super heavy artillery

Chapter 750 The Diamond Is Still Shining
The Tianchao men's basketball team has finally returned to the top eight of the World Cup. In the world of Tianchao basketball fans, it is definitely something worth celebrating.There is no doubt that countless people will be sleepless that night.

From this point of view, this year's Chinese basketball fans may be the happiest.Many of them have experienced the 2008 Olympic Games held at their doorstep. In that year, under the leadership of Yao Ming, the Tianchao men's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games.After a lapse of 11 years, it was another international competition that was reported at home, and the Tianchao men's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup under the leadership of Yi Jianlian.

Fans are fickle. Judging from their performance after learning that the Tianchao men's basketball team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, they seem to be looking forward to Shu.At the beginning of the World Cup group stage, everyone expected them to qualify for the group stage; when the Tianchao men's basketball team showed good combat effectiveness, everyone expected them to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup; now, the Tianchao men's basketball team has reached this step, and everyone Start expecting them to make a new history.

This is actually understandable.For every team that can advance to the top sixteen, the top eight is an eternal goal.When these teams achieve their goals, they will be eager to go further.The same goes for Li Nan and his players.After all, it is now possible for them to take the Chinese men's basketball team to a new level.Once they advance to the semi-finals, all of them will become heroes in the hearts of hundreds of millions of basketball fans in China.

Also full of excitement and anticipation like them is the Argentine men's basketball team.In fact, although the Argentine men's basketball team has occasionally performed brilliantly in some world competitions in recent years, they have always lacked a substantial result.It is becoming more and more difficult for them to reproduce the glorious moment when the golden generation overthrew the American Dream Team to win the Olympic championship.

In fact, at the beginning of this World Cup, the Argentine men's basketball team was not expected too much by everyone.Not to mention the comparison with the American men's basketball team, even the Spanish men's basketball team, the Serbian men's basketball team, the French men's basketball team, and the Australian men's basketball team are all stronger than the Argentine men's basketball team in the hearts of fans.This is a very uncomfortable thing for a former basketball king.But they are helpless, the Argentine men's basketball team is indeed not at its peak!

However, they did not give up.A team with the genes of a champion will never settle for mediocrity.

In the first stage of the group stage, they won all three games and showed the world their strong team basketball.But that didn't prove anything. After all, the Argentine men's basketball team still has the strength to advance to the top sixteen.However, after they defeated the Polish men's basketball team and continued their unbeaten record in the group stage, everyone had some new understanding of the Argentine men's basketball team.

Of course, all this has a lot to do with their opponent, the Polish men's basketball team.The Polish men's basketball team, which entered the second stage of the group stage with a one-point disadvantage, broke out in the Argentine men's basketball game with amazing combat effectiveness.

The first quarter started, the Argentine men's basketball team started 5:0, with a good momentum.The Polish team entered the rhythm very slowly and was unable to start the situation for a long time. As a result, they fell behind in the first quarter as a whole.In the final stage of the game, the Polish men's basketball team had the opportunity to tie or overtake the score. The Argentine gave them some opportunities, but their offense was not smooth, they missed free throws and missed the opportunity to turn their wrists.The Poles missed the opportunity, but the Argentines didn't give face and seized the opportunity to score consecutively. This wave of operations gave them the lead.At the end of the first quarter, the Argentine men's basketball team led the Polish men's basketball team by 6 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the point difference remained in single digits. The Polish men's basketball team could not counterattack well and could not narrow the point difference. The Argentines could always score in time during the scoring interval of the Polish men's basketball team.The Argentine's overall performance in the second quarter was relatively stable, and the overall situation was at an advantage.For most of the second half of the game, the Argentine's lead remained in double digits, and the situation was very favorable.However, in the last moment of the competition, the Polish team narrowed the point difference by scoring free throws and three-pointers at the buzzer.

At the end of halftime, the Polish men's basketball team was still 34 points behind the Argentine men's basketball team with 40:6.

In the third quarter, the Polish team played a 5:0 offensive at the beginning, narrowing the point difference to 1 point.This is the moment they are closest to the Argentine men's basketball team.Afterwards, the Argentine slowed down, and Campazzo and Scolari blossomed, pulling the score to double digits again.I thought the game would always maintain this rhythm, but the Poles were unwilling to bid farewell to this stage.In the last 2 minutes of this quarter, they suddenly played a small climax of 8:0, and suddenly narrowed the difference to only 2 points.

At this time, the Argentines became nervous!However, they turned the tide again in the fourth quarter.Standing up for the Argentine is the team's oldest Luis Scola.Through his superb skills and seasoned experience, he overwhelmed the Polish penalty area.No one can stop him!
In the end, the Argentine men's basketball team defeated the Polish men's basketball team without any risk. Like the Chinese men's basketball team, they won their fourth victory in the World Cup group stage.At the same time, they are also undefeated!
When the game whistle sounded, Scola and Campazzo embraced excitedly.For the Argentine men's basketball team, the quarter-finals of the World Cup is not an honor to take a shot, but for the Argentine men's basketball team that is now starting to decline, this is also an affirmation of them.Especially Scola, he will hardly have another chance to play the next World Cup!

"There are no star players among our players, but this team is great. What those championship-level strong teams can do, we are also achieving it through hard work and unity. I hope that through the team's efforts, we can continue the Argentine People’s interest and love for basketball. We hope that this generation of players can still be a role model, encourage the younger generations of Argentina, and tell them that Argentine basketball can do everything.” After the game, the Argentine coach was very excited.For the quarter-finals, he was also quite emotional. He said: "Victory means a lot to us! There are too many excellent teams in this world, very excellent teams, such as the United States, Serbia, Lithuania, Spain, France , All in all, the competitive pressure we face is huge. But I always think that we are not bad, whether in the past or now, we have the ability to do our best. Next, we will do our best, I hope, this time In the World Cup, we can also make the world remember us and make the Argentine people proud."

(End of this chapter)