The older superstars of the NBA

Yangcheng Stadium.

In the fifth game of the warm-up series of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, this time they are facing the European powerhouse Croatia.

Strictly speaking, it is the Croatian second team.

Their first team has also participated in various competitions recently and is training for the European Championship.In this case, it is not easy to invite the opponent's first team, so they can only take a step back and invite the second team.

Of course, this is absolutely sufficient for the current lineup of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team.

After the Basketball Association announced this warm-up match, quite a few fans were not very optimistic about the competition between the Huaxia men's basketball team and their opponents. Even if it was just training, many fans had no expectations for it.

This also caused the arena's attendance rate to drop by nearly one-fifth compared to before.

In the arena that was completely full before, there were still many seats vacant before the game this time.Although they are all relatively late positions, this is relatively rare for the national team.

No matter how they played in the past, at least the fans who supported them could fill the arena.But now, the combination of high ticket prices and the unmatched strength of the national team has led to many fans who want to watch Zhao Feiyang play, but they can only choose to give up under this situation.

"This person is indeed much less..."

"The atmosphere is also different from before... I remember that everyone's costumes were generally uniform..."

"Hey! I don't know if the attendance will be reduced after this match..."

After entering the arena, the young players of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team on the field were doing warm-up training while observing the situation on the sidelines.

Obviously, changes in attendance have a certain impact on team morale.

Not only that, but on the webcast, this warm-up match is completely different from before.

Previously, CCTV Sports specially broadcasted the men's basketball warm-up match live in the afternoon, but since the ferment of public opinion on the Internet, especially after the announcement of inviting European teams to participate, other programs of CCTV Sports suddenly increased.

The afternoon segment, which could have broadcast the men's basketball game, suddenly became a recording and broadcasting clip of other sports, and even some extremely niche clips were broadcast.

With such an arrangement, it is hard not to be surprised.

There are many other live broadcast platforms on the Internet, and there are even many amateur commentary programs for the Huaxia men's basketball warm-up match, but since the men's basketball team announced the invitation of European teams, these platforms have temporarily lost their popularity.

Before the game is about to start, many live broadcast places are not live broadcast. The only platforms that can broadcast live broadcast, the attitude of the fans towards the game is almost one-sided, and most people are very pessimistic.

"The Croatian team is not weak! No matter if it is the second team, it is also the national team... We must not be able to do it..."

"Zhao Feiyang can't beat them alone. Don't think Zhao Feiyang can lead the Timberwolves to comeback in the finals, but he is also an NBA-level teammate after all! All of us recruits are masters of CBA, and our skills are not very good Such an attitude is not very correct, how can Zhao Feiyang afford it?"

"It's really difficult. If I were to say Chairman Yao's words, I would actually make it very clear. The men's basketball team invites European teams here for the purpose of training. Losing is inevitable, and the result is not good..."

"Don't you understand? CCTV doesn't broadcast it anymore... So many platforms have also shut up. Isn't it because the Basketball Association is afraid that the European teams will lose too badly in the warm-up match?"

No matter what the outside world is saying, in the arena, the game between the two sides is about to start.

Considering the original intention of training young players, head coach Su Mingtao still did not put Zhao Feiyang in the starting lineup this time.

Zhao Feiyang had no objection to this, instead he stood aside and watched these young juniors like a big brother.

"I have already said the analysis before the game...This team is very balanced, most of the opponents are professional players, and a few are college players...Don't put any pressure on you, what should you do? Hit whatever you want..."

"The opponent's lineup needs to pay attention to two people, one is Kovacic and the other is Pivasic...the opponent is a brother, and they are both the main players of European clubs..."

"Remember, don't fight alone, don't do that... We can only beat them with our team style..."

After speaking, coach Su Mingtao took a look at Zhang Hao.

In fact, the sentence to remind you not to fight alone is aimed at Zhang Hao.

This kid always liked to show off before, and he didn't miss the ball when he played against those opponents in the warm-up match. Although the impact on the team was not that great, it was worth paying attention to this issue.

This time they are facing a strong European team. If Zhang Hao does that again, his impact on the team will be immeasurable.

The defense of European teams is not comparable to those of previous opponents.

For such a reminder, Zhang Hao didn't say a word.Since Zhao Feiyang took the initiative to "bully" him for the first time, Zhang Hao has indeed become more peaceful than before.

Especially when other young players gradually regard Zhao Feiyang as the absolute core of the team and move closer to him, Zhang Hao, the so-called captain of the team, has less and less right to speak, and less and less "stabbing his head". Son".

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded.

The two sides played quickly.

Snapped.

After standing in position, the referee threw the ball high, and the big men of the Croatian team took the ball first, and the ball fell into their hands.

Defender Kovacic advances with the ball.

After halftime, Zhang Hao went up to mark the opponent.

The two met face to face, and Kovacic did not choose individual singles, but signaled to his teammate Pivasic on the wing to cover.

Pivasic circled up from the left to respond, and suddenly came over with a pick-and-roll, Kovacic took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball into the basket.

The inside line of the Huaxia men's basketball team quickly stepped up to defend, trying to interfere with Kovacic's offense.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the inside line came out of the penalty area, Kovacic suddenly made a pass to the ground, and the basketball was interspersed from the crowd to the basket position. A layup easily sends the ball into the basket.

Swish.

The ball is in.

This kind of tacit cooperation made the Huaxia men's basketball team a little surprised.

The fans on the sidelines did not expect the opponent's reaction and tacit understanding to be so quick. Although they are the opponents of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, some fans still gave each other warm applause for this wonderful goal.

It was the turn of the Huaxia men's basketball team to counterattack.

Zhang Hao advances with the ball.

One second Kovacic was still waiting for him at halftime, and the next second Kovacic suddenly marked him.Zhang Hao, who was almost past the center line, was caught off guard by such a tight defense, but before he could secure the ball, a familiar figure appeared beside him.

Pivacic didn't know when he appeared on his flank, double-teaming with Kovacic.

It happened that Zhang Hao tried to pass the ball at this time, and as soon as he stretched out, Pivasic directly intercepted his pass.

Snapped.

The ball dropped.

There was an uproar at the scene.

The opponent is two against one.

Zhang Hao chased after him in panic, and the opponent quickly rushed to the basket. Pivasic, who was holding the ball, pretended to make a breakthrough to attract Zhang Hao to chase and defend. Vasic hands.

Swish.

Kovacic scored a layup and scored firmly into the basket.

"Beautiful job bro!"

The two clapped excitedly after scoring.

Such a decisive defensive counterattack really surprised the fans present.

Even Zhao Feiyang, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the excitement, was shocked by the performance of the two brothers.He had heard from the head coach Su Mingtao before that according to the information collected by the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, the strength of these two brothers is the two strongest in the Croatian team.

For the men's basketball players, as long as they can guard against these two, the team will not lose too badly, and even have a certain chance to play a more beautiful situation.

But after the actual match, the performance and tacit understanding between the two obviously differed from the intelligence of the Huaxia men's basketball team.

They are stronger than the Huaxia men's basketball team imagined.

"Coach Su, let me go!"

"We can't let these guys down from the start..."

Zhao Feiyang said to Coach Su Mingtao.

Su Mingtao frowned at this time, although he really wanted to replace Zhao Feiyang, he waved his hand, "Wait a little longer."

On the field.

The Huaxia men's basketball team attacked again.

With the previous mistakes, no one dared to relax their vigilance.Under the cover of his teammates, Zhang Hao successfully brought the ball across the half court. When he reached the half court, he noticed that his teammate Li Qing ran out of space on the wing.

Snapped.

Zhang Hao gave the ball to Li Qing.

Li Qing is the team's starting small forward. His physical fitness is quite good in the team, his height is not bad, and his skills are relatively rich.

He looked at the right time and dribbled the ball from a [-]-degree angle on the left to the basket.

From the perspective of the off court, his timing is good, the angle of attack is not bad, and the opponent's inside players do not pose potential threats and obstacles.

But when he was about to break through to the basket, Li Qing, who was fighting with the ball, was squeezed to the edge by the opponent's defender, and even almost went out of bounds.

Seeing this scene, the fans on the scene were all horrified.

On the bench of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, a group of young players also felt incredible.

"Damn it! No way!"

"Li Qing's physical fitness is so good, how could he be squeezed like that with just such a breakthrough?"

On the court, Li Qing, who was almost squeezed out, couldn't find a good shooting angle, so he had no choice but to pass the ball.

The ball was given to Liu Yunwei inside, and Liu Yunwei caught the ball and played singles under the basket.

He tried to use his back to open up the shooting space, but he bumped into the opponent a few times one after another, and the opponent barely moved when he stood still.

Surprised, Liu Yunwei could only throw the ball with a hook.

boom.

The basketball hit the backboard and fell out.

The rebound was taken by the opponent.

Snapped.

The opponent gave the ball to the outside defender Kovacic with a long pass. Kovacic and Pivacic sprinted across the half.

The speed of the two was too fast, resulting in a two-on-one situation.

This time Kovacic tossed the ball high, and Pivacic hopped on the other side of the rim for a lob dunk.

boom.

The ball is in.

In front of the Huaxia men's basketball team off the court, the head coach Su Mingtao couldn't sit still anymore.

"Feiyang, get ready!"

"Put you up immediately!"