In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 16 Cousin Arrives, The Final Eight
In the other matchup in the group, Russia was the winner, and Argentina, which had lost two games in a row, had already been eliminated from the quarter-finals ahead of schedule, but for this civilian team, this was enough.

Zhang Tian did not indulge in training after the game, but did something else.

He welcomed his uncle's cousin at the Lisbon airport, to be precise, he was not a year older than Zhang Tian.

My cousin is called Zhao Xuan. Like Zhang Tian, ​​he is also a "disobedient". He is now keen on the IT industry and has been admitted by Stanford. Compared with Zhang Tianlai, the other party is a complete academic bully, and the reason why the latter chooses to play basketball , It is also because of the poor academic performance. Although it is not like Penny Hardaway who has to take the college entrance examination four times before going to college, it is not too far behind.

"Xiaotian, you are a celebrity now, I never expected you to come in front of me, here, this is the fee you hired a trainer, and now you are not even sure that you can make it to the NBA, why pay so much, It's better to keep the money and invest in my company. But my aunt is really kind to you, unlike my mother. She's a sucker."

Zhang Tian has long been used to his cousin's nagging. The other party is a top student, but he is also a Tang monk. "Okay, since the money has been delivered, you can go back." The former "disgusted" and chased him away, but the latter had no intention of leaving at all.

He took Zhang Tian to visit St. George's Castle, which happened to be the opening time of the scenic spot. While walking around, his cousin Zhao Xuan still didn't forget to complain. "Hey, why isn't the Netherlands the host of this year's World Youth Championship, otherwise I can go to Amsterdam to experience the local customs there."

Zhang Tian couldn't say anything except that his head was full of black lines.After all, although the current self is out of the category of a virgin, he is still a bit far behind his cousin who has been around for several years.

In this way, I spent most of the day shopping with my cousin before the latter returned to his hotel.

As soon as Zhang Tian returned to the hotel where the national team was located, he was summoned by Wang Fei. Of course, other players also went. They watched the video of the Russian team game together.to research strategies.

"This is a video of the Russian team's game. Although they lost to the Brazilian team in the first game, the latter was only a narrow victory. And I found one thing. Although the core of the Russian team is No. 10 Sergey Toppo Love, but the real threat is that No. 15 gives me a very strange feeling. He is an insider. He is very fast, and he can really defend from one to five. So in the next game, the Russian team will not Use a 3-2 zone against us. Tell us how we’re going to fight Russia.”

The players lowered their heads and were thinking about something, but Zhang Tian had already figured out a countermeasure, "Coach. That No.15 is very versatile, but his shortcomings are also obvious. Didn't you notice that he is good at holding the ball and shooting?" Is it very average, especially shooting, 2 for 0 in Japan, 3 for 0 against Australia, 2 for 0 against Venezuela, 2 for 0 against Brazil, 3 for 0 against Argentina, this guy is strong in connection and defensive ability, if In the next game, he will really be one-on-one with me, and I am not afraid of him."

This guy from the Russian team, I believe everyone has already guessed it. That’s right, he is the famous AK47 in later generations. He is regarded by countless fake fans as the most suitable all-around player for the small ball era. Hehe, if he first landed in the NBA, he would be in the small ball era. , definitely retired in a second, because the cognition of defensive 3D in the small ball era is not just defense, you also need to have a basket, and Kirilenko scored 27 points in the NBA and 21 points in the playoffs. In the playoffs between Mosaic and the Jazz in the previous life, basically when he was on the court, Mosaic would shrink the inside and let him shoot.

But in the World Youth Championship, everyone didn't know him that well, and this guy was the MVP of this World Youth Championship in his previous life. The Jazz just took a fancy to him and his performance in the Russian club. Will sign him with the 24th pick in the first round.

Wang Fei and everyone were taken aback by what Zhang Tian said.They immediately dug out the videos of those Russian games and stared at No. 15 Kirilenko.When it was played for the first time, everyone didn't watch it seriously, only Zhang Tian watched it seriously, so he remembered it so clearly.

In the video, Kirilenko's performance was exactly as Zhang Tian said. In the group stage, facing the Japanese striker who was a little shorter than him, Kirilenko would not hold the ball to force him, but divided the ball. Give it to a teammate, and cut to the inside to score.

Originally, Wang Fei was worried. How should Kirilenko deal with this guy? Unexpectedly, Zhang Tian found a countermeasure so quickly. His ability to read the game is really not ordinary. I thought Yao Ming was the Chinese men's basketball player. The ceiling of IQ, looking at Zhang Tian now, is even better.

As for the Russian team, after taking down Argentina, their self-confidence has been completely recovered, but the head coach of the Russian team dare not be careless. Compared with the Chinese team, Russia has an all-round fighter Kirilenko However, in terms of scoring tension, he is not comparable to Zhang Tian, ​​so in the game against the Chinese team, the Russian team must perform at a super level, otherwise it will stop at the quarterfinals.

On April 4st, at 21:09 in the evening, the match between the Chinese team and the Russian team will begin soon. This match will directly affect the fate of the two teams of Russia and Brazil. In the historical space, the No. .30 Argentina, now zero bar two is ready to go home to fish, but facing the old enemy Brazil, the Pampas Eagles will not sit still, so if Brazil loses to Argentina, but Russia loses to China, the Samba Army Still able to rely on the relationship between victory and defeat to advance to the semi-finals.

Therefore, the fighting nation has only one way in this game-to win the Chinese team. Only in this way can they ensure that they will advance to the semi-finals.

"This is the first time that the Chinese team and the Russian team have played against each other in the history of the World Youth Championship. The previous few games were played against the Soviet Union at that time. The Chinese team played lightly in this game. As long as they play normally and win the game, it should be a problem." Not big."

In this game, Wang Fei made adjustments in the starting lineup. Liu Wei, Yue Pengfei, Zhang Tian, ​​Jiao Jian, Jia Xiaozhong, and Jia Xiaozhong, Yao Ming's teammates from the Shanghai team, played for the first time in the starting lineup. Their partner was Jiao Jian, who has a great sense of space. forward.

And the head coach of the Russian team really put the AK47 in the third position to deal with Zhang Tian, ​​and the tactics he adopted were man-to-man, not zone defense. Not much, although it is okay to restrict Zhang Tian, ​​but in the second half, when the players are not physically fit, the Chinese team can often end the game in one wave, which is very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)