After the quarter-finals, the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team successfully advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they met their opponent Kazakhstan.
The strength of the Kazakhstan team is relatively average, and their ranking in Asia is not top-notch.
However, this time they are lucky, and the team has two naturalized players from outside Europe. Although they are not star players, they are still quite capable in Asia.
In addition to the team configuration, the Kazakhstan team also had good luck. They were assigned to the weak Group B in the first round of the group stage. After successfully advancing, they met the Indian team in the quarter-finals and finally won with 5 The margin of victory narrowly defeated the opponent.
In this way, they entered the semi-finals until they encountered the Chinese Men's Basketball Team.
Perhaps it was because the Chinese men's basketball team played the island nation so hard in the last game that the other teams were afraid. From the first quarter of this game, as long as Zhao Feiyang was on the court, Kazakhstan's European foreign players and a local player with strong defense were constantly staring at him. Guard Zhao Feiyang.
On the defensive end, they completely focused their firepower on Zhao Feiyang. As soon as he got the ball, someone would immediately come up to interfere.
Although it has little effect, it is not completely useless for Zhao Feiyang. At least this kind of defense bothers him quite a bit.
After the first quarter, the China Men's Basketball Team also saw the intentions of the Kazakhstan team. They knew that the opponent was afraid that the China Men's Basketball Team would beat them like the Japanese team, so they simply replaced Zhao Feiyang and let the new players play the whole game. .
After this adjustment, the Kazakhstan team really gave up its previous style of play and became normal.
It is true that they have European foreign players, but under Zhao Feiyang's deliberate training, Zhang Hao and Xin Yong have been able to shoulder many of the team's responsibilities. There may be a slight gap on the defensive end, but their performance on the offensive end is already quite good. outstanding.
Head coach Su Mingtao also focused more offensive tasks on them, making the backcourt combination of the Chinese men's basketball team more stable.
In this way, the game between the two sides came to an end. Without Zhao Feiyang to "disrupt the situation" on the court, the point difference between the two sides was not large, basically maintaining a gap of 6 to 7 points.
Beep.
The sound of the on-site timer ending sounded, and the match between the Kazakhstan team and the China Men's Basketball Team finally came to an end.
The two sides scored 84 to 88.
The Kazakhstan team finally lost to the China Men's Basketball Team with a 4-point gap.
Although they lost, the Kazakh team seemed very satisfied with the result. After the game, a group of players came over to shake hands, especially their young players, who took the initiative to walk up to Zhao Feiyang. Many of them expressed their admiration to Zhao Feiyang in English.
"Zhao, I'm so happy to play on the same schedule with you! I admire you so much. All the walls of my bedroom are full of your posters..."
"Can you give me an autograph? Although this request seems a bit excessive... If possible, can you take another photo with me? My friends and I like you very much, every game you play None of them were left behind..."
The performance of the young players of the Kazakhstan team somewhat surprised the fans at the scene. Of course, they were more envious.
Many people wanted to take photos with Zhao Feiyang, but unfortunately they did not have such an opportunity sitting in the audience, and the security personnel at the scene could not let them down.
The most unexpected thing is that after the young players took a group photo, the two naturalized players also came to Zhao Feiyang's side.
“Dude, can we take a picture together?”
"We have all seen your game! Oh! You are so strong... You are our strongest player in Asia, no... You are one of the best defenders in the world, not many people Can I compare with you..."
Zhao Feiyang was a little surprised by the compliments from the two foreign players.
Unexpectedly, the other person's next words made him understand instantly!
"Thank you for your kindness... We watched your game against the Island Team. If you insist on playing, I'm afraid our performance may not be as good as the Island Team, and the point difference will be wider... ..”
"But you didn't do this, and neither did your people... Even if we lose such a game, it is still enjoyable for us. It is really a pleasure to play with opponents like you." matter......"
“Long live China-Kazakhstan friendship!”
Perhaps it was the leading role of the core players. Under the pleasant and friendly exchanges between the two sides, the players from the China Men's Basketball Team and the Kazakhstan Team actually stood together. The two sides made a very rare move. They took a photo together. group picture.
The fans at the scene were also very happy about this scene. They gave warm applause and used their status as hosts to welcome these friends who had traveled thousands of miles to China to participate in the Asian Games.
The game ended in a pleasant atmosphere.
The scene filmed by both sides also became big news after the game.
The officials are naturally happy to see this kind of thing. CCTV Sports specially reported on this and also released the post-match interview video.
Especially when the opponent's core players pulled Zhao Feiyang to the C position in the middle of the court to take pictures, the scene was even more heartwarming and interesting.
"Chinese fans very much welcome the players of the Kazakhstan team to China. I hope this Asian Games will be unforgettable for them..."
"Basketball is only part of sports, but this game is a good interpretation of the sportsmanship of the Asian Games and allows people to discover that there are more meaningful things on the field..."
"This is not only a friendly competition, but also the best testimony of the friendship between the people of China and Kazakhstan..."
In short, there are all kinds of praises about this in the news.
Such a clear attitude can make the island team, which had suffered a heavy defeat before, feel resentful. Many Taiwanese fans started trolling on the Internet. They broke the defense and said that the Chinese people treated them differently and deliberately targeted them to embarrass them on the field.
In response to this protest from the Japanese team, the fans from Kimchi Country continued to make all kinds of weird taunts.
"Ridiculous islanders! You should be grateful that this time the Chinese Men's Basketball Team sent only Zhao Feiyang. If the Chinese Men's Basketball Team brought out those stars from the CBA League, they would only lose worse..."
"I am very happy to see the Japanese people being defeated, but unfortunately they are still too kind. If I were Zhao Feiyang, I would definitely open the point difference to 60 points and make these guys a permanent shame in the international arena... ..."
"You can't do this! If you do this, what if those island people don't want to go back and commit seppuku?"
"What's the matter with seppuku? It's not like cutting my belly? They did so many wrong things in the past and now they haven't apologized. What's the point of committing seppuku? As long as he dares to do it, I can buy a knife and give it to him at my own expense. I believe the Chinese people I'm sure everyone is willing to do this..."
