.
The German team's inside line was stuck under the basket and it was difficult for Doon to break through.
Playing slowly with the back up can better mobilize the German team's defensive attention.
The German team doesn't know how long Doon will play tonight, but their idea is simple, to win tonight's game.
Given that Duen just won the championship and FMVP in the NBA not long ago, it is natural that he pays more attention to Duen.
Fiba rarely double-teams from the outside, so it can only passively wait for Duen to enter the elbow area with the ball, and then double-team.
Du En also calculated this, so after being flanked, he immediately threw the ball to his teammates inside.
I have to say that Yao Ming's finishing ability at the basket is still very strong, hooks, dunks, rebounds...
Inside players need offensive skills, and Yao Ming has no shortcomings.
After Duan took the lead with the help of transition offense and scored in double figures with fast break dunks, Yao Ming quickly became the second player on the men's basketball team to score in double figures.
However, other players did not have the chance to touch the ball. Du En broke through and passed the ball to Liu Wei and Wang Shipeng for them to try their hand, but they failed to seize the opportunity.
When Du En plays on the court, he must lead the team to gain an advantage, so he doesn't focus on giving them touch.
In this way, it will be difficult for others to make new breakthroughs in their scoring data.
Of course, under the leadership of Du En and Yao Ming, the men's basketball team scored 23 points in the first quarter, and the performance was still acceptable.
The German team scored 19 points, 4 points behind the men's basketball team.
In the second quarter, because Yao Ming did not play much time, he only played 4 minutes, and Du En only played 7 minutes.
Therefore, although the men's basketball team still maintained its advantage, it did not further widen the point difference.
After the first half, the men's basketball team only had a 5-point lead.
In the third quarter, Yao Ming only played for 5 minutes, and did not play in the fourth quarter.
It can be said that in the second half, the men's basketball team mainly relied on Wang Zhizhi to lead the team.
However, Wang Zhizhi's offensive and defensive performance against Nowitzki was average.
After the whole game, although he scored in double figures, he made 4 of 9 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
As an inside player, this shooting percentage and scoring efficiency are obviously relatively average.
Not to mention that Nowitzki scored 23 points tonight, most of which were scored by Wang Zhizhi.
Also because they failed to guard Nowitzki, the German team relied on Nowitzki's outstanding performance in the fourth quarter tonight to win the final victory by 4 points.
82 to 78. Although the men's basketball team lost its first game as the host, Du En and Yao Ming still deserve recognition as the core of the men's basketball team.
Duan played 17 minutes in the first half and made 6 of 8 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Naturally, no one can fault him.
Except for some fans who accused Dunn of not playing in the second half and sitting back and watching the men's basketball team lose, there were not many harsh voices.
On August 13, when the men's basketball team played against Brazil, Duan scored 21 points in the first half.
Relying on the advantages accumulated by Du En in the first half, the men's basketball team basically became more and more difficult to score in the second half, and it became less and less. In the end, it still led by 3 points and won the game.
Duan can get 20+ in half-time, but can't get 40+ in the whole game?
In a fiba game, you only get 70 or 80 points per game.
Duan's explosive scoring power and super personal ability really left the little guys with nothing to talk about.
Fans still say that the other players in the men's basketball team are not strong enough and are not worthy of being Duane's pendant.
Of course, there will still be a large number of fans looking forward to the Yao-Du team playing the entire game.
However, until August 15, the day of the Stankovic Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup final, Doan still only played the first half.
And because the opponent French team was very good and Yao Ming did not play the entire game, in the end the men's basketball team failed to win the game under the leadership of Wang Zhizhi.
With Stankovic's Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup ending in fourth place with one win and two losses, the men's basketball team's warm-up match before the start of the World Championships has also been completely completed.
All we have to do next is wait for the World Championships to start!
The Yao-Du team that domestic fans miss so much will also go all out on the World Championships stage.
(End of chapter)
