As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

The 2010 Men's Basketball World Cup was the last tournament named "World Championship" and was later renamed the "Basketball World Cup".

This year's Men's Basketball World Championship is held in Türkiye.

Compared with the Football World Cup, the attention and influence of basketball are obviously much smaller, which can be described as "a world of difference".

However, the attention to this year's Men's Basketball World Championship is higher than in previous years, even comparable to the Olympic men's basketball team.

And all this is thanks to Zhou Ze, the number one player in today's basketball world.

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A total of 24 teams participated in this Men's Basketball World Championship.

The group stage is divided into four groups.

Just like in their previous life, the Chinese men's basketball team was placed in Group C, with six teams in each group, playing a single round-robin format. A win earned two points, and a loss earned one point.

The top four teams in each group will advance to the round of 16.

The knockout round adopts a "single-elimination system", which is the so-called "one game decides the winner".

Group C, where the Chinese men's basketball team is located, includes China, Türkiye, Russia, Greece, Puerto Rico and Côte d'Ivoire.

Well...

In the previous life, the Chinese men's basketball team only won one game in the group stage.

But at that time, the Chinese men's basketball team was in a period of transition, unlike the later period... it just turned yellow...

The core lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team:

Zhou Ze, Yao Ming, Space Yi, Wind Chasing Boy, Sun Dasheng, and the Chinese guard who is best at passing the ball to Yao Ming - "Liu Wei".

In order to make up for the lack of firepower on the outside of the Chinese men's basketball team.

As the Goat of contemporary basketball, Zhou Ze directly moved down to the team's number one position.

Well...

That's right.

Zhou Ze will play point guard in the Men's Basketball World Championship. In terms of dribbling ability, he is definitely elite even in the NBA, but because of his physique and size, it is naturally impossible for him to move freely in dense defense.

This news was like a bombshell, causing huge waves.

[OMG! Zhou Ze, he's going to play point guard in the Men's Basketball World Championship? I'm not dreaming!]

Although Zhou's dribbling ability is unique among inside players, it's still unrealistic for him to want to play point guard.

How is that possible? Playing point guard? You're crazy!!!

Although the Chinese men's basketball team has top-tier players, their bench depth is too poor. Unless Zhou Ze plays the entire game, they won't win the championship.

Are you kidding? Is averaging 40 minutes per game difficult for Zhou Ze? You know, Zhou Ze often plays for over 44 minutes in the NBA, while each FIBA ​​quarter is only 10 minutes, so a full game is only 40 minutes. Besides, the FIBA ​​rules are more suitable for Zhou Ze's performance!

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In the first group match, the starting lineup of the Chinese men's basketball team against Greece: Zhou Ze, Liu Wei, Sun Dasheng, Taikong Yi and Dayao.

After the game started, Zhou Ze led the defense of the opposing guards throughout the game, and his airtight defense directly prevented the opponent from crossing half court. Within 2 minutes of the game, Zhou Ze caused 3 turnovers of the opponent.

1 time, a 1v1 steal. 1 time, causing the opponent's pass to be erred, which was then intercepted by Sun Dasheng.

The remaining one was blocked by Zhou Ze and went out of bounds.

After the timeout, the opponent had no choice but to send two players to take turns dribbling the ball across half court.

In this way, the opponent can indeed dribble the ball across half court well, but will not be able to initiate a fast break.

On the other hand, the Chinese men's basketball team, whether in fast breaks or positional offense, is multi-faceted. If Yao Ming is energetic, he will force the ball under the basket. If he is tired, he will directly stand at the top of the key to pass the ball.

Although Yao Ming's passing ability is not excellent, Zhou Ze's ability to receive the ball is strong. Facing a basket that is more crowded than the NBA, Zhou Ze can still break through and score.

In the first group match, against Greece, the Chinese men's basketball team won by 33 points with a score of 103 to 70.

The remaining four group stage matches...

The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Russia 110-68.

115 to 65, beat Türkiye.

120 to 70, beat Puerto Rico.

130vs60, a huge victory over Côte d'Ivoire.

In the five group stage games, the Chinese men's basketball team won by at least 33 points in each game.

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Although the US team also won all five group matches, their average net score was less than half of that of the Chinese men's basketball team.

By the way...

Before the game, many haters believed that Zhou Ze's FIBA ​​statistics would drop significantly.

The results of it...

周泽场均狂砍45分21篮板14助攻5盖帽5抢断。

Super Jumbo Triple Double + Super 5x5.

As for Yao Ming...

Although he only averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds per game, he only played 14 minutes per game.

The most surprising player in the Chinese men's basketball team...

Not the up-and-coming stars, but the wind-chasing boys of yesteryear—roughly speaking.

Coming off the bench, he averaged 4 three-pointers per game, all of which were assisted by Zhou Ze.

Well...

Although Zhou Ze has [Field Commander (Purple Gold)], which allows his teammates to enter zones, there are differences between zones, and the difficulty of entering a zone also varies.

Round of 16!

The Chinese men's basketball team faced off against Serbia, a future basketball powerhouse. Serbia, quite interestingly, went so far as to single-handedly defend Zhou Ze. Zhou Ze exploded for 70 points in three quarters, while the Serbian team only managed 40.

For Zhou Ze, who has comprehensive skills, 1v1 single defense is equivalent to shooting training.

In the end, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated their opponents 118 to 70 and advanced to the top 8.

Quarterfinals, semifinals...

The Chinese men's basketball team defeated Argentina and Spain respectively.

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The Chinese men's basketball team won all the way and entered the finals, where they met the American team's Dream 9.

Although Dream 9 does not have top NBA stars.

But there are many future top players...

Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose and Stephen Curry.

In order to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team...

The starting lineup they sent out on the final day surprised fans around the world.

Chauncey Billups, Derrick Rose, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Durant and Kevin Love.

This is an ultimate five-small lineup.

The one responsible for dribbling across half court was Chauncey Billups.

After watching Billups dribble steadily across half court, coach Zhang, the commentator in the Tianchao Sports studio, couldn't help but sigh: "It still has to be the American team. Facing Aze's defense, many teams have to put two players in the backcourt..."

The US men's basketball team uses a 5-outfield strategy.

Each player takes turns playing singles.

Well...

Except for the player being defended by Zhou Ze.

And this offensive strategy did work.