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Chapter 294 Maya Moore (1/10)

Yi Jianlian 22 points and 14 rebounds, Sun Yue 15 points and 3 rebounds, Wang Shipeng 12 points, Tang Tian 11 points and 11 assists and 5 steals, Zhu Fangyu 9 points, Chen Jianghua 8 points, Guo Ailun 6 points, Zhang Zhaoxu 4 points and 6 rebounds.

All the players on the Chinese team scored, a full-scale attack.

"What the fxck! They actually won!"

Carmelo Anthony couldn't help but curse in the stands.

"Is Spain that weak this year?"

He said, turning to look at LeBron James.

James didn't speak, his mind was all on the upcoming season's games.

Anthony looked at Kevin Durant again.

Durant didn't say anything either, the Little God of Death was thinking about how to deal with Tang Tian next season.

Anthony was a little annoyed that Dwyane Wade hadn't come; Wade liked to chat with him the most.

"No, Spain underestimated them. The Chinese team also had a very good touch tonight. This is a victory that is difficult to replicate," Chris Paul said.

After the game, the Chinese team celebrated on the court for a long time, and even when they returned to the locker room, the players' shouts didn't stop for a moment.

Tang Tian was smiling as he walked to the back.

As he was walking, Deng Huade suddenly climbed over from behind and slapped him on the shoulder, startling him.

Deng Huade was interviewed by Zhang Weiping and the others after the game, so he arrived later than the players.

"We can now consider our opponents in the quarterfinals!"

Deng Huade was full of pride.

He was the kind of person who was straightforward, otherwise he wouldn't have led a group of players to fight directly with the Brazilian team, forcing them to withdraw from the competition.

Tang Tian smiled and said nothing.

Deng Huade was too optimistic.

Being able to win against Spain in this game was really because everything was just right.

Pau Gasol and Ibaka of the Spanish team were not in good shape, and the two only scored a combined 20 points and 10 rebounds in this game.

Moreover, the Chinese team made 12 of 20 three-pointers tonight, which was a super performance.

In addition to Spain's underestimation of the opponent and their unpreparedness for the Chinese team's tactics, Scariolo's ability to adapt was relatively slow.

Oh, and the Spanish team's players were always habitually paddling in the group stage, unwilling to engage in physical confrontation.

All these reasons combined led to this miraculous victory.

In other words, if the two teams played ten more times, the chances of the Chinese team winning again would be very slim.

So, winning is exciting, but to say that the Chinese team can now consider their quarterfinal opponents, or even think about their chances against the American team.

That is really too optimistic.

However, Tang Tian didn't want to ruin Deng Huade's good mood, so he smiled and nodded.

Let the players enjoy the joy of making history at this moment.

The other Olympic games were also underway.

The men's basketball team's next game was in two days. During the day, they trained, and when they were free in the evening, they would also watch the games of other sports.

This evening, the entire men's basketball team appeared at the Olympic Basketball Arena.

The Chinese women's basketball team would be facing the American women's basketball team here tonight.

The Chinese women's basketball team is much stronger than the men's basketball team in the world basketball scene. Their best historical result was a silver medal in '92, and they also reached the top four at the '08 Beijing Olympics.

Although there is a gap in strength between them and the American team, they at least have the strength to fight.

Chen Nan, Miao Lijie, and Zhao Shuang are also quite popular among fans.

Before the game started, Tang Tian saw the players of the American men's basketball team on the other side of the stands.

LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Carmelo Anthony were all there.

It seems to be a customary thing during the Olympics for the men's basketball team to cheer for the women's basketball team.

The game started soon, and the Chinese women's basketball team played very tenaciously at the beginning, but the American women's basketball team were a bunch of beasts.

The score was gradually widened, and the women's basketball team was eventually slaughtered by more than 40 points.

After the game, the men's basketball team, led by Yi Jianlian, went to the court to give the women's basketball team some encouragement and comfort.

On the other side, the American men's basketball team was doing the same thing.

There was one person who was very popular over there, Maya Moore.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were both talking to her.

Moore was a legend in the NCAA, leading her team to the Final Four in all four years of her college career, and winning the NCAA championship twice.

And this legend continued in the WNBA, where she was named Rookie of the Year in her rookie season, and as the team's second-leading scorer, helped the team win the championship.

And there's also the fact that she is considered one of the prettier ones among the women's basketball players.

Tang Tian was saying encouraging words to Zhao Shuang.

"Hey, Tang."

Just then, he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Moore.

"Hey, Maya."

Tang Tian smiled, shook hands with Moore, and bumped shoulders.

The two had never met, but they were not without contact.

Because the university where Moore created those brilliant achievements was the University of Connecticut.

Her college jersey is still hanging in the UConn basketball arena.

It's just that Moore graduated from school in 2011, otherwise they might have met at the university.

"I watched your game yesterday, your performance was great."

The American men's basketball team had a game yesterday, and the women's basketball team probably arrived early to watch it.

"You too," Tang Tian said with a smile.

Moore was quite talkative, and because they were both UConn graduates, they chatted about school for a while.

LeBron James's eyes were on Moore and Tang Tian at this time.

He hadn't finished chatting with Moore just now, but Moore suddenly ran to Tang Tian's side, leaving him hanging for a while...

"That guy is very popular with women."

Anthony said with a glance.

James didn't say anything and turned to chat with Tony Parker on the side.

Anthony shrugged. He felt that James was a bit cold this year at the Olympics.

Oh right, and there's Kevin Durant too.

After resting for two days, the men's basketball team ushered in a game against the Russian team.

The victory over Spain boosted the morale of the Chinese team, but when they really played against Russia, they found it much more difficult than the first game.

The Russian team had obviously studied the Chinese team's style of play, and what was even more deadly was their physical confrontation.

The Russian players were all built like polar bears, and the Chinese team's players, except for Tang Tian and Yi Jianlian, felt like they couldn't stand firmly.

After struggling to compete for half the game, the Chinese team was gradually pulled apart by their opponents and lost to them 60 to 76.

This is the biggest threshold and gap in professional basketball, physicality.

Many players with excellent skills on the street court can't beat the players at the end of the bench in professional games because of the gap in physicality.

The physical fitness of most of the Chinese men's basketball players is about the same as that of the Russian men's basketball team.

After losing to the Russian team, the men's basketball team immediately faced off against the Australian team.

The Australian team's physicality was even more exaggerated than the Russian team, and they also had a lot of small moves, which the Chinese team's players were even less used to.

In the end, they lost the game 66 to 81.

After defeating Spain, the team suffered a two-game losing streak, and the situation for advancing became serious.