1996 Olympic Men's Basketball Tournament, China vs. Argentina.
This is the life and death battle of the Chinese men's basketball team. The Chinese team strategically gave up the previous game in order to seize this opportunity to face the enemy with neat people and horses, full of state, and to make a clean decision in a battle and urge the horse to enter the quarterfinals.
The Argentine players began to press the Chinese team's defenders. At this time, the Chinese team controlled the ball with Wu Qinglong, a scoring guard known for his strength and stability, and the Argentine defender posted it, but it was like hitting a mountain, wanting to fight closely but did not get any cheap, and was crushed by the No. 10 of the Chinese team on a road to the basket.
Once, twice, after several imperative grabs were easily defused by Wu Qinglong's half-turn to protect the ball, the Argentine defender changed his tactics, and as long as the big dragon was next to each other, he suddenly used his dipped clothes and eighteen falls, and the cunning of South American players was played to the fullest.
In 1996, when the rules for blowing and throwing were not yet perfected, this ambiguous scene made the referee blow the foul whistle. Hit people with the ball! This made Da long feel extremely wronged, and even many years later, he still couldn't help but cry out in an interview. "When the Argentine defender came to grab the ball, I was a very simple defender of the ball, and there was no extra action, and the referee sentenced me to hit someone with the ball. What a shame! ”
However, Argentina's off-the-plate moves did not last long, and Wu Qinglong, who adapted to the referee's blowing scale, controlled the amplitude of his actions and steadily controlled the game. The rhythm returned to the Chinese team again, and finally the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Argentina and historically rushed to the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games.
Wu Qinglong was born on December 17, 1965 in Dalian, Liaoning Province. In 1983, he was selected for the national youth team, and in 1984, he entered the Liaoning first team. With the maturity of a number of players such as Wu Qinglong, Wang Zhidan and Wu Naiqun, the Liaoning team won four national championships in 1989, 1991 and 1992, establishing the Liaoning Dynasty. Wu Qinglong was also selected for the adult national team in 1991 and began his brilliant career.
In 1996, Wu Qinglong was selected for the Chinese Olympic men's basketball team and went to Atlanta with the team, at this time, the 1 meter 91 dragon weighed nearly 200 pounds, and could also attack and run fast, and had a steady three-point shot. As a veteran in the team, Gong Luming's positioning of Wu Qinglong is very clear, that is, the key node of the sea god needle.
Wu Qinglong is an outlier, a rare tank defender in the history of Chinese basketball. An intuitive comparison, Zhao Rui, the dual-energy defender who is now playing, is also known for his physical fitness, with a height of 195, 4 centimeters higher than Wu Qinglong, and a peak weight of 98 kilograms, but slightly lighter than Wu Qinglong.
He once derisively praised himself as "The fastest 200-pound fat man in China." Running like a train, the blockers are invincible. Its impact is rampant in The country needless to mention, even in the face of the unattainable NBA stars at that time, it is not timid.
At the 1994 World Championships in Toronto, the Chinese team challenged the American Dream Team II. Although the Chinese team was crushed by the NBA All-Stars, Wu Qinglong in turn overruled his opponent several times. Paired with Wu Qinglong is the Suns' Kevin Johnson. This man once locked jordan and defeated the bulls in the third game of the 1993 finals. Wu Qinglong faced a strong opponent, first of all, he dribbled in succession to get rid of Kevin Johnson, cut into the inside line to throw, but unfortunately was blocked by Mo Ning. Soon, Wu Qinglong faced Kevin Johnson in a fast attack, accelerating and crushing him in two steps. Johnson, seeing that he could not resist, reached out and tugged. Wu Qinglong flew to the basket, and the huge inertia ignored the opponent's foul, adjusted his posture in the air, and shot arrows on horseback. This time, Moninu was full of energy and could only watch the ball enter the basket.
However, the fat people are not all fierce Zhang Fei, Wu Qinglong also has a thousand hammers and hundreds of fine kung fu in his hands. His biggest killer is the three-pointer. He's not so much a defender version of Barkley as he is Curry in 5XL yards. Whether it is a three-point stop with a dribble, or a three-pointer for picking up the ball around the block, it is all hand to hand.
In the domestic league, Wu Qinglong's three-point shooting rate has reached 40% in multiple seasons. In the 1994 World Championships against Brazil, Wu Qinglong scored 15 points on 4-of-5 three-pointers. At the '92 Olympics, he shot 10-of-19 against Venezuela, including 5 three-pointers. Against Australia it was also 4 of 5 three-pointers. At the 1996 Olympics, the Chinese team lost to Greece by 40 points, and Wu Qinglong was the only bright spot in this fiasco. He played only 11 minutes and scored 20 points on 5-of-6 three-pointers and 5-of-5 from the free throw line.
In addition, Wu Qinglong, as a two-way defender, can also catch points and assists. In the 96-97 season, he also won the assist king in the domestic league. It is also a position of national team defender commander for a long time.
Compared with Wang Zhizhi, who can enter the national team at the age of 18 and 9, Wu Qinglong is a late bloomer and entered the national team at the age of 25. But he replaced Sun Fengwu the following year as the main defender of the young national team, and also became the captain, playing in the 92 and 96 Olympic Games, as well as the 94 World Championships. In the 96 golden generation, it is a well-deserved big guy.
As for why he was able to become the captain in the second year of the team, of course, it is related to the change of blood in the team, and the players are all young people. But another anecdote explains why Wu Qinglong and not other young people can be captains.
At the 1993 East Asian Games, Wu Qinglong had just become captain. The Chinese men's basketball team met South Korea in the semifinals. Eight minutes before the final, the Chinese team actually trailed by 20 points. Wu Qinglong, who had only scored 1 point before, suddenly turned on the furious mode in a desperate situation, shot inside and out, cut down 20 points, and forced the opponent to equalize with 30 seconds left. In the end, Liu Yudong played a 2+1 and successfully flipped the plate.
The South Korean team, which has always been unsportmanlike, was disgusted after the game. Xu Zai, who was praised by the South Korean media as "Asia's first defender", sprayed wildly: The Chinese team won by the referee. Wu Qinglong, the captain of the Chinese team, replied domineeringly, "I have the ability to come back to the Asian Championship and win you as well." A few months later, in the semi-finals of the Asian Championships in Indonesia, the Chinese team swept South Korea for 20 points and finally won the championship. Wu Qinglong did what he said, and also won the MVP of the Asian Championships, becoming the official certification of zheng'er Bajing "Ya Yiwei". What about Xu Zai? He was expelled from the South Korean team before the match.
Not only can it turn the tide, but it can also roar out of momentum, and it can also be said and practiced. That is why in 1996, although he was no longer the main force, Wu Qinglong, who had this domineering spirit, was still recognized as the eldest brother by Hu Weidong, Sun Jun, and Liu Yudong.
Now the fans, from time to time, strangled by Guo Allen's projection, sighed Zhao Jiwei's physique, and looked forward to having a domineering core leader. This is not, think of the year of the Great Dragon, the force of the mountain, the Ya Yiwei, the strong ashes!
The domineering spirit of the ninety-six golden generation can be seen.