At the 1992 Olympics, Croatia led by Petrovic, Kukoc and Lagarde was in the limelight, and the only goal they lost was the men's basketball team's final loss to the United States Dream One and finally won the silver medal.
Two years later, at the World Championships in Toronto, Croatia encountered the Chinese men's basketball team that had just been killed from the death group, and Tony Kukoc, known as the "Magic of Europe", was a Chinese striker wearing a No. 8, and the jersey was printed with a big eye-catching HU.
But this is accustomed to the wind and waves, second only to Jordan Pippen's third scorer of the Bulls can not imagine how this seemingly thin and silent guy actually snatched a counterattack in front of him, stopped and leaned back, silently shot 9 three-pointers, and slashed 31 points in the whole game.
Although Croatia still beat China 105-73, Tony Kukoc has firmly remembered the Chinese team's No. 8 striker, HU.
It's just that Kukoc is a little puzzled as to why this striker with superb shooting skills and flowing style of play only looks at the ground and does not aim at the basket. He may never know that this Chinese team's Hu has been playing on the court with 600-degree myopia + high astigmatism, and the basket and timer are a blur for him.
In that era when contact lenses had not yet been popularized in China, Hu Weidong had to rely on hard training to hone this set of hands without looking at the basket to catch the ball, and a lot of training even made Hu Weidong's left hand unable to lift up for a while, and he could only rely on his right hand to eat.
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Chinese team and Croatia met again, and Kukoc, who was on the field, shouted in the direction of the Chinese team, "Come on, HU!" ”
Only strength can usher in respect, and only heroes will be created.
At the 1994 World Championships in Toronto, the first opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage was the old enemy Brazil, and the South American champion who played in this extremely difficult style was an opponent who could not hold it once he went crazy, and how to suppress it at the beginning was the top priority of Jiang Xingquan's guidance of the platoon. Be sure to give the ball to the person with the strongest offensive firepower in the team, he has to dare to play, he has to score! Jiang's guidance locked his eyes on 24-year-old Hu Weidong.
Sure enough, this Jiangsu guy who did not die, practiced and did not die lived up to expectations, and the opening three three points helped the Chinese team to take a big lead in an instant. The name "Hu San Cannon" was thus launched. The Chinese team, which then withstood Brazil's tenacious counterattack, dragged the game into extra time. The Chinese men's basketball team withstood Brazil's crazy counterattack in the second half and dragged the game into extra time.
In overtime, Hu Weidong stopped the Brazilian team with a full-court rush through a dragon of three people, 87-79, the Chinese team led by 8 points, and people saw despair from the Brazilian's face for the first time.
They must be puzzled why the tall yellow-skinned boys on the opposite side can still maintain flexible and fast movement on the field; why this ghostly No. 8 can still score ten points in overtime, biting their steel teeth and chasing them to play fast attacks; why the Chinese team can still switch between 2-3, 1-3-1 joint defense and full-court pressing.
In the end, Hu Weidong slashed 27 points, and the Chinese team defeated Brazil 95-93 to win a crucial battle in the history of Chinese basketball. At the 1994 World Championships in Toronto, where The Chinese team reached the quarterfinals for the first time, Hu Weidong averaged 15.1 points per game, averaging three three points per game for the Chinese team to score.
In the subsequent re-entry quarterfinals at the Atlanta Olympics, Hu Weidong's average of 12.3 points per game was still sharp, and even in Sydney in 2000 and the World Championships in 2002, Lao Hu was the most stable gun on the outside of the Chinese team.
He is the strongest outside player in the history of Chinese basketball, and he is also the most beautiful Chinese flyer in the air dunk. Facing two Dream Teams, he has wonderful flying dunks, and the NBA Summer League against Lakers Kobe Bryant, he soared 30 points throughout the game.
The NBA has long coveted the No. 8 Asian flyer, and in 1998 the Mavericks sent a 10-day short contract to Lao Hu. Call and say "Hu, come to Dallas now, right now!" Lao Hu looked at the Jiangsu team, which was on the verge of relegation, and did not go. In 2000, the Orlando Magic once again gave a 10-day contract to the 30-year-old Lao Hu, who looked at his scarred legs and shook his head again.
He is so guarded in Jiangsu, from light riding fast horses to calm old guns, Birdman Chris Anderson is impressed by his ball skills, two-time CBA Most Valuable Player, two-time steals and assists kings, three-time scoring kings and three-point kings.
The only regret is that in 2005, I ran out the last drop of oil, but I did not help Jiangsu to hold the most important home stadium, and I missed the first CBA championship in the history of the team. However, this Guangdong overturned his Zhu Eight Kings and Seven Kings, and it can also be regarded as taking over the gun on the outside line of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Just let the old fans see, after the Chinese men's basketball team's outside linemen, quasi-accurate, strongest, but in the combination of shooting sudden lightness and agility, almost meaning!
It is said that not long after Lao Hu retired, Old Nelson specially sent him a calf shirt printed with No. 8 HU, And Lao Hu calmly took it and put it on with a smile, at that moment all the people were thinking about what it would be like if this jersey could be worn earlier.
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