king of defenders

Chapter 1352 Group stage, vs Côte d'Ivoire
On August 8, the 31 Basketball World Cup officially started.

According to the rules of the Basketball World Cup, the first is the group stage, a total of 32 teams, divided into 8 groups, 4 teams in each group for a single round-robin match, the top two teams in the group qualify, and then enter the second round of the group stage, that is, The 16 teams that qualified in the first round will be divided into groups, and they will play one game each with the two teams in the same group that have not played against each other before.

Teams that have played against each other in the first round of the group stage will no longer play against each other.

For example, in Group A, if the Chinese team qualify in the first round of the group stage, they will no longer play against another qualifying team in Group A after entering the second round of the group stage.

Therefore, although the second round of the group stage is also a single round, there are also 4 teams in a group, but in fact each team will only play two games instead of three games like the first round of the group stage.

The results of the last two rounds of group matches are added up, and the top two in each group qualify for the quarterfinals, and the rest of the teams will participate in the subsequent qualifying matches.

The teams that entered the quarter-finals entered the brutal knockout stage, where life and death were determined in one game, and the next stage was won if they won, and they would be eliminated if they lost. After 8 rounds, 4 rounds, 4 rounds into 2 rounds, the champion was finally determined.

There were 8 games on the first day of the game, and the Chinese team also had a game against Côte d'Ivoire.

There are four teams in Group A of the Chinese team, including China, Côte d’Ivoire, Poland, and Venezuela. Among them, the Chinese team is undoubtedly the strongest team in Group A because of Meng Yun and Xiang Long. Poland and Venezuela have good strength. Côte d’Ivoire It is the weakest team.

In the arena.

There are Chinese fans in the auditorium, and on the court, players from both sides have already arrived and are warming up.

The atmosphere of the Chinese team is relaxed. After all, the opponent is really not strong. It will basically not be difficult to defeat Côte d'Ivoire. It is just an appetizer.

The Ivorian players on the opposite side all look serious, but they are also actively warming up. Although they know that the opponent is a strong team and there is a gap in strength, they have no intention of giving up.

The warm-up is over soon.

The players returned to the rest area and surrounded the palace director.

Director Gong looked at Meng Yun, Xiang Long and other starters, and said: "Although Côte d'Ivoire is not strong, we can't take it lightly. Give me a good fight and lead as much as you can."

"Yes."

"clear."

Everyone agreed.

Meng Yun looked at the opposite side. He didn't intend to let the water go. This is not his habit. Whether it is "a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength" or "go all out is to respect the opponent", no matter what kind of opponent he faces , as long as the coach has not ordered him, he will not release the water.

As for Xiang Long, it is even more impossible to release the water.

Yi Jian is mature and stable, without a smile on his face, but he is more calm than before, because he has confidence in his heart.

The previous relaxation and laughter were due to other players. After all, each player has a different personality, and they are still a group of young people.

"beep"

The whistle blew and the game officially started.

When the two sides came to the field, the Chinese team still started with Xiang Long, Yi Jianlian, Abdu, Fang Shuo, and Meng Yun.

The starting lineup sent by Côte d'Ivoire is center Mohamed Cohen (height 210 cm), power forward Dion Thompson (height 204 cm), small forward Guy Landry Eddy (height 199 cm), shooting guard Charles - Abwo (height 194 cm), Brian - Paba (height 192 cm).

In fact, the starting point guard of Côte d'Ivoire is Suleiman Diabate, but Suleiman Diabate is only 182 cm tall, which is really a disadvantage for Meng Yun.

It can be said that Meng Yun can shoot casually in front of him.

So Côte d'Ivoire made adjustments and sent Brian Paba, who is taller. Although he is still more than ten centimeters shorter than Meng Yun in height, he is better than Suleiman Diabate. He is also impossible. Sending a striker up to play as a defender, there are not many players available in Côte d'Ivoire, so who will organize it when sending a striker up?

First the jump ball.

The Chinese team got the ball without any suspense. After Meng Yun ate the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, he wanted a pick-and-roll, and then broke through. I understand the video and know that Meng Yun's speed is very fast, but that is different from the personal experience.

Paba, who was facing off against Meng Yun, was blocked by Xiang Long. Cohen, who was delayed coming up, had already reached the inside line before he could act, and took advantage of the trend to score a layup.

"It's too easy."

"Meng Yun's speed is too fast."

The fans sighed.

The Côte d'Ivoire team is almost all black players, but not every black player has the physical fitness of those black players in the NBA.

What the players in Côte d'Ivoire lack most is not their physical fitness, but their skills and awareness. When Xiang Long mentioned the pick-and-roll, he knew that Meng Yun was fast, but Cohen did not come up in advance to prepare for the delay. After Xiang Long had completed the pick-and-roll Only then did I think of going forward to delay, but it was too late.

The Chinese team quickly returned to defense after scoring two points, and the Côte d'Ivoire team attacked.

The basketball was passed in the hands of several Ivorian players. They didn't have any star players, and they didn't have a strong offensive point. Facing the defense of the Chinese team, they didn't know what to do.

boom!
Ivory Coast failed to score this time. Xiang Long took the rebound and threw it forward. Meng Yun threw off the Ivorian player, grabbed the ball and made another layup.

A group of tall foreigners sat in the audience, they were players of the Polish team.

Poland also has a game today, against Venezuela, and managed to beat Venezuela, because the game was at [-]pm and it's [-]pm, so they have time to watch China and Cote d'Ivoire - of course, to watch the Chinese team .

Because Poland just defeated Venezuela, the opponents in the first round of the group stage will be the Chinese team and Côte d'Ivoire. They don't care about Côte d'Ivoire, they only worry about the Chinese team.

"Côte d'Ivoire is obviously not prepared enough." A Polish player shook his head and said, "Facing a top nba superstar like Meng Yun, they should directly double-team them. How can one-on-one prevent Meng Yun?"

Another player took up the conversation and said: "Knowing that Meng Yun is fast, he didn't guard against his fast break. Didn't they watch the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team a few days ago?"

at the same time.

On the edge of the field, the head coach of Côte d'Ivoire couldn't help shaking his head secretly. He knew that the players had watched the warm-up match between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team. Realizing that Meng Yun has already crossed the center line, why are you chasing after him?
(End of this chapter)