Chapter 9 Group Stage Final Battle
The day before the match against the Greek team, Zhang Heli Sun Zhengping and his CCTV commentary team finally arrived in Avelo, because the Chinese team's last group match will be held here.
Although Avelo is not as prosperous as Porto, Zhang Heli and others are not here to travel after all. They come with a mission, especially Zhang Tian, a young man under nineteen years old, announced his participation in the draft, which caused huge waves in the entire basketball world.
CCTV's interview team easily found the location of Zhang Tian and the Chinese team, and they were preparing for the Greek team's game.
"You are Xiao Zhang, can I interview you?" Zhang Heli looked at the family in front of him, who was nearly ten centimeters taller than him, and was more relieved. Unexpectedly, in addition to Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, a genius emerged in the domestic basketball world. As a former iconic figure in the national team, he would like to see this scene.
Zhang Tian looked at Wang Fei, the latter pulled Wang Bo up and the team training continued, while the former and his group went to Starbucks.
Xu Jicheng and Su Junyang were not left behind by Zhang Heli. As the first basketball media people who came into contact with Zhang Tian, the information they had was obviously more than Zhang Heli who came later.
"Xiao Zhang, is the idea that your Chinese team will compete in the NBA draft when they qualify for the group stage?" Wang Zhizhi will also participate in the draft this year. He has been delayed for several years. If he delays his golden age, then the NBA will have no place to gain a foothold.
Zhang Tian is obviously different from Wang Zhizhi. He is less than nineteen years old and has plenty of time to increase the ball, but now he is clamoring to go to the NBA. Is it a bit too much or too much? If he doesn't lose the election, he will be in a slump? Is it a bit unworthy of the gain?
While stirring the coffee cup with a spoon, Zhang Tian answered Zhang's Reason's question, "It's true."
When Zhang Heli heard this, he knew that the drama was coming, and Su Junyang and his group also knew it. Unfortunately, the latter could not speak at all now. "So do you think you will lose the election? After all, it is a common practice for international players not to be favored by the NBA. Except for those overseas players who play in NCAA, the rankings will be better. Generally, the draft picks from overseas leagues will not be too high, and they may even lose the election. Have you considered these?'
Weiping Bryant obviously knows and touches more than ordinary basketball writers, and what he just said is not an untrue worry, but a very realistic existence.
"I have considered all these issues, but I have confidence in my strength and I think I can become the first Asian basketball player to gain a foothold in the NBA."
What Zhang Tian said about starting a foothold is not to look at the water dispenser, waving the towel, handing the water, and applauding, but to become the main rotation, or even the first release.
Zhang Heli didn't worry about this issue anymore. They came this time to continue to explain the Chinese team's game. After all, in the history of U19, the Chinese team has won two wins in the group stage for the first time. This is really a miracle moment.
However, the last group match opponent is not inferior to the US team in terms of difficulty, and they are now forced to a desperate situation. They can only fight back and have no other choice. In addition to winning the Chinese team themselves, they also have to pray that the Egyptian team can defeat the US team in an upset so that they can compete with the other two teams to qualify in the group. It can be said that the situation is very unfavorable for the defending champion.
As the head coach of the Mythical Legion, Yannakis's hair was almost bald. Before the group stage started, although he was assigned to Group B, known as the Death Group, as the defending champion coach, the former did not think that the Chinese team and the Egyptian team from Africa could bring any trouble to their team.
Judging from the progress of the group stage, the Egyptian team, like Yannakis, had the same idea. The first two games of the group stage, had completely lost the opportunity to qualify, but what the hell is the Chinese team 2-0?
The Chinese team has participated in four World Youth Championships this time, but this does not mean how strong they are. It only means that the competitiveness of the Asian region is too poor.
2-0, this is the script of the Greek team, but I didn't expect it to belong to the Chinese team. Blue Skinny Mushroom, especially in the next game, facing the Chinese team not only has to win the opponent, but also depends on whether the Egyptian team can break out of the microcosm to pull the American team off. Otherwise, the defending champion is likely to be eliminated from the group stage, setting a shame since the founding of the World Youth Championship.
While pulling his hair, Yannakis watched videos of all the Chinese team's games, including last year's Asian selection. What made the former so sad was that in last year's selection, there was no sign of Zhang Tian at all. As a result, the opponent became famous in the duel against the American team. He scored 30 under the defense of an elite NCAA player, which was something that even several of his major disciples could not do.
The last game was a very obvious example. Bobby Simmons and Matt Carroll defeated the Greek team's trident. If they lose again in this game, the Greek team will really have no hope of advancing.
Yannakis kept writing and drawing with a tactical board. It seemed that in the game against the Chinese team, it was necessary to use 3-2 joint defense. Although this would damage some of his players' offensive attributes, the two harms were less serious.
The evening game still started at 9:30. In addition to local fans, many international students also came to the scene. They held homemade signs to cheer for the Chinese team.
Tonight's commentary was about four people, Zhang Heli, Sun Zhengping, Xu Jicheng and Su Junyang. The latter really made a lot of money, because among the four people, he has the most qualifications, but being able to comment on such heavyweight events on the international stage will only benefit but not harm in the future.
"The starter of the Greek team in this game has not changed. Papasopoulos and Ford Sis are in the interior. The third position is their scoring champion Diamantopoulos. The matchup between him and Xiao Zhang is very exciting in this game. Both of them play similarly, but Xiao Zhang can shoot more."
As for the other two defenders of the Greek team, they are tool men, so there is no need to report their names. Before Kobespan Norris in Europe rose, the Mythical Legion's back line was a scumbag.
"Next is the starter of our Chinese team, Liu Wei, Yue Pengfei, Zhang Tian, Li Ke and Mo Ke, this lineup is the same as in the last game."
After Zhang Heli introduced the lineups of both sides, the game had already begun after the referee threw the ball.
Chapter completed!