msmithbooks Chapter 785 Reaching the Top 4
Chapter 785 Reaching the Top 4
Chapter 785 Reaching the Top 4
Xie Kai's condition is mediocre. This is his first official high-intensity game, and he is still getting used to it.
The score between the two sides was not high in the first quarter, and the Chinese men's basketball team led by 22 point at 21:1.
In the second quarter of the game, the two sides sent a substitute lineup. The American men's basketball team is still an all-star lineup, while the Chinese men's basketball team's Xie Kai and Yi Jianlian are off. After the young players lost their rhythm, they switched with each other and were quickly beaten There was a wave.
Gong Guidance immediately paused.
Director Gong didn't die, Xie Kai, after all, this was Xie Kai's first high-intensity game after his comeback, blindly letting him play for a long time, he was prone to injury.
Xie Kai played a lot in the previous training games, and his condition is very good, but the strength of the opponents in the training games is uneven. This is the dream team, and the gap in the strength of the opponents is as big as that of the Pacific Ocean.
Director Gong asked Xie Kai to rest more for the sake of the next game. The primary goal of the Chinese men's basketball team is to qualify for the group, and losing to the US men's basketball team does not mean that they cannot qualify for the group.
There is one thing to say, even if the Chinese men's basketball team let Xie Kai play the whole game, it is extremely difficult to win the dream team.Instead of risking the main player's injury and smashing the dream team in the first game, it is better to focus on the following games.
In this game, Xie Kai only played less than 30 minutes, specifically, 27 minutes.His condition is not bad, with 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, the highest in the Chinese men's basketball team.
The American Dream Team is still the stronger side. They finally defeated the Chinese men's basketball team 100:82 and ushered in a good start.
The Chinese men's basketball team is not frustrated by the loss. The opponent is the dream team, and Xie Kai has not fully played on his side. Losing the game does not prevent them from fighting for the right to qualify.
Durant and Xie Kai didn't have much communication during the whole process. The two had a good time at Westbrook's wedding before, but because of the various unpleasant things that happened this summer, the two had changed from friends to friends, as the outside world speculated. Became a stranger.
For Xie Kai, Westbrook is his good brother. The NBA is indeed a business, but who said there can't be brotherhood in the business circle?He just can't bear to see his brother being ignored like this. If it weren't for Westbrook, would the Thunder have passed the Spurs in the semifinals last season?
With such a lineup, he was just short of making it to the finals, and actually joined the opposite side. Westbrook would never be able to do this kind of thing in his life.
Xie Kai is also a soft-hearted person. When he was in the Kings, although the team's record was a mess and it continued to perform badly, he was willing to grow up with the team and chase the championship together.He didn't intend to join the Thunder this year, but because of Westbrook's incident, he changed his mind.
The Chinese men's basketball team faced the second opponent in the group stage on August 8-the French men's basketball team.
Although the French men's basketball team also has many active NBA players, they are still a lot worse than the dream team.And their style of play is not a typical European style of play, it is more like a beggar's version of the American men's basketball team.
In this game, the Chinese men's basketball team gave their all.Xie Kai's playing time has also been increased to 35 minutes.
最终，凭借着谢开的30+6+5+3+2和易建联的21+14+2+3，中国男篮以90:87险胜对手，迎来了小组赛的首场胜利。
This game is very important, because the French men's basketball team is one of the main opponents of the Chinese men's basketball team to qualify.
8月11日，中国男篮以95:82力克委内瑞拉男篮，迎来了小组赛的第2场胜利。
However, in the next two games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost to the Australian men's basketball team and the Serbian men's basketball team, ending the group stage with 2 wins and 3 losses.
According to the ranking, the 4 teams that qualified in Group A are the United States, Australia, Serbia, and China.
The four teams qualifying from Group B are Croatia, Spain, Lithuania and Argentina.
According to the schedule, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the Croatian men's basketball team in the quarter-finals.
The outside world agrees that in order to avoid Spain in the knockout round, the Chinese men's basketball team has a phenomenon of releasing water in the next two games when it is determined to qualify.
But there is no evidence for this. The Chinese men's basketball team was not defeated, but lost, so they couldn't find any reason.What's more, the Australian men's basketball team and the Serbian men's basketball team are already strong, and losing to them is not considered a release.
August 8, 18/1 finals.
The Chinese men's basketball team faced the European powerhouse Croatian men's basketball team.
In this game, Xie Kai, who was not popular in the group stage, started to exert his strength!
From the beginning of the game, Xie Kai launched a fierce attack!Outside line without the ball to move 3-pointers, cut to the basket, break through the outside line, pick and roll with the ball, misplaced small hits, and opened up one-on-one.
Xie Kai showed off the weapons in his arsenal one by one. He showed those who thought he was no longer at his peak. After leaving the basketball court for a year, his body has not rusted, and he has improved...
Croatia was beaten by Xie Kai. They thought that the Chinese men's basketball team was not strong enough. The core Xie Kai was affected by injuries and his condition was average. They didn't expect this guy to be so fierce!
When the Croatian men's basketball team reacted, the score was already behind by double digits.
The morale of the Chinese men's basketball team has been greatly boosted, they dare to play and fight hard, and they are very active on the defensive end.
Xie Kai and Yi Jianlian, a team of inside and outside line partners, have a good understanding and have always controlled the situation on the field.In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team narrowly beat the Croatian men's basketball team 96:92 and broke into the top 4!
This has to be said to be a big upset, because the Croatian men's basketball team is the first in Group B!
Xie Kai was outstanding in this game. He scored a personal high of 40 points since the start of the Olympic Games, plus 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, completely dominating the game.
This match was a symbolic battle for Xie Kai to announce his return as king. Although this is the Olympics, not the NBA, his physical condition can't fool anyone. He doesn't look like he's coming back from injury at all.
Xie Kai's performance in this game made those who questioned the Chinese men's basketball team's release in the group stage more firm in their thinking. They believed that Xie Kai played dead in the group stage and Gong Luming's team was playing a conspiracy.
But there is no evidence!The release of water must be guaranteed by strength. If you don’t have the strength, what water do you release?And most people don't believe that the Chinese men's basketball team is strong enough to release water at will.
Of course Gong Luming didn't admit that he let it go, in fact he didn't let it go, he just reduced Xie Kai's playing time in the group stage.
In the knockout round, he has no limit on Xie Kai's playing time, it's as simple as that.
The Chinese men's basketball team has now tied their best record in Olympic history.Their previous best record in history was fourth in the last London Olympics.
The four teams that entered the final four are the United States, Spain, China and Australia.
The confrontation situation is Chinese men's basketball team VS Australia men's basketball team, Spanish men's basketball team VS American men's basketball team.
(End of this chapter)