Chapter 142 The First Meeting After The Transaction (1/4)
After playing a fiba-intensity game, Lin Yu deeply felt the gap between the NBA and other basketball leagues.
With Andrea Bargnani, NBA prospect Marco Belinelli, and an excellent European tactical system, the Italian team is not weak, but in this game, they were completely beaten by the Chinese team
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To be precise, he should have been tortured by Lin Yu and Yao Ming.
Compared to the Yao-Lin combination, which scored 63 points, 22 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks, the performance of the Italian team's internal and external core was much worse.
Andre Bargnani was okay. Facing the UAE's defense, the new NBA No. 1 pick still scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Marco Belinelli, who made 3 of 11 shots, was completely outmatched by Lin Yu.
At the end of the game, Marco Belinelli, who had been abused all game, put his hands on his hips and looked blankly at Lin Yu, who was celebrating his victory on the court.
"Is this an NBA-level guard?" He looked up at the technical statistics and shook his head secretly: "The gap between him and me is too big. We still need to work hard..."
On the other side, Andre Bargnani is even more looking forward to his upcoming NBA season. He is looking forward to playing against star insiders like Yao Ming on the NBA court.
Lin Yu and his teammates celebrate the victory.
He and Dayao gave each other a high-five, and Dayao even touched Lin Yu's head affectionately, and then the two of them walked together towards the players' tunnel.
In this game, Dayao really felt that in the fiba arena, with a top outside defender like Lin Yu who can defend, mid-range and long-range shots and pass the ball as a teammate, his pressure was suddenly relieved a lot.
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Italy is not weak, but the Chinese team won this game easily.
Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping in the commentary box were very excited. Yu Jia kept sighing: "This victory is too important. After winning against Italy, the Chinese team's situation of qualifying for the group stage is very good!"
Director Zhang also continued: "With two more wins, the Chinese team can go into battle lightly and try to challenge the American team."
"The U.S. team is still too strong. Although they lost the Olympic championship two years ago, their strength on paper is real. The Chinese team has little chance, but they still have to fight hard."
There are a total of 24 teams in the group stage, and every 6 teams are divided into a group. In this World Championship, the Chinese team’s Group D is a bit like the group of death.
They have to face competition from the United States, Italy, Puerto Rico, Slovenia and Senegal. Except for Slovenia, the other five teams are not considered underdogs.
In terms of paper strength, the US team is the only one, followed by Italy and China, with Puerto Rico and Senegal slightly behind.
The rules of the group stage are that 6 teams compete in a single round-robin, winning a game will get 2 points, losing a game will get 1 point, and the top four teams in the group will advance to the knockout rounds.
Therefore, although it is a group of death, the situation of the Chinese team is still very optimistic, but the ranking is related to the subsequent knockout rounds.
The higher the ranking, the higher the chance of encountering relatively weak opponents in the knockout round.
In the previous life, the Chinese team lost to Italy and Puerto Rico one after another, and only won against Slovenia and Senegal. Finally, it entered the knockout round in fourth place in Group D, and then faced the stronger Greek team, and finally fell in the quarter-finals.
Therefore, the group stage, which seems to be just a formality, is related to the subsequent knockout rounds. For the Chinese team that aims to go further, every game in the group stage cannot be missed.
After winning against the Italian team, the Chinese team's qualifying situation suddenly became optimistic, but they still have to continue to work hard and win every game they should win.
After the game against Italy, Lin Yu and Dayao stayed at the Sapporo Arena together, because the next game was the US team against Senegal.
The American team is the Chinese team's formidable enemy, and Senegal is not weak at all. There is still the possibility of the Chinese team overturning.
Lin Yu and Dayao, who were paying attention to their opponents, naturally couldn't miss this opportunity to directly observe their opponents.
Several young people on the team also stayed, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian, Chen Jianghua and Wang Lei...
After waiting for about an hour, when the game was about to start, the American Dream Team appeared.
In this year's World Championships, the star power of the American team is not so dazzling. None of the members of the 1996 golden generation came, and they were led by the 2003 platinum generation.
Anthony, James and Wade are the captains, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul are the starters at the other two positions, and the substitutes include Chris Bosh, Kirk Hinrich, Joe Johnson, Antoine-
Jamison, Shane Battier, Brad Miller and Elton Brand.
Basically they are the younger generation who have entered the NBA through the draft in recent years.
Lin Yu and Dayao were sitting in the front row. Dayao's huge figure was very conspicuous. Soon, the stars of the US team noticed Lin Yu and Dayao on the sidelines.
James walked over directly, greeted Dayao first, then stretched out his right hand towards Lin Yu and gave him a hug.
"Lin, this should be our first meeting after the transaction. How about it? Do you have any plans after today's game? How about we go out and communicate together? In the new season, we can join forces to kill everyone."
Lin Yu happily agreed: "Okay, then I will wait for you to finish this game."
Wade, Anthony and Bosh also came over to say hello, and the sidelines of the Sapporo Basketball Stadium had turned into an exchange meeting for NBA stars.
Then, when the game started, the U.S. team defeated the Senegal team cleanly.
"Although Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd are not here, the strength of the US team is still terrifying. It is too difficult to beat them."
Dayao left the arena first with emotion.
Lin Yu followed LeBron James and found a well-secluded restaurant in downtown Sapporo, had a meal of Japanese food, and chatted with each other.
For next season, James has lofty goals.
"The Pistons are old, and so are the Heat. Next season, the only strong team in the Eastern Conference is the Celtics. We want to become the top team in the league, and then in the playoffs,
go further."
Regarding James' ambitious goal, Lin Yu could only nod in agreement.
He has also thought about his goals for next season. Partnering with James, the playoffs are certain.
In the history of the previous life, the Cavaliers in the 2006/07 season reached the finals, but in this time and space, it is very difficult for the Cavaliers to reach the finals again.
Because they have to face the younger Celtics Big Three.
Lin Yu doesn't have many goals and requirements for the team's performance, but he does have many goals and requirements for himself.
First of all, All-Stars are inevitable. Secondly, the best defensive team must also be maintained. Other than that, it is data.
He needs to average 20 points per game, he needs to average 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game. If he wants to achieve them all, it will be quite difficult.
On the second day of the World Championships, the Chinese team played against the Puerto Rico team again at the Sapporo Basketball Arena. They won a 90:67 victory and successfully won two consecutive victories.
Then two days later, still in Sapporo, the Chinese team defeated Slovenia, the only team in Group D. After three consecutive victories, they had the same points as the US team, which defeated Senegal, Puerto Rico and Slovenia, and ranked top two in Group D.
In the next game, the Chinese team’s opponent will be the American team.
