On June 28, Beijing time, July 1 and 2, the Chinese men's basketball team will play against the Canadian men's basketball team and the Greek men's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Considering that the Canadian men's basketball team brings together a number of NBA stars and the Greek men's basketball team is currently at the forefront of the world ranking, the Chinese men's basketball team's unsuccessful journey is destined to not be smooth. In this context, the outside world is generally looking down on the prospects of the Chinese men's basketball team. But the Chinese men's basketball team must not be discouraged. Because looking back at history, the Chinese men's basketball team has repeatedly given opponents a head-on blow against the world's strongest teams. Among them, "foreign war hero" Zheng Wu led the team to snipe at the World Championships and the Olympic Games to snipe the Spanish men's basketball team, the Argentine men's basketball team and other strong teams.
The 1990s was the most glorious period in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team. At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team not only dominated the Asian basketball world, but also had a very strong performance in the world competition, of which in the 1994 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team broke into the quarterfinals and created history. At that time, the Chinese men's basketball team was able to achieve such results, and Zheng Wu, known as the "foreign war insider", played a decisive role and could be called a "hero of the foreign war".
At the 1994 World Championships, Hu Weidong averaged 15.1 points per game as the number one scorer of the Chinese men's basketball team, while Zheng Wu averaged 12.6 points per game after Hu Weidong. In fact, Zheng Wu is not only the "number two scorer" in the team, but also the "Mr. Big Scene" in the team. During the group stage, in the Chinese men's basketball team's narrow victory over the Brazilian men's basketball team 97-93 through extra time, it was Zheng Wu who saved the team by hitting a key ball in the last quarter reading moment, thus dragging the game into extra time. In the final round of the group stage, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the European strong team Spain men's basketball team. At that time, when the Spanish men's basketball team tried to establish a lead, it was Zheng Wu who led the team to bite the score with a three-pointer. Instead, in the final stage of the campaign, Zheng Wu first helped the team maintain the lead in 2 free throws and then completely killed the game in the second-reading moment to help the Chinese men's basketball team defeat the Spanish men's basketball team 78-76. It is precisely by virtue of the defeat of the Brazilian men's basketball team and the Spanish men's basketball team that the Chinese men's basketball team has historically reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships.
It can be said that if it were not for Zheng Wu who always picked up key points at key moments, the Chinese men's basketball team would certainly not have the opportunity to break into the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In the 1996 Olympic Games, Zheng Wu once again played the key to the Chinese men's basketball team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games. As we all know, the Chinese men's basketball team was able to break into the quarterfinals of the 1996 Olympic Games thanks to its defeat of the Angolan men's basketball team and the Argentine men's basketball team during the group stage. In the number of games in which the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Argentine men's basketball team, Zheng Wu scored 22 points, becoming the number one contributor to the team's victory over the opponent. In the Chinese men's basketball team's victory over the Angolan men's basketball team, it was Zheng Wu who hit the three-pointer that killed the game in the last minute.
Such Zheng Wu is absolutely worthy of the name of "hero of foreign wars".