super heavy artillery

Chapter 727 The Confidence of the Poles
The Polish men's basketball team is well-deserved the strongest team in Group A of the group stage.As one of the main opponents of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team in this World Cup group stage, the battle between the two sides may be directly related to whether the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team can qualify for the group stage.

As an old European strong team, the Polish men's basketball team's best record in the European Championship was No.2, but that was in 1963.In addition, they also achieved No.1939 good results in the European Championships in 1965, 1967 and 3.It can be seen that these honors are a long time ago.In the past 20 years, the Polish men's basketball team has not been able to achieve good results in Europe or in the World Series.Especially the World Cup, the last time they qualified for the World Cup was 52 years ago!

Although there are no big names in the lineup, and the team's strength is also classified as a second-tier team in Europe, Poland is still one of the best-performing teams in the second round of the European preliminaries.They are also one of the most underrated teams in Europe.The overall cooperation between the players is very tacit, and they have strong shooting ability.

After the first 7 games, Poland only has a record of 3 wins and 4 losses.At the time, it looked like Poland would once again miss the World Cup stage.But they broke out with an extraordinary level of fighting power in the next 4 games.

All the Polish players worked together. Under the leadership of the head coach Taylor, after defeating the Italian men's basketball team and the Dutch men's basketball team, they double-killed the Croatian men's basketball team and successfully won the last place in the European Group J to qualify for the World Cup.

Most people's impression of Polish basketball is still in Gortat's era.However, the Polish Hammers had retired from the Polish national team four years ago.Now the leader of the Polish team has become a famous foreign aid in the CBA League-Lampe, who is very familiar to domestic fans.

Lampe is 30 years old, 2.11 meters tall and weighs 122 kilograms. In the 2016-17 season, Lampe joined the Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team and landed in the CBA League.In the past two years, he has played in Qingdao and Jilin successively, and has extremely rich experience in the CBA league.As an inside player, he also has a good shooting ability, his three-point shooting percentage can reach 36%, and his offensive performance is very comprehensive.

When he played for the Jilin team last season, Lampe played 46 times, averaging 24.8 points, 13.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, and helped Jilin successfully enter the playoffs.In the new season, Lampe will join Sichuan to continue his CBA career.

When opponents have such a big man in the lineup, the game will be difficult.Of course, the Tianchao men's basketball national team does not lack high-quality big players, and neither Yi Jianlian nor Zhou Qi will necessarily suffer.

But it is a pity that before the official start of the World Cup, Lampe suddenly announced that he would not play in this World Cup.He hopes to take good care of his body so that he can play for a few more years.

For Datianchao, which is in the same group as Poland, this cannot but be said to be a great assist.

Of course, the Polish team has never been a team that relies on a single star to perform. They prefer teamwork, so the team will not plummet due to the absence of a certain player.Therefore, even if Lampe is sure that he will not participate in the World Cup now, when the Chinese men's basketball team confronts Poland, it is still difficult to avoid a bitter battle.

There is another player in the Polish team that poses a great threat to our Chinese team, and that is their backcourt core, naturalized player AJ Slaughter.

Slaughter is 31 years old, 1 meters tall, and is a combo guard.He averaged 91 points per game in the world preliminaries and was the leading scorer of the Polish team.Moreover, he can also send 14.7 assists, and his specialty is three-pointers, averaging nearly 4.7 three-pointers per game.

"Both Poland and the Chinese team won, but the Chinese team experienced some difficulties, especially in the third quarter. How do you comment on the Chinese team?"

"I like the Chinese team. They prepare very hard, they prepare very hard, I respect their process. As a host, they are under a lot of pressure. Of course, this is difficult for fans to understand. The game against Côte d'Ivoire , The Celestial Dynasty team has always held the lead in the score. But in the third quarter, they were caught off guard by the opponent. Every team is here to fight, and there is no game that can be easily won. Want to win The game requires hard work to compete. The Tianchao team adjusted well. They played their own game rhythm, re-established enough advantages with the fastest speed, and finally turned their advantages into victory. The first game is very important , Overcoming difficulties is conducive to boosting confidence."

"The players of the Tianchao team performed very well in the game. Who impresses you?"

"To be honest, there are many players who are impressive. But my favorite is the No. 8 player Ann. He is a very good scorer. He can put the ball in the basket from any position on the court. Whenever he He is always the one that people can trust on the court. I also like No. 6, his energy is very sufficient, he and No. 15 are very threatening in the pick-and-roll. In addition, No. 11 and No. 31 are very lethal on the court force."

Taylor appeared to be at ease in the face of reporters' questions.Most of the time, he is complimenting each other.However, when the reporter asked who would win the game between them and the Chinese team, Taylor Westbrook changed his previous humility.

"The most important thing for the national team is the team. There is no doubt that the Tianchao team has done it! Tomorrow's game will be very difficult. They are playing at home, and we are under a lot of pressure."

"The teams that play better in the game, the players can play their own strengths and bring out their own competitiveness."

"At home, the cheers and support of the audience will be the most beneficial spiritual support for the opponent. But I think we can control our emotions, control the rhythm, and do every detail well. This will be a great game. We We have a lot of experience against the host. In the 2015 French European Championship, we lost to the French team by 3 points; in the 2017 Finnish European Championship, we narrowly beat the host by 8 points in extra time. Therefore , we are not afraid of the game against the host team. Now our team is very eager and motivated to start the third game against the host team."

It can be felt from Taylor's words that he is full of confidence in the upcoming match with the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team.This is a very important thing for any game.Regardless of the strength of the opponent, he must be full of confidence.Taylor is full of confidence in his team, and similarly, the players of Datianchao are also full of confidence in themselves.

(End of this chapter)