pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 140 Redemption Team
After being capped, Enzo lost all momentum, and Robinson won the game with an 8-0 win.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, Robinson still won without any risk.

Robinson, who returned to Rum's side, was very proud, pointing to his seat and said, "I said earlier, this seat really cannot be occupied by anyone but me."

"Good performance." Rum raised his fist, and the two clashed.

Even after losing the game, Enzo still ranked 55th, and all the free matches were over, only Mu Chenfeng, Enzo and Henry's rankings remained unchanged.

What made the Top 10 famous all over the United States is not only their strong individual ability, but more importantly, their terrifying power as a team.

In the U16 World Cup last year, Rum led the team to win the cup with a record of victory. Rum was elected the Most Valuable Player (MVP) with his excellent performance.

Before the game, the outside world was not optimistic about this team. As the basketball strength of other countries continued to grow, the US team’s dominance over basketball events was not as good as before. This U16 team was called the "redemption team" and its purpose was to regain the championship lost last year.

But this team was full of problems in the early days of its formation. They were equally full of talent and blood. Compared with each other, the players all thought they were the strongest, but there was only one basketball.

If you can't grind ten people into a team, then you will only repeat the same mistakes.

Rum was appointed as the captain of the "Redemption Team", how can others be convinced?So in order to convince others, Rum took the lead in launching a duel within the team. Whoever can stand in the end will be the captain, and everyone must obey the arrangement.

The proposal has been made and has been agreed by all.

Rum was the first player to accept the challenge, and his first opponent was Robinson. At that time, Robinson was already the hottest center in the United States. The US team once said that Robinson was the world's number one center among players of his age.

With the blessing of the "No. [-] Center" buff, Robinson did not intend to give up the captain's position so easily. However, the result of the fight with Rum was unexpected. Rum defeated Robinson by a disparate score.

Robinson still remembers that game.

But Robinson was not convinced.

Rum defeated all the players in the Top 10 in that wheel battle and continued to serve as the captain.

There was less than a month of running-in time left for the US team. After a short period of running-in, the team arranged training matches with other countries. After narrowly beating Italy by one point, they lost to Spain and France in a row, making the atmosphere in the team extremely cold.

Some directly criticized Rum's position as captain, while others blamed each other. Under internal worries, the US team decided to cancel all the warm-up matches and switch to an intra-team confrontation.

The ten players were divided into two teams with balanced strength according to their positions. As a result, the first team led by Rum successfully defeated the second team led by Robinson. After that, Robinson was completely overwhelmed by Rum. Rum scored a game-high 28 points while sending out a triple-double of 10 assists and 10 rebounds.

Rum's first battle established his position as the core of the team.

In the first game of the U16 World Cup, against the Japanese team, the US team showed extremely terrifying dominance. The three statistics of points, rebounds and assists were more than double that of the opponent. The final score was fixed at 150:59. The performance of the Japanese team was "failing".

In the second game, the Australian team encountered tenacious resistance. Rum's performance was greatly restricted under the iron wall of the opponent. However, under the performance of other teammates, the US team played a wave of 24:0 offensive climax in the third quarter and won the game in one fell swoop.

After two games, the U.S. team has fully adapted to the rhythm of the World Cup. The win has made the U.S. team more and more firm in the lineup with Rum and Robinson at the core.

The third opponent in the World Cup is the French team. The U.S. team lost to this team in the warm-up match. Counting new and old grudges in this battle, the U.S. team has been leading since the first goal.

Then the US team entered the semi-finals without any suspense.

The opponent in the semi-finals is the Chinese team.

This Chinese team is known as the most talented team in Chinese history.

It was the same team that almost kept the US out of the final.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team showed its own attitude and made a highly targeted defense against Rum and Robinson, forcing them to hand over the ball and let other players score.

This defense played a very good effect. At the end of the first quarter, the US team only led by one point.

In the second quarter, the situation changed suddenly. The Chinese team sent a bandit on the bench to continuously attack the US team’s basket.

This bench bandit is called Li Tianlong.

The US team with U16 points this year has never been led in a single quarter.

The lagging U.S. team caught up and finally tied the score at the end of the third quarter. The short 5-point gap cost the U.S. team a whole quarter.

In the last quarter, the old problem of poor physical fitness of the Chinese team was committed again. In fact, being able to fight the US team for three quarters has already gained enough respect for the Chinese team, but it is so far away from the final, which is really reconciled.

At 105:102, the US team only won by 3 points, and these 3 points stopped the Chinese team in the semifinals.

In the end, it was the Spanish team, the champion of the last U16 World Cup, who joined the US team in the final.

Although it has changed its face, the national flag on the players' jerseys has not changed.

The championship is the only goal of the Redemption team, no matter who they are facing, they must win.

The core of Spain is the Mario Brothers, who have the strongest basketball talent in Spain.

In the final, the Mario brothers took the lead and shot from inside and outside to help the team take the lead. The U.S. team suddenly misfired. Rum struggled alone, and the U.S. team lost by 10 points in the first quarter.

Seeing that the tragedy of last year was about to repeat itself, Rum called a crucial timeout. It was this timeout that awakened the sleeping US team, and they worked together to even out the point difference abruptly in the second quarter, and gradually took the initiative from the third quarter.

Rum turned into the helm and controlled the priorities of the game very well, which once caused great difficulties for Spain.

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

Spanish head coach Pau Gasol was the coach who led the last U16 trophy. At the critical moment, he unloaded the burden on the Mario brothers and completely released their talents. As a result, the two brothers lived up to expectations and competed with the US team until the last minute of the game.

88: 88.

To make it this far with two core and talented US teams, Spain have done the best they can.

In the last shot, Rum hit the first lore goal in the history of the U16 World Cup, helping the US team to complete the redemption.

(End of this chapter)