The older superstars of the NBA

"Doctor, how is Zhao Feiyang's condition?"

"He just sprained his ankle...no big problem, just rest for a day..."

In a local hospital in Madrid, head coach Ma Lei was asking about Zhao Feiyang's injury.Although the Huaxia men's basketball team successfully won the first game, Zhao Feiyang's injury at the last moment undoubtedly affected the hearts of many people.

Not only the domestic media reported the news for the first time, but even the Golden State Warriors called to inquire about the situation.

Fortunately, Zhao Feiyang was fine, everything was just a false alarm.

After the doctor left, the head coach Ma Lei also came to the ward. Zhao Feiyang was lying on the ward, looking leisurely playing with his mobile phone.

"Thanks you are fine... If you are fine, this time the World Cup group stage will be over..."

Ma Lei said.

Zhao Feiyang was very indifferent, "The team can't always rely on me alone. My strength alone is limited. All I can do is to help the team win a little more points, and it may not necessarily determine the team's victory or defeat. ..."

Ma Lei sighed.

"Everyone understands the truth! But the Huaxia men's basketball team can only rely on you in this situation..."

After Coach Ma Lei finished speaking, Zhao Feiyang finally stopped looking at the phone, but he handed the phone to Coach Ma Lei to let him pay attention to the information on it.

"Coach, I've done the calculations. It shouldn't be a big problem for us to win No.4 in the group stage. In short, among the next opponents, it will definitely not be a problem to beat the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team..."

"But except for the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team, it is very difficult for us to win the other three teams... If we look at the competition system, we have successfully won No.4, and the second round will be played against It is the No.1 team in Group C......"

Zhao Feiyang analyzed while talking.

"In this case, we will lose with a high probability. No. 1 in Group C is the American men's basketball team... But if we can win another game, it is best to control the ranking in the third position, then We will face No.2 in Group C......"

"According to the current strength analysis, the No.2 team in Group C is likely to be the Ukrainian men's basketball team and the New Zealand men's basketball team. Of course, these two teams are also very strong, but it is not completely impossible to beat them. This time there are many The lineup of the national team is not the best, and even many stars of the American Dream Team did not come...."

Zhao Feiyang explained his thoughts, while the head coach Ma Lei fell into thinking.

"what do you mean?"

"I think we can choose to give up appropriately. Since some opponents can't beat them at all, let the new players play more. Of course, the old players still have to play, but reduce their playing time, save their physical fitness and keep them healthy. ..."

"Those three most powerful opponents, in my opinion, we have a chance to beat Angola...We have defeated them before! But like Lithuania and Slovenia, we can let go... …”

Before Zhao Feiyang finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by the head coach Ma Lei.

"No."

"Are you kidding me? We must never give up on the group stage. When it's time to fight, we have to fight to the death... In any case, we won't know until we have played... ..."

"Otherwise, if we voluntarily give up, how will the fans explain it? How will the Basketball Association explain it?"

Zhao Feiyang shook his head.

"What the Basketball Association wants is the final result."

"Of course the fans are very concerned, but can we beat these two teams without giving up? Basketball is not football. Under the influence of absolute strength, it is difficult to be upset..."

"I'm not afraid of them, nor lazy. I just think that the intensity of the game is so high, and the schedule is so long. If everyone can get better rest, they will definitely perform better in the second half... It's just right You can take this opportunity to train young players..."

"Backing back is not to give up, but to punch harder next time..."

Zhao Feiyang spoke seriously.

Coach Ma Lei was caught in a tangle.

He froze in place for a while, but still didn't think about the result.It just so happened that all the players of the national team came to see Zhao Feiyang. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Coach Ma Lei quietly walked out of the ward to a secluded place.

"Hello, is Chairman Xin there? Get me to his office..."

Ma Lei called Xin Guotao.

The other party answered the phone quickly.

After Xin Guotao asked about Zhao Feiyang's exact injury, Ma Lei also took this opportunity to tell Zhao Feiyang's idea to the other party. Unexpectedly, Xin Guotao interrupted Ma Lei's narration before he finished listening.

"What kind of shit idea? Who made him think that?"

"Give up the game? What if you can't beat it? Can you give up if you can't beat it? When the fans scold who will be responsible? Do you want me to bear the blame?"

Xin Guotao flew into a rage, and spat obscenities unceremoniously on the other end of the phone.

Ma Lei kept his voice low and obedient, and only cautiously added when Xin Guotao paused, "It's not that I'm afraid of playing against the opponent, it's just because of the physical considerations of the players... The schedule is too tight, our players are physically stronger than the opponent Weaker, if we can wait for work with ease, maybe there will be unexpected effects...."

"Fuck your uncle!"

Xin Guotao scolded unceremoniously, "Ma Lei, what nonsense are you talking about? Why did you hurt your body? What does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with you?"

"Ma Lei, let me tell you, it took a lot of effort for me to put you in this position. I asked you to coach the team to achieve results. As for who gets injured, what does it have to do with me? Use it, if he doesn’t use it himself, does he have to rely on me? The Basketball Association?”

"Anyway, I put my words here. No matter what you think, you must go all out in the next few games! Even if you lose, you have to look like you are doing your best. Otherwise, how can you explain to the fans? And... ...Didn't Zhao Feiyang have a lot of ideas? Let me see that he still didn't give his best!"

"In the next few games, he must play the whole game. Do you hear me? If you lose 1 minute, you will get out of the national team immediately after you come back..."

beep.

beep.

The phone hangs up.

Ma Lei did not expect such a result.

He sat in a chair beside him in a daze, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked into Zhao Feiyang's ward again.

However, this time he didn't say anything.

Early the next morning, CCTV Sports specially interviewed the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, and also learned from them that Zhao Feiyang's injury was fine.

After the news was reported in China, countless Huaxia fans' hearts were finally relieved.

The Huaxia men's basketball team had no chance to relax at all. After only one day, they ushered in their second opponent in the group stage.

This time, their opponent is Lithuania, the strongest team in the group stage.

What is worrying is that before the start of this game, the Lithuanian team encountered the Kimchi National Men's Basketball Team, which was not much weaker than the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, in the first game of the group stage.

The two teams ended the battle in only three quarters, and the Lithuanian team played an extremely good performance, easily defeating their opponents with a big score of 97 to 69.

Such a big gap in the score also made the Huaxia men's basketball team feel a lot of pressure before the game started.