The first round of the group stage ended quickly.
Among them, the eight teams with the best records will directly enter the quarterfinals. The Chinese men's basketball team was also lucky this time. It was assigned to Group E and did not enter Group F like the Australian team.
This grouping makes the Chinese men's basketball team's path to the championship undoubtedly easier.
The opponent in the quarterfinals is also the Chinese men’s basketball team’s old enemy, the Kimchi National Team.
Compared with the dominant performance of the Chinese men's basketball team that once dominated Asia, the Kimchi Chinese men's basketball team is undoubtedly much worse.
Perhaps it is precisely because of their poor overall combat effectiveness that the Kimchi Nation men's basketball team spent a lot of effort this time for the Asian Cup qualifiers. They spent a lot of money to naturalize two American mixed-race players with Kimchi Nation ancestry.
The two of them, inside and outside, immediately raised the strength of the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team to more than one level.
In the hotel room where the China Men's Basketball Team stayed, before the quarterfinals officially started, head coach Xu Lei also called the players together to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents.
"The two foreign players in the Kimchi Nation men's basketball team are both very strong. One is playing for the Real Madrid club in Europe, and the other is a rising star in the NCAA. It is said that he will participate in the NBA draft next season... He is still there. I played in professional leagues in South America for a while..."
"The foreign player who plays in Real Madrid is called James Ryan, and the name of Kimchi Country is Park Junsu... Of course, we can just call him James Ryan. This guy is very strong and is also a member of the main lineup in the European League. He grabs rebounds. The ability to catch the ball and protect the rebounds is outstanding..."
"Another young man playing in the NCAA is named Mikal Glenn. His ball-handling ability is very good. He is a top-notch defender in the NCAA. His ability to organize offense is also pretty good...According to his performance in the professional league Based on performance analysis, this guy must be our strong enemy..."
"In the previous group matches of the Kimchi Nation men's basketball team, these two teamed up to win most of the Kimchi Nation's scores. It can be said that as long as we can restrain them, we will be able to win..."
While the head coach Xu Lei was analyzing, he also asked the assistant coach to take out all the previous game videos. The players also listened carefully and watched the game video about the Kimchi National Men’s Basketball Team together.
After the video analysis was completed, head coach Xu Lei also cheered everyone on.
"You don't have to put any pressure on me. I think we can definitely beat them...so we can just play normally in tomorrow's game. Two foreign players can't change the fact that they are too weak..."
After Xu Lei spoke, Zhao Feiyang, the team's strongest player, also stood up.
"Brothers, don't think too much, we will definitely win...Except for the Australian team, no other team in the Asian Cup qualifiers can currently hinder us... "
"So everyone just needs to go all out..."
Zhao Feiyang's speech also calmed down more players.
The strongest fighters all stated this. They were not worried about the situation being overturned at all. Anyway, they had someone to back them up.
"Fuck...what are you pretending to be...do you really think you can win against anyone?"
After everyone dispersed, Xu Haoran, who was sitting in the crowd, murmured softly.
He looked at Zhao Feiyang with eyes full of hostility. Even if the other party left, the hostility in his eyes did not weaken at all.
"Do you really think you can do anything?"
"I still don't believe it... Do you think you can cover up any situation? If you are 20 or 30 points behind, I don't believe you can still lead the team to catch up..."
"It's okay to brag when playing against a weak team, but now you are so pretentious when playing in the quarter-finals..."
A fire of jealousy burned in Xu Haoran's heart.
At the same time, the Chinese men's basketball players who were waiting for the game also became a little bored.
Being in a foreign country, there was nothing else to do except training every day. Some of the frustrated players quickly took advantage of the break in training to sneak out.
It's not that head coach Xu Lei didn't know about this, but it was just that the person who took the lead in running out was Xin Yong.
This kid didn't mess around, he just went shopping in the mall near the hotel, planning to bring some local specialties to his uncle, and even prepared one for himself.
Therefore, coach Xu Lei could only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know about this matter.
Xin Yong was pretty well-behaved. Apart from shopping, he ate local delicacies and took two or three teammates with him to have some drinks. Until the day before the match day, Xin Yong discovered a wild court not far from the hotel. .
There were many locals at the field court. Xin Yong saw that the basketball atmosphere here was great and couldn't help but want to join in.
When the other party saw that he was from China, he immediately shook his head and waved his hands.
"Chinese? Are you sure you can fight? Although you are very tall, we don't think you can keep up with our speed..."
A big local man said to Xin Yong.
As soon as the other party said these words, Xin Yong immediately became excited, shaking his head and waving his hands at the other party, "No, no, no... Do you guys look down on Chinese players so much?"
"In that case, why don't we take a gamble? How about a one-on-one battle? Ten dollars a ball?"
"Man, are you sure? If you compete in table tennis, I wouldn't dare, but if you compete in basketball, you will definitely lose..."
The other party said very excitedly.
Soon, the two sides stood on the court, and Xin Yong took a stance to challenge the opponent one-on-one.
When the teammates on the side saw this, they were a little worried about what might happen and reminded Xin Yong, "How about forget it! What if the coach finds out? We should keep a low profile abroad... Come back quickly!"
Xin Yong disagreed, "What are you afraid of? I will tell the coach, you don't have to worry..."
As a result, Xin Yong began to challenge opponents on the wild court. As a professional player, his skills were completely one-sided.
This move also surprised the local players on the field.
Many people secretly exclaimed.
"Oh! Why is this guy so powerful?"
"This guy looks very capable... Could he be a professional?"
"Holy crap, this guy can dunk? This dribbling is incredible. I've never seen a Chinese player play so well..."
Just as Xin Yong continued to torture the amateurs and win beautiful knives from them, a group of uninvited guests appeared on the side of the field.
These people were not in a hurry to enter, but stood aside to watch the fun.
"Mikal, did you see that? This guy is the main defender of the Chinese men's basketball team! Do you want to go up and play with him? I think you can 100% beat him..."
The young man on the side looked very calm with his hands in his pockets.
"James, are you laughing at me? Why are you comparing me to a guy like this?"
"But since we are going to play against the Chinese Men's Basketball Team soon, I don't mind teaching these guys a lesson first..."
After that, Mikal Green entered the court, and the basketball happened to roll to his feet. Facing Xin Yong’s gesture of kindly waving at him in the distance and asking him to throw the ball, Mikal Green sneered and said rudely. Kick the ball away with your feet.
Snapped.
The basketball bounced out and almost hit Xin Yong's head.
