The Chinese men's basketball team with Li Kyle lost by 49 points! Why did Qiao Shuai's emphasis on tall and strong confrontation fail?
49 points fiasco, people will naturally move out of the 2008 Chinese men's basketball team 4 points narrowly defeated Germany, lamenting how far we have been left behind in the past 15 years, but in fact this is a stronger German men's basketball team than when Nowitzki led the team. They finished third in last year's European Championship, ahead of a match with China after Germany beat Canada, which has a large NBA rotation. Faced with Vogtmann at 2.11 meters, Wagner Jr. at 2.08 meters, and Theis at 2.03 meters, Djordjevic's emphasis on tallness and confrontation is completely failed.
Being abused is the only way for the Chinese men's basketball team to go on its journey.
49 points, this is the difference between the Chinese men's basketball team and the German men's basketball team in the warm-up game, and it is also the gulf between the Chinese men's basketball team and the world-class strong team after having Li Kyle, cruel and real. People naturally move out of the 2008 Chinese men's basketball team's narrow victory over Germany at the Beijing Olympics, lamenting how far we have been left behind by each other in the past 15 years, but this will not change the current situation.
In fact, this is a stronger German men's basketball team than when Nowitzki led the team. They finished third in last year's European Championship, ahead of a match with China after Germany beat Canada, which has a large NBA rotation. In the latest FIBA World Cup power list, China moved up two places to 19th, one of all Asian teams, while Germany also moved up two places to 5th, behind Spain, Canada, Italy and Serbia. And the list says of Germany, "The only reason they didn't rank higher in the top five is that Schroeder was affected by an Achilles tendon injury, and he was not 100% healthy." ”
The above background is to illustrate that the German men's basketball team in front of them is a world-class team, and the 107-58 full-time score is the helpless reality that the Chinese men's basketball team feels when the opponent in this level fights hard.
The opening game was about half a quarter, and the tone of the game had been set. The Chinese men's basketball team continued to use the starters of the previous warm-up games, and Li Kaier played as a substitute. By the time he played two rounds, the score had reached 4-16, and the Chinese men's basketball team only relied on Zhang Zhenlin's horseback archery and Zhou Qi's basket to get points, and the errors had accumulated three times.
Jordjevic's emphasis on tallness and confrontation has completely failed in the face of the German team, because the opponent is a team that is difficult to surpass no matter how tall you are. 2.11-meter Vogtmann, 2.08-meter Wagner, 2.03-meter Tyse, this is Germany's frontcourt combination, Xiaowa with good ball-holding ability is a misplaced killer in the NBA, and Theis is like Griffin possessed when he completed an empty catch above Zhou Qi's head. So from the scene, the gap between Zhou Peng, Cui Yongxi, Zhu Junlong and Zhao Jiwei and Fang Shuo is not big, they are all middle school students facing college students, who can be better?
"The opponent is an NBA-level team who won bronze at the European Championship last year." Qiao Shuai also admitted that Germany is strong.
As the World Cup draws closer and closer, the team's commitment to the warm-up games continues to increase, and Germany has at least shown a real attitude in the two and a half quarters. Schroder led the game to defend Zhao Rui to complete the steal, and Wagner Jr. and his teammates worked together to pinch the ball carrier near the halfway line, and they returned the Chinese men's basketball team to the familiar "dribbling hard" mode. So at halftime, the score was already 49-23, the Chinese men's basketball team had 11 turnovers, and 0 of 8 from beyond the three-point line.
This difference is not surprising, after all, Germany beat Canada 50-34 at halftime a few days ago, and I am curious about how the Chinese men's basketball team will respond to adversity, and whether there will be some adjustment and improvement. In fact, Djordjevich did.
As against Italy, the Chinese men's basketball team replaced Zhang Zhenlin with Li Kaier in the second half, and he immediately scored twice through a personal attack. After another round, the Chinese men's basketball team used cover to create a chance for Li Kyle to face Schroder under the basket, and he again threw a shot - which was the first time the team felt that there was continuity in scoring. However, at the end of the game, Li Kyle's statistics were only fixed at 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 4-of-10 shooting, which showed that he still did not adapt to the role of the main attacker, and the picture at the beginning of the second half was more like the coaching staff emphasized to help Li Kyle strengthen his belief.
As for why Li Kyle did not directly play as a starter, Jordjevic explained: "His physical condition has not yet adjusted to the best. In other words, when Lee Kyle is fully acclimated to high-intensity play, we can expect his role to expand further.
In addition, the Chinese men's basketball team also played a rare 9-2 mini-climax in the middle of the third quarter, and Fu Hao's appearance during that time brought miraculous results. He hit the team's first three-pointer, and then caught the ball under the basket to cause a foul, and eventually Fu Hao became the only Chinese player other than Li Kaier to score a double-double.
But that's the end of the day, the Chinese men's basketball team has no bright spots this night. The biggest value of this game is to see the gap with the world's top teams and feel the suffocation intensity of 40 minutes. To be clear, we don't need to benchmark against opponents at this level at the moment, it's no longer about changing a few players and using a certain style of play to expect a different outcome. But why do many people, including me, still want to see the Chinese men's basketball team "abused"?
At the beginning of his tenure as coach, Jordjevic said that he wanted the Chinese men's basketball team to have the ability to talk to world-class teams. Obviously, standing on this stage is the first step. Only by constantly playing against top teams can the men's basketball players slowly adapt to this rhythm, so that they can gradually play their due strength and have more confidence when talking to lower-level opponents. It's a long-term process, almost impossible to complete before this year's World Cup, but sooner or later. It is better to embark on a journey than to sit in a well and watch the sky, at least we believe that the Chinese men's basketball team will not be confused when they face Puerto Rico and South Sudan half a month later, after all, they have even seen Germany.
Wen | Kong Dexin