Chapter 17 July 17th and 19th: Indianapolis

On the 17th and 19th, the Chinese men's basketball team played two warm-up matches against Russia and Yugoslavia in Indianapolis.

As a result, in Indianapolis, what frustrated George Karl was...

Compared to the attendance rate when the American men's basketball team played warm-up matches locally, the local fans in Indianapolis clearly thought the Chinese men's basketball team's warm-up matches were more appealing.

As the fan base in this world that best knows how to cater to preferences, no cap...

Even if you put Finley in Jordan's makeup, his appeal in the American basketball world still wouldn't compare to Su Feng.

And if you want to use moral coercion to get American fans to watch the American men's basketball team's games...

Then, they might just give you a "freedom package" online the next second.

Are you kidding me?

Why would I not go watch a game with Su Feng and instead spend money to watch Michael Finley's game?

Oh, just asking, who is Michael Finley?

In addition, it is worth mentioning that...

In the past two days, as more and more Chinese media began to report that the Chinese men's basketball team was more popular than the American men's basketball team in Indianapolis...

The "eagle rabbits" who previously thought Su Feng was only a second-tier star in the United States have recently become like a group of people who have "lost internet access."

"I'm studying abroad in Indianapolis. Don't believe those people online who say that Brother Feng isn't popular in the United States.

Because the ones who are fighting with me for tickets every day are this group of hateful Americans!"

"Hey, where are those people who said Brother Feng was just a second-tier star?

Why are they all silent at a time like this?"

"Because the truth is too cruel!

How could they believe that Brother Feng could have such a strong appeal in the United States?"

Unfortunately, although the truth has been laid bare before the world, Su Feng is very clear that the species of "eagle rabbits" has no sense of shame at all.

Because ordinary people might feel ashamed after being slapped in the face.

But "eagle rabbits" not only won't feel ashamed after being slapped in the face, but they might even think that you don't understand the world.

Ahem, let's get down to business.

Because the Chinese men's basketball team focused on evaluating players in the two warm-up matches, the results of the matches are not very meaningful.

According to the previous draw, as the second most favored team to win this tournament, the Chinese men's basketball team was placed in Group B for this World Championship.

In Group B, the opponents in the same group as the Chinese men's basketball team are Germany, Algeria, and Spain.

According to the rules of the tournament, after playing against these three teams in the group stage, if the Chinese men's basketball team's group stage results can rank in the top three, then the Chinese men's basketball team will be eligible to enter the next round of the second round.

And in the second round, the top three teams in Group B and the top three teams in Group A will be merged into a new group.

And the teams that have played against each other in the group stage will not play against each other again.

And after the Chinese men's basketball team plays against the top three teams in Group A, if the Chinese men's basketball team can rank in the top four in this big group, then the Chinese men's basketball team will be able to get a ticket to the quarter-finals.

Emmm.

This is a very complicated competition system compared to the football World Cup.

Since there were only sixteen participating teams in the Men's Basketball World Championship during this period...

So, in order to ensure the number of matches, Su Feng doesn't know which genius designer came up with this competition system.

However, this kind of competition system is definitely more beneficial than harmful to the development of world basketball during this period.

Because in this kind of competition system, relatively weak teams can also get a certain amount of gaming experience.

After all, no matter how bad you are, you can get plenty of opportunities to play against the world's powerhouses in the World Championship.

It's just that, whether you will have your mentality crushed by the powerhouses in the World Championship, or whether you can learn advanced tactical experience from the powerhouses...

That is not known.

In his previous life, it was precisely because the Chinese men's basketball team exposed the weakness of not being able to break through the full-court press in this World Championship that they were used as a breakthrough point by the Korean men's basketball team in the subsequent "Black Mountain Asian Games."

However, this situation will definitely not happen again in this life.

Because in the previous Las Vegas training camp...

God knows how badly "Guo Ailun's uncle" and "Yao Ming's childhood sweetheart" were persecuted by James, who was only 17 years old.

...

On the 20th, at the Pacers' home court, which is also the main venue for this World Championship, the Chinese men's basketball team took the lead in welcoming the match against the German men's basketball team.

As the bronze medalist in this World Championship in Su Feng's memory, it must be said that in Su Feng's original timeline, the Chinese men's basketball team also made the same mistake as the Chinese men's football team when facing this German men's basketball team.

That is...

The opponent you thought you could easily defeat is actually the real boss in this competition.

You must know that in the original historical trajectory, Nowitzki was the MVP of this tournament.

Under FIBA rules, players like Nowitzki not only won't experience version mismatch like most NBA players, but instead...

He will use his "softie playstyle" that is not welcome in the NBA to tell you...

What is the real iron-blooded tough guy!

In his previous life, in this match against the German men's basketball team, because the Chinese men's basketball team encountered the "Wang Zhizhi incident," both Liu Yudong and other Chinese team forwards were beaten up by Nowitzki.

However, judging from the content of this match, although the Chinese men's basketball team couldn't defend against Nowitzki in the match, and even Yao Ming encountered foul trouble in the match, the match process was not ugly.

And in order to solve Nowitzki, before the start of this match, Su Feng also took the initiative to propose to Zhang Bin that in the match, he would match up with Nowitzki in the first quarter.

Because in 2002, Nowitzki's post-up ability and strong attack ability had not yet reached their peak.

So Su Feng knew very well that as long as he could hold Nowitzki's lower body in the match, and then add some black technology to force Nowitzki not to be able to easily shoot, then he could effectively reduce Nowitzki's threat to the Chinese men's basketball team inside and outside.

In contrast, neither Wang Zhizhi nor Du Feng were the best defenders of Nowitzki.

Because the former's defense is also "well-known" among power forwards.

As for the latter...

At this time, Coach Du...

He is really just a child.

On the court, after the players from both teams finished warming up, the big screen then gave the starting lineups of the Chinese and German teams.

Rabbits: Yao Ming, Su Feng, Zhang Jinsong, Hu Weidong, Guo Shiqiang.

Hans Meow: Femerling, Nowitzki, Marko Pesic, Okulaja, Demirel.

CCTV, when seeing the starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team tonight, Zhang commented with emotion: "Why in the NBA, do the American media say that having Su Feng is something that will make your coach very relieved?

Because no matter who is the strongest from one to five on the opposite side, you just need to let Su Feng defend him."

And on the side, Sun said: "We can look forward to it later and see who will have the upper hand in the confrontation between Su Feng and Nowitzki, this pair of NBA stars."

In the center of the court, Femerling, who is also over seven feet tall, was obviously a beat slower in the jump ball.

At the 08 Olympic Games, Femerling, who was already a veteran member of the German team at the time, once said after the match against the Chinese men's basketball team: "Yao is definitely a monster among centers!

Because I have never seen a player who is so tall and moves so fast."

To be honest, when he was still a keyboard warrior, Su Feng really didn't know how some Yao haters could make the evaluation that Bogut could play small ball, but Yao Ming could not play small ball.

Because of Bogut's moving speed and screen quality...

You compare him to Yao?

Wake up, even Yao after gaining weight is still someone who makes Bogut call him daddy on the court.

No cap, when Yao Ming was at his peak, among the NBA centers, can you count a few players who are faster than him?

In Su Feng's previous life, why would the future Kaman be criticized by Chinese fans as "Ka Man"?

It was because Yao Ming liked to use his speed to bully him when he was beating him!

On the court, Yao jumped the ball for the Chinese men's basketball team for the first offense.

Because the Chinese men's basketball team is playing with one big and four small tonight, in order to avoid being mismatched by the Chinese men's basketball team all the time, the German men's basketball team started playing zone defense from the beginning.

"Yao has to go to the free throw line quickly!" At this time, Zhang also reminded in the commentary booth.

As the key to breaking zone defense, no matter what kind of zone defense it is, as long as you can stand an inside player who can shoot at the free throw line, then the zone defense will definitely be broken.

Therefore, Su Feng, who was originally planning to one-v-two on the wing, after noticing that Yao Ming had already run to the free throw line to take his place...

For a moment, he really disliked Da Ben a little.

On the court, because Yao Ming was holding the ball at the free throw line, the German team had to shrink back their zone defense.

And now, Hu Weidong was open on the left corner.

Swish!

After receiving the pass from Da Yao, Lao Hu did not forget to subconsciously push the bridge of his nose where he had no glasses while raising his hand and dropping the knife.

3 to 0.

Back to the other side, it was the German men's basketball team's turn to attack.

Unlike ordinary zone defense, the Chinese men's basketball team is implementing the "one-on-four zone" that Su Feng has been tormented by in the past two years on Nowitzki tonight.

After passing half court, Demirel, who did not realize the seriousness of the problem, passed the ball to Nowitzki's hands.

As a result, at the moment of receiving the ball, Nowitzki quickly felt what torment was.

On the basketball court, when small players defend big players, as long as you dare to give space, the big players can use their height advantage to shoot blindly in front of you.

Therefore, on the court, at the moment of sticking his chest firmly on Nowitzki's back, Su Feng did not forget to use his long arms to harass Nowitzki's next move.

As we all know, any shot will definitely have a lowest point before it reaches its highest point.

Even Aldridge's straight-arm pull-up is the same.

And under Su Feng's strong interference, where does Nowitzki have the space to make the next move at this moment?

Raise the ball and turn over?

No way.

Su Feng has already blocked Nowitzki's position to turn over backwards.

Put the ball down and turn around?

Not possible either.

Because in that case, with Nowitzki's speed, he is likely to have the ball stolen directly by Su Feng.

Before the Golden Rooster Independence has been fully cultivated, the current Little Driver is at least one Dirk Nowitzki away from the German tank in Su Feng's memory.

"Nowitzki can't beat Su Feng at all!" And CCTV, after seeing Su Feng block all of Nowitzki's offensive options, CCTV, Zhang also said excitedly.

"This is the strength of the NBA Best Defensive Player. Maybe many young friends have not seen how Su Feng defended Jordan back then, so some people will question Su Feng's defense online." And on the side, Sun also smiled.

On the court, in desperation, Nowitzki had to lower his center of gravity and try to use his weight to push Su Feng away.

However...

At this moment, an embarrassing scene appeared.

Because Nowitzki was like Towns in Cousins' arms, no matter how he arched, Su Feng just didn't move back a step.

Uh...

This is really not Su Feng's natural power.

It's just that the current Little Driver is not skilled enough in the use of strength.

In short, when Nowitzki rushed towards him aggressively, Su Feng didn't expect that he would so easily defend Nowitzki's cute and fierce post-up.

As a result, Nowitzki not only did not push Su Feng away, but was directly cut off by Su Feng because the basketball came out of his hand.

And on the sidelines, when seeing this scene, Wang Zhizhi always felt that Nowitzki was being overhyped.

Because he can also do things like not being able to beat Su Feng!

However soon...

At the end of the first quarter, in the second quarter, when it was Wang Zhizhi's turn to play, he was confused.

In order to save energy, and also to take care of the men's basketball team's offense, Su Feng can't always torment Little Driver in this kind of match.

So, after noticing Da Wang's eager expression, Su Feng handed over the important task of defending Nowitzki to Da Wang without thinking.

Then...

Then there was nothing else.

Because the Chinese men's basketball team, which led the German men's basketball team by 9 points in the first quarter, took the lead in calling a timeout in the second quarter.

And after Nowitzki scored 8 points in a row, even the Chinese fans in front of the TV felt that Nowitzki had been possessed.

No way...

Is this really the Nowitzki who was suppressed by Su Feng in the first quarter?

"I think Zhang Bin still has to use Su Feng to defend Nowitzki.

Because don't look at Nowitzki not performing well in the first quarter, but he is a real NBA All-Star." And CCTV, Zhang also said.

On the Chinese men's basketball team's bench, when Zhang Bin requested a timeout, Wang Zhizhi immediately became the most awkward one on the court at this moment.

Because in the confrontation with Nowitzki, Wang Zhizhi quickly discovered the gap between him and Nowitzki.

It seems that Nowitzki was almost driven to self-doubt by Su Feng in the first quarter...

But that's also because he was facing Su Feng!

In the NBA, how many stars can not doubt themselves when facing Su Feng?

However, during this timeout, Su Feng did not suggest that Zhang Bin adjust the defense back.

Because although FIBA games are only 40 minutes, in this kind of national team confrontation, you are fighting desperately, and others are also fighting desperately, so from the perspective of consumption alone, Su Feng does not think it is easier than playing NBA games.

"Next, let's let Da Wang be the main offensive point." Patting the dejected Wang Zhizhi on the back, Su Feng said with a smile.

And now, Wang Zhizhi, who was originally in a state of self-doubt, immediately regained his highlight in his eyes.

"Lao Su... or, you should defend Nowitzki?" At the end of the timeout, Wang Zhizhi put away his pride and looked at Su Feng and said.

And hearing this, Su Feng shook his head and said: "Da Wang, you haven't played so many balls, and Nowitzki has already knocked out your confidence?

Could it be that the Da Wang who used to beat Ming Ming on the ground back then has now become so unconfident?"

Wang Zhizhi: What you said makes so much sense, I can't refute it.

In fact, in addition to saving energy, Su Feng also knew very well that even he could not suppress a star of Nowitzki's level for the whole game.

After all, in the field of basketball, not every "superstar" is called Giannis Antetokounmpo.

You must know that in the first quarter, in order to suppress Nowitzki, Su Feng has already paid the price of two fouls.

And in FIBA games, five fouls mean graduation and leaving the field.

Therefore, instead of thinking about how to suppress Nowitzki...

In Su Feng's opinion, it is better to use Nowitzki's weaknesses on the defensive end and play against the German team.

Su Feng knew that the Chinese men's basketball team had already had a good start tonight, and Yao Ming and others had also gotten valuable rest time.

And next, as long as the Chinese men's basketball team can stabilize the situation...

Then the balance of the game will inevitably tip towards the Chinese men's basketball team.

And on the court, after the timeout, Wang Zhizhi's performance on the offensive end did not disappoint Su Feng.

Post-up small step turnaround layup.

Three-pointer with a left-hand tiptoe on the top of the arc.

To be honest, in terms of offense, Wang Zhizhi is indeed a treasure in Chinese basketball history.

Because after Wang Zhizhi retired, this kind of smooth and gorgeous offense...

Alas, the more you say, the more tears!

At Conseco Fieldhouse, after Wang Zhizhi's wave of small explosions, in the subsequent games, the Chinese men's basketball team never gave the German men's basketball team a chance to close the score.

In the end, after four quarters, the Chinese men's basketball team laughed to the end with a score of 97 to 85.

In this match, Su Feng's main task was to be a tool for his teammates.

Only when the men's basketball team could not open the situation would he stand up. He made 6 of 11 shots, plus free throws and three-pointers to score 19 points, plus 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

Ahem...

Unlike in the Raptors, on this night, all of Su Feng's rebounds were really snatched back by him.

Because even with a top-level inside player like Yao Ming, Su Feng could not change the bad habits of the Chinese men's basketball team's outside players in protecting rebounds in a short time.

And in the second half of the match, as the German team changed to full-court press, in order to avoid being overturned, Su Feng simply stripped Guo Shiqiang of his ball-handling rights for insurance.

As a result, after the match, Su Feng realized that he had accidentally scored a triple-double.

In addition, thanks to Su Feng's existence, Yao Ming also scored a game-high 28 points in this match, plus 8 rebounds.

Yao Ming, who only had to stand inside and wait for blocks when defending, had a very comfortable night playing on this night.

After the match, he said in an interview while being happy, "I feel that as long as you are not Charles Barkley, then Brother Feng can help you get any honor you want."

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