This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 144 06 China VS Dream Seven Warm-up Match

Zhou Lin landed in Shanghai in the middle of the night on July 7. He has been away from his hometown for five years. He was a child when he went to the United States, but now he has returned to China and has become a basketball player who shoulders the hopes of the Chinese people.

This year's World Championships is also known as the year that can break the historical record of No.8.

When landing, there were at least hundreds of people waiting at the airport, which also made Zhou Lin deeply feel the support of the Chinese people for him.

At this time, the national team was conducting warm-up matches before the World Championships in Europe. Apart from his own absence, Yao Ming also did not enter the national team to participate in the competition for the time being.

After Zhou Lin returned to China, there will be a period of rest. Of course, Zhou Lin is also very busy during this time. The local TV station Central Station has a series of interviews. He even went to BJ to participate in the recording of the first episode of "Basketball Park" .

Some domestic endorsements are also being discussed. In addition to Reebok, domestic sports brands Peak and Anta are also working hard to contact Zhou Lin.

Peak is a professional player of Yao Ming's teammate. The phrase "Peak, I can play" in Sean Battier's advertisement was also a very brainwashing slogan, which Zhou Lin still remembers fresh.

The Sports Bureau of his hometown, Shanghai, summoned Zhou Lin. Zhou Lin also took time to go back to his ancestral home, met his old grandmother, and even swept his father’s grave. Back then, Zhou Lin’s father lost a lot of money in business. Lin also repaid the remaining debt with interest.

At this time, the national men's basketball warm-up team, under the leadership of Wang Zhizhi, has lost consecutive battles in Europe. However, because Yao Ming and Zhou Lin did not participate, the media said that the national team's level in the warm-up match is probably only six of the real national team. The strength is even less than that.

This statement is true, even if Zhou Lin is not counted, without Yao Ming's national team, it is probably only [-]% of its strength.

On August 8, Zhou Lin officially joined the national team.

Less than 4 days after the team had only been honing in a hurry, Zhou Lin followed the national team to Guangzhou to participate in the warm-up match.

In Guangzhou on the 8th and 7th, the Chinese team playing at home will face the US team here.

It is also the strongest warm-up match opponent ever.

This is also a match between the Chinese team and the complete Dream Seven team. The Dream Seven team in history is not considered strong, but from the future, the lineup of this team is not bad, but because it is too young and lacks international Competition experience.

Because of preparations for the 06 World Championships, the Chinese national team has been playing various games since the beginning of June, from the China-Australia match, to the Italy four-nation match, as well as the French four-nation match, and the Spanish warm-up match. In many games, the Chinese team also played Only Australian league team Sydney Kings have won, as well as Japan, and Senegal.

If Zhou Lin's memory is correct, even the Stankovic Cup held in China later, the Chinese team only won one victory against Australia. Because of the preparation for the 06 World Championships, the opponents invited by China are not weak , The quality of the 2006 Stankovic Cup is very high.

Germany, Brazil, and Australia almost all played with their main lineups.

The match against American Dream Seven was the first time Zhou Lin played for the national team.

Zhou Lin was also wearing the No. 10 red and white jersey, standing in front of the US team.

This game was also broadcast live by CCTV-5, with CCTV commentators Yu Jia and Gong Luming explaining the game together.

And before the game, the media kept showing Zhou Lin the shots.

"This game is Zhou Lin's first time to represent the Chinese team. He is the third pick in this year's NBA draft, and he also won the NCAA championship in the United States. He himself was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the Final Four. Li, the most anticipated Chinese player, but before the game, coach Yunus said that this game is still a process of adaptation for Zhou Lin, and he will play this game as the sixth man for the time being , and the other two insiders of the Chinese team, Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi, will watch from the sidelines. Yao Ming was unfortunately injured in the game against the Jazz in April this year, and his little toe was broken. Arrangements, and Wang Zhizhi has just led the team to play many games in Europe, just came back to rest a few games."

Gong Luming said: "I personally hope to see Zhou Lin, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian playing games at the same time. Needless to say, Yao Ming has already achieved high levels in the NBA. Wang Zhizhi also has NBA resumes. Of course, some Yi Jianlian is also a player who can enter the NBA with a high pick in the past two years, and Zhou Lin, who was selected this year, can be said to be in the team of this World Championships. , there are almost four NBA-level players, not much worse than the average European team, especially Zhou Lin, he is different from Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian. He is [-] meters tall, two or three He can play in the fourth position, is good at shooting and passing, and has the same footsteps as a small guard. He can play with the other two inside players at the same time."

"Yes, Zhou Lin is a player worth looking forward to. Let's talk about the U.S. side. This Dream Seven team is a very young team with a lot of impact, but the experience in international competitions is not so sufficient. Since After the Dream Six team lost in Athens in 04, the U.S. national team also wanted to prove the fact that the U.S. is the number one basketball country in this World Championship.”

"Okay, let's see what kind of sparks the game can create. The starting lineups of both sides have come out."

Yu Jia said: "For the Chinese team, No. 5 Liu Wei, No. 7 Wang Shipeng, No. 8 Zhu Fangyu, No. 11 Yi Jianlian, and No. 12 Moko are the starters. For the American team, No. 4 Joe Johnson, No. 6 James, and No. 8 Shane Battier, No. 10 Albert Arenas, No. 17 Dwight Howard, No. 9 Dwyane Wade, and No. 15 Carmelo Anthony, not yet on the scene, Dwyane Wade is the most valuable player in the finals of this year's NBA championship. In the starting list, Sean Battier has been officially traded to the Rockets on the 10th of last month. He will be a new member of the Rockets next season. gone."

The opening jump ball, Dwight Howard and Yi Jianlian jumped the ball. Yi Jianlian helped the Chinese team get the first wave of the ball in front of Howard, which immediately aroused applause from the fans in Guangzhou.

The Guangdong team has always been known as half of the national team, and among the starting players, Zhu 7, Wang 8 and Yi Jianlian occupy the starting lineup all the year round. For Yi Jianlian, playing in Guangzhou is the home of home games.

The Chinese team played very excitedly at the beginning. For China, Yi Jianlian was the core figure in the tactics. He fed the ball to Yi Jianlian in the first round. Yi Jianlian pushed Howard with his back a few times, then turned around and shot. But the referee called a foul.

Howard has an innocent face. In fact, Yi Jianlian's muscular resistance is not strong at the moment, but Dwight Howard's bottom plate is not very strong. In many games in the NBA, Howard often defends because of his low power. The strength of the plate is not enough, and the use of upper body strength is called a foul. In the years when Dwight was the best defensive player, his strongest defense was not personal defense, but the basket defense.

In part, Howard has to thank his teammates for being so weak defensively.

Back then, Jamal Nelson, Turkoglu, and Sharad Lewis were all players who were stronger offensively than defensively. In this context, Howard's ability to assist in defense can be said to have been released to the greatest extent. It can be said that during the years when Dwight Howard was at his peak, he almost supported the Magic's defense and rebounding alone.

But in the international arena where the three-point line is closer and the basket is denser, Dwight Howard's defensive ability is not so strong.

Yi Jianlian made two free throws and opened the scoring for the Chinese team.

Immediately after the American team missed a three-point shot, Zhu Fangyu broke through and was fouled by Sean Battier.

After LeBron James missed a three-pointer again, Zhu Fangyu forced Arenas to create a defensive foul and made two free throws.

Immediately afterwards, the US team began to hit the basket, and Sean Battier and Dwight Howard scored points for the US team respectively.

In the opening 2 minutes or so, the American team began to press the whole court, making continuous mistakes by the Chinese team, and Warcraft also began to ravage the basket, dunking free throws and scoring consecutive points.

In fact, the Chinese team was very afraid of the US team's full-court pressing. At that time, the dream team's individual defensive ability was completely top-notch. The US team did not use zone defense, but it was this suffocating and oppressive defense. , can make the Chinese team continue to make mistakes.

The same is true in this game. After scoring three points in the opening game, the US team started a tight individual defense. Yi Jianlian made a direct steal in the frontcourt. Yi Jianlian scored a rebound, but he failed to respond and was intercepted. .

Even if the U.S. team hasn't found the touch of the outside line, it relies on constantly hitting the basket to score.

第一节比赛剩下6分29秒的时候，美国队已经以9-3领先着中国队6分的优势了。

Coach Yunus was a little unhappy, and directly asked the technical desk for a timeout.

"Zhou! Get ready to play!" Coach Jonas knew that Zhou Lin was more used to the pressing of the United States, so he replaced Moko in the opening three and a half minutes, and he could help Liu Wei a little bit.

Zhou Lin went up to play the fourth position.

"Zhou Lin is on the stage!"

The fans at the scene were also cheering for Zhou Lin, and Zhou Lin squatted down and fastened his shoelaces, standing on the stage of the national team for the first time, it was inevitable that he would not be excited.

On the old coach K's side, Hinrich and Brad Miller were replaced, and Arenas and Dwight Howard were replaced.

Gong Luming said: "When Zhou Lin plays, the thickness of our inside line will be reduced. After all, Mo Ke is tall and strong, but Zhou Lin's shooting and foot movement are much faster than Mo Ke."

Yu Jia nodded and said: "Director Gong is right, but the height of the US national team is not high. According to the matchup, Battier, who is 203cm, plays the [-]th position, but he is also good at defense in the NBA. Let's see if Zhou Lin can make a difference in front of Sean Battier."

The U.S. team still focuses on man-to-man defense. Liu Wei, the lead controller, struggled a bit against Arenas, but he was a little more comfortable facing Hinrich's press. Hinrich's defensive foul.

In the next round, Zhou Lin took the initiative to do a pick-and-roll with Liu Wei, and stuck Hinrich behind him. When Liu Wei cut in, Zhou Lin also began to move to the side. It was time for Liu Wei to pass the hook to the runner. Zhou Lin was in motion, and Liu Wei's pass was not so comfortable. After all, the joint training time was too short and the tacit understanding was not enough. Zhou Lin received the ball and faced Hinrich, who was a head shorter than himself.

Hinrich probably didn't see enough of Zhou Lin's games, so he let Zhou Lin go.

You know, FIBA's three-point line distance is close to NCAA's three-point line distance.

This distance is Zhou Lin's preferred shooting distance.

As we all know, before Durant, Anthony was the big killer of the US team. Why is it that his shooting is accurate, but Anthony's three-pointers in the NBA are just average, but because the distance from the three-point line in FIBA ​​is shorter than that in NBA It is almost half a meter, so FIBA's three-point line is probably similar to the two-point long distance that Anthony is good at.

This time, Zhou Lin was [-] to [-] centimeters away from the three-point line, and he just raised his hand and shot.

It was too late for Hinrich to come forward.

The basketball slid through the air with a very high arc and fell straight into the basket.

"Yes, Liu Wei assisted Zhou Lin and made a three-pointer."

Yu Jia shouted loudly: "Zhou Lin is a very comprehensive player. In the NCAA league American college basketball game, he has a three-point shooting rate close to 39%. In addition to his height of 206cm, the average The players can't interfere with Zhou Lin's shooting at all."

Gong Luming also admired Zhou Lin quite a bit: "In my opinion, Zhou Lin is a bit like a big player in Europe, with three-point accuracy and quick feet, and he is not afraid of interference and confrontation."

"After all, he is also a player who played in the United States, and the path taken by most of our Chinese players is different. Although he has not experienced the international arena, he has also seen big scenes."

Yu Jia said: "The period when he won the NCAA championship was also a sensation throughout the country."

Zhou Lin, who scored the first goal for the national team, also let out a deep breath.

But in the next round, Zhou Lin was dunked.

The speed of the American team was too fast, and Zhu Fangyu couldn't keep up with James.

Now switch to Zhou Lin and James.

James went straight to his left hand. Facing Zhou Lin's supplementary defense, he jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket through Zhou Lin.

In Zhou Lin's system rating, 10 of James' 7 ability values ​​have received S at this time, and all of them are S in terms of physical base, and his jumping is still at the level of S+. An S is achieved, an A is achieved for the rest of the dribbling and passing, and a B for the lowest shot.

Zhou Lin's jump is high enough, but James' physical talent is too strong, and his head is completely out of the frame.

Around 2006, James hadn't gained any significant weight, but he was much stronger than when he first entered the league. It can be said that his body is still at the stage where he can jump the most.

And this year's Cavaliers were almost able to pass the siege of the NBA's bad boys.

And the statement that if you want to win the championship, you must pass the Pistons first, not only appeared on Jordan, but also reflected on James at that time.

(End of this chapter)