Chapter 114 Official announcement

Author: The Withered Tiam

Chapter 114 Official announcement

"Li Chengming officially joined the national team?"

"After the game with Texas Xiaoqiang, Li Chengming and Blue Shoes met at a hotel in Houston. This was their first official contact. There had been a call on both sides before, and Yao Yao also participated in it this time. Finally, it was quickly confirmed that Li Chengming's participation in the national team.

"Li Chengming will also become one of the candidate members of the national team for next year's Olympic Games..."

The next morning, that night of BJ time, the country received news from the other side of the ocean, and learned that Li Chengming's team met with Blue Shoes in Houston and discussed joining the national team.

There was no suspense about this. The national team had never refused to join Li Chengming, and Li Chengming had never vetoed it.

However, both sides had an ambiguous attitude before, and with the fact that Blue Shoes used to be peeing and their reputation in China was not much better than the Football Association, the result was not decided for a day, and domestic fans could not feel at ease for a day.

This time, there was a result, and the national team quickly announced it after the news. At the same time, Li Chengming also spoke out in Orlando to confirm the news.

This is a celebration of the whole world, and even in a short period of time, a forum has all been posts related to this.

Because of the abilities Li Chengming has shown now, domestic fans are already very yearning for and valued by the NBA, and they also feel that if Li Chengming, who can open up the situation in the NBA, will definitely be able to directly leap the strength of the men's basketball team to a higher level if he joins the national team.

Some fans even said: "I think if the Olympics are just looking forward to the quarterfinals, will it be too conservative? Our inside line is just a bastard, and the US team is not afraid at all, right?"

Some fans know it well: "Yao, Ah Lian, Fat Brother, three NBA active starting players. Dazhi also played in the NBA back then. How many of these inside configurations are there in the world?"

Some fans began to fantasize: "Starting Yao + Fat Brother, substitute Dazhi + Ah Lian, if they don't beat the opponent, they will not be able to get along well."

Of course, there are also relatively rational or even overly rational. It remains to be seen that Li Chengming still remains to be seen.

"I have only played more than twenty games in the professional league, and I have stars like Howard and Lewis around me, so my opponents don't have time or are difficult to target him. But it's different to return to the national team, and the FIBA's games are not the same as the NBA. Can he play well?"

Of course, someone immediately retorted: "If you watch Fat Brother's ball for a few more games, you can't say such things. Fat Brother is a low-post killer. Is this obviously more popular in international games? And without defense for three seconds, there are not so many star whistles that break through. Fat Brother's defensive end will not even become a weakness, and may be stronger than now."

"Yes, I think Yao's performance in the International League is actually better than in the NBA. Li Chengming should be of the same type as him."

However, no matter how popular it is on the Internet and how everyone looks forward to the future, if Li Chengming wants to train with the national team and show himself, it will be at least until May and June next year. If he can reach the finals, it may be until July.

According to the Magic's momentum this year, this is not an impossible thing. If this is the case, it will be a matter of joy and sorrow for domestic fans.

The good thing is that if Li Chengming can help the team reach the finals in a rookie season, it will be of great significance. They have never seen a player officially make his debut on the finals stage.

What is worrying about is such a series of events. Will Li Chengming be emptied directly at that time? Will he still have the energy to play the national team?

Of course, this is also something to consider later. At least for Li Chengming, he is only considering the next game now.

A day later, the Magic returned to home court, and this time they faced the challenge of the Western Conference Jazz.

This game is also a great test for the Magic, because the Jazz are not only playing the pick-and-roll version of the black and white double evil spirits 2.0, but Delong has made rapid progress as a new generation point guard. This is his third season and has evolved into a first-class point guard who averages 18+10 per game.

There are 20 scorers in the interior, Bone Blazer, and the "AK-47" Kirirenko from Russia on the front line. He has already scored 12 points per game in the second grade, and the second round pick Millsap, who averaged more than 11 points per game last season, and the second round pick Millsap, who is also averaging 7 and 8 points per game in the second grade.

In short, the Jazz's lineup is not weak at all. Compared with the black and white double evil spirits back then, Delong's personal abilities have been strengthened and Boozer's personal abilities have been weakened. The overall lineup is probably equivalent, and even the rotation may be stronger.

But it is obvious that the West today is not the West that it was back then, which also makes the Jazz still unable to break through the second round although they can bully Texas Xiaoqiang.

Of course, it is actually not embarrassing that they lost to the final champion Spurs last season.

For Li Chengming, the most profound part of his impression of the Jazz is that they eliminated Texas Xiaoqiang last season, causing Yao Yao to be out of the first round in the first round.

And today, facing the Jazz, Li Chengming could also experience the feeling of despair that Houston had in the playoffs last season.

The Magic team, which was originally committed to restarting a winning streak, suffered a crushing defeat in this game, which also made home fans doubt their lives again.

Who am I, where am I, shouldn't I watch the ball?

In the first half, the two teams scored 50:53, and the Magic won 3 points.

Li Chengming felt bad, and scored 5 points and 4 rebounds in 2 of 5 shots in the half. However, Tkogluri made a surprise attack on the offensive organization, and Howard also defeated Jeron Collins several times at the basket. The Magic were online on both offense and defense.

But at the beginning of the third quarter, the situation suddenly changed. The Jazz set off several consecutive offensive waves, winning over 10 points in both quarters.

On the contrary, the Magic's offensive efficiency decreased, and they could not defend against the Jazz's pick-and-roll with a quick move on the defensive end, and eventually lost 15 points at 97:112.

The Jazz only made 6 three-pointers in this game, and made 3 of them, all of which were from Kirirenko. He made 5 of 10 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, and 18 points and 8 rebounds, once again capturing the Magic's forward defense pain points.

At the same time, Deron and Boozer also performed separately, but the Jazz's best data and the best performance was Paul Millsap, a sophomore who stood out from the bench.

As the second round pick in 2006, Millsap attended all the time last season, averaging 6.8 points per game, making him a surprise player on the bench.

He has made some progress this season, but he has not averaged 8 points per game so far. This game has completely exploded. He made 11 of them in 14 shots, basically all of which are mid-range jump shots after pick-and-roll, or layups that catch the ball, and scored 28 points and 7 rebounds, which is the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

Li Chengming recovered in the second half. After the score was opened in the third quarter, it was basically his and Lewis' response.

Lewis's 10 points were basically won in stages in the third quarter, but because he ended up with five fouls early, he failed to continue his good form, so he had to make a fuss in the fourth quarter.

Li Chengming made 6 of 12 shots in the game, scored a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds, and contributed 3 steals and 2 blocks on the defensive end, but was unable to make up for the situation.

Compared with the Jazz's almost all players, the two men scored 20+ and six players scored in double digits, and the role players of the Magic were all defended. Except for Bogans, no one scored in double digits, and only Tekoglu got 20+.

Howard only scored 17 points, but grabbed 15 rebounds and made 5 of 11 free throws at the same time, which are standard Warcraft data.

The Jazz are definitely a strong defensive team, and defense is also their tradition. In this game, they scored at least 15 counterattacks after interfering in shooting and making mistakes.

Except for the fact that the Magic made more mistakes and three-pointers than them, they lag behind in all other data. This is the difference between the two teams' offense and defense.

Losing this game, the Magic's record reached 22 wins and 6 losses, and still ranked first in the record list. It only had one more win than the Celtics with 21 wins and 3 losses, and had 4 more games.

After this game, the Magic lost three of the past four games, which suddenly made people start to doubt the situation and prospects of their team.

Can they really compete for the championship?
Chapter completed!