"What? The first game against Chinese Taipei?"
"Damn it! Who drew this lot! This is so lucky! Didn't we lose to them before? We must get back the results this time..."
"What a yarn! It's not difficult for us to beat the Chinese Taipei team, but our group has the Lebanese Men's Basketball Team and the Jordanian Men's Basketball Team. These two teams are not so easy to defeat... It can be said that we are the only ones in this group. The most powerful teams are formed..."
After the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, the draw ceremony for the men's basketball team also started immediately.
According to the Asian Games format, there are a total of 16 men's basketball teams participating in the competition, divided into 4 groups.
These four groups are divided into four groups, ABCD. The top two teams in each group with the best record advance to the quarter-finals.
The eight teams competed in a single-elimination tournament, with the four teams with the best records advancing to the semi-finals, and then only the last two teams were left to advance to the finals.
Unfortunately, after the ceremony, the men's basketball team was assigned to Group A, the strongest among the participating teams.
The four teams in Group A are Chinese Taipei, Lebanon and Jordan.
Except that the Chinese Taipei team cannot pose a threat to the China Men's Basketball Team under normal circumstances, both the Lebanese team and the Jordanian team have certain strengths.
The Lebanese team and the China Men's Basketball Team are old rivals, and the two sides have fought many times. The strength of the Jordanian team is not stable. There have been periods of strength and times of underdogs. The current Jordanian team is just in the stage of rising strength.
Although the players were speechless for such a grouping, they could only adjust their mentality and prepare as soon as possible.
No matter how strong the latter two teams are, there is one thing that the young players of the China Men's Basketball Team are more concerned about.
Losing to the Chinese Taipei team was a shame for them. Therefore, they wanted to make a comeback more than ever and wanted to kill the opponent openly in the official game.
Game day comes quickly and with great anticipation.
Dongguan Bank Basketball Center Arena.
This is originally the home court of the CBA Guangdong team, but for the Asian Games and for the Chinese Men's Basketball Team to have a good competition environment, the organizers specially allocated this venue to the Chinese Men's Basketball Team for the game.
Before the official start of the game, the fans outside the arena were almost crazy and crowded to prepare to enter the arena.
The moment the gates opened, countless fans flooded the infield amid conversation.
"It's okay if we lost last time! If we still can't beat the Chinese Taipei team this time, I don't think we will have to play the rest of the games..."
"That's right. What else can we do if we can't beat a provincial team? Besides, we have Zhao Feiyang here this time! If Zhao Feiyang can't even bring them up, then I think it's better to disband such a team... .”
Fans are buzzing.
Although there was some resentment in his words, many people also had a glimmer of hope because of Zhao Feiyang.
At the same time, in the locker room of the Chinese Taipei team, all the Taipei team players gathered together before the game started with half an hour left.
After head coach Lin Zhongsheng finished explaining today's tactical arrangements, team captain Lin Yu also took the initiative to speak.
"We beat them last time, and this time they definitely want to win the game back... The more this happens, the less we can give up..."
"So... don't underestimate yourself, what will happen even if they have Zhao Feiyang?"
“Are NBA stars great?”
Lin Yu said, trying to inspire everyone's fighting spirit.
Unexpectedly, his words made a group of players look at each other in shock.
"Captain, I'm not actually saying that... NBA stars are indeed amazing. Zhao Feiyang just led the team to win the championship! Although we are not afraid of this Chinese men's basketball team, they didn't have Zhao Feiyang before. ah!"
One of the players spoke up.
What he said immediately aroused the approval of others.
"That's right! NBA stars are very cool!"
"We will definitely not be able to beat him, unless they don't send Zhao Feiyang to play..."
"If you lose, you lose! It's no big deal! We come to the competition just to hone ourselves, not to compete for the championship..."
Hearing a group of teammates say this, Lin Yu was so angry that he almost jumped up and cursed. He grabbed the teammate who was the first to speak and affected the team's morale, leaned into his ear and angrily scolded him, "Gan! Lin Bei tells you, if you think like this before the game has even started, then you might as well abstain." All right!"
"When we go back and see how the fans scold you... Lin Bei will really be pissed off if he has pig heads like you as teammates..."
"Asshole! It's not Lin Bei's brother who wants to abstain..."
Under Lin Yu's strong encouragement, the players of the Chinese Taipei team were temporarily excited and planned to have a head-to-head contest with the China Men's Basketball Team in the first group match.
At the same time, in the locker room of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, completely different from the opponent, the morale of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team is quite high.
The young players are ready from top to bottom.
"Okay! I don't need to tell you how important today's game is... If we can't win this time, then I'm not the only one who has to get out, and you guys can't even think about joining the national team again..."
"In short, your future is in your own hands. I don't care how much you want to win, but we must win..."
After speaking, head coach Su Mingtao began to arrange the team's starting lineup.
As the players expected, Zhao Feiyang still did not appear in the starting lineup. After experiencing so many warm-up matches, Zhao Feiyang is now more like a member of the team's coaching staff. If it is not necessary, he will basically not appear on the court.
Players from both sides entered the stadium one after another.
Beep.
The moment the court timer sounded, their respective starting lineups entered the field.
"Hey! Did you see that? Zhao Feiyang didn't go..."
"Aren't they going to send this guy on the field? Should they not send him now or never let him come up? If they never let him come up, then I'm not afraid of these guys..."
"It doesn't matter how they yell! How we bullied them in the last game, let's just do that this time..."
Without Zhao Feiyang on the court, the young players of the Chinese Men's Basketball Team really cannot deter the Chinese Taipei team.
Snapped.
The referee threw the ball high, both sides jumped up, and the Chinese Taipei team took the lead in getting the ball.
Captain Lin Yu advanced with the ball, and the man who came up to defend him was Zhang Hao.
The two had also played against each other in the previous warm-up match. Zhang Hao's statistics were not bad, but compared to Lin Yu's ability to drive the team into good shape, Zhang Hao's personal ability seemed not that important.
After the ball passed half-court, Zhang Hao went up to mark Lin Yu.
Lin Yu did not act recklessly. After coming on the court, he stood at the top of the arc to observe the situation on the court. He made a gesture, and his teammates came to respond from the wing position. Lin Yu seized the opportunity to open up space.
Uh-huh.
A three-pointer was scored steadily.
