Chapter 486 Against Turkey
This is Ataman's understanding. In the head coach's mind, the Chinese team's level is not on the same level as Türkiye.
At around 2 o'clock local time, Gong Luming brought the national team to the Ankara Stadium. This stadium, which can accommodate up to 10,000 people, is the largest stadium in the capital of Türkiye.
The national team's European training matches are not broadcast every time, but this is the first game, so CCTV still arranged a broadcast, and CCTV reporters also arrived at the scene.
The commentator who broadcasts this game is Yang Jian, the guest is Yang Yi, and the commentator of the double Yang group.
In the studio in Beijing, two commentators started talking with the broadcast signal.
"All viewers are welcome to watch our game broadcast in the evening. The two sides of this game are the Chinese national men's basketball team and the Turkish national men's basketball team. This is the first game of our national men's basketball team training in Europe. The opponent is also a genuine national team. It can be said that this is a game with great training value." Yang Jian said at the beginning.
Yang Jian is one of the few passionate commentators in China. Unlike other commentators, he is not limited to basketball, football, badminton, and any sports, he will involve some, which is a rare all-round talent.
"Well, European training is a tradition of our national team. After Director Gong coached, our opponents' strength has become stronger than before. This time, the Turkish national team is not low. There are NBA players like Asik and Ilyasova, and we all know that European teams pay great attention to the team and cooperate a lot." Yang Yi followed and analyzed.
"Well, it is particularly worth mentioning that this is our Tang Shuai's debut in the national team. What kind of performance will be worthy of our audience's expectations." Yang Jian said.
When the broadcast started in the country, Gong Luming led the team to complete pre-match preparation training.
After the training, CCTV reporters who accompanied the team followed and interviewed Gong Luming.
"Manager Palace, earlier, the Turkish coach said in an interview that this warm-up match was a commercial match, and believed that the two teams were not first-class teams. Do you have any opinions on this?"
"Is this happening?" Gong Luming looked at the reporter in confusion. After being confirmed, he smiled and said, "We are all busy with training and have never paid attention to this matter, but it's nothing. There is still some gap between the strength of the national team and the European team."
"You mean we don't have much hope of winning tonight?" the reporter asked.
"It's hard to say. The game is about performance on the spot. We have also added a lot of new players this year." Gong Luming said as he unconsciously looked at the direction of Tang Shuai, and turned around and continued, "So no matter how much you say it, it's useless. As for the game, it's still a matter of the game."
Gong Luming is a typical moderate when facing the media, but he can still feel a strong sense of fighting from his words.
If you see the difference on the field, this sentence will expand, which means that I will not be blind with you and that I will see the real trick on the field.
After a simple warm-up between the two sides, the audience entered the stadium one after another.
Because it was a contest between genuine national teams, the warm-up match attracted many fans to the scene.
Turkey's predecessor was the "Turkish", a famous clan known for its ferocity and barbarity. Although it has entered a peaceful era, the fans can still feel the primitive wildness. Before the game began, the DJ on the scene kept arousing the fans' emotions in Turkish.
There are more than 10,000 fans on the scene, which is rare in domestic CBA games, let alone this kind of fanatical atmosphere. Newcomers like Zhao Haoyan are inevitably nervous on their faces, and others are also a little tight in their bodies. After all, this is the first time they have met a real strong team since they formed this year.
After introducing the players, head coaches, referees of the game, and all of them on the court, this game will be officially started soon.
On the Chinese team, Gong Luming did not arrange Tang Shuai in the middle, and the lineup was not much different from that in the Asian Championships. The outside was a combination of Guo Ailun and Li Gen, Ding Yanyuhang on the front line, and Zhou Qi and Yi Jianlian on the inside line.
Türkiye also played all the main players, and Asik, Ilyasova, and Ardemir all appeared in the lineup.
As the referee on the sidelines blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, the first game of the Chinese team's European training officially started.
With his outstanding bounce, Yi Jianlian successfully attracted the first opportunity for the Chinese team to attack.
Guo Ailun pushed the ball into the frontcourt, invited Yi Jianlian to the outside pick-and-roll, and then broke through suddenly.
Guo Ailun has a blue breakthrough package, and the one with high attributes is definitely one of the best in China, but as soon as he advanced, he immediately encountered a contraction defense from the Turkish team.
Both Türkiye's inside players are NBA-level, and coupled with the unique defensive system of European teams, it is really difficult for Guo Ailun to score through breakthroughs in positional battles.
He was quickly driven back to the outside of the three-point line.
And what's even more serious is that other players have clear ideas when they want to run tactics, but when they come into contact with the opponent's players, they suddenly seem to be bumpy and bumpy. After a few simple tactics, they all gritted their teeth and seemed quite difficult.
Teammates couldn't run out of tactics. After Guo Ailun was kicked out, he had no room for attack. Seeing that there was little time left in the offensive, he could only choose to make a strong three-pointer. The result was imagined. He jumped out of the basket and the rebound was snatched by Asik.
Tang Shuai felt helpless. His body was the foundation of basketball. Except for Yi Jianlian, the national team's strength package was all green. It was not easy to fight against European and American teams like this. No matter who the national team brought it to, it was not unreasonable.
After several pick-and-roll cooperations without the ball, the national team's defensive formation was scattered. Ilyasova got a mobile phone from the outside and shot directly.
With a "swish", three-pointers fell steadily.
The fans at the scene suddenly burst into a burst of fanatical cheers. Even if there were less than 10,000 people, the sound made was almost the same as the NBA stadium with 20,000 people.
"The Chinese are still the same as before. Their bodies are really bad. Don't they know that physical fitness is the most basic requirement for sports? Or maybe they have a population of 1.5 billion but cannot jump out of 15 excellent basketball players?" The commentator on the scene couldn't help but say.
"Although the game has just begun, I think what Alkin said makes sense. Such an opponent does not really have the meaning of training. According to my estimate, the game may completely lose its suspense at the end of the half." The guests at the scene agreed and echoed.
Just as the two of them were talking, the Chinese team's offense made a mistake in the fierce physical confrontation, and Guo Ailun's pass was intercepted by the Turkish team.
During the Turkish team's advancement, the continuous and fast passes made the Chinese team's players returning to defense look like headless flies. In a short while, Ardemire hit the frontcourt. He received the pass from his teammate and scored a layup directly.
0-5, the Chinese team played quite passively at the opening.
"Fight the inside line, be careful to open up the space." Gong Luming couldn't sit still on the court and shouted loudly at the players.
Guo Ailun advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. After trying two rounds, he had proved to be unworkable, he could only play through the inside.
He greeted Zhou Qi, and Zhou Qi followed him out of the three-point line. After he handed over the ball, he started running around the three-point line.
Zhou Qi's purpose of running to the three-point line was to pull Ardemire out, and after Guo Ailun ran and took away the defender on the wing, Yi Jianlian leaned on Asik to get a better position.
Zhou Qi is tall and has long arms, and has a very outstanding vision. At this moment, a long swing gives the ball accurately to Yi Jianlian.
After Yi Jianlian got the ball, he relied on playing Asik.
Asik's peak period was with the Rockets. As a center season, he averaged 10.10 per game, but after signing with the Pelicans, his performance gradually declined. Coupled with the injury factor, his playing time is pitifully small.
But even so, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. After he resisted Yi Jianlian, it would be difficult for Yi Jianlian to force him to score in.
Yi Jianlian is not the kind of power forward with excellent back-playing skills. After a few hits, he felt that he had no chance, so he turned around and leaned back.
This time it was quite beautiful. Asik was slow and he couldn't even pounce, so he could only watch Yi Jianlian take action.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, Yi Jianlian's two points hit a steady hit. After adjusting the offensive center of gravity, the Chinese team finally won the first point of the game.
However, this is one of the only few scorings for the Chinese team in the first half of the quarter. The gap in physical fitness between the two teams determines the degree of technical and tactical use.
On the wild court, there are always discussions about whether the body is important or the technology is important. However, in professional competitions, the body is the absolute basis, let alone compared to a nation like Turkey with strong folk customs. This is also why Gong Luming was the main body training during the preparation period. This is not a multiple-choice question, but a must-do question.
17-6, after more than half a quarter, the Chinese team's scoring was still in single digits, while the Turks established a double-digit lead.
In a Turkey attack, small forward Chedi Ottoman met Guo Ailun's backup defense during a breakthrough. Guo Ailun wanted to make an offensive foul, but the speed was slower and the Ottoman was pushed away before he could stand firm, and he was knocked back and flew out.
Ottoman scored a layup to help Turkey continue to expand the score.
After Ottoman scored, he turned around and ran back, but Guo Ailun did not get up and fell to the ground with his nose in his hand.
The Chinese team doctor went up quickly. It turned out that Guo Ailun's nose was pushed when the two were fighting. The Turks were already powerful, and Ottoman was even more outstanding. You can imagine that the nose bleeding was knocked out.
The team doctor went up to deal with the nosebleed urgently, and the scene also entered a pause time.
The Chinese team members all seemed very angry, but there was no way out.
Chapter completed!