33BA Group First

The power of the proletarian dictatorship is powerful. Chamberlain had heard of it before but did not understand what this sentence was, but soon he understood that after the reporters besieged him for a morning, he suddenly disappeared without a trace in the afternoon. The news about him making random things in the newspaper also disappeared from Erjing. The rest was singing praises for him. There were still a lot of gossip about him on the Internet, but they were all the previous ones. Since the afternoon of the 21st, no vicious news has been released.

Chamberlain didn't understand what was going on at first, but then when the men's basketball director talked to him, he understood:

"Xiao Zhang, are you still used to everything in the country recently?"

"It's all good to get used to it. I enjoy my life and competition now."

"That's good, that's good, hehe, are you used to it in life?"

"Yes, I'm quite used to living and eating very well. Both Shandong and Sichuan cuisine are great. It would be better if Sichuan cuisine is not so spicy."

"Oh, that's great. I don't like eating too spicy food, right? Okay, starting tonight I'll ask the chef to make you a table of Sichuan cuisine that is not spicy. I heard that your partner is in Sichuan?"

"Yes, her name is Li Qun, she is in Chengdu."

"Then your life? Hehe, young man, I just ask about your life..."

"You mean XING Life?"

"Haha, young people are just outspoken. I'm talking about this. You can't solve it, right? Do you want me to solve it for you?"

Chamberlain stared blankly at the old man opposite, looked at the strange gaze shot out from his faint old eyes, and shook his head wildly: "No, no, no, no, I'm fine, I can solve it, I don't need you..."

"That's it, haha, if you can solve the problem, I hope you will solve the problem a little more, so you won't be caught by the reporters. This time, the central leadership made a call, so I can help you solve the problem of the media and journalists. But leaders can't help you forever, so it's better for you to restrain yourself in the future."

After Chamberlain and the director separated for a long time, they realized what was going on. It was not that the reporters had lost interest in themselves, but that someone from above had sheltered him from the wind and rain?

But the impact of this news on Chamberlain is far from being solved by a central leader's speech.

The next opponent of the men's basketball team is Lithuania, which is known as the strongest in European basketball. This is a European powerhouse. It has won three European Championships, participated in the Olympic men's basketball competitions four times, and won third place.

Former Chinese men's basketball coach Yunas is a Lithuanian. The Lithuanian team won the championship at the first Stankovic Cup held in Beijing in 205.

The Lithuanian team has NHAI stars such as Kleza, Machiyanskas and Sangela. The lineup is very deep and has a strong basketball foundation and strength. The team has reached the semi-finals in the last four Olympics. It won three bronze medals in 199226 and ranked fourth in 204.

Among the teams with full confidence and good coaching, the Lithuanian team is the most typical. As a veteran team in the world basketball world, since it was regained independence in 193, Lithuania, a small European country, has always faced the world with a strong image in the world basketball world. In the past, when it was one of the Soviet Union's allies, the main force of the Soviet men's basketball team came from Lithuania.

At the 196 Seoul Olympics, the Soviet men's basketball team won the world championship for the last time. That time, Sabonis, the main player of the Soviet men's basketball team, was a Lithuanian.

From 2019 to 204, the Lithuanian men's basketball team won three bronze medals and a fourth place in the Olympics. They also won gold in the 203 European Championships. They have played against the Chinese team eight times in the past. Whether it is a formal match or a friendly match, the Chinese men's basketball team has never won a win.

However, this former king of Europe has gradually declined. The Lithuanian men's basketball team is not like Spain or Germany, with international superstars, but it should not be underestimated. They are talented players in every position, playing European basketball that emphasizes team cooperation than any team.

In the Beijing Olympics, the Lithuanian men's basketball team lacked two major players, Ilgoskas and Massianska. Therefore, the team's strength was affected to a certain extent. However, in the European Championships last year, the Lithuanian men's basketball team also relied on veterans such as Jaskovihus and Siskoskas to win third place with a record of B win and l loss, and directly got the ticket to the Beijing Olympics. As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter who the opponent is, the Lithuanian men's basketball team still has the ability to continue their previous brilliant record in the Olympics.

The current Lithuanian team was slightly repaired in the third place in the European Championship last year. The center Raflinovich brothers, forward veteran Angela and Linus Kreza, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, will all become powerful weapons for the team to compete with other strong teams.

Previously, Lithuania ranked fifth in the world rankings. In this Olympics, among the teams in the same group as Lithuania, only the third-place Argentina team ranked ahead of them. The top-ranked Australian team among the other teams was only the ninth-place Australian team, so their group qualifying journey was particularly easy.

Although the Lithuanian team is not the most favored in Group A, they have the strongest strength. In the first game of the Olympics, they defeated the Argentine team, which ranked ahead of them, which is also related to Lithuania's national conditions.

Lithuania always attaches great importance to and pays attention to the Olympics. Since the European Championships are held every two years, the competition itself is also the European qualifiers for the Olympics and World Championships. Looking at the previous European Championships of Lithuania, the Lithuanian team always has excellent results in any European Championships related to Olympic qualifications. For example, they won the European Championships last year, the second place in 1995 and the 203rd year before the Athens Olympics.

Although the Chinese men's basketball team performed well this time and reached the semi-finals, when they met Lithuania, more experts, including domestic basketball experts, were not optimistic about the Chinese men's basketball team. The Lithuanian team was too strong, and in terms of the style of the game, they were particularly focused on the adjustment team, such as the Cron team, which played superstar cards.

Sports Weekly has specially put out a large page to analyze this game. Their Olympic special issue has been paying attention to the men's basketball game, and the predictions are very accurate. Including when they were fighting against Argentina, they were optimistic that the Chinese men's basketball team could have the last laugh, but this time, even they who have always supported the Chinese men's basketball team were shaken:

"The Dragon Team has been brave and hard to bear so far. There is no doubt that they played one of the strongest games in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team. They achieved results that their predecessors have never achieved. These young people are proud. But they are not invincible, otherwise they would not have lost to the Dream Eight Team. If the loss to the Dream Eight Team is because there are not enough stars to fight against it, then compared with the Lithuanian team, the Dragon Team has too many weaknesses:

1: Skills are inferior to others. This is the root cause of the Chinese team's poorer than their opponents. In the entire outside line, our players seem to have insufficient basic skills in many personal skills. Whether it is Liu Wei, Sun Yue or Zhang Qingpeng, compared with Jaskovihus, their performance in the position of point guard is like a child of the primary school men's basketball team, let alone Chen Jianghua. Faced with a true team basketball admirer like Lithuania, the Chinese team will make a lot of mistakes. Compared with Lithuanian players with delicate skills, our players' skills are really too rough, which is a fact that we must face.

2: There is no overall. The Chinese team has world-class players such as Yao Ming and Chamberlain, as well as very good players such as Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, but our integrity is several levels worse than Lithuania. From previous games, we can see that as long as Chamberlain is not present, our offense and defense are like a scattered group of sand, and the players are fighting on their own, and there is no good organic connection.

Although the Lithuanian team's personal ability is not as strong as Yao Ming and Chamberlain, the five of their players are a whole. The players' assisted defense and filled up positions in defense and picked-and-roll cooperation in offense are very tacit. In front of Lithuania, which has a strong adjustment, we really look too immature.

Three: It is difficult to show an advantage. The Chinese team has two strengths, Chamberlain and Yao Ming, but we cannot play their advantages in the game. Yao Ming is difficult to get the opportunity to get the ball under the opponent's front defense. Chamberlain needs to enter the penalty area to exert his combat effectiveness. The Lithuanian team double-teams in the penalty area are the best among all teams.

In addition, it is still a problem with our outside line. Even if Chamberlain and Yao Ming run to a good position, will our outside players pass the ball to them? Can they send the ball to the hands of both of them? In the previous game, Chamberlain had to leave the penalty area several times to cover the outside line. Using Chamberlain in this way is a huge waste of his ability

4: Tactical misconduct. Nelson Jr. is a good friend of Chamberlain and Yao Ming. His father is also an amazing master of tactics and strategy, but there is no doubt that as a son, Nelson Jr. is less than half of his father's ability. We see that every time an emergency, the tactic he can deploy is to make Chamberlain singles or Yao Ming singles. It is amazing to make a high-high cooperation. In addition, there are too few arrangements he can make.

5: Bad defense. Chamberlain is a super defensive master. He is the first person in NHA history to win the honor of best defensive player in the rookie season. In previous games, he also used his amazing defense to help the Chinese team too much. It can be said that if Chamberlain did not have Chamberlain, the Chinese team would have lost in the last game. Chamberlain is the iron wall to defend the Chinese men's basketball team.

But what else? We all say that defense is the job of the whole team, but what has the Chinese team done in defense in its overall defense? It is difficult for our players to rotate to give the opponent's outside shooter an opportunity to open. The opponent holds the players to attack our players and our players are too far away from them. This makes it easy for the opponent to shoot and complete the attack. Our defense lacks sustainability, and the players are prone to having an anchor and easily slack off. This makes it easy for old opponents to seize the opportunity and become targets.

6: The opponent is barbaric. Lithuania likes to use extraordinary movements in defense. They are the bad boys in the world basketball world. Their insiders have many small moves when defending, and some of them are dirty. When they were playing against Argentina, Scola was once broken on his forehead, which made Yao Ming unable to adapt. Fortunately, now we have Chamberlain, but we must consider his bad temper. With the anger of King Zhang, if you don’t do it well, this game may become a free fighting competition.

In short, the Chinese team was at a disadvantage before the game started between Lithuania. There was no way, who made them not beat others in history?

Chamberlain doesn't care about these things, he likes to break historical records. Have the Chinese men's basketball team entered the semi-finals in history? Now they are the worst. Even if they lose Lithuania, they still have to compete with the Spanish team. Considering that they have won the Bullfighters before, they can at least get the bronze medal - when did they win the bronze medal in history of the Chinese men's basketball team?

Chamberlain was full of confidence and defeated the Lithuanian team, which felt no problem.

However, he can ignore external troubles, but internal troubles are not enough.
Chapter completed!