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

Chapter 18 Top Four Opponents—Matador Legion
Russia's loss meant that they had lost hope of advancing to the semi-finals. Kirilenko, who was still very young, squatted on the floor and cried after the game. Wet.

Teammates came up to comfort AK47 one by one. These guys felt a little bit guilty in their hearts. If they had worked harder, maybe the ending of the game would have been completely different.

It's a pity that if there is no if, the players of the Chinese team came to shake hands with each other one by one. Zhang Tian came to AK47 and pulled him up. "Come on, I will wait for you in the NBA." Kirilenko hugged Zhang Tian with red eyes Next, slowly walked out of the arena.

In fact, the victory or defeat of a game does not improve one's own draft market that much, because one's own biggest shortcoming has not been improved.

The final four of this year's World Youth Championship have just been released. The United States, Spain, Brazil, China, and the Chinese team have entered the final four of this tournament for the first time, but the system's task completion notification sound still hasn't sounded.

In the six games of the Chinese team so far, Zhang Tian can contribute 22 points, 3 assists, 1 steal, shooting 40.00% from the field and 30.00% from the three-point range.The free throw percentage is 70.00%.Although Qatar's swingman Moussa did not have more than 25 points on the scoring end, Qatar has already played in the ranking match, and they have no chance to move forward, and the Chinese team's World Youth Championship journey is still not over.

Taking advantage of the three days of the semi-final draw, Zhang Tian was still soaking in the arena. After the group stage, the rest of the games were played in Lisbon, which saved Zhang Tian from running back and forth.

Perhaps the future star card will make up for the weakness of holding the ball, but before there is no star card, it is best not to make this shortcoming so short.

So Ganon Baker, the trainer invited in advance, came in handy. His suggestion was to practice the ball first. Only by practicing this trick well, you will not be so strenuous when holding the ball.As for layups with left and right hands, Zhang Tian can handle them well.But when practicing ball control, you should also practice it by the way.

During the three-day rest period, Zhang Tian and Ganon Baker nestled in the arena, where they performed boring dribbling training, starting from the head to dribble back and forth, and then lowering the center of gravity, the speed gradually increased.In this way, the wrist can develop a kind of muscle memory as soon as possible. The former is not an idiot who has no ability to hold the ball. Heaven also absorbed a lot of things.At least these tens of thousands of dollars are not in vain.

As for Chip Engelland, although he has signed a contract, he can only practice shooting when Zhang Tian has finished handling the ball. Anyway, in a word, during the rest time of the past few days, other players may be resting, but Zhang Tian No.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the semi-finals has also been released, and that is the Spanish team.The champion of this World Youth Championship in the previous life.

This lottery result is completely acceptable to the Chinese team. Compared with the fully evolved US team, Spain is better bullied. Although they are the champions in the historical space, the Chinese team has already defended their title in the group stage. The champion is eliminated, and the Spanish team is nothing special. Their team has a future NBA All-Star player like Kirilenko, but unfortunately it is not the core.

The Spanish side is not so satisfied with the result of the draw. What they want to draw is the Brazilian team. Brazil is recognized as a boy in the semi-finals. Whoever faces them can gain an absolute advantage. Unfortunately, the US team Picked up a bargain.

On April 4th, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese team came to the arena to warm up ahead of time. Both Wang Fei and the players knew that Spain was stronger than most of their previous opponents, so prepare carefully There is nothing wrong with that.

Grandpa Zhang Lili interviewed Zhang Tian during the training period.

"Xiao Zhang, your current draft simulation prediction has reached the middle of the first round, the lottery area. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Before this World Youth Championship, Zhang Tian was a completely unknown existence. If he was famous, he would be notorious. Relying on his family relationship to force his way into the National Youth Team, the "young talents" of other clubs lost An opportunity to show oneself on the international stage is simply a heinous crime.This kind of person is completely the villain who is trampled by the protagonist in the novel.

But after the semi-finals, no matter whether it is the media or the fans, who would dare to say that Zhang Tian is a connected family and a cancer. It is estimated that they may not be able to qualify for the group stage in this event until the destruction of the earth.

"I don't think so much now, because the World Youth Championship is not over yet."

Zhang Tian is very clear about his positioning. He has no professional game experience, and he is not a high school student or college student in the United States. These three points are destined to suffer a lot in the draft market, so don't think about becoming a popular rookie, that's too bad. Be realistic.

Zhang Lili did not leave, and asked a few more questions before leaving.

While other foreign media reporters did not interview before the game, their goal was to be in the post-match press conference.

It was after seven o'clock that the Spanish team arrived late, but the atmosphere in their team was good, everyone was talking and laughing, only a big man with a height of [-] feet [-] was a little unhappy.

This guy's name is Pau Gasol, and he is one year older than Zhang Tian, ​​but compared to Zhang Tian, ​​who is already the core of the Chinese team, the former is the top five in the Spanish National Youth Team.So my sister-in-law is very envious of Zhang Tian, ​​especially Zhang Tian has been followed by NBA teams, and of course, the opponent dares to sign up for the NBA draft without even a professional league experience. This is what the future Spanish brother admires even more of.

"What the audience is going to do now is the semi-finals between the Chinese team and the Spanish team. The winner will advance to the final. Spain's starting lineup is like this No. 14 point guard Raul Lopez, No. 7 Juan Navarro, this guy He is the leading scorer in the Spanish team. Suleiman is No. 10 at the third position, Pau Gasol at the 15th at the fourth position, and Gran Gabriel at the 13th at the fifth position. On our side, apart from Liu Wei and Zhang Tian In addition to these two people remaining unchanged, the other three people sent by coach Wang Fei are Yue Pengfei, Li Ke and Mo Ke. Among them, Mo Ke is obviously stronger than Spain's No. 13 in the height of the fifth position. The advantages have been brought into play." Xu Jicheng finished speaking in one breath, and took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

Wang Fei Qiuwen did not choose Jiao Jian. Although the latter's shooting range is wider, it will make the Spanish team uncomfortable, but the same Spanish fourth position is the top five in the Spanish team, but the former has a hunch that this guy is far from what he used to be. It is comparable to those stinky fish and rotten shrimps.

(End of this chapter)