Zhou Mubai's small goal quickly spread throughout the Internet.

You should know that the best results of the Chinese team in the Olympics were eighth, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In the World Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team participated in the World Championships seven times, broke through the group five times in total, with the best result being 8th and never breaking through the semi-finals.

As soon as Zhou Mubai spoke, the eighth place was the start, the semi-finals were the target, and even turned his attention to the finals, and Zhou Mubai called this a small goal?

This was quickly called a popular meme for Shashua netizens. Shashua netizens often come up with a small goal when chatting, and Zhou Mubai also broke the circle because of this. Even people who don’t care about basketball know that there is a small goal for Zhou Mubai.

Of course, for professionals, Zhou Mubai's statement seems to them as a joke.

If Yao Ming had not been absent due to injury, they might have agreed with this statement more, but the current Chinese team is not as strong as they imagined. The so-called real strength is Zhou Mubai.

Although Zhang Weiping's comments on this are encouraged, they are full of criticism.

"Zhou Mubai's small goal is indeed very exciting, and we also believe that he has this spirit. After all, he is a NBA dual-profile MVP. It would be abnormal if he does not have this spirit.

We also hope that he can really achieve this small goal, but then again, with the Chinese team's current strength being alternating between old and new, is actually a regression compared to the 2008 Olympics.

We cannot be too optimistic. Of course we must be full of fighting spirit, but I hope to be more cautious and will be more beneficial to us."

When this word reached Zhou Mubai's ears, Zhou Mubai just smiled.

It is better to do it than to say it, and it is better to do it than to do it. When the facts are presented to everyone, that is the best time to convince people.

However, there is a reason for experts' concerns, because this time the grouping is not optimistic for the Chinese team.

There are 24 countries in this World Championships, divided into 4 groups. China is in Group C, including six countries: China, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Puerto Rico and Côte d'Ivoire.

Although this group is not the strongest group, the situation is still not optimistic.

This group was slightly weaker than Côte d'Ivoire. Other Russia, Greece, Turkey, Puerto Rico are all strong teams, which are only stronger than the Chinese team. Although the top four in each group can enter the top 16, it is not easy for the Chinese team to qualify.

Moreover, after entering the second round, the Chinese team is likely to encounter a truly strong team. To break through to the quarterfinals, it depends not only on strength, but also on luck.

The Chinese team defeated Lithuania in the first game of the warm-up match, because although the Chinese team won, it was just a warm-up match after all, and it couldn't explain anything in just one game.

Fortunately, there are three warm-up matches, and the remaining two games can still give a glimpse of the true strength of the Chinese team.

The second warm-up match begins soon.

Lithuania's starting lineup has not changed, but its playing style has been changed. However, this is also the significance of the warm-up match - integrating the team through the game, exposing the team's shortcomings, and then making targeted improvements.

Lithuania has improved its defensive strategy against Zhou Mubai. They have already understood what Zhou Mubai means to the Chinese team. As long as Zhou Mubai is contained, the Chinese team's strength will be reduced by at least half.

Lithuanian's targeted defense had a good effect in the first half. Zhou Mubai was repeatedly attacked, forcing Zhou Mubai to pass the ball, but his teammates could not seize the opportunity, which led to the Chinese team falling behind in the first half.

In fact, this is probably a similar situation to the last game, but the last game was Zhou Mubai's active play, mainly to make his teammates adapt to this play, but he was forced to pass the ball in this game.

Zhou Mubai is actually quite adapted to this situation. He was the same when he was in the NBA, but the Knicks' teammates are much better at mastering this opportunity than those of the Chinese teammates.

However, although the Chinese team fell behind, Zhou Mubai was not impatient. This was a good opportunity to hone his skills - this is a problem that the Chinese team must face.

The more problems the Chinese team exposed in the warm-up match, the more they could deal with during the main game, so Zhou Mubai was not in a hurry to come out and solve the problem himself.

In the second half, the Chinese players gradually adapted and began to seize the opportunity, and shot some improved goals, and the situation gradually turned back.

In fact, for the Chinese team, this kind of ball is actually much easier to play than before. With Zhou Mubai, a player who attracts other opponents' defensive forces, there are many opportunities for others. The key is whether they can make a shot.

Once they start to score goals, the situation will naturally be different.

As others opened up, the pressure Zhou Mubai naturally became less, and Zhou Mubai became more relaxed and Lithuania could no longer resist it.

In the fourth quarter, the Chinese team once led by more than 20 points, and finally defeated Lithuania by 16 points.

Chinese experts were upset.

One victory can be said to be accidental, but two victoryes are enough to illustrate many problems, especially the smooth offense of the Chinese team in the second half, which further illustrates the difference between this Chinese team and the previous Chinese team.

The Chinese team led by Zhou Mubai fully demonstrated the characteristics of Xiao Kuai Ling. Three-pointers from the outside were like rain. Yi Jianlian at the basket was overturned, especially when he launched a fast attack, he was like mercury.

This Chinese team played very gorgeously and had no feeling of constipation at all.

Chinese fans rarely see such a Chinese team, and they are a little surprised - can our Chinese team play such a gorgeous game?

They were a little surprised, but the third warm-up match proved it again.

In the third warm-up match, Lithuania adopted a man-to-man defense, which made Zhou Mubai even more unable to defend himself. Zhou Mubai continuously used pick-and-roll tactics and repeatedly fed Yi Jianlian the ball. Yi Jianlian played like Howard.

With Yi Jianlian's physical fitness, he does have great advantages in the international arena, especially when facing the bulky white center.

With Zhou Mubai's arrangement, the Chinese team's inside and outside lines were opened, making Lithuanian's defense fall apart, and even the defense was not organized later.

The performance of the Chinese team not only shocked domestic fans, but even foreign critics seemed surprised, especially the opponents of the first round of group stage, who were particularly concerned about this.

The performance of the Chinese team has aroused their vigilance, and many teams have strengthened their data collection for the Chinese team.
Chapter completed!