Chapter 202 invites the US team to warm up and teaches the men’s basketball players a lesson!
The American team invited by Wang Yan is not the dream team or national team in the traditional sense.

Because these players all have a good personal relationship with Wang Yan.

Besides, this is a warm-up match, and Wang Yan’s purpose is not for box office but to train the team.

Therefore, the American players who came this time are all practical players with simple skills and tough style.

Also, none of these players are from playoff teams.

Wang Yan was very thoughtful. The players who did not make the playoffs have rested for two months and are in better physical condition, thus avoiding injuries.

The list of the American team invited to visit: Ilyasova of the Bucks, Thaddeus Young and Jrue Holiday of the 76ers, Harrington and Afflalo of the Magic, Lowry of the Raptors, Okafor of the Wizards,

Anderson of the Timberwolves, Matthews of the Trail Blazers, and Cousins ​​of the Kings.

The head coach was unexpectedly Popovich of the Spurs!

The reason why Popovich was willing to be the head coach was mainly because he praised Wang Yan many times in private.

Reporters and fans all noticed that Popovich was so envious of Wang Yan that he was about to cry.

It can be said that if Wang Yan wants to go to the Spurs, the Spurs will offer all conditions in exchange.

Unfortunately, Wang Yan is not a person who likes to change jobs. He will not leave the Cavaliers until he completes his dynasty.

And he hopes to end his career with the Cavaliers.

This US team is a special team with strong strength and reasonable team composition.

To be honest, if this team played a game against the Dream Team, they would not necessarily lose.

Before the competition, Wang Yan, as the host, welcomed these old friends who came from afar at the largest hotel in the capital, and everyone was very happy.

Wang Yan has gained the respect of everyone in the NBA and also won a lot of friendships.

Although he plays tough, he never actively bullies his opponents.

Only when they are tricked will they fight back angrily.

"Friends, this competition is very important to our Chinese national team. You must show your true abilities and teach my players a good lesson!"

Popovich smiled and replied: "Wang Yan, don't be too modest. I watched the last warm-up game, and you played well. Your on-the-spot command was great, even better than mine!"

Wang Yan shrugged: "In that case, I'm going to apply for the head coach position of the Spurs!"

Popovich shouted exaggeratedly: "That's great! Haha! You'd better be a coach and a player, so I can quit!"

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The next night, the Chinese men's basketball team played their second warm-up match with the U.S. team.

Due to the arrival of the US team stars, the tickets for this game sold out faster, the ticket price doubled, and there were even many scalpers selling tickets.

Some players of the Chinese men's basketball team were a little nervous.

Wang Yan gave everyone a brief speech before the game, telling everyone that this was just a warm-up match and not to feel too much pressured.

As long as you practice what you have learned in training, it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose.

In this game, Wang Yan did not use the system's gift package, but let the players use their real abilities to fight against the US team.

These players of the US team were very sensible and played hard, but not desperately.

They knew Wang Yan's purpose, so they tried their best to keep the lead within 10 points.

At the end of the game, the US team defeated the Chinese men's basketball team 106:98.

Anderson scored 21 points to become the leading scorer on the court, Cousins ​​grabbed 12 rebounds, and Lowry made 9 assists.

On the Chinese men's basketball side, the highest scorer was Abdul-Jabbar with 17 points. The only other player who scored in double digits was Zhu Fangyu with 13 points.

It can be said that the Chinese men's basketball team was crushed by the U.S. team in all aspects, and only Yi Jianlian's position could match up.

After this game, the players of the Chinese men's basketball team have a more mature mentality.

Wang Yan feels that with the current strength and mentality of the Chinese men's basketball team, coupled with the help of the system, they can dominate Asia.

A week later, the Chinese men's basketball team set off for the Philippines, where the Asian Basketball Championship was held.

A total of 15 countries participated, divided into four groups, ABCD.

Group A: China Taiwan, host Philippines, Jordan, Saudi Arabia.

Group B: China's Xiangdao team, the Foot Basin Country, Qatar.

Group C: China, Lang Lang, South Korea, Malaysia.

This group is the strongest and is known as the group of death.

Group D: Bahrain, India, Kazakhstan, Thailand.

In the first game of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team will face the East Asian rival South Korea.

After Yao Ming retired, the Chinese men's basketball team lost more games than they won in several games against the South Korean team.

The South Korean team has an advanced playing style, with fast players and accurate shots.

Especially the three-point shot, it's terrifying.

Although the Chinese men's basketball team has an advantage in overall height, South Korea has defeated China several times by using its fast and agile style of play.

However, under Wang Yan's coaching, this national team has greatly improved its physical strength and speed.

Wang Yan plans to defeat the South Korean team without the help of the system.

In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese men's basketball team gave South Korea a warning.

In terms of speed, Sun Yue and Guo Ailun ran at all costs and retreated quickly to prevent the South Korean team from launching fast breaks.

The attacks of Zhu Fangyu and Alian ensured the goal advantage.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team was leading by 6 points.

After the timeout, the South Korean team made adjustments.

They replaced two three-point shooters.

Originally these two players were bench bandits and would not come so early.

But the situation was not good, so the South Korean coach had to use his trump card in advance.

It’s true, these two bench bandits are very powerful, fast, quick to shoot, and can score goals right away.

He made three-pointers in two consecutive rounds and actually tied the score.

Wang Yan called a timeout in time.

Although Wang Yan made arrangements against South Korea's three-point tactics in the pre-match training, the South Korean coach had some skills and changed the three-point tactics.

During the running process, the two three-point shooters did not separate on both sides.

Instead, they gathered together, then suddenly exploded and ran into open space with the help of their teammates.

Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu were obviously not used to it and were left behind.

Wang Yan could tell at a glance that the South Korean coach was inspired by the Warriors and adopted a variety of running positions to find space for the shooters to shoot.

If Wang Yan wasn't the head coach, this game would definitely be over.

Because the Chinese players simply don’t know how to defend against such a three-point rain!
During the timeout, Wang Yan first replaced center Wang Dazhi with Zhou Peng, who moves faster.

Then he let these five people switch defense endlessly.

Don't worry about your own people. As long as the opponent has cover, send someone else to chase after him and don't give him any chance to attack!
Stick to death!

After the pause, the game continues!
The South Korean baseball players are very confident. When they go on the field, they high-five each other, chat and laugh, and are full of confidence.

They believe that if nothing unexpected happens, this game will be another victory!
Unexpectedly, the Chinese men's basketball team's unlimited switching defense tactics confused the South Korean players.

(End of this chapter)