unfinished glory

Chapter 162 Card position ([-])

On August 8, the Huaxia team ushered in their second opponent in the group stage, the Spanish team.

The US team and the Spanish team are the two biggest opponents of the Huaxia team in the group. It is expected to lose to the US team, but facing the Spanish team, the Huaxia basketball team must do their best to win, which is related to the opponents and the schedule behind.

The battle of the slots, the second game started.

The core player of the Spanish team is undoubtedly the head of the Grizzlies star Paul Gasol.The 2001 No. [-] pick spent seven years in the NBA and led the Grizzlies to the playoffs three times.

But unfortunately, they were swept three times, and two of them were killed by Li Chongxiao's Spurs.

He didn't prove himself in the playoffs, which led to the Spanish star who had high hopes being called a "soft guy", and another German star "brilliant for a while".

After being unable to break through the second round of the playoffs for a long time, especially the failure to enter the playoffs in the past two seasons, the Grizzlies were quite disappointed with Gasol and once wanted to trade him.

But the anticipated trade partner, the Lakers, is not willing to trade Bynum at all, and only thinks about empty-handed white wolves.Just when the Grizzlies were about to pinch their noses to admit it, the Rockets sent Yao Ming, and the Lakers couldn't wait to throw out Bynum, whom the Grizzlies coveted.

The Grizzlies are very disappointed that the long-awaited, almost free trade has not been reached.

They also traded a second-round pick for the rights to sign Pau Gasol's younger brother, Marc Gasol, clearing a little space for the Lakers.

This is like a dick who has been chasing the goddess for a long time without success, and uses his hard-earned hard-earned money to help the goddess abort.

This situation made the Grizzlies very frustrated, and once thought that they would sink forever.

Who knew that a gold ingot fell from the sky and smashed into the yard of my house.

Li Chongxiao's joining without warning made the team management ecstatic. The boss patted his chest and said that he would fulfill all his wishes.

In fact, Li Chongxiao doesn't have that much desire to control. He wants to be the general manager who hides behind the team. He just wants to play well now.

In this game, Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley made a special trip from the United States to see how the team's new leader will perform against the team's former leader.

During the warm-up, Li Chongxiao went up to exchange some pleasantries with the boss, and then took the initiative to find Brother Gasol to chat about the situation of the Grizzlies.

In the eight playoff games that were swept twice by the Spurs, Li Chongxiao was the biggest sufferer for the Grizzlies.He once pinned the Grizzlies to the ground in front of Memphis fans.

His personal highest score was also scored at the Grizzlies' home court. The fans even turned their backs and applauded Li Chongxiao.

This incident, together with Michael Heisley's donation to the Chongxiao Foundation, was interpreted by the media as one of the key factors for Li Chongxiao's willingness to join the Grizzlies.

For Li Chongxiao, Gasol has mixed feelings.

On the one hand, he really doesn't like everything the opponent has done. On the other hand, he has to admit that the joining of the opponent can greatly enhance the strength of the Grizzlies and help the team go further.

At the same time, he knew that his days as the team leader were gone forever, and whether he left or stayed would depend on the face of the Chinese player in front of him.

This match against Spain was the first contact between Li Chongxiao and Gasol since they became teammates.Li Chongxiao didn't have so many emotions, after all, he was the winner before.

He is just learning to be a team leader and win over the players of his own team.

He didn't expect the other party to accept him all at once, after all, he was a stranger before, and he was still in such an environment where he was about to face off.

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After warming up, the game will start immediately.

Yao Ming succeeded in jumping the ball, Li Chongxiao took the ball to take the lead, pressed Rudy Fernandez, and went inside to succeed.

The Spanish team was caught off guard, and the attack in the next two rounds seemed a bit hasty and missed consecutively.

Li Chongxiao, who caught the opportunity, then made two consecutive three-pointers in the offense, scoring 8:0 alone.

The head coach of the Spanish team hurriedly called a timeout to stabilize the players' minds.

Although this timeout was called prematurely, it was indeed very effective. The Spanish team played again, playing steadily, and Rudy Fernandez scored a goal.

After China's Sun Yue missed a shot, Gasol faced Yi Jianlian and scored a goal.

Soon Yao Ming returned the favor and succeeded in consecutive singles against Gasol in the interior. The number one center in the NBA is not comparable to a fledgling boy.

But at the same time, although the rookie Yi Jianlian is very motivated to defend, his experience is obviously not enough to deal with players of Gasol's level.The latter used his offensive skills to help the Spanish team bite the score.

The Huaxia team has two absolute strengths, but Spain's overall strength is very strong, and there are no obvious shortcomings.They can be regarded as NBA players in five positions.

Jose Calderon and Rudy Fernandez put a lot of pressure on Liu Wei and Sun Yue at point guard and small forward.

Especially the latter, originally playing the shooting guard position, in order to make room for Juan Carlos Navarro, he swung to the small forward position, which made Sun Yue and Zhu Fangyu miserable.

Fernandez just signed with the Portland Trail Blazers. His physical fitness is very good, and his basketball IQ is also very high.

The skills he honed in the European League are very comprehensive, whether it is cutting into the paint to challenge the basket, or shooting from the outside, he is at his fingertips.

Although Sun Yue's physical fitness is not much different, but he lacks a lot in technology. He can't defend or attack. Most of the time, he needs his teammates to help defend, or rely on Yao Ming's deterrent power inside to prevent the opponent from entering the basket.

Although the Spanish team played more calmly and cooperated better on the scene, they were still 9 points behind at halftime.

In today's game, the two superstars of the Huaxia team had unabated offensive firepower, scoring 16 points each.

In addition to helping the team on the offensive end, in defense, Yao Ming restricted Gasol to death in the interior, and even had spare energy to help his teammates defend.

Known as the "bomb", Navarro suddenly became a dud when facing Li Chongxiao's defense, and he couldn't even launch it.

Regardless of height, wingspan, strength or speed flexibility, Li Chongxiao is ahead of the opponent in an all-round way, and his defensive experience is so rich that he can take the defense of the NBA.

Throughout the half, he defended Navarro without even taking a shot.

Except for the "smart" combination, which was as good as ever, the other teammates seemed much calmer than in the previous game. Although they also wasted a lot of opportunities, they also grasped some of them.

Yi Jianlian scored 6 points, playing his rookie level.He followed Li Chongxiao's suggestion and worked hard on his mid-range shooting skills before the draft.

In the last season, he averaged 10.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. These two data ranked No.3 and No.2 among rookies.

Although Gasol can't be defended in this game, it's not very good for the opponent to defend him.

Both the inside and outside lines were opened, and other teammates also got scattered opportunities.The Huaxia team scored 48 points in the first half.

(End of this chapter)