At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 208 The Dream Team Appears

Most of the dozen or so American players who filed in were relatively young.

As the future stars of the NBA, many of them are joining the national team for the first time, so they are naturally high-spirited.

For them, today's game is just a formality, looking for a feeling. The Huaguo men's basketball team is not enough for them to take it seriously.

However, when they saw Du Zhe sitting on the sidelines, the eyes of everyone entering the venue still showed a bit of fear unconsciously.

Since Du Zhe has only played more than one season in the NBA, not many American players present today are familiar with him.

of course there are exceptions.

"Hi! Brother Zhe!" Curry greeted Du Zhe from a distance.

Du Zhe also stood up to welcome his teammate.

"Brother Zhe, will you play today's game?" Curry was gearing up, obviously wanting to have a formal confrontation with Du Zhe on the court.

Du Zhe shook his head.

This made Curry slightly regretful.

Since Curry will play in a while, after the two chatted for a while, he also went to the court to warm up and prepare.

Deng Huade was discussing tactics with the assistant coaches on the sidelines at this time, and Dayao, an NBA veteran, was also chatting with the two captains of the US team.

After being idle, Du Zhe observed the players of the two teams who were warming up on the court.

Unlike the Dream Eight team with a luxurious lineup in the 08 Olympics, the two most obvious labels of the Dream Nine team participating in the World Championships this time are "civilians" and "younger".

Although Du Zhe knows that there are several future superstars and stars in this Dream Nine team, in the eyes of the media and fans, the current American men's basketball team is still a bit too young.

Kobe, James, Howard, Wade, Paul, Anthony...none of these top stars in their playing years came.

Some of them have not recovered from their injuries, and more of them have looked down on events of this level in the World Championships.

Under the circumstances that everyone didn't pay much attention to it, the US men's basketball team finally only pieced together a slightly "shabby" lineup to play in this World Championship.

This Dream Nine team is led by veteran Chauncey Billups as the captain. He is one of the few veterans in the team who has won the FMVP.

The other captain of the team is Lamar Odom of the Lakers. As a good friend of Kobe, when he saw Du Zhe on the bench, his face suddenly became very ugly, and he kept shooting there with a livid face to warm up.

The core of this team is undoubtedly Kevin Durant from the Thunder. Although he is only a third-year player, he was just selected for the first team last season and has grown into a top star in the league.

In addition to him, Pacers boss Danny Granger is also considered a relatively famous star in this team. He was selected to the All-Star team last season.

As for other players, it goes without saying that Curry is Du Zhe's teammate. Although he won the championship with the team, he is only a first-year rookie after all, and he is nothing in the NBA with so many strong players.

As Durant's teammate, Russell Westbrook is only a second-year rookie. So far, his most outstanding honor is the Rookie First Team and the Rookie Challenge MVP shared with Du Zhe.

It is also because of this that Lei Ting's young masters have a pretty good impression of Du Zhe.

After warming up for a while, the two also took the initiative to come over and chat with Du Zhe for a while.

Among other outsiders, although Derrick Rose has begun to emerge, he has not yet reached his peak. Last season, he was just an All-Star substitute.

As for outside players such as Iguodala, Rudy Gay, and Eric Gordon, although they are also the main players of their respective teams, they obviously don't have any honors.

The remaining two post players are Tyson Chandler and Kevin Love.

Chandler has been playing in the NBA for many years, but has always been tepid. At this time, he is still playing for the Bobcats and is just a qualified starting blue-collar center.

And Love has not grown into the "god of love" at this time, and he still looks like an ordinary fat white guy.

Such a young Dream Nine team that lacks big-name players has not been favored by most of the media.

Inexperience and lack of star flavor are one aspect, and the other is that the team's inside line is a bit too weak.

There is no three-second defense rule in the international arena, and the requirements for the height and thickness of the inside line are obviously higher.

But this Dream Nine team has a total of 3 insiders, which can't help but make people sweat.

Among the three insiders, only Tyson Chandler is a pure meat shield insider. Among the other two, Love is too tender, and Odom's dubious body seems a bit thin in the international arena.

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Soon the warm-up match between the two teams officially began.

The Huaguo Men's Basketball Team sent a starting lineup composed of Arab League, Su Wei, Liu Wei, Sun Yue and Wang Qi. Except for Su Wei, several others are also experienced national team veterans.

Facing the young Dream Nine team, the national team quickly fell into a disadvantage just after the start.

Pacers boss Danny Grangery made a sudden outside shot and scored 10 points alone, directly eating Zhou Peng who was facing him on the front line.

No one responded to the national team, falling into a scoring drought.

Du Zhe was not surprised by this. After all, in the summer league, facing a Summer League team composed of NBA fringe players, the national team could not gain the upper hand without him, let alone with young talents from all walks of life. The U.S. team is playing against each other.

Fortunately, Sun Yue scored two three-pointers in a row, Ah Lian hit a mid-range shot, and Wang Qi broke through and caused a foul. Finally, the situation was stabilized, and there was even a faint tendency to counterattack.

Deng Huade was so excited that he sat on his chair and loudly encouraged the players, asking everyone to desperately bite the score.

But it is a pity that the highlight of the national team was short-lived. In the rest of the first quarter, the team had no more sports goals.

Su Wei, who partnered with Ah Lian as the starting center, tried to hit Chandler twice in the paint, but as a result, he was defended cleanly.

Not to mention other players, during this period of time, only the United Arab Emirates got two free throw opportunities by fighting Durant in the interior.

After the first quarter, the national team was almost hit by double-digit points with a score of 11:20.

Deng Huade never touched the stool in the last three minutes. He kept urging the national team players to run as fast as he could.

But in the face of the absolute strength gap, these are just futile.

In the second quarter, the lineups of the two teams were slightly adjusted, and several substitutes were rotated.

Big Zhi and Guo Ailun played, while Liu Wei and Su Wei, who had made no achievements, were off for a while.

After the substitution, the Huaguo men's basketball team performed slightly better on the offensive end. After Dazhi came on the field, he immediately singled out Odom and scored two points.

But the Dream Team's offense became more and more fierce. Curry, Iguodala and others who were replaced in the second quarter blossomed more and continued to widen the point difference.

The score of the two teams in the second quarter was 15:27, and the national team lost more points than in the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)