Coach Lee

Chapter 288 Excited
Without the participation of NBA stars, the US team's road to promotion is somewhat thrilling.

In the group stage, the U.S. won only one opener against Brazil.They lost back to back to Lithuania and Spain.Only relying on winning Brazil was lucky to advance to the semi-finals.

In the rematch against Greece, Argentina and Puerto Rico, they won all three games.In the end, he won the second place in the rematch group and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Although this American team does not have NBA stars, their strength is not bad at all.

Although the twelve players are not NBA players now, almost all of them have ties to the NBA.

No. 3 Michigan State University student Kravis, this is a college star player and a popular rookie in the NBA next year,

No. 4 Duke University student Langton, this is a popular rookie in the NBA next year.

No. 5 Hawkins is an undrafted pick. He averaged 1.8 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 6 Garris is an undrafted pick. He averaged 2.3 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 7 Sassel was the 1996th in the second round in 12. He averaged 2.3 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 8 Jimmy King was the 1995th pick in the second round in 6. He averaged 4.5 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 9 Edwards was undrafted and averaged 2 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 10 Olivier Velva, was the 1991th overall pick in the second round in 12. He averaged 4.2 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 11 Alexis has no NBA experience,

No. 12 Gerald King was undrafted and averaged 4.5 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 13 David Wood is an undrafted pick. He averaged 3.9 points per game in his NBA career.
No. 14 Amaya lost the draft and averaged 4.5 points per game in his NBA career.

In six games, Olivier averaged 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and [-] assists per game.

These twelve players, each performing their own duties, all play according to the coach's arrangement.Their tactical execution is very good.

Many European media people are not optimistic about the Chinese team.

"The dark horse road of the Chinese team has come to an end."

"The US team is serious, they are still the favorites to win the championship."

"It's going to be a great game, but it will definitely be the U.S. team that wins in the end."

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Soon, the quarterfinals began.

However, the Sino-US competition is surprising.

The two sides fought against each other, and there was no sign of defense at all.

In the last 30 seconds of the game, 86-86, the two sides still fought to a tie.

The last attack of the US team was handed over to Olivier who felt the best.

Facing Li Nan's defense, Olivier was full of confidence.

However, the result is not so good.

Several attempts to break through were unsuccessful. Seeing that the time was coming, Olivier had to make a move.

Using Jordan's back-up footwork, Olivier also quickly performed a few fake moves, but in the end he chose a right-back turn-back shot.

However, what Olivier didn't expect was that Li Nan bounced too fast and jumped too high.

boom!
The direct face-to-face defense blocked Olivier's shot.

beep!
The attack time is up, and the US team has an offensive violation.

The last 6 seconds belong to the Chinese team.

At this time, the Chinese fans shouted, "Team China! Come on!"

However, what is surprising is that more and more foreign audiences followed suit,

"China! China! China!"

The scene seemed to be the home court of the Chinese team.

With the cheers of foreign friends, the Chinese team served the ball in the frontcourt and gave it to Li Nan, who was stuck and wanted the ball.

Turning around slowly, facing Olivier, Li Nan shot with straight arms and knees without warning.

Oliver didn't react at all.

Whoosh!
Three point hit.

"Wow~ this is it?"

"Is that Ganba?"

"The one who didn't respond."

Many audience members were stunned.

This lore ball is really incomprehensible.Without slow-motion playback, I really can't understand it.

The U.S. team served in the backcourt in the last 1.2 seconds. Olivier dribbled the ball and pushed forward directly.

boom!
As a result, the ball didn't go out, and was directly caught by Li Nangai.

Beep beep beep! ! !
The game is over.

103-100
The Chinese team won!
In the whole game, Li Nan scored 35 points, 8 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 steals.

Relying on Li Nan's two defenses and a three-pointer at the end, the Chinese team broke into the semi-finals of the World Championships historically!

And this is the first time that the Chinese team has defeated the US team in the past 20 years!

The first two times were in 79, when the Bayi men's basketball team won twice against Magic Johnson's US team.

……

"Oh! Li Nan blocked the US team! We won! We finally won the US team! This is the first time we beat the US team in the World Series! We are now the top four in the world! We are the light of Asia ! Our Chinese men's basketball team has made history again!..."

This exciting news quickly spread to the country through Teacher Sun Zhengping's excited voice, and the people of the country were immediately excited.

"Yeah! The Chinese men's basketball team is amazing!"

"Top four in the world! Light of Asia!"

"We beat Team USA!"

……

After winning the US team, many people expected the squadron to go further.

However, no.

In the semi-finals, the Chinese team lost to Yugoslavia with 56-78 and 22 points.

Li Nan was double-teamed and scored only 23 points.

Bodi Loga of Yugoslavia was also targeted by the Chinese team and only scored 18 points.

In the third and fourth qualifying matches, the Chinese team lost to Greece 72-79.

The three big and tall players of the Greek team, Jakovic, Panakitis, and Essing Mills took turns.In this game, the Chinese team's inside line failed to withstand it and was beaten to pieces.Wang Dazhi and Bart have fouled and left the field successively.

Li Nan scored 29 points, but failed to save the defeat.

No. 4!The Chinese team made history!

……

The final was Yugoslavia vs Russia.

Russian star Saiga Babokov played against Yugoslavian star Bodi Loga.

In the end, Bodi Loga had the last laugh.

Bodi Loga scored 24 points and led Yugoslavia to win the final victory over Russia 64-62!
Final ranking:
Yugoslavia first,

Russia second,
Greece third,

The Chinese team is fourth!
Fifth in the United States!

Tenth in Germany!

……

After the game, FIBA ​​announced the best team!
Reblaka (Yugoslavia), Li Nan, Bodiloga (Yugoslavia), Sega Babokov (Russia), Arturas Karnisovas (Lithuania).

But the MVP candidate was beyond everyone's expectations.

Li Nan!

Li Nan defeated Yugoslav superstar Bodi Loga and Russian star Saiga Babokov to win this honor.

There are a total of nine games in this World Championships. Li Nan averaged 28.9 points, 5.3 assists, 6.7 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 2.7 steals per game.

After seeing Li Nan's data, everyone knew that it was reasonable for Li Nan to win the MVP...

……

CCTV news at 30 o'clock every night reported the news for [-] seconds.

The news headline is: "Chinese men's basketball team makes history!"

"At the Greek Men's Basketball World Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team made history and achieved a good result of No.4. Chinese player Li Nan even won the World Championship MVP!..."

"The Chinese men's basketball team dares to fight hard and dare to challenge..."

Domestic basketball fans were excited and shouted: "The Chinese men's basketball team is awesome! Li Nan is awesome!"

However, the United States on the other side of the ocean is a frying pan.

(End of this chapter)