After defeating the Kangaroo Nation, the Chinese team still has three teams left in the group stage, namely Mexico, Slovenia and Lithuania.
And they only need to be able to defeat the Mexican team in the next game, then they can basically lock in a place in the group.
In view of the fact that the men's basketball group stage of the World Cup is basically one game a day, and considering that he will have more physical fitness to face the knockout rounds, Wang Zelin also specially found the men's basketball coach Gong Luminghe after the game against Kangaroo Country.
Team leader Yao Ming.
In his opinion, after the men's basketball team wins Mexico, instead of continuing to fight for two games, it is better to start training in the last two games.
Because in this World Cup, the overall strength of Group D is slightly insufficient compared to the other three groups, so he does not think that China's loss to Slovenia and Lithuania will affect their subsequent knockout matches.
After all, the men's basketball team's goal this year is to win medals...
After all, basketball is a five-person team sport. Even if Wang Zelin's personal strength is at a unique level in this competition, if his teammates on the national team can pass the next two training sessions, their strength will increase a little bit.
In addition, as time goes by, Wang Zelin knows very well that in the future Olympics or World Cup, he will fight side by side with Zhou Qi, Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang and others, so he hopes more than anyone else that these young people can grow up as soon as possible.
And challenging strong teams is the best way to promote their strength growth.
Time flies and comes to September 1st.
The Chinese men's basketball team ushered in their third opponent in the World Cup group stage, the Mexican men's basketball team.
One thing to say is that since the Mexican men's basketball team emerged in 2013 and won the FIBA America's Cup, the world has taken a new look at this team that was not well-known before.
What needs to be known is that from 1974 to 2014, the Mexican men’s basketball team has not qualified for the finals of the Men’s Basketball World Cup for 40 consecutive years.
And if I remember correctly, the Mexicans' waiting until this year finally paid off, and they successfully reached the finals of the Men's Basketball World Cup.
Although in the end it was just history and the citizens could be said to be accompanying the prince to study, this was at least a gratifying start.
Therefore, he knew very well that the Mexican men's basketball team was not as weak as the outside world said. On the contrary, the Mexican men were stronger than the previous two opponents.
then……
In this game, Wang Zelin blocked 11 shots, his highest in a single game since the start of this World Cup, plus 6 assists and 13 rebounds.
In terms of scoring, it was the lowest score since the World Cup, with only 23 points scored.
But anyone who has watched this game from beginning to end knows that Wang Zelin completely put down his boss status tonight and concentrated on doing the dirty work on the defensive end, wanting to link up the team's offense.
But there is no intention to plant willows to create shade.
Even Wang Zelin himself did not expect that his first triple-double in the World Series would come so unexpectedly.
In the end, the Chinese team and the Mexican team played a high-quality offensive battle under FIBA rules, and the Chinese team relied on Wang Zelin's terrifying defense to successfully sanction the Mexican team with 85:72.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Zelin also became the first player to obtain three-party data since the beginning of this World Cup.
The direct impact after the game is:
The calls for re-formulating FIBA rules are getting louder!
I don’t know if this can be considered as shooting a rock at my own home.
However, Wang Zelin is not too worried at this stage. Because he knows that even if FIBA really considers enacting a three-second defensive violation and establishing a reasonable collision zone, it will be considered for the next session, not now.
Since then, the Tianchao men's basketball team has accumulated 6 points with three wins from three games in the group stage, and continues to be temporarily ranked first in the Group D standings.
After the game, return to the hotel.
Wang Zelin did not go out to celebrate with Zhou Qi and others. Instead, he called Yi Jianlian to stay at the scene to watch the next game between Lithuania and Kangaroo Country.
This is not only the third game of the group stage between the two teams, but also affects the next training plan of the Tianchao men's basketball team.
Previously, Slovenia, another strong team in Group D, had won its third group stage victory from Angola and also had 6 points in the standings. However, it was temporarily ranked second due to a smaller point difference than the Chinese team.
According to the competition system, after the group stage, we enter the knockout stage, and the three teams that qualify from Group D need to face the three teams that qualify from Group C.
If Lithuania defeats the Kangaroo Country next, Lithuania will be ranked third with 6 points. If the Chinese team chooses to train in the last two games, without Wang Zelin, Zhou Qi and the others will most likely not be able to defeat Lithuania and Slovenia.
Then, the Chinese team will most likely encounter the 1st place in Group C, the National Dream Eleven, in the 1/8 finals...
A great man once said very well: Strategically, despise the enemy, and tactically, value the enemy!
If Wang Zelin is the only player ranked in this World Series in terms of strength, then the Dream 11 team is undoubtedly the only team in the overall strength ranking.
In the first game of the knockout round, we have to play Dream Eleven. Even Serbia, Lithuania, Argentina and other seeded teams would not dare to jump on their opponents like this!
Therefore, the victory of Lithuania vs. Kangaroo Country is particularly important.
Theoretically speaking, Lithuania is superior to Kangaroo Country in terms of wind strength, and they are the one with a greater chance of winning.
However, as the game progressed, the greatest charm of competitive sports was once again perfectly proved:
You never know what the outcome will be until the last moment!
With Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes and Matthew Dellavedova scoring in double figures, as well as Brad's fluent performance of 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists from the bench, the Kangaroo Nation defeated the Kangaroo Nation in one fell swoop.
The stronger Lithuania was stunned, and finally defeated the Lithuanian men's basketball team, which was arrogant before the game, with a 7-point advantage of 82:75.
"Great, we won!"
"We defeated Lithuania!"
"yeah!!!"
In front of the Kangaroo Nation bench, head coach Andre Marcus Ramani was so excited that he stood up and hugged the team leader Nicholas next to him.
Celebrating their team's victory over Lithuania, they saw the dawn of qualifying!
In the stands.
"Win! Kangaroo Country wins!"
"Okay, little kangaroo!"
"..."
Wang Zelin, Gong Luming, and Dayao were equally excited.
Because in this way, the men's basketball training plan no longer has any worries.
Coincidentally, the scene of several members of the Chinese team celebrating was recorded by a Spanish reporter on the sidelines.
After taking the photo, the Spanish reporter was deeply moved when he saw Wang Zelin's sincere and unpretentious smile in the photo.
have a look,
What is kingly style?
What is sportsmanship?
What is true generosity?
Obviously two days ago, Wang Zelin had just led the Chinese men's basketball team to give the Kangaroo men's basketball team a hard lesson. At that time, it seemed that the relationship between the two teams was no different than that of the enemy who killed his father.
But now, Wang Zelin can give his own applause to his opponent for successfully advancing without redoing it.
This is the true charm of the sport of basketball.
Look at this person, the layout has opened up instantly...