Chapter 686 Do You Like Running?
August 16, 2008, at 4 pm, at the post-match press conference between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Angolan men's basketball team.
The face of the Chinese team's head coach Jonas was very ugly.
In this match with Angola, due to the pressure of public opinion and pressure from above, Yes could not be allowed to play.
This was the first time that the Chinese team played a game without Yes since its formation.
Any team that lost a player like Yes would be nervous and uneasy.
But fortunately, the opponent the Chinese team faced was Angola, a team that had played two games with the Chinese team in the past month and had beaten the Chinese team by more than 100 points in both games.
For such a weak team, Jonas really never thought that the Chinese team had the possibility of a car accident.
But!
The Chinese team almost car accident on Angola!
At halftime, the Chinese team was 44 to 42, only leading Angola by 2 points.
This was only a 2-point lead even though Yao Ming scored 17 points in the first half!
At the end of the first half, Yao Ming's data was 7 of 8 shots, 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Do you see the weirdness of Yao Ming's data?
Yao Ming has an absolute overwhelming advantage over Angola's inside line!
7 of 8 shots, almost 100% accurate!
As long as Yao Ming can get the ball in the inside, no matter Angola plays alone or together, they are no match for Yao Ming.
But the key is that Yao Ming can't get the ball in the inside!
In the past month, the Chinese team swept the Stankovic Cup, Diamond Cup and the Olympics, which almost made Jonas forget the pain of the Chinese men's basketball team.
No matter how strong Yao Ming is, if no one can get the ball to him, it's over!
In the past month, he has never worried about the basketball in Yao Ming's hands, because he has Yes, who can always pass the ball to Yao Ming with his strongest pass in history, which is called "dumping the pot" according to the NBA.
No matter if there are a lot of people around Yao Ming, Yesi can always use his magical hands to throw the basketball over Yao Ming's head, so that Yao Ming doesn't have to bounce hard, just tiptoe and stretch out his hands to get the damn basketball!
What about going around the front, what about double-teaming, in front of Yesi's strongest double ball in history and Yao Ming's strongest height in history, it's just a chicken and a dog!
The combination of Yesi and Yao Ming, even in Jonas's heart, this is the strongest combination in history where 1+1 is far greater than 2!
This combination has no flaws from both offense and defense!
The combination of Yesi and Yao Ming is like a delicious meal.
After eating such a meal, Jonas really feels that he will be killed by the smell of Yao Ming and Chen Jianghua, Yao Ming and Liu Wei!
This is really unbearable to watch!
As for the combination of Yao Ming and Sun Yue, let Sun Yue hold the ball, the Chinese team will be five against four, and Yao Ming will have to hang one more person!
If the combination of Yes and Yao Ming is a perfect combination of 1+1 far greater than 2.
Then the combination of Yao Ming and Chen Jianghua, Yao Ming and Liu Wei, Yao Ming and Sun Yue is a combination of 1+1 far less than 1!
It is not far less than 2, it is far less than 1!
If Yao Ming is paired with any Chinese guard except Yes, it will be a blow to Yao Ming!
Jonas's face is very ugly now, and the expressions on the faces of the Chinese reporters below are even uglier than his!
These Chinese reporters really didn't expect that Angola could make the Chinese team play like this in the first half.
In the whole first half, only Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian could play. Yao Ming made 7 of 8 shots and Yi Jianlian made 2 of 3 shots. The two were very strong, but they had no ball in their hands, so they were basically helpless!
If the Chinese team was not strong enough and only led by two points in the first half, they could accept it.
But damn, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian were there, and they could blow up Angola's inside line!
What was the feeling of the first half of this game?
It felt like watching a Chinese football team play against an unknown weak team, and they shot 90 times around this weak team, but they couldn't score!
This feeling is like TJ going to a brothel, and finally he tried all kinds of tricks. In the end, the girl couldn't help but pull, and the pants fell off. Damn, the girl went crazy!
Defender!
Defender!
Defender!
Sitting on the strongest defender in NBA history, they never thought that the Chinese team's defenders would be so bad after losing Yes!
It doesn't matter if you don't know how to pass the ball, just throw it, throw it directly into the sky!
Can't you even throw it into the sky?
The eyes of these reporters looking at Jonas seemed to want to kill people!
Facing such eyes from reporters, Jonas was very speechless.
These reporters didn't need to speak, he knew what these reporters were questioning.
During the timeout, he yelled at the national team's defenders more than once, throw it, can't you even throw it? !
This was his craziest and most out-of-control time.
But when he calmed down, he knew he was wrong.
China's guards are bad, but don't think throwing is easy!
Throwing the ball randomly is easy, but throwing the ball like Yes can find the position of teammates.
Even in the entire NBA, only Nash has learned to pass the ball like this.
What is Nash's passing level?
The Chinese men's basketball guards can't reach Nash's level even if they practice for ten lifetimes.
Moreover, it took Nash a long time to learn the passing of Yes and suffered a lot. How did Nash write his autobiography?
"In my mind, Magic was once a god, but when I learned Yes's strongest pass in history, I realized how great Yes was."
"I believe that when Magic learned the strongest pass in history, he would agree with me. In the history of basketball, there is only one god in the field of passing, and that god is Yes!"
No one wants to see this game played like this, and no one wants to see Yes forced to play in the third quarter.
117 to 70, the Chinese team beat Angola by 47 points!
At halftime, the Chinese team beat Angola by 73 to 28!
However, no one will be happy at this time.
Whether it is the leaders, the Chinese audience at the scene, or the current reporters, as well as himself, and the frustrated Chinese players who are smashing the locker room now, everyone is unhappy.
No one wants this to happen, but it is what it is. Even the Chinese defenders who performed like criminals in this game, they have tried their best.
Their strength is just like this, what else can you do? !
Chen Jianghua was the one he strongly advocated to join the Chinese team. He was the second Yes in his mind. He had high hopes for this game and replaced Yes in the starting lineup.
But Chen Jianghua's answer was 15 minutes in the first half, 0 points, 8 turnovers and 4 assists.
8 turnovers in the first half!
His speed and breakthroughs are very Yes-like, but his passing, his vision, his skills...
Not to mention that the reporters on the scene couldn't stand it, even he couldn't stand it.
But!
"Why didn't you replace Chen Jianghua when he made crazy mistakes in the first half!"
"Why can a player like Chen Jianghua appear in the Olympic list of the Chinese men's basketball team!"
No honorifics, no respect, only questions!
As the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Jonas has never been treated like this by reporters.
But he can understand the attitude of these reporters at this time.
However, no matter how understandable it is, he absolutely will not allow his players to be questioned like this at this time, especially the players who have worked very hard!
"Since I chose to keep Chen Jianghua on the court, I absolutely believe that his performance can help the team. His performance has problems, not his problem, but I did not use him well. Also, I think if I find other players from the CBA league, there may be more mistakes."
Jonas glanced coldly at the Chinese reporters below, and left the press conference without looking back.
Seeing Jonas' attitude, the Chinese reporters at the scene were really furious.
And the reporters from other countries at the press conference, especially the European and American reporters, really looked at this matter with the attitude of watching a good show at this time.
"Can the Chinese men's basketball team be called the dream team?"
"Of course, but..."
"But?"
"But, this is Yes's dream team!"
Yes's dream team?
The New York Times reporter said with a smile, and the other European and American reporters around him nodded in agreement after a slight pause.
Perhaps in the minds of these reporters, he and the Chinese team's guard have become historical sinners!
The Chinese team defeated Angola at home, and it was a 47-point victory, but in the locker room of the Chinese team, every Chinese player bowed their heads and kept silent.
This atmosphere was quite bad.
This was the first time Zhou Peng encountered such an atmosphere in the national team.
In such an atmosphere, as a young player who also performed poorly in this game, the pressure was very great.
As a Chinese player, he will never forget the silence of Wukesong Arena when they left the court at the end of the half.
If it weren't for Brother Ye's rule that fans who support him should not boo his teammates, otherwise they should not support him.
If it weren't for Brother Ye's rule, when they left the court, what awaited them was not the silence of the audience.
But the crazy boos of the audience!
At the beginning of the game, those Beijing-dialect fans greeted the Angolan players with those national curses of "Beep you beep!" They were about to greet them!
The whole country was looking forward to the 100-meter final in the evening. You actually messed up this event that has great historical significance for the entire nation, the entire country, and the entire Asian history. You are really good, much better than the Chinese football next door!
Zhou Peng's heart trembled when he thought that he might have participated in such a major event that destroyed history.
Now he finally understood why even Yao Ge, A Lian, Sun Ge and Wang Ge did not dare to look up at Ye Ge.
In this game, they really felt sorry for Ye Ge!
They were almost overturned in the first half and almost suffered their first defeat against the crazy Angola, so they had to force Ye Ge to play.
This feeling is too uncomfortable!
I'm just an ungrateful bastard!
The atmosphere in the locker room was very bad, and Ye Si certainly felt it, but he didn't say anything, not a word, but sat quietly beside Chen Jianghua, the biggest sinner in this game, who was covering his face with his hands and trying not to make his sobs.
Looking at the floor under Chen Jianghua's feet, which was completely wet with tears, Yes raised his head slightly and looked at the national flag in front of him.
"Do you like running?"
This was the first sentence Yes said to the Chinese team after entering the locker room.
Originally, the Chinese players in the locker room imagined that Yes would say a lot of things, especially to Chen Jianghua, and would say a lot of things, even if it was not scolding, it would definitely not be such words!
Yonas, who left the press conference angrily, wanted to push the door in, but after hearing Yes's voice, he finally stopped and looked at the translator beside him.
Do you like running?
Yes asked Chen if he liked running?
Yonas was surprised and puzzled.
Chen Jianghua was still silent.
And Yes seemed to not care whether Chen Jianghua heard it or not, and continued to speak.
"I like running very much, I have liked it since I was a child. I like the sprint of short-distance running and the long-distance running. When I don't know where the road ahead is, I will want to run."
Yes's voice was not loud, but it was particularly clear in the silent Chinese locker room.
"I can see that you are learning my way of playing in this game. You are trying hard to learn, organize your teammates, pass the ball, and drive the team's offense. But in the end, the team did not benefit from you, and you were not able to help your teammates. Your teammates were dragged down by you, and you lost yourself."
Every word that Yes said now was like a knife stabbing Chen Jianghua's heart.
"Confused?"
Confused!
I am really confused now!
Chen Jianghua is in pain now, and he wishes he could find a hole in the ground and hide forever!
"Will you go out for a run with me?"
What? !
Just when the Chinese players in the locker room saw Yes suddenly stand up and look down at Chen Jianghua, thinking that he was going to do something to Chen Jianghua, Yes actually stretched out his right hand to Chen Jianghua.
"Ye, Brother Ye..."
Looking at the right hand stretched out, and the gentle and warm smile on Yes's face, Chen Jianghua could no longer hold back and hugged Yes and burst into tears.
"Little, little Ye..."
"Brother Yao, you don't have to accompany me. Let's go out for a run. Nothing will happen."
Yes smiled and looked at Yao Ming who was concerned about him. When he ran out with Chen Jianghua, he paused again.
"Don't worry, I have never lost in running."
"Even if the opponent is Bolt."
Little, little Ye? !
"I didn't expect Yes to play in the end!"
James was very excited. The game between the Chinese team and Angola just now was great, really great!
"What is that?!"
When James, Wade, Anthony and Bosh were about to go outside the hotel to get some fresh air, they looked down from the top of the hotel. What a shocking scene it was?
"The whole city is running with me!"
"Yes's iconic whole city is running with me!"
And the person accompanying Yes was not Durant, Roy, or Rondo, but the sinner of the Chinese team they just saw on TV!
"To waste energy on such a rubbish little guy, Yes is really Yes!"
James's expression was very complicated, disdain, envy, jealousy, and a little respect.
He was about to fight Bolt, but he was doing such a thing!
James's expression was very complicated, and so were the other players of the Dream Team in the hotel.
"It's Yes..."
Coach K looked at this familiar city-wide run, his face full of memories.
Before the NCAA, the University of Washington and Duke University played.
Yes also took the players of the University of Washington to run around the city, and after that, he and his team suffered the biggest defeat in history.
Yes's city-wide run can be said to be a unique symbol of Yes.
It's a symbolic thing that shows the fairy-tale relationship between him and his teammates.
It's just...this time, the Chinese guard who ran and cried all the way was with Yes. This may have been a "Trojan Horse"-style guard. What can he do under the encouragement of Yes?
Trojan Horse Guard, this is his current nickname, he is the key to Yes's conquest!
Looking at this guy, Coach K and the Dream Team are really disdainful.
This guy can do nothing but cry!
If China and the United States face off in the Olympic finals.
This Trojan defender is not only Bolt's assistant in defeating Yes, but also their assistant in defeating Yes and China!
"Woo woo woo woo... Brother Ye, I'm sorry, don't run anymore, woo woo woo, I beg you, don't run anymore... woo woo woo, Brother Ye, you still have a game tonight, woo woo woo..."
"Woo woo woo woo... Brother Ye..."
"Continue!"