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Chapter 1280 The 12-Man Roster (Second Update for Double Monthly Tickets!)

Nas called a timeout.

From being down by 2 points to 11 points, only a minute had passed.

The scoring explosion that the Chinese team had shown in this stretch was simply unbelievable.

Especially Abu Dushalamu’s last three-pointer, which he made even with Wiggins defending well.

It not only boosted the morale of the Chinese team a lot, but it was also a big blow to the morale of the Canadian team.

Nas was trying hard to boost morale with his words during the timeout.

This kind of decisive moment was also a valuable experience for the Canadian team.

However, his timeout didn't work. After the timeout, the Chinese team continued to score, directly taking away the game in one fell swoop.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Canadian team 89 to 73, winning the championship of this Wuhan Four Nations Tournament.

Similarly, just like before when they played France, they created a new team history for the national team.

After the game, the Chinese team's young men were extremely excited when they received the award.

Although they were the defending Olympic champions, they also knew that there was a lot of luck involved.

This time, facing the American team, they were still instinctively nervous.

However, consecutively defeating France and Canada, who were also at the championship level, greatly boosted their confidence.

And that included Tang Tian.

The power of the golden skill was even more imba than he had imagined.

Not to mention opening up the situation in a close game like the one just now, it could also be used to catch up from behind, and the five minutes were long enough.

With this kind of divine skill, even the strongest American team could be challenged.

The Four Nations Tournament was the most important warm-up game for the Chinese team before the World Cup. The opponents in the warm-up games after that were slightly weaker.

This was also a planned arrangement, on the one hand to reduce injuries, and on the other hand to further consolidate the confidence that had been established before.

As these warm-up games progressed, the team's rotation lineup gradually took shape, and some people gradually left the national team.

Sun Minghui and Zhao Jiwei were the first to leave the team from the guard line.

It's not that they weren't good, but when configuring personnel around Tang Tian, their functionality wasn't that strong.

The 17-man roster was left with 15, and the next cuts would be to the guard line and the frontcourt.

Li Chunjiang also pulled Tang Tian to chat about the final roster cuts.

The national team's usual practice was to finalize the roster at the last moment, but they didn't want to do that this time.

On the one hand, they had played enough warm-up games and it wasn't necessary, and on the other hand, finalizing the roster earlier could stabilize the team's morale earlier.

"For the frontcourt, my idea is to cut Daqiu, his confrontation is a problem."

Li Chunjiang said through gritted teeth.

He used to be the head coach of the Zhejiang Guangsha team, and Hu Jinqiu was his direct disciple.

Choosing this was also a painful decision.

Tang Tian nodded, Li Chunjiang was still very bold as a head coach.

"Next, choose one between Kelan and Xiao Zhang, their chances of staying are also as the 12th man."

Li Chunjiang continued.

The abilities of the two were still somewhat short of the roster, but they were both necessary to keep.

Kelan Baike was the most diligent in training, and he could motivate the team.

This was also the same during the game, cheering from the sidelines, encouraging teammates, he was always the most active one.

As for Zhang Zhenlin, his physical talent was very outstanding, and he was young, also of real age, taking him was equivalent to taking a young player.

"I personally prefer Kelan, the results of this World Cup will be very important to us."

Tang Tian said his thoughts.

An important reason why the men's basketball World Cup results were not good in history was because they didn't pay enough attention to it, and there were problems from the selection of coaches to training.

It was certainly important for newcomers to participate in the competition, but in fact the entire national team was young, and no one knew what might happen in the competition.

Li Chunjiang nodded, what Tang Tian said made sense.

After selecting the frontcourt and frontcourt, it was time for the guard line.

After Tang Tian played point guard, the guard line seemed a bit bloated, especially the point guard position.

As for the shooting guard, after so many games, Ding Yanyuhang and Wu Qian were basically rotating.

The final cut was actually a choice between Guo Ailun and Fang Shuo.

Guo Ailun performed well before Tang Tian and Ding Yanyuhang returned.

But after that, because Tang Tian and Ding Yanyuhang could both hold the ball to attack, his value gradually weakened.

Fang Shuo's performance also fluctuated. He was able to stay because he had a better jump shot than Zhao Jiwei and Sun Minghui.

China's guards have always been relatively poor. If it wasn't for Tang Tian being able to play from the 1 to the 3, Li Chunjiang would probably have a headache.

"I personally prefer Guo Ailun, his breakthrough has a tactical role for the team during the second unit."

Li Chunjiang made a choice as before.

Tang Tian didn't express his opinion directly this time.

After thinking about it, he shook his head.

"Fang Shuo's mental quality is very tough, he won't be soft in tough battles, Guo's shooting hasn't improved, and his breakthrough won't work if he's targeted."

Tang Tian analyzed from a more professional perspective.

When he was on the Spurs, his three-pointers were very stable, but he could only be a tactical point. In basketball games, the combination of penetration and shooting is always key.

Only being good at one thing, unless it reaches the S level, otherwise it can be targeted to death.

Li Chunjiang was a little surprised by Tang Tian's choice, but in the end he nodded.

Hu Jinqiu, Zhang Zhenlin, and Guo Ailun became the last batch of roster cuts for the national team, and the 12-man roster was also released.

Guards: Tang Tian, Ding Yanyuhang, Wu Qian, Fang Shuo

Forwards: Abu Dushalamu, Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Peng, Kelan Baike

Centers: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhelin, Shen Zijie, Ren Junfei

The Chinese team finalized the 12-man roster early, which was unusual.

Other countries were still following the usual procedure.

Among these countries, the most watched was naturally the American team.

The initial 35-man roster almost included the strongest players in the United States at each position. If the best 12 players were selected from the best, then the strength of the American team would be very terrifying.

But just at this time, someone announced their withdrawal.

The first to withdraw was James, his reason was to better prepare for the new season.

In the new season, he will be playing the three position again, and weight loss is a necessary step, so it was expected that he would not be playing.

What was surprising was Davis, he sprained his ankle during team training, and he also announced his withdrawal as a precaution.

However, some people withdrew, and naturally some people announced their participation.

Curry, Harden, Leonard, Durant, and Thompson all announced that they would participate.

The strength of this American team was still very terrifying.

Time continued to pass, and the 12-man rosters of various countries were released one after another.

Cameroon was led by Embiid and Siakam, Lithuania was led by Valanciunas, and Australia was led by Simmons and Mills;

Greece was led by Antetokounmpo, France was led by Fournier and Gobert, and Slovenia was led by Doncic and Dragic;

Spain was led by Gasol Jr. and Rubio, Serbia was led by Jokic and Bogdan, and Canada was led by Wiggins and Murray;

The American team also announced their final 12-man roster at this time.