The Chinese team gained two days of valuable rest after advancing to the quarterfinals.
The members of the men's basketball team did not let the victory go to their heads, and still worked hard to prepare for the game.
Just as the Chinese team was fully preparing for the game, the winners and losers of several other knockout groups were determined one after another.
The teams that advanced to the quarterfinals are: the United States, Turkey, Spain, Argentina, Serbia, Slovenia, and Lithuania.
At the same time, the schedule for the quarterfinals was officially released.
The Chinese team will face its old rival Spain on September 9.
In the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese team had a chance to defeat the Spanish team, the European king, but something unexpected happened, causing the Chinese team to lose to the Spanish team, which was a great pity.
This time the Chinese men's basketball team will seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, with all members working together and actively preparing for the game, determined to win this game and make up for the regrets of 2008.
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The two days of preparation time passed quickly, and the time soon came to the start of the quarter-finals.
September 9, Ankara National Stadium.
The quarterfinal match between the Chinese team and the Spanish team has officially begun.
The starting lineup sent by the Spanish team is: Rubio, Navarro, Fernandez, Felipe Reyes, Gasol.
The starting lineup sent by the Chinese team is: Sun Yi, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu, A Lian, and Yu.
Head coach Deng Huade made adjustments to the starting lineup, allowing Sun Yue, who is faster and has the advantage of height and arm length, to start and specifically defend the opponent's shooting guard.
In this game, the Chinese team changed their playing style and asked the Spanish team to compete defensively.
In the jump ball session, the United Arab Emirates defeated Gasol to touch the basketball first and moved back to the backcourt, giving the Chinese team the first opportunity to attack.
After Sun Yi caught the ball, he quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.
Rubio did not press forward, but retreated to the three-point line, waiting for Sun Yi to arrive.
Sun Yi dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, glanced at Rubio, who was one step away from him, deliberately exposed the ball, and at the same time directed his teammates to move.
The Spanish golden boy has just turned 20 years old at this time. It is a period of youth and frivolity. He will definitely not give up such an excellent opportunity when it arises.
So, Rubio suddenly started to rush forward and cut the ball.
Rubio's actions were seen by Sun Yi, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and then he immediately reacted, slapping the basketball vigorously, dribbling behind his back and changing hands, and broke through to the three-point line.
Because things happened so quickly, the other Spanish team players could not react and could only watch Sun Yi make an emergency stop for a mid-range jumper.
Sun Yi did not disappoint the "audience" who paid attention to him, and steadily hit jumpers to give the Chinese team the lead.
The ball is transferred and the Spanish team attacks.
Rubby came to the frontcourt with the ball and frowned slightly when he saw Sun Yi standing on defense near the free throw line.
Not many people know about his poor shooting ability, and he rarely made jump shots in previous games. He tried his best to hide his shortcomings, thinking that the scene in front of him was just a coincidence.
Sun Yi looked at Rubio who was controlling the ball outside the three-point line, and at the same time, he paid attention to whether other Spanish players would step forward to pick and roll.
Although the effect of the pick-and-roll near the free throw line is not very good, it still has to be defended.
Gasol, who was standing near the penalty area, saw Sun Yi's position and did not step forward for a pick-and-roll. Instead, he took his defender out of the penalty area and created a breakthrough opportunity for Rubio.
Rubio, who was controlling the ball at the top of the arc, saw this situation and knew what his teammates meant, so he could only bite the bullet and break through to the basket.
Sun Yi quickly moved sideways to block, straightening his arms and keeping close to Rubio, while providing physical confrontation.
Spain's golden boy is not as physically strong as Sun Yi, and he almost lost the ball after the physical confrontation.
Seeing this, Sun Yi did not cut the ball easily, but forced Rubio to stop.
After Rubio was forced to stop, he hurriedly hugged the ball in his arms, with only one thought in his mind: pass the basketball in his hand as quickly as possible.
But his vision was severely blocked and he didn't dare to pass the ball easily.
The other players of the Spanish team saw this scene and immediately stepped forward to respond.
At the same time, he ran over quickly and flanked Rubio with Sun Yi.
In this situation of men on top of men, the Spanish golden boy has given up the idea of passing the ball.
In the end, the Chinese team prevented the Spanish team from violating the rules for 24 seconds.
The Chinese fans in the audience were extremely excited.
In the past, the Chinese team was so guarded by other countries that it was difficult to even take a shot. Now the situation is reversed, and there is a feeling of pride and elation.
Returning to the court, Sun Yi quickly dribbled the ball forward. After arriving in the frontcourt, he observed the Spanish team's defensive loopholes and directed his teammates to move.
Rubio, who defended on the three-point line, learned wisely this time and did not try to gamble again.
He roughly stood near the penalty area and quickly ran towards the three-point line according to Sun Yi's instructions.
Gasol, who was guarding the basket, did not follow out and remained in the penalty area.
When he ran roughly outside the three-point line on the right, Sun Yi's pass just arrived.
He received the pass comfortably, without making any adjustments, and directly raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.
The Spanish team's players failed to step forward in time to cover up the defense, giving the Chinese team an opportunity to take an open shot.
Swish!
Hollow into the net!
5:0!
In this attack, the Spanish team paid the price for their arrogance!
It was the Spanish team's turn to attack. Rubby came to the frontcourt with the ball. Seeing Sun Yi's defensive position, he knew that his weakness was exposed.
He knew that it would be difficult to break through Sun Yi's defense with his own strength, so he immediately passed the ball.
Outside the right three-point line, as soon as Navarro received the pass, Sun Yue stepped forward to defend closely and was unable to make the next move.
Reyes immediately ran forward and blocked Sun Yue's left side.
Navarro took this opportunity to release the ball, bypassed the screen, took a step inside the three-point line, and jumped directly to shoot.
Ah Lian, who came from defense, immediately pounced on him and stretched his arms to interfere.
Bang!
The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!
Under the basket, he roughly occupied a favorable position, grabbed the defensive rebound, and then found Sun Yi and passed the ball over.
Sun Yi, who was on a fast break, received the pass, accelerated towards the frontcourt, came to the three-point line, made a fake move to shake Rubio away, and then rushed towards the basket.
Fernandez, who retreated to the penalty area, immediately stepped forward to defend, but was forcefully knocked back by Sun Yi. The defense failed completely.
Sun Yi rushed to the basket, jumped up hard, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
Looking back, the Spanish team changed their style of play and asked Gasol to penetrate the inside.
Roughly relying on his rich experience, he prevented this attack and protected the backcourt rebound.
The Chinese team launched a defensive counterattack again. Sun Yi quickly dribbled forward, attracted the defense, and then passed the ball to the center.
Ah Lian, who followed up later, received the pass, took a big step, jumped into the air, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.
The audience suddenly burst into applause, and cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Spanish coach Juan Antonio immediately requested a timeout and called the players back to the bench to adjust.
Not long after, the timeout ended and the game continued.
After returning, the Spanish team played a double-cover tactic, and Fernandez hit a difficult three-pointer against the UAE's defense, achieving a zero breakthrough.
Before the Spanish team's players could recover, the Chinese team's attack quickly struck.
Sun Yi dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, quickly changed his direction in front of his body, then picked up, ignored Rubio's interference, and threw the basketball in his hand.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hits the net hollowly and hits the target steadily!
The ball is transferred and the Spanish team attacks.
Rubi Olympic ball came outside the three-point line, observed the position of his teammates, and then lobbed the ball inside.
Gasol wanted the ball very deep, and basically had no choice but to let Gasol wreak havoc on the basket.
Looking back, the Chinese team showed tacit cooperation.
Gasol was roughly taken out of the penalty area, and the UAE took the opportunity to cut along the baseline toward the basket.
Sun Yi, who was controlling the ball at the top of the arc, quickly threw the ball towards the basket with quick eyes and hands.
Ah Lian, who rushed to the basket, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air with both hands and dunked it into the basket.
After that, both sides played several beautiful passes and cuts, and the point difference remained within 10 points.
After the first quarter, the score on the big screen was 25 to 17, with the Chinese team leading by 8 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Sun Yi continued to play, while A Lian, Su Yu and others stayed on the bench to rest.
With Sun Yi's own efforts, the Chinese team successfully passed the rotation stage and did not let the Spanish team recover the point difference.
After Ah Lian, Su Yu and others returned, Sun Yi changed his style of play, attracting defensive assists and assisting his teammates to score, widening the point difference again.
At the end of the half, the Chinese team led the Spanish team by 10 points 56-46.
The short intermission ended and the second half began.
After the start of the third quarter, the Chinese team's offense was very smooth under the organization of Sun Yi.
On the other hand, the Spanish team seemed to have a power outage, missing many attacks and making frequent mistakes.
Rubio can be called an undercover agent. He is useless on the offensive end and frequently makes passing mistakes. He is also unable to guard against Sun Yi on the defensive end and makes no contribution to the team at all.
The Chinese team seized the opportunity and quickly launched a defensive counterattack, widening the point difference to more than 20 points in one fell swoop.
Seeing this situation, Spain coach Juan Antonio replaced Rubio, who performed poorly, and replaced him with Calderon.
After Calderon came on to organize the game, the Spanish team's offense became smoother, but the defensive end still couldn't guard against Sun Yi, who was broken into a sieve.
Seeing Sun Yi killing everyone on the court, Spanish team coach Juan Antonio immediately made adjustments and adopted double-teaming measures.
Faced with the Spanish team's double-team, Sun Yi felt very happy and used his excellent passing ability to frequently assist Arab League and others to score.
Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and others have good touch on the outside and have hit three-pointers many times.
The Chinese team blossomed inside and outside, and after it opened up completely, the Spanish team's defense was completely paralyzed, further widening the point difference.
After taking a big lead, the players of the Chinese team did not take it lightly and devoted themselves to the game to avoid a recurrence of the incident in 2008.
Under the control of Sun Yi, the Spanish team was not given any chance to overtake, and the lead was maintained until the end of the game.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Spanish team 95-80 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the World Championships.
In terms of statistics, 4 players from the Chinese team scored in double figures.
As the hero of the victory, Sun Yi once again won the honor of the best player of the game.
In the 35 minutes he played, he scored 36 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Arab League scored a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds; Zhu Fangyu scored 12 points and 2 assists; roughly 17 points and 9 rebounds.
The most outstanding player of the Spanish team is Gasol.
In 32 minutes on the court, he scored a double-double of 16 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks.
After the game, the Chinese team players on the field and the fans in the audience celebrated wildly.
The domestic fans watching this game in front of the TV were equally elated and extremely excited.
Dayao, one of the audience members, even cried with joy.
The Chinese men's basketball team reached the semi-finals of the World Championships for the first time, creating history and writing a new chapter in Chinese basketball.
He understands the significance of this very well, and he is even more looking forward to joining forces with Sun Yi to do a great job in the 2012 Olympics.
Returning to the court, Sun Yi was escorted back to the locker room by the staff after completing the post-match interview.
After entering the locker room, Sun Yi said hello to his teammates and then went to take a shower.
While washing, he opened the system panel and received the mission reward.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the temporary mission: Star World Championship!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for gaining +5 defensive attribute points and 100,000 training points."
After receiving the reward, Sun Yi opened the personal attribute panel to add points.
Spend 5 points to increase the steal attribute to 78 points.
After adding points, Sun Yi took a look at his attributes, nodded with satisfaction, then closed the system panel and quickly took a shower and washed himself.
After taking a shower, Sun Yi changed into casual clothes and returned to the locker room to join the team.
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Over the next two days, several other quarter-finals were decided.
The United States defeated Argentina and advanced to the semi-finals.
The host Turkey team lost to the Serbian team and was unfortunately eliminated.
The Lithuanian team narrowly defeated the Slovenian team and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.
At the same time, the semi-final matchup list was officially released.
Team USA vs Serbia
China team VS Lithuania team
After the matchup table came out, the remaining four teams paid great attention to it, began to study the opponent's playing style, and went all out to prepare for the game.
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Two days later, taking advantage of the momentum of defeating Spain, the Chinese team faced Lithuania.
In this game, the Chinese men's basketball team still played with great momentum.
Under the leadership of Sun Yi, the Lithuanian team's defense line was defeated like a siege.
In order to restrict Sun Yi, Arab League and others from attacking the inside, the Lithuanian team could only adopt a shrinking defense.
But in this game, the Chinese team felt hot from the outside, hitting a total of 15 three-pointers, which completely opened up the game.
Facing the fierce offensive of the Chinese team, the Lithuanian team resisted tenaciously, hoping to wait until the Chinese team players were exhausted in the fourth quarter and take the opportunity to take the lead back.
But this time the Chinese team has the magic needle of Sun Yi.
When the Lithuanian team was chasing points, he used post-up singles to score frequently and stabilized the situation on the court.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Lithuanian team 102-88 and successfully advanced to the finals.
In the final, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the powerful Dream Nine team.
The war is about to break out!
