Chapter 205: Overcome all obstacles along the way and encounter the powerful enemy Lang Lang again!
In the end, China defeated Lang Lang 102:81 and won the final group match.
Three consecutive wins in the group stage!
The Chinese men's basketball team has a new look in this Asian Championship and has begun to show the temperament of a king!
In fact, five years ago, the Chinese men's basketball team was firmly the number one in Asia and a strong team in the world.
Unfortunately, at the end of Yao Ming's career, no new leader emerged in the Chinese men's basketball team.
Although Al-Farouq Aminu is not bad, his dominance is still a bit lacking.
Another thing is that the team's cohesion has declined too much.
Therefore, in Asian competitions, there were more losses than wins, which greatly disappointed Chinese fans.
After Wang Yan took over as head coach, the whole team is different, the changes are visible to the naked eye!
Especially in the last game, he actually won the championship favorite Lang Lang by more than 20 points. Such progress is too fast!
International media began to pay attention to the Asian Championships and praised Wang Yan's coaching debut.
"NBA superstars switch roles, Wang Yan is dominant even without playing!"
"The Chinese men's basketball team is rising again after Yao Ming retired!"
"With three consecutive wins in the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team has shown signs of becoming a champion!"
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Wang Yan did not become complacent. He only accepted an interview with an official Chinese media outlet and then focused on preparing for the qualifying round.
He also warned the players not to be careless.
The competition system of this Asian Championship is somewhat special. After completing the first stage of group matches, it enters the second stage, the qualifying round.
The Chinese men's basketball team continued to advance, defeating Kazakhstan, India and Bahrain successively.
Seven consecutive wins!
The former Asian No. 1 is back!
In the first knockout match, the quarter-finals, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the host team, the Philippines.
Although the players of the Feihou team are not tall enough, they play fiercely and have fast offense and defense. They have emerged as a rising star in recent years and have achieved impressive results.
In this Asian Championships, they also want to win the championship by taking advantage of their status as host country!
In the group stage, the Philippines defeated Saudi Arabia and Jordan successively, but unexpectedly lost to the Chinese Baodao team.
Facing the aggressive Chinese men's basketball team, the Feihou team was under great pressure.
They can’t even beat China’s brother team, the Taiwan team, let alone the powerful Chinese men’s basketball team!
As expected, although Feihou struggled in the first half, it completely collapsed in the third quarter.
Dazhi's inside attack, coupled with the outside attacks of Zhu Fangyu, Sun Yue, Guo Ailun and others, completely shattered Feihou's defense.
In the end, it was another big win!
The Chinese men's basketball team advances into the semi-finals!
In the semi-finals, the opponent of the Chinese men's basketball team is the Foot Basin Country.
The Football Basin Country has made great progress in recent years, especially with the recruitment of several black players, which has greatly increased its strength.
In addition, their local players also played well, so their overall strength is already in the top tier in Asia.
In the first quarter, the Foot Basin Country led by several points.
Wang Yan immediately made adjustments and replaced Wang Shipeng and Chen Jianghua.
The effect was obvious. Chen Jianghua's speed made the Jiaoben Kingdom very uncomfortable and exhausted from defending.
Wang Shipeng's shooting remained stable, stabilizing the situation.
The Chinese men's basketball team began to catch up and reverse the situation!
After the first quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team led by 5 points again.
In the following games, the Foot Basin Country was completely suppressed and couldn't make a comeback.
In the second half of the third quarter, the Chinese men's basketball team launched a wave of attacks and secured the victory!
The Chinese fans at the scene really tried their best.
Especially for the country that plays basketball, there was no need to mobilize. All the fans had the national flag printed on their faces, waving the national flag, and cheering for the men's basketball players throughout the game!
The fans were not disappointed. Two years later and four years later, the Chinese men's basketball team reached the finals again!
The opponent in the final was Lang Lang, who was in the same group as the Chinese men's basketball team.
Lang Lang's talent is indeed top-notch in Asia.
Although they lost to the Chinese men's basketball team, they performed well in the subsequent qualifying and knockout rounds, and made it to the final.
The players are full of energy and still want revenge. The media in their country all hope that the Chinese men's basketball team can make it to the finals and have another showdown!
Wang Yan sneered again when he saw the media reports.
Still want revenge?
It can only be humiliated twice!
Strategically despise the enemy, tactically pay attention to the enemy!
After all, Lang Lang is from a top-notch Asian team. In the group stage, they underestimated their opponents and probably didn't watch much of the Chinese men's basketball team's games before the game.
So I was stunned.
Wang Yan also watched the video recordings of Lang Lang's subsequent qualifying and elimination rounds and found that Lang Lang is still very strong.
Although the Chinese men's basketball team has made great progress, the training time is short after all, and some things cannot be changed fundamentally.
Sure enough, when the final started, the Chinese men's basketball team had problems with physical strength.
During Wang Yan's training camp, the intensity was so high that the players were on the verge of exhaustion.
It has not been revealed yet in the group stage.
But after the qualifying and knockout rounds, the players were exhausted.
In fact, the main reason is that the training intensity of CBA players is not enough.
Therefore, it is impossible to make fundamental improvements in such a short period of time.
If Wang Yan were given a year to build a national team, it would absolutely be terrifying.
After all, Lang Lang is a strong team with plenty of energy.
In addition, they were out for revenge and fought very fiercely.
From underestimating the enemy at the beginning to seeking revenge now, the situation on the field has completely changed.
The Chinese men's basketball team was under pressure and was always behind in the score.
At the end of the first half, we were already 17 points behind.
The fans at the scene were desperate.
Judging from the course of the game, there is no hope for the Chinese men's basketball team.
The players' steps were stumbling, and neither offense nor defense could keep up with Lang Lang's rhythm.
If it weren’t for Al-Farouq Aminu’s stable state and consecutive hits, the score difference would have been even bigger!
It seems that players who have been in the NBA are different.
In fact, from the muscles on Yi Jianlian's body, we can see his self-discipline.
This is something that other Chinese players do not have.
Each of them is fat and lacks strength and endurance.
Wang Yan looked solemn on the sidelines, he knew that he had to win this championship!
Unfortunately, the training time is too short.
In this case, we can only use the system’s gift package!
During the half-time break, the fans in the stadium, including the fans of the host team, Feihou, were very arrogant.
Since the Chinese men's basketball team eliminated the Feihou team, the Feihou team regarded the Chinese men's basketball team as their enemy and cheered for Lang Lang together.
They hope Lang Lang can avenge them!
The host country had a large number of people, and with the addition of Lang Lang's fans, the voices of the Chinese fans at the scene were suppressed.
Even the media in China are sighing.
There's no way, the difference in physical strength is too obvious.
This cannot be solved in a short period of time.
Wang Yan's performance was very good and he led the team into the finals.
Coach Zhang, Yu Jia and others have already accepted the result of being the runner-up.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Wang Yan suddenly changed the formation.
He actually played five up and five down!
Let all the main players rest downstairs and replace them with a full substitute lineup!
(End of this chapter)