At this time, in a training base of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team on the other side of the ocean, the national team coaching staff was watching the game in real time, and the newly appointed head coach Gong Luming praised it.
Gong Luming, a legend in the Chinese basketball world, was a professional basketball player in China when he was young. After retiring and becoming a coach, he achieved brilliant results.
He once served as the coach of China's men's basketball team and women's basketball team, and was also known as the helmsman of the golden generation of China's men's basketball team. He led the golden generation of the 1996 men's basketball team to 8th place in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, achieving a historic breakthrough.
On February 8 this year, the Domestic Basketball Association has confirmed Gong Luming as the head coach of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team. The Tianchao Men's Basketball Team has a very important task this year, including the Spanish Men's Basketball World Cup at the end of August and the Incheon Asian Games Men's Basketball Team in mid-September.
Competition has long been two huge rocks that have been weighing on Gong Luming's heart.
The Incheon Asian Games in September was okay. At the 2013 Asian Men's Basketball Championship in Manila, Wang Zelin, the new generation leader of China's men's basketball team, had clearly demonstrated his dominance over the Asian basketball world.?
Therefore, the most important thing above is the Men's Basketball World Cup at the end of August.
Unlike the previous time when the Chinese men's basketball team fell into the darkest period in history, the Chinese men's basketball team, as the champion of the 2013 Men's Basketball Asian Championship, qualified to participate in the 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain as the top seed in Asia.
Therefore, the Basketball World Cup in Spain in August has become the most important event for the Chinese men's basketball team this year.
Gong Luming, who had just taken office, was under a lot of pressure at this time. Due to Wang Zelin's emergence, it can be said that it was seamlessly connected with Yao Ming's retirement. The Tianchao men's basketball team did not fall into the darkest period in team history, but seemed to be getting better and better.
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Why do you say it seems?
Because Gong Luming understands very well that the current men's basketball lineup seems to have two NBA-level players in Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian. Especially Wang Zelin, his momentum this year has even surpassed that of Yao Ming when he played for the Mosaics in the past.
Logically speaking, with such an outstanding new leader, shouldn't the Tianchao men's basketball team become stronger?
The fact is that, in addition to the inside players, the current men's national team's back line and forward line have already shown a situation of lack of support.
This national team is in urgent need of new blood.
In other words, the national team urgently needs to find someone who can pass the ball to Wang Zelin and Yi Jianlian.
This person must first control the ball steadily. If he can't even make it past half court, how can he talk about organization.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Gong Luming's mind, and he remembered the young Liaoning player who was promoted to the national team by Wang Zelin during the Asian Championships last year.
But then, he remembered that the little guy from the Liaoning team had played only two games in the regular season this year and was out for the season due to a fracture of his right wrist. He didn't know if it would affect his future game status.
That’s all, let’s wait until the national team training camp and come to the site for an inspection.
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The other end.
While Gong Luming is making various preparations for the Men's Basketball World Cup in Spain, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers is coming to an end.
At this time, the game had entered the final quarter, and the score in the stands was clearly 75:56. The Trail Blazers entered the final stage of the game with a 19-point lead.
Such a huge point difference, coupled with the huge disparity in strength between the two sides' lineups, in everyone's eyes, is tantamount to announcing the Lakers' death sentence in advance.
This is also true. After entering the final quarter, the Blazers played a strong defensive counterattack as always in this game. They relied on defense again and again to make steady progress and expand their advantage step by step until the end of the game.
The whole game finally started without much suspense. It basically showed a one-sided trend. There were no key goals, and there were no dramatic comebacks or capsizes in the gutter.
At 75:107, the Trail Blazers slaughtered the Lakers with 32 points at home and won the first game of the series.
After all, it is the first game of the playoffs, and its significance is extremely important. Even if he is leading by a big score, Tristos does not dare to take it lightly. In addition, the Blazers are mostly young people, which makes Tristos more important at the same time.
Feel free and bold to beat the main force hard.
Wang Zelin played 41 minutes from start to finish, making 14 of 19 shots, 9 of 11 free throws, scoring 39 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.
39-17 in the first game of the playoffs, extremely luxurious statistics that completely blinded the eyes of all media and fans.
The Trail Blazers' defensive goal today was very clear. They targeted Kobe Bryant wildly from the outside, and Wang Zelin took care of Pau Gasol inside, making it basically unable to cause much trouble.
Of course, it would also be inseparable from the outstanding performance of other teammates.
Lillard showed his ironmanlike demeanor as always, reaching a frantic 43 minutes tonight, which made fellow teammate Wang Zelin feel ashamed and said that every mountain is higher than the next.
In terms of personal data, as one of the Big Three of the Trail Blazers in the eyes of the outside world, since Wang Zelin takes higher shots, it is inevitable that Lillard's number of shots will decrease.
Tonight, Lillard took a total of 14 shots and made 7 hits. The overall shooting rate was just 50%. However, the most eye-catching thing about Lillard was undoubtedly 3 of 6 three-pointers, including 3
Two three-pointers came in the second half.
17 points, 11 assists and 2 rebounds!
Lillard also had a double-double in the first game of the playoffs.
As for the last member of the Trail Blazers' Big Three, Aldridge, this silent man continued to make a silent comeback tonight. There were not many eye-catching shots throughout the game. But after the game, people discovered that Aldridge also
Achieved a performance of 22 9.
That night, the news that the Trail Blazers' three giants scored 76 points together shocked the league!
Over there with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant is the Blazers' main focus tonight. Even Wang Zelin on the inside will decisively run out to help defend Kobe Bryant with his teammates as soon as the situation remains unchanged.
By the way, of the 4 blocks in Wang Zelin's statistics column, 2 of them were obtained from Kobe.
A team's crazy targeting caused the aging Kobe to suffer an expected decline in his condition. He made only 7 of 28 shots from the field, with a field goal percentage of just over 40%. In addition, he made 6 of 8 free throws and 2 of 7 three-pointers.
, scored 22 points and failed to save the Lakers' defeat.
"Kobe, do you need me to prepare a fishing rod for you? Or do you have to meet the end of this year and keep the fishing rod from last year?"
After the game, in order to express the so-called sportsmanship of "game second, friendship first", Wang Zelin stepped forward and hugged Kobe.
Of course, my mouth was not idle either.
"Humph, Wang, don't get too proud too early, there are still 6 games to come!"
Kobe growled.
"Don't be kidding, there can't be 6 games, at most 3 games!"