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Chapter 526 Difficult Brothers (×) Superficial Brothers (√)

Due to the extraordinary significance of this battle with Turkey, many retired national team veterans came to the scene before the game.

And at the end of the game, at the edge of the stands, former national players Wang Qi, Zhu Ba, and Liu Wei, including Wang Zhizhi, who had just retired, also hugged and cried with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian beside them. This scene...

To be honest, it was really touching, but Wang Zelin couldn't get involved anyway.

Compared with these predecessors, his career, whether it is in the CBA or NBA, from the current international competitions, has been too smooth.He has never experienced the hardships of Dayao and the others in the international arena, nor has he experienced the sadness of them falling on the eighth threshold of the world time and time again.

But anyway, there was only one thing he needed to know.

That is:
They won!The men's basketball team entered the semi-finals of the World Series for the first time!

He couldn't feel the bitterness of his teammates, but he could fully feel the joy of his teammates, because he was also very excited, the semi-finals!
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Wang Zelin and his teammates were celebrating the semi-finals, while the fans paid more attention to his statistics.

22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 assist!

I still got it in three quarters. If I played for four quarters... I can't imagine it.

This is the first time such a data maniac has appeared on the stage of an international competition.

After the game, Wang Zelin rested for two hours and watched the next game between the United States and Dominica.

Not too much surprise, the Dream Eleven team contributed another show time like destruction!

At 119:75, the Dream Eleven team scored 43 points from Dominica with an unbeaten record and easily advanced to the semi-finals, while their opponents in the semifinals were just watching their game from the sidelines.

In the stands, Wang Zelin thumped roughly on his chest: "Tell me, why do you have to retire after playing well? If you didn't retire so early, this time we can fight side by side and win medals together."

Dayao on the side laughed and said: "Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going to regret it now."

He roughly smiled and waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm almost 40, why do I still have to stay on the field, instead of holding back, I might as well give up my position to young people to exercise more."

However, when he returned his attention to the field, his eyes flickered inexplicably.

Regret retiring?

Ask yourself, is a little regret.

Because in the just-concluded CBA season, he can roughly still contribute 169 points and 6 rebounds per game. The 37-year-old veteran has proved that he is still a first-class insider in the CBA league with his performance in one season.

Even in the first batch of training lists for the 2014 national and Olympic men's basketball teams announced on the official website of the Basketball Association this year, he was also invited.

But if you say, do you really regret it that much?

Not so much.

After all, to a certain extent, the general career, whether it is the national team, the NBA or returning to the CBA, the bumps and bumps encountered along the way can be called the most domestic players.

In 2001, at the peak age of 24, he was roughly the core of the Bayi team's offense and defense. The market was cut in the finals, averaging 27.5 points, 11 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 2 blocks per game.

与同队场均36.2分9篮板2.5助攻2.3抢断的“战神”刘玉栋一起，击败了场均24.5分17.5篮板5.2封盖1.8抢断的姚明，带着总冠军的至高荣耀前往NBA。

At the same time, he also became the first player in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team to land in the NBA.

At that time, he roughly reached the most brilliant stage of his career.

Unfortunately, later...

Therefore, the ups and downs along the way have already made Da Zhi a firm heart. It is indeed a pity that he failed to achieve the first semi-final feat with Wang Zelin and the others as a player, but he soon adjusted his mood.

He is tired, and he has long wanted to hand over the burden to the next generation of basketball players.

It's a pity that the men's basketball team had just experienced the shock of Yao Ming's retirement earlier, and Yi Jianlian was still playing in the NBA, so at that time, he had to stand up and watch the men's basketball team faltering forward again as a veteran in his 30s.

Now, as an audience, he witnessed the men's basketball team under the leadership of Wang Zelin to achieve a historic breakthrough and reach a new height.

At this moment, he felt very pleased in his heart!

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The quarterfinals are over, and the final four will be released one by one.

Four teams from China, the United States, France, and Serbia advanced successively.

According to the rules of the World Cup Men's Basketball, the first team in a group enters the semi-finals and will play the semi-finals with the winner between the second in the same group and the third in the other group.

The match-ups for the semi-finals are:
Team China VS Team USA, Team France VS Serbia!
The men's basketball game will be held on the 12th.

Now, the semi-finals have been won, and then Wang Zelin and his teammates are in full swing preparing for the match against Mengxi.

Whether you can beat it or not is another matter.

What they have to do now is to fight with all their strength in the next game and strive to leave no regrets!

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The two-day rest day passed quickly, and at 7 pm on July 12, the game between the Chinese team and the American Dream XI began.

经历40分钟比赛时间，合计打了93分钟，在王泽林38分18板5盖帽2助攻、易建联20分7板的表现下，天朝队还是输了。

85:115, lost to Dream Eleven by 30 points!

Really can't do it!
The overall strength gap between the two sides is too great.

Wang Zelin took 23 shots and hit 15 goals. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as overwhelming in the interior.

It's not that he doesn't want to shoot high, if possible, let alone 23 shots, 32 shots are fine.

But the problem is that sometimes he can't even touch the ball at all.

Under the crazy high pressure of Meng No. 11 Huawai Line, Guo Ailun, who performed quite well in the front, and even occasionally performed brilliantly, was completely lost.

If you shoot, you can't get in; if you shoot, you can't score; sometimes you can't even dribble, and you are squeezed out by your opponent just after halftime.

In terms of physical fitness, there are too many defenders on the opposite side.

I still remember that after the 12-man roster of Dream Eleven came out before the game, Dream Eleven was once hailed as the "weakest" dream team in history.

Mainly from the perspective of Wang Zelin, who is a latecomer.

The Dream Eleven in front of him may be the most luxurious outside lineup since the Dream Team was founded.

Rose, Curry, Harden, Irving, Thompson, DeRozan, plus Lillard who should have missed the World Cup in the original history, but is now selected to the 12-man list because of the champion's starting point guard.

None of Meng Shiyi's outsiders is not a ruthless character.

Especially when thinking about the third quarter, Wang Zelin scored 8 points in the first 14 minutes of the third quarter, and finally overtook the Dream Team by 1 point.

Seeing that the morale of the team keeps rising, when everyone is united and ready to win the game, the old coach K on the opposite side suddenly puts on a short back line combination of Lillard and Curry.

then……

The nightmare of men's basketball is coming!
The three-point line in the international arena is about half a meter shorter than the NBA's three-point line. Lillard and Curry are good at shooting three-pointers, and ultra-long three-pointers are no problem.

You know, that's super far in the NBA!

If you shoot an NBA-style ultra-long shot in the international arena, you will almost reach the logo area.

In the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, I don’t know if it was as agreed in advance. Lillard and Curry started to rain three-pointers, and the two seemed to be angry.

In just 2 minutes, the two made a total of 5 three-pointers, Lillard made 3 and Curry 2... If it wasn't because of the lack of time at the end, Curry could only shoot from outside his own three-point line after receiving the serve, and he might be able to make 3 shots...

Guo Ailun and Ding Yanyuhang, who were defending the two, were beaten until they started to shut themselves down.

For the first time, they have such a deep understanding of the deterrence of three-pointers.

So perverted!

Two minutes later, the third quarter ended. Two minutes ago, the men's basketball team was holding a 2-point lead, but suddenly fell behind by 2 points.

Everyone, including Wang Zelin, is doubting life.

How is this played?
The outside firepower of the men's basketball lineup is mediocre. They were able to break into the semi-finals because of Wang Zelin's unparalleled dominance.

But the problem is.

People are not going to go inside at all, so they can't let Wang Zelin defend beyond the three-point line, right?

What's even more heart-wrenching is that the men's basketball team dribbled the ball frightenedly, and finally handed the ball to Wang Zelin after some running.

turned away.

Dream team attack.

Lillard pushed the ball beyond the three-point line in the backcourt, made a sudden hit, and made a hit.

3 points in hand!
come back again.

The men's basketball team continued to hand the ball to Wang Zelin, who once again hit a difficult two-pointer.

Soon.

This time, it was Curry who had the ball.

In the frontcourt, standing at a position farther from Lillard's three-pointer just now, he raised his hand and made another three-pointer.

Add another 3 points for the Dream Team!
The above picture appeared more than once in tonight's game.

So much so that at the end, the fans in the auditorium, whether they were Chinese fans or fans from other countries, began to feel sorry for No. 20 on the field.

Clearly everything has been done!
Obviously no one can stop under the basket!
Obviously he is the one with the highest hit rate!

But in the end, he still lost the game.

After the game, Wang Zelin sighed helplessly:

After all, I still failed to defeat the dream team in the semifinals, and failed to stand on the highest stage of the World Cup.

His gold medal dream was shattered.

Through this ball, he also recognized the reality.

It is really difficult to shake the dominance of the Dream Team by one person. For the men's basketball team, only Yi Jianlian can give him enough firepower.

If Wang Qi and Zhu Ba have not retired, if he is now leading the men's basketball team in 08...but everything is in the past.

Among the current outside players of the national team, Guo Ailun and Ding Yanyuhang are probably the only ones who have hope and ability to help themselves in the future.

However, the training of the two of them at this stage is really not enough, and there is still a long way to go before the strength of a world-class defender.

Suddenly, Wang Zelin thought of Ding Yanyuhang's tragic career destroyed by injuries.

Once upon a time, Ding Yan Yuhang, who had the top physical fitness in Asia and had the best style of play, was considered by many people to be the person who could carry the banner of the national team after Yi Jianlian. Regardless of his ability, spirit and hard work, he was absolutely amazing.

It's a pity that Ding Shen, who made people have unlimited expectations, fell to injuries and failed to let the fans see his true peak, leaving only the 17-year CBA double MVP + local scoring leader.

No, we must never let history repeat itself.

At this moment, the idea of ​​"saving" Ding Yan Yuhang's career sprouted in Wang Zelin's heart.

However, we have to wait until the end of the World Cup to think about it. Right now, gold and silver medals are hopeless, but in the future, they will still compete for the bronze medal!

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Although they lost in the semi-finals, this did not affect the emotions of the Tianchao men's basketball players. After winning No.4, they have opened a new chapter in history.

After the opponents in the semi-finals were announced, even the leaders on the sidelines who didn't know anything about football were already psychologically prepared for losing.

After all, their opponent is the world-famous dream team. Although this dream team is called the "weakest" in history by the outside world, it is only weak when compared with previous dream teams.

If you can't get gold or silver medals, can't you still compete for bronze medals?

As we all know, in the three major ball sports in China, the achievements of the men's three balls have always been lower than the women's three balls.

Even the men's volleyball team with the highest achievements among the three major men's balls is the same.

And this time, if they can compete for medals in the World Cup, at least they can stop in front of the women's basketball team, and they won't be so embarrassed.

As for the men's football... don't mention them, just like Uncle Drew.

9 pm.

The results of the other group of semi-finals also came out.

In the match between France VS Serbia, 6 players from the Serbian men's basketball team scored in double figures, and hit a shooting rate as high as 50%. They defeated the French men's basketball team with a 90-point margin of 85:5.

In this battle, one person became a tragic hero.

Nicolas Batum!
三分球12投8中，砍下了全场最高的35分，外加3篮板3助攻1抢断。

For the honor of his country, Batum can be said to have shed the last drop of blood.

It's a pity that his ending is the same as that of his boss Wang Zelin, not very happy.

The game ended and France lost.

As a suffering brother, Wang Zelin felt that it was necessary for him to comfort his younger brother.

result……

"Wang, although we are teammates in the NBA, we can only be opponents here! Moreover, in tomorrow's game, I must have the last laugh!"

I rub!

Unexpectedly, a cold butt was attached to the hot face.

As soon as Wang Zelin passed by, what he greeted was not a tearful hug from Batum, but a pre-war declaration.

Good guy, fortunately he still wanted to comfort him, but it turned out that he was just a "superficial brother".

"See you at the game!"

After uttering a harsh word, Wang Zelin left the arena with his teammates.

Of course, he wouldn't be really angry.

In fact, as Batum said, everyone is their own master now, and personal relationships are personal relationships. When it comes to the court, no one will be polite.

(End of this chapter)