The Fifth Point Guard

Based on the ranking of each group, the top 16 matches are announced.

The opponent the Chinese men's basketball team encountered in the quarter-finals was Australia, fourth in Group C.

After determining their opponent, Australia trembled.

Especially their center Andrew Bogut.

One Yao Ming is enough to give him a headache, plus STO, Bogut feels very headache. After all, these two people have left him very painful memories when he was in the NBA.

Before the battle, my heart is already timid.

Carrying the remaining power of the group stage, the morale of the Chinese men's basketball team is strong.

With the leadership of Shentong and Yao Ming, other players seem to have found a backbone.

Even in the minds of young people like Sun Yue and Chen Jianghua, Shentong is completely Jordan-level.

As long as STO is here, we will not lose!

As soon as the game against Australia started, Yao Ming rewarded Bogut with a super hot pot.

Shentong took advantage of this counterattack opportunity to win free throws and made two free throws.

The Chinese team's offense was very fierce in the first quarter.

In the positional battle, Li Nan and Liu Wei hit three-pointers one after another, while Yi Jianlian hit a big two-pointer from Yao Ming.

The Chinese team started with a 10-2 spurt.

Australia was forced to call a timeout shortly after the start.

After the timeout, the offensive rhythm of both sides began to slow down.

The Chinese team took advantage of Yao Ming's advantage and succeeded in beating Bogut continuously.

Bogut, who was scored consecutively by Yao Ming, finally became angry and hugged Yao Ming's hand when Yao Ming attacked once.

However, when Yao Ming was hugged, he used one move to throw the ball toward the basket with his left hand.

The ball hits the inside of the front edge of the basket, bounces off the backboard, and then falls into the basket.

This goal made Bogut cry.

After the first quarter, China established a double-digit advantage at 23-12.

In the second quarter, Australia stepped up its defense against Yao Ming and Shentong.

But this gives opportunities to other Chinese players.

Zhu Fangyu took the opportunity to start a three-point rain outside the three-point line.

He played the role of a killer in the Chinese team's three consecutive attacks, hitting consecutive three-pointers.

However, Australia did not call a timeout, but used Mark Worthington, who played tough, to conduct personal defense.

Perhaps due to the anxiety of being behind the score, Worthington made several big defensive moves, but they were all ignored by the referee.

Zhu Fangyu also has a bad temper.

On one occasion, Worthington's palm even hit Zhu Fangyu's face directly, but the referee did not blow the whistle, which made Zhu Fangyu completely explode.

He locked the ball firmly around his waist with his right hand, and pinched Worthington's cheek with his left hand. He said viciously in English: "I'm telling you to be dishonest, and I want you to try the feeling of being slapped in the face!"

Worthington is famously popular in the Australian league, and his status in their country is like Artest or Wallace in the NBA.

Can you bear this anger?

Even if you are Bruce Lee, I still have to give the place back.

So, the guy immediately stretched out his left hand and pinched Zhu Fangyu's cheek hard, twisting it so hard that it covered almost half of Zhu Fangyu's face.

Although his cheek hurt, Worthington still pretended to be calm and said: "Did you not eat? Let's let you feel the power of us Australians!"

"Hahaha." Although Zhu Fangyu was almost in tears, she still forced a smile and said, "Are you kidding? We Chinese are a nation that pays great attention to etiquette. I only used 20% of my strength just now. Since you want to try Try it, I will try it with 50% of my strength."

The right side of Worthington's face was about to be twisted into a ball by Zhu Fangyu, and his skin began to gradually turn red.

Gritting his teeth, Worthington refused to admit defeat verbally and replied: "It's really ridiculous. I only used 10% of my strength just now. Since you used 50%, then I will use 40% to play with you!"

The two of them were arguing with each other, exerting force on their hands, and had tears in their eyes.

It was not until the players from both sides arrived and the referee intervened that the two sides were separated.

Both Zhu Fangyu and Worthington had purple fingerprints on their faces.

The referee directly ejected the two men.

For both teams, Worthington's role for Australia is much greater than Zhu Fangyu's role for the Chinese team.

With its overall strength inferior to China's, Australia's strength has once again been passively reduced.

By the fourth quarter of the game, the score difference between the two sides had reached 30 points.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Australian team with a score of 101-70. The 31-point difference also created China's largest victory against Australia.

After the game, the Australian media was silent, and only a few media reported the game at large.

For the Chinese team's Shentong and Yao Ming, the Australian media expressed their admiration for the two world-class stars in an envious tone.

As for Bogut, he was criticized in turn by domestic basketball seniors, who warned him that only through down-to-earth efforts can he truly gain a foothold on the world-class stage, and not to continue to aim too high.

In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team faced the strong enemy Germany.

Under the leadership of Dirk Nowitzki, Germany achieved a good record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. The only game they lost was against the powerful Spanish team.

In the quarter-finals, the German team had just narrowly escaped death and defeated Nigeria, the dark horse of this tournament, by 1 point, 78-77.

Before the game, the German media praised the Chinese men's basketball team for its incredible progress and the reasonable combination of three generations of players, old, middle and young, and that it would be a force that cannot be ignored in the world in the future.

Nowitzki also said very modestly that the German men's basketball team has improved in recent years compared to before, but the extent is far less than that of China. German players need to take a long-term view and strive for more players to enter world-class leagues like the NBA. Go play ball and improve.

"Let's take a look at the Chinese men's basketball team. Their biggest change is that they have provided many capable players to play in the NBA. Shuntong, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and others have all improved by leaps and bounds after playing in the NBA, and they also have some young players. Players are about to join the NBA, such as Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, etc. I can’t help but feel a little worried about our German men’s basketball team. We also need more players to play in the NBA.”

Nowitzki was criticized by many German media for saying such words before the game that seemed to inflate other people's ambitions and undermine his own prestige. However, Nowitzki said that this is the fact. The reality may be more unacceptable, but as a German The leader of the men's basketball team must raise these issues for the German Basketball Association's reference.

As for the game, Nowitzki said that the German men's basketball team will go all out.

Being able to say this kind of thing can already predict the outcome of the German team.

On the Chinese team's side, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi took turns fighting Dirk.

Wang Zhizhi, who was on the same team as Nowitzki, is very familiar with Nowitzki's style of play, and Wang Zhizhi's style of play is not intimidating to Nowitzki at all.

So when two 2.14-meter big men fight each other, the Chinese team has already won half the battle.

After all, in terms of the two strong points of Shuntong and Yao Ming, the German team does not have players of the same level who can compete with them.

85-65, the Chinese team defeated Germany by 20 points and entered the semi-finals of the World Championships.

Shentong had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Yao Ming had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Wang Zhizhi had 14 points and 8 rebounds.

Nowitzki had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Harman had 17 points and 7 assists.

The Chinese team's performance after entering the knockout rounds was even better than in the group stage.

Zhang Weiping, who is responsible for the live commentary of domestic games, commented on the Chinese men's basketball team: "Be able to fight tough battles and dare to fight tough battles. The current Chinese team is no longer the Chinese team before. The players always stay focused on the court and use the same skills as before. The talented people work hard and do everything for victory on the court. This men's basketball team is really eye-catching and refreshing!"

After the Chinese team took the lead in breaking into the semi-finals, three other teams that broke into the semi-finals also emerged one after another.

Two teams with championship status, the United States and Spain, met in advance in the quarterfinals.

Pau Gasol sprained his ankle in the quarter-finals and needed to rest for a week. Without Pau Gasol, the strength of the Spanish team has been obviously affected, especially when playing against a team like the American Dream Seven, Spain has lost a spiritual leader like Pau Gasol on the court.

Judging from the scene at the beginning of the game, the Spanish team was obviously playing very nervously.

James, Anthony, Howard and others played their own styles at the beginning of the game and established a leading advantage.

It wasn't until the second quarter that the Spanish team started to play steadily, and the score was 55-5 with the US team.

Marc Gasol, who replaced his brother as the team's starting center, did not fall behind in the duel with Howard, but his movement speed was obviously not as fast as Howard.

The US team took advantage of Wade's breakthrough and twice used breakthrough alley-oop tactics.

Howard, who completed consecutive alley-oop dunks, was as happy as a child.

James is the core of this American men's basketball team. When Spain launched a counterattack in the second half, he used his personal ability to stabilize the situation.

With continuous breakthrough layups and strong fouls, James almost dominated the US team's offense on the court.

Lack of self-confidence and the absence of Pau Gasol, the US team finally defeated the Spanish team 89-77 and broke into the semi-finals.

In a focus battle of the semi-finals, last year's Olympic champion Argentina encountered Turkey, the biggest dark horse in this competition.

Although Nigeria is surprising enough, it is still much inferior to Turkey.

The new European team Turkey was impressive in the group stage.

They achieved a good record of 4 wins and 1 loss in Group C, which has strong teams such as Greece, Lithuania, Australia and Brazil.

Facing Argentina, the Turkish media shouted the slogan "pull down the Olympic champion".

But unfortunately, the reality is always completely different from the good expectations.

Argentina beat Turkey 83-58 without much effort.

The true nature of the dark horse dissipates with the wind.

As the Olympic champion two years ago, Argentina is eager to prove its strength at this year's World Championships.

Under the leadership of Ginobili, Scola, and Nocioni, the Argentina team performed well and appeared in Group A with a record of 5 wins and 0 losses.

After turning the dark horse into a prototype, Argentina entered the semi-finals with their heads high.

The final spot in the semi-finals is between Greece and France.

Before the start of this World Championship, Dream Seven's Carmelo Anthony told the media that their most worrying opponent was the Greek team, which combines offense and defense.

Anthony's worries are not entirely unreasonable. Although Meng Qi is bright, the Greeks who are good at zone defense and accurate shooting are by no means a fuel-efficient lamp.

If Greece can defeat France, then the United States' opponent in the semifinals will be Greece.

France failed to organize a decent resistance.

The French team with Parker and Diaw had a very luxurious lineup, but they were quickly defeated when facing the powerful European champions.

73-56, Greece defeated France cleanly, and then concentrated on the next semi-final against the United States.

After the competition ends on August 31, the semi-finalists will be selected.

China, the United States, Argentina, and Greece have become the top four of this world championship.

In the semifinals, China faced Argentina and the United States faced Greece.

September 1st, first session.

The match between Mengqi and Greece started first.

This is a battle between spear and shield.

Data shows that the Dream Seven team beat their opponents by an average of 25 points per game in this World Championship.

The European champion Greece has strong overall strength, especially their defense is very good.

This semi-final is definitely not an easy game for the Dream Seven Team.

As a result, the Greek team, which Meng Qi always kept in mind, created a myth.

They defeated the Dream Team 101-95 and blocked the Americans from the finals.

In the last three World Championships, Dream Team 7 has failed to win the championship. The last time they dominated the World Championship was in 1994.

Rockets guard Spanoulis scored a team-high 22 points, Kateiossis scored 15 points, and "Little Shark" Shortsanitis scored 12 points and 12 rebounds.

On the American side, Anthony scored a team-high 27 points, Wade scored 19 points, James scored 17 points, and Howard scored 10 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks.

The news that Meng Qi missed the finals quickly broke the news on major Internet portals.

An angry American reporter shouted on the spot: "The last fig leaf of the Dream Team has been lost! We must face up to a problem. The United States is no longer the dominant basketball hegemon."

James was under tremendous pressure after the game, including Anthony, Wade and others.

Some experts said that these young people are not yet able to represent the U.S. team at the highest level because their strongest people are not here.

Everyone knows they are talking about Kobe.

Trapped Americans need a savior.

Kobe can only play this role and give them their last hope.

Coach K took all the responsibility for the defeat on himself at the post-game press conference.

"They are very good and have enough strength to compete for the championship, but we must face one thing. The basketball level of all countries in the world is improving by leaps and bounds. We cannot look at the world with the previous eyes. Except for Greece, which defeated us today, including China, Argentina, and Spain As the team is growing rapidly, we need to work harder and harder to regain the feeling we had before. In two years, when it’s time for the Olympics, I will consider persuading players like Kobe and Duncan to rejoin the Dream Team. , and then together we can challenge for the world championship again.”

China faced Argentina in the semifinals.

In the last Olympic Games, it was Argentina who narrowly won by 1 point and blocked China from the finals.

But things have turned. In this World Championships, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and even Yi Jianlian have made great progress compared to the last Olympic Games. Shuntong has also become the strongest player in the NBA.

The two teams were inseparable.

Sometimes the audience is even dazzled.

Shentong, Ginobili, Scola, three circles spinning around on the court were dazzling.

Things are changing.

The last time Argentina narrowly defeated China, this time lady luck was on China's side.

Near the end of the game, Shentong made a sudden fadeaway jumper to exceed the score for the Chinese men's basketball team.

Ginobili's breakthrough buzzer-beating layup circled around the rim and drew a circle.

The Chinese team defeated Argentina 81-80 and joined Greece on the top of the world!